30 years ago today, on Wide World of Sports, Jeff Chandler got his ass kicked by Richie Sandoval in a stunner. I lived in Philly then and was shocked. I don't buy the bull**** excuses that Jeff was unprepared or on the downside or drugged out. I think he was in his prime and got beat by a better fighter. Once more, hard to believe how fast those 30 years went by.
Richie, in turn got poleaxed by gaby canizales in his last fight too! I, remember jeff chandler too, i forgot that he retired after that fight too!!
I thought Sandoval was a real good, workmanlike, well-schooled fighter who should have been around a little longer, but he either couldn't stop eating between fights or his management was trying to kill him by making him make 118. He'd have a lot of non-title fights between defenses (back when people still did that) and he'd come in at 130 routinely for those bouts. Insane. Just watch the Canizales fight and see what a zombie he was out there compared to other efforts. It's like it's not the same guy. He was nothing but a punching bag that night.
Sandoval lived near me at that time. After he won the title they set up a table in a vacant shop in a mall in Pomona and he would sit there and greet people. Eat between fights? You could watch him grow.
jeff had cataracts or retina damage i believe, orlando left the ring wit an oxygen mask on if i remember rightly!!
