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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Agapito Sanchez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Guzman dropped Sanchez with a two left hooks to the head and searing right cross to the chin in the second round, however, the challenger was able to beat the count.
Sanchez lost two points for low blows and the ringside doctor eventually halted the contest because of a deep cut on Pacquiao's right eye caused by an accidental headbutt in round two and worsened by another headbutt in round six.
Sanchez gamely attempted to return fire but he was overpowered by yet another merciless volley, as Guzman connected with at least another dozen jackhammer shots to the head.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Agapito-Sanchez   (256 words)

  
  Agapito Sanchez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agapito Sanchez (February 14, 1970 – November 15, 2005) was a boxer from the Dominican Republic, nicknamed "El Ciclón", in the Super Bantamweight weight class.
Sanchez briefly held the WBO world Super Bantamweight title during the early 2000s.
Sanchez was shot by an officer in the Dominican air force.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agapito_Sanchez   (171 words)

  
 Joan Guzman vs. Agapito Sanchez (February 26, 2004)
Sanchez valiantly stayed on his feet but after being battered by Guzman's relentless firepower, referee David Mendoza finally halted the one-sided contest at 1:05 of the seventh round.
It was later revealed that Sanchez suffered from cataracts and he would spend the next 27 months on the shelf before returning to challenge Guzman for the title that he had held.
In the fourth round, the champion hurt Sanchez with a clean left hook to the head that staggered the challenger and he careened backwards across the ring.
www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/2004/040226guzman_sanchez.html   (1258 words)

  
 Joan Guzman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The WBO's world Super Bantamweight champion, Agapito Sanchez, had travelled to Cardiff, Wales, to defend his title against Guzman, but he was diagnosed with a detached retina during a required medical check-up days before the fight.
Sanchez announced his retirement from boxing, and Guzman found himself fighting Fabio Oliva for the vacant WBO's world Super Bantamweight title, on August 17, 2002.
Sanchez returned to boxing, and, on February 26, 2004, he and Guzman finally met inside a boxing ring, at San Diego.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joan_Guzman   (689 words)

  
 Former champion Agapito Sanchez dies from gunshot wounds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Former champion Agapito Sanchez dies from gunshot wounds
Agapito didn't deserve this," said Ramon Sanchez, the boxer's brother.
Sanchez had a 36-11-3 record as a pro.
www.wbaonline.com /news/news161105aa.asp   (193 words)

  
 Boxing: RSR Salutes a Fallen Warrior - Agapito Sanchez
Agapito earned a reputation as a dirty fighter among Pacquiao fans who were crying foul at the low blows.
Agapito was an avid boxing fan who always watched and had opinions on the upcoming fights in the sport.
Sanchez was clearly rusty after the long layoff and was badly beaten by Guzman.
ringsidereport.com /Wilbur11232005.htm   (784 words)

  
 Agapito Sanchez vs. Art Simonyan (July 22, 2005)
Hard-charging Agapito Sanchez registered a fifth round TKO over hard luck Art Simonyan, in a bout that was scheduled for 12 but ended early with a looping right hand to the jaw.
Sanchez (35-11-3, 18 KO's) has been lacing them up for 16 years and he is not above using his skull as a third glove and he has a well earned reputation, as a fighter that will do what is needed to win.
Sanchez continued to be effective by jumping in and landing one shot at a time.
www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/2005/050722sanchez_simonyan.html   (1046 words)

  
 Guty Espadas vs. Agapito Sanchez (April 20, 1998)
Espadas (124 3/4, 1998) dropped Sanchez (123 1/2, 1998) at the 40-second mark of the ninth round after a withering series of hooks and right crosses to the head.
Sanchez, who has a reputation for throwing shots south of the border, nailed Espadas several times with low hooks in the sixth round.
Sanchez managed to survive the round but the knockdown in combination with the loss of a point for the blatant low blow, effectively cost him the fight.
www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/1998/980420espadas_sanchez.html   (596 words)

