Lightweight landslide

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:01 PM

Over the last several months I have become re-interested in the lightweight and junior lightweight divisions of the 1980s. When living it, I was always interested in the great matchups of the era, but don't think I fully appreciated what a strong time that was for the division over the course of history ... the end of Duran's domination, the Alexis Arguello and Aaron Pryor control of the JWWs, despite the presence of Mamby, Boza-Edwards, Bramble and other challengers; the Mancini-Arroyo-Haugen-Blake-Pazienza merry-go-round and so many other subplots ...

Anyway, as I went back I would see guys I could add here or there to improve my replay, and before I knew it I was compiling lists of all the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO champions and challengers; NABF, USBA, OPBF, British Commonwealth, South American, European and other champions to flesh things out in the LWs. Now I have 90 to post and I'm halfway through the JLWs ...

Long story short, I've got a bundle of guys to post here. Some have pictures I'll post in the appropriate archive strings as I can ... Anyone who has pics of these guys, please feel free to post them, and thanks in advance!

Also, I need to say that Scot's JLW string on another page of this TBCB Mods section was invaluable, although I missed a couple in my initial downloads and needlessly/unintentionally recreated them. Thanks and sorry, SAL. Take 'em for what they're worth guys ...

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:04 PM

... here are the ones I've rated so far, in groups of five, starting with Mauricio Aceves, Mark Adams, Dale Artango, Jaime "Rocky" Balboa and Oscar "Negro" Bejines.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:08 PM

... including Victorio Belcher, Fernando Blanco, Graeme Brooke, Charlie "White Lightning" Brown and Chris "Southern Rebel" Calvin.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:09 PM

... feature Amancio "Amancito" Castro, Chil-Sung Chun, Cayetano Correa, Edwin Curet and Lucio Cusma.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:13 PM

... five more: Mario Cusson, Herminio Delgado, Remo Di Carlo, Pat Doherty and John "Super D" Duplessis.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:17 PM

... George Feeney, Nicky Furlano, Jorge Gomez, David Gonzalez and Hengky Gun.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:21 PM

... here are Tsuyoshi Hamada, Curtis "Troubleman" Harris, Gaetan Hart, Alvin "Too Sweet" Hayes and Ernesto Herrera.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:22 PM

... from the 1980s, including Mo Hussein, Muhammed Juhari, John Kalbhenn, Kwang-Min Kim and Michel Lalonde.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:26 PM

... halfway with Steve Larrimore, Geronimo Luquez, Ramon Marchena, Adolfo Medel and Tony "Mad Dog" Miller.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:29 PM

... Gonzalo Montellano, Roque "Rocky" Montoya, Tae-Jin Moon, Jorge "Kid Dynamite" Morales or Sebastian Mosquiera?

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:32 PM

... these guys: Frankie "Preacherman" Moultrie, Oscar Benavides "Monzon" Munoz, Ruben Munoz Jr., Charlie Nash and Young-Ho Oh.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:38 PM

... into the P's with Bong-Chun Park, Ricardo "Leoncito" Peralta, Elvis Perez, Irleis "Cubanito" Perez and Sakad Petchyindee.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:41 PM

... left, including Primo "Kid Durango" Ramos, Francisco Rodriguez, Refugio Rojas, Jesus Eugenio Romero and Miguel "El Zorro" Santana.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:44 PM

... with Alain Simoes, Juan Soberanes, Tracy Spann, Masahiro Takagi and Felipe Urguiza.

vistaman44 · 04-22-2007, 07:46 PM

... of five 1980s lightweights contains Giancarlo Usai, Flash Villamer, Guy Villegas, Gary Williams and Sergio Zambrano.

Whew! Done my sharing for a while ... LOL!

a87star · 04-22-2007, 07:59 PM

Great work Mark! The eighties was a great decade for boxing and this time period is sometimes underappreciated. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your work on these divisions.

mh2365 · 04-22-2007, 09:14 PM

great work mark

vistaman44 · 04-23-2007, 07:08 AM

Noticed a gaff last night. Hengky Gun is male, not female.

Well, back to the drawing board!

vistaman44 · 05-05-2007, 03:17 PM

... second wave from the 1980s lightweights project. This batch was culled more from the junior lightweight research. Here they are, alphabetically, through the early S's, starting with Roger "Yo-Yo" Arevalo, Raymond "Ray" Armand, Faustino Martires Barrios, Claudio Bicai and Salvatore Bottiglieri.

vistaman44 · 05-05-2007, 03:19 PM

... the quintet of Jin-Shik Choi, Alberto Collazo, Salvatore Curcetti, Francisco Tomas "Bahia" Da Cruz and Sidnei Dal Rovere.

04-22-2007, 07:01 PM	#1
vistaman44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Auxvasse, Mo. Posts: 3,576	Lightweight landslide Over the last several months I have become re-interested in the lightweight and junior lightweight divisions of the 1980s. When living it, I was always interested in the great matchups of the era, but don't think I fully appreciated what a strong time that was for the division over the course of history ... the end of Duran's domination, the Alexis Arguello and Aaron Pryor control of the JWWs, despite the presence of Mamby, Boza-Edwards, Bramble and other challengers; the Mancini-Arroyo-Haugen-Blake-Pazienza merry-go-round and so many other subplots ... Anyway, as I went back I would see guys I could add here or there to improve my replay, and before I knew it I was compiling lists of all the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO champions and challengers; NABF, USBA, OPBF, British Commonwealth, South American, European and other champions to flesh things out in the LWs. Now I have 90 to post and I'm halfway through the JLWs ... Long story short, I've got a bundle of guys to post here. Some have pictures I'll post in the appropriate archive strings as I can ... Anyone who has pics of these guys, please feel free to post them, and thanks in advance! Also, I need to say that Scot's JLW string on another page of this TBCB Mods section was invaluable, although I missed a couple in my initial downloads and needlessly/unintentionally recreated them. Thanks and sorry, SAL. Take 'em for what they're worth guys ... __________________ ---Mark (vistaman44) http://www.fistication.blogspot.com/ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters, compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher and poet (1803-1882) ----------------------------------- Currently operating 1970s SM-HW, 1940s, African, 1980s LW and women's boxing universes Last edited by vistaman44; 04-24-2007 at 08:42 AM.

04-23-2007, 07:08 AM	#18
vistaman44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Auxvasse, Mo. Posts: 3,576	Thanks, guys. Noticed a gaff last night. Hengky Gun is male, not female. Well, back to the drawing board! __________________ ---Mark (vistaman44) http://www.fistication.blogspot.com/ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters, compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher and poet (1803-1882) ----------------------------------- Currently operating 1970s SM-HW, 1940s, African, 1980s LW and women's boxing universes

04-22-2007, 07:59 PM	#16
a87star Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 4,850	Great work Mark! The eighties was a great decade for boxing and this time period is sometimes underappreciated. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your work on these divisions.

04-22-2007, 09:14 PM	#17
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,941 Infractions: 0/2 (101)	great work mark