This day in boxing. A look back.

Feb 4

Fight of the day


1979: Alexis Arguello vs Alfredo Escalera 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r7CRq9q_6Y


1909: Abe Attell KO 7 Eddie Kelly, New Orleans. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1927: Charley Phil Rosenberg W 15 Bushy Graham, NYC. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1952: Kid Gavilan W 15 Bobby Dykes, Miami. Retains World Welterweight Title. First racially mixed fight in Florida.

1960: Carlos Ortiz KO 10 Battling Torres, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Jose Becerra KO 9 Alphonse Halimi, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1979: Alexis Arguello KO 13 Alfredo Escalera, Rimini, Italy. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1984: Donald Curry W 15 Marlon Starling, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1989: Marlon Starling KO 9 Lloyd Honeyghan, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

-Mark Breland KO 1 Seung Soon Lee, Las Vegas. Regains (vacant) WBA Welterweight Title.

1990: Jorge Paez W 12 Troy Dorsey, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

-Hiyong Choi W 12 Leo Gamez, Ulsan, South Korea. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: Don King is carjacked in Mexico City for a 100,000 dollar rolex

2007: Lovemore N’dou KO 11 Naoufel Ben Rabah, Sydney, Australia. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

First time I have seen the Collins v Mike McCallum fight. Very entertaining.

Feb 5

Fight of the day

1967: Dick Tiger vs Jose Torres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DagNWn9NWgM


1934:Maxie Rosenbloom D 15 Joe Knight, Miami. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1943: Jake LaMotta W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson, Detroit. Robinson suffers his first defeat.

-Beau Jack W 10 Fritzie Zivic, NYC.

1967: Dick Tiger W 15 Jose Torres, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title. All three judges score the fight 8-7 in rounds. Two for Tiger, and one for Torres.

1972: Antonio Gomez KO 7 Raul Martinez, Maracay. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1974: Koichi Wajima W 15 Miguel de Oliveria, Tokyo. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1977: Carlos Zarate KO 3 Fernando Cabenela, Mexico City. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

Sugar Ray Leonard W 6 Luis Vega, Baltimore. Leonard’s pro debut.

1988: Marlin Starling W 12 Fujio Ozaki, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1989: Darrin Van Horn W 12 Robert Hines, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Graciano Rocchigiani, Berlin.

1996: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Raul Juarez, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1998: Two-time former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, 31, files a $100-million lawsuit against Don King in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Alleging that his longtime promoter systematically defrauded him of tens of millions of dollars over a 10-year period.

-Middleweight Reuben Bell, 24, is shot to death by an unknown assailant in the lobby of Washington Hospital Center’s Cancer Institute, where he was being treated for colon cancer.

1999: Antonio Cermeno KO 2 Eddie Saenz, Miami. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2002: Willie Jorrin D 12 Osamu Sato, Tokyo, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2005: Zab Judah KO 9 Cory Spinks, St. Louis, MO. Wins World Welterweight Title.

Feb 6

Fight of the day

1988: Greg Haugen vs Vinny Pazienza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn-G8kqQ34k


1931: Tommy Loughran W 10 Max Baer, NYC.

1963: Carlos Monzon KO 2 Ramon Montenegro, Rafaela, Argentina. Monzon’s pro debut.

1967: Muhammad Ali W 15 Ernie Terrell, Houston. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1982: Amado Urzua KO 2 Hilario Zapata, Panama City. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1987: Mark Breland KO 7 Harold Volbrecht, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA Welterweight Title.

1988: Greg Haugen W 15 Vinny Pazienza, Atlantic City. Regains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Kelvin Seabrooks KO 2 Fernando Beltran, Paris. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1992: Mauro Galvano W 12 Juan Carlos Gimenez, Marchino, Italy. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

1993: Riddick Bowe KO 1 Michael Dokes, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1994: Leo Gamez KO 7 Juan Torres, Panama City. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: Reggie Johnson KO 5 William Guthrie, Uncasville, CT. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 8 Demetrio Ceballos, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1999: Bernard Hopkins KO 7 Robert Allen, Washington D.C. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Pedro Saiz, Washington D.C. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Vuyani Bungu KO 7 Victor Lierena, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2004: Carl Thompson KO 9 Sebastian Rothman. Thompson dropped in the first round, Rothman down in the 5th & 9th.

-Glencoffe Johnson W 12 Clinton Woods, Sheffield, England. Wins vacant IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

2010: Edwin Valero KO 9 Antonio DeMarco, Monterrey, Mexico. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

Feb 7

Fight of the day

2009: Vic Darchinyan vs Jorge Arce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSRrMhnWtUQ


1882: John L. Sullivan KO 9 Paddy Ryan, Mississippi City. Wins bare-knuckle Heavyweight Title. History has noted that Jessie James may have been in attendance.

1916: Kid Williams D 20 Pete Herman, New Orleans. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1921: Jack Britton W 15 Ted Lewis, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title. The last of their 20-meetings.

1934: Barney Ross W 12 Polo Nebo, New Orleans. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1961: Harold Johnson KO 9 Jesse Bowdry, Philadelphia. Wins vacant NBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1988: Frank Tate KO 10 Tony Sibson, Staffordshire, England. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Myung Woo Yuh W 12 Willy Salazar, Seoul. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Lennox Lewis W Disq. 5 Oliver McCall, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Heavyweight Title

2009: Ruslan Chagaev W tech. dec. 6 Carl Davis Drumond, Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Andres Kotelnik W 12 Marcos Rene Maidana, Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

-Vic Darchinyan KO 12 Jorge Arce, Anaheim, CA. Retains WBA/WBA/IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2010: Daiki Kameda W 12 Denkaosen Kaovichit, Kobe, Japan. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

Feb 8

Fight of the day x 2

1981: Hilario Zapata vs Joey Olivo-Lol@ Durans bling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayA-lN7ZYOY

1997:Prince Naseem Hamed vs Tom (Boom Boom) Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZQ1_lQHQQ


1924: Pancho Villa W 15 Georgie Marks, NYC. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1930: Panama Al Brown WF 4 Johnny Erickson, NYC. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1950: Jersey Joe Walcott KO 3 Harold Johnson, Philadelphia. Fourteen years prior Walcott stopped Phill Johnson (Harold’s father), in three; also in Philly.

1970: Shozo Saijyo W 15 Godfrey Stevens, Tokyo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1981: Hilario Zapata KO 13 Joey Olivo, Panama City. Retains WBC Junior flyweight Title.

