In Saturday’s title struggle Argentina’s Gustavo Lemos, 29-1, misplaced a extremely disputed determination to Richardson Hitchens, 17-0, in an IBF Tremendous Light-weight Eliminator by scores of 115-113 twice and 117-111 all for Hitchens in Las Vegas, Nevada.
I had the identical rating of 117-111, however for Lemos. Hitchens, who precipitated clinch after clinch with Lemos in each spherical with out one warning from referee Raul Caiz, Jr. over the 12 rounds that many people felt he ought to have warned Hitchens, took away some extent or threatened after three warnings a disqualification in favor of Lemos.
The worst determination I ever whereas attending noticed was when WBC Tremendous featherweight champion Puerto Rico’s Alfredo Escalera, 36-7-2, in November of 1976, fought at Philadelphia’s Spectrum in opposition to Philly’s Tyrone Everett, 34-0.
I scored it whereas in attendance 13-2 in rounds for Everett, 148-137. Mexico’s referee scored it 148-146 for Escalera, Puerto Rico’s decide Ismael Wiso Fernandez scored 146-143 for Everett. Then got here Philadelphia’s Lou Tress, 145-143 Escalera, who after 330 bouts by no means judged once more. Did he transfer to Puerto Rico?
Everette fought twice after this in opposition to Cornello Vega, 34-35-4, in Philly, and Delfino Rodriguez, 4-8-2, in Landover, MD. Ten days later, he was shot to dying.
Escalera went on to go 16-7-1 ending with a 53-14-3 document in 1983. In January of 1979 he misplaced his title to Alexis Arguello, 57-5, in Mexico being stopped in 13 rounds. He by no means received one other title struggle.
In having lunch with supervisor Jim Jacobs in New York round 1982, who had “The
Biggest Fights of the Century” movie assortment and managed gentle heavy champ Jose Torres, heavy champ Floyd Patterson, and future heavy champ whom I’d later meet Mike Tyson, nonetheless an novice in Catskill on the residence of their legendary coach Cus D’Amato and co-owner Camile Ewald.
Jacobs instructed me the worst determination he ever noticed was Manayunk part of Philadelphia gentle heavy champ Harold Johnson, 69-8, dropping to Willie Pastrano, 57-11-8, by break up determination in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Two fights later, Pastrano misplaced to Argentina’s Gregorio Peralta, 35-3-4, in a non-title struggle, and within the rematch, two fights later, dropping once more to Peralta. Johnson went 7-2 after this, by no means getting a rematch of one other title struggle.
I’m certain readers of Boxing Information 24 could have among the worst choices they’ve ever seen.
