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October 28th, 1987. Undefeated Lloyd Honeyghan aka the “Ragamuffin Man” makes the 4th defense of his WBC Welterweight Championship against hard hitting Jorge Vaca hailing from Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Prefight records; Honeyghan 31(20)-0, Vaca 41(36)-6-1.

In September 1986, Honeyghan as the 5-1 betting underdog lifted the WBA, WBC & IBF Welterweight Titles with a shocking RTD6 upset over then unbeaten Donald Curry.

The Ring named Curry’s defeat to Lloyd as the Upset of the Year 1986.

As for Vaca, he was a late replacement for Bobby Joe Young, who was substituted as he was deemed an “inappropriate opponent for a title defense” by the British Boxing Board of Control. Entering into his 1st world title opportunity, he had wins over past best versions of Saoul Mamby & Pipino Cuevas.

On the other hand, Honeyhan had notable triumphs over the likes of Gene Hatcher, Gianfranco Rosi, Harold Brazier, Maurice Blocker, Johnny Bumphus, Roger Stafford & Donald Curry. In his last bout 2 months earlier, he stunningly decimated the rugged Hatcher in under 45 seconds to retain his WBC Crown.

It was the quickest and most brutal loss in the 15 year career of the tough Texan.

From the opening round, it was an exciting bout with plenty of feints, furious exchanges and stance switching (mostly by the champion) with Vaca pressing forward with his attacks most of the time while Honeyghan for the most part moved around as he dish out punches from different angles.

In round 6, a hard low blow by Lloyd (not shown) resulted in a break called by referee Henry Elespuru to allow recovery time for Jorge. In total, Honeyghan received 4 warnings for low blows but no points were deducted.

Unfortunately, the bout came to an abrupt end when an accidental headbutt by Lloyd resulted in a horrid gash above the challenger’s right eye thus the referee ruled that the winner will be determined by the scorecards tallied up to round 7.

It is worth noting that this was (unexpectedly) the hardest fight for the champion in 32 bouts.

For the scores after 7 rounds, 2 judges had it 67-66 and 67-65 for Jorge Vaca while only 1 judge scored it in favor of Lloyd Honeyghan thus the Ragamuffin Man suffered the 1st setback of his pro career while the Guadalajaran was crowned the new WBC Welterweight Champion.

Just before the time of that unintended clash of heads, Vaca was getting the better of the exchanges as Honeyhan was starting to slow down after the furious pace from the early rounds.

Had the Ragamuffin Man won, he would have equaled Jim Watts’ record of 4 successful world title defenses which would be the most for any post-WWII British world champion at that time.

Note: Watt garnered the vacant WBC World Lightweight Title via TKO12 over Alfredo Pitalua in April 1979 and successfully retained the crown 4 times notably against Howard Davis Jr & Sean O'Grady before losing it to the legendary Alexis Arguello in June 1981.

The outcome was shocking not only because of how it ended but also because the relatively unknown 27 year old steel-fisted fighter from Jalisco was not expected to last more than a few innings against a prime Honeyghan who was also 27 years of age by the time of this bout.

Vaca required nearly 20 stitches due the injury suffered.

In March 1988, both fighters met in a return bout precisely 5 months and 1 day after their 1st meeting.

Just as in their 1st meeting, Vaca applied constant pressure from round 1 but this time Lloyd elected to fight on his toes and stick and move whilst countering against the swarming attacks of the champion. Jorge was once again cut above his right eye, this time with a legitimate left hook that bothered him throughout the fight.

Sensing the urgency, Vaca upped his pace in the following round as he was bent on keeping his crown thus forcing the challenger into trading blows but Honeyghan with his fiery determination to regain his glory often connected with the cleaner shots despite absorbing a fair amount of punishment himself.

The finish came in round 3 when Honeyghan scored a knockdown with a barrage of shots that ended with a pulverizing right hook to the body of the champion who rose to his feet in a great display of courage. However, he got up just a little too late and was counted out by referee Joe Cortez.

With this win, the Ragamuffin Man captured his revenge and became the 2x WBC Welterweight Champion in tremendous fashion.

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