The Mighty Atoms - All time Flyweight Championship

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Originally Posted by Tosti

Should be able to pick up on this again soon.

Move house last week, utter chaos!

Moving is sooooo much fun! (dripping sarcasm) NOT!!.... Will be glad to see you back bro.

[Tosti]

Ricardo Lopez (#4) V Miguel Canto (#5)

MGM Grand, Las Vegas

Lopez (left) was a very talented battler who achieved what all boxers strive to attain - an unbeaten career. Ricardo was a boxer-puncher warrior who packed a good punch; He won the IBF Light Flyweight Championship of the World, the WBC Minimumweight Championship of the World, the WBA Minimumweight Championship of the World, the WBO Minimumweight Championship of the World and the WBC Continental Americas Minimumweight Championship during his career.He defeated such men as Rosendo Alvarez, Saman Sorjaturong, Alex "Nene" Sanchez, Ala Villamor, Kermin Guardia, Andy Tabanas, Kyun Yun Lee, Mongkol Charoen, Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, Will Grigsby, Domingo "Pretty Boy" Lucas, Rey Hernandez and Rocky Lin.Lopez was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2007 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2007.

Las Vegas, NV Won UD 10 Eyup Can (4-0-0)
Las Vegas, NV Won SD 12 Betulio Gonzalez (2-0-0)


Canto was a splendid boxer. He was not a power hitter but was a "busy" and effective puncher. During his career, he won the WBC Flyweight Championship of the World and defended his title fourteen times. He also won the Flyweight Championship of Mexico and the Flyweight Championship of Yucatan. He defeated such men as Bertulio Gonzalez, Shoji Oguma, Martin Vargas, Gabriel Bernal, Antonio Avelar, Kimio Furesawa, Jiro Takada, Susumu Hanagata, Jose Luis Cetina, Ignacio Espinal, Orlando Maldonaldo and Sung Jun Kim. Canto was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998.


Mexico City, DF Won UD 10 Leo Gamez (4-0-0)
Mexico City, DF Won TKO 9 Zolani Petelo (1-0-0)

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Miguel Canto (#5) UD12 Ricardo Lopez (#4)

MGM Grand, Las Vegas

Canto dismantled Lopez.

On top throughout Canto counterpunched his way to a wide margin victory. Some at ringside speculated that Lopez did not look as honed as he might and he paid the price.

Everytime he tried to go inside on Canto he was met with a slicing jab or a rapier right cross. Hampered from the sixth round onwards by a cut over his right eye, Lopez was running on empty for the last few rounds.

Canto cruised home to an impressive win.

Next up......

[CONN CHRIS]

Originally Posted by Tosti

Should be able to pick up on this again soon.

Move house last week, utter chaos!

I missed this. Ugh, I hate moving Tom.

After the 2003 shuffle that we did, I have vowed to dies in this house.

We still have boxes that my wife packed from a move that she made in the early 90s prior to our wedding. They are in the attic and garage un-touched to this day. I intend to have my children open them when the estate is settled.

[Tosti]

Fidel La Barba (#7) V Panama Al Brown (#6)

Madison Square Garden

LaBarba (left) was fast on his feet and hit accurately. He was a converted left-hander and a great defensive fighter who used a weaving style. LaBarba won the Flyweight Championship of the World in 1927 and retired from boxing at the end of that year to attend Stanford University. He returned to the ring in 1928 and and fought for six years but never regained the title.During his career, LaBarba defeated such men as Kid Chocolate, Charles "Bud" Taylor, Pedro Villa, Frankie Genaro, Elky Clark, Petey Sarron, Santiago Zorilla, Young Montreal, Willie LaMorte, "Memphis" Pal Moore, Bushy Graham, Tommy Paul, Young Nationalista, Willie Smith, Georgie Rivers, Clever Sencio, "California" Joe Lynch and Melvin "Happy" Atherton.


