DID BOXING PEAK IN THE 80’S ERA?
Pintor-Gomez: Greatest Fight Ever?
San Francisco, CA– Just to show you how Don King Productions rolled back in 1984, here is the entire lineup for the Closed Circuit TV card topped by a snoozer between Tommy Hearns and Wilfred Benitez. The main supporting bout, said to be the “Greatest fight I ever worked” by HBO’s resident judge Harold Lederman, pitted Lupe Pintor and Wilfredo Gomez. Tomorrow I’ll do a feature on the fight itself. But just for s*its & grins, look how stacked this DKP card was.
Thomas Hearns MD 15 Wilfred Benitez
Pete McIntyre*TKO 5 Willie Edwards*
Enrique Sanchez* W 10 Humberto Rodriguez*
Esteban Pizzarro W 6 Kenneth Releford
Roman George*W 4 Tony Powell
Shelton LeBlanc W 4 Dave Douglas
Alberto Mercado KO 6 Tom Guillen
Jimmy Paul* TKO 6 Pat Duran
Richard Savage* KO 1 Eddie Richardson
Doug DeWitt* KO 6 Larry Rayford
WHAT DOES THE * MEAN?
Of the 22 guys on the card, I put an * next to guys that were either world class pros or amateur standouts. Today a promoter demands that you pay $60-$70 bones for maybe one good fight. Ah, how things have changed! Late Tuesday for early Wednesday, here at www.RingTalk.com we will cover the battle that is forever etched in the minds of those that witnessed the fight between Wilfredo Gomez and Lupe Pintor!
Pedro Fernandez