Heavyweights Universe. From 60's and forward.

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The undisputed heavweight champion of the world Joe Frazier (29-3-0 with 28 stoppages) has announced that he will fight Leotis Martin (32-8-2 with 18 stoppages) in their much awaited rematch. Leotis Martins stunning 6th round TKO of Joe Frazier stands clearly as a major event in boxing history in the memory of most fightfans. Leotis Martin has just drawn against Larry Middleton for the NABF title, and many had expected them to fight a rematch. Frazier v Martin II will take place in February next year.

The newly crowned IBF champion Al Jones (30-3-0 with 6 stoppages) has announced that he will defend his title against a fighter with the same first name, Al Lewis (26-1-2 with 14 stoppages) in January next year.

The North American Boxing Federation (NABF) has announced that Larry Middleton (29-2-1 with 8 stoppages) will fight George Chuvalo (37-11-0 with 28 stoppages) for the vacant NABF championship in February next year.

Jack Bodell 28-20-2 (21) has retired.

Champ: Joe Frazier 29-3-0 (28)
1. Al Jones 30-3-0 (6)
2. Leotis Martin 32-8-2 (18)
3. George Chuvalo 37-11-0 (28)
4. George Foreman 21-0-0 (21)
5. Ken Norton 24-1-0 (22)
6. Dave Zyglewicz 30-4-0 (21)
7. Larry Middleton 29-2-1 (8)
8. Gregorio Peralta 35-11-1 (22)
9. Al Lewis 26-1-2 (14)
10. Earnie Shavers 19-0-0 (17)

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November, 1971

Notable fights

Ron Lyle 6-0-0 (6) TKO 2 Fred Beilinger 5-6-1 (1)

Ted Gullick 12-1-1 (11) KO 1 Jan Somik 17-31-4 (2)

Jack O'Halloran 22-5-0 (2) UD 10 Chuck Wepner 25-17-1 (9)

Oscar Bonavena 31-8-0 (25) UD 10 Jeff Merritt 18-5-0 (13)

Mac Foster 26-5-2 (22) KO 9 Buster Mathis 29-6-0 (8)

Joe Bugner 19-6-0 (13) KO 7 Roger Russell 25-7-0 (2)

Mani Vaka 19-1-2 (13) UD 10 Billy Walker 36-11-2 (30)

No world fights this month..

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George Foreman (21-0-0 with 21 stoppages) has announced that he will fight former IBF challenger Mac Foster (26-5-2 with 22 stoppages) in his next bout. The bout has been set for January next year. Foreman is on a impressive knockout streak, and his latest 4th round KO win against top contender Oscar Bonavena, really made a statement. Mac Foster won his last bout against Buster Mathis.

Earnie Shavers (19-0-0 with 17 stoppages) will fight hard hitting italian Dante Cane (27-6-0 with 22 stoppages) next month (December) as he further steps up in competition.

The ring rankings:

Champ: Joe Frazier 29-3-0 (28)
1. Al Jones 30-3-0 (6)
2. Leotis Martin 32-8-2 (18)
3. George Chuvalo 37-11-0 (28)
4. George Foreman 21-0-0 (21)
5. Ken Norton 24-1-0 (22)
6. Dave Zyglewicz 30-4-0 (21)
7. Larry Middleton 29-2-1 (8)
8. Gregorio Peralta 35-11-1 (22)
9. Al Lewis 26-1-2 (14)
10. Earnie Shavers 19-0-0 (17)
No changes..

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December, 1971

Notable fights

Pedro Lovell 7-2-0 (5) KO 5 Sam Carter 15-12-2 (2)

Rudi Lubbers 12-0-0 (2) TKO 8 Heinrich Klimmer 6-10-1 (1)

Joe Alexander 15-2-1 (9) UD 8 Patrick Akabusi 5-7-1 (2)

Mike Boswell 8-0-0 (7) TKO 2 Klaas Goosens 15-20-2 (4)

Joe Bugner 20-6-0 (14) TKO 7 Peter Weiland 24-12-1 (20)

Bernard Thebault 23-12-1 (12) KO 1 Billy Walker 36-12-2 (30)

Oscar Bonavena 32-8-0 (26) KO 8 Domenico Adolfi 15-4-0 (7)

Roy Williams 26-8-0 (15) UD 10 Raimo Nisula 16-8-1 (8)

Three world fights to come, including a WBO eliminator and a EBU title fight..

