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Jan 5
Fight of the day
2002:Leonard Dorin vs Raul Balbi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubg8SPZQys
1931: Benny Bass W 10 Lew Massey, Philadelphia. Retains world super-featherweight title.
2002: Jesse James Leija Tech. Win 5 Mickey Ward, San Antonio, Texas.
-Leonard Dorin W 12 Raul Balbi, San Antonio, Texas. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.
2008: Paul Malignaggi W 12 Herman Ngoudjo, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
Jan 6
Fight of the day
2001: Joel Casamayor vs Roberto Garcia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKyRDOphDBQ
1909: George Dixon, 38, dies. Man did he die young and what a life he led. He may have fought around 600 times. Biography – DIXON, GEORGE – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
1928: Tommy Loughran W 15 Leo Lomski, NYC. Retains world light-heavyweight title. Loughran visited the canvas for nine-counts twice in the first round.
James J. Braddock W 8 Paul Swiderski, NYC.
1947: Jersey Joe Walcott W 10 Joey Maxim, Philadelphia. Referee: Charlie Daggert.
-Harold Dade W 15 Manuel Ortiz, San Francisco. Wins World Bantamweight title.
1970: Johnny Famechon KO 14 Fighting Harada, Tokyo. Retains WBC featherweight title.
1991: Virgil Hill W 12 Mike Peak, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA light-heavyweight title. What an absolute yawner.
1985: Joo Do Chun KO 15 Kwang Gu Park, Ulsan, S. Korea. Retains IBF super-flyweight
Title.
2001: Joel Casamayor KO 9 Roberto Garcia, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
2007: Samuel Peter W 12 James Toney, Hollywood, FL. Referee: Jorge Alonso | judge: Daniel Van de Wiele 118-110 | judge: John Keane 118-110 | judge: Peter Trematerra 119-108. Toney down in the 2nd.
Travis Simms KO 9 Jose Antonio Rivera, Hollywood, FL. Regains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
Jan 7
Fight of the day
2006: O’Neil Bell vs Jean-Marc Mormeck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eWc0hhmwaU
1978: Mate Parlov KO 9 Miguel Angel Cuello, Milan. Wins WBC light heavyweight title.
1979: Yoko Gushiken KO 7 Rigoberto Marcano, Kawasaki, Japan. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.
1990: Prince Charles Williams KO 8 Frankie Swindell, Atlantic City. Retains IBF light-heavyweight title.
1995: Alejandro Gonzalez KO 10 Kevin Kelly, San Antonio. Wins WBC featherweight title.
-Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Orlando Canizales, San Antonio. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
2000: Teddy Brenner, 82, one of boxing’s greatest matchmaker’s dies from Parkinson’s disease.
2006: O’Neil Bell KO 10 Jean-Marc Mormeck, NYC. Wins World Cruiserweight Title.
-Carlos Baldomir W 12 Zab Judah, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.
-Ulises Solis W 12 Will Grigsby, NYC. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
Jan 8
Fight of the day
2000: Johnny Tapia vs Jorge Julio.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xv2ml2_2000-01-08-johnny-tapia-vs-jorge-eliecer-julio_sport
1975: Miguel Canto W15 Shoji Oguma, Sendai, Japan. Retains WBC flyweight title.
1995:Carlos Monzon is killed in an automobile accident while returning to prison after a furlough for good behavior after beating his wife half to death and then throwing her off a balcony and killing her.
You gotta like karma.
2000: Johnny Tapia W 12 Jorge Julio, Albuquerque.
Jan 9
Fight of the day
1999:Sugar Shane Mosley vs Golden Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5y4LSUxc50
1900:Terry McGovern KO 9 George Dixon, NYC. Wins World Featherweight Title.National Police Gazette.Quote:
Dixon’s corner threw in the sponge. McGovern becomes the undisputed champion.
1917: Pete Herman W 20 Kid Williams, New Orleans. Wins world bantamweight title.
1923: Lou Bogash KO 11 Charley Nashert, NYC. Wins vacant NY. World middleweight title.
1942: Joe Louis KO 1 Buddy Baer NYC. Retains world heavyweight title. Baer down 3 times.
1973: Koichi Wajima Draw 15 Miguel De Oliveira, Tokyo. Retains world super-welterweight title.
1979: Eusebio Pedroza KO 14 Royal Kobayashi, Tokyo. Retains WBA featherweight title.
1999: Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Rick Frazier, Pensacola, Fla. Retains world light-heavyweight title.
-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 7 Golden Johnson, Pensacola, Fla. Retains IBF lightweight title.
2006: Eagle Kyowa KO 9 Ken Nakajima, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Minimumweight Title.
Jan 10
Fight of the day
1993: Freddie Pendleton vs Tracy Spann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNWifwtISwk
1939: Henry Armstrong W 10 Baby Arizmendi, Los Angeles. Retains world welterweight title. Armstrong breaks the tie in this fifth fight and finishes 3 and 2 against the crafty Mexican.
