Heavyweights Second Golden Era

Thomas Hearns · 11-05-2013, 07:56 AM

After making records for two years (1980-1981) we are now in conditions to determine the first World Champions.

Rankings at the end of 1981

1 Michael Spinks 14-0-0 (10)
2 Greg Page 22-0-0 (18)
3 Leon Spinks 18-0-0 (11)
4 Marvis Frazier 18-1-0 (6)
5 Pinklon Thomas 16-0-0 (13)
6 Tony Tubbs 16-0-0 (6)
7 Tony Tucker 20-1-0 (20)
8 Guido Trane 8-5-1 (6)
9 Michel Dokes 16-4-0 (10)
10 Alfredo Evangelista 16-1-0 (10)
11 Larry Holmes 17-0-0 (16)
12 Gerry Coetze 17-1-0 (6)
13 Monte Masters 15-2-0 (10)
14 Gerry Cooney 12-1-0 (12)
15 James Tillis 16-2-0 (9)
16 Lee Canalito 17-2-1 (7)

Thomas Hearns · 11-05-2013, 08:13 AM

Both WBA and WBC will determine their champions with eight men Tournaments.

WBC Tournament.

January 10th Eagles Club, Milwaukee
Michael Spinks Vs Lee Canalito
Guido Trane Vs Michael Dokes

January 18th Lawrence Joel Coliseum
Marvis Frazier vs Monte Masters
Tony Tubbs Vs Larry Holmes

WBA Tournament

February 15th Ballys Atlantic City
Greg Page Vs James Tillis
Tony Tucker Vs Alfredo Evangelista

February 20th Excalibur, Las Vegas
Leon Spinks Vs Gerry Cooney
Pinklon Thomas Vs Gerry Coetze

Thomas Hearns · 11-06-2013, 08:59 AM

January 1982

Spinks dominates Canalito!
Michael Spinks 14-0-0 (10) easily beats Lee Canalito 17-2-1 (0) by a wide unanimous decision with scorecards of 99-91 (x2) and 98-91 to advance to the semi-finals of the WBC Tournament. Spinks easiliy outboxed an overmatched and outclassed Canalito for most of the fight to get a very comfortable win.

Dokes outpoints Trane!
Michael Dokes 16-4-0 (10) needs to make a major effort to beat tough italian Guido Trane 8-5-1 (6) by split decision. Two of the judges saw Dokes winning by 96-94 and 97-93 with the other fvoring the italian by 97-93. With an all-attack strategy Trane dominated most of the early rounds. On the sixth stanza Dokes connected a hard body blow and dropped Trane for a short count and after that he dominated most of the remainder rounds. The italian was always brave and gave a good fight until the final bell.

Now Michael Spinks and Michael Dokes will collide on one of the WBC Tournament semi-finals on April on the HP Pavilion.

Thomas Hearns · 11-06-2013, 09:15 AM

Frazier beats Masters!
Marvis Frazier 18-1-0 (6) scores a unanimous decision win against Monte Masters 15-2-0 (10). The scorecards were 96-94 97-93 and 99-91. After two even first rounds, Frazier caught Master with a hard combination and dropped him on the third one. Frazier continued dominating on the fourt stanza too. Masters made a short rally on rounds five and six but Frazier regained the control of the fight for good on the last four rounds to secure his victory and his pass to thw WBC Tournament semi-finals.

Holmes gives easy account of Tubbs!
Top prospect Larry Holmes 17-0-0 (16) scores a wide unanimous decision win against Tony Tubbs 16-0-0 (6). The scorecards were 99-91 (x2) and 98-91. For the first three rounds Holmes did the perfect fight behind his jab and combining with hard right hands. On rounds four and five Tubbs evened the actions but from the sixth stanza Holmes regained the control of the fight and he crowned his beautiful performance giving Tubbs a real beating on the last round but Tony refused to fall and heard the final bell on his feet.

Now Larry Holmes and Marvis Frazier will dispute the second semi-final of the WBC Torunament on April on the HP Pavilion.

Other January Top Action

HW: Ossie Ocasio 14-6-0 (3) TKO7 David Pearce 11-8-0 (6)

Thomas Hearns · 11-06-2013, 09:43 AM

Page and Tillis fight to a draw!
The fight between Greg Page 22-0-0 (18) and James Tillis 16-2-0 (9) ended on a draw and gave the WBA Tournamnet organizators a headache becouse they need a winner to dispute one of the semi-finals. A direct rematch will be scheduled for the end of March. After a good first round for Page, Tillis surprisingly took the control for the following three stanzas. After that Page using his better boxing skills to dominate the following four rounds. Finally the pair split the last two rounds. The scorecards were 96-94 for Page, 95-95 and 96-94 for Tillis. Page that landed more punches than Tillis (216 to 132) seemed to have done just enough to win the fight.

Tucker stops Evangelista on the eight round!
Tony Tucker 20-1-0 (20) scores an espectacular KO9 win against Alfredo Evangelista 16-1-0 (10) when he put him to sleep with a well timed uppercut to the chin. Evangelista dominated the first round with an aggressive style but on the second round Tucker sent him to the canvas with an uppercut. After this the fight came and went with the figters alternating on the dominance round by round until the seventh one but always with Tucker landing the hardest shots.
On the eight round Tucker dropped Evangelista for the second time with a hard cross. Evangelista got up and surveived the round but never recovered. On the ninth round Tucker gave Evangelista a beating until connecting the murderer uppercut that put an end to the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecars were 76-74 (x2) and 77-73 for Tucker.

Now Tony Tucker waits for the winner of the rematch between Page and Tillis.