1986: Miguel Lora W 12 Wilfredo Vasquez, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1992: James Toney W 12 Dave Tiberi, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Middleweight Title. One of the biggest hose jobs I have ever seen.

1997: Steve Collins KO 5 Frederic Seillier, Millwall, England.

-Robin Reid KO 7 Giovanni Pretorius, Millwall, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Prince Naseem Hamed KO 8 Tom (Boom Boom) Johnson, Millwall, England. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

1998: Enrique Sanchez W 12 Rafael Del Valle, Lake Charles, LA. Wins vacant WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Shane Mosley No-Contest 3 Raul Marquez. Nasty gash by clash of heads.

2004: Yodsanan Nanathachai KO 7 Ryuhei Sugita, Gifu, Japan. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

Feb 9

Fight of the day x 2

1980: Lupe Pintor vs Alberto Sandoval
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psikI2rk2-A

2008: Carlos Quintana vs Paul Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxHGFGiEFVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ANZGkGMMrc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU3X0pixASo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xKW-9YglEw


1908: Jackie Fields born Jacob Finkelstein.

1940: Joe Louis W 15 Arturo Godoy, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. By all accounts, this split decision win was one of Joe's toughest fights.

1969: Shozo Saijyo W 15 Pedro Gomez, Tokyo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1973: Venice Borkorsor W 15 Erbito Salavarria, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1974: Carlos Monzon KO 7 Jose Napoles, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1980: Lupe Pintor KO 12 Alberto Sandoval, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1986: Marvin Johnson KO 7 Leslie Stewart, Indianapolis. Wins vacant WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1991:Terry Norris W 12 Sugar Ray Leonard, NYC. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title. The end of an era.

2000:

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The legendary hall-of-famer Beau Jack, 78 has passed away at a nursing home in Miami, Florida from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Beau Jack, who twice held the world lightweight title in the 1940’s, holds the Madison Square Garden record for main events with 21.

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2008: Carlos Quintana W 12 Paul Williams, Temecula, CA. Huge upset!

-Edgar Sosa W 12 Jesus Iribe, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

Feb 10

Fight of the day

1979: Miguel Canto vs Antonio Avelar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPeORmLXpl8


1894: George Lavigne D 8 Young Griffo, NYC.

1908: Tommy Burns KO 4 Jack Palmer, London. Retains world Heavyweight Title.

1917: Harry Greb ND 6 Mike Gibbons, Philadelphia.

1922: Benny Leonard W 15 Rocky Kansas, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1928: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Benny Bass, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1930: Jimmy Slattery W 15 Lou Scozza, Buffalo. Wins vacant World Light Heavyweight Title.

1950: Billy Graham W 10 Kid Gavilan, NYC.

1979: Miguel Canto W 15 Antonio Avelar, Merida, MX. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1980: Chan Hee Park W 15 Arnel Arrozal, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1982: Chul Ho Kim KO 8 Koki Ishii, Taegu, South Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1995: Johnny Tapia W 12 Jose Rafael Sosa, Albuquerque.

1996: Felix Trinidad KO 4 Rodney Moore, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

1997: Mark Johnson W 12 Alejandro Montiel, Inglewood. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2005: Oscar Larios W 12 Wayne McCullough, Lemoore, CA. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2007: Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Luis Collazo, Las Vegas. Shane’s first fight at welterweight in 5 years.

Feb 11

Fight of the day x 2

1953: Kid Gavilan vs Chuck Davey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkn1-_DCjbg

1990: James Douglas vs Mike Tyson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3cbfYDVnVw


1916: Sam Langford KO 19 Harry Wills, New Orleans. Wills loses his World coloured heavyweight title claim

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Sam Langford knocked out Harry Wills in the 19th round of a scheduled twenty-round go at a local arena last night. Until the knockout blow neither fighter seemed to have the advantage.

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(Reno Evening Gazette)

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Sam finally stopped his rival in the 19th round with a left hook to the jaw. It was the fourth knockdown Wills received.

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1949: Willie Pep W 15 Sandy Saddler, NYC. Regains World Featherweight Title. FOTY

1953: Kid Gavilan KO 10 Chuck Davey, Chicago. Retains World Welterweight Title. The undefeated Davey falls to 37-1-2.

1959: Joe (Old Bones) Brown W 15 Johnny Busso, Houston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1978: Carlos Palomino KO 7 Ryu Sorimachi, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1983: Marvin Hagler KO 6 Tony Sibson, Worcestor, MA. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1984: Thomas Hearns W 12 Luigi Minchillo, Detroit. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1989: Rene Jacquot W 12 Donald Curry, Grenoble. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title. Upset of the year.

-Brian Mitchell KO 8 Salvatore Bottiglieri, Capo D’ Orlando, Italy. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Napa Kiatwanchai W 12 John Arief, Korat, Thailand. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1990: James Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson, Tokyo. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Douglas, a 43-1 underdog, scores the greatest upset in sports history.

1995: Henry Maske W 12 Egerton Marcus, Frankfurt, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

1996: Carlos Salazar KO 6 Antonello Melis, Rome. Retains IBF Super flyweight Title.

Feb 12

Fight of the day x 2

1971: Ken Buchanan vs Ruben Navarro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ORtbQ-T8io

2000:Kostya Tszyu vs Amed Santos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qQqG34yiEE


1966: Vicente Saldivar KO 2 Floyd Robertson, Mexico City. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1971: Ken Buchanan W 15 Ruben Navarro, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1977: Esteban DeJesus KO 6 Buzzaw Yamabe, Bayamon, PR. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1989: Myung Woo Yuh KO 10 Katsumi Komiyama, Chongiu, South Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1993: Tony Lopez W 12 Dingaan Thobela, Sacramento. Retains WBA Lightweight Title. Controversial decision.

1994: Tom Johnson W 12 Orlando Soto, St Louis. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

2000: Zab Judah KO 4 Jan Bergman, Uncasville, Connecticut. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Kostya Tszyu KO 8 Amed Santos, Uncasville, Connecticut. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

Feb 13

Fight of the day

1999:Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Ike Quartey. I've always thought the wrong man won.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_CCqucC98s


1917: Jim Flynn KO 1 Jack Dempsey, Murray, UT.

1942: Billy Conn W 12 Tony Zale, NYC.

1952: Rocky Marciano KO 6 Lee Savold, Philadelphia. The Rock’s 39th win without a loss.

