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  Frankie Randall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frankie Billy Randall (born September 25, 1961) is a three-time world champion boxer who is best known as the man who handed Mexican legend Julio César Chávez his first professional defeat.
Randall, who was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, turned pro in 1981 after a lengthy career as an amateur boxer.
Many believed Randall won the Chávez rematch, and on September 17, he was given a shot at the WBA version of the light welterweight title owned by Juan Martin Coggi.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frankie_Randall   (834 words)

  
 Frankie Randall vs. Danny Sanchez (July 10, 1998)
Randall absence was minimal in comparison to his opponent Sanchez, who had been out of boxing for 12-years before staging a mini comeback in the last year going 6 and 1 against mediocre fighters.
Randall, 5'9", continued to dominate the action in the fourth round and he scored early with a double left hook to the head.
Randall's demons are well known and battles with alcohol and drugs have short-circuited his career several times.
www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/1998/980710randall_sanchez.html   (749 words)

  
 The Frankie Randall Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In December 2000, Tino began managing Frankie and appears to feel extremely confident that the Frankie Randall package is vintage quality and must be heard.
Frankie performed at the Suncoast December 28, 29, 30 and 31 (New Year's Eve), 2000.
Recently, Frankie was in Los Angeles where he recorded a new album at Sony Studios on February 27th and 28th.
home.earthlink.net /~frandall   (264 words)

  
 Frankie Randall Upcoming Events.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Frankie's shows are a touch of the "old" Las Vegas when entertainers made the rounds joining fellow performers with surprise appearances.
At the dedication ceremony, Frankie was very moved relative to the appreciation displayed by the people of Palm Springs and thanked them for the support they have given him through the years.
Frankie has performed his "Tribute To Sinatra" for years, with the blessings of Frank and Barbara Sinatra, to sell out crowds throughout the world, and has received overwhelming responses from audiences of all ages.
home.earthlink.net /~frandall/events.html   (628 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Boxing - Carr wins fight, shot at De La Hoya - Sunday February 14, 1999 12:54 AM
He wore Randall down with body shots in the middle rounds and scored well with counter punches as Randall moved forward.
Randall, the first fighter to beat Julio Cesar Chavez, had a point taken from him in the seventh round for pushing Carr on a break, then hitting him with a right hand that sent Carr staggering across the ring.
Randall, 146, who held the WBA 140-pound title twice in his career, fell to 55-6-1.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/boxing/news/1999/02/13/delahoya_undercard   (550 words)

  
 Boxing News : Chavez Wins Spirited Decision Vs. Nemesis Randall
Randall, 42, last met Chavez in a rematch back in May of 1994 in which Randall lost on a techinical decision at the end of eight rounds due to a severe laceration between Chavez's eyes due to an accidental headbutt.
Randall spent most of the first round jabbing away trying to set up his patented staright right hand, which he did not fire at all succesfully.
Randall picked up the pace in the fourth round, finally landing scoring shots on Chavez's chin including the right hand which always kept Chavez at bay in their pervious meetings.
www.maxboxing.com /news/Villasenor052304.asp   (768 words)

  
 Boxing News : Manfredo Stops Randall
Against a 21-year-old who came to box, the 41-year-old Randall must have been pleased about the exceptionally small size of the ring &Mac247; that is, until Manfredo pounded him into a neutral corner and to the canvas in round seven.
Randall took a knee and the full ten count, and the fight was over.
Throughout the fight, however, Manfredo seemed unsure whether to box Randall from the outside or commit to the inside game and, consequently, Randall was able to beat him to the punch often and keep the fight competitive.
www.maxboxing.com /Mooney/mooney100502.asp   (799 words)

  
 TSN.ca - Print Story - Canada's Sports Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Chavez had chosen Randall as the opponent to cap his career, which would end at 106-5-2 - if he stays retired.
Randall was the fighter who knocked Chavez down for the first time during an upset victory by decision in Las Vegas on Jan. 29, 1994.
Randall, too, had said that this would be his last year in the ring - and possibly his last fight.
www.tsn.ca /tools/print_story.asp?id=84967   (306 words)

  
 New Mexico Boxing - Fight Results
Frankie Randall had the first three rounds, if not the first four.
Randall covered up and the ref quickly stepped in and called a halt to the fight—somewhat prematurely, in my opinion.
Kirino Garcia (38-21-1, 27 KO’s) TKO 7 Frankie “Surgeon” Randall (56-9-1, 42 KO’s)
www.newmexicoboxing.com /fights2001/juarez_march2.html   (2237 words)