Thomas Hearns · 11-06-2013, 10:17 AM

Cooney defeats Spinks on a war!
Gerry Cooney 12-1-0 (12) scores a unanimous decision win victory against Leon Spinks 18-0-0 (11). The fighters stayed toe for toe trading bombs for eight rounds until get tired on the last two stanzas and slowed the pace. After a first round on Spinks favor, Gerry Cooney managed to win the following three back and forth rounds. On the fifth round Cooney clearly outpunched Spinks and seemed to have the control of the fight but on the following round Spinks dropped Cooney with a hard uppercut. Spinks punished Cooney for most of the seventh round until Gerry caught him with a hard cross to the chin and dropped Leon for a short count. On round eight the fighters traded punches on even terms. The last two rounds had less action with Cooney having a bit more of fuel on the tank to win both stanzas. The scorecards were 96-94 95-94 and 97-92.

Coetze upsets Thomas!
On a very great surpriese Gerrie Coetze 17-1-0 (6) scores a unanimous decsion win against Pinklon Thomas 16-0-0 (13) by scorecards of 95-94, 96-92 and 96-94.
Coetze dominated the first two rounds and then he hurt Thomas several times on the third round. By the fourth round Coetze started to look tired and Thomas managed to outbox him for the following four rounds to turn the fight on his favor. On the eight round with Thomas attacking Coetze landed a perfect one-two combination and dropped Thomas that barely beat the count getting up at nine. A minute later Coetze dropped Thomas again with a hard cross to the chin. Miracrously Thomas got up again and survived the storm. On the last two rounds Coetze seemed to be winded and with great heart Thomas swept this last two rounds but it wasn’t enough to win the fight.

Gerry Cooney and Gerrie Coetze will collide on one of the Wba Tounament semifinals on the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino on May 25.

Other February Top Action

HW: Trevor Berbick 16-2-0 (11) KO5 Paul Poirier 19-1-1 (3)

Thomas Hearns · 11-07-2013, 01:41 PM

Page stops Tillis on rematch Fight!
Undefeated Greg Page 22-0-1 (18) socred a KO7 victory against James Tillis 16-2-1 (9) and advanced to the semi-finals of the WBA Tournament.
After two even and competitive first rounds, Page took the control of the fight on the third round and never looked back. Using his straight rights and some good combinations as his best weapons Page put Tillis on trouble several times until putting him to sleep on the seventh round with a great combination first to the head and then to the body. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 59-56 (x2) for Page and somehow 58-57 for Tillis.

Other March top action

Renaldo Snipes 21-1-0 (12) UD10 John Tate 12-0-0 (11)
Tim Witherspoon 18-0-0 (14) UD10 Mitch Green 8-7-0 (1)
Paul Poirier 19-2-1 (3) KO3 Bernardo Mercado 13-4-2 (8)
Tony Tubbs 16-1-0 (6) UD10 Scott Frank 15-4-1 (4)

Thomas Hearns · 11-07-2013, 01:46 PM

WBC Tournament

April 11 HP Pavilion, San Jose
Michael Spinks Vs Michael Dokes
Marvis Frazier Vs Larry Holmes

WBA Tournament

May 25Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City
Gerry Cooney Vs Gerrie Coetze
Greg Page Vs Tony Tucker

Thomas Hearns · 11-07-2013, 02:43 PM

Dokes upsets Spinks!
Michael Dokes 17-4-0 (10) scored a fantastic KO9 victory against big odds favourite Michael Spinks 15-0-0 (10) to pass to the WBC Tournamnet final.
The fight was fought on even terms for the first six rounds with the fighters alternating on the dominance round by round. On rounds seven and eight Spinks seemed to take the control of the fight clearly outlanding Dokes but surprisingly on the following round Spinks failed with a straight right and Dokes connected his own straight right to Spinks chin and dropped him for the ten count. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 77-75 for Spinks and 76-76 (x2).

Holmes easily outpoints Frazier!
Larry Holmes 18-0-0 (16) scored a wide unanimous decision win against Marvis Frazier 19-1-0 (6) and now he will face Michael Dokes on the WBC Tournament final.
Holmes easily controlledthe first two rounds of the fight but Frazier seemed to react a bit on the third. From the fourth round to the end of the fight Holmes was the total dominator and he also dropped Frazier on the sixth round with a great body shot. On rounds seven, eight and nine Holmes hit Frazier at his own using his crosses behind his left jab as his best weapon. Frazier ended the fight with his left eye swelled and cut. The scorecards were 99-90 98-91 and 97-92 for Holmes.

Now the final of the tournament will be disputed on July by Larry Holmes and Michael Dokes.

Other April Top Action

Tim Witherspoon 19-0-0 (14) UD10 James Tillis 16-3-1 (9)
Trevor Berbick 17-2-0 (12) KO9 Lee Canalito 17-3-1 (7)
Leon Spinks 18-1-0 (11) UD10 Larry Alexander 14-4-0 (9)

Thomas Hearns · 11-11-2013, 08:55 AM

Cooney, the great white hope!
Gerry Cooney 13-1-0 (12) scored a KO3 victory against Southafrican Gerrie Coetze 18-1-0 (6) on a big but short battle between top white heavyweights.
The fight started with a great first round in which both fighters exchange big blows for three minutes. On the second round Coetze hurt Cooney with a hook and then then he dropped Gerry with a hard uppercut. The American got up at six visible hurt but survived the round. On the third round the fighters exchanged big hooks then Coetze follows the attack connecting a pair of blows but Cooney answered with a big body shot that dropped Coetze for the ten count. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 19-18 (x2) and 20-17 for Coetze.

Page dominated Tucker!
Greg Page 23-0-1 (19) dropped hard-hitter Tony Tucker 21-1-0 (21) four times in his way to a wide unanimous decision win.
After winning the first round Page dropped Tucker on the second one with a body shot. Tucker reacted on the third round but Page dropped him again with a strong cross on the fourth stanza. Page continued dominating on the following three rounds until Tucker had his best round on the fight on the eight one. But Page ended all dream of victory for Tucker on the ninth round when he dropped Tony two times the first with a strong uppercut the second with a hard body shot. Brave Tucker recovered enough to win the last round. The scorecards were 98-89 98-90 and 97-90 for Page.

Now Gerry Cooney and Greg page will fight for the WBA heavyweight crown on August at the Miami Stadium.

