In his previous fight, George Foreman had dominated Joe Frazier, knocking the champion down six times in less than two rounds to become the new undisputed heavyweight champion on January 22, 1973. For his first defense, it was announced that Foreman would travel to Tokyo to take on little-known Puerto Rican challenger Jose "King" Roman. Prior to landing his title match against Foreman, Roman had little success at that point, fighting mostly unknown jorneyman, losing seven times and was not viewed as legit threat to take Foreman's titles. Roman would nevertheless make history as the fourth Hispanic and first Puerto Rican fighter to challenge for a major heavyweight title. The fight was also the first heavyweight title bout to take place in Japan and would remain the only one until Mike Tyson successfully defended his undisputed heavyweight title in the Tokyo Dome against Tony Tubbs in 1988.
The Fight
Foreman would make quick work of Roman, ending the fight after just two minutes and making it one of the shortest heavyweight title fights in history. A little over a minute into the fight, Foreman had Roman up against the ropes and landed several powerful punches that put Roman down. Roman was able to get back up and continue on, but Foreman quickly resumed his attack and caught Roman flush with a right hook that sent Roman crashing to the mat. Roman again answered the referee's count, but Foreman would quickly hit Roman with a right uppercut that put Roman down for the count. Foreman was named the winner by knockout at 2:00 of the first round.[1]
george, foreman, josé, roman, professional, boxing, match, contested, september, 1973, ring, heavyweight, championships, dateseptember, 1973venuenippon, budokan, tokyo, japantitle, linewba, ring, heavyweight, titlestale, tapeboxergeorge, foremanjosé, romannick. George Foreman vs Jose Roman was a professional boxing match contested on September 1 1973 for the WBA WBC and The Ring heavyweight championships George Foreman vs Jose RomanDateSeptember 1 1973VenueNippon Budokan Tokyo JapanTitle s on the lineWBA WBC and The Ring heavyweight titlesTale of the tapeBoxerGeorge ForemanJose RomanNicknameBigKingHometownHouston Texas USVega Baja Puerto RicoPurse 1 000 000 100 000Pre fight record38 0 35 KO 43 7 1 21 KO Height6 ft 3 in 191 cm 5 ft 10 in 178 cm Weight219 lb 99 kg 196 1 2 lb 89 kg StyleOrthodoxOrthodoxRecognitionWBA WBC and The Ring heavyweight championResultForeman wins via 1st round KO Contents 1 Background 2 The Fight 3 Undercard 4 ReferencesBackground EditIn his previous fight George Foreman had dominated Joe Frazier knocking the champion down six times in less than two rounds to become the new undisputed heavyweight champion on January 22 1973 For his first defense it was announced that Foreman would travel to Tokyo to take on little known Puerto Rican challenger Jose King Roman Prior to landing his title match against Foreman Roman had little success at that point fighting mostly unknown jorneyman losing seven times and was not viewed as legit threat to take Foreman s titles Roman would nevertheless make history as the fourth Hispanic and first Puerto Rican fighter to challenge for a major heavyweight title The fight was also the first heavyweight title bout to take place in Japan and would remain the only one until Mike Tyson successfully defended his undisputed heavyweight title in the Tokyo Dome against Tony Tubbs in 1988 The Fight EditForeman would make quick work of Roman ending the fight after just two minutes and making it one of the shortest heavyweight title fights in history A little over a minute into the fight Foreman had Roman up against the ropes and landed several powerful punches that put Roman down Roman was able to get back up and continue on but Foreman quickly resumed his attack and caught Roman flush with a right hook that sent Roman crashing to the mat Roman again answered the referee s count but Foreman would quickly hit Roman with a right uppercut that put Roman down for the count Foreman was named the winner by knockout at 2 00 of the first round 1 Undercard EditRicardo Arredondo Mexico KO6 Morito Kashiwaba Japan Retains World Boxing Council world Junior Lightweight title 2 Terry Hinke United States KO Richard Pittman United States Heavyweights Takatsune Shimisu Japan WD Harbar Watanabe Japan Kazuo Aikawa Japan WD Shikara Igarashi Japan Hisami Numatya Japan WD Hiroshi ishibashi Japan References Edit It Takes Two To Tangle Sports Illustrated article 1973 09 10 Retrieved on 2014 03 29 BoxRec Login Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Foreman vs Jose Roman amp oldid 1105225073, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
