Pipino Cuevas vs Harold Volbrecht 

Two times a fractured jaw. One time dislocated another jaw. Broke some ribs and fracture one eye socket. In 9 defenses. In my knowledge no other boxer of any weight had this record ever. The king of punchers.

As Howard Cosell said, Cuevas and Leonard had agreed to fight May 16,, but Cuevas fought Tommy Hearns instead, and everything changed...

He must be the most powerful puncher the welterweight division has ever seen. Very solid and goes right through you.

When Pipino Cuevas was the Welterweight King! Pipino could punch and had power, but if he knew how to box and had great defense Cuevas would have been a greater champion!

Realmente Pipino Cuevas puede considerarse uno de los mejores boxeadores mexicanos en la historia, bastante subestimado por sus derrotes pero en 12 defensas del campeonato mundial se demostro su poder al noquear a casi todos sus rivales y romperles la mandibula, en aquellos tiempos se pudieron haber echo peleas muy interesantes como una unificacion con carlos palomino, la super pelea con sugar ray leonard, un combate con floyd mayweather sr. o por que no una pelea contra mantequella napoles juventud vs experiencia, Un saludo.

I was surprised a guy with a good win ratio was a contender with only 4 KO’s but he lasted much longer than I expected against Pepino, who has one punch KO power in both hands. Hats off to Volbrecht, he had courage, heart and came to fight and fought his best until the KO. Cuevas v Leonard would have been a good fight. I thought it was made and a date set. Couldn’t find out why they never fought. Anyone know.

Very good fight, and credit to Pipino, but man South Africa made some teak tough fighters. Bryan Mitchell's one of the best to ever lace them up. Thank you for the upload.

En mi opinión es con mucho uno de los mejores boxeadores de México sembrando un verdadero terror en su reinado al grado que boxeadores como Ray Leonar en su mejor momento no quiso enfrentarse con el pero por desgracia para el cuado decayó su talento no supo retirarse a tiempo y se desprestigio con peleadores de mucho más bajo nivel Es por ello que se devaluaron sus méritos como supercampeon.

Leonard como espectador, estaba esperando el turno de Thomas Herans...quizas el podia haber peleado antes que Thomas..pero estaba bastante asustado y especulo con aquel combate que ganaria despues Hearns.Te queremos Pipino y nunca has dejado de ser grande.Saludos desde Argentina.

Hearns laid out Cuevas like a baby about to go to bed . Mexicans were Hearns favorite toys🤣🤣🤣🤣

Angel espada 3 times. Why? The welterweight division was really lacking until duran and benitez moved up and the emergence of leonard and hearns. It went from one of the worst divisions to one of the best. .

Those were some true warriors 15 rounds with 6 ounces gloves thang

Pipino Sugar, la pelea que no fue, Pipino peleaba a la mexicana, un grande mas le tocaron los mas grandes. Gran campeón.

why did this fight never take place?

So I met Harold last night at his gym,I am not sure how old he is but he is still sharp. I had brought the kid my I le is training for some lessons. Harold is a good teacher, I’d advice every boxer to train with him at least once.

Cuevas was a lot like Mike Tyson: Awesome power, magnificent Title Reign & slow sad decline. Too bad he didn't fight the other greats in his prime. Harold Volbrecht was a good fighter who got his W.B.A. title shots seven years apart as first, a young prospect and then, as an seasoned veteran, unfortunately.

It's a damn shame he had to get Thomas Hearns next. I was looking forward to seeing more of the same from PC

He still is a mexican icon I was so humble and respectful I wish canelo had some of that. It's like nobody like him not even in his own country

Does anybody know why that May 16th 1980 fight between Leonard and Cuevas never happened and Leonard ended up fighting Duran instead while Cuevas ended up fighting Hearns?

I have always been in the middle ground with Cuevas. He started young and had numerous loses before he turned 18. He did develop after winning the title and beat some good fighters, Weston; Gray, Shields, Ranzany. With al that being said and with all due respect, I feel he was overrated at the elite level. Thomas Hearns proved this and I would have picked Leonard, Duran, before the Hearns fight, and Benitez all to beat him. He did have great power but had limited skills outside of that. Part of the problem was the fact that he won a championship at a young age before he could develop. Still as I mentioned, he did beat some good fighters and should be proud of all he accomplished.

