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1967 Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Replay
01/07/67 Saturday
Laval, France
Guy Pinault – LHW (0-1-0) vs. Francis Dupuy – LHW (3-3-0)
Guy Pinault - France Rating 1
Light HEavyweight 1966-68
8 wins / 2 losses / 1 draw / 0 KO
Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto
Defeated Francis Dupuy three times, the first time in 1967. Fought all his fights in Laval, France except his last against Dupuy which was in Sedan, France. I would guess being all the fights in Laval, Guy was from around there and all his opponents were local club fighters.
Francis Dupuy - France Rating 1
LIght Heavyweight 1965-68,75-76
6 wins / 11 losses / 0 draw / 3 KO
Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto
Dupuy fought from 65 to late 68 accumulating a 5-8-0,3Ko record. He'd lost 2 consecutive fights to Guy Pinault when he then disappeared from the boxing scene for 6-1/2 years. He then came out and fought 4 times in 1975-76 winning the first fight by disqualification and then lost the last 3.
Dupuy is rated based on his career from 65-68 only.
A club fighter from somewhere in France but traveled around a little in his career fighting once each in Germany, The Netherlands and Lubembourg.He fought and lost to Pinault 3 times. He lost a 6 round decision to Arno Prick whom vistamann rated.
The fight......
Another club fight somewhere in France between two local thumper in this bout. Pinault is in only his 2nd fight and Dupuy in his 7th so there’s not a lot of experience in the ring between the two. The real thing back in 1967 ended up a 6 round decision for Pinault giving him his 1st career win and the first of 3 wins he’d have against Dupuy.
In our replay, Dupuy accredited himself well in the first round landing a sharp combination a little more then a minute into it. Pinault lands a couple jabs to recover what could have been judged an even round, but, all three judges give the edge to Dupuy. That’s pretty much it for Dupuy though as Pinault ever so slowly builds himself a slight advantage over the 2nd and 3rd rounds and then just takes over the fight in the last 3 rounds. It finishes a unanimous decision for Pinault, 58-56, 59-55, 59-55 on the scorecards.
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