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1971-12-25

Cox Pavillion, Las Vegas, USA

Opening bout

Jimmy Young 18-0-0 (8) v Jose Urtain 15-3-0 (5), 10 rounds

Many experts and fightfans feel that Young could be a champion one day because of his supreme defensive skills and his extremely fast hands. He looks like a copy of the young Ali, with less power in the fists though. His opponent is tought Jose Urtain from Spain.

Young is the 13 to 2 favourite.

1st: Young is countering in supreme style. 19-3

2nd: Urtain gets Young into exchanges that allow him to score well, but Youngs faster hands wins the round. 10-6

3rd: Young is not getting this easy, as Urtain manages to pressure him. 15-10

4th: Smooth round from Young as he outboxes Urtain, whose right eye is starting to swell up after the brutally many jabs landed.. 17-2

5th. Young is landing many punches, but can't hurt Urtain. 16-2

6th: If Young had power, this would be over by now. 21-0

7th: Young clearly wins it with his counter punching. The swelling from Urtains right eye is really looking bad 12-3

8th: Young is boxing well, but is stunned towards the end. 16-8

9th: Young keeps landing jab after jab, and Urtain can barely see. The ref breaks in and stops the fight because of the massive swelling.

Jimmy Young TKO 9 Jose Urtain

Jimmy Young improves to 19-0-0 (9) after giving Urtain a boxing lesson. Jose Urtain moves to 15-4-0 (5).

Support Bout

Gene Innocent 20-4-0 (11) v Jurgen Blin 27-8-0 (7), 12 rounds for the EBU title.

The two fighters met eachother in August this year, and Gene Innocent won by a 12th round Majority decision. EBU declared a rematch.

Blin is the 4 to 1 favourite.

1st: Both have their moments, but it is clearly Blins round. 5-11

2nd: Innocent is clearly landing the more clean shots. 21-11

3rd. Close round. 9-13

4th. Innocents sends Blin down with a short hook that lands clean. Blin is up at the count of 6. 13-1

5th. A lot of clinching in a round too close to call. 8-8

6th. Blin wins a slow round. 4-8

7th. Innocent sends Blin down with a body punch. Blin us up at the count of 8. 21-5

8th. Blin wins a round with good ring generalship. 5-12

9th. Innocent sends Blin down for the third time. This time with a hook. Blin is counted out.

Gene Innocent KO 9 Jurgen Blin

Gene Innocent improves to 21-4-0 (12) as he defends his EBU title. Jurgen Blin moves to 27-9-0 (7)

Co-Feature and Main Event coming up..

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Co-Feature

Earnie Shavers 19-0-0 (17) v Dante Cane 27-6-0 (22), 10 rounds

Earnie faces another tough test in hard hitting italian Dante Cane. Earnie Shavers 9th round KO of Boone Kirkman in October was the first fight that proved how good he is. Whether he can become a world champion, only time will tell.

Earnie Shavers is the 3 to 1 favourite.

1st: Earnie lands a crushing right. Cane answers with three good punches that stuns Earnie. Shavers lands a big combination and sends Cane down. Cane is up quickly, but doesn't look too fit. Shavers rains punches on the obviously hurt Cane to send him down again. He is up quick again, and is saved by the bell. 25-8

2nd: 20 seconds gone and Shavers sends Cane down with a barrage of punches. Cane is showing heart here, as he gets up again. Shavers gets very wild as he swings and misses alot. 13-4

3rd: Shavers hurts Cane with a cross followed by a three punch combo. Shavers lands a big hook flush. 16-2

4th: Cane stuns Shavers with a big left. Shavers hits back. Cane is clinching every second now. Shavers pounds Cane towards the end. 23-9

