The Bloody Battle Of Bayamon
The Bloody Battle of Bayamón was a boxing fight held on January 28, 1978 at Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, between defending WBC world Jr. Lightweight champion Alfredo Escalera, and former WBA world Featherweight champion Alexis Argüello of Nicaragua. It would be the first of two fights the two men would have against each other.
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