the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

Ah, glad to know I hadn’t scored it. Certainly didn’t remember ever watching it. Surprised to see I scored it wider than everyone else.

 

That is a solid list. I can respect all the old school fighters. Especially Greb and Walker. Just curious, if you have McLarnin and Canzoneri on there, where do you rank Barney Ross?

 

Yep! Not a barn burner by any means but the fight was very interesting still nonetheless. I love that fight. Man Jimmy had to fight some KILLERS in that era. Shavers, Lyle, Foreman, Cooney, Ali.

 

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Round 3, another round of the century candidate.

Shojo Saijo is a forgotten warrior these days.. I heard he is still alive and was quite the teen idol in his heyday as well!!

 

@SixesAndSevens recommended this fight and I had completely forgotten the results of this fight which made it all the better. A crazy fight.

Jimmy Cable v Said Skouma (vacant European junior middleweight title)

Round 1: 10-9 Cable
Round 2: 10-9 Skouma
Round 3: 10-10 Even
Round 4: 10-8 Skouma (scores a knockdown)
Round 5: 10-9 Cable
Round 6: 10-9 Skouma
Round 7: 10-9 Skouma
Round 8: 10-9 Skouma
Round 9: 10-7 Skouma (scores 2 knockdowns)
Round 10: 10-10 Even (Cable receives a standing eight count and then drops Skouma)
Round 11: Skouma receives a standing eight count and then is dropped by Cable before the Skouma corner throws in the towel

Total through 10 completed rounds: 98-91 Skouma

As this bout unfolded there was no way I would have said Cable was going to come back and take this title. He certainly possessed great leverage on his shots but primarily stuck to boxing and throwing in a fast one-two. Skouma on the otherhand, was a good banger. Cable didn't have the best defense and would simply take Skouma's shots, which really had the appearance of taking Jimmy out. Skouma's capitualtion was unusual. It seemed a combination of fatigue and being legitimately hurt. It wasn't a war but it had its drama.

 

Hmm,I might revamp the list sooner or later with hat said honestly.
Barney Ross was a fighter that would've been the base of Haugen and Oguma in the future,not so talented but had balls and skills.

 

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Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym v Andrian Kaspari

Round 1: 10-9 FR
Round 2: 10-9 Kaspari
Round 3: 10-9 FR
Round 4: 10-10 Even
Round 5: 10-10 Even
Round 6: 10-9 Kaspari
Round 7: 10-9 FR
Round 8: 10-9 FR
Round 9: 10-9 Kaspari
Round 10: 10-9 FR
Round 11: 10-8 FR (battering)
Round 12: 10-9 FR

Total: 117-112 Rakkiatgym (actual scores: 117-115 Kaspari, 117-115 and 116-115 both for Rakkiatgym by split decision)

Fantastic fight. Such ebbs and flows between the two combatants that you didn't know who was gaining the next upper hand throughout. Kaspari started out with a terrific attack and threw in combinations, but Rakkiatgym (also known as Prayat Sawaingam) was just the harder puncher and IMO had most of the control of this fight. Round 9 was a round where you can say they left everything on the canvas in that round alone. Again, terrific fight.

 

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Did Alfredo Marcano face Salvador Sanchez or Bobby Chacon here??

 

I checked this out awhile back. This is how I had it:

Bobby Chacon v Alfredo Marcano for the vacant WBC featherweight title.

Round 1: 10-10 Even
Round 2: 10-9 Marcano
Round 3: 10-9 Chacon
Round 4: 10-9 Chacon
Round 5: 10-9 Chacon
Round 6: 10-9 Marcano
Round 7: 10-9 Marcano
Round 8: 10-9 Chacon
Round 9: Chacon drops Marcano and the ref intervenes with Marcano in no shape to continue

Total (through 8 completed rounds): 77-76 Chacon (actual scores at TOS: 78-77, 78-75 and 78-76 all for Chacon)

I didn't think Marcano did too bad, but this was a fight of attrition and it wasn't until the 9th one could see Marcano beginning to fray at the ends. I think I heard somewhere that Marcano or his people thought Chacon was just a boy before this fight. Sorry to ruin it for you, Alfredo..

 

Kobayashi seems quite forgotten as far as Japanese golden-era champions go. He seemed to hold the japanese featherweight title for ages, yet his management never seemed to be able to use it as a springboard to bigger fights at that weight and eventually had to go up t0 130 and 135 for higher profile fights, though he did beat Saijo later on. A good standup boxer with an excellent, long jab, but his lack of power and physical/technical defensive limitations didn't serve him well above 126. That Duran knockout was brutal.

 

Interesting mix of Chick “Chicky Baby” Hearn (an underrated West Coast boxing announcer best known for being the voice of the Lakers forever) and the overlayed Spanish commentary.

I love watching the Schoolboy. Thanks for posting this. Never seen it before.

 

I met Hearn when I was trying to meet Magic Johnson on person at the Lakers' hotel...great guy but I didnt know he did boxing! In fact i didnt know it was him on the background!

As far as the fight, well it came across on my You Tube algorythym, lol so I decided to watch it! And, of course!!!

 

"schoolboy" lol

 

In the earlier days of ESPN, like 1979-80, before they had a deal with Top Rank or any rights to any college or pro leagues, everything was kind of random. You might get a UConn vs Boston College baseball series pop up or kick-boxing or whatever they could find to put on TV.

And one of those things was occasional fights from LA. Like you wouldn’t really know it was coming on (there wasn’t the kind of scheduled programming on ESPN that you knew Monday nights were this, Friday nights were that until later) and you’re watching something and they just throw up a mention during whatever they’re showing on Tuesday that Friday night they have Pipino Cuevas vs Angel Espada III from LA.

So maybe every month or six weeks you’d get a card from the Fabulous Forum out of the blue, and Chicky Baby was always on the call. I remember Cuevas-Espada trilogy ender and I think one time we had Randy Shields in a main event, basic staples of the SoCal area like that.

We’d also get the odd Olympic Auditorium show, too, and they’d explain about how people would shower the ring with coins if it was a good fight and they’d take all that money and divide it up between the fighters. It was a great glimpse into the West Coast fight scene. So I always associate Chick Hearn with that.

 

Barry McGuigan v Juan LaPorte

Round 1: LaPorte
Round 2: McG
Round 3: McG
Round 4: McG
Round 5: McG
Round 6: McG
Round 7: McG
Round 8: McG
Round 9: Even
Round 10: McG

Total: 99 1/2 - 96 McGuigan (99-97 by sole official Harry Gibbs)

I had already had a 99-92 score for Barry when I realized the UK was still using their 10 - 9 1/2 scorelines. Regardless, I recall the fight so well when it took place but watching again reminded me what a fantastic little machine McGuigan was with that amazing engine. And it also reminded me how frustrating Juan LaPorte must have been for his corner. I would have been hoarse screaming at him to let his punches go. Outstanding little fight.