New York, NY Won TKO 9 Alberto Jimenez (4-0-0)
New York, NY Won MD 12 Little Dado (2-0-0)

Brown was tall and slender, quick and slippery and a fine boxer. He moved well, had a long reach and hit with stiff punches. In nearly 170 bouts, he lost only 19. During his career, he won the NBA Bantamweight Championship of the World, the Bantamweight Championship of the World (as recognized by New York state), the Bantamweight Championship of the World (as recognized by Canada), the IBU Bantamweight Championship of the World and the Bantamweight Championship of Isthmus. He defeated such men as Pete Sanstol, Emile "Spider" Pladner, Teddy Baldock, Johnny McCoy, Valentin Angelmann, Victor "Young" Perez, Baltazar Sangchili, Eugene Criqui, Knud Larsen, Kid Francis, Johnny King, Eugene Huat, Domenico Bernasconi, Benny Schwartz, Eddie O'Dowd, Henri Scillie, Maurice Dubois, Johnny Cuthbert, Dave Crowley, Dick Burke, Tommy Hyams, Joe Colletti, Frankie Ash, Kid Socks and Alf Pattenden.

New York, NY Won TKO 5 Rocky Gattellari (4-0-0)
New York, NY Won TKO 2 Guty Espadas (2-0-1)

[Tosti]

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

I missed this. Ugh, I hate moving Tom.

After the 2003 shuffle that we did, I have vowed to dies in this house.

We still have boxes that my wife packed from a move that she made in the early 90s prior to our wedding. They are in the attic and garage un-touched to this day. I intend to have my children open them when the estate is settled.

Haha

I know what you mean.

I have put a new rule into place (which will obviously not be adhered to by anyone) that doesn't allow any boxes to go into the loft!

I have made an exception for all my old Ring mags!

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Fidel La Barba (#7) UD12 Panama Al Brown (#6)

The turning point of this bout came in the ninth round. La Barba went on the offensive catching his opponent by surprise, during some work inside he landed a vicious right hook to the body of Brown sending him on one knee.

Brown, who had started well, found it difficult after the knockdown with La Barba landing some telling jabs and crosses.

La Barba won the bout on all three scorecards by a margin of three points.

Up next.....

[Tosti]

Jackie Jurich (#34) V Midget Wolgast (#10)

Civic Auditorium, San Francisco

Jurich (left) fought 84 times through his career and held the American Flyweight Title. He stopped only 18 men for his 62 wins and fought Manuel Ortiz, Lou Salica, Little Dado and Small Montana amongst others.

Manilla Won MD 12 Pancho Villa (1-0-0)
Managua Won UD 10 Raton Mojica (0-0-0)
Atlanta, GA Won UD 10 Keitaro Hoshino (1-0-0)

Wolgast was an extremely quick individual who utilized nature's gift to earn a version of the Flyweight Championship of the World. He was a talented boxer with ring "savvy" who truly made a living at fighting - over 200 bouts during his career; His boxing skills, fast hands and fast feet made him a very elusive and dangerous adversary in the ring. Nat Fleischer rated him as the 8th all-time greatest Flyweight. Along the way he defeated Izzy Schwartz, Johnny McCoy, Black Bill, Speedy Dado, Little Pancho, Pete Sanstol and Small Montana.

Philadelphia Won TKO 2 Yuri Arbachakov (1-0-0)
Philadelphia Won UD 10 Jesus Chong (2-0-0)

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Jackie Jurich (#34) Draw Midget Wolgast (#10)

San Francisco Civic Auditorium

The pair will have to go at it again.

Wolgast appeared to have won a comfortable, if drab, points victory. The view was held by the corner of Wolgast who were happy for their man to cover up in the last round.

Two of the judges had other ideas, one giving the fight to Jurich with the other calling it even.

Wolgast appeared to have the measure of Jurich throughout, planting jabs and crosses accurately to his opponents chin. As the final bell rang it appeared that Wolgast could have fought on all night. The rematch will take place in Philadelphia.