Other May Top action

Mike Weaver 16-1-0 (12) UD10 Trevor Berbick 18-2-0 (13)
Pinklon Thomas 16-1-0 (13) TKO4 Randall Cobb 13-3-0 (9)
Paul Poirier 20-2-1 (4) KO6 Bernardo Mercado 13-5-2 (8)

Thomas Hearns · 11-11-2013, 08:58 AM

June Top Action

Leon Spinks 19-1-0 (11) UD10 Jeff Sims 15-2-1 (6)
Guido Trane 8-6-1 (6) KO5 Marvis Frazier 19-2-0 (6)
Mitch Green 8-8-0 (1) TKO9 Monte Masters 15-3-0 (10)
Tony Tubbs 17-1-0 (6) UD10 Scott Frank 15-5-1 (4)
Mike Weaver 17-1-0 (12) KO4 Alfredo Evangelista 16-2-0 (10)

Thomas Hearns · 11-11-2013, 09:14 AM

Holmes is the first WBC champion!
Undefeated star Larry Holmes 19-0-0 (16) scored a TKO3 victory against Michael Dokes 18-4-0 (11) to win the WBC Tournament and to become the first heavyweight champion of this organization.
Holmes dominated the fight from the first round connecting some hard crosses that seemed to hurt Dokes. On the second round Holmes deepened his domnance connecting a lot of jabs and some good straight rights against a totally defensive Dokes.
Finally on the third round Holmes stopped Dokes cold with a great cross to the chin and then he landed a hook that let Dokes out on his feet after that Holmes connected punch after punch without answer until landed a great cross that made Dokes stumble backwards and the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage Holmes was ahead by 20-18 on all three scorecards.

On the co-feature fight Michael Spinks 15-1-0 (10) redirected his career after his first proffesional lost with a dominant unanimous decision win against Ossie Ocasio 15-6-0 (4).
Spinks won almost all the rounds of the fight on an easy way but never looked for the definition inside the distance. The scorecards were 100-91 and 99-92 (x2).

Other July Top Action

James Tillis 16-4-1 (9) UD10 Gerrie Coetzee 18-2-0 (6)
Scott Frank 15-6-1 (4) KO9 Philipp Brown 13-6-0 (3)
Randall Cobb 13-4-0 (9) KO8 Paul Poirier 21-2-1 (5)

Thomas Hearns · 11-12-2013, 07:51 AM

Page stops Cooney and wins the WBA belt!
Greg Page 24-0-1 (19) wins the innaugural WBA crown after Gerry Cooney was unable to continue fighting on the seventh round due to a nast cut is right in the middle of his left eyebrow. Before that Page dominated most of the fight and also dropped Cooney three times along the fight.
Cooney started the fight with a big first round clearly outlanding his rival but from the second round Page took the control of the fight. After easily dominated rounds two and three Page dropped Cooney on the fourth round with a quick combination. On the fifth round Page dropped Cooney again this time with a hard body shot. Cooney ended this round bleeding from his left eye. On the seventh round Page dropped Cooney again with another hard body shot and after he got up Cooney punished him and reopened the cut with a straight right forcing the referee to stop the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 59-53 (x3) for Page.

Witherspoon wins and calls out the champions!
Undefeated Tim Witherspoon 20-0-0 (14) scored a comfortable unanimous decision win against lackluster Tony Perea 14-6-0 (5).
Witherspoon easily dominated the first half of the fight, Perea reacted a bit on rounds six and seven but on the last three rounds Witherspoon regained the control of the fight. The scorecards were 99-91 and 98-92.
After the fight Witherspoon launched a challenge to either of the recently crowned champions Larry Holmes and Greg Page to fight against him.

Other August Top-Action

Renaldo Snipes 22-1-0 (12) UD10 Monte Masters 15-4-0 (10)
Pinklon Thomas 17-1-0 (14) SD10 Paul Poirier 21-3-1 (5)
Mitch Green 9-8-0 (2) KO3 Jeff Sims 15-3-1 (6)

Thomas Hearns · 11-12-2013, 07:59 AM

WBC Larry Holmes 20-0-0 (17)
WBA Greg Page 25-0-1 (20)
1 Mike Weaver 18-1-0 (13)
2 Tim Witherspoon 21-0-0 (14)
3 Michael Spinks 16-1-0 (10)
4 Michael Dokes 18-5-0 (11)
5 Tony Tucker 21-2-0 (21)
6 Leon Spinks 20-1-0 (11)
7 Trevor Berbick 18-3-0 (13)
8 Benny Knoetze 13-4-2 (7)
9 Dwight Qawi 21-1-0 (17)
10 Gerry Cooney 14-2-0 (13)
11 Tony Tubbs 18-1-0 (6)
12 Pinklon Thomas 18-1-0 (14)

Next Title defenses

WBC champion Larry Holmes will defend his title for the first time against #9 Dwight Qawi on October at the Motor City Arena on Detroit.
On the other hand WBA champion Greg Page will fight against #8 Benny Knoetze on November at the Mohegan Sun Casino on Uncasville.

Thomas Hearns · 11-14-2013, 10:37 AM

September Top Action

Lee Canalito 17-4-1 (7) KO3 Pinklon Thomas 18-1-0 (14)
Marvis Frazier 19-3-0 (6) UD10 Gerrie Coetzee 18-3-0 (6)
Trevor Berbick 18-3-0 (13) UD10 Guido Trane 9-6-1 (7)
Tony Tucker 21-2-0 (21) KO8 James Tillis 17-4-1 (9)
Larry Alexander 14-5-0 (9) UD10 Jeff Sims 15-4-1 (6)

Thomas Hearns · 11-14-2013, 10:59 AM

Holmes outpoints Qawi on lackluster perfomance!
An undertrained Larry Holmes 20-0-0 (17) made his first defense of the WBC crown defeating Dwight Qawi 21-1-0 (17) by majority decision.
Qawi started the fight with an aggressive style and won the first round. On rounds two and three Holmes did just enough to win both stanzas that had a slow pace. On the fourth round Holmes had the total control of the fight for the first time using his left jab like a piston to had Qawi at bay. Holmes mantained his momentum on round five in which he hurt Qawi with a left-right combination. The sixth round had back and forth action with Holmes connecting a bit more than Qawi.
On rounds seventh and eight Holmes started to look tired and Qawi took full advantage of it hurting Holmes on the seventh with a straight right and on the eighth with a smashing hook.
Holmes reacted winning a big ninth round using his right hooks and crosses to put Qawi on trouble. On the tenth round both fighters traded bombs with Qawi clearly having the upper- hand. On the last two rounds Holmes stayed at distance and scored with the jab to secure his victory. The scorecards were 115-113 and 116-112 for Holmes and 114-114.

