Jim Watt vs. Alexis Arguello
London, England
135 lbs
Arthur Mercante Sr.
WBC Lightweight Championship
Alexis Arguello travels to England to lift the WBC Lightweight Championship from Jim Watt. After fighting a chess match for the opening rounds, Arguello begins finding Watt with power shots in the fourth round. A left hook puts Watt on the seat of his pants in the seventh, after which Arguello begins doing real damage and bloodies the champion's nose in the ninth. Arguello dominates down the stretch to win a convincing unanimous decision and become a three-division champion.
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