5th: Cane lands a hook and a body punch. Shavers rips a combination of blows to Canes head. Cane lands two hard body punches. Cane lands flush with a hard uppercut. Shavers hurts Cane with a straight right. Shavers lands a smashing uppercut. Shavers sends Cane down with a hook. Cane is up in two seconds. Big round of action - 27-13

6th: Cane lands a big combination as both fighters are tiring out. Shavers catches Cane with a biig uppercut. 10-12

7th: Shavers lands a big hook flush. Shavers lands a sneaky right hand followed by a big cross. Cane staggers Shavers with a counter uppercut. 12-5

8th: Shavers lands big combinations and hurts Cane. Shavers lands a crushing hook. One more solid hook. Cane comes back with a hard shot. Shavers then lands a solid hook going backwards that sends Cane down. But once again, he shows heart as he gets up for the 5th time tonight. Cane can barely stand and Shavers jumps in to lands a big hook and the ref stops the fight.

Earnie Shavers TKO 8 Dante Cane

Earnie Shavers improves to 20-0-0 (18) while Dante Cane moves to 27-7-0 (22) after showing great heart.

Main Event

Ken Norton 24-1-0 (22) v Dave Zyglewicz 30-4-0 (21), 10 round WBO eliminator

Ken Norton could be looking at his big breakthrough with a win here. The winner of the fight is secured a title shot against the winner of Frazier - Martin II. Both fighters have good power, but Norton might have more speed. This should prove to be a great fight between two fighters who likes action.

1st: There is a small exchange with no fighter really landing big. Then Norton takes a step back and lands an enourmous hook that sends Zyglewicz down. He is up at the count of 8, but looks very hurt. Norton can't get past Zyglewicz's defence. 16-4

2nd: Zyglewicz lands a low blow and the ref takes a point from him. Small exchange that Dave gets the better of. He then follows with a sneaky cross to win the round. 3-13

3rd: Norton lands a hard jab that opens a cut above Zyglewicz right eye. Norton hurts Zyglewicz with a quick hook. 12-4

4th: Norton lands some harmless punches until he jumps in with a tremendsous left that hurts Zyglewicz. Norton follows with another quick left. 19-2

5th: Norton lands a solid hook followed by two good body shots. Norton lands a big three punch combo as he hurts Zyglewicz. Norton drops a right hand flush on Zyglewicz chin. Norton follows with a wild right that misses and Zyglewicz counters with a clean uppercut that sends Norton down for the first time of his career.
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6th: Norton lands a big bod blow that hurts Zyglewicz. Norton stuns Zyglewicz with a hook to the head followed by a big three punch combo. Norton catches Zyglewicz with another clean shot. Norton lands a smashing uppercut. Zyglewicz is hanging defenseless in the ropes as Norton lands a good left, as the ref stops the fight!

Ken Norton TKO 6 Dave Zyglewicz

Ken Norton improves to 25-1-0 (23) as he proved alot of things here tonight. He proved that he can come back after being down. He proved that he can outslug a good slugger and he proved that he can deliver an extra gear when it matters the most. Dave Zyglewicz moves to 30-5-0 (21)

Ken Norton is now secured a title shot against the winner of Frazier v Martin II

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The full undercard of Martin v Frazier II has been announced.
The Co-Feature will be Larry Middleton v George Chuvalo for the NABF title
Other fights on the card:
Jimmy Young v Mani Vaka
Ron Lyle v Randy Neumann

Gene Innocent (21-4-0 with 12 stoppages) will defend his EBU title against hard hitting dane Hans Jørgen Jacobsen (21-7-0 with 20 stoppages) in April next year.

The ring rankings:

Champ: Joe Frazier 29-3-0 (28)
1. Al Jones 30-3-0 (6)
2. Leotis Martin 32-8-2 (18)
3. Ken Norton 25-1-0 (23)
4. George Chuvalo 37-11-0 (28)
5. George Foreman 21-0-0 (21)
6. Larry Middleton 29-2-1 (8)
7. Gregorio Peralta 35-11-1 (22)
8. Al Lewis 26-1-2 (14)
9. Dave Zyglewicz 30-5-0 (21)
10. Earnie Shavers 20-0-0 (18)

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1971 awards

Winners will be announced shortly

Fighter of the year nominees

Joe Frazier 3-0-0 (3)

Smokin' started the year by defeating Boone Kirkman by KO in the 8th round. Then he moved on to fight long time rival, Muhammad Ali, for the fourth time. Frazier was alarmingly good as he stopped 'The Greatest' in the 3rd round. In his first defence of the undisputed championship, he pounded Gregorio Peralta to win a 6th round TKO.