1957: Joe (Old Bones) Brown KO 11 Wallace (Bud) Smith, Miami. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1977: Dong Kyun Yum W 15 Jose Cervantes, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1982: Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Robbie Williams, Johannesburg. Wins newly created WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Michael Spinks KO 6 Mustapha Wassaja, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Alexis Arguello KO 6 Bubba Busceme, Beaumont, TX. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1983: Donald Curry W 15 Jun Sok Hwang, Fort Worth, TX. Wins vacant WBA Welterweight Title.

-Leroy Haley W 12 Saoul Mamby, Cleveland. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1987: Fidel Bassa W 15 Hilario Zapata, Barranquilla. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1993: James Toney KO 9 Iran Barkley, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Roy Jones Jr. KO 1 Glenn Wolfe, Las Vegas.

-John-John Molina KO 8 Francisco Segura, Bayamon PR. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1994: Jake Rodriguez W 12 Charles Murray, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Saensor Ploenchit W 12 David Griman, Bangkok. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1998: Laurent Boudouani D 12 Guillermo Jones, Albuquerque, NM. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Johnny Tapia W 12 Rodolfo Blanco, Albuquerque, NM. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

-Will Grigsby W 12 Javier Cintron, Albuquerque.

1999: Richie Woodhall KO 6 Vincenzo Nardiello, Newcastle, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Ike Quartey, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Takanori Hatakeyama D 12 Saul Duran, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Erik Morales KO 2 Angel Chacon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2010: Nonito Donaire KO 3 Manuel Vargas, Las Vegas.

-Fernando Montiel KO 1 Ciso Morales, Las Vegas

Feb 14

Fight of the day

1981: Eusebio Pedroza vs Patrick Ford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpPE1I1d5uc


1914: Tom McCormick WF 6 Waldemar Holberg, Sydney. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1916: Jimmy Wilde KO 12 Joe Symonds, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1918: Jack Dempsey KO 1 Jim Flynn, Ft. Sheridan, IL.

1945: Chester Slider W 10 Henry Armstrong, Oakland. Armstrong’s final fight. Hanks last fight.

1951: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 13 Jake LaMotta, Chicago. Wins World Middleweight Title. Last fight between these two and Ray finishes 5 and 1.

1955: Carlos Ortiz KO 1 Harry Bell, NYC. Ortiz’ pro debut.

1973: Muhammad Ali W 12 Joe Bugner, Las Vegas.

1981: Eusebio Pedroza KO 13 Patrick Ford, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1987: Evander Holyfield KO 7 Henry Tillman, Reno. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1988: Buddy McGirt KO 12 Frankie Warren, Corpus Cristi, TX. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

2002: A New York jury awards World Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis $8-million in damages in his lawsuit with former promoter and manager Panos Eliades.

2009: Cristobal Cruz W 12 Cyril Thomas, Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France. Retains IBF Feather weight Title.

Feb 15

Fight of the day x 2

1970: Jose Napoles vs Ernie Lopez 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksEQRy76K4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pKSxTXfexg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ICO549o3Uc

1992:Michael Carbajal vs Marcos Pacheco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km6whr1SiL8


1916: Jack Britton ND 10 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Brooklyn. Non-title fight.

1937: Marcel Thil W Disq. 6 Lou Brouillard, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title. Poor Lou loses twice to this man and in the same fashion.

1964: Carlos Ortiz KO 14 Flash Elorde, Manila. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1969: Rene Barrientos W 15 Ruben Navarro, Quezon City. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1970: Jose Napoles KO 15 Ernie Lopez, Inglewood. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1977: Marvin Hagler KO 12 Willie Monroe, Boston.

1978: Leon Spinks W 15 Muhammad Ali, Las Vegas. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

-Danny (Little Red) Lopez KO 6 David Kotey, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1982: Sugar Ray Leonard KO 3 Bruce Finch, Reno. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1985: Lester Ellis W 15 Hwan Kil Yuh, Melbourne. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1986: Barry McGuigan KO 14 Danilio Cabrera, Dublin. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Cesar Polanco W 15 Elly Pical, Djakarta. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1991: Muangchai Kittikasem KO 6 Sot Chitalada, Ayuthaya, Thailand. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1992: Julian Jackson KO 1 Ismael Negron, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Michael Carbajal W 12 Marcos Pacheco, Phoenix. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Sirimongkol Singmanassuk W 12 Jesus Sarabia, Bangkok. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2000: Ring announcer Chuck Hull, 75, dies at his home in Las Vegas.

2003: Rafael Marquez KO 8 Tim Austin, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Bantamweight Title.

Victor Burgos KO 12 Alex Sanchez, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

Feb 16

Fight of the day x 2. A look at Livingstone Bramble.

Not a big fan of using woulda, shoulda, coulda but they all apply here even though he did pretty well for himself.

1985: Livingstone Bramble W 15 Ray Mancini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vxJjgR1HAs

1986: Livingstone Bramble vs Tyrone Crawley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uuZ1CS3LW0


1963: Flash Elorde W 15 Johnny Bizarro, Manila. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1970: Joe Frazier KO 5 Jimmy Ellis, NYC. Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title.

1973: Antonio Cervantes W 15 Josua Marquez, San Juan. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1974: Bruno Acari W Disq. 8 Tony Ortiz, Turin, Italy. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Ernesto Marcel W 15 Alexis Arguello, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title. Three months later Marcel would retire from boxing. Alexis would not lose another fight for almost 9 years.

1980: Tae Shik Kim KO 2 Luis Ibarra, Seoul. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1983: ST Gordon KO 8 Jesse Burnett, East Rutherford, NJ. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1985: Billy Costello W 12 Leroy Haley, Kingston, NY. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Livingstone Bramble W 15 Ray Mancini, Reno. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1986: Livingstone Bramble KO 11 Tyrone Crawley, Reno. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Ki Yung Chung KO 7 Tyrone Jackson, Ulsan, South Korea. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1992: Robert Quiroga W 12 Carlos Mercado, Salerno, Italy. Retains IBF Super flyweight Title.

2006: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Gilberto Keb Baas, Chainart, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2008: Kelly Pavlik W 12 Jermain Taylor, Las Vegas. Non-title fight

-Cristian Mijares W 12 Jose Navarro, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title. Referee: Russell Mora | judge: Chris Wilson 115-113 | judge: Adalaide Byrd 117-111 | judge: Doug Tucker 108-120.

Lol Doug Tucker should have immediately changed his name to Silly Fucker.

-Fernando Montiel KO 4 Martin Castillo, Las Vegas.

Feb 17

Fight of the day

2001:Erik Morales vs Guty Espadas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bf652lUJqU


1918: Harry Wills KO 5 Sam McVey, Panama City.

