One of Galindez best Wins vs Richie Kates I (cut badly in R3 Ko'ed Kates in R15 in South Africa 1976

Id love to see Beterbeiv mix it up in that era.

Him vs Lopez, Saad, Mustafa, Galindez and Qawi would be absolutely brutal
Even if I'd only pick him to win one.

 

Galindez was a Class A champion, and truly, this ko over Kates was perhaps his finest win. He fought less conservatively this time due to the sheer desperation of being badly cut, and his great champion's heart carried him through. Galindez would own Kovalev, Beterbiev, Ward, and above all,..Canelo if he were around today. He'd beat every single one of them.

 

Truly, there wouldn't be that much mixing up,...although he (Galindez) very well could...I feel sure that he would have beaten Beterbiev from off the ropes....countering the Russki all night long, racking up points and winning a decision....VG could do that all night long...it was his winning formula. He was a supreme 15 round fighter.

 

I meant I'd like to have seen him fight everyone.

 

I know I've seen them, the more I watch of that era the more embarrassed I feel at picking Ward and Kovalev to beat Qawi a couple months back.

I didn't say anything about Kovalev, I was talking about Beterbeiv. His inside short punches would see him stop Galindez imo.

 

Victor Galwndez Izzy light heavy weight champ. He hwooped Richie Kates but he cain hwoop me!!

 

Back in those days all of Galendez bouts were shown live on free network tv. I never warmed up to him at that time but grew to realize he was a great fighter. Intelligent counter puncher and a heavy hitter.

 

great era of Argentinian light heavyweights - pretty dominant

 

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Great thread that has aged very well.

 

As a kid I saw (and read) a lot on Conteh, Saad, Spinks, Foster and Qawi. I only really heard about Galindez whilst watching a few Roldan fights with the Kates I bout mostly mentioned.

Finally got footage (talking VHS days before Youtube) of him and I was a little disappointed. I kind of built him up in my mind as some sort of Marciano type of fighter but after watching Kates I, Rossman II and Ray Anderson I´ve come to appreciate his unique style.

I still think Conteh would squeak by on a razor thin decision with fair judges but it would have been epic.

Galindez would win a Foster (past it in Finnegan and Ahumada fights) unification by punishing late ko.

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I have to think any other referee would have stopped it.

Stanley was Victor’s pet referee — he either judged or reffed five of his title defenses and in four of those he both refereed and judged.

Waldemar Schmidt was also a house judge for Victor, with him always there when Stanley wasn’t and them in tandem often.

WBA could have been called the WBGalindez during this time period.

The stoppage was obviously legit, but had Kates been the one cut, it would have been a blood stoppage for sure.

 

Well, actually

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Galindez was bleeding so profusely that the referee decided to stop the fight and declare Kates winner. Of course, the Argentinian corner went mad protesting since they wanted Kates to be disqualified for headbutting, but it was considered non intentional. However, Galindez was granted 5 minutes to try to stop the bleeding and check if he was able to continue.

A Doctor then examined Galindez on the spot and apparently decided he couldn't continue; but when the doctor's decision was communicated to the referee it had "somehow" morphed into saying that Galindez was good and the fight could go on.

By the way, Galindez fought unaware that the very same day his intimate friend Ringo Bonavena had been murdered in US. Galindez’s management kept the news hidden form him, thus Galindez only knew the truth once the fight was over.