  
 Cyber Boxing Zone -- Newswire
Agapito Sanchez is no stranger to low blows, and after flirting with a straying low in the opening rounds, he nailed Pacquiao square in the cup early in round three.
Sanchez regained control of Pacquiao in the fourth round just as he was in danger of losing control of himself.
Sanchez emerged from that final onslaught with a cut of his own, albeit a much less serious one.
www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/cb111101.htm   (1986 words)

  
 Sanchez Impressive In Win   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The main event was a wild affair featuring Agapito Sanchez of Brooklyn, New York, who was returning from a loss to WBC Continental Americas Champion, Carlos Navarro in a failed attempt for the title as he was matched against Ivan Alvarez of Miami, Florida in 10 rounder.
Agapito takes the round two, as he is a little busier on the inside.
Sanchez regains the distance in round three peppering Alvarez with Right Jabs and the occasional left hook and he is able dance in and out of harms way in taking the round.
www.withinthering.com /?NavigationID=414   (631 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Second straight knockout loss for Simonyan
Sanchez took the second round as he lunged with wide shots, landing quickly and getting out of range as Simonyan looked to slow on the trigger for the effective comeback.
Sanchez kept on landing his wide, leaping shots to close out the round.
Sanchez sent Simonyan down to the canvas with a right hand to the chin in the fifth round.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2114745&type=story   (242 words)

  
 Agapito Sanchez vs. Jesse Magana (April 12, 1999)
It was in round 3 though that the short, stocky Sanchez, 5'4", who resembles a fire hydrant with boxing gloves, found his rhythm.
The sporadic flurries of Magana were not enough, as Sanchez began to walk through him with his sustained body assault.
In the diver's seat by the end of round 5, it was Sanchez who walked back to his corner with his arms raised in a token of victory.
www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/1999/990412sanchez_magana.html   (549 words)

  
 BOXINGTALK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Agapito the former WBO super bantamweight champion of the world makes his return to the ring after a five month layoff when he headlines the Marriott, Hotel in Whippany, New Jersey.
Sanchez is currently ranked 8th by the WBO and the IBF has him as their 11th rated super bantamweight.
Sanchez and Alvarez will duke it out in a 10 round affair and will be the main event out of a seven bout scheduled card being put on by One More Round Boxing.
www.boxingtalk.com /pages/free3167.htm   (982 words)

  
 Remembering Agapito Sanchez | TheSweetScience.com Boxing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Agapito was not a champ that needed to carry an entourage.
When Agapito’s opportunity to fight Joan for the belt finally materialized, many felt he was capable of reclaiming the title he lost in the doctor’s office.
Agapito Sanchez will probably be best remembered by boxing fans for his war with Manny Pacquiao, low blows, headbutts and all.
thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/2966/remembering-agapito-sanchez   (1601 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Sport - Sanchez dies after bar brawl
Former world super-bantamweight champion Agapito Sanchez died today after being shot in a bar brawl in the Dominican Republic.
Sanchez was shot twice by a sergeant of the Dominican armed forces on Sunday in Santa Domingo after the boxer refused to let the military man dance with his partner, police spokesman Simon Diaz said.
Sanchez held the World Boxing Organization super-bantamweight title for almost three years before losing in 2004 to Joan Guzman in San Diego.
www.rte.ie /sport/2005/1115/sanchez.html   (160 words)

  
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Sanchez is the only man today who can claim to have current superstar Manny Pacquiao’s number, having fought him to a technical draw after an accidental head-butt rendered Pacquiao unable to continue with the bout forced to go to the scorecards after the sixth round.
And although time has passed and Sanchez’s and Pacquiao’s careers may appear to be at different stages, both fighters have unfinished business with each other and a move to the featherweight division for Sanchez has not been ruled out if the opportunity to fight Pacquiao presents itself again.
Sanchez, who is currently rated No. 6 by the IBF wants Vazquez first, then give Larios an opportunity to redeem himself against him, before looking to redeem himself against the last man to defeat him, fellow Dominican and WBO champion Joan Guzman.
www.fightnews.com /715.htm   (626 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Boxing - Hamed KOs Sanchez to defend WBO featherweight belt - Sunday August 20, 2000 01:19 AM
Sanchez launched a surprising attack in the second round and sent Hamed to the canvas three times.
With Sanchez's right eye swollen, Hamed hit him with a three-punch combination in the fourth that sent him staggering to the floor.
Agapito Sanchez (32-7-1, 19 KOs) of the Dominican Republic earned a 10-round decision over Juan Carlos Ramirez (21-3, 9 KOs) of Mexico.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /boxing/news/2000/08/19/hamed_sanchez_ap   (770 words)

