the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

Victor Galindez v Yaqui Lopez 1

After watching their rematch from 1978, I decided to go back and see their original fight from the previous year.

This was a razor thin victory for Galindez but a more convincing performance from him than in the rematch. I would be comfortable with this being scored a draw or a Lopez win as neither fighter had a significant edge.

It was a customarily slow start from Galindez before he started picking up rounds. He was more aggressive in this fight than in the rematch and that included some rabbit punches that he landed on Lopez (something Lopez was clearly not happy about during the fight and that he complained about in his 'The best I faced' interview in the Ring magazine). I do feel though that Lopez has less cause for grievance about this result and Galindez did enough to hold on to his title, unlike the rematch where he was just lucky.

1 9-10
2 9-10 (close)
3 9-10
4 9-10
5 10-9
6 10-9
7 10-9
8 10-9
9 9-10
10 10-9
11 10-9
12 9-10
13 9-10 (close)
14 10-9
15 10-9 (close)

Galindez 143-142 Lopez

 

Victor Galindez v Richie Kates 2

Continuing with the Victor Galindez theme, this is the 1977 rematch defense against Richie Kates who had given him such trouble the previous year in South Africa.

Not a patch on their first fight but a very controlled and dominant performance from Galindez. In truth, Kates was never really in it but any doubt about which way the momentum was going was snuffed out in the championship rounds, which Galindez swept on my card.

1 9-10 (close)
2 10-9
3 10-9 (Galindez has Kates in trouble against the ropes)
4 10-10
5 10-9
6 10-9 (close)
7 9-10 (close)
8 10-9 (good combos from Galindez)
9 9-10 (close again)
10 10-9 (well-timed flurries from Galindez)
11 10-9 (Galindez controlling the fight; Kates looking like he's a little lost in there - out of ideas)
12 10-9 (Kates looking weary now)
13 10-9
14 10-9 (bit scrappy)
15 10-9

Galindez 147-139 Kates

 

Just caught a real bug watching Zora Folley today against George Chuvalo. Started looking for any other fights of his and landed on his 10 rounder with Oscar Bonavena, Again, what a technician and tactician Folley was. So conservative with his shots but would spear Oscar throughout with that stabbing jab and then nail Oscar with the sneakiest of rights, while avoiding many bull-rushes. He dropped Oscar hard in the 8th and nearly did the same at the end of the 4th. I only gave Oscar the 3rd round and a share of the 4th. I scored that round even because Oscar was having a bit of success most of the round and it was only the last punch that hurt Oscar. A true gentleman that Folley. He caught Oscar who may have gone down, and helped him to his corner. I had it 8-1-1 for Zora. I believe official scores were 9-1, 9-1 and 10-0 for Folley. Again, just a brilliant fighter to watch. BTW, unfortunately there was no sound on the film I viewed in case you're gearing up for this. I don't mind listening to Dunphy, but I do like to hear the thud of those gloves, which was unfortunately missing.

 

I was looking for another slam-bang affair and decided upon the first bout between Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas. Strangely enough, I found no history on this thread on this fight, so it's well worth checking out. Here we go.

Round 1: 10-10 Even
Round 2: 10-9 Mosley
Round 3: 10-9 Mosley
Round 4: 10-9 Vargas
Round 5: 10-9 Vargas
Round 6: 10-9 Mosley
Round 7: 10-9 Vargas
Round 8: 10-9 Mosley
Round 9: 10-10 Even
Round 10: Referee stops contest due to excessive swelling on Vargas' left eye.

Total through 9 completed rounds: 87-86 Mosley (official scores: 86-85 twice for Mosley and 86-85 for Vargas)

I was never a big Vargas fan but I was very impressed with his bodywork during this fight. If not for the closed eye I think this fight would have gone down to the wire as they were both in it.

 

How do you search for just one thread?

 

Under the scorecard thread click on the search button and put in 'Vargas' and check off the 'this thread only' box and enter. In the case of Vargas, 49 posts popped up. You don't have to open each one. There is enough info visible to see most of them were Vargas against DeLaHoya or Quartey, but none about Mosley.

 

Whyte vs Povetkin.

No one can tell me there's a superior division to HW.

 

Specifically light-heavyweight.

 

Not. A. Chance.

 

Heavyweights are inferior by definition.

 

HW is better for the sheer drama it produces. The tension. The knockouts. The sheer blunt force trauma. The baddest man on the planet.

 

This reminds me of the sheer fear I felt when Tyson and Bruno were signed to fight in the rematch.

And I mean scared. Like I would cry in the playground at the thought of Bruno being knocked out brutally.

And then he was.

And then the next week I watched Poltergeist for the first time.

And I wasn't even 10.

Man 96 was a scary year.