Al Jones 3-0-0 (1)

Al has had the best year of his career as he has gotten his final breakthrough. He started the year by defeating Jerry Quarry for the NABF title, in the 4th round. Then he moved on to defend the title against hard hitting Jeff Merritt. He cruised to win an easy unanimous decision. Then he received his title shot against IBF champ George Chuvalo. He outboxed Chuvalo in every possible way and won a Tech UD 14.

Ken Norton 5-0-0 (5)

Ken Norton started the year by defeating journeyman, Roger Escude by 3rd round TKO. He then stepped it up in competetion as he stopped tough mexican Manuel Ramos in the 6th round. After that, he got his rematch against Chuck Wepner and gave him a brutal beating until the fight was stopped in the 3rd. In his, at the time, toughest test of his career he stopped Henry Clark in the 8th round to move into the top 10. After long negotiations he got a shot to become WBO mandatory challenger in an eliminator fight against Dave Zyglewicz. Zyglewicz has been a top contender for a long time now, and the fight split the public in their opinions. Zyglewicz send Norton down for the first time of his career, but Norton came back in the following round pounding as he stopped Zyglewicz in the 6th.

Newcomer of the year

George Foreman 4-0-0 (4)

George Foreman got into the top 10 with wins against Carl Gizzi, Eric Saint Louis and Jeff Merritt. All good wins, but nobody thought he would be able to fight and even beat, Oscar Bonavena. When the fight was made, experts were shaking there heads, saying that Foreman would be outboxed. Foreman proved them wrong as he gave Bonavena a brutal beating before giving him the ten count in the 4th round.

Earnie Shavers 4-0-0 (4)

Shavers started fighting top contender this year as he shot himself into the top 10. He stopped Hans Jørgen Jacobsen and Bernard Thebault from europe until he stopped it up bigtime. He had his toughest fight of his career as he stopped Boone Kirkman in the 9th round. He then moved on to fighting hard hitting italian Dante Cane, who proved to be a very tough test as he showed great heart rising from five knockdowns before the referee finally stopped it.

Pedro Agosto 2-0-0 (1)

Pedro Agosto has been the succes story of the year. His career was unfolding as a simple journeyman as he fought and lost many places around the world. Then suddenly he hit a good steam in 1970 with wins against Santo Amonti, Jack O'Halloran and Jan Lubbers. This gave him a fight against top contender Buster Mathis, who was the 10 to 1 favourite against the unknown Puerto Rican. Pedro Agosto proved too much for the former IBF world champion as he stunned the world by winning a 9th round KO. This made Jerry Quarry think he would be perfect to fight in his comeback fight. A fighter whom he though he could easily beat and who had a big name after defeating Buster Mathis.Quarry was a 13 to 1 favourite. Jerry Quarry made a big mistake. The fight was extremely close but Agosto clearly proved stronger towards the end. Pedro Agosto was deservedly awarded a split decision win as he stunned the world once again by defeating a former world champ.

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New fighters debuting in 1972:

Timo Ahola, Finland
Jean Pierre Coopman, Belgium
Tony Coyne, Australia
John Dino Denis, USA
Larry Frazier, USA
Ted Gray, Australia
Mal Isaacs, Wales
Eddie Neilson, England
Mike Weaver, USA

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1971 Award Winners


Fighter of the year:

Joe Frazier 3-0-0 (3)

Newcomer of the year:

Pedro Agosto 2-0-0 (1)

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This is an entertaining universe. While doing my weekly cleaning last night, I found a copy of The Ring Magazine for October 1970. The Ring's ratings, as of August 1970, were:
CH Joe Frazier
1 Jerry Quarry
2 Oscar Bonevena
3 George Chuvalo
4 Sonny Liston
5 George Foreman
6 Mac Foster
7 Jose Urtain
8 Henry Cooper
9 Jimmy Ellis
10 Boone Kirkman

I guess it refused to recognize Ali.