  
 Boxing News : Gerbasi : Guzman vs. Sanchez – This Grudge Match May Get Ugly, but it’s a ...
Not only is Sanchez challenging for the title he lost outside of the ring due to eye cataracts (he has since passed all physicals and has been cleared for battle), but he is also fighting a fellow Dominican, only the second time in history that has happened with a world title on the line.
Sanchez, entering his 16th year in the business, is an unlikely candidate to be intimidated, by words and /or fists.
An old school brawler in the best sense, Sanchez is like a 5-4 sparkplug of tightly wound energy ready to explode at any time, and who does so with any means within his disposal.
www.maxboxing.com /Gerbasi/Gerbasi022504.asp   (1195 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Dominican boxer now can see the light   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sanchez, though, has been stopped only once (by Cesar Soto of Mexico in June 1997) and he has opposed far more established opponents than Guzman, 25.
Sanchez's most recent appearance, to make this point, was against Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines in San Francisco in November 2001, and he came away with a six-round draw against Marco Antonio Barrera's recent conqueror.
Sanchez, from a family of six sons and three daughters, resides in Brooklyn.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040226-9999-1s26boxing.html   (742 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Former champion Agapito Sanchez dies from gunshot wounds
SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Former champion Agapito Sanchez dies from gunshot wounds
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Former junior featherweight champion Agapito Sanchez died Tuesday from gunshot wounds during a fight outside his home.
He vacated his junior featherweight title in 2002 after being diagnosed with cataracts.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20051115-1347-box-sanchezkilled.html   (203 words)

  
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 Philippines Today - Online Edition
On November 11, he went to a bloody war in San Francisco, California against Agapito Sanchez of the Dominican Republic, himself a flyweight holder but with a lightly regarded WBO belt.
Sanchez was using his elbows to pull out tricks.
In the succeeding rounds, a series of low blows from the Sanchez arsenal unfortunately weakened Pacquaio's lower extremities, a punch in the thigh there and a slug in the knee there.
www.philippinestoday.net /December2001/sports1_1201.htm   (501 words)

  
 ESPN.com - BOXING - Barrera looks ahead to big rematches
Marco Antonio Barrera's Sept. 8th fight with Enrique Sanchez is still three weeks away, but the two-time WBO 122-pound champion who is universally recognized as the best featherweight on the planet can't help but think past his amateur rival and on to rematches with both Naseem Hamed and Erik Morales.
Sanchez was good enough to briefly hold the WBA 122-pound title for 10 months in 1998.
Sanchez made one defense five months later in Indio, California, barely retaining the title with a bloody 10-round draw with Ricardo Media, an unheralded journeyman who had lost five of his last six fights.
espn.go.com /boxing/a/2001/0821/1242254.html   (1270 words)

  
 Joan Guzman Pays Tribute To Fallen Warrior Agapito Sanchez
The former WBO junior featherweight champ was stunned to hear of the shooting and death of his former ring rival and fellow Dominican, Agapito Sanchez.
News reports say that Sanchez was gunned down by an off-duty policeman in Santo Domingo and other details are sketchy.
Despite a torrent of bad words exchanged in the run up to the WBO 122-pound title bout, the two countrymen shared a warm embrace when it was over.
www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=5257&more=1   (386 words)