1922: Jack Britton D 15 Dave Shade, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1935: Freddie Miller KO 1 Jose Girones, Barcelona. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1941: Joe Louis KO 2 Gus Dorazio, Philadelphia. Retains world Heavyweight Title.

1966: World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali’s draft status is mysteriously reclassified from exempt (for failing an aptitude test) to 1A.

1976: Koichi Wajima KO 15 Jae Do Yuh, Tokyo. Regains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1991: Michael Carbajal KO 2 Macario Santos, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

-Phillip Holiday KO 10 John Lark, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1999: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Carlos Rios, Grand Rapids, MI. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2001: Andrew (Six Heads) Lewis KO 7 James Page, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.

-Takanori Hatakeyama D 12 Rick Roberts, Tokyo. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Erik Morales W 12 Guty Espadas, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

-Lehlo Ledwaba KO 9 Arnel Barotillo, Carnival City, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

Jan 18

Fight of the day

1995: Oscar De La Hoya W 12 John-John Molina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-svDSQiBJQ

1930: Jack (Kid) Berg KO 11 Mushy Callahan, London. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1936: Freddie Miller W 12 Johnny Pena, Seattle. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1961: Vicente Saldivar KO 1 Baby Palacios, Oaxaca, Mexico. Saldivar’s pro debut.

1969: Mando Ramos KO 11 Carlos Teo Cruz, Los Angeles. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1972: Mando Ramos W 15 Pedro Carrasco, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

1978: Sammy Serrano W 15 Mario Martinez, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1979: Sammy Serrano W 15 Julio Valdez, San Juan. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Simon Brown KO 3 Jorge Maysonet, Budapest. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

-Pernell Whitaker W 12 Greg Haugen, Hampton, VA. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

1995: Oscar De La Hoya W 12 John-John Molina, Las Vegas.

-Francisco Tejedor KO 7 Jose Luis Zepeda, Cartagena, Columbia. Wins vacant IBF Flyweight Title.

1996: Henry Maske W 12 Duran Williams, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title. 9th successful defense.

2005: Antonio Margarito KO 10 Sebastian Andres Lujan, Atlantic City. Ear Gate.

2006: Antonio Margarito KO 1 Manuel Gomez, Las Vegas.

-Brian Viloria W 12 Jose Antonio Aquirre, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

Feb 19

Fight of the day

2000: Eric Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZP5aiSQa4s

1909: Abe Attell ND 10 Jem Driscoll, NYC.

1924: Jack Delaney W 10 Tommy Loughran, Boston.

1934: Panama Al Brown W 15 Young Perez, Paris. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1937: Freddie Steele W 15 Babe Risko, NYC. Wins NBA & New York World Middleweight Title.

1938: Freddie Steele KO 7 Carmen Barth, Cleveland. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1945: Willie Pep W 15 Phil Terranova, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1963: Denny Moyer W 15 Stan Harrington, Honolulu. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1966: Ismael Laguna KO 8 Carlos Hernandez, Panama City. Non-title fight.

1978: Freddy Castillo KO 14 Luis Estaba, Caracas. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Sung Kil Moon KO 5 Chiaki Kobayashi, Taejon, South Korea. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1994: Rafael Ruelas W 12 Freddie Pendleton, Inglewood. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

-Humberto Gonzalez W 12 Michael Carbajal, Los Angeles. Wins IBF and keeps WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2000: Eric Morales W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title. I always thought Mab won this one and Eric won the next. The wrong man won the first 2 fights.

2005: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Howard Eastman, Los Angeles. Retains World Middleweight Title. Hopkins 20th Title defense.

-Jermain Taylor KO KO 3 Daniel Edouard, Los Angeles.

February 20

Fight of the day

1993: Azumah Nelson vs Gabriel Ruelas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of5f2kVUnB8

1909: Sam McVey W 20 Joe Jeanette, Paris.

1933: Battling Shaw W 10 Johnny Jadick, New Orleans. Wins world Super Lightweight Title.

1938: Sixto Escobar W 15 Harry Jeffra, San Juan. Regains World Bantamweight Title.

1948: Ezzard Charles KO 10 Sam Baroudi, Chicago. The next morning at 5:48 a.m. Baroudi, 20, was pronounced dead. Ezzard may have went on to win the title and defend it 9 times but he was never the same fighter.

1976: Muhammad Ali KO 5 Jean-Pierre Coopman, San Juan, P.R. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

-Alfredo Escalera KO 13 Jose Fernandez, Hato Rey, PR Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1983: Juan LaPorte W 12 Ruben Castillo, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1985: Sot Chitalada KO 5 Charlie Magri, London. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1988: Elly Pical W 15 Raul Diaz, Pontianak, Indonesia. Retains IBF Super flyweight Title.

1993: Virgil Hill KO 11 Adolpho Washington, Fargo, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Michael Nunn KO 1 Danny Morgan, Mexico City. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Chris Eubank W 12 Lindell Holmes, London.

- Terry Norris KO 2 Maurice Blocker, Mexico City. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 5 Greg Haugen, Mexico City. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title. 130,000 in attendance.

-Azumah Nelson W 12 Gabriel Ruelas, Mexico City. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1997: Gerry Penalosa W 12 Hiroshi Kawashima, Tokyo. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1999: Felix Trinidad W 12 Pernell Whitaker, NYC. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

-Terronn Millett KO 5 Vince Phillips, NYC. Wins IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Pichitnoi C. Siriwat W 12 Joma Gamboa, Sanui, Thailand. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

2010: Elio Rojas W 12 Guty Espadas Jr. Merida, Mexico. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Giovanni Segura KO 3 Walter Tello, Acapulco, Mexico. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

February 21

Fight of the day

2004: Joe Calzaghe KO 7 Mger Mkrtchian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vueFnuwtM4w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrk0AJjPyVs

1906: Abe Attell W 15 Jimmy Walsh, Chelsea, MA. Regains World Featherweight Title.

1908: Packey McFarland W 10 Freddie Welsh, Milwaukee.

1910: Ad Wolgast KO 40 Battling Nelson, Richmond, CA. Wins World Lightweight Title.

-Frankie Conley KO 42 Monte Attell, Vernon, CA. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1912: Johnny Kilbane W 20 Abe Attell, Vernon, CA. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1933: Young Corbett III W 10 Jackie Fields, San Francisco. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1937: Sixto Escobar W 15 Lou Salica, San Juan. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1941: Tony Zale KO 14 Steve Mamakos, Chicago. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1951: Archie Moore KO 9 Jimmy Bivins, NYC.