On the co-feature fight Tony Tubbs 18-1-0 (1) gave easy account of Bernardo Mercado 13-6-2 (8) beating him by a wide unanimous decision. Tubbs won most of the rounds of the fight and dropped Mercado on the fourth round with a wild overhand right and again on the eighth one with a hard cross to the chin. Mercado had his only momet on the fight on the second round when he found the mark with some of his trademark bombs. The scorecards were 99-90 (x2) and 98-91.

Other October Top Action

Pinklon Thomas 18-2-0 (14) UD10 Leon Spinks 20-1-0 (11)
Alfredo Evangelista 16-3-0 (10) KO3 Jeff Sims 15-5-1 (6)
Michael Dokes 18-5-0 (11) TKO10 Gerrie Coetzee 18-4-0 (6)

Thomas Hearns · 11-14-2013, 12:54 PM

Page outpoints Knoetze and retains WBA Belt!
Without any trouble WBA champion Greg Page 25-0-1 (20) succesfully defend his title for the first time with a TKO8 victory against average Benny Knoetze 13-4-2 (7).
Page easily dominated a warm up first round and then he gave Knoetze a beating on the second round using his right hooks and some quick combinations as his best weapons. Page continued easily dominating the fight on rounds three and fourth clearly outlanded Knoetze. The fifth round was again totally one-sided for Page. On the sixth round Page hurt Knoetze with an uppercut and then continued using him as a punching bag for the rest of the round. On the seventh round Page dropped Knoetze with a solid body shot and after the southafrican got up Page punished him until the bell rang. At the start of the eight round it was clear tht Knoetze was totally spent and Page connected punch after punch until the referee stopped the uneven fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 69-62 (x2) and 70-61 for the champion.

On the co-feaure fight JohnTate 12-1-0 (11) destroyed lackluster Felipe Rodriguez 10-7-2 (4) on only three rounds. Tate punished Rodriguez on the first two rounds and finally put him to sleep on the third round with a combination first to the body and then to the head.

Other November top action

Trevor Berbick 19-3-0 (13) UD10 James Tillis 17-5-1 (9)
Jeff Sims 15-6-1 (6) UD10 Mitch Green 10-8-0 (3)
Michael Spinks 16-1-0 (10) UD10 Alfredo Evangelista 17-3-0 (11)

Thomas Hearns · 11-14-2013, 12:57 PM

Other December Top Action

Monte Masters 15-5-0 (10) UD10 Philipp Brown 13-7-0 (3)
Ossie Ocasio 15-7-0 (4) TKO5 Randall Cobb 14-4-0 (10)
Tony Tubbs 19-1-0 (6) UD10 Alfredo Evangelista 17-4-0 (11)
Mitch Green 10-9-0 (3) UD10 Guido Trane 9-7-1 (7)
Michael Dokes 19-5-0 (12) SD10 Marvis Frazier 20-3-0 (6)

Thomas Hearns · 11-14-2013, 01:11 PM

WBA Larry Holmes 20-0-0 (17) 1 defense
WBC Greg Page 26-0-1 (20) 1 defense
1 Mike Weaver 18-1-0 (13)
2 Michael Dokes 20-5-0 (12)
3 Tim Witherspoon 21-0-0 (14)
4 James Broad 18-1-2 (9)
5 Buster Douglas 20-0-0 (11)
6 Tony Tucker 22-2-0 (22)
7 Michael Spinks 17-1-0 (10)
8 Trevor Berbick 20-3-0 (13)
9 Gerry Cooney 14-2-0 (13)
10 David Bey 18-1-0 (8)
11 Tony Tubbs 20-1-0 (6)
12 Larry Alexander 15-5-0 (9)
13 Dwight Qawi 21-2-0 (17)
14 Benny Knoetze 13-5-2 (7)
15 Lee Canalito 18-4-1 (8)
16 Renaldo Snipes 23-1-0 (12)
17 Pinklon Thomas 19-2-0 (14)
18 Leon Spinks 20-2-0 (11)
19 James Smith 17-3-0 (13)
20 John Tate 13-1-0 (12)

Thomas Hearns · 11-21-2013, 09:09 AM

WBC champion Larry Holmes 21-0-0 (17) will defend his title for the second time against #8 Trevor Bervick 20-3-0 (13) at Madison Square Garden on January 12th 1983.
On the undercard of this fight #6 Tony Tucker 22-2-0 (22) and #9 Gerry Cooney 14-2-0 (13) will collide on an eliminatory fight to determine the next WBC mandatory challenger.

WBA champion Greg Page 26-0-1 (21) will face #4 James Broad 18-1-2 (9) at the Yankee stadium on New York on February 14th 1983.
Like the WBC, the WBA also set an eliminatory fight to determine the mandatory challenger to the title. On this fight #7 Michael Spinks 17-1-0 (10) will face #10 David Bey 18-1-0 (8).

New Boxing Governing Body

The recently created International Boxing Federation (IBF) will set a four men tournament to determine his first champion.

On the first fightcard at the Hartford Sheraton on March 11th 1983 #1 Mike Weaver 18-1-0 (13) will face top undefeated prospect #5 James Buster Douglas 20-0-0 (11) and on the other fight former title challenger #2 Michael Dokes 20-5-0 (12) will face undefeated #3 Tim Witherspoon 21-0-0 (14).
The winners of each of this bouts will fight for the IBF crown on June.

