Alexis Arguello vs Ray Mancini || Highlights

Alexis Arguello 135 lbs beat Ray Mancini 134 lbs by TKO at 1:44 in round 14 of 15
Date: 1981-10-03
Location: Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Referee: Tony Perez
Judge: Roberto Ramirez Sr 125-123
Judge: Eva Shain 125-122
Judge: Jose Mayorga 127-122
World Boxing Council Lightweight Championship (1st defense by Arguello)

The twenty-year-old Mancini entered the fight ranked No. 3 at lightweight by the WBC.
More than 500 fans from Mancini's hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, attended the fight.
After ten rounds, one judge had Arguello ahead, one had Mancini ahead and the third had the fight even.
Mancini was floored by a right at the end of the twelfth round.
Arguello floored Mancini with another right in round fourteen as referee Tony Perez stepped in to stop the fight.
This was Mancini's first defeat after twenty consecutive wins.
"It was the best fight so far this year, my friend," Arguello said to Mancini after the fight. He then told the press, "I think my heart is special. But his heart is bigger than I have. ... Someday this young man will be champion."
After the fight, Mancini said, "This isn't the end of the story. This is the standard first chapter. I'll be back."
Seven months and five days later, on May 8, 1982, Mancini stopped Arturo Frias in one round to win the WBA Lightweight Championship.

[LaserRanger]

Arguello is one of my all time favorites. So technically clean and a tough guy.

[CarlosJoseJaimeBaltodano]

Los boxeadores fueron unos peleadores de otro planeta...

[medinalanzasmauricio]

Tenia hambre de ganar Mancini a un Arguello, duro y experimentado.! Gran pelea.

[richarddickeyboycantohosjr]

Alexis Arguello one of a kind True Champion of all time Rest in Aloha Godbless him!!!

[martinalarcon]

I like boom boom Mancini, but arguello was and is one of all time favorite, Mancini was too young for this fight against a very experienced and slow assassin like arguello, Mancini gave him a good run in the early rounds but the experience and ring man ship of Alexis was his doom 😮

[CarlosJoseJaimeBaltodano]

Ray boom boom Mancini, no era cualquier boxeador, fue un fuera de série...jodas..

[medinalanzasmauricio]

Hambre de mancini por ser campeon. Pero no pudo.