Last Wednesday, the World Boxing Council announced the death of Frankie Randall, the American boxer
The American boxer Frankie ‘Surgeon’ Randall, three-time Superlightweight World Champion and internationally recognized for unbeaten out Julio Cesar Chavez In January 1994, he died on December 23, at the age of 59, as confirmed by the Chairman of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaimán.
Originally from Alabama, Randall He faced rivals like Edwin ‘Chapo’ Rosario, Julio Cesar Chavez, Juan Martín Coggi, Antonio Margarito and Marco Antonio Rubio. Chávez and Coggi faced each other three times. He was professional from 1983 to 2005, with a professional mark of 58 wins, 42 of them by knockout, in exchange for a draw and 18 losses. He wore the World Boxing Council belt and the World Boxing Association a few times. “I’m very sorry to hear that Frankie Randall has passed away. The one who shook the world by dethroning the undefeated Julio Cesar ChavezSulaimán said through his social networks.
That January 29, 1994, at the first boxing event at the legendary MGM Grand Garden Arena at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Randall beat the odds by considering the big ones Julio Cesar Chavez, who was unbeaten in 90 games with a draw and 89 wins. The cards were dealt in favor of the American by decision of 116-111, 114-113, and 113-114.
Don’t just beat JC Chavez, it also sent him to the mat. Julio recalled years later that he shouldn’t have fought because he had so little time to sign up and it was basically normal to gain weight. He fired his rival and paid the price dearly, despite the fact that months later Julio retaliated by beating him in eight episodes.
“That was the saddest day of my life,” the great champion recalled a few years ago. “I saw people cry, and despite everything they gave me an incredible reception, as if I had won, thousands received me crying in Culiacán, it was sad, they were almost 15 years without losing, 90 unbeaten fights,” he added .
Frankie Randall Then he returned to become world champion when he surprised Argentinian Juan Martín ‘Látigo’ Coggi to throw on the WBA belt, also in 1994, and it wasn’t until two years later that Coggi took revenge, and in the third, the ‘Surgeon’ returned to dedicate himself as champion for the last time.