This thread's ratings were:
Muhammad Ali
Leotis Martin
Joe Frazier
Jerry Quarry
Buster Mathis
Al Jones
George Chuvalo
Oscar Bonavena
Dave Zyglewicz
Larry Middleton

I think I am enjoying the action from this thread more!!! I'll see if I can find some mags from 1971-1972.

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Originally Posted by mikehoudini

This is an entertaining universe. While doing my weekly cleaning last night, I found a copy of The Ring Magazine for October 1970. The Ring's ratings, as of August 1970, were:
CH Joe Frazier
1 Jerry Quarry
2 Oscar Bonevena
3 George Chuvalo
4 Sonny Liston
5 George Foreman
6 Mac Foster
7 Jose Urtain
8 Henry Cooper
9 Jimmy Ellis
10 Boone Kirkman

I guess it refused to recognize Ali.

This thread's ratings were:
Muhammad Ali
Leotis Martin
Joe Frazier
Jerry Quarry
Buster Mathis
Al Jones
George Chuvalo
Oscar Bonavena
Dave Zyglewicz
Larry Middleton

I think I am enjoying the action from this thread more!!! I'll see if I can find some mags from 1971-1972.

Nice.. Some of the fighters who are just journeymen in my uni actually was top 10 real life. Jose Urtain and Boone Kirkman for example. Wasn't Ali in prison at that time?

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Originally Posted by aaaaaaaaa

Nice.. Some of the fighters who are just journeymen in my uni actually was top 10 real life. Jose Urtain and Boone Kirkman for example. Wasn't Ali in prison at that time?

Urtain and Kirkman, I think, both had blips when they were in the top 10 but, once they faced stiffer competition, they faded fast. Ali/Clay wasn't in prison, though he had charges against him (and Bear or someone will probably give a more accurate depiction). He had retired earlier in the year after several years of inactivity, but he came back out toward the end of 1970 against Jerry Quarry. If I remember at all correctly, his stance annoyed many and some entities chose not to rate him.

Amazingly, I have one magazine from the 60s where Mel Turnbow was ranked in the top 50!

How has Ernie Terrell fared in your uni? He was up there in the 60s, and maybe I missed reading about him. For me, he is a leader in fouls committed.

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Originally Posted by mikehoudini

Urtain and Kirkman, I think, both had blips when they were in the top 10 but, once they faced stiffer competition, they faded fast. Ali/Clay wasn't in prison, though he had charges against him (and Bear or someone will probably give a more accurate depiction). He had retired earlier in the year after several years of inactivity, but he came back out toward the end of 1970 against Jerry Quarry. If I remember at all correctly, his stance annoyed many and some entities chose not to rate him.

Amazingly, I have one magazine from the 60s where Mel Turnbow was ranked in the top 50!

How has Ernie Terrell fared in your uni? He was up there in the 60s, and maybe I missed reading about him. For me, he is a leader in fouls committed.

He kept stumbling along the way and never got into the top 10. He retired in 1968 so i've not written about him here.

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I'm gonna cut a little bit down on the writeups of the smaller fights to put more focus on the big ones. That will hopefully make the years fly by a bit faster.

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January, 1972

Notable fights

Mike Schutte 3-0-0 (3) TKO 1 Arvydas Galakteras 6-12-4

Timo Ahola 1-0-0 UD 6 Johnny Firbis 15-25-4 (4)

Ron Stander 16-1-1 (6) TKO 3 Ted Gullick 12-2-1 (11)

Rudi Lubbers 13-0-0 (2) UD 8 Duncan Shaw 6-9-2

Charley Polite 18-17-1 (5) KO 5 Mike Boswell 8-1-0 (7)

Roy Williams 27-8-0 (15) UD 10 Manfred Markgraf 25-10-1 (3)

Peter Weiland 25-12-1 (21) TKO 5 Buster Mathis 29-7-0 (8)

Jeff Merritt 19-5-0 (14) KO 8 Albert Westphal 42-14-2 (28)

Jose Roman 22-7-0 (6) KO 10 Rob Toner 22-21-7 (8)

Jan Lubbers 25-9-0 (12) UD 10 Charlie Green 15-7-1 (4)

4 fights coming up, including IBF and LABA title bouts.