Next up ....

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Benny Lynch (#20) V Saman Sorjaturong (#11)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

The 'Kid from the Gorbals' held the Scottish, British, European and World Flyweight titles. He won World tilte bouts against Jackie Brown, Small Montana and Peter Kane before forfeiting the title due to weight. He died at the age of 33. Lynch (left) was inducted into the IBHOF in 1998.


Glasgow Won TKO 8 Yoshio Shirai (1-0-0)
Tokyo Won SD 12 Yoko Gushiken (1-0-0)

Sorjaturong held the IBF and WBC Light Flyweight titles. He failed in his first attempt at World honours when challenging Ricardo Lopez for his Minimumweight title, the Mexican stopped him in two rounds. Two years later he won the Light Flyweight belt, in the 1995 Ring Magazine fight of the year he stopped Humberto Gonzalez in 7 rounds. He made 10 defences before dropping a points decision to Yo Sam Choi. Sorjaturong was a murderous puncher, achieving 35 of his 45 victories through stoppages.

Bangkok Won MD 10 Johnny Hill (2-0-0)
Bangkok Won TKO 9 Newsboy Brown (1-0-0)

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Benny Lynch (#20) UD12 Saman Sorjaturong (#11)

It took Lynch two rounds to work Sorjaturong out, after that the Scot dominated the bout.

Lynch shipped a couple of heavy rights in the opening exchanges which prompted a change of tactics. Therein Lynch switched to a counterpunchers role and picked off his Thai opponent with ease.

Sorjaturong ran out of gas just after halfway and was unable to put any pressure on Lynch.

The judges had an easy task with one giving Lynch the last ten rounds.

Up next ......

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Peter Kane (#53) V Johnny Buff (#56)

Liverpool Stadium

Kane (left) held both the British and 'World' titles at Flyweight. In 1938 the Liverpool born slugger decked Jackie Jurich 5 times before going on win the World title on points. He immediately relinquished the belt to move up to Bantamweight where he won the European title.

London Won TKO 7 Lupe Madera (1-0-1)
London Won UD 10 Hi-Yong Choi (0-0-0)
Buenos Aires Won UD 10 Santos Laciar (0-0-0)
Paris Won SD 12 Louis Skena (2-0-0)


Buff stopped Abe Goldstein to win the American Flyweight title before going onto win the World Bantamweight title. In an 89 fight career he defeated amongst others Charles LeDoux, Pete Herman and Frankie Mason.

Brownsville, TX Won UD 10 Fritz Chervet (2-0-0)
Cleveland, OH Won UD 10 Prudencio Cardona (1-0-0)
San Antonio, TX Won SD 10 Myung-Woo Yuh (0-0-0)
London Draw D(m) 12 Terry Allen (2-0-0)
San Francisco, CA Won KO 1 Terry Allen (2-0-1)

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Johnny Buff (#56) TKO3 (Cuts) Peter Kane (#56)

Liverpool Stadium

Tough luck on Kane as the wonder run of Buff continues.

After a quiet first round Kane landed a peach of a right cross, sending the visiting fighter down for a six count. Buff fought back well for the rest of the round landing some crisp jabs.

At the start of the third Buff caught kane with a right hook, opening a huge gash over the Liverpudlian's right eye. The doc at ringside took one look at it and called the fight over.

Next up ......

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Horacio Accavallo (#18) V Sot Chitalada (#40)

Estadio Norte, Rosario

Accavallo (left) was the Argentinian, South American and WBA Champion at Flyweight. In an 11 year 83 fight career he only lost twice. He achieved against Salvatore Burruni, Effren Torres, Katsuyoshi Takayama and Hiroyuki Ebihara.