11-11-2013, 08:58 AM	#11
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	June 1982 June Top Action Leon Spinks 19-1-0 (11) UD10 Jeff Sims 15-2-1 (6) Guido Trane 8-6-1 (6) KO5 Marvis Frazier 19-2-0 (6) Mitch Green 8-8-0 (1) TKO9 Monte Masters 15-3-0 (10) Tony Tubbs 17-1-0 (6) UD10 Scott Frank 15-5-1 (4) Mike Weaver 17-1-0 (12) KO4 Alfredo Evangelista 16-2-0 (10)

11-11-2013, 09:14 AM	#12
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	July 1982 Holmes is the first WBC champion! Undefeated star Larry Holmes 19-0-0 (16) scored a TKO3 victory against Michael Dokes 18-4-0 (11) to win the WBC Tournament and to become the first heavyweight champion of this organization. Holmes dominated the fight from the first round connecting some hard crosses that seemed to hurt Dokes. On the second round Holmes deepened his domnance connecting a lot of jabs and some good straight rights against a totally defensive Dokes. Finally on the third round Holmes stopped Dokes cold with a great cross to the chin and then he landed a hook that let Dokes out on his feet after that Holmes connected punch after punch without answer until landed a great cross that made Dokes stumble backwards and the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage Holmes was ahead by 20-18 on all three scorecards. On the co-feature fight Michael Spinks 15-1-0 (10) redirected his career after his first proffesional lost with a dominant unanimous decision win against Ossie Ocasio 15-6-0 (4). Spinks won almost all the rounds of the fight on an easy way but never looked for the definition inside the distance. The scorecards were 100-91 and 99-92 (x2). Other July Top Action James Tillis 16-4-1 (9) UD10 Gerrie Coetzee 18-2-0 (6) Scott Frank 15-6-1 (4) KO9 Philipp Brown 13-6-0 (3) Randall Cobb 13-4-0 (9) KO8 Paul Poirier 21-2-1 (5)

11-12-2013, 07:51 AM	#13
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	August 1982 Page stops Cooney and wins the WBA belt! Greg Page 24-0-1 (19) wins the innaugural WBA crown after Gerry Cooney was unable to continue fighting on the seventh round due to a nast cut is right in the middle of his left eyebrow. Before that Page dominated most of the fight and also dropped Cooney three times along the fight. Cooney started the fight with a big first round clearly outlanding his rival but from the second round Page took the control of the fight. After easily dominated rounds two and three Page dropped Cooney on the fourth round with a quick combination. On the fifth round Page dropped Cooney again this time with a hard body shot. Cooney ended this round bleeding from his left eye. On the seventh round Page dropped Cooney again with another hard body shot and after he got up Cooney punished him and reopened the cut with a straight right forcing the referee to stop the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 59-53 (x3) for Page. Witherspoon wins and calls out the champions! Undefeated Tim Witherspoon 20-0-0 (14) scored a comfortable unanimous decision win against lackluster Tony Perea 14-6-0 (5). Witherspoon easily dominated the first half of the fight, Perea reacted a bit on rounds six and seven but on the last three rounds Witherspoon regained the control of the fight. The scorecards were 99-91 and 98-92. After the fight Witherspoon launched a challenge to either of the recently crowned champions Larry Holmes and Greg Page to fight against him. Other August Top-Action Renaldo Snipes 22-1-0 (12) UD10 Monte Masters 15-4-0 (10) Pinklon Thomas 17-1-0 (14) SD10 Paul Poirier 21-3-1 (5) Mitch Green 9-8-0 (2) KO3 Jeff Sims 15-3-1 (6)

11-12-2013, 07:59 AM	#14
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	World Rankings at the end of August 1982 WBC Larry Holmes 20-0-0 (17) WBA Greg Page 25-0-1 (20) 1 Mike Weaver 18-1-0 (13) 2 Tim Witherspoon 21-0-0 (14) 3 Michael Spinks 16-1-0 (10) 4 Michael Dokes 18-5-0 (11) 5 Tony Tucker 21-2-0 (21) 6 Leon Spinks 20-1-0 (11) 7 Trevor Berbick 18-3-0 (13) 8 Benny Knoetze 13-4-2 (7) 9 Dwight Qawi 21-1-0 (17) 10 Gerry Cooney 14-2-0 (13) 11 Tony Tubbs 18-1-0 (6) 12 Pinklon Thomas 18-1-0 (14) Next Title defenses WBC champion Larry Holmes will defend his title for the first time against #9 Dwight Qawi on October at the Motor City Arena on Detroit. On the other hand WBA champion Greg Page will fight against #8 Benny Knoetze on November at the Mohegan Sun Casino on Uncasville. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 11-12-2013 at 08:00 AM.

11-14-2013, 10:37 AM	#15
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	September 1982 September Top Action Lee Canalito 17-4-1 (7) KO3 Pinklon Thomas 18-1-0 (14) Marvis Frazier 19-3-0 (6) UD10 Gerrie Coetzee 18-3-0 (6) Trevor Berbick 18-3-0 (13) UD10 Guido Trane 9-6-1 (7) Tony Tucker 21-2-0 (21) KO8 James Tillis 17-4-1 (9) Larry Alexander 14-5-0 (9) UD10 Jeff Sims 15-4-1 (6) Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 11-14-2013 at 10:38 AM.