1987: Patrizio Oliva W 15 Gato Gonzalez, Agrigento, Italy. Retains WBA super-lightweight title.
1992: Iran Barkley KO 2 Darrin Van Horn, NYC. Wins IBF super-middleweight title.
1993: Freddie Pendleton W 12 Tracy Spann, Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF lightweight title.
1999: In-Joo Cho W 12 Joel Luna Zarate, Seoul. Retains WBC Super flyweight Title.
2008: Hozumi W 12 Simone Maludrottu, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
Wladimir Sidorenko W 12 Nobuto Ikehara, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
Jan 11
Fight of the day
1981: Rafael (Bazooka) Limon vs Ildefonso Bethelmy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25M78wgHUvA
1904: Joe Gans W 10 Willie Fitzgerald, Detroit. Retains world lightweight title.
-Sam Langford ND 6-draw Jack Blackburn, Philadelphia. I've probably mentioned this already but Jack would go on to train Louis.
1907: Sam Langford D 12 Joe Jeanette, Lawrence.
1908: Mike Gibbons KO 3 Roy Moore, St. Paul, MN. Gibbons pro debut.
1951: Ezzard Charles KO 10 Lee Oma, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title.
1956: Pascual Perez W 15 Leo Espinosa, Buenos Aires. Retains world flyweight title.
1981: Rafael (Bazooka) Limon KO 15 Ildefonso Bethelmy, Los Angeles. Wins Vacant WBC super-lightweight title.
1991: Ray Mercer KO 9 Francesco Damiani, Atlantic City.
1997: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Wayne McCullough, Boston. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title. Daniel accomplishes this at close to 40 and a 70+ year old Merchant goes off on one of Waynes handlers in the post fight interview.
-Felix Trinidad KO 3 Kevin Lueshing, Nashville. Retains IBF welterweight title.
-Terry Norris KO 10 Nick Rupa, Nashville. Retains WBC/IBF super-welterweight title.
-Khalid Rahilou KO 11 Frankie Randall, Nashville. Wins WBA super-lightweight title.
-Rosendo Alvarez KO 11 Songkram Porpaoin, Sa Kaew Thail. Retains WBA strawweight title.
2002: Veerapol Saphrom W 12 Sergio Perez, Thanyaburi, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
Jan 12
Fight of the day
1985: Harry Arroyo vs Terrance Alli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvMb5w1svZo
1956: The great Sam Langford (The Boston Tar Baby) dies at age 72. Langford retired in 1926 at the age of 43, with a career mark of 214-46-44 16 ND 3NC with 138 ko's.1963: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Fighting Harada, Bangkok. Wins flyweight title for the 3rd time.Quote:
Langford not only could predict the round he’d stop his opponent but also the spot on the canvas where he’d deposit his rival in an unconscious heep.
1976: Ben Villaflor KO 13 Morito Kashiwaba, Tokyo. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1980: Alexis Arguello KO 11 Ruben Castillo, Tucson. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
1985: Harry Arroyo KO 11 Terrance Alli, Atlantic City. Retains IBF lightweight title.
1991: Prince Charles Williams W 12 Mwehu Beya, St. Vincent, Italy. Retains IBF light-heavyweight title.
1996: Tim Witherspoon W 10 Al Cole, NYC.
-Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Merqui Sosa, NYC. Non-title fight.
2002: Acelino Freitas W 12 Joel Casamayor, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.
2005: Promoter Don King sues Disney, ESPN, ABC Cable Networks, & Advocate Communications for $2.5-billion, claiming false & defamatory statements about King were made on the TV program Sports Century. LOL.
Jan 13
Fight of the day
1976: Bobby (Boogaloo) Watts vs Marvelous Marvin Hagler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLY8x2XF2Io
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhExlq1jbzU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIURRBFnNA8
1921: Pete Herman KO 17 Jimmy Wilde, London. NYC. Non-title fight.
1922: Gene Tunney W 12 Battling Levinsky, NYC. Wins US light-heavyweight title.
1933: Ben Jeby KO 12 Frank Battaglia, NYC. Wins NY. World middleweight title.
-Freddie Miller W 10 Tommy Paul, Chicago. Wins NBA featherweight title.
1941: Anton Christoforidis W 15 Melio Bettina, Cleveland. Wins vacant NBA light-heavyweight title.
-Lou Salica W 15 Tommy Forte, Philadelphia. Retains world bantamweight title.
1948: Ezzard Charles KO 8 Archie Moore, Cleveland.(The Ring, April 1948, page 51).Quote:
Charles won the first two rounds, lost the next two, and then won the next three. They set a terrific pace…. Midway in the eighth round, Moore caught Charles with a terrific left hook and followed his advantage…. Charles was definitely on the verge of a kayo… but, to the surprise of everyone, he snapped out of his dazed condition, landed a volley of left hooks and then a perfect right cross.
