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unusual facts about Gene Hatcher


Gene Hatcher

His most notable early win came against former WBC super featherweight champion Alfredo Escalera in 1982, when he won a ten-round decision.


Alfredo Escalera

He lost to future world light welterweight champion Gene Hatcher in San Antonio, but he beat former world title challenger Maurice Termite Watkins at "The Battle of the Champions'" undercard in Miami, to complete his 1982 boxing campaign.

The Bloody Battle of Bayamon

Escalera became a wrestler before returning to boxing, and had a strong comeback as a Lightweight, beating men like Maurice Watkins and Gene Hatcher before suffering a detached retina and retiring from boxing for good in 1983.


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