11-05-2013, 07:56 AM	#1
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Heavyweights Second Golden Era After making records for two years (1980-1981) we are now in conditions to determine the first World Champions. Rankings at the end of 1981 1 Michael Spinks 14-0-0 (10) 2 Greg Page 22-0-0 (18) 3 Leon Spinks 18-0-0 (11) 4 Marvis Frazier 18-1-0 (6) 5 Pinklon Thomas 16-0-0 (13) 6 Tony Tubbs 16-0-0 (6) 7 Tony Tucker 20-1-0 (20) 8 Guido Trane 8-5-1 (6) 9 Michel Dokes 16-4-0 (10) 10 Alfredo Evangelista 16-1-0 (10) 11 Larry Holmes 17-0-0 (16) 12 Gerry Coetze 17-1-0 (6) 13 Monte Masters 15-2-0 (10) 14 Gerry Cooney 12-1-0 (12) 15 James Tillis 16-2-0 (9) 16 Lee Canalito 17-2-1 (7)

11-05-2013, 08:13 AM	#2
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	World Championship Tournaments Both WBA and WBC will determine their champions with eight men Tournaments. WBC Tournament. January 10th Eagles Club, Milwaukee Michael Spinks Vs Lee Canalito Guido Trane Vs Michael Dokes January 18th Lawrence Joel Coliseum Marvis Frazier vs Monte Masters Tony Tubbs Vs Larry Holmes WBA Tournament February 15th Ballys Atlantic City Greg Page Vs James Tillis Tony Tucker Vs Alfredo Evangelista February 20th Excalibur, Las Vegas Leon Spinks Vs Gerry Cooney Pinklon Thomas Vs Gerry Coetze

11-06-2013, 08:59 AM	#3
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	January 1980 January 1982 Spinks dominates Canalito! Michael Spinks 14-0-0 (10) easily beats Lee Canalito 17-2-1 (0) by a wide unanimous decision with scorecards of 99-91 (x2) and 98-91 to advance to the semi-finals of the WBC Tournament. Spinks easiliy outboxed an overmatched and outclassed Canalito for most of the fight to get a very comfortable win. Dokes outpoints Trane! Michael Dokes 16-4-0 (10) needs to make a major effort to beat tough italian Guido Trane 8-5-1 (6) by split decision. Two of the judges saw Dokes winning by 96-94 and 97-93 with the other fvoring the italian by 97-93. With an all-attack strategy Trane dominated most of the early rounds. On the sixth stanza Dokes connected a hard body blow and dropped Trane for a short count and after that he dominated most of the remainder rounds. The italian was always brave and gave a good fight until the final bell. Now Michael Spinks and Michael Dokes will collide on one of the WBC Tournament semi-finals on April on the HP Pavilion. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 11-06-2013 at 09:01 AM.

11-06-2013, 09:15 AM	#4
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	January 1982 Frazier beats Masters! Marvis Frazier 18-1-0 (6) scores a unanimous decision win against Monte Masters 15-2-0 (10). The scorecards were 96-94 97-93 and 99-91. After two even first rounds, Frazier caught Master with a hard combination and dropped him on the third one. Frazier continued dominating on the fourt stanza too. Masters made a short rally on rounds five and six but Frazier regained the control of the fight for good on the last four rounds to secure his victory and his pass to thw WBC Tournament semi-finals. Holmes gives easy account of Tubbs! Top prospect Larry Holmes 17-0-0 (16) scores a wide unanimous decision win against Tony Tubbs 16-0-0 (6). The scorecards were 99-91 (x2) and 98-91. For the first three rounds Holmes did the perfect fight behind his jab and combining with hard right hands. On rounds four and five Tubbs evened the actions but from the sixth stanza Holmes regained the control of the fight and he crowned his beautiful performance giving Tubbs a real beating on the last round but Tony refused to fall and heard the final bell on his feet. Now Larry Holmes and Marvis Frazier will dispute the second semi-final of the WBC Torunament on April on the HP Pavilion. Other January Top Action HW: Ossie Ocasio 14-6-0 (3) TKO7 David Pearce 11-8-0 (6)

11-06-2013, 09:43 AM	#5
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	February 1982 Page and Tillis fight to a draw! The fight between Greg Page 22-0-0 (18) and James Tillis 16-2-0 (9) ended on a draw and gave the WBA Tournamnet organizators a headache becouse they need a winner to dispute one of the semi-finals. A direct rematch will be scheduled for the end of March. After a good first round for Page, Tillis surprisingly took the control for the following three stanzas. After that Page using his better boxing skills to dominate the following four rounds. Finally the pair split the last two rounds. The scorecards were 96-94 for Page, 95-95 and 96-94 for Tillis. Page that landed more punches than Tillis (216 to 132) seemed to have done just enough to win the fight. Tucker stops Evangelista on the eight round! Tony Tucker 20-1-0 (20) scores an espectacular KO9 win against Alfredo Evangelista 16-1-0 (10) when he put him to sleep with a well timed uppercut to the chin. Evangelista dominated the first round with an aggressive style but on the second round Tucker sent him to the canvas with an uppercut. After this the fight came and went with the figters alternating on the dominance round by round until the seventh one but always with Tucker landing the hardest shots. On the eight round Tucker dropped Evangelista for the second time with a hard cross. Evangelista got up and surveived the round but never recovered. On the ninth round Tucker gave Evangelista a beating until connecting the murderer uppercut that put an end to the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecars were 76-74 (x2) and 77-73 for Tucker. Now Tony Tucker waits for the winner of the rematch between Page and Tillis.

11-06-2013, 10:17 AM	#6
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	February 1982 Cooney defeats Spinks on a war! Gerry Cooney 12-1-0 (12) scores a unanimous decision win victory against Leon Spinks 18-0-0 (11). The fighters stayed toe for toe trading bombs for eight rounds until get tired on the last two stanzas and slowed the pace. After a first round on Spinks favor, Gerry Cooney managed to win the following three back and forth rounds. On the fifth round Cooney clearly outpunched Spinks and seemed to have the control of the fight but on the following round Spinks dropped Cooney with a hard uppercut. Spinks punished Cooney for most of the seventh round until Gerry caught him with a hard cross to the chin and dropped Leon for a short count. On round eight the fighters traded punches on even terms. The last two rounds had less action with Cooney having a bit more of fuel on the tank to win both stanzas. The scorecards were 96-94 95-94 and 97-92. Coetze upsets Thomas! On a very great surpriese Gerrie Coetze 17-1-0 (6) scores a unanimous decsion win against Pinklon Thomas 16-0-0 (13) by scorecards of 95-94, 96-92 and 96-94. Coetze dominated the first two rounds and then he hurt Thomas several times on the third round. By the fourth round Coetze started to look tired and Thomas managed to outbox him for the following four rounds to turn the fight on his favor. On the eight round with Thomas attacking Coetze landed a perfect one-two combination and dropped Thomas that barely beat the count getting up at nine. A minute later Coetze dropped Thomas again with a hard cross to the chin. Miracrously Thomas got up again and survived the storm. On the last two rounds Coetze seemed to be winded and with great heart Thomas swept this last two rounds but it wasn’t enough to win the fight. Gerry Cooney and Gerrie Coetze will collide on one of the Wba Tounament semifinals on the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino on May 25. Other February Top Action HW: Trevor Berbick 16-2-0 (11) KO5 Paul Poirier 19-1-1 (3)