Per the AP report:1976: Bobby (Boogaloo) Watts W 10 Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Philadelphia. Referee: Hank Cisco 46-46 | judge: Earl Vann 46-44 | judge: Nate Lopinson 48-44. Hagler’s first loss after a 25-0-1(19) start.Quote:
A crashing left and right dumped Moore to the floor. He struggled around on one knee trying to rise immediately and Charles then applied the finisher, another right. Moore grabbed feebly for the ring rope as Referee Jackie Davis finished his toll of 10, but couldn’t reach his feet again for some 20 seconds–and then only with the help of his handlers.
1990: In Chul Baek KO 7 Yoshiaki Tajima, Ulsan, S. Korea. Retains WBA super-middleweight title.
2001: Zab Judah KO 10 Reggie Green, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
2003: Sirimongkol Singwancha W 12 Yong-Soo Choi, Tokyo. Retains Super Featherweight Title.
Jan 14
Fight of the day.
1979: Wifred Benitez vs Carlos Palomino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDUrDQqHY-E
1887: Jack McAuliffe KO 28 Harry Gilmore, Lawrence.
Retained world lightweight title
1891: Bob Fitzsimmons KO 13 Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil), New Orleans. Wins world middleweight title.
1903: Young Corbett KO 18 Austin Rice, Hot Springs Ark. Retains world featherweight title.
1909: Abe Attell KO 10 Freddie Weeks, Goldfield, NV. Retains world featherweight title.
1944: Jake LaMotta W 10 Fritzie Zivic, Detroit.
1961: Paul Pender KO 7 Terry Downes, Boston. Retains world middleweight title.
1974: Matthew Franklin (Saad Muhammad) KO 2 Billy Early, Philadelphia. Franklin’s pro debut.
1979: Wifred Benitez (age 20) W 15 Carlos Palomino, San Juan, PR. Wins World Welterweight Title. Benitez, wins his 2nd world title, and ups his record to 37-0-1 (25)
1984: Milton McCrory KO 6 Milton Guest, Sterling Heights, Mi. Retains WBC welterweight title.
-Ray Mancini KO 3 Bobby (Schoolboy) Chacon, Reno. Retains WBA lightweight title.
1995: Vinny Pazienza W 12 Roberto Duran, Atlantic City.
2000: Irene Pacheco KO 11 Pedro Pena, El Paso, TX. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
2006: Mikkel Kessler KO 10 Eric Lucas, Copenhagen, Denmark. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
2008: Alexander Munoz W 12 Katsushige Kawashima, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
I didn't realize Merchant was over 70 when he threw that right hand at that guy- that was a pretty good punch. I saw Zaragoza win a world title in his second fight with Cermeno, I think it was.
Arroyo put in a lot of effort and patience setting up the right hand that started the end for Alli.
Palomino dropped that split to benitez, and he lost to Duran. His only other two losses were to Andy price, who had been a top amateur and was a solid pro, early in his career; and he lost to Wilfredo Rivera when he was 49. Top quality fighter.
This thread is the GOAT!
Jan 15
Fight of the day
2000: David Izon vs Derrick Jefferson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3_Y_8if3Tw
1923: Harry Greb ND 10 Tommy Loughran, Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Post reported that1929: Dr. Martin Luther King born.Quote:
Greb won 9 rounds and the fourth round was even. After the 5th round Greb was the complete master, the clever defense of Loughran being the only thing to save him from being stopped. Greb swarmed all over Tommy and wouldn’t let him box in his standup style. Loughran looked good in flashes. Red Mason worked in Greb’s corner. The crowd was the biggest in the history of Motor Square Garden.
1940: Jimmy Bivins KO 1 Emory Morgan, Cleveland. Bivins’ pro debut.
1972: Joe Frazier KO 4 Terry Daniels, New Orleans.
1977: Sansaek Muangsurin KO 15 Monroe Brooks, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.
-Sammuel Serrano KO 11 Alberto Herrera, Guayaquil, Equador. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
-Rafael Ortega W 15 Fransisco Coronado, Panama City. Wins vacant WBA featherweight title.
1982: Sergio Palma W 15 Jorge Lujan, Argentina. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
1989: Khaosai Galaxy KO 2 Tae II Chang, Samut Prakarn, Thailand. Retains WBA super-flyweight title.
1990: George Foreman KO 2 Gerry Cooney, Atlantic City.
2000: David Izon KO 9 Derrick Jefferson, NYC. Jefferson is leading 78-74, 78-72, 78-73 at the time of the stoppage.
-Roy Jones Jr. W 12 David Telesco, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Acelino Freitas KO 8 Barry Jones, Doncaster, England.
Jan 16
Fight of the day. One of the best refs that ever lived was the third man in this one.
1999:Robert Garcia W 12 John-John Molina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRxZ5QjvAFQ
1925: Jack Delaney KO 2 Tiger Flowers, NYC.
1942: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 10 Fritzie Zivic, NYC.
1950: Willie Pep KO 5 Charley Riley, St. Louis. Retains world featherweight title.
1982: Rolando Navarette KO 11 Chung ll. Choi, Manila. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
1987: Louie Espinoza KO 4 Tommy Valoy, Phoenix. Wins vacant WBA super-bantamweight title.
