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Volume Four
WWBU Monthly,
Volume 4, August 1902
Felix Trinidad has carved a reputation for being an action fighter and this Latino is starting to gain public acclaim for his skill and derring-do. This month felt like the boxing world held it’s breath for the month with a paucity of top level bouts. Only the ever active George Abrams would take a tough fight in Canadian Eric Lucas.
July In Review
In a somewhat slow month for significant fights, one of the glamour fighters in the WWBU, welterweight Felix Trinidad (#1, 19-1-0), took one minute to floor Canadian Andrew Chessen (1-7-2) on the canvas for the first time and then finally finishing the encounter another 90 seconds later with pile driver of an overhand left. This was Trinidad’s 17th stoppage victory in 19 wins. In the most significant battle of the month middleweights Eric Lucas (#2, 18-4-1) and George Abrams (#4, 19-4-0), did battle. Abrams had been obsessively training since his loss to O’Dowd in February and showed some decent form against Ernest Mojica. Lucas meanwhile has been celebrating his significant win over Rocky Mosley Jr. that earned him the number 2 ranking. In technical boxing fans delight, both fighters displayed ample defensive capabilities as they parried and thrust through the majority of the fight. The ninth round was the lowlight as the fighters threw a total of 16 punches between them. The judges scored the bout 117-113, 117-115 and 115-115 for majority decision victory to George Abrams.
Lightweight fan favourite, Jack McAuliffe (#2, 17-1-1), fought his first comeback bout against Geoffrey Mallard (1-2-0) since his loss to George Lavigne. Prior to the fight, McAuliffe was a man about town as he seemingly spent more time socialising than training. It didn’t seem to make any difference however as he dismantled Mallard on the way to mercy stoppage by the referee in the fourth round. Vergil Cooper (#5, 18-2-0) claims that none of the top MW in the world will fight him and that is why he keeps fighting boxers who have been unkindly referred to by the pundits as Tomato Cans. Tonight’s can was Nathan Heil (0-1-1) who came in out of shape and dually did very little to make this bout any more than a time waster.
The crowd booed through this sparring session of a bout as the lone ranked bantamweight, Felix Friedemann (17-4-0) boxed his way to a 12 round decision win over the limited Primo Cacciatore (1-10-2). This was not a main event that promoted the sport of boxing in any way. In the co-main event Heavyweight WWBU #2 Alfio Righetti (19-0-1) wore down the gritty Jeffrey Flores (4-7-1) before knocking him out in the ninth round. Righetti showed some maturity in this fight in not going for the quick kill but working the tough Flores over before ending the contest in the ninth round.
Results of Note
WW Felix Trinidad #1 19-1-0 KO1 Andrew Chessen 1-7-2
BW Felix Friedemann #1 17-4-0 UD12 Primo Cacciatore 1-10-2
LW Jack McAuliffe #2 17-1-1 TKO4 Geoffrey Mallard 1-2-0
MW George Abrams #4 19-4-0 MD12 Eric Lucas #2 18-4-1
HW Alfio Righetti #2 19-0-1 KO9 Jeffrey Flores 4-7-1
MW Vergil Cooper #5 18-2-0 UD4 Nathan Heil 0-1-1
WW Sharmba Mitchell 12-0-0 UD10 Packy McFarland 14-3-0
Current Rankings and Analysis
Heavyweight Division
Champ – Vacant
1. Greg Page
2. Alfio Righetti
3. Audley Harrison
4. Jimmy Clark
5. Frankie Daniels
6. Kevin Isaac
7. Rex Layne
No Change
Light Heavyweight Division
Champ – Vacant
1. Michael Bennett
2. Victor Robledo
No Change
Middleweight Division
Champ – Vacant
1. Mike O’Dowd
2. George Abrams
3. Rocky Mosley Jr.
4. Vergil Cooper
5. Eric Lucas
Lucas falls to number 5 with his loss to Abrams, with Abrams replacing him at #2.
Welterweight Division
Champ – Vacant
1. Felix Trinidad
2. Billy Backus
3. Reuben Shank
Shank joins the rankings at number 3.
Lightweight Division
Champ – Vacant
1. George Lavigne
2. Jack McAuliffe
No Change
Featherweight Division
Champ – Vacant
1. Jaime Garza
2. Vuyani Bungu
No Change
Bantamweight Division
Champ – Vacant
1. Felix Friedemann
No Change
Flyweight Division
Champ – Vacant
1. Little Dado
2. Rosendo Alvarez
No Change
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