11-07-2013, 01:41 PM	#7
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	March 1982 Page stops Tillis on rematch Fight! Undefeated Greg Page 22-0-1 (18) socred a KO7 victory against James Tillis 16-2-1 (9) and advanced to the semi-finals of the WBA Tournament. After two even and competitive first rounds, Page took the control of the fight on the third round and never looked back. Using his straight rights and some good combinations as his best weapons Page put Tillis on trouble several times until putting him to sleep on the seventh round with a great combination first to the head and then to the body. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 59-56 (x2) for Page and somehow 58-57 for Tillis. Other March top action Renaldo Snipes 21-1-0 (12) UD10 John Tate 12-0-0 (11) Tim Witherspoon 18-0-0 (14) UD10 Mitch Green 8-7-0 (1) Paul Poirier 19-2-1 (3) KO3 Bernardo Mercado 13-4-2 (8) Tony Tubbs 16-1-0 (6) UD10 Scott Frank 15-4-1 (4)

11-07-2013, 01:46 PM	#8
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Tournament Semi-Finals WBC Tournament April 11 HP Pavilion, San Jose Michael Spinks Vs Michael Dokes Marvis Frazier Vs Larry Holmes WBA Tournament May 25Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City Gerry Cooney Vs Gerrie Coetze Greg Page Vs Tony Tucker

11-07-2013, 02:43 PM	#9
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	April 1982 Dokes upsets Spinks! Michael Dokes 17-4-0 (10) scored a fantastic KO9 victory against big odds favourite Michael Spinks 15-0-0 (10) to pass to the WBC Tournamnet final. The fight was fought on even terms for the first six rounds with the fighters alternating on the dominance round by round. On rounds seven and eight Spinks seemed to take the control of the fight clearly outlanding Dokes but surprisingly on the following round Spinks failed with a straight right and Dokes connected his own straight right to Spinks chin and dropped him for the ten count. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 77-75 for Spinks and 76-76 (x2). Holmes easily outpoints Frazier! Larry Holmes 18-0-0 (16) scored a wide unanimous decision win against Marvis Frazier 19-1-0 (6) and now he will face Michael Dokes on the WBC Tournament final. Holmes easily controlledthe first two rounds of the fight but Frazier seemed to react a bit on the third. From the fourth round to the end of the fight Holmes was the total dominator and he also dropped Frazier on the sixth round with a great body shot. On rounds seven, eight and nine Holmes hit Frazier at his own using his crosses behind his left jab as his best weapon. Frazier ended the fight with his left eye swelled and cut. The scorecards were 99-90 98-91 and 97-92 for Holmes. Now the final of the tournament will be disputed on July by Larry Holmes and Michael Dokes. Other April Top Action Tim Witherspoon 19-0-0 (14) UD10 James Tillis 16-3-1 (9) Trevor Berbick 17-2-0 (12) KO9 Lee Canalito 17-3-1 (7) Leon Spinks 18-1-0 (11) UD10 Larry Alexander 14-4-0 (9) Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 11-07-2013 at 02:44 PM.

11-11-2013, 08:55 AM	#10
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	May 1982 Cooney, the great white hope! Gerry Cooney 13-1-0 (12) scored a KO3 victory against Southafrican Gerrie Coetze 18-1-0 (6) on a big but short battle between top white heavyweights. The fight started with a great first round in which both fighters exchange big blows for three minutes. On the second round Coetze hurt Cooney with a hook and then then he dropped Gerry with a hard uppercut. The American got up at six visible hurt but survived the round. On the third round the fighters exchanged big hooks then Coetze follows the attack connecting a pair of blows but Cooney answered with a big body shot that dropped Coetze for the ten count. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 19-18 (x2) and 20-17 for Coetze. Page dominated Tucker! Greg Page 23-0-1 (19) dropped hard-hitter Tony Tucker 21-1-0 (21) four times in his way to a wide unanimous decision win. After winning the first round Page dropped Tucker on the second one with a body shot. Tucker reacted on the third round but Page dropped him again with a strong cross on the fourth stanza. Page continued dominating on the following three rounds until Tucker had his best round on the fight on the eight one. But Page ended all dream of victory for Tucker on the ninth round when he dropped Tony two times the first with a strong uppercut the second with a hard body shot. Brave Tucker recovered enough to win the last round. The scorecards were 98-89 98-90 and 97-90 for Page. Now Gerry Cooney and Greg page will fight for the WBA heavyweight crown on August at the Miami Stadium. Other May Top action Mike Weaver 16-1-0 (12) UD10 Trevor Berbick 18-2-0 (13) Pinklon Thomas 16-1-0 (13) TKO4 Randall Cobb 13-3-0 (9) Paul Poirier 20-2-1 (4) KO6 Bernardo Mercado 13-5-2 (8)