1993: George Foreman KO 8 Pierre Coetzer, Reno.
1999: Mike Tyson KO 5 Frans Botha, Las Vegas.
-Robert Garcia W 12 John-John Molina, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-featherweight title
-Zab Judah KO 4 Wilfredo Negron, Las Vegas.
2004: Matt Vanda W 10 Sam Garr, Minneapolis, MN. I don't recall seeing this fight but it was the worst judged fight of the year candidate.
Jan 17
Fight of the day
2009: Andre Berto vs Luis Collazo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMJaGBWuSgs
1905: Cus D’Amato born.
1922: Harry Wills W 10 Sam Langford, Portland OR.
1930: Leo Lomski W 10 James J. Braddock, Chicago, IL. Referee: Dave Miller.
-Jackie Berg W 10 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Referee: Mike Hylis.(James P. Dawson, New York Times).Quote:
“Fighting one of the most important ring struggles of his career, Berg rose to the occasion by giving Canzoneri one of the worst beatings he has ever experienced and winning the decision to the complete satisfaction of the crowd which jammed the Garden. However the official verdict was not unanimous.”
1941: Fritzie Zivic KO 12 Henry Armstrong, NYC. Retains world welterweight title.
1942: Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
1981: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 8 Fulgencio Obelmeijas, Boston. Retains world middleweight title.
1986: Tim Witherspoon W 15 Tony Tubbs, Atlanta. Wins WBA heavyweight title. Witherspoon’s post fight urinalysis tests positive for weed.
1988: Wifredo Vasquez Draw 12 Takuya Muguruma, Osaka. Retains WBA bantamweight title.
1998: Michael Grant KO 5 David Izon, Atlantic City.
- Angel Manfredy KO 8 Arturo Gatti, Atlantic City.
2004: Zsolt Erdei W 12 Julio Gonzalez, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2009: Andre Berto W 12 Luis Collazo, Biloxi, MS. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
Jan 18
Fight of the day
2015: Bermane Stiverne KO5 Deontay Wilder MGM Grand, Las Vegas Retains WBC heavyweight title.
Video Pending;D
1992: Meldrick Taylor vs Glenwood Brown. Only copy available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCyRXmEqgTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY8sGNWJFMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfMs-FxcbxM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq3PPb9osZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi9rZpxc0A0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isD5vJIG5dc
1895: Tommy Ryan KO 3 Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil), Coney Island. Retains world welterweight title.
1907: Abe Attell KO 8 Harry Baker, Los Angeles. Retains world featherweight title.
1924: Harry Greb W 15 Johnny Wilson, NYC.
1932: Johnny Jadick W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Philadelphia. Wins world super-lightweight title.
1956: Sandy Saddler KO 13 Flash Elorde, San Francisco. Retains world featherweight title.
1962: Eder Jofre KO 10 Johnny Caldwell, Sao Paulo. Retains world bantamweight title.
1965: Carlos Hernandez W 15 Eddie Perkins, Caracas. Wins world super-lightweight title.
1986: Samart Payakaroon KO 5 Lupe Pintor, Bangkok. Wins WBC super-bantamweight title.
1992: Meldrick Taylor W 12 Glenwood Brown, Philadelphia. Retains WBA welterweight title.
-Pernell Whitaker W 10 Harold Brazier, Philadelphia.
1997: Kostya Tszyu Tech. Draw 1 Leonardo Mas, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-Lightweight title. Weird outcome.
-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Maurcio Pastrana W 12 Michael Carbajal, Las Vegas. Wins IBF junior-Flyweight title.
Shame Oscar and Zu never had a go.
I was a fan of Glenwood the real beat Brown
Years ago I bought a copy of the saddler v Elorde fight, which was, I believe, Saddler's last bout. Talk about a rough guy, Saddler busted him up and I don't think he landed a punch.
Quote:
Originally Posted by greynotsoold
Man he was a bad ass. That final fight with him and Pep must have been something. All three on the canvas at times and Miller leaving the ring to pull them apart. Nat Fleischer in The Ring, December 1951, page 3, this was an extremely dirty fight, with "wrestling, heeling, eye gouging, tripping, thumbing- in fact every dirty trick known to the old timers.." Referee Ray Miller "let the bout get out of hand..."
Jan 19
Fight of the day
1991: Dennis Andries vs Guy Waters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTEV7fD3EmY
1895: George Dixon Draw 25 Young Griffo, Coney Island.
1930: Frankie Genaro KO 12 Yvon Trevidic, Paris. Retains NBA flyweight title.
1937: Benny Lynch W 15 Small Montana, Wembley. Retains world flyweight title.
1955: Ralph (Tiger) Jones W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson, Chicago. Referee:
1978: Wilfredo Gomez KO 3 Royal Kobayashi, Kitakyushu, Japan. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.
1983: Roger Mayweather KO 8 Samuel Serrano, San Juan. Wins WBA super-featherweight title.
