I believe this is their first bout, though don't quote me on that as I seemingly have a literal bizarro world ability to always be wrong. This was previously available on Youtube but this version runs almost 5 minutes longer than the commonly available version, with post fight talk and summary, stuff that I love. Enjoy! This content is protected
He made easier work of Jones than SRR did, I'm not sure what stage they were at when they fought admittedly, but Jones gave Robinson a torrid time in parts. Gavilan was so natural wasn't he here
Real First fight: 8/26/1953 UD for The Keed 2nd Fight: 2/19/1958 SD for Tiger 3rd Fight: 4/4/1958 SD for The Keed 1953-08-26 : Kid Gavilan 154 lbs beat Ralph Jones 152 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10 Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA Referee: Al Berl 5-4 Judge: Young Otto 6-4 Judge: Jack Gordon 7-3 "This was no easy task for Gavilan, who changed his attack to a southpaw style in the eighth round and moved ahead in a commanding fashion after that. ... One of the best body punchers in his class, Jones proved a troublesome adversary for Gavilan until the Cuban switched his tactics in the eighth." - William J. Briordy, New York Times
SRR had just come out of retirement in early 1955, and the MW version of Tiger Jones drums SRR 2 weeks later on 1/19/1955. By winning the SRR fight, Jones gets a 10 rd NON-TITLE shot at MW Champ Bobo Olson.(Hopefully a good showing would warrant a MW Title Shot, but Jones loses a UD to Bobo). SRR continues on his comeback, and ko's Bobo Olson in 2 rounds in Dec. 1955 to regain his MW title. Jones never gets a MW title shot against SRR. 1955-01-19 : Sugar Ray Robinson 159 lbs lost to Ralph Jones 159 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10 Location: Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, USA Referee: Frank Sikora 94-99 Judge: Ed Hintz 88-100 Judge: Howard Walsh 89-98 Unofficial AP scorecard: 95-99 Notes Robinson was an 8-1 favorite. There was a crowd of 7,282 at Chicago Stadium. The gross gate was $27,419 and the net gate was $22,778. Robinson was cut on the nose in round one and on the right eyelid in round two. Jones landed 322 of 407 punches (57%) and Robinson landed 176 of 514 (34%). The Associated Press reported: "The former welterweight and middleweight titleholder...who started his comeback after 30 months as a song-and-dance entertainer by kayoing Joe Rindone two weeks ago, was handed the worst beating of his career by Jones....Time and again, Tiger drove Robinson into the ropes and mauled him pitifully."
Ralph "Tiger" Jones (March 14, 1928 - August 20, 1994) was a boxer during the 1950s. Trained by Gil Clancy, Jones was a fixture of televised boxing in the 1950s, known for an aggressive style that pleased fans. His overall record was 52 victories, 32 losses and five draws. He became a professional boxer in 1950. In 1955 he scored an upset over Sugar Ray Robinson. Robinson was highly favored in the fight, which was Robinson's second during a comeback.[1] That was only one of his wins against top-level fighters of that era. He also beat Joey Giardello and Kid Gavilan (both these fighters were world champions at one time and, in other fights, also defeated Jones). Fighters to whom he lost include world champions Gene Fullmer, Johnny Saxton, Paul Pender, and Carl "Bobo" Olson. In all, he fought six world champions on ten different occasions.[2] After he retired, Jones drove a cab and worked for a canning company. He was survived by three sons and two grandchildren.
When you post an entire fight, not all of us have time to watch all of it on the first click — I usually just spot-check the quality and come back to it later if I can (and if the quality is good).
Because I do consider SRR "The Greatest", it makes me uncomfortable that the Tiger Jones loss wasn't avenged tbh... I'm just now getting into this Ralph Tiger Jones character...he's been a sort of "blind spot" for me until now. I need to get with it now and start watching this 1st Gavilan fight that you posted Russell....and if you don't mind, I have a vid that can only be called intriguing and educational for me especially... This content is protected
Thanks for this thread Russell btw,...it's sometimes necessary for me to be confronted by a great thread like this to finally come to terms about a fighter...Tiger Jones, who was a middleweight...probably my favorite weight division, who fought in one of my favorite ever decades, the 50's....but who, for whatever reason, I've never seen a single fight of his. This will change.
