Lesser-Known Wars/Upsets/Scraps

I was at this one:

 

12-rd close-quarter slugfest - 5 knockdowns

 

Thought you were gonna say Earl vs Katsidis.

Yeah that was Abrahams last hurrah really, he made an appearance on that Prizeshiter shit show, you know that 3 round farcical affair, a few year later, all bald and helpless.

Wayne Alexander, Michael Gomez....both guys who had a bit about them, they'd be picking up World titles for fun now.

Gomez was an old man who damn near KO'd Khan.

Wayne Alexander was slung in with Harry Simon who had bullied Winky Wright a year before Vargas got beat up by Winky.

 

I remember that. Both of these guys are dead now.

Gonzalez had cancer and Letterlough, who was always thicker than pureed pigshit, got himself shot to death. He had done a stretch for armed robbery and was a sort of ESPN staple engaging in thrilling but usually losing slugfests with guys like Gonzalez, Richard Hall, Jirov etv.

Letterlough was a real dummy. He tried to tell this story once about how he went into this "All white town" and started fooling with the women and the men tried to stop him and he knocked them all out etc etc.

Kangz .

 

Clogg making up names again.

One which comes to mind is everybodies favourite wiseguy, Vinny Paz, against a guy called Kiwanuka from Uganda.

This guy was a freak, 6'2", 82" reach, 168lbr.

He fought Pazienza, who beat him by a UD.

I read about it in Ring Magazine on a page that was dealing with multiple fight reports and so space was at a premium.

The report simply read "If Paz is really a standup guy he will send Thomas Tate a thank-you letter".

Tate had fought Kiwanuka, twice, once in 1995 and once in 1997. Prior to the 1995 bout., Kiwanuka had been undefeated with a 20+ unbeaten streak.

If anyone can find footage of that fight it would be great. Tate derailed that guy and even though he edged Glen Johnson before Paz, a guy like Paz couldn't have lived with him but for the damage he'd accrued in the Tate rematch.

 

I thought Gonzalez died in a car wreck

 

You're right. He did.

 

Always thought the Earl-Katsidis fight was overrated to be honest, apart from the knockdown Earl scored it was one-way traffic for the most part.

Abrahams was one of those dangerous journeymen that could really bang if given the chance to land. Alexander wasn't a particularly good boxer but he had a lot of heart and had SERIOUS power. Loved watching him fight, was in plenty of great domestic scraps, lots of KO of the year contenders and his own shaky chin made for lots of see-saw affairs. He was slung in on short notice and had Simon going at one point. Simon was actually top of the bill in the fight I posted, he battered Kevin Lueshing in three rounds, one year after Lueshing had dropped Tito in another title challenge.

The fight I posted was actually a rematch. Abrahams got chucked out of the first fight in the first round for nutting Alexander a load of times and kneeing him in the bollocks:

 

Watford fan. Glad he got slung out.

 

The 90's-early 2000's light-middle domestic scene was kinda great. None of them were world class but they were fun. Alexander, Anthony Farnell, Richard Williams (who dropped Sergio Martinez twice), Takaloo, Steve Roberts, Paul Samuels etc.

Both Alexander and Farnell used to post on the BritishBoxing.net forums way back in the day. Farnell was Warren's golden boy at the time and would always post these long winded messages, Alexander only ever posted to troll Farnell and would usually just post something like "shut up fartnell" after each post. Was so childish but you could tell Farnell was getting really wound up by it. Good times.

 

I remember that. Farnell was a dummy. He looks a bit brain damaged these days. He worked with Jamie Moore.

Alexander went on that forum one day to boast about how he was going up to The Strand to buy furniture. He was targeting somebody called "Sinclair" I think.

Williams came down with some mystery virus but managed to beat Shannon Taylor who had been brought in to fight Mosley.

There was another guy up there called Michael Brodie who was involved in an epic war for the 122lb WBC title back when it meant something

 

Love that one

 

I know the place: Reading, Pennsylvania.
I used to work about an hours drive from there - small place called Dallastown - back in 2000-01.

 

Williams was probably the most skilled guy out of that lot but you could tell he didn't really have a fighter's mentality. It is a shame we never got to see him against the other guys though.

Brodie was a good, capable boxer and was utterly robbed of a world title against Willie Jorrin. First fight with Chi was great but he copped a bit of a pasting in the rematch if I remember correctly.

Problem with Brodie is he got hit a bit too much and was too brave for his own good sometimes. His chin wasn't the sturdiest either (got laid out by Naz in 20 seconds in the ams apparently).

 

Sinclair might have been the Irish guy who dropped Daniel Santos before getting sparked cold in the very same round. First name escapes me.

 

Never heard about the Amateur thing with Brodie, but it makes sense, could easily happen. And yes I had totally forgotten about not just the Jorrin fight but Jorrin himself.

I remember that Pre Financial Crash period which was all a sort of flux of Scott Harrisson, Jorrin, Larios, Old Ass Medina, Israel Vazquez etc etc

 

Neil Sinky Sinclair, one of that crop of talented but flawed Northern Irish fighters like John Lowey, Eamon Magee {dude who dropped Hatton} Brian Magee {fought Froch, Kessler Bute Cherifi} , Ray Close {arguably beat Eubank} Darren Corbett , Eamon Loughran {guy who fought Jose Luis Lopez no less}

Sort of a golden era for NI boxing. Dave McAulay {worst commentator of all time} had kicked it off at the beginning of the the 1990's as Flyweight champ and then McCullough got the silver in the Olympics and for the next 15 years NI produced some great fighters.

Most people don't even know about the Lowey fight. Absolutely great effort on the road by Lowey against a legit fighter.

 

Great knockout, guy was caught cold. Again Loughran would be milking it today fighting trashcans.

 

This is Dave McAulay fighting for the world title in his 8th fight......against a guy who had twice as many fights and was probably a better fighter.

Shows you it's not all new what Lomachenko is at.

Great war, if McAulay had a bit more seasoning he might have taken the title.

Also having Khalil Bezaleel as ref doesn't help.

 

LOL comment under the Bassa vs McAulay fight:-

"Esto si eran peleas! Sin shows, ni apariencias pendejas como las de Mayweather y Mcgregor ahora! Mucha farándula pero de boxeo nada."

 

Frazier KO Chuvalo

 

Bassa-McAulay 1 was an awesome fight.

 

Richard Evatt was a guy who had never fought above Midlands Area title level and he was thrown in there with Junior Jones as a sacrificial lamb on a Hamed undercard. Ended up putting Jones down twice, beat the fuck out of him and was a round and a half away from an absolutely sensational victory when Jones pulled a hail Mary shot out of the bag:



Evatt never got remotely close to that level ever again. Suffered some bad losses back at Midlands Area/British title level and was forced to retire after some heavy knockout defeats meant his license was stripped. He ended up homeless, addicted to drugs and alcohol and was found dead at a homeless shelter in Coventry. I believe somebody was charged with his murder but I'm not sure what became of the case after that. Very sad story.

 

Never saw that first one... good fight!