FOTW #16: Yaqui Lopez Double (Saad Muhammad II & Galindez II)

1980-07-13 : Matthew Saad Muhammad 174¼ lbs beat Yaqui Lopez 173¾ lbs by TKO at 2:03 in round 14 of 15

• Location: Great Gorge Playboy Club, McAfee, New Jersey, USA
• Referee: Waldemar Schmidt 124-123
• Judge: Frank Brunette 125-122
• Judge: Paul Cavalier 125-123

• WBC World Light Heavyweight Title(4th defense by Saad Muhammad)
• Ring Announcer: Frank Shain
• Aired On: CBS Sports Saturday(Main Event)

Notes

• Saad Muhammad earned a reported $150,000 for the fight, Lopez earned $40,000. [1]
• Starting with the 9th round, Saad Muhammad won every round going into the 14th and what turned out to be the final round in the scheduled 15-round affair.
• Lopez was knocked down four times in the 14th. After last knockdown referee stopped the bout without counting.
• The Ring Magazine named the bout Fight of the Year for 1980 and the 84th greatest title fight of all-time in 1996.
• The Ring Magazine named the eighth stanza Round of the Year for 1980 and the 8th most exciting round in boxing history in 2001.

Post-Fight Quotes

• "It was pretty much the toughest fight I've had recently. I went on to prove I'm the undisputed light heavyweight champion. I don't usually look like this. I usually look pretty good. I feel truthfully he had me in trouble. I won't sit here and deny it. But at all times I knew I would be victorious. I was aware of every moment of the fight. The pace was very fast. And I was getting careless. Yaqui is a very experienced fighter but I proved myself to be unbeaten," - Matthew Saad Muhammadsaid.

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Well Yaqui Lopez week is winding down! Feel free to revisit this thread and post your cards as Kev says the threads never close...but as far as this week we only got 4 cards.

Consensus RBR
1 Lopez 4-0-0
2 Galindez 2-1-1
3 Galindez 3-0-1
4 Draw 1-1-2
5 Galindez 3-1-0
6 Draw 1-1-2
7 Galindez 4-0-0
8 Lopez 3-1-0
9 Lopez 3-0-1
10 Lopez 4-0-0
11 Lopez 4-0-0
12 Lopez 3-0-1
13 Galindez 2-1-1
14 Lopez 3-1-0
15 Draw 1-1-2

Yaqui Lopez 7-5-3 or 145-143

Lopez Cards
@Pat M 146-141
@PhillyPhan69 145-142
@mrkoolkevin 146-143

Draw Cards
@scartissue 144-144

Thanks to all who celebrated these fights this week and contributed to the discussion

 

@mrkoolkevin so what’s on the slate for this week? I am home with the kids on another snow day and looking to fill some time lol