Viva pipino cuevas!

Great fighter, great upload

Thanks for the video, COACHSTROUT'S CLASSIC BOXING

Watching Cuevas when he was champion was like going to that big parking lot in Saudi Arabia where on weekends they behead criminals.

i dont even know that this Volbrecht guy was southpaw, just like Corrie Sanders he train years after

A Chaves le pasó lo mismo que a cuevas cuado perdió con Randall apartir de Ai ya no fue el mismo

I think Pipino could be the most powerful welterweight puncher of all time.

México es cuna de campeones y debe uno hablar con mucho respeto de cada campeón mexicano y apreciar su gran esfuerzo.Pipino Cuevas se levantó prácticamente de la nada pues antes de que le dieran la oportunidad de campeonato perdió con Andy Price y le ganó a Ángel Espada que era un gran boxeador. PIPINO serio y callado sin escuela técnica logró hacer una gran carrera y logró interesar en Usa y en varias partes del mundo porque era capaz de noquear de un sólo golpe fue admirado por grandes boxeadores.Todo tiene un principio y un final y planearon bien arrebatarle su campeonato que defendió bastantes veces,Yo estoy cierto que le pagaron una gran bolsa (Para ese tiempo)Y prepararon a Hearns que por su tamaño no daba el peso welter ni cortandole las patas,perdón por la expresión pero Hearns en los pesos en que peleaba siempre llevaba ventaja. Subió a peso medio y vean su corpulencia parecía semipesado,se encontró con el maravilloso Hagler que le aguantó la pegada y lo noqueo dejándolo en calidad de costal de papas a Hearns lo que se le podía reconocer es que a pesar de su mandibula de cristal logró una buena carrera.Pipino fue y es un grande del boxeo de México que logró que el mundo del boxeo volteara para ver la calidad y carisma de los boxeadores mexicanos.Yo que lo vi pelear a el a Zárate a Zamora Chiquita González Pintor siento un gran orgullo y hubiera estado muy buena una pelea con Leonard .Ya cuando peleó con Durán y algunos otros iba de salida. Por cierto las dos peleas que sostuvieron Leonard y Durán se me figuraron un tango sobre todo la segunda en la que le dieron calambres en el estómago a Durán que ahí mancho su carrera y después perdió con Hearns de fea manera. Pipino Cuevas un grande cómo cada campeón que ha tenido MÉXICO.

thank you. great stuff

Jose Pipino Cuevas was a great fighter. He lacked good defense and boxing skills. He fought Tommy Hearns in his own back yard and even Hearns stayed away from the ropes and Pipinos' s left hook. If Pipino had good defense and boxing skills he might have KOd Tommy Hearns that is how hard he hit!

Unfortunately Ray ducked and gave it off to Hearns, who unfortunately for Cuevas, was dismantled by a future champion.

WHERE IS PIPINO AND CO.....?

Una pelea contra Leonard hubiera sido un peleón de pipino lástima que no se realizó

Lo que pasa es que los americanos le quisieron quitar el trono a pipino poniéndole a un boxeador con más estatura alcance y peso.. en la figura de Thomas heards esa diferencia marco la perdida de pipino con ese boxeador... grande el Rey pipino cuevas

Does anyone know the name of the song or the artist that played during the Pipino Cuevas intro

Volbrecht the winner in the hat, hair and mustache department

I didn’t know Leonard wanted to fight pipino but it would’ve been a great fight

Pipino had a gold tooth nobody knew about because he never smiled...Espada was looking for an easy defense and Cuevas ko'd him in 2 then broke all kinds of speed bags and jaws and eye socket was it Harold"s? Fighting pros at 15 took him 4 years to win his 1st decision,Mexicans have that left hook gene.....number 31 on Ring's hardest punchers

Pipino manos de piedra

Volbrecht, no punch at all. One of the weaker punchers I have ever seen for a fighter to get a title shot. Amazing how Cuevas could go through the division like a hot knife through butter and be so far below the top fighters.

Palomino would have beaten Cuevas IMO.

aunque hubiera llegado la pelea con sugar, muy difícilmente le hubiera o casi imposible, pero no llego y el que llego fue la cobra, que solo le basto 3 raunds para noquerlo.