Wlad chose to fight Byrd instead of rematch with Brewster. He beat Brewster when he was a declined fighter. He beat Thompson far more...
Despite being hampered by injury Chang looked excellent against Zapata in their first meeting. Especially in the early rounds. Very fast feet....
To be fair Thompson was named as the mandatory challenger by IBF. And he was in the Ring's Top 10.
Wlad is faster and hits harder than Vitali. Wlad does have the speed and power to knock Lewis out early. The problem is Wlad's modern version...
Same opinion.
An interesting article: "Sanchez has repeatedly turned million-dollar offers to get into the ring with Eusebio Pedroza", Arum said. "He...
Have you seen the fight, LT? I've heard that some of Monzon's pre-title fights (Monzon-Tom Bethea) exist on film.
To be fair Toney injured his leg in that fight. But yeah it was horrible to watch.
Also read somewhere that his reported amateur record is 95-4. I don't know if it's true or not though.
I've heard that he started boxing before he went to prison. Didn't Hop said that himself in one of his interviews - Beyond the glory or...
It seems like hand injuries plagued Monzon from the beginning of his career.
Interesting info, SP. Especially in the light of what I posted before: It seems like Monzon-Valdez negotiations were pretty rough.
Link to the original article: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=50347
Some poster from another site named Martin Sosa Cameron posted a short report in spanish on Monzon vs Felipe Cambeiro. I don't speak spanish so...
This article says it happened in august of 1975:...
