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During the 1970s, boxing was characterized by dominating champions and history-making rivalries. The decade had many superstars, who also had fierce rivals. Alexis Argüello, for example, who won the world Featherweight and Jr. Lightweight titles in the '70s, had to overcome Alfredo Escalera twice before the decade was over. At least six divisions had world champions who could be considered dominant: The Bantamweights had Rubén Olivares; the Super Bantamweights, (a division created in 1976) had Wilfredo Gómez winning the title in 1977 and keeping it until he left it vacant until 1983; the Lightweights had Roberto Durán, who won the title in 1972 and vacated it in 1979 to seek championships at other weights; the Jr. Welterweights had Antonio Cervantes, who reigned twice; the Middleweights had Carlos Monzón, sometimes referred to as ''King Carlos'' because of his seven-year reign as champion; the Light-Heavyweights had Bob Foster. The Heavyweights, of course, had Muhammad Ali, who ruled twice between 1974 and 1979. Another aspect of boxing in the 1970s is that the decade is considered by a few to be the best ever for the Heavyweight division: Ali returned in 1970 from his forced retirement, and Joe Frazier was world champion when Ali returned. Former world champions Jimmy Ellis and Floyd Patterson as well as George Foreman, Oscar Bonavena, Jerry Quarry, Earnie Shavers, Leon Spinks, Ken Norton, as well as Larry Holmes, Ron Stander, Chuck Wepner, Jose King Roman, Light Heavyweight champ Foster, John Tate, Jimmy Young, Ron Lyle, Joe Bugner, Scott LeDoux and many others added intrigue to the division. Don King surged as a leading boxing promoter, and champions Duran, Monzon and Ali had historic rivalries with Esteban De Jesús, Rodrigo Valdez and Frazier, respectively. ==1970== *February 16- Joe Frazier becomes world Heavyweight champion by knocking out Jimmy Ellis in five rounds at New York's Madison Square Garden. *April 18- Rubén Olivares begins his trilogy of world championship fights with Chucho Castillo by defeating Castillo with a fifteen round unanimous decision in Inglewood. *May 9- Vicente Saldivar returns to the ring, with only one fight in the last two years, to win the WBC world Featherweight championship with a fifteen round unanimous decision over Johnny Famechon in Rome, Italy. *August 4- George Foreman beats George Chuvalo by a technical knockout in round three in New York. *September 26- Ken Buchanan wins the world Lightweight title with a fifteen round split decision over Ismael Laguna of Panama at San Juan, Puerto Rico. *October 16- Chapter 2 of Olivares-Castillo, as Chucho Castillo conquers the world Featherweight title with a fourteenth round technical knockout of Rubén Olivares in Inglewood. *October 26- Muhammad Ali returns from his forced exile with a three round stoppage of Jerry Quarry in Atlanta. *November 7- Carlos Monzón becomes world Middleweight champion by knocking out Nino Benvenuti in twelve rounds in Rome. *November 18- Joe Frazier retains his world Heavyweight crown with a two round knockout of reigning world Light Heavyweight champion Bob Foster in Detroit. *December 3- Billy Backus beats José Nápoles by knockout in four rounds, winning the world Welterweight title in Syracuse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boxing in the 1970s」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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