11-14-2013, 10:59 AM	#16
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	October 1982 Holmes outpoints Qawi on lackluster perfomance! An undertrained Larry Holmes 20-0-0 (17) made his first defense of the WBC crown defeating Dwight Qawi 21-1-0 (17) by majority decision. Qawi started the fight with an aggressive style and won the first round. On rounds two and three Holmes did just enough to win both stanzas that had a slow pace. On the fourth round Holmes had the total control of the fight for the first time using his left jab like a piston to had Qawi at bay. Holmes mantained his momentum on round five in which he hurt Qawi with a left-right combination. The sixth round had back and forth action with Holmes connecting a bit more than Qawi. On rounds seventh and eight Holmes started to look tired and Qawi took full advantage of it hurting Holmes on the seventh with a straight right and on the eighth with a smashing hook. Holmes reacted winning a big ninth round using his right hooks and crosses to put Qawi on trouble. On the tenth round both fighters traded bombs with Qawi clearly having the upper- hand. On the last two rounds Holmes stayed at distance and scored with the jab to secure his victory. The scorecards were 115-113 and 116-112 for Holmes and 114-114. On the co-feature fight Tony Tubbs 18-1-0 (1) gave easy account of Bernardo Mercado 13-6-2 (8) beating him by a wide unanimous decision. Tubbs won most of the rounds of the fight and dropped Mercado on the fourth round with a wild overhand right and again on the eighth one with a hard cross to the chin. Mercado had his only momet on the fight on the second round when he found the mark with some of his trademark bombs. The scorecards were 99-90 (x2) and 98-91. Other October Top Action Pinklon Thomas 18-2-0 (14) UD10 Leon Spinks 20-1-0 (11) Alfredo Evangelista 16-3-0 (10) KO3 Jeff Sims 15-5-1 (6) Michael Dokes 18-5-0 (11) TKO10 Gerrie Coetzee 18-4-0 (6) Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 11-14-2013 at 11:02 AM.

11-14-2013, 12:54 PM	#17
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	November 1982 Page outpoints Knoetze and retains WBA Belt! Without any trouble WBA champion Greg Page 25-0-1 (20) succesfully defend his title for the first time with a TKO8 victory against average Benny Knoetze 13-4-2 (7). Page easily dominated a warm up first round and then he gave Knoetze a beating on the second round using his right hooks and some quick combinations as his best weapons. Page continued easily dominating the fight on rounds three and fourth clearly outlanded Knoetze. The fifth round was again totally one-sided for Page. On the sixth round Page hurt Knoetze with an uppercut and then continued using him as a punching bag for the rest of the round. On the seventh round Page dropped Knoetze with a solid body shot and after the southafrican got up Page punished him until the bell rang. At the start of the eight round it was clear tht Knoetze was totally spent and Page connected punch after punch until the referee stopped the uneven fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 69-62 (x2) and 70-61 for the champion. On the co-feaure fight JohnTate 12-1-0 (11) destroyed lackluster Felipe Rodriguez 10-7-2 (4) on only three rounds. Tate punished Rodriguez on the first two rounds and finally put him to sleep on the third round with a combination first to the body and then to the head. Other November top action Trevor Berbick 19-3-0 (13) UD10 James Tillis 17-5-1 (9) Jeff Sims 15-6-1 (6) UD10 Mitch Green 10-8-0 (3) Michael Spinks 16-1-0 (10) UD10 Alfredo Evangelista 17-3-0 (11)

11-14-2013, 12:57 PM	#18
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	December 1982 Other December Top Action Monte Masters 15-5-0 (10) UD10 Philipp Brown 13-7-0 (3) Ossie Ocasio 15-7-0 (4) TKO5 Randall Cobb 14-4-0 (10) Tony Tubbs 19-1-0 (6) UD10 Alfredo Evangelista 17-4-0 (11) Mitch Green 10-9-0 (3) UD10 Guido Trane 9-7-1 (7) Michael Dokes 19-5-0 (12) SD10 Marvis Frazier 20-3-0 (6)

11-14-2013, 01:11 PM	#19
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Rankings at the end of 1982 WBA Larry Holmes 20-0-0 (17) 1 defense WBC Greg Page 26-0-1 (20) 1 defense 1 Mike Weaver 18-1-0 (13) 2 Michael Dokes 20-5-0 (12) 3 Tim Witherspoon 21-0-0 (14) 4 James Broad 18-1-2 (9) 5 Buster Douglas 20-0-0 (11) 6 Tony Tucker 22-2-0 (22) 7 Michael Spinks 17-1-0 (10) 8 Trevor Berbick 20-3-0 (13) 9 Gerry Cooney 14-2-0 (13) 10 David Bey 18-1-0 (8) 11 Tony Tubbs 20-1-0 (6) 12 Larry Alexander 15-5-0 (9) 13 Dwight Qawi 21-2-0 (17) 14 Benny Knoetze 13-5-2 (7) 15 Lee Canalito 18-4-1 (8) 16 Renaldo Snipes 23-1-0 (12) 17 Pinklon Thomas 19-2-0 (14) 18 Leon Spinks 20-2-0 (11) 19 James Smith 17-3-0 (13) 20 John Tate 13-1-0 (12)

11-21-2013, 09:09 AM	#20
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Breaking News WBC champion Larry Holmes 21-0-0 (17) will defend his title for the second time against #8 Trevor Bervick 20-3-0 (13) at Madison Square Garden on January 12th 1983. On the undercard of this fight #6 Tony Tucker 22-2-0 (22) and #9 Gerry Cooney 14-2-0 (13) will collide on an eliminatory fight to determine the next WBC mandatory challenger. WBA champion Greg Page 26-0-1 (21) will face #4 James Broad 18-1-2 (9) at the Yankee stadium on New York on February 14th 1983. Like the WBC, the WBA also set an eliminatory fight to determine the mandatory challenger to the title. On this fight #7 Michael Spinks 17-1-0 (10) will face #10 David Bey 18-1-0 (8). New Boxing Governing Body The recently created International Boxing Federation (IBF) will set a four men tournament to determine his first champion. On the first fightcard at the Hartford Sheraton on March 11th 1983 #1 Mike Weaver 18-1-0 (13) will face top undefeated prospect #5 James Buster Douglas 20-0-0 (11) and on the other fight former title challenger #2 Michael Dokes 20-5-0 (12) will face undefeated #3 Tim Witherspoon 21-0-0 (14). The winners of each of this bouts will fight for the IBF crown on June.