1957: Carmen Basilio KO 2 Johnny Saxton, Cleveland. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1960: Fighting Harada KO 4 Isami Masui, Tokyo. Harada’s pro debut.

1987: Carlos De Leon KO 4 Angelo Rottoli, Bergamo, Italy. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Bobby Czyz KO 2 Willie Edwards, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

1989: Dennis Andries KO 5 Tony Willis, Tuscon. Wins vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1998: Juan Carlos Gomez W 12 Marcelo Dominguez, Mar Del Plata, Argentina. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Nana Konadu KO 2 Abraham Torres, Mar Del Plata, Argentina. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Khalid Rahilou W 12 Jean Baptiste-Mendy, Paris. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

2002: Yoddamrong Sithyodthong W 12 Yober Ortega, Nakornratchasima, Thailand. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Wayne Braithwaite KO 4 Ravea Springs, Miami. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

2004: Joe Calzaghe KO 7 Mger Mkrtchian, Cardiff, Wales. Calzaghe improves to 37-0(30).

2009: Kelly Pavlik KO 9 Marco Antonio Rubio, Youngstown, OH. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Miguel Cotto KO 5 Michael Jennings, NYC.

February 22

Fight of the day

1992: Terry Norris vs Carl Daniels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyvZFMlqQ_w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-KWlN4DUNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNrL_sAsENQ

1912: Johnny Kilbane W 20 Abe Attell, Vernon, CA. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1981: Lupe Pintor W 15 Jose Uziga, Houston. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1984: Loris Stecca KO 12 Leonardo Cruz, Milan. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1986: Sot Chitalada W 12 Freddy Castillo, El Kuwait, Kuwait. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1987: Lloyd Honeyghan KO 2 Johnny Bumphus, Wembley. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Dodie Penalosa KO 5 Hi Sup Shin, Inchon, South Korea. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

1992: Terry Norris KO 9 Carl Daniels, San Diego. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-John-John Molina KO 4 Jackie Gunguluza, Sun City. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1997: Nate Miller KO 2 Alexander Gurov, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Arturo Gatti W 12 Tracy Patterson, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1998: Mark Johnson KO 1 Arthur Johnson, Washington, D.C. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2003: Erik Morales KO 3 Eddie Croft, Mexico City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Jorge Arce KO 1 Ernesto Castro, Mexico City. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

-Jose Antonio Aguirre KO 7 Juan Alfonso Keb, Mexico City. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2005: South Carolina-based promoter Robert Mitchell is sentenced to a 37-month prison term for his part in fixing a series of fights to build up the record of heavyweight Richie Melito.

February 23

Fight of the day

2002:Paulie Ayala vs Bones Adams 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK4uHXt2J1U

1900: Joe Walcott (The Barbados Demon) KO 7 Joe Choynski, NYC.

1906: Tommy Burns W 20 Marvin Hart, Los Angeles. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1923: Gene Tunney W 15 Harry Greb, NYC. Regains U.S. Light Heavyweight Title.

1928: Albert (Chalky) Wright W 4 Nilo Balles, San Bernardino. Wright’s pro debut.

1938: Joe Louis KO 3 Nathan Mann, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1963: Dick Tiger D 15 Gene Fullmer, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1969: Efren Torres KO 9 Chartchai Chionoi, Mexico City. Wins Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1980: Saoul Mamby KO 14 Sang Hyun Kim, Seoul. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1985: Michael Spinks KO 3 David Sears, Atlantic City. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1991: Gilbert Dele KO 7 Carlos Elliot, Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Greg Haugen W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Padilla should have been flogged for costing Macho Man the fight by deducting appoint for not touching gloves in the 12th and costing him his title.

-Pernell Whitaker W 12 Anthony Jones, Las Vegas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

2002: Jean-Marc Mormeck KO 8 Virgil Hill, Marseille, France. Wins WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Paulie Ayala W 12 Bones Adams, Las Vegas. Wins vacant World Super Bantamweight Title.

-Yosam Choi KO 10 Shingo Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2005: Robbie Peden KO 8 Nate Campbell, Melbourne, Australia. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2007: Robert Guerrero KO 9 Spend Abazi, Copenhagen, Denmark. Wins vacant IBF Featherweight Title.

2008: Wladimir Klitschko W 12 Sultan Ibragimov, NYC. Retains IBF/ wins WBO Heavyweight Title.

Feb 24

Fight of the day

2001: Roy Jones Jr. vs Derrick Harmon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSFbBxX3V0M



1945: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Jake LaMotta, NYC. Number 4 of 6.

1948: Willie Pep KO 10 Humberto Sierra, Miami. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1982: Carlos De Leon KO 8 Marvin Camel, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1983: Jiro Watanabe KO 8 Luis Ibanez, Tsu City, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1989: Roberto Duran W 12 Iran Barkley, Atlantic City. Wins WBC Middleweight Title.

1996:Terry Norris KO 8 Vincent Pettway, Richmond, VA. Retains WBC/IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Alimi Goitia KO 2 Hyung Chul Lee, Kwangyang, South Korea. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

-Saman Sorjaturong KO 4 Antonio Perez, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2001: Roy Jones Jr. KO 10 Derrick Harmon, Tampa, FL. Retains WBC/WBA/IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Derrick Gainer W 12 Victor Polo, Tampa, FL. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

Feb 25

Fight of the day. Busy day. Was going to include Benn vs Gm but thought it cruel and unusual punishment.

So what the hey..a double dose of Mr.Nelson

1986: Azumah Nelson W 12 Marcos Villasana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa5WnPp_3A8

1989: Azumah Nelson KO 12 Mario Martinez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHl3xbXm7u8


1928: Bushy Graham W 15 Corp. Izzy Schwartz, Brooklyn. Wins vacant New York World Bantamweight Title.

1946: Jersey Joe Walcott W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Cleveland.

-Manuel Ortiz KO 13 Luis Castillo, San Francisco. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1955: Sandy Saddler W 15 Teddy (Red Top) Davis, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1964: Cassius Clay KO 7 Sonny Liston, Miami Beach. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Clay changes his name the next day.

1976: Jeff Chandler D 4 Mike Dowling, Scranton, PA. Chandler’s pro debut.

