Tom 'The Bomb' Bethea Challenged Nino Benvenuti for the Middleweight Championship in May 1970. Tom 'The Bomb' had posted a 'shoddy record' of 10-5-1 (5 KO's). From May 1969 thru January 1970, Tom had lost '4' straight. Then, in a 'non-title' safety bout, in March 1970, Nino Benvenuti gets banged in the ribs, and gets stopped {TKO 8} by Tom 'The Bomb'. Next stop, Tom Bethea goes from Out-of-the-Top 30 Middleweights, to the #6-Ranked Challenger, and a World Title shot. In May 1970, Tom 'The Bomb' hangs with the Champion for '7-Rounds', before getting 'one-punched knocked-out' in the 8th-Round.
Fernando Ramos was 2-3 with two knockout losses in rounds 2 and 3 when he stepped in the ring with WBO titlist Jesse Benavides.
Michael Bentt vs Tommy Morrison for the WBO strap, Bentt had a stellar amature career, he holds the distinction of being the most distinguished amature to never fight in the Olympics, but his 10-1 record 6 KO was shoddy to say the least, He knocked morrison down 3 times in the first for a TKO1 and won the title, 5 months later he got knocked out in the 7th by Herbie Hide, (who was supposed to fight morrison in the High-noon in hong kong card)
Jose Napoles 65-4-0 defends his WBC, WBA, world title against Billy Backus with his 29-10-4 record, the underdog pulled off a shock TKO4 over Napoles folowing a bad cut over the left eye.
What Pete should have done, is knockout his manager, Who signed him up to fight Floyd Patterson for 'ZERO Dollars'.....atsch
