Rodrigo Valdez vs Bennie Briscoe 2 (Full Fight Highlights)

Rodrigo Valdes 157 lbs beat Bennie Briscoe 157 lbs by TKO at 2:55 in round 7 of 15 Date: 1974-05-25 Location: Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco Referee: Harry Gibbs 59-57 Judge: Domenico Carabellese 60-55 Judge: Pierre Talayrac 59-56 WBC vacant Middleweight Title A badly beaten Briscoe was knocked down in the seventh, prompting the immediate stoppage Rematch of an NABF middleweight title bout held on September 1, 1973 in New Caledonia, won by Valdez by 12 round decision “Columbia’s Rodrigo Valdes knocked out Philadelphia’s Bennie Briscoe in the 7th round of their 15 round contest Saturday to win the vacant WBC world middleweight title. Valdes, who fights out of New York, nailed Briscoe with a left hook and, as the American staggered back, followed up with a right cross which sent him to the canvas. Briscoe got up at ’eight’ but staggered straight into the arms of English referee Harry Gibbs who counted him out. Briscoe opened with a series of left and rights,