Buenos Aires Won UD 10 Sin Sor Ploenjit (1-0-0)
Glasgow Won SD 12 Elky Clark (1-0-0)


Chitalada stopped Charlie Magri in only his ninth pro contest to win the WBC version of the Flyweight title. He held the title for over three years before travelling to Japan and dropping a points decision to Yong Kan Kim. Chitalada won back the crown from Kim on home soil and defended it for another two years before being stopped for the first time in his career by Muangchai Kittikasem.

Erie, PA Won UD 10 Frankie Mason (0-0-0)
New York, NY Won UD 10 Izzy Schwartz (0-0-0)
Bangkok Won KO 11 Koji Kobayashi (3-0-0)

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Horacio Accavallo (#18) UD12 Sot Chitalada (#40)

Estadio Norte, Rosario

It took the hometown boy a handful of rounds before he worked Chitalada out.

The fight was nicely poised after 7 rounds with plenty of action for the crowd. There was no let up in the eighth stanza, Chitalada went on the offensive and was enjoying his best period of the fight, then he walked into a right hook which sent him sprawling to the deck. A good round had become a disaster.

The pair went at it for the remaining three rounds with Accavallo holding sway, he landed another right hook to score the fights second knockdown and secure the victory.

Next up ....

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Jung Koo Chang (#16) V Frankie Genaro (#14)

Chungmu Gymnasium, Daejon

Chang (left) failed in his first attempt to win the WBC Light Flyweight title after dropping a split decision to Hilario Zapata in 1982. He made amends a year later when stopping Zapata and went on to defend his title 15 times against the likes of German Torres, Sot Chitalada and Isidro Perez. He finally lost his crown to Humberto Gonzalez before making two unsuccessful attempts at the World Flyweight Title.

Daejeon Won TKO 10 Masao Ohba (1-0-0)
Daejeon Won TKO 11 Jackie Paterson (2-0-0)


Genaro (right) was the American and NBA World Flyweight Champion. This light hitting technician fought 131 times over a 14 year period. During his career his victories included those against Pancho Villa, Bud Taylor, Memphis Pal Moore, Bushy Graham, Kid Williams and Frenchy Belanger.

New York, NY Won UD 10 Walter McGowan (2-0-0)
New York, NY Won UD 12 Erbito Salavarria (2-0-0)

[Tommysixfingers]

Just caught up with this uni and it is a very good one. Not that I'd expect anything else.

I like the fighter backgrounds a lot.

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Jung Koo Chang (#16) WDSQ11 Frankie Genaro (#14)

Referee Mill Lane finally lost patience with Genaro.

The American technician was gaining the upper hand in a good contest, when after already being deducted two points for low blows, Genaro landed again under the belt. Lane stepped in and ended the bout.

Even allowing for the previous deductions the bout was in the balance though Genaro appeared to be in better shape.

Chang progresses to the next round.

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[Tosti]

Originally Posted by Tommysixfingers

Just caught up with this uni and it is a very good one. Not that I'd expect anything else.

I like the fighter backgrounds a lot.

Cheers Tommy, good to see you following along.

[Tosti]

Jimmy Wilde (#1) V Pascual Perez (#3)

National Sporting Club, London

The skinny, frail-looking Wilde (left) was a dynamic fighter with a powerful punch. He was taught to fight by his future father-in-law, the legendary mountain fighter Dai Davies, while working in the mines of Wales. At age 16, Jimmy began exhibiting in the boxing booth of Jack Scarrott, where he appeared from 1909 to 1914 in an estimated 500 fights.Nat Fleischer ranked Wilde as the #1 All-Time Flyweight.

Won TKO 7 Shoji Oguma (5-0-0)
Won KO 4 Beibis Mendoza (1-0-0)

Perez (right) was a terrific hitter on a short frame. Shorter than most of his opponents, he usually hammered them down to size. He lost only 7 times in 92 contests and had win streaks of 51 bouts and 28 bouts. During his career, Pasqual won the Flyweight Championship of the World. In doing so, he became the first World Champion from Argentina.

Won KO 7 Jackie Brown (3-0-0)
Won UD 12 Percy Jones (2-0-0)