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Backus, who is the nephew of boxing legend and former world champion Carmen Basilio, started his career by winning only 7 of his first 19 bouts.In 1964, things looked promising when he won four bouts in a row, but then he suffered a three fight losing streak.
Title Bout Championship Boxing displays a boxing ring with fighters who trade blows, an immersive blow-by-blow text, a crowd that cheers, and ring card girls who flash up between rounds. The game features over 6,660 boxers past and present and in every weight class, allowing players to not only recreate historical fights but also stage bouts ...
Written off from boxing by doctors after the accident, Pazienza would return to the ring with a win over Luis Santana, a fight which also aired on Tuesday Night Fights. Another title fight aired by USA was the 1988 IBF featherweight title bout between defending champion Calvin Grove and contender Jorge Paez that took place in Mexicali, Mexico ...
Mayorga lost 2 points during the bout, one in the 5th for hitting after the bell, and another in the 11th for hitting behind the head. After 12 rounds, one judge scored it 114–114, the other two had 114–112 and 117–110 both in favour of Spinks, giving him a Majority Decision victory.
The first of the world title bouts on the card saw IBF light middleweight champion Matthew Hilton face number 1 contender Robert Hines. [10]In round two, while stuck on the ropes and absorbing heavy punches from Hilton, Hines was hurt by a series of Hilton power shots, but was held up by the ropes, before being given a count by the referee.
Leonard stopped Benitez in the 15th to win the WBC welterweight title. ... of the greatest in the history of boxing.” ... Sr. in an ill-advised comeback bout in 1997. The win over Hagler was the ...
The heavyweight boxing matchup followed a sometimes zany build-up to an unlikely bout: the 58-year-old former world heavyweight champion against the 27-year-old social media sensation.
Although Cooney had only fought three official bouts in five years following his loss to Holmes, in 1987 he challenged former world heavyweight and world light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks in a title bout. Cooney appeared past his prime and Spinks, boxing carefully with constant sharp counters, knocked him out in round 5.