Vito Antuofermo - Unbelievably Underrated

Yup. All agreement from this side.

 

Vito made Hagler a better fighter.....after the draw Marvin knew he would have to take his game to another level.

Yep, Vito is underrated.

 

Anutofermo vs Hagler 1 is a math where a draw is the right call. Antuofermo is under rated.

 

the Hope fight was not cuts related.

 

In the Hagler 1 fight Marv should gotten the decision, should have been 9-6 Marv maybe 10-5. Regardless Vito is very underrated considering his cut problem and lack of any seeming punching power.

Vito was all heart, and at least in 1982 his scar tissue looked worse in person than on TV.

I always kind of wondered who would have won prime for prime, Vito v Hamsho. I think Vito was more skilled if that applies between those 2.

 

Agreed, I believe I had it 10-5. Awful decision; one of the worst I've seen. Hagler dominated early and dominated the fight less so as the fight went on, but was still winning the rounds. It's definitely one of those fights where you see the loser doing better, and the assumption is that he's winning the rounds. He ain't, he just ain't losing them as badly. Regardless, Vito fought out of his skin and was as tough as hell.

 

True. Hope battered Antuofermo forcing the ref to intervene. He was a bloody mess of course.

 

Antufermo is rated correctly, a limited brawler, who you could cut with an evil stare, who used an incredible heart to achieve what he did.

A well managed fighter who beat old men to get his reputation, but seemed to fall short against the better primed fighters he fought.

Won a decision over the average Corro; but put in a prime performance in getting an unlucky draw with Hagler. Should of got a draw in the first Minter fight, but then it was all downhill.

 

Vito was a solid fighter with a tough chin, super strong and Big Balls...I watched him early on in his career with wins over tough fighters,Art Kettles(underated) Durango,Nixon,Macaloon,Willie Warren,Griffith,Hart,Briscoe and he was beating the crap out of Harold Weston Jr and ready to stop him but for a clash of heads, in those days they just called it a TKO in N.Y. but Vito had him reeling...I thought the 1st fight with Hagler showed what Vito was made of, he was less talented but his strength and will and Intestal Fortitude as Howard Cosell called it got him the draw...I did not think Hagler did enough to take his title and Vito shook Marvin up in the 13th and Called him in to brawl....I also thought he won the 1st fight vs Mintor...Scar tissue became Skin tissue and his protruding forehead made thing worse but Vito with out cuts gave them all good fights and I was shocked in the Hagler fight because I thought Marvin was the next superstar

 

Damn, theres a name I haven't heard for a while. Very good fighter. Didnt he go on to be an actor of some sort.

 

That fight wasn't even close, I had it 10-5 Hagler.

 

I had it 8-7 Hagler, so I'm OK with the draw. Vito was a damn good fighter.

Scartissue

 

No that was Hagler