Jose "Pipino" Cuevas was on my top 10 favorites.

What a punch!.

3 things you knew when Pipino faught:

1- He was going to knock the other guy out,
2- He was going to get knocked out,
3- The fight was going to be a war, from the first to the last round.

He was never the same after Hearns knocked him out in 2......kept fighting even when he was just a shadow of his old self.......accumulating loses after loses.

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Margarito hit Cotto with real stone hands, what is the difference between this thuggery and the one perpetrated by Luis Resto and Panama Lewis? Resto and Lewis went to jail and so should have Margarito and his trainer.

[/QUOTE]Let me tell you what the difference, in my opinion, is:

Those 2 criminals, Resto and Lewis should've gone to prison for 50 years instead of the 2 years and some months they served.....for manslaughter.

They both committed a much bigger crime than Margarito.....granted, Margarito and his trainer should go to prison but their crime was far less "criminal" than the other 2 cowards, Resto and Lewis.

This is what happened to Billy Collins after that fight, on which Panana Lewis, with Resto's acknowledge, not only took most of the gloves padding, but also put plaster on Resto's "wrap".

1-Wasn't able to fight again because of blurred vision,
2- Became an alcoholic,
3- Became a drug user,
4- Couldn't hold a job because boxing was all he knew how to do,
5- Killed hinself 9 months after the fight.!!!.

That's the difference.

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Billy Collins after his fight with Resto.



Obviously Billy Collins suffered a much more horrible fate but respectfully I disagree in that the final results do not dismiss the intent of the villainy. The intent was to inflict as much damage as possible as to win the fight without regard to the physical well being of the opponent. That one opponent happened to suffer far more than the other was due more to their fighting styles than any consideration by the perpetrators.

[/QUOTE]You are correct......they both did it because they wanted to have an advantage and didn't think about the consequences.

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in the cotto margarito case it all worked out because cotto softened up margarito for shane mosley. it wasent just right hands that margarito was eating it was overhand rights. i was glad he got it taken to him.

UFC 100, their 100th big show, is a very appropriate card showing all aspects of how far the sport has come since the days of few rules and Royce Gracie defeating all comers with jiu-jitsu. It will have;

competitive welterweight title fight (legitimate sports aspect of MMA),
a decent international grudge match at middleweight (entertainment aspect of MMA)
and a freak show heavyweight title fight as main attraction (circus show aspect of MMA)


Should be the best show all summer,especially with Mayweathers scrap against Marquez being cancelled.

Alexis Arguello Dies, Boxing Champ Became Mayor of Managua

Posted Jul 01, 2009 10:39AM By Michael David Smith

Alexis Arguello, the former boxing world champion who in 2008 was elected mayor of his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua, was found dead on Wednesday. He
was 57.

The newspaper El Nuevo Diario reported that Arguello's death appeared to be a suicide.
Arguello's boxing career began in Managua in the 1960s, and he quickly built up an impressive record and a reputation for knocking out his opponents. His first fight outside Nicaragua was for the WBA featherweight title in 1974, and although he lost that fight, he got a second shot and won the title later that year.

Through the 1970s Arguello was considered one of the best boxers in the world. His most memorable matches of the decade were his two fights with Alfredo Escalera, both of which Arguello won. The first Arguello-Escalara fight, known as the Bloody Battle of Bayamon, took place on January 28, 1978, and ended in the 13th round when Escalara couldn't continue because of cuts. Their rematch took place on February 4, 1979, with Arguello knocking Escalara out, again in the 13th round.

Arguello had two memorable fights with Aaron Pryor in the 1980s, losing the first in 1982 and announcing his retirement after losing the second in 1983, but he would return to the ring and win another fight in 1985 and then one more in 1986. He then announced his retirement once again, only to return in 1994 and finally retire for good after losing a fight to Scott Walker in 1995, at the age of 42.

Arguello was considered one of the hardest punchers in history; here's one of his best-known highlights, a knockout of Kevin Rooney in 1982:

I still hear the old timers talk about the Bloody Battle of Bayamon....must've been some fight...

He was a great great fighter and after the magnificent animal Duran my favorite Aaron Pryor was on some kind of drug when he beat him

Great vid yumnuk..the guy's hands must've been made out of iron for Christ's sake..

Alexis Arguello was one of the greatest lightweights in history. great power,smart,quick and he had a big heart.


He was a great champion, and a gentleman.

Pryors head was thats for sure