1978: Carlos Zarate KO 8 Albert Davila, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1984: Michael Spinks W 12 Eddie Davis, Atlantic City. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title. (Close fight)

-Soon Chun Kwon Tech. Win 12 Roger Castillo, Seoul. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1986: Azumah Nelson W 12 Marcos Villasana, Inglewood. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1989: Mike Tyson KO 5 Frank Bruno, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

-Julian Jackson KO 8 Francisco DeJesus, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Azumah Nelson KO 12 Mario Martinez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Elly Pical W 12 Mike Phelps, Podium Block, Singapore. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1990: Virgil Hill W 12 David Vedder, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1991: Greg Richardson W 12 Raul Perez, Inglewood. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1992: Genaro Hernandez W 12 Omar Catari, Inglewood. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1995: Mike McCallum KO 7 Carl Jones, London. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Nigel Benn KO 10 Gerald McClellan, London. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title. GM would never fight again.

-Hyung Chul Lee KO 12 Tamonori Tamura, Pusan, South Korea. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

-Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 3 Jerry Pahayahay, Rangsit, Thailand. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

1997: Jose Bonilla KO 7 Hiroki Ioka, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA flyweight Title.

2006: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 10 Fernando Vargas, Las Vegas.

-Jhonny Gonzalez KO 8 Mark Johnson, Las Vegas.

Feb 26

Fight of the day

1994: Steve Little vs Michael Nunn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROsfITWaCg

Bonus track. 6 minutes Rocky Lockridge vs Uncle Roger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxcYHe4Xj4I


1903: Jack Johnson W 20 Sam McVey, Los Angeles.

-Young Corbett D 20 Eddie Hanlon, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1911: Johnny Coulon W 20 Frankie Conley, New Orleans. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

.1925: Jack Delaney KO 4 Tiger Flowers, NYC.

1926: Tiger Flowers W 15 Harry Greb, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1934: Marcel Thil W 15 Ignacio Ara, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1943: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Jake La Motta, Detroit. Number 3 of 6 which was fought 21 days after number 2.

1968: Lionel Rose W 15 Fighting Harada, Tokyo. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1984: Rocky Lockridge KO 1 Roger Mayweather, Beaumont, TX. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1993: Tom Johnson W 12 Manuel Medina, Melun, France. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

1994: Steve Little W 12 Michael Nunn, London. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Nigel Benn W 12 Henry Wharton, London. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Orlando Canizales KO 4 Gerardo Martinez, San Jose, CA. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

2000: Oscar De La Hoya KO 7 Derrell Coley, NYC.

-Arturo Gatti KO 2 Joey Gamache, NYC. The scam knockout of the year and maybe previous decade.

2005: Fabrice Tiozzo KO 6 Dariusz Michalczewski, Hamburg, Germany.

-Zsolt Erdei W 12 Hugo Hernan Garay, Hamburg, Germany.

-Wladimir Sidorenko W 12 Julio Zarate, Hamburg, Germany.

Feb 27

Fight of the day

1991: Welcome Ncita vs Baby Sugar Rojas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRUTF28LPoo


1902: Harry Forbes W 15 Tommy Feltz, St. Louis. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1903: Harry Forbes W 10 Andy Tokell, Detroit. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1929: Jack Sharkey W 10 Young Stribling, Miami.

1948: Ike Williams W 10 Kid Gavilan, NYC.

1949: Ezzard Charles W 15 Joey Maxim, Cincinnati.

1971: Vicente Rondon KO 6 Jimmy Dupree, Caracas. Wins vacant WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1975: Ishimatsu Suzuki W 15 Ken Buchanan, Tokyo. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1976: Alfoso Lopez KO 15 Erbito Salavarria, Quezon City. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1988: Bernardo Pinango W 12 Julio Gervacio, San Juan. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Welcome Ncita W 12 Baby Sugar Rojas, Saint Vincent, Italy. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Sung-Il Moon KO 1 Hilario Zapata, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Chatchai Dutchboy Gym W 12 Yong Jin Kim, Suwat Thani, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1999: Reggie Johnson W 12 Will Taylor, Miami. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Sven Ottke KO 3 Giovanni Nardiello, Berlin. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Stevie Johnston W 12 Cesar Bazan, Miami. Regains WBC Lightweight Title.

2006: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Jose Navarro, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2009: Tomas Adamek KO 8 Johnathon Banks, Newark, New Jersey. Retains World Cruiserweight Title.

2010: Rodel Mayol Tech. Draw 3 Omar Nino, Guadalajara, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

Feb 28

Fight of the day
1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Vonzell Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZtzBEg4gLY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrvDoJEmMWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36xBPxByjI8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5XR56yBvlk


1908: Abe Attell KO 7 Eddie Kelly, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1913: Pete Herman ND 6 Lew Tendler, Philadelphia.

1933: Freddie Miller W 10 Baby Arizmendi, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1938: Henry Armstrong KO 2 Charley Burns, Minneapolis. Armstrong’s 27th consecutive knockout victory.

1947: Gus Lesnevich KO 10 Billy Fox, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1949: Ezzard Charles W 15 Joey Maxim, Cincinnati.

1962: Cassius Clay KO 4 Don Warner, Miami Beach. Clay moves to 12-0 (9).

1964: Sugar Ramos KO 6 Mitsunori Seki, Bangkok. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1971: Shozo Saijyo W 15 Frankie Crawford, Utsonomiya, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1973: Jose Napoles KO 7 Ernie Lopez, Inglewood. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1974: Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Ricardo Arredondo, Tokyo. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1976: Elisha Obed KO 2 Tony Gardner, Nassau. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 11 Vonzell Johnson, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1987: Khaosai Galaxy KO 14 Elly Pical, Jakarta. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Muangchai Kittikasem KO 9 Sot Chitalada, Sumut Prakan, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1993: Al Cole W 12 Uriah Grant, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

1998: Stevie Johnston W 12 George Scott, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

2004: Markus Beyer W 12 Andre Thysse, Mehrzweckhalle, Dresden, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Miguel Cotto KO 4 Victoriano Sosa, Las Vegas. The highly touted Cotto improves to 19-0 (16).

-Erik Morales W 12 Jesus Chavez, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2008: Dimitri Kirilov D 12 Cecilio Santos, NYC. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2009: Juan Manuel Marquez KO 9 Juan Diaz, Houston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

-Chris John D 12 Rocky Juarez, Houston. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Roman Gonzalez W 12 Francisco Rosas, Oaxaca, Mexico. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

Feb 29

Fight of the day

1988: Daniel Zaragoza vs Carlos Zarate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLEhREk2mxI


1912: Georges Carpentier KO 2 Jim Sullivan, Monte Carlo.

1940: Tony Zale KO 4 Enzo Iannozzi, Youngstown, OH.

