Welter-weight upset
NZPA-Reuter Mexico City Jose Pipino Cuevas, of Mexico. dethroned the World Boxing Association welter-weight champion. I Angel Espada. of Puerto Rico. 1 |in the second round of their) scheduled 15 round title fight. Cuevas, aged 20. knocked) down his opponent three) times tn the second round and the referee stopped the fight.) He floored Espada with al looping left hook early in the I second round for a count of; eight, knocked him down a second time with a flurry of: blows, and sent him crashing' to the canvas for the third, .time just before the bell. |
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Press, 23 July 1976, Page 18
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