1985: Donald Curry KO 4 Colin Jones, Birmingham, England. Retains WBA welterweight title.
1991: Dennis Andries W 12 Guy Waters, Adelaide, Australia. Retains WBC light-heavyweight title.
-Meldrick Taylor W 12 Aaron Davis, Atlantic City. Wins WBA welterweight title.
1998: Hipolito Saucedo, 30, is found dead near his home in Houston, Texas.
2001: Willie Jorrin W 12 Oscar Larios, Sacramento. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
2002: Rosendo Alvarez KO 12 Pichit Siriwat, Miami, Fla. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
2003: Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Jesse James Leija, Melbourne. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
2004: Anthony Mundine KO 5 Yoshinori Nishizawa, Wollongong. NSW, Australia.
2008: Ruslan Chagaev W 12 Matt Skelton, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Felix Trinidad, NYC.
Steve Molitor W 12 Ricardo Castillo, Rama, Ontario, Canada. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
Jan 20
Fight of the day
2006:Valdemir Pereira vs Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jekDoyI2GE
1916: Jack Britton ND 10 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Buffalo.
1919: Benny Leonard ND 6 Johnny Dundee, Newark.
1936: Marcel Thil W disq. 4 Lou Brouillard, Paris. Retains world middleweight title.
1973: Roberto Duran KO 5 Jimmy Robertson, Panama City. Retains world lightweight title.
-Romeo Anaya KO 3 Enrique Pinder, Panama City. Wins world bantamweight title.
1990: Sung Kil Moon Tech. Decision 9 Nana Konadu, Seoul. Wins WBC super-flyweight title.
1993: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Gilbert Dele, France. Retains IBF super-welterweight title.
2001: Jose Luis Castillo KO 6 Cesar Bazan, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO 10 Diego Corrales, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
2006: Valdemir Pereira W 12 Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Wins vacant IBF Featherweight Title.
2007: Nikolay Valuev KO 3 Jameel McCline, Basel, Switzerland. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Ricky Hatton W 12 Juan Urango, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
-Junior Witter KO 9 Arturo Morua, London, England. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
Jan 21
Fight of the day
1978: Roberto Duran vs. Esteban De Jesus III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyHwM9uKRfM
1927: Fidel LaBarba W 12 Elky Clark, NYC. Wins vacant world flyweight title.
1958: Virgil Akins KO 12 Tony DeMarco, Boston. Retains Mass. World welterweight title.
1969: Johnny Famechon W 15 Jose Legra, London. Wins WBC featherweight title.
1975: Koichi Wajima W 15 Oscar Albarado, Tokyo. Regains world super-welterweight title.
1978: Roberto Duran KO 12 Esteban DeJesus, Las Vegas. Retains world lightweight title. Duran’s 12 successful title defense.
1989: Meldrick Taylor KO 7 John Meekins, Atlantic City. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.
-Juan Coggi W 12 Harold Brazier, Vasto, Italy. Retains WBA super-lightweight title.
2005: Juan Diaz KO 9 Billy Irwin, Houston, TX. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
2006: Manny Pacquiao KO 10 Erik Morales, Las Vegas. Morales stopped for the first time in 51 contests.
-Martin Castillo W 12 Alexander Munoz, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
Jan 22
Fight of the day
1960: Paul Pender vs Sugar Ray Robinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpVY0Z8mQX8
1960: Paul Pender W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, Boston. Wins world middleweight title.
1973: George Foreman KO 2 Joe Frazier, Kingston, Jamaica. Wins world heavyweight title.
1977: Carlos Palomino KO 15 Armando Muniz, Los Angeles. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1980: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Spider Nemoto, Tokyo. Retains WBA featherweight title. 6th defense of a record 19 successful title defenses.
1984: Johnny Bumphus W 15 Lorenzo Garcia, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA super-lightweight title.
1988: Mike Tyson KO 4 Larry Holmes, Atlantic City. Retains world heavyweight title.
-Carlos DeLeon W 12 Jose Maria Burlon, Atlantic City. Retains WBC cruiserweight title.
1990: Raul Perez W 12 Gaby Canizales, Los Angeles. Retains WBC bantamweight title.
2000: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 3 Willie Wise, Las Vegas. Mosley’s second fight as a welterweight.
2005: Floyd Mayweather KO 8 Henry Bruseles, Miami.
-Johnny Tapia W 10 Nicky Bentz, Hidalgo, TX.
Jan 23
Fight of the day
2010: Carlos Tamara vs Brian Viloria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uJ_5nQUHuc
1908: Harry Lewis KO 3 Frank Mantell, New Haven, CT. Wins world welterweight title.
1915: Jeff Smith W disq. 5 Les Darcy, Sydney. Retains Australia world middleweight title.
1931: Jack (Kid) Berg W 10 Goldie Hess, Chicago. Retains world super-lightweight title.
1964: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Hiroyuki Ebihara, Bankok. Wins world flyweight title for the 3rd time.
1967: Emile Griffith W 15 Joey Archer, NYC. Retains world middleweight title.