  
 Carr, Randall seek to regain past success
The first is Frankie Randall, an aging three-time former champion with a 55-5-1 record, including 42 knockouts.
Randall, in 1994, became the first boxer to beat Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez, winning the welterweight title.
Randall won it two more times and lost it three times, the last to Khalid Rahilou two years ago.
www.freep.com /sports/othersports/qcarr12.htm   (410 words)

  
 Don King Productions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On January 29, 1994, Randall not only defeated Chavez but was the first man to ever knockdown Chavez and claim the WBC Light Welterweight Championship.
Frankie “The Surgeon” Randall, of Nashville, Tennessee, is best known for being the first man to knockdown and then defeat Chavez.
Born on September 25, 1961, in Birmingham, Alabama, Randall took to boxing at a very young age and then turned professional at the age of 20.
www.donking.com /highspeedvideo2.html   (691 words)

  
 Boxing News :: Articles : Amato: Hatton, Tszyu, Bell and More
Randall would go on a seventeen fight win streak that finally led to his most memorable night.
On January 29, 1994 Frankie became the first man to ever beat the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez as he won a well deserved split decision and with it Julio's W.B.C. light welterweight title.
Randall lost his championship on January 11, 1997 to Khalid Rahilou who battered Randall into submission in the eleventh round.
www.boxingscene.com /?m=show&id=1181   (1131 words)

  
 RANDALL DOESN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH WHITAKER FOR SHOT AT CHAVEZ
Frankie Randall, the World Boxing Association junior welterweight champion, showed up to watch the Pernell ``Sweetpea'' Whitaker-Buddy McGirt fight Saturday night wearing a sharp looking purple suit.
Randall says the Chavez camp promised a rematch should he beat Juan Coggi for the WBA title.
Both Randall and Chavez are under contract with Don King, who is notorious for upping the purses rather than giving the fight crowd what it wants.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941002/10020210.htm   (939 words)

  
 Alumni Profile: Frankie Randall
Frankie Randall has his very own star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars and has been inducted into the Casino Legends Hall of Fame in the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas.
Randall began classical piano lessons at the age of seven while growing up in Clifton, N.J., and by the age of 15, he turned his musical interests to jazz.
Randall also performed regularly on such television programs as “The Tonight Show” and “Merv Griffin.” “I appeared on many variety shows including ‘The Dean Martin Show,’ and that gave me a lot of exposure.” This led to more live bookings and nightclub and cabaret appearances around the world.
www.fdu.edu /newspubs/magazine/03su/randall.html   (713 words)

  
 Julio Cesar Chavez retires from the ring with a win   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Chavez, 41, had chosen Randall as the opponent to cap his career, which ends at 106-5-2 if he stays retired.
Randall, 42, knocked Chavez down for the first time in his career during an upset victory by decision in Las Vegas on Jan. 29, 1994.
Chavez, who was long considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, recovered to beat Randall in a super lightweight rematch four months later.
www.latinosportslegends.com /2004/Chavez_retires_with_a_win-052704.htm   (262 words)

  
 Chavez vs. Randall: The Judges Get One Right | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
But as had Whitaker, Randall rode out the fury of each storm, and then counter attacked with a fury surely as equal, and at times even more violent.
That was the round that Randall met one of the champion’s assaults with a perfect right hand to the chin and dropped him.
There was a cut on the bridge of his nose; Randall’s fists had made his face look like five miles of Mexican roads.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1660/chavez-randall-judges-get-one-right   (1633 words)

  
 World Boxing Council :: WBC Official Site
At 11:00 AM tomorrow, Tuesday,  The Surgeon Frankie Randall will offer a press conference on his third fight against Julio Cesar Chavez to take place next Saturday, May 22 at the  Plaza de Toros 'Mexico'.
Randall will talk to the media at the Monument to the Boxer located at Reforma Avenue and Jaime Nuno St, Mexico City.
This afternoon Randall went to the airport to receive his manager Donald Hale, who will complete the North American team now in Mexico.
www.wbcboxing.com /WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=851&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC   (156 words)

  
 Articles - Julio César Chávez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In April of 2004, Chávez went back into the ring, for what he again claimed woiuld be, his last appearance.
In that fight, nicknamed Adiós, México, Gracias (Good-bye, Mexico, Thank you), he beat his former conqueror, Frankie Randall (the first man to beat Chávez and drop him), by a ten round decision.
On May 28, 2005, Chávez once again stepped into a boxing ring, outpointing Ivan Robinson over ten rounds at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, the city where he had won his first world title 21 years before.
www.quickize.com /articles/Julio_Cesar_Chavez   (434 words)

