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GREAT MEXICAN SHOWDOWNS

14 June 1968: JESUS "CHUCHO" CASTILLO W12 JESUS "LITTLE POISON" PIMENTEL: Former bantamweight champion Castillo outboxes the heavy-hitting Pimentel, who suffers cuts. Pimentel had scored 58 KO wins, but Castillo piles up points with left jabs in front of 16,505 fans at the Inglewood Forum the first boxing show at this venue.

19 April 1970: RUBEN OLIVARES W15 CHUCHO CASTILLO: Undefeated big-hitter Olivares wins a unanimous decision but is dropped by a right-hander in the third round before a crowd of 18,762 at the Inglewood Forum. Castillo suffers a profusely bleeding nose. Afterwards, Olivares says that this was his toughest fight.

16 October 1970: CHUCHO CASTILLO TKO14 RUBEN OLIVARES: Olivares loses for the first time after 59 wins in a row when he suffers a shocking cut over the left eye in this rematch before a crowd of 16,404 at the Inglewood Forum. But Olivares controls the first 10 rounds with his heavier punching, especially the left hooks, until the blood flowing into his eye becomes too much of a handicap.

3 April 1971: RUBEN OLIVARES W15 CHUCHO CASTILLO: Olivares wins back the bantamweight title with a unanimous decision but Castillo drops him with a left hook in the sixth round of their rubber match at the Inglewood Forum, watched by a crowd of 18,456. Interestingly, although Olivares is the big puncher (57 knockouts), Castillo is the boxer who scores the only knockdowns in their three-fight series.

14 December 1971: RUBEN OLIVARES TKO end of 11 JESUS PIMENTEL: Pimentel hurts the great bantamweight champion in the fourth but Olivares sends the challenger through the ropes with a left hook in the sixth and then controls the fight before a crowd of 14,704 at the Inglewood Forum. Pimentel is pulled out by his corner at the end of the 11th in a scheduled 15-rounder. In the other half of a championship twin main event, Jose Napoles retains his welterweight title by outpointing Hedgemon Lewis.

19 March 1972: RAFAEL HERRERA KO8 RUBEN OLIVARES: Apparently weakened by making weight, bantamweight champ Olivares looks off-form, suffers a cut over the right eye, and is outfought by Herrera before being sent down by a left hook in the eighth to be counted out in front of a 22,000 crowd at a Mexico City bull ring. It was just the second loss for Olivares in 69 fights. (Herrera lost the title to Panama?s Enrique Pinder but won a 10-round decision over Olivares in a rematch on 14 November 1974, at the Inglewood Forum, scoring a knockdown in the seventh round).

23 April 1977: CARLOS ZARATE KO4 ALFONSO ZAMORA: No title was at stake in this clash of bantamweight champions, both undefeated, both powerful punchers. Zarate, the World Boxing Council champ, had won 44 successive bouts (43 KOs), Zamora, the World Boxing Association champ, had knocked out 28 opponents in a row. Zamora struck first, hurting Zarate with a left hook in the first round, but Zarate came back to drop his former stablemate in the third and then twice in the fourth in front of a crowd of 13,996 at the Inglewood Forum.

9 September 1977: Antonio Becerra SD12 Salvador Sanchez: 12 gruelling rounds for the vacant Mexican Bantamweight Title.

3 June 1979: LUPE PINTOR W15 CARLOS ZARATE: Down in the fourth round, bloody inside the mouth and face swollen, Pintor keeps pressing in doggedly to win a split, disputed decision to take the WBC bantam title from Zarate his longtime stablemate at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

29 October 1988: JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ WTDec11 JOSE LUIS RAMIREZ: Chavez's sharp hitting controls this clash of rival lightweight champs Chavez WBA champ, Ramirez WBC at the Las Vegas Hilton when his southpaw opponent is cut on the forehead in a clash of heads and it goes to the scorecards. Chavez, who was a 9-1 on favourite, said before the fight: "At first I didn't want to take the fight because we are so close, almost like brothers." To the surprise of many, Chavez is in front by only two points on the scorecards of two of the judges. Wallace Matthews wrote in Newsday. "Chavez did everything a fighter can do for 10-plus rounds except knock his man out."

7 March 1998: JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ D12 MIGUEL ANGEL GONZALEZ: After 12 rounds of solid boxing but few dramatic highlights before almost 50,000 fans at a Mexico City bull ring, this fight for the vacant WBC super lightweight title comes out a draw.

19 February 2000: Erik Morales SD12 Marco Antonio Barrera: After 12 gruelling rounds and non-stop action, Erik Morales was declared the winner that too many saw that the fight shold have gone to Marco Antonio Barrera.

22 June 2002: Marco Antonio Barrera UD12 Erik Morales: A very close fight that was not clearly reflected on the judges score cards. FIght could have gone either way.

27 November 2004: Marco Antonio Barrera MD12 Erik Morales: A nit and grit fight up to the last end. Both fighters showed the true Mexican warrior's spirit. A majority draw win for Barrera worth for another fight with Morales. Typical Barrera vs. Morales fight.