Salvador Sanchez vs Patrick Ford September 13, 1980 1080p HD

Salvador Sanchez 126 lbs beat Pat Ford 126 lbs by MD in round 15 of 15 Date: 1980-09-13 Location: Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, Texas, USA Referee: Lou Filippo Judge: Arlen Bynum 145-141 Judge: Jose M Escalante 145-145 Judge: Ramon Berumen 148-139 “Mexico’s Salvador Sanchez, apparently confused in the early rounds, regained his composure and punched out a contested majority decision over Patrick Ford of Guyana to retain the WBC featherweight championship. Ford, at 5’10“, used his 6 1/2 inch reach advantage to score heavily in the early rounds by keeping his left in Sanchez’ face. Ford sent blood trickling from Sanchez’ left nostril when he rocked the champion with a left uppercut in the 3rd round. However, Sanchez moved inside the longer armed challenger and punched Ford’s lower body with jabs and jolted the taller man several times with uppercuts.“ -Associated Press Ford’s manager filed an official protest before the fight due to two of the judges being from Sanchez’ native country