1968: Howard Winstone KO 9 Mitsunori Seki, London. Wins vacant British world featherweight title.
1969: Bob Foster KO 1 Frankie DePaula, NYC. Retains world light-heavyweight title.
1988: Calvin Grove KO 4 Antonio Rivera, Gamaches, France. Wins vacant IBF featherweight title.
2010: Yuriokis Gamboa KO 2 Rogers Mtagwa, NYC. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
-Juan Manuel Lopez KO 7 Steven Luevano, NYC
-Carlos Tamara KO 12 Brian Viloria, Manila, Philippines. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
Jan 24
Fight of the day
1982: Eusebio Pedroza vs Juan LaPorte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILDS0IiUExA
1903: George Dixon D 6 Jem Driscoll, London.
1914: Tom McCormick W disq. 6 Waldemar Holberg, Melbourne. Wins world welterweight title.
1940: Henry Armstrong KO 9 Pedro Montanez, NYC. Retains world welterweight title. Armstrong’s 2nd defense in 20 days.
1950: Joey Maxim KO 10 Freddie Mills, London. Wins world light-heavyweight title.
1976: George Foreman KO 5 Ron Lyle, Las Vegas.
1981: Chul Ho Kim KO 9 Rafael Orono, San Cristobal, Venezuela. Wins WBC super-flyweight title.
1982: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Juan LaPorte, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Featherweight title.
1990: Orlando Canizales W 12 Billy Hardy, Sunderland, England. Retains IBF bantamweight title.
1997: Pernell Whitaker KO 11 Diobelys Hurtado, Atlantic City. Retains World welterweight title. Whitaker scores a come-from-behind KO.
2004: Arturo Gatti W 12 Gianluca Branco, Atlantic City.
2009: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 9 Antonio Margarito, Los Angeles. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.
Jan 25
Fight of the day
1976: Saensak Muangsurin vs Lion Furuyama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83CaMh0XH4A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYzmrdaggO8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTcsdvcuTtk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAJM5ij3evA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k88DTfCks8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkN5-5iZ71w
1894: James J. Corrbett KO 3 Charley Mitchell, Jacksonville, Fla. Retains world heavyweight title.
1915: Harry Greb ND 6 Jack Blackburn, Pittsburgh, PA. in the 6th.”
1932: Gorilla Jones KO 6 Oddone Piazza, Milwaukee. Wins vacant world middleweight title.
1939: Joe Louis KO 1 John Henry Lewis, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title.
1944: Bob Montgomery KO 12 Ike Williams, Philadelphia.
1976: Saensak Muangsurin W 15 Lion Furuyama, Tokyo. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.
1987: Chong Pal Park KO 15 Doug Sam, Seoul. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.
1999: Jean-Baptiste Mendy W 12 Alberto Sicurella, Versailles, France. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
2003: Ricardo Mayorga KO 3 Vernon Forrest, Temecula, CA. Wins World Welterweight Title.
2007: Ulises Solis KO 8 Will Grigsby, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
Jan 26
Fight of the day
2002: Vernon Forrest vs Sugar Shane Mosley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJUmtS73YVs
1952: Vic Toweel W 15 Peter Keenan, Johannesburg. Retains world bantamweight title.
1991: Robert Quiroga W 12 Vicenzo Belcastro, Capo d’Orlando. Retains IBF super-flyweight title.
1998: Former World Featherweight Champion Hogan (Kid) Bassey, 65, dies.
2002: Vernon Forrest W 12 Sugar Shane Mosley, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.
-Arturo Gatti KO 4 Terron Millett, NYC. Gatti re-establishes himself as a top contender at super-lightweight.
2008: Chris John KO 7 Roinet Caballero, Senayan, Indonesia. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
Jan 27
Fight of the day
1985: Rocky Lockridge KO 6 Kamel Bou-All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksr-y156JG4
1913: Jim Driscoll Draw 20 Owen Moran, London. Retains world British featherweight title.
1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 11 George Freitas, Oakland. Retains world bantamweight title. Manuel's second defense in less then a month.
1954: Archie Moore W 15 Joey Maxim, Miami. Retains world Light-Heavyweight title.
1980: Yoko Gushiken W 15 Yong Hyun Kim, Osaka. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.
1985: Rocky Lockridge KO 6 Kamel Bou-All, Riva del Garda, Italy. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1989: Graciano Rocchigiani W 12 Thulane (Sugarboy) Malinga, Berlin. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.
1990: Lindell Holmes W 12 Frank Tate, New Orleans. Wins vacant IBF super-middleweight title.
1992: Humberto Gonzalez W 12 Domingo Sosa, Inglewood. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title
Jan 28
Fight of the day
1978: Alexis Arguello vs Alfredo Escalera. Howard Cosell was one of a kind. Best boxing announcer that has so far ever lived.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXTpybeVRHo
1944: Beau Jack D 10 Sammy Angott, NYC.
1949: Kid Gavilan W 10 Ike Williams, NYC.
1959: Tiger Jones W 10 Joey Giardello, Louisville.