-Jackie Berg WF 6 Eddie Ryan, London.

1944: Jimmy Bivins W 10 Lee Q. Murray, Cleveland.

-Henry Armstrong KO 4 Jackie Byrd, Des Moines.

1988: Azumah Nelson W 12 Mario Martinez, Inglewood. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Daniel Zaragoza KO 10 Carlos Zarate, Inglewood. Wins vacant WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2008: Lucien Bute KO 10 William Joppy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Robert Guerrero KO 8 Jason Litzau, Lemoore, CA. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

Mar 1


Fight of the day

2008: Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skk_POC3EHQ


1916: Ted Lewis W 20 Harry Stone, New Orleans. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1923: Frankie Genaro W 15 Pancho Villa, NYC. Wins American Flyweight Title.

1929: Spider Pladner KO 1 Frankie Genaro, Paris. Retains British & California World Flyweight Title.

1930: Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Sammy Mandall, Chicago.

1933: Bob Godwin W 10 Joe Knight, West Palm Beach, FL. Wins vacant NBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1934: Primo Carnera W 15 Tommy Loughran, Miami. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Carnera was 86 pounds heavier then Tommy.

1936: Freddie Miller W 15 Petey Sarron, Coral Gables, FL. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1940: Ceferino Garcia Draw 10 Henry Armstrong, Los Angeles. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1949: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Dado Marino, Honolulu. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1966: Horacio Accavallo W 15 Katsuyoshi Takayama, Tokyo. Wins vacant WBA Flyweight Title.

1975: Bobby Chacon KO 2 Jesus Estrada, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1987: Myung Woo Yuh KO 1 Eduardo Tunon, Seoul. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1988: ChongPalPark KO 5 Polly Pasireron, Chonju, South Korea. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

1992: Azumah Nelson KO 8 Jeff Fenech, Melbourne. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1996: Luisito Espinosa KO 4 Alejandro Gonzalez, Guadalajara, Mexico. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Daniel Zaragoza KO 11 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1997: Hector Camacho KO 5 Sugar Ray Leonard (age 40)

-Stevie Johnston W 12 Jean-Baptiste Mendy, Paris. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

-Yokthai Sith-Oar W 12 Aquiles Guzman, Chachoensao Province, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2002: Eric Lucas W 12 Vinny Pazienza, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

2003: Roy Jones Jr. W 12 John Ruiz, Las Vegas, NV. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Jean-Marc Mormeck KO 8 Alexander Gurov, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Winky Wright W 12 J C Candelo, Las Vegas, NV. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

2008: Israel Vasquez W 12 Rafael Marquez, Carson, CA. Retains World Super Bantamweight Title.

-Yutaka Niida KO 6 Jose Varela, Tokyo. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

2013: Evgeny Gradovich W 12 Billy Dib, Mashantucket, Conn.

Mar 2

Fight of the day

1980: Hilmer Kenty vs Ernesto Espana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2H2inaAQyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg-a0MU9_7s


1896: Kid McCoy KO 15 Tommy Ryan, Maspeth, NY.

1915: Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Dundee, NYC.

1971: Bob Foster KO 4 Hal Carroll, Scranton. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1975: Roberto Duran KO 14 Ray Lampkin, Panama City. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1980: Hilmer Kenty KO 9 Ernesto Espana, Detroit. Wins WBA Lightweight Title. Kenty becomes the first fighter from The Kronk to win a professional world title.

1985: Aaron Pryor W 15 Gary Hinton, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

Quote:

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Pryor’s downward spiral into the world of crack cocaine is all too evident in this bout.

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1996: Tom Johnson KO 12 Ever Beleno, Newcastle, England. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

-Sugarboy Malinga W 12 Nigel Benn, Newcastle, England. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

2001: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 1 Malcolm Tunacao, Pichit, Thailand. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

2013: Richard Abril W 12 Sharif Bogere, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Lightweight Title.

Mar 3

Fight of the day x2

1970: Ismael Laguna vs Mando Ramos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZKR1T9Dy08

2000: Felix Trinidad vs David Reid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T0g1Uzb73k


1908: Sam Langford D 12 Joe Jeanette, Boston.

1941: Jake LaMotta W 4 Charley Mackley, NYC. LaMotta’s pro debut.

1944: Bob Montgomery W 15 Beau Jack, NYC. Regains New York World Lightweight Title.

1953: Former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries, 77, dies.

1970: Ismael Laguna KO 10 Mando Ramos, Los Angeles. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1971: Hiroshi Kobayashi W 15 Ricardo Arredondo, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1990: Mark Breland KO 3 Lloyd Honeyghan, London. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1996: Gregorio Benitez, 67, the father of 3-division champion Wilfred Benitez, dies in Puerto Rico.

1998:

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Former World Lightweight, Super Lightweight, Welterweight, and Super Welterweight Champion Pernell Whitaker, 34, announces he has entered a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Thus canceling his scheduled fight with reigning WBA Welterweight Champion Ike Quartey.

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1999: Juan Carlos Gomez W 12 Marcelo Dominguez, Lubeck, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
2000: Felix Trinidad W 12 David Reid, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Paul Spadafora W 12 Victoriano Sosa, Verona, NY. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

2001: John Ruiz W 12 Evander Holyfield, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Byron Mitchell KO 12 Manuel Siaca, Las Vegas. Regains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Tim Austin KO 6 Jesus Perez, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

-Rosendo Alvarez W 12 Bebis Mendoza, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

2006: Vic Darchinyan KO 8 Diosdado Gabi, Santa Ynez, CA. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2007: Alejandro Berrio KO 3 Robert Stieglitz, Rostock, Germany. Wins vacant IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Miguel Cotto KO 11 Oktay Urkal, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

-Chris John W 12 Jose Rojas, Jakarta, Indonesia. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Rafael Marquez KO 7 Israel Vasquez, Carson, CA. Wins World Super Bantamweight Title.

-Vic Darchinyan KO 12 Victor Burgos, Carson, CA. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2012: Wladimir Klitschko KO 4 Jean Marc Mormeck, Düsseldorf, Germany. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

Mar 4

Fight of the day x2


1961: Gene Fullmer vs Sugar Ray Robinson,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX62G2aaxuc

2006: Joe Calzaghe vs Jeff Lacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osIXG7OQyzY



1883: Sam Langford born Samuel E. Langford.

1901: Tommy Ryan KO 17 Tommy West, Louisville. Retains World Middleweight Title.

