37 years ago today: Antonio "Tony The Tiger" López vs. Juan Ángel "John John" Molina Cruz I

Micro-Rock is the name of my EP that I would sell to patrons of my microbrewery in Plymouth. Bigfoot Microbrewery.

 

Microbrewery, Micro-Rock, MACRO foot.

 

I was only able to see the first fight. The second was not, believe it or not, televised in Puerto Rico.. The third was on the day I was flying to Arizona on a nine hour flight.

Indeed it was a war. I rewatched it recently and still had Molina ahead, 115-112. But it was not the worst robbery ever either.

Thanks for bringing these two warriors up!

 

Interesting you mentioned Chacon who came to Sacramento during the 2nd half of his career. He fought out of the same gym as a young prospect Tony Lopez.
They sparred countless rounds and Bobby was beating Tony up for about a year.

Lopez kept coming back and eventually he was holding his own with Bobby. Another 6 months and Lopez was dishing it out to Chacon. Lopez credits those painful lesson with making him a champion. He kept coming back.

Watching Lopez fight you can see he adopted a few of Chacon's moves.