Victor Galindez would overcome his taller opponents advantages in height and reach to outcounter and rough his man up sufficiently and perhaps even score a late knockdown to take a close decision over 12.
Knowing that the bout would be scheduled for 12 instead of his comfortable 15, Galindez would fight with more urgency than usual and really nail it down in the last rounds, that's why I say he could very well have decked Parlov along the way.
Galindez for me, he can hang with the best for me, at his best. So he could win this one. A bit of coming forward behind successive jabs to unload at times, then going to the ropes and hitting off with haymaker rights could mean the msot art of the fight his opponent might be trying to figure him out.
Galindez all day....Not a hell of a lot of fighters beat him at this weight and I dont think Mate is one of them. But he gives him a hard time with his rangey jab.
Competitive fight, Parlov was strong and he keeps pushing that jab out. I see Galindez having to put his foot down on the pedal over that last third of the fight to come out with a 6-4-2 decision.
The only thing Parlov has going for him is that awkward southpaw style (I mean, even awkward for a southpaw), but he was tough. Galindez on a comfortable 12 round decision. Scartissue
parlov's jab gives galindez a little trouble but after a couple of rounds galindez gets inside behind his own jabs to outwork parlov to win a wide ud
If Victor takes the fight to Parlov the way he did to Richie Kates in their first go he wins a clear decision, maybe even by a shutout. Hell he may flatten him as well as Vic could punch with the best of them, and man was he ever on fire in that first Kates fight. I never seen him fight with as much vigour and intensity before or after that bout, he was like a man possessed that night. That version of Galindez is far too much for Parlov whos awkwardness and southpaw stance won`t help him here. Galindez UD12 Parlov
I agree with this assessment. A prime Galindez beats a prime Parlov, but it would be a competitive fight. Even at his physical peak, Galindez had trouble with skilled boxers, such Pierre Fourie, Richie Kates, and Jesse Burnett. Parlov was tall, he could box, and he was a southpaw. For those who picked Galindez to floor or stop Parlov, I disagree. At his peak, Parlov could hang in there with strong, hurtful guys, as he proved against Matthew Saad Muhammad. Only later in this career, when he was weakened by weight loss problems, did Parlov become vulnerable to stoppage.
If, due to the abbreviated length of the fight, 12 rounds instead of 15, Galindez fought with more urgency than he was accustomed to in those comfortable 15 rounders he was so good at navigating, then it's very possible that he would overwhelm Parlov with those heavy left hooks and power that he had, that he normally held in check. He would have possibly deviated from being a strict counterpuncher and would have subjected Parlov to the same kind of abuse he subjected Len Hutchins to. It's possible that Mate could have survived to 12, but Galindez would have been too strong for him at any rate, IMO.