  
 Boxing News -- Fightnews.com : EplVklFFkylXFDaJtL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Randall began to connect more often in round four and the pace remained brisk for the duration of the bout.
In round ten, Randall came out looking for the knockout, but Chavez responded and the fighters went toe-to-toe all three minutes.
Chavez and Randall previously split a pair of fights in 1994, with Randall handing Chavez his first career loss in January.
www.fightnews.com /fightnews_2/headlines/EplVklFFkylXFDaJtL.html   (388 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Boxing | Chavez bows out on top
Ring legend Julio Cesar Chavez beat arch-rival Frankie Randall in Mexico City on Saturday to bring his 24-year career to an end.
The 41-year-old won by unanimous points decision to bring his final record to 106 wins, five losses and two draws, with world titles at three weights.
Chavez lost his first career fight to Randall in a title defence in 1994 but won the rematch.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/boxing/3739125.stm   (222 words)

  
 Chavez ends career with victory - Boxing - MSNBC.com
Julio Cesar Chavez earned a tough unanimous decision over Frankie Randall, the man who ended Chavez’s amazing string of victories a decade ago.
Randall, too, had said that this would be his last year in the ring — and possibly his last fight.
Randall managed to fight back with punches to the head that broke though Chavez’s defense.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5040858   (574 words)

  
 Doghouse Boxing
Across the ring from him that night was old nemesis Frankie “The Surgeon” Randall, the man who put the first official loss on Chavez’s record, ending J.C. Superstar’s remarkable run of 90 consecutive fights without a loss.
Although he still had plenty left in the tank, that point was driven home by Randall in January 1994 in the first of their three fights.
Randall dropped Chavez for the first time in his career and captured a split decision.
www.doghouseboxing.com /Newman/Newman052804.htm   (1691 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - Chavez' last hurrah - Saturday | May 22, 2004
Mexican former WBC Super Lightweight boxing champion, Julio Cesar Chavez of Culiacan, poses on the scales during an official weigh-in at the Hotel Camino Real in Mexico City yesterday Chavez will have his farewell fight against Frankie Randall of Tennessee, at the Mexico City's bullring today.
Once rated one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, Chavez, 41, has suffered just five losses in 112 fights, the first to Tennessee-based Randall in a title bout in Las Vegas 10 years ago.
Looking trim in white jogging pants and a red T-shirt as he weighed in at a Mexico City hotel yesterday, Chavez said he felt "strong and very calm", and that the outcome of the clash was in no doubt.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040522/sports/sports5.html   (414 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Mayweather pounds Corley in win   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Julio Cesar Chavez (106-5-2), the former three-division champ and an icon to Mexican boxing fans, won a unanimous decision in his farewell fight, outpointing old nemesis Frankie Randall at Mexico City's Plaza Monumental, the world's largest bull ring.
Randall, 42, handed Chavez his first loss in a 1994 upset that Chavez avenged four months later.
Randall (58-15-1), a former three-time junior welterweight champ, also plans to retire.
www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2004-05-22-mayweather-corley_x.htm   (593 words)

  
 CornerWork - Weber Halts Frankie Randall in Six!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It was an entertaining fight and although the aging Randall had his moments, Weber was clearly in charge of the fight.
The end came at 2:43 of the sixth round when Randall took a knee after absorbing a barrage of punches indicating that he could not go on.
With victories over Angel Manfredy and now Randall, Craig should be in line for a shot at a mainstream contender in the near future.
www.cornerwork.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=315   (195 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Boxing | Farewell fight for Chavez
The 41-year-old, who won five world titles at three weights, will fight in Mexico against American Frankie Randall, the first man to beat him.
The first of those losses was handed to him in a 1994 WBC welterweight contest, during which Randall also became the first boxer to put Chavez on the floor.
Chavez exacted revenge for his defeat later that year and did not lose again until Oscar de la Hoya stopped him in 1996.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/boxing/3475891.stm   (137 words)

  
 New Mexico Boxing - Quirino Garcia
On Friday, Garcia does get a shot at somebody: Frankie “the Surgeon” Randall (56-8-1, 42 KO's.) And in his hometown, too.
Randall, of course, is the guy who beat the great Julio Cesar Chavez in 1994.
QG: I’m anticipating fighting Randall and I’ve been training since my defeat in Vegas against David Reid.
www.newmexicoboxing.com /articles/quirinogarcia2.html   (548 words)

  
 West Life Newspaper - Sports
Craig Weber scored the biggest win of his career with a knockout of former three-time World Champ Frankie Randall.
The two fighters staged a very entertaining and exciting fight before a body shot slowed Randall who took a knee and quit in the sixth round.
Randall announced his retirement after the fight ending his career with a 59-18-1 record.
www.westlifenews.com /2005/07-20/sports.html   (1010 words)

  
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