Carlos Monzon Resume

mcvey · Feb 25, 2012

jowcol said: ↑

:rofl
I think Tony was 50-0-1 when Carlos faced him in the summer of '75.
Brings back memories; we drove to downtown Indy to watch the fights on closed circuit TV at the Indiana Theater on Monument Circle.
The bouts?
#1: WBA Lt. Heavy title scrap with Victor Galindez vs. Jorge Ahumada. I think this was the 4th or 5th time they'de met. (this was right in the middle of the Galindez-Conteh "come on guys lets unify!" period.) Great scrap, the best fight of that night.
#2: Monzon-Licata. Tony, early on, was clearly out of his league. Carlos had him out on his feet around the 8th as the ref stepped in if memory serves me correctly.
#3: Ali-Bugner HW Title fight from Kwala Lampur. I was a big Bugner fan until this fight. To all the Bugner nut-huggers out there...never has so little been accomplished with so much potential. IMO? A piece of under-achieving crap. We wanted to walk out by the mid-rounds.
Back to the thread. Carlos was the real deal. He had the whole package and...like Ali, Gregory, and many other greats, impossible to KO. To beat him, you'de have to take it to him and bang him repeatedly over the distance, something no one was able to do.
The previous poster was right about him and Valdez. Both were past prime when they finally met. I don't think Rodrigo was quite as good but both could step into any era of MW's and kick major butt.
My $0.02
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Carlos Monzon Resume

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