1974: Muhammad Ali W 12 Joe Frazier, NYC. As a big Frazier fan this one was hard to watch. He's lucky that the bell Perez heard was in his own head or he may not have made it out of round 2. Ali dominated.
1978: Alexis Arguello KO 13 Alfredo Escalera, Bayamon. Wins WBC super-featherweight title.
1984: Santos Laciar W 15 Juan Herrera, Marsala, Italy. Retains WBA flyweight title.
1990: John-John Molina KO 6 Lupe Suarez, Atlantic City. Retains IBF super-featherweight.
2006: Markus Beyer KO 12 Alberto Colajanni, Berlin, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title
Jan 29
Fight of the day. Busy day. Think I’ll do a triple header.
1977: Roberto Duran vs Vilomar Fernandez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5GlR8d_EBU
1984: Billy Costello vs Bruce Curry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Kgb-QE_CQ
1994: Frankie Randall vs Julio Cesar Chavez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnmX15s7c4w
1952: Archie Moore W 10 Harold Johnson, Toledo, OH.
1967: Vicente Saldivar KO 7 Mitsunori Seki, Mexico City. Retains World featherweight title
1972: Ricardo Arredondo W 15 Jose Isaac Marin, San Jose, Costa Rica. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
1977: Roberto Duran KO 13 Vilomar Fernandez, Miami Beach. Retains world lightweight title. Durans’ 10th straight KO in as many title defenses.
1978: Yoko Gushiken KO 14 Anaceto Vargas, Nagoya. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.
1979: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Scott Clark, Inglewood. Retains WBA welterweight title. Cuevas’ 8th title defense all KO’s.
-Betulio Gonzalez Draw 15 Shoji Oguma, Hamamatsu, Japan. Retains WBA flyweight title.
1983: Davey Moore KO 4 Gary Guiden, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.
1984: Billy Costello KO 10 Bruce Curry, Beaumont, Texas. Wins WBC super-lightweight title.1994: Felix Trinidad W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Retains IBF welterweight title.Quote:
Two days later Curry, having blamed his trainer Jesse Reid, challenges his longtime trainer to a fist fight. Immediately after Reid re-opens a 15-stitch cut, Curry retrieves a gun from his car and takes 1 shot at Reid. Missing by inches, Curry abruptly leaves.
-Frankie Randall W 12 Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas. Wins WBC super-lightweight title. Chavez’s first “official” defeat in 91 fights.
2000: Mike Tyson KO 2 Julius Francis, Manchester, England.
-Joe Calzaghe W 12 David Starie, Manchester, retains WBO super-middleweight title.
-Markus Beyer KO 7 Leif Keiski, Riesa, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight title.
2002: Keitaro Hoshino W 12 Joma Gamboa, Yokohama, Japan. Regains vacant WBA Strawweight title
2005: Kassim Ouma W 12 Kofi Jantuah, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Arturo Gatti KO 5 Jesse James Leija, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Pongsaklek Wongjongkam KO 5 Noriyuki Komatsu, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
2006: Takashi Koshimoto W 12 In Jin Chi, Fukuoka, Japan. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.
2010: Beibut Shumenov W 12 Gabriel Campillo, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Jan 30
Fight of the day
1982: Wilfred Benitez vs Roberto Duran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbT-nT5MXOQ
1923: Harry Greb W 15 Tommy Loughran, NYC. Retains US Light Heavyweight Title.
1976: Rodolfo Martinez W 15 Venice Borkorsor, Bangkok. Retains WBC bantamweight title.
1982: Arturo Frias Tech. Win 9 Ernesto Espana, Los Angeles. Retains WBA lightweight title.
-Wilfred Benitez W 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains WBC super-welterweight title. Duran was pretty much schooled here regardless of the ridiculous score cards.
1984: Charlie Brown W 15 Melvin Paul, Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF lightweight title.
1987: Gilberto Roman KO 9 Antoine Montero, Montpellier, France. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
2000: Jong-Kwon Baek D 12 Choi Kyu-Chul, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
-Freddie Norwood KO 9 Takashi Koshimoto, Fukuoka, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
2001: Yosam Choi KO 7 Saman Sorjaturong, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
2005: Injin Chi W 12 Tommy Browne, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
2010: Sebastian Sylvester KO 10 Billy Lyell, Neubrandenburg, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.
Jan 31
Fight of the day
1988: Sot Chitalada vs Hideaki Kamishiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y_lmkGPPpQ
1914: Jersey Joe Walcott born Arnold Raymond Cream.
1941: Joe Louis KO 5 Red Burman, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title.
1983: Rafael Orono KO 4 Pedro Romero, Caracas. Retains WBC Super-flyweight title.
1988: Sot Chitalada TKO 7 Hideaki Kamishiro, Osaka. Retains WBC flyweight title.
-Hiroki Ioka KO 12 Kyung Yun Lee, Osaka. Retains WBC strawweight title.
1998: Bernard Hopkins KO 6 Simon Brown, Atlantic City. Retains IBF middleweight title.
