Gerard Hayes

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  1. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/316

    This guy fought everyone, including Lupe Pintor, Bobby Chacon, Alexis Arguello and Eusebio Pedroza, all hall of famer...

    Notably, he beat Juan Laporte and Bashew Sibaca in Sibaca's home country of South Africa...

    He also dropped Pedroza and was a road warrior, willing to go to the opponent's backyard to fight.
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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  3. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    He was the Angel Robinson Garcia of the 80s!
     
  4. Navarette

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    He beat Laporte in a 10-rounder when Laporte was reigning WBC featherweight king.
     
  5. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    That was a shocker and if Oscar Muniz had not beaten Jeff Chandler earlier in the year, would have won upset of the year, for sure.

    I dondt consider Dokes-Coetzee such an upset TBH, to me, in 1983, the biggest upsets were Chandler-Muniz 1 and Laporte-Hayes.
     
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