Why didnt Monzon move up?

I've never seen it, but supposedly Monzon was lucky to get the draw.

It was before Monzon had reached his true prime though, and he very clearly won the rematch 5 years later.

 

If a fight was decided by less than 4 points in Argentina they were called draws, which explains the high amounts on certain Argentinian fighters like Monzon and Locche's resumes.

 

Yes he certainly did. But thought that was interesting, whilst not being overly suprising as Briscoe has a very misleading record.

 

You've really got to wonder if that ever inadvertently benefited both of them, though.

 

According to most accounts, it did just that in Locche's bout with Carlos Ortiz, which was called a draw but most who've seen it scored it clearly for Carlos. I'll give my thoughts on that one in due time.

 

Yeah, so I've heard too.

Just seems like a safety net for either fighter if they're having a lazy night or bad performance. Maybe both of them should have a few more losses on their records. Who knows.

 

F@#k.... "Duran & Castro" split a pair of fights in BOTH vatos' home countries of Argentina and Panama back in 1997... Funny how each guy got the nod in their OWN back-yard... Go figure? Anyway, BOTH were solid fights that gave the fans their money worth.... Peace...

MR.BILL

 

May be able to settle -- once and for all-- with Amilcar Brusa, Monzon's only trainer, why Carlos didn't move up to Lt Hvy.

See Brusa at various gyms in L.A. (still works mostly with Argentine fighters) He's a gracious elder statesman -- very lucid and straight-forward.

 

1. He was fighting tough competation at middleweight, and a crop of great welters moving up for good paydays.
2. Bob Foster
3. Monzon was an excellent fighter but lets face it he was lazy. I doubt he wanted to try and put on that extra muscle, keep what speed he had, and take the risk moving up we he was undoubtably the best in the world in his division.

 

That would be great. :good

 

Very interesting. :good

 

And to a point that should always be the way. You should not be able to beat the champion unless you beat him convincingly. Titles are given away far too cheaply now a days, the champion should always have the benefit of any doubt.

 

Very poor post.

 

Notice Monzon has a ton of draws in South America on his early record. It was the standard in much of South America at the time that pretty much any fight that went the distance and wasn't really dominated by one guy or the other would be called a draw.

 

True, and more power to them. But I don't think you can reasonably fault Monzon for sticking around and fighting the best in his own division.