LENNOX Blackmoore had the third of four fights with `Tiger’ Green on June 15, 1975. The two lightweight boxers were level going into the third event, with Green taking the first and Blackmoore claiming revenge in the second.Both of fights were decided by points.
However, Blackmoore put the third way out of the judges’ reach and won the national lightweight title via a 14th round knockout. The fourth contest between the two ended in a 15-round points-victory for Blackmoore.
On October 1, 1977 Blackmoore snatched the Commonwealth lightweight crown following a points-decision over Nigerian Jonathan Dele in Lagos, Nigeria.
The victory sparked wild celebration back in Guyana and the skilful counter-puncher was handsomely rewarded by the Forbes Burnham-led government when he returned home.
After moving up to the junior welterweight division, Blackmoore ran into a tornado named Aaron Pryor whom he challenged for the World Boxing Association title in June 1981.
Nicknamed `The Hawk’, Pryor never allowed the much taller Guyanese to settle and scored several knockdowns before the fight was stopped at 58 seconds of the second round.