Everybody knew that Sonny Liston should had gotten the 'most' credit in that 'fake fight'. His performance was the most convincing....
April 1969 'weigh-in' Curtis Cokes, 'All I have to do, is get off first and not let Napoles get into a rhythm. If I can keep him at the end of...
Red Cobra, The 'odds' moved back towards Curtis Cokes just before fight time, as he was installed as the 10-8 Betting-Favorite. The 'skinny'...
Willie 'The Cannon' Shannon Walter 'E Junior' Moore Roy 'Tiger' Williams Alfredo Evangelista Eddie 'The Animal' Lopez
The 'boxing pundits' and 'so-called experts' knew the fight was a hoax. Sonny Liston was 'not' that bad, and Cassius Clay was 'not' that good....
Mr. Red Cobra, Curtis Cokes had opened up as a 10-6 Betting-Favorite over Jose Napoles. But two-days before the fight on Wednesday, April...
April 17, 1969 'Championship Bout A Toss-Up' Champion - Curtis Cokes who opened up as a slight-favorite, has seen the money swing back towards...
Red Cobra, As per the end of February 1969 Ratings....... #1 was Ernie 'Indian Red' Lopez following his TKO 9 over #1 Raul Soriano in January...
Friday Night - April 18, 1969 The Forum - Inglewood, California Attendance; 15,878 World Welterweight Championship Curtis Cokes...
Red Cobra, Little known fact, that Jose 'Mantequilla' Napoles was 'not' the #1 WBA Welterweight when he fought Welterweight Champion - Curtis...
Before Jose 'Mantequilla' Napoles signed to fight Curtis Cokes. On January 30, 1969 at The Olympic Auditorium - The #1 WBA Welterweight -...
Saturday Night - February 15, 1969 Arena Coliseo - Mexico City Jose 'Mantequilla' Napoles secured a bout for his long awaited challenge for a...
Tuesday Night - February 12, 1969 'Contracts Signed' Welterweight Champion - Curtis Cokes and Jose Napoles sign to meet on April 18, 1969 at...
January 17, 1969 'Napoles Signs For A Bout With Akron Fighter' Jose 'Mantequilla' Napoles - 58-4-0 {38 KO's} - (144 lbs.) vs. Fate 'Akron'...
January 1969 Luis Santampiro 'The Last of the Great Cubans' Looking into the Cuban's background, I find a converted Lightweight, who has...