  
 BOXINGTALK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The former WBO junior featherweight champ was stunned to hear of the shooting and death of his former ring rival and fellow Dominican, Agapito Sanchez.
News reports say that Sanchez was gunned down by an off-duty policeman in Santo Domingo and other details are sketch.
Sanchez." "This guy was a macho guy in and out of the ring," Guzman manager Jose Nunez said.
www.boxingtalk.com /pages/free5878.htm   (271 words)

  
 Agapito Sanchez Fires Back: "I Will Break Guzmans Jaw!"
Another thing Sanchez, age 34, tries to blow off is the constant criticism that he is probably the "dirtiest fighter' in boxing today.
Sanchez has been known to use his head, his elbows and commit numerous fouls in the ring.
Sanchez points to his 2001 bout in San Francisco as a reason why he will hand Guzman his first professional ring loss.
www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=697&more=1   (660 words)

  
 BraggingRightsCorner.com - "Agapito Sanchez Faces Roger Mtgawa October 14th in Whippany, New Jersey "
Everything has been set, and former world champion Agapito " El Ciclón" Sánchez will co-headline KEA Boxing's October 14 event at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany, New Jersey, it was announced today by promoter Andre Kut.
Sánchez (34-8-2, 19 KOs) will face a difficult challenge when he takes on the always tough and durable Philadelphian (Tanzania native) Roger "The Bull" Mtagwa (17-9-2, 13 KOs) in what promises to be an entertaining and highly competitive fight.
In the meantime, Agapito Sánchez will continue his trek to the top by taking on all comers, looking to move into a mandatory position in the jr.
www.braggingrightscorner.com /agapito101404.html   (614 words)

  
 KOFANTASYBOXING.COM--BOXING NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, ORIGINAL WRITING & FANTASY GAMING
He made his last appearance this past January, stopping the difficult Eddie Sanchez in a painfully sloppy seven rounds, and before that sustained an 8th round TKO loss at the hands of welterweight banger Kermit Cintron.
A fellow scribe once remarked to me, "If Sanchez could bring a box cutter into the ring, he would." The 35-year-old Sanchez may have a well-deserved reputation as a foul factory, but don't let that blind you to his top-notch skills.
Sanchez has gone 3-1 since the loss to Guzman, and looks to take full advantage of his adversary's relative inexperience come Tuesday evening.
www.kofantasyboxing.com /view_article.cfm?id=45   (756 words)

  
 SHARKIES MACHINE Nov
Agapito Sanchez stands at five foot three inches, is tenacious and often accused of using the low blow as a weapon.
Sanchez proceeded to low blow Pacquiao repeatedly and finally had points taken in the 3rd and again in the 4th round by veteran referee Marty Denkin.
Even though Sanchez continued to low blow Pacquiao afterwards, the referee simply would not disqualify Sanchez, who was booed by the audience between rounds.
www.insideboxing.com /Columnist/frank_gonzalez/sharkies_machine_nov.htm   (1953 words)

  
 Agapito Sanchez - Independent Online Edition > Obituaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The former world boxing champion Agapito Sánchez, who has died after being shot in a bar-room dispute, was one of the best loved of sportsmen in the boxing-mad Dominican Republic.
Agapito Sánchez was born in 1970, to a poor family in the village of El Aguacate in the La Victoria region north of the Dominican Republic's capital, Santo Domingo.
His older brother was a boxer, with little success, but that merely encouraged Agapito to leave school and see if he could do better.
news.independent.co.uk /people/obituaries/article330188.ece   (390 words)

  
 No Soft Touches In Whippany | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
Sanchez, 126, came out strong and established a sharp, punishing jab that penetrated the porous defense of Matagwa, who weighed in at125 pounds.
A solid Sanchez left hook in round two staggered Matagwa, but Agapito’s puzzling lack of aggression allowed the Tanzanian Bull to clear his head and survive the round.
Sanchez looked far older than his 34 years in this one, and far removed from the fighter who gave Manny Pacquiao fits back in their 2001 encounter that ended in an abbreviated technical draw.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1130/soft-touches-whippany   (1923 words)

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