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1972-01-26

Cow Palace, San Fransisco, CA, USA

Opening bout

Jimmy Ellis 39-11-0 (16) v Tony Ventura 16-7-3 (11), 10 rounds

Ellis makes his comeback after a year and seven months of inactivity against unknows journeyman Tony Ventura. Ellis states that he will become a top 10 contender, and possibly a world champion again.

Jimmy Ellis is the 7 to 2 favourite.

Ellis wins 1st thru 3rd without impressing too much. Ventura comes strong in the 4th as he hurts Ellis and wins a 26-2 round. Ventura wins 5th and in 6th he sends Ellis down with a big combination. Ellis is up at the count of 7. Ventura wins the round 24-1. Ventura punishes Ellis in the 7th until the fight is stopped.

Tony Ventura TKO 7 Jimmy Ellis

Well, this should prove that Ellis has lost all the fast reflexes and skills he used to have.

Tony Ventura improves to 17-7-3 (12) and Jimmy Ellis moves to 39-12-0 (16)

Support Bout

George Foreman 21-0-0 (21) v Mac Foster 26-5-2 (22), 10 rounds

Foremans looks to keep his impressive knockout streak against former IBF challenger Mac Foster. Foster beat Buster Mathis in his last fight to send himself back into the picture. Foreman holds impressive knockout wins against Billy Walker, Roger Russell, Jeff Merritt and most notable, his 4th round KO win against Oscar Bonavena.

Foreman is the 4 to 1 favourite.

Foreman only needs 30 seconds to send Foster down with a wicked cross. Foster is up, but Foreman has the chance to finish this. Foreman lands another big cross to send Foster down again. Foster gets up again. Foreman wins a 27-2 round. Foreman wins 2nd and 3rd. In the 4th Foreman pounds Foster to send him staggering across the ring. Foreman then lands punch after punch as Foster is hanging in the ropes and the ref. steps in to stop the fight.

George Foreman TKO 4 Mac Foster

Foremans just keeps impressing against top contenders as he improves to 22-0-0 (22), he might be too good, meaning that noone will wanna face him. Mac Foster moves to 26-6-2 (22) as he was just overmatched here.

Co-Feature

Gregorio Peralta 35-11-1 (22) v Pedro Agosto 22-6-0 (16), 12 rounds for the LABA title.

Pedro Agosto was a fantastic succes story last year as he beat Buster Mathis and Jerry Quarry to win Newcomer of the year 1971. Peralta is the big favourite to defeat this new 'superstar' Pedro Agosto.

Gregorio Peralta is a 14 to 1 favourite.

1st: Agosto rips off some good hooks, but Peralta comes strong towards the end. 9-7

2nd: Agosto lands a sweet hook that stuns Peralta. Peralta recovers and lands some harmless shots. Agosto rushes in and lands a nice cross. Peralta gets the better of an exchange, but Agosto comes back with a big hook that Peralta absorbs well. 9-13

3rd: Agosto lands the harder shots, but Peralta is landing more. Agosto is very effective with body punches. 10-11

4th: Agosto lands a smashing cross that could've hurt Peralta. Peralta starts countering well. 6-7

5th: Agosto lands a big punch, but Peralta answers by hurting Agosto with a big hook. The fighters are in big exchanges here. 15-13

6th: Both fighters lands some meaningless punches, until Agosto throws a quick left hook that stuns Peralta. 4-9

Halfway through the bout, Agosto is actually infront . 58-56 i have it.

