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Prince Naseem Hamed vs Wilfredo Vasquez | Full Fight | WBO Featherweight Boxing | 18/4/1998
Naseem Hamed 29–0 (27 KO) vs. Wilfredo Vázquez 50–7–2 (37 KO) was a professional boxing match contested on 18 April 1998 for the WBO and Lineal featherweight championship.
In December of the previous year WBO featherweight champion Naseem Hamed had made his American debut after inking a 6-fight contract with cable giant HBO. Hamed had taken on one of his toughest opponents at the time in former WBC featherweight champion Kevin Kelley. In an action packed fight that HBO commentator Larry Merchant dubbed the Hagler–Hearns of the featherweight division, Hamed and Kelley each scored three knockdowns over one another with Hamed ultimately scoring the KO victory in the fourth round.
In March 1998, it was announced that Hamed would return to his native England to face veteran 3-division world champion Wilfredo Vázquez of Puerto Rico. Vazquez had captured the WBA version of the featherweight title in 1996 and was recognized as the lineal champion of the division. Though Vazquez was supposed to make a mandatory title defense against WBA’s number one contender Antonio Cermeño, Vazquez had hoped that the WBA would allow him to postpone his match with Cermeño and instead allow him to defend the title against Hamed, but the WBA instead opted to strip him of the title.
For Hamed’s return to England, promoter Frank Warren organized a fight card that also included Chris Eubank moving up to the cruiserweight division to challenge Carl Thompson for the WBO cruiserweight championship and Herbie Hide defending his WBO heavyweight crown against Damon Reed. Steve Robinson was also originally scheduled to challenge Luisito Espinosa for the WBC featherweight title, but Espinosa pulled out of the bout after his father and trainer Egmedio suffered a heart attack prior to the fight.
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Oliver McCall vs. Frank Bruno, billed as The Empire Strikes Back, was a professional boxing match contested on 2 September …
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WHAT A COMEBACK‼️ | Huck vs Glowacki | The Throwback In the summer of 2015 long-reigning WBO champ, Marco Huck, …
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😱Hasim Rahman KNOCKED OUT Lennox Lewis in South Africa 25 years ago today‼️
Billed ‘Thunder in Africa’ the bout took place in the Carnival City Casino in Brakpan, South Africa for the WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight titles.
Lewis, a 20-1 favourite, trained for the bout in Vegas while filming scenes for ‘Oceans Eleven’ for a boxing match with Wladimir Klitschko whilst his opponent had already set off for Brakpan.
With the African city sitting 5,200 feet above sea level (Vegas is 2,000) the champion didn’t arrive in the country until 12 days before fight night, while a full-trained and fully-motivated Rahman pulled off one of the biggest shocks in the history of heavyweight boxing as he flattened the Brit to become unified champion of the world.
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😱Rahman SHOCKS the WORLD🌎 | Lennox Lewis vs Hasim Rahman | WBC/IBF Heavyweight Boxing | On This Day
Lennox Lewis vs. Hasim Rahman, billed as Thunder in Africa, was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between unified WBC, IBF, IBO, and lineal champion Lennox Lewis, and Hasim Rahman. The bout took place on 22 April 2001 in Brakpan, South Africa. Rahman, who was a 20–1 underdog, won by knockout in the fifth round. It was one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
Following three successful title defenses in 2000, Lennox Lewis turned his sights on a potential superfight with Mike Tyson. Lewis had originally hoped to meet Tyson during the summer of 2001, however, Tyson was issued a three-month suspension early in the year after testing positive for marijuana following his 2000 fight with Andrew Golota. Lewis opted to make his next defense against little-known Hasim Rahman. Lewis came into the fight as a 20–1 favorite and paid little attention to his opponent, having begun negotiations for his long-awaited match with Tyson while also being challenged to a possible unification match by WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz. Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa, is 5,200 feet above sea level. Rahman arrived on 27 March so he would have time to adjust to the high altitude, but Lewis didn’t arrive until 10 April. Lewis trained in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is 2,000 feet above sea level. He trained in Las Vegas so he could also film scenes for a cameo appearance in the movie Ocean’s Eleven. Notwithstanding the altitude challenges, the actual fight itself took place at an odd time, 05:00 (SAST) on Sunday 22 April 200 in order to accommodate HBO’s significant United States-based audience at a reasonable hour on Saturday 21 April 2001. After Lewis was knocked out by Rahman, HBO commentator Larry Merchant said, “He just drowned in Ocean’s Eleven.”
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