They had tournaments with semi-prospects and promising club fighters in several weight classes. The winner of the tourney was promised a 'shot' at a contender. Roger Stafford won welterweight and upset Pipino Cuevas. Luke Capuano, if I recall correctly, won light heavy and lost a close decision to Mike Rossman (and lost by a wider margin in a rematch). I think Frank "The Animal" Fletcher got his first recognition in this tourney, too, if I'm not mistaken. Does anyone have all the tournament fight results, what weight classes they ended up completing tournaments in, who the winners were, what contenders they faced, etc.? I seem to think for some reason that the tourney idea plug was pulled before they finished playnig out the concept. Any info would be appreciated.
No, but that's where Qawi gained prominence. Haugen was another guy. Remember some of those other guys that kind of disappeared like Chris Calvin? Alvino Manson? Carlos Tite was another one. Freddie Roach. Lots of good solid fighters and some real nice matchmaking---something USA cable never seemed to do--they loved those mismatches with a name fighter.
A later one at 140lbs: Quarters: Sammy Fuentes TKO2 Santos Cardona John Montes KO10 Freddie Pendleton Rodolfo Aguilar WS10 Terrence Alli Jose Rivera WS10 Engels Pedroza Semi Finals: Fuentes KO7 Montes Aguilar WU10 Rivera Final: Aguilar DS12 Fuentes Fuentes W12 Aguilar With 25 years of hindsight not a bad competition, with arguably four upsets in the first round... And Sammy was 'rewarded' with a shot at a near peak Chavez!
