Bobby Chacon v Azumah Nelson

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  1. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'm going with Azumah on points but i wouldn't be shocked if Bobby beats him. Thoughts?
     
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  2. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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  3. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Featherweight and super featherweight 15 rounds
     
  4. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Azumah stops him in an exciting fight, where Bobby has moments and shows his grit but the outcome is never seriously in doubt! Does not matter which weight for me.
     
  5. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I love Bobby,and he'll have moments and show great courage. But as the rounds go by he's going to get hit cleaner and far more often, don't think Bobby could make 15 but it's possible.
     
  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I'm a huge Azumah fan and not totally objective. That aside, I'm very confident in picking Nelson. I do think he had too many facets to his game, too much fortitude, too much everything, ... He was just a boss inside that ring. You had to be Whitaker or Sanchez to take him down in prime form.
     
  7. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Going to war with Bazooka Limon and Boza Edward's is a bit different than heading into battle with the professor.
    Too strong hits too hard too smart ect ect. The Professor stops him. Chacon just too easy to hit.
     
  8. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bobby, tough guy that he was, is far too one- dimensional to beat Nelson. Nelson within eight.
     
  9. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Nelson, just a little too versatile for Bobby, would be an interesting fight cos Bobby comes to fight. I'll go with Nelson by 13 round ko.
     
  10. Rope-a-Dope

    Rope-a-Dope Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nelson by late TKO. Too smart and skilled to let Chacon drag him into a phonebooth war.
     
  11. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Nelson was just too good.
     
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  12. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Good to see Nelson getting his props. Bobby is a very very good fighter but Azumah has him covered for mine.
     
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  13. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    I remember first watching Schoolboy Bobby Chacon, as he was referred to on the weekly fights, Boxing From The Forum, back in the early 1970's. He showed tons of promise, and years later, he proved to be a great fighter, especially the fight with Boza Edwards, in 1983. Azumah The Professor Nelson, was a last minute substitute for no.1 ranked Mario Miranda, of Colombia, on the night of July 21 1982, in Madison Square Garden, for an opponent for WBC World Featherweight Champion Salvador Sanchez, of Mexico, who was making his 9th title defense. He stood up to the champion for those 15 rounds before falling prey to the champion, by a TKO 15. He gave Sanchez, one of the hardest fights of his career, which unfortunately became his last. Nelson vs Chacon would turn out to be a war, but the strength and stamina would turn out to be the deciding factor, Nelson by TKO 12.
     
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  14. JC40

    JC40 Boxing fan since 1972 banned Full Member

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    Azumah by late stoppage.
     
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  15. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Azumah by 13th round stoppage.