7th: Peralta staggers Agosto early. 10-6

8th. Noth much happens as Agosto lands the only significant punch of the round. 2-6

9th. The round is close, until Agosto stuns Peralta towards the end. 5-15

10th. Peralta hurts Agosto as his speed is making a difference. Agosto shows amazing recovery as he answers with a solid hook. 19-6

Two rounds to go, and it still looks like Agost actually might pull this off. I have it 96-94 for Pedro Agosto.

11th. Peralta dominates and sends Agosto down. Agosto is up at the count of 4. Agosto survives. 22-1

I now have it scored 104-104. This is gonna be very very exciting.

Could Agosto really pull this off?

12th. Agosto lands a big right hand. Agosto comes better out of an exchange. Peralta lands a sneaky right, and Agosto answers with a sweet uppercut. 6-11

I have it 113-114 for PEDRO AGOSTO.

Scorecards...

116-113 Peralta
114-113 Agosto
114-113

For the winner by Split decisiooon.. and STILL LABA champion, GREGORIO PERALTA!

Pedro Agostos winning streak have come to an end, but what a perfomance, i still believe that Agosto won this fight. This will definately need rematch.

Gregorio Peralta improves to 36-11-1 (22) while Pedro Agosto moves to 22-7-0 (16)

Main Event

Al Jones 30-3-0 (6) v Al Lewis 26-1-2, 15 rounds for the IBF championship

Al Jones is on a good streak lately. Wins against Mac Foster, Jerry Quarry twice, Jeff Merritt and in his last fight against George Chuvalo, he was very impressive as he completely outboxed the Toronto Tank. Al Lewis' most impressive win came 2 and a half year ago against Mac Foster. Since then he has received his first loss against Albert Westphal. He is now on a 8 fight winning streak, although none of the wins were against top competition.

My Prediction: Al Jones by Close UD/MD 15.

Odds are even.

1st: Close round with both measuring eachother. 7-8

2nd: Al Jones lands better combinations to win the round, but he is cut by a good shot towards the end. 13-10

3rd: Not much happens. 4-5

4th: Jones starts well, but Lewis is very good with combinations and hard shots towards the end. 9-14

5th: Jones dominates. 12-4

6th: There seems to be much more force behind Lewis' punches. 6-8

7th: Jones wins a close round. 8-6

8th: Lewis stuns Jones and wins his best round of the fight. 6-20

9th: The cut above Jones' left eye is looking very bad and the referee stops the fight!

The winner by 9th round TKO, because of cuts, and new IBF champion of the woorld, Al Lewis!

Al Lewis improves to 27-1-2, while Al Jones moves to 30-4-0 (6) as his streak comes to an end.

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NEWS, January 31th 1972

Dave Zyglewicz (30-5-0 with 21 stoppages) has signed to fight Roy Williams (27-8-0 with 15 stoppages) in March. Zyglewicz is coming off a 6th round TKO loss against Ken Norton, while Roy Williams has 5 straight wins against mediocre opposition. The two fighters has met once before, the result was a 9th round TKO win for Zyglewicz

Young prospect Earnie Shavers (20-0-0 with 18 stoppages) has signed to fight Tony Ventura (17-7-3 with 12 stoppages) in March. Ventura made a name for himself by defeating former WBA challenger and NABF champ Jimmy Ellis. Earnie sees this as another step towards the world championship.

Jimmy Ellis (39-12-0 with 16 stoppages) has announced his retirement. He attempted a comeback five days ago, but the loss to unknown Tony Ventura (17-7-3 with 12 stoppages) set his plans back.

With the Frazier v Martin II fight coming up, the hype is at its top with both fighters stating they will win by KO.

The ring rankings:

CH: Joe Frazier 29-3-0 (28)
1. Leotis Martin 32-8-2 (18)
2. Ken Norton 25-1-0 (23)
3. George Foreman 22-0-0 (22)
4. George Chuvalo 37-11-0 (28)
5. Al Lewis 27-1-2 (15)
6. Al Jones 30-4-0 (6)
7. Gregorio Peralta 36-11-1 (22)
8. Larry Middleton 29-2-1 (8)
9. Dave Zyglewicz 30-5-0 (21)
10. Earnie Shavers 20-0-0 (18)

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