Wilfred Benitez vs Carlos Palomino (Highlights)

Uploaded for easier viewing - Mobile phones etc and for fight fans who perhaps don't have the time to watch these great fights in full. The 29-year-old Palomino entered the fight as the World Boxing Council and The Ring Welterweight Champion. The 20-year-old Benitez entered as the WBC's No. 1-rated welterweight contender. He had previously held the World Boxing Association Junior Welterweight Championship and was still recognised as the champion of that division by The Ring. Palomino's purse was $465,000, and Benitez's was $90,000. Clayton's score for Palomino was controversial, as most thought Benitez had clearly won the fight. Pat Putnam called Clayton's score "a shocker" and wrote: "The decision shouldn't have been close." When Clayton's score was announced, Howard Cosell, who called the fight for ABC-TV, said, "I should like to talk to Mr. Clayton about that." In his 1986 autobiography, I Never Played The Game, Cosell called Benitez's performance "one of the most beautifully executed fights that I had ever witnessed." Lew Wheaton of the Associated Press wrote: "Benitez had much the better of the fight." Reflecting on the fight in a 2006 article, Michael Katz, who covered the fight for the New York Times, wrote: I watched as the self-proclaimed "Bible of Boxing" put on a clinic. The art of self-defence was never more pervasive. The masterful Benitez won at least 12 of the 15 rounds, I figured. Then they announced a split decision. The crowd moaned. . . . Now, there are some ring officials of whom the late Frankie Carbo – the mobster who pretty much ran boxing in the Fifties – would say, "See that guy? I can buy him for a cup of coffee." I’m not saying Clayton was one of these. I’m not saying he wasn’t, either. After the Benitez fight, I confronted the Philadelphian who was better known as a referee. I demanded that he explain his strange scorecard. "You’ve got to count body punches," he said. Palomino was a fine body-puncher, but in this fight, Benitez landed most of those shots. His elbows took care of Palomino’s. I pressed on with the interrogation. Finally, Clayton said, "Well, the sun was in my eyes." Bob Arum, who promoted the fight, was furious over Clayton's score. "Nobody in their right mind could have scored that fight for Palomino," he said. Arum accused rival promoter Don King of trying to fix the fight. "We had heard rumors that Zach Clayton was under the influence of Don King and Bill Daley (King's Puerto Rico representative) and they wanted Palomino to win," he said. Arum believed King wanted Palomino to win because Palomino didn't have an option for his next fight and was available to sign with King. Benitez, however, was committed to Arum. Daley denied that he wanted Palomino to win. "I was sitting in the first row, rooting for Benitez all the way," he said. "I sure wish I could own all the referees — that would be some business." Clayton also denied Arum's charges. "If we're such good friends, how come he [King] has never given me a fight to work," Clayton said. boxrec.com FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use Fair use Additionally, the fair use defense to copyright infringement was codified for the first time in section 107 of the 1976 Act. Fair use was not a novel proposition in 1976, however, as federal courts had been using a common law form of the doctrine since the 1840s (an English version of fair use appeared much earlier). The Act codified this common law doctrine with little modification. Under section 107, the fair use of a copyrighted work is not copyright infringement, even if such use technically violates section 106. While fair use explicitly applies to use of copyrighted work for criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research purposes, the defense is not limited to these areas. The Act gives four factors to be considered to determine whether a particular use is a fair use: the purpose and character of the use (commercial or educational, transformative or reproductive); the nature of the copyrighted work (fictional or factual, the degree of creativity); the amount and substantiality of the portion of the original work used; and the effect of the use upon the market (or potential market) for the original work.