Pipino Cuevas vs Maurico Bravo (1984-Pipino's last notable win, brutal 1 rd KO, vintage Cuevas)

Probably the last meaningful win of a, at this stage, very much depleted fighter.

Cuevas was only 26 years old here but had been putting hard fights onto his resume and body since the age of 14. He had lost his title to Hearn's 3 and a half years prior to this fight, only having four bouts in that time, going 2-2. His lack of activity post Hearn's didn't appear to do anything to revitalize the aging Cuevas.

Here he briefly manages to recapture the kind of form that made him such a devastating presence and champion at welterweight albeit against fighter with a fairly padded record. Lennon Sr announces him as 28-1, I believe. Boxrec has him at 25-1 for the bout.

The kind of pressure and violence Cuevas brings, increasing with a fervor throughout this one round fight until it finally climaxes just as the bell rings... Well, that's vintage Pipino Cuevas isn't it? I think so. Love it.

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This one's brutal, hoping a few more people get to see this one.

 

Pretty brutal all the same considering the usual form of Cuevas around this time, his age, and the fact that their man almost got stretchered out of there in just one short round. I was impressed, anyway. Just a little.

I absolutely love the adulation Cuevas gets from the crowd before the bout starts, even at this point in his career. They really loved the guy.

 

I've made threads on Montes before but never received anything particularly quality. The Cuevas/Montes knockout was brutal, if I'm remembering correctly. Montes hits Cuevas with a hook that hits him so hard he does a kind of sideways twist as he crumples to the canvas.

Montes also swapped stoppage wins with a young Jorge Vaca. His best results all came grouped together at the very end of his career. Maybe he found some kind of form?

Why the sudden retirement? He certainly had an appealing record, 33-4. He seemed perched right there in line with so many extraordinarily exciting fighters that are not only remembered but held in high regard.