[Rocco Del Sesto]

01/17/67 Tuesday
Miami, FL, USA
Willie McIntyre – LHW (0-0-0) vs. Tony Flame – LHW (1-1-0)

Willie McIntyre - Rating 1 USA
Light Heavyweight 1967-70,79
12 wins / 15 losses / 4 draws / 4 KO

Hometown: Miami, FL

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

McIntyre fought from January 1967 thru June 1970 compiling a 12-12-4, 4KO Record. During that period he fought mainly as a Light Heavyweight and thus he's rated as such even though BoxRec lists him as a Heavyweight. That is because after stepping away from the ring for 9 years, he came back in April 1979 and in 1979 fought and lost 3 fights against James Slerno, Michael Dokes and Carlos DeLeon. Dokes and DeLeon KO'd McIntyre in the 2nd and 1st rounds. This rating of McIntryre is based on his career from 1967-70. You wonder, I suppose it's money or something that drives some of these fighters to come back into the ring after being gone for so long and try and fight guys they obviously have no business in the same ring with.

Some of McIntyre's more noteworthy opponents were an 8 round draw with middleweight Herman Dixon(26-35-6,13), a fight he lost in the 8th round by disqualification to LHW Eddie Talhami(24-12-1,17), a 2nd round KO loss to Ray Anderson(35-19-5,20). McIntyre stopped LHW Gene Idelette(28-9-1,19) in consecutive fights and then lost a 10 round decision and won a 10 round split decision in consecutive fights with LHW Baby Boy Rolle(36-17-2,16). He fough John Hudgins(15-20-5,12) 4 times winning 2 loosing 1 and drawing 1.


Tony Flame - Rating 1 USA
Light Heavyweight 1966-67
1 win / 3 losses / 0 draws / 0 KO

Hometown: Miami, FL

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Fought Lou Howard(8-31-1,5) three times! Lost a 4 round decision in their first fight, then Flame defeated Howard by 4th round decision. He then faced off against Willi McIntyre and lost another 4 rounder decision. Flames final career fight was January 1967 against Lou Howard again. This ime Howard KO'd Flame in the 4th round to end Flame's breif career.


The fight....
McIntyre was coming into the ring for his first career fight against another local Miami fighter Tony Flame whom himself had just fought his first career fights in 1966 splitting two fights with another local named Lou Howard. The scheduled 4 round affair vs. these two ended in a 4 round decision victory for McIntyre.
Our replay started out with some excitement in the first round as McIntyre at the 1:50 mark sends a wicked upper cut that sends Flame to the canvas for a 7 count to easily win the round for McIntyre, 10-8 on all judges cards. Flame though manages to come back in the 2nd round and win a tough close round that lacked the excitement of the first. Round 3 was again a dull affair which Flame won again 10-9 on two cards leaving the 4th and final round to decide things. The 4th round, McIntyre comes out quick and lands a combination that stuns Flame putting him down momentarily for a 2 count. As quick as McIntyre took the initiative coming out into the 4th, he really let it slip away. Up by a 9-2 point count, Flame fought his way back to finish the round down only 12-9 on points. It was not enough to over come the fact though that with the brief knockdown, all judges scored it 10-8 in the 4th for Willie and that gave McIntyre a unanimous decision victory 38-36, 38-36, 39-35.