-William Joppy W 12 Julio Cesar Green, Tampa, Fla. Regains WBA middleweight title.
2004: Antonio Margarito KO 2 Hercules Kyvelos, Phoenix, AZ.
-Rafael Marquez KO 2 Pete Frissina, Phoenix. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
Sot Chitalada was the bomb, he beat up our Charlie Magri with ease over here.
February 1
Fight of the day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhDntaI6XY8
1900:Terry McGovern KO 5 Eddie Santry, Chicago. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1904: Abe Attell KO 5 Harry Forbes, St. Louis. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1938: Henry Armstrong KO 3 Albert (Chalky) Wright. Los Angeles.
1946: Marty Servo KO 4 Freddie Cochrane, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.
1965: Floyd Patterson W 12 George Chuvalo, NYC. 1965 Fight of the Year – Ring Magazine With a live gate of $ 166,423.00 and $ 600,000.00 from theater TV, this, to date, was the richest non-title fight in history.
1970: Bruno Acari W 15 Pedro Adigue, Rome. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1978: Soo Hwan Hong W 15 Yu Kasahara, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1980: Rafael Orono W 15 Seung Hoon Lee, Caracas. Wins newly created WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1997: Yong Soo Choi W 12 Lakva Kim, Songnam, South Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
2002: Vassiliy Jirov W 12 Jorge Castro, Phoenix, AZ. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.
2003: Carlos Hernandez KO 8 David Santos, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.
Juan Manuel Marquez KO 7 Manuel Medina, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.
Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
Thanks for that trip down memory lane. :)
Duran is an ATG, but he was always such a jerk.
Only his devastating KO loss to Hearns later on seemed to humanize him a little bit.
I always thought him a real dick but he was just a bad ass and it worked for years. Seemed the same guy both in and out of the ring. I enjoyed that fight immensely. He changed later as we all do with age.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
It was touching that he visited Dejesus on his death bed and hugged and kissed him when he was dieing of Aids. I'll never forget this photo.http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...pslzufwngk.jpg
I think Duran once said De Jesus was one of the few opponents he really respected. De Jesus dropped him a couple of times, I think, including a fight De Jesus actually won. That was extremely rare during Duran's heyday. Still... Duran's penchant for not giving his opponents their due early on was pretty grating on the nerves.
De Jesus was extremely fast and surprised Duran with the knock downs. Very underrated fighter.
Feb 2
Fight of the day
1980: Salvador Sanchez vs Danny (Little Red) Lopez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JihmK2ejVA
1923: Johnny Dundee W 15 Elino Flores, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.
1970: Carlos Monzon KO 6 Antonio Aguilar, Rosario, Argentina. Retains Argentina Middleweight Title.
-Carlos Zarate KO 3 Luis Castaneda, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Zarate’s pro debut.
1980: Salvador Sanchez KO 13 Danny (Little Red) Lopez, Phoenix. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.
-Azumah Nelson KO 3 Nii Nuer, Accra. Nelson’s 2nd pro fight.
1982: Davey Moore KO 6 Tadashi Mihara, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Welterweight
1985: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Jorge Lujan, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight title
-Victor Callejas W 15 Seung Hoon Lee, Hato Rey, PR. .
2002: Roy Jones Jr. KO 7 Glenn Kelly, Miami. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Bernard Hopkins KO 10 Carl Daniels, Reading, PA. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Ronald Wright KO 5 Jason Papillion, Miami. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
Feb 3
Fight of the day x 2
1990: Mike McCallum vs Steve Collins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHqGlmAf-Wk
1996: Marco Antonio Barrera vs Kennedy McKinney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCx2BIrazno
1912: Johnny Coulon W 20 Frankie Conley, Vernon, CA.
1939: Melio Bettina KO 9 Tiger Jack Fox, NYC. Wins vacant New York World Light Heavyweight Title.
1980: Larry Holmes KO 6 Lorenzo Zanon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Wilfredo Gomez KO 7 Ruben Valdez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1981: Shoji Oguma W 15 Chan Hee Park, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1987: Bernardo Pinango W 15 Frankie Duarte, Inglewood. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
1990: Mike McCallum W 12 Steve Collins, Boston. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
-Pernell Whitaker W 12 Freddie Pendleton, Atlantic City. Retains WBC/IBF Lightweight Title.
1991: Kiyoshi Hatanaka KO 8 Pedro Decima, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1993: Paul Hodkinson KO 4 Ricardo Cepeda, London. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1996: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 12 Kennedy McKinney, Inglewood. The debut event of HBO’s Boxing After Dark.
2001: Kostya Tszyu KO 7 Sharmba Mitchell, Las Vegas. Retains WBC, wins WBA, Super Lightweight Title.
2007: Chad Dawson W 12 Tomasz Adamek, Kissimmee, FLA. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
-Corey Spinks W 12 Rodney Jones, Kissimmee, FLA. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Julio Diaz KO 3 Jesus Chavez. Kissimmee, FLA. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.