At the conclusion of this bout a riot broke, and Hagler and his trainers had to be carried away to their locker rooms by the police, in the middle of a rain of beer bottles and cups.
Hagler proved a busy world champion and he defeated future world champion FulgencioObelmejias[?] by a knockout in 8, and then former world champ Antuofermo by knockout in 5, both at the Boston Garden[?].
British champion Tony Sibson[?] followed Hagler challengers' trips to the canvas, falling in 6, and Wilford Scypion[?] went in 4.
LEAD: James Kinchen will replace FulgencioObelmejias as the opponent for Thomas Hearns on a Nov. 4 boxing card in Las Vegas, Nev. Hearns was seeking his fifth world title against Obelmejias, the World Boxing Association supermiddleweight champion (168-pound limit).
But Obelmejias said he had suffered an injury to his ribs when he announced Tuesday that he was pulling out of the bout.
James Kinchen will replace FulgencioObelmejias as the opponent for Thomas Hearns on a Nov. 4 boxing card in Las Vegas, Nev. Hearns was seeking his fifth world title against Obelmejias, the World Boxing Association supermiddleweight champion (168-pound limit).
The English audience refused to allow Hagler to bask in the moment, hurling bottles at the ring and forcing Hagler and his handlers to make a quick exit from the arena.
After outclassing mandatory challenger FulgencioObelmejias in 8 rounds, Hagler got his rematch with Antuofermo.
Remembering the shafting he had received from the judges in the first fight, Hagler stayed on the awkward ex-champion, forcing a stoppage in the fifth round and proving that he had indeed deserved to win the first time.
In 1981, undefeated number one contender Fuljencio Obelmejias was Hagler’s first victim, stopped in eight rounds.
Nonetheless, in round eleven Hamsho was utterly defeated, battered by the many guns of warship Hagler.
1982 was a spectacular year for Hagler, starting with a first round knockout of brawler William “Caveman” Lee, and continuing with a fifth round knockout of returning contender FulgencioObelmejias in San Remo.
Unlike the other champions who would not grant him a title shot Hagler fought anyone who was a perceived threat to his title.
Unbeaten FulgencioObelmejias lost to Hagler in his first defense and Vito Antufermo was knocked out in 5 rounds to make sure he would not get a gift draw as he did in the last fight against Hagler.
Tony Simbson, Mustafa Hamsho, "Caveman" Lee, and Wilford Scypion all lost to Hagler who impressed in every fight with his smart ring generalship and heavy hands.
Hagler proved a busy world champion and he defeated future world champion FulgencioObelmejias by a knockout in 8, and then former world champ Antuofermo in a rematch by knockout in 5, both at the Boston Garden.
Mustafa Hamsho, who would later defeat future world champ Bobby Czyz, followed, and he was beaten in 11.
British champion Tony Sibson followed in Hagler's list of unsuccessful challengers, falling in 6, and Wilford Scypion went in 4.
Another presence who arrived a few days before the fight was FulgencioObelmejias, a tall Venezuelan middleweight who had advanced to No. 1 in the WBA rankings and thus loomed the mandatory challenger to the Minter-Hagler winner.
The middleweight championship might have been what had by 1980 already become a boxing rarity -- an unified, undisputed title -- but the promotional rights were so thoroughly splintered that at least seven men had a piece of the action.
I raced straight from the airport to the Garden, where I watched the closed-circuit telecast in the press room in the company of the Herald’s theatre critic, Eliot Norton, and the late Red Smith.
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Three rounds later Minter's face was ripped to threads as Hagler was declared the new middleweight champion on a third round TKO.
Hagler made seven easy title defenses from 1981 into 1983 with wins over FulgencioObelmejias (TKO-8, KO-S), Vito Antuoferino (TKO-5), Mustafa Hamsho (TKO-11), Caveman Lee (TKO-1), Tony Sibson (TKO-6) and Wilford Scypion (KO4), before facing the toughest challenge of his career - the then current WBA j unio r-middieweight king Roberto Duran.
The fight took place on November 10, 1993 and became one of the largest grossing middleweight fights of alltime.
His first defense was against FulgencioObelmejias of Venezuela who sported a record of 30-0 with 27 KO's.
Defense number two was a TKO 5 of Vito Antuofermo.
The next victims were Mustapha Hamsho (TKO 11), Caveman Lee (KO 1), Obelmejias again (TKO 5), Tony Sibson (TKO 6), Wilford Scypion (TKO 4), Roberto Duran (W15), Juan Domingo Roldan (TKO 10), Hamsho again KO 3), Thomas Hearns (TKO 3) and John Mugabi (KO 11).
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If Hagler had decided to quit boxing and take a long sabbatical at a Buddhist monastery, Minter would I think have had a longer time at the top.
He would have been up against the likes of FulgencioObelmejias, an elongated and somewhat mysterious Venezuelan, or maybe the aforementioned Wilford Scypion and Curtis Parker.
These men were all competent, but none of them were remarkable, and with a little luck Minter should have defended successfully against them.
It's not because it was the WBO title, it was because he beat James Kinchen for the vacant belt in late '88.
The real 168-pound champ at that time was FulgencioObelmejias (who won the WBA title from In-Chul Baek, who had won both the IBF and WBA titles to establish himself as the MAN at super middleweight).
Hearns would be a 5-division champ in my book if he beat Fully.
