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Gerhard Zech's 36th fight.... 1965-10-09 Hamburg, Germany
Gerhard Zech (33-1-1) vs Jim Bailey (14-14-3)
Bailey is in my game data base. I don't remember now if it was in the original one or someone on here rated him. Bailey was out of PHiladelphia. He posted a lifetime 18-20-3, 11KO's record. Not an overly impressive one. He did fight a number of noteable opponents though from 1962-71. Mostly of those fights ended in defeat though for JIm.
Losses included to Cleveland Williams, Eddie Machen, Bob Foster, Leotis Martin, George Chuvalo, Karl Mildenberger, Buddy Thurman, Sonny LIston, Jurgen Blin and Rudi Lubbers. He did manage to defeat Peter Weiland(23-6-2,18KO's), Wilhelm von Homburg(29-11-6,24KO), both of whom Zech will meet up with later.
Bailey also beat Gerhard, which fight is the subject of this replay bout. Bailey shocked Zech with a 2nd round KO in Hamburg back in 1965 handing Zech his 4th career loss.
The replay was with different results, though a tough bout for Zech. I scheduled it an 8 round bout. Zech controlled most of the fight and managed to put Bailey down on the canvas 4 times! He did it in the 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 8th rounds. The fight ends in a UD for Zech.
Next up......
Gerhard Zech(34-1-1) vs Karl Mildenberger(46-2-3)
1965-11-26 in Frankfurt, Germany
They'll be at it for the European Heavyweight Crown!
See you then!
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