Emanuel Augustus Highlights (originals)

Emanuel Augustus, aka Emanuel Burton, has one of the most deceiving records in boxing (38-34-6). Having fought tough competition his whole career, he was pigeon-holed into the role of a journeyman opponent in a sport where a competitor's W/L record is more vital than their ability. As a result he constantly fought young prospects and contenders in their hometowns, often on short notice as a replacement fighter. Even his 2001 Fight of the Year against Micky Ward was taken on 2 weeks notice.

His toughness, durability, heart, skill, and "on the job" training allowed him to mix it with anyone, even Floyd Mayweather, but his lack of superior knockout power and tendency to lose focus meant most of his fights went the distance leaving the fight's result in the hands of the judges. More often than not Augustus did not experience accurate scorecards, including the fights he honestly lost where the scores were overly lopsided. He wasn't always robbed in plain sight like his 2004 bout against Courtney Burton, but it was enough to cripple his W/L ratio.

"It comes down to this: the dude who got his ass whooped in that ring knows he got his ass whooped. When he goes to sleep at night, he knows who really won that fight. Ultimately it boils down to me and him. I don't care who out there is looking at us, these guys know I beat them" - Emanuel Augustus

There is more to Augustus' story, but this video highlights the above.

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The fights against Teddy Reid and Alvaro Aguilar are available on this channel.

Gor Man Productions 2011

Just a simple highlight vid showing what I believe to be Augustus' top 5 televised victories (reasoning described below).

#5 Courtney Burton II [2006] - a well overdue rematch for a fight in which Augustus was robbed in plain sight on national television two years prior. Both fighters had deteriorated a little since their first meeting (Burton in particular) and it was nowhere near Augustus' best showing, but winning by KO courtesy of a body shot was poetic considering he was disallowed a similar type of knockdown in their first fight after the referee wrongfully ruled the shot as a low blow. The win exorcised some demons surrounding the controversial loss and allowed Augustus to put one of his many injustices to rest.

#4 Jon Thaxton [1998] - in traveling to Norwich, Thaxton's hometown, Augustus was presented with a hostile crowd and a production that had him earmarked as a mere warm up for Thaxton. During the fight, the broadcast crew was insulted by Augustus' playful behaviour, and they continued to embellish Thaxton's abilities and boxing prowess despite Augustus consistently exposing the futility of Thaxton's style . The whole arena was in denial until round 7, where Augustus landed a series of hard punches that had Thaxton staggering, leading to a TKO. With the victory, Augustus netted the IBF and WBO Inter-Continental super lightweight titles.

#3 Alex Trujillo [2004] - having lost 4 of his last 5 with the fifth being a (controversial) draw, Augustus was not looking like a threatening opponent to anyone, especially the 23-1 Alex Trujillo. Having scored his share of first round knock outs, Trujillo came out aggressive using his powerful left hook but was largely ineffective against the slippery defence and counter punching of Augustus. After nullifying Trujillo's primary weapon, Augustus went on to pick apart Trujillo and take all the fight out of him. Trujillo had no answer and Augustus looked as versatile as ever - dominating the fight and mixing in some timely showboating, such as putting BOTH hands behind his back for an extended period of time. Augustus netted the IBA super lightweight title as a result.

#2 Carlos Wilfredo Vilches [2002] - Augustus came in on three days notice to fight the no.4 ranked Vilches after his original opponent, Vince Phillips, pulled out. Vilches had a stiff jab that kept Augustus at bay early, but Augustus piled on the pressure and began landing his right hand over the jab. A cut opened up near Vilches' left eye in round 3 and was tested through the middle rounds as Augustus continued to chase down Vilches. Vilches was winning rounds with clean punching, but Augustus had many effective spots. Proceedings came to a head in round 8 where Augustus landed a big right hand that momentarily staggered Vilches and had the blood trickling from the cut once more. A doctor stepped in to check it out and judged that the cut was too dangerous to continue fighting with, granting Augustus a TKO victory. T

Another Emanuel Augustus highlight, this time just a quick one using some of the clips I've been gathering for a larger project (that I've been too lazy to get properly started on). Mainly made this one to compensate for the 'Drunken Master' one that got muted due to copyright. Thanks a lot, Kanye.

Apologies for the lame watermark but after the other vids I made I noticed that people were just taking my vids, cutting it once or twice and adding a new track to pass it off as their own. I tried to make it as inconspicuous as possible. I don't really mind if people wanna rip and share my work or use the footage I put out there because the more people that see it the better, but I think I need to take some credit. I put a lot of hours into sourcing the fights, watching, clipping, editing with a crappy laptop. So if you wanna ctrl + c that at least gimme a shout out or I'll have to shout out myself, if that makes any sense.

Music: Myke Bogan - 6 Beers (Lightweight)