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Entries tagged with "Bobby+Chacon":

• The Mexicans—It's in the Blood – June 10th, 2011

  Olivares, a true champion, always so accomodating and always so gracious at these Hall of Fame events, sits with a relaxed smile on his face...
  
  

• Love, Hate, and Boxing – September 26th, 2011

  These days, I look, seemingly in vain, for those fighters who remind me of old-school types—a sure sign that I myself am aging…
  
  

• The Case for Arturo Gatti in the Hall – October 19th, 2011

  Gatti had the charisma of Jerry Quarry and the excitement of Bobby Chacon, Matthew Saad Muhammad, and Danny "Little Red" Lopez...
  
  

• Ready for Freddie (Roach That Is) – November 9th, 2011

  A hand that never properly healed, living in Las Vegas, staying out late and drinking—not ideal for a boxer who dreamed of a title…
  
  

• Bobby Chacon vs. Cornelius Boza-Edwards II – November 23rd, 2011

  Bobby Chacon and Cornelius Boza-Edwards had history. They first fought on June 30, 1981, at the Showboat Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Chacon failed to answer the bell after the 14th round, and Boza-Edwards walked away with the WBC super featherweight belt The Schoolboy won from Alexis Arguello two years earlier. They fought their rematch on June 15, 1983, at Caesars, and again Chacon was WBC champ, having won back the crown from Rafael Limon in their fourth fight. Chacon was 51-6 going in. Boza-Edwards' record was 38-3. The general feeling was that Chacon's best days were behind him. But what about the nights...
  
  

• Induct Fierce Eagle into the Hall – November 29th, 2011

  Masaki Kanehira, Japan’s most renowned trainer and known as the maker of Japanese champions, called him “A genius who appears once every 100 years…”
  
  

• Camacho – January 12th, 2012

  In the end, Hector "Macho" Camacho has left the game on his own terms and he did it HIS WAY. Few have done that…
  
  

• Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael "Bazooka" Limon IV – January 21st, 2012

  Some fighters seem made for each other. Think Gatti-Ward, Graziano-Zale, Holyfield-Bowe, Duran-De Jesus, Patterson-Johansson, Barrera-Morales...and the list goes on. Bobby "Schoolboy" Chacon, from Pomona, California, and Rafael "Bazooka" Limon, from Mexico City, must be added to their august company. Chacon and Limon fought four times. Their first fight was in 1975, the second fight was in 1979, and the third was in 1980. Their fourth and final fight was on Dec. 11, 1982, at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento for the super featherweight title Limon won from Alexis Arguello in 1979. The champion Limon was 50-1-2 going in. Chacon's record was 50-6-1. With their having fought so many times, there were no surprises, unless one considers multiple knockdowns and a come-from-behind victory a surprise. Don't miss The Ring's Fight of the Year for 1982...
  
  

• Who Died and Left You King? – March 27th, 2012

  With all his experience in the advertizing business, Sugar cleverly promoted himself as the cigar-chomping front man, the Damon Runyon of his era...
  
  

• California Boxing Hall of Fame – April 9th, 2012