Mustafa Hamsho

Mustafa Hamsho (Arabic: مصطفى حمشو‎; born 10 October 1953) is a retired Syrian boxer who never won a world title but fought some big names in his career. Though he was not a winner in all of those fights, he did some things to make every one of his fights interesting and controversial in some regard. The Syrian Slugger racked up a winning record in the late 1970s defeated Wilford Scypion on June 15th, 1980[1] and former world middleweight champion Alan Minter on June 6th,1981[2] to get a shot at then-champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler in October of that year, but showed no respect for the champion during their matchup - or at least for the time it lasted. Hagler methodically used right jabs and right hooks to bust up Hamsho's face (which needed 55 stitches) until the fight was stopped in the 11th. (The fight was not actually stopped on cuts; Hamsho's corner stopped the fight due to a Hagler barrage in the 11th.) Sports Illustrated commended Hamsho, calling him courageous for his effort on that fight.[3]

Mustafa Hamsho
Statistics
Real nameMustafa Hamsho
Nickname(s)Rocky Estafire
Weight(s)Middleweight
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality Syrian
Born (1953-10-10) October 10, 1953
Latakia
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights51
Wins44
Wins by KO28
Losses5
Draws2

Hamsho continued to fight, defeating Curtis Parker, future world champion Bobby Czyz, and former three-division world champion Wilfred Benítez during 1982 and 1983, then received a return visit to take on Hagler in a rematch in October 1984 in NYC's Madison Square Garden. After Hamsho tried to play rough in the early going, Hagler ended things early this time by flooring Hamsho twice in the third round (the second knockdown produced by a Floyd Patterson-like hook), thus forcing Hamsho's trainer to jump in and stop the fight. Hamsho would continue to fight, with the biggest name on his list being Donny Lalonde, who decisioned Hamsho in the spring of 1987 and would then go on to become light heavyweight champion later that year. Hamsho's career would then peter out over the next few years.

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
51 fights 44 wins 5 losses
By knockout 28 3
By decision 16 2
Draws 2
Result Record Opponent Type Round,Time Date Location Notes
Win 5-7-1 Wesley Reid TKO 5 10/11/1989 Callicoon, New York, United States
Loss 22-0 Graciano Rocchigiani TKO 1 05/12/1987 Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Win 2-6-1 Reggie Barnes TKO 3 10/08/1987 Secaucus, New Jersey, United States
Loss 28-2 Donny Lalonde UD 12 07/05/1987 New York City, United States For WBC Continental Americas Light Heavyweight Title.
Win 14-12 Jimmy Shavers PTS 10 13/11/1986 New York City, United States
Win 8-1 Richard Burton TKO 7 14/08/1986 New York City, United States
Win 2-6 Ernie White KO 4 20/05/1986 Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States
Win 5-11 Miguel Rosa TKO 8 28/06/1985 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Loss 59-2-2 Marvin Hagler TKO 3 19/10/1984 New York City, United States For WBC/WBA/IBF The Ring and Lineal Middleweight Titles
Win 19-4-1 Alexis Shakespeare TKO 5 30/03/1984 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 45-2-1 Wilfred Benitez UD 12 16/07/1983 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 5-8 Gil Rosario KO 3 03/06/1983 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Win 20-0 Bobby Czyz UD 10 20/11/1982 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 5-5 Gil Rosario TKO 3 22/05/1982 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 19-3 Curtis Parker PTS 10 13/03/1982 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Loss 52-2-2 Marvin Hagler TKO 11 03/10/1981 Rosemont, Illinois, United States For WBC/WBA The Ring and Lineal Middleweight Titles
Win 39-7 Alan Minter SD 10 06/06/1981 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 17-1 Curtis Parker SD 10 15/02/1981 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 39-15-1 Rudy Robles UD 10 25/11/1980 New York City, United States
Win 15-4-2 Bob Patterson KO 4 24/09/1980 Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Win 16-0 Wilford Scypion DQ 10 15/06/1980 Clarkston, Michigan, United States
Win 15-6-1 Reggie Jones TKO 6 29/03/1980 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 4-5 Barry Hill TKO 1 04/10/1979 North Bergen, New Jersey, United States
Win 7-15-1 Fermin Guzman KO 7 19/09/1979 New York City, United States
Win 27-5-2 Leo Saenz KO 6 17/07/1979 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 14-24-2 Domingo Ortiz TKO 7 27/06/1979 Secaucus, New Jersey, United States
Win 14-23-2 Domingo Ortiz KO 8 26/04/1979 North Bergen, New Jersey, United States
Win 4-14-5 Tyrone Freeman TKO 1 11/04/1979 White Plains, New York, United States
Win 5-24-1 Winston Noel KO 2 15/03/1979 North Bergen, New Jersey, United States
Win 33-11-2 Irish Pat Murphy TKO 3 27/01/1979 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Win 4-8 Don Johnson TKO 6 01/12/1978 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Win 17-8-1 Eddie Parks TKO 2 28/10/1978 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Win 31-4-1 Bobby Watts TKO 6 21/09/1978 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Win 5-2-1 Frank Moore TKO 2 28/06/1978 Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Win 18-3 Rocky Mosley, Jr. PTS 8 21/01/1978 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 4-4 Antonio Adame PTS 10 09/11/1977 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 3-2 Gil Rosario PTS 6 27/09/1977 West New York, New Jersey, United States
Win 7-6 Archie "Bunker" Andrews PTS 6 23/06/1977 Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win 0-5 Lorenzo Howard KO 1 20/05/1977 Binghamton, New York, United States
Win 4-6 Lester Camper PTS 8 29/04/1977 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win -- Bernard McLean PTS 8 29/10/1976 Sunnyside, Queens New York, United States
Win -- Benji Goldstone PTS 4 02/10/1976 Utica, New York, United States
Win 6-7-1 Cove Green TKO 4 11/09/1976 Utica, New York, United States
Draw 6-4 Reggie Jones PTS 8 16/08/1976 Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win 6-29-2 Roger Phillips KO 2 26/06/1976 Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Win 16-11 Charlie Small PTS 6 08/05/1976 Utica, New York, United States
Win 3-9-1 Carlos Novotny TKO 3 28/04/1976 Sunnyside, Queens, New York, United States
Win 8-8 Richie Villanueva KO 3 14/04/1976 Sunnyside, Queens, New York, United States
Win 5-14-2 Joe Houston KO 2 21/11/1975 Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Draw 1-0 Danny McNevin PTS 4 23/10/1975 Binghamton, New York, United States
Loss -- Pat Cuillo PTS 6 23/08/1975 Binghamton, New York, United States

Notes
  1. "Boxing not game to Wilford Scypion". Star-News (Associated Press). May 26, 1983.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2010-02-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://vault.si.com/vault/1981/10/12/one-goring-one-boring
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