Undeserving Heavyweight Challengers

Kenmore,

ABC-TV showed highlights of that fight before the Larry Holmes vs Alfredo Evangilsta
WBC Championship fight.

It was part of the Evangilista highlights. It showed about 20-seconds of that
fight (end of the 7th round) when Alfredo floored Tchanthiung.
Jacob was not 6' 1" as box/rec states, he was much taller.
ABC-TV had the fight on film, in its entirety.

I'll see if I can locate it on Spain Television.

I'm sure many of those Island fights in the French Caribbean were nothing more than
4-Round Smokers, with Jacob fighting 'clowns and strongman' from carnival acts.

 

The only portion of the Evangilista vs Tchanthiung fight that was shown was
the last 20-seconds of the 7th Round, where Evangilista floors him in the corner.

Remember, nobody knew who Alfredo Evangilista was before he fought Muhammad Ali.

Tchanthiung was only in-line for a title bout, if he beat a ranked fighter.
Who knew what guys he beat,,,,most likely some French Boxing manager had $$$
involved, and kept him in the French Caribbean to 'fluff' him up.

1978 fights by Jacob Tchanthiung;
8/11/78,,,L KO 8 vs. #6 Alfredo Evangilista (21-2-1) (13 KO's),,,,in Lepe, Andalucia, Spain
5/19/78,,W KO 1 vs. -- Roger Russell (12-17-2) (4 KO's),,,Essen, Germany
3/31/78,,W KO 4 vs. -- Maurice Repant (4-5-0) (O KO's),,,Paris, France
2/17/78,,W KO 2 vs. -- Ben Jeudy (9-1-1) (4 KO's),,,St. Martin..........* French Caribbean Heavyweight Championship
1/20/78,,W KO 3 vs. -- Virgil Gibson (3-3-0) (3 KO's),,St. Martin
1/6/78,,,W KO 5 vs. -- Clinton Parsons (7-10-1-) (4 KO's),,St. Martin

1977 fights in St. Martin by Jacob Tchanthiung;
KO 2 vs. Okacha Boubeker
KO 2 vs. Coulilay Demba
KO 3 vs. Lisimo Obutobe
KO 2 vs. Aaron Solomon
KO 1 vs. Jean Belval
KO 1 vs. Simon Pore
KO 2 vs. Phillip Capitan
W Dec 8 vs. Clement Greenbridge
KO 3 vs. Phillip Capitan
KO 1 vs. Clinton Baker
W Dec 6 vs. Godfrey Oliver
KO 2 vs. Roy Morris
KO 3 vs. Rafael Guerrero
KO 2 vs. Phillip Capitan
KO 1 vs. Trevor Harris
KO 2 vs. Selwyn Lake
KO 1 vs. Reginald Peters
KO 4 vs. Edward Baptiste
KO 1 vs. Joseph Coke

1976 fights in St. Martin by Jacob Tchanthiung;
KO 2 vs. Vernon Harris
KO 1 vs. Selwyn Lake
KO 2 vs. James Inniss

 

Kenmore,
Posted records of these fighters when they fought Jacob Tchanthiung;
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* Clinton Parsons (7-10-1) was from the Bahama's.
* Coulilay Demba (4-5-1) was from Mali.
* Lisimo Obutobe (7-4-0) was from Congo, but lived in Luxembourg.
* Aaron Solomon (6-5-0) was from Houston, Texas.
* Jean Belval (4-13-2) was from France.
* Simon Dore (1-2-0) was from France.
* Clement Greenbridge (4-6-2) was from Trinidad & Tobago.
* Godfrey Oliver (6-9-0) was from Trinidad & Tobagao.
* Roy Morris (5-2-0) was from Florida. Also fought Ossie Ocasio on 6/14/77.
* Selwyn Lake (1-0-0) and (1-1-0) was from the U.S. Virgin Islands.

 

Greg Page vs Gerrie Coetzee,,,,,

He only got the fight, because he was willing to go to South Africa.

What about the Riddick Bowe 'travelling circus of clowns'.

 

Marvis Frazier had 'no business' in the ring with Larry Holmes.

Even if it was a non-title 10-round bout.

Ossie Ocasio,,,,,,borderline. He only got it because Stan Ward lost to Randy Stephens.