Quote:

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In round nine, the combatants fell into a clinch and remained locked. A police captain rushed into the ring and separated them. Most, in the crowd, thought he was stopping the fight. Instead, he intervened because he thought West was choking the champion.

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1918: Harry Greb ND 12 Jack Dillon, Toledo, OH.

1939: Henry Armstrong KO 4 Bobby Pacho, Havana. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1940: Georgie Pace D 15 Lou Salica, Toronto. For vacant World Bantamweight Title.

1946: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Sammy Angott, Pittsburgh.

1961: Gene Fullmer W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, Las Vegas. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

Quote:

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Fighting in a 17-foot ring, the 39-year old Robinson managed to close and bruise Fullmers’s left eye, but never threatened to win, losing by scores of 70-66, 70-64, and 70-67.

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1968:Joe Frazier KO 11 Buster Mathis, NYC. Wins vacant New York World Heavyweight Title.

-Nino Benvenuti W 15 Emile Griffith, NYC. Regains World Middleweight Title.

1972: Carlos Monzon KO 5 Dennis Moyer, Rome. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Masao Ohba W 15 Susumu Hanagata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1978: Pipino Cuevas KO 10 Harold Weston Jr., Los Angeles. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1979: Maurice Hope KO 9 Rocky Mattioli, San Remo. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1983: Santos Laciar KO 9 Ramon Nery, Cordoba, Argentina. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1984: Min Keun Oh KO 2 Joko Arter, Seoul. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.

1987: Terry Marsh KO 10 Joe Manley, Basildon, England. Wins IBF Super Middleweight Title.

1989: Virgil Hill W 12 Bobby Czyz, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1994: Orlin Norris W 12 Arthur Williams, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Gerald McClellan KO 1 Gilbert Baptist, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Vasquez KO 2 Armand Picar, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Gianfranco Rosi Tech Draw 6 Vincent Pettway, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1995: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Julio Cesar Vasquez, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Ike Quartey KO 4 Jung-OhPark, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

The World Boxing Association strips George Foreman of his heavyweight title for refusing to defend against overused and undeserving mandatory challenger Tony Tucker. LOL

1997: Lonnie Bradley D 12 Otis Grant, Las Vegas.

2000: Clarence (Bones) Adams W 12 Nestor Garza, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title. Pretty big upset.

-Paulie Ayala W 12 Johnny Bredahl, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Noel Arambulet W 12 Jose Garcia, Falcon, Venezuela. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

2005: Clinton Woods KO 5 Rico Hoye, Rotherham, England. Wins vacant IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

2006: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Jeff Lacy, Manchester, England. Wins universal recognition as the World’s Super Middleweight Champion.

-Arthur Abraham W 12 Shannon Taylor, Oldenburg, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Miguel Cotto KO 8 Gianluca Branco, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

-Chris John W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Borneo Island, Indonesia. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Yutaka Niida W 12 Ronald Barrera, Tokyo. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

Mar 5


Fight of the day

1965: Ernest Terrell vs Eddie Machen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om8fCoXb6Bs


1913: Frank Klaus W disq. 15 Billy Papke, Paris. Wins vacant World Middleweight Title.

1934: Barney Ross D 10 Frankie Klick, San Francisco. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1943: Beau Jack W 12 Fritzie Zivic, NYC.

1948: Gus Lesnevich KO 1 Billy Fox, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1951: Ike Williams W 10 Beau Jack, Providence.

1954: Paddy De Marco W 15 Jimmy Carter, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1965: Ernest Terrell W 15 Eddie Machen, Chicago. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title.

1977: John Conteh KO 3 Len Hutchins, Liverpool. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Eddie Gazo W 15 Miguel Castellini, Managua. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1988: Sumbu Kalambay W 12 Mike McCallum, Pesaro, Italy. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

1989: Tony Lopez W 12 Rocky Lockridge, Sacramento. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1994: James Toney KO 4 Tim Littles, Los Angeles. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Oscar De La Hoya KO 10 Jimmi Bredahl, Los Angeles.

2005: Jeff Lacy KO 7 Rubin Williams, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Jose Luis Castillo KO 10 Julio Diaz, Las Vegas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

2011: Zab Judah KO 7 Kaizer Mabuza, Newark, NJ. Regains (vacant) IBF Super Lightweight Title.

Mar 6

Fight of the day X2

1976: Wilfred Benitez vs Antonio Cervantes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNttFqKTnXo

1993: Pernell Whitaker vs James McGirt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go1TB50Rmq4


1916: Freddie Welsh ND 10 Ad Wolgast, Milwaukee.

1950: Carmen Basilio W 10 Lew Jenkins, Syracuse, NY.

1953: Billy Graham W 12 Joey Giardello, NYC.

1971: Bruno Acari W 15 Joao Henrique, Rome. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1973: Ricardo Arredondo W 15 Apollo Yoshio, Fukuoka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1976: Wilfred Benitez W 15 Antonio Cervantes, San Juan. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

-David Kotey KO 12 Yasutsune Uehara, Accra, Ghana. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1985: Mike Tyson KO 1 Hector Mercedes, Albany, NY. Tyson’s pro debut.

-Khaosai Galaxy KO 7 Dong Chun Lee, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Antonio Esparragoza KO 12 Steve Cruz, Ft. Worth, TX. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1993: Anaclet Wamba W 12 David Webber, Paris. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Pernell Whitaker W 12 James McGirt, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title. Whitaker wins his third world title. Just an incredible display.

1999: Lou Savarese W 10 Lance Whitaker, Atlantic City.

-David Reid W 12 Laurent Boudouani, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Will Grigsby W 12 Carmelo Caceres, Minneapolis. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2010: Devon Alexander KO 8 Juan Urango, Uncasville, Connecticut. Unifies WBC/IBF Super Lightweight Titles.

-Vic Darchinyan W 12 Rodrigo Guerrero, Rancho Mirage, CA. Retains WBA/WBC Super Flyweight Title.

Mar 7

Fight of the day

1987: Thomas Hearns vs Dennis Andries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO4H4xrdsdo


1913: Jack BrittonND 10 Packey McFarland, NYC.

1916: Sam Langford ND 10 Harry Wills

1951: Ezzard Charles W 15 Jersey Joe Walcott, Detroit. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1982: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 1 William Lee, Atlantic City. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1987: Mike Tyson W 12 James Smith, Las Vegas. Retains WBC & wins the WBA Heavyweight Title

-Thomas Hearns KO 10 Dennis Andries, Detroit. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title. Hearns’ 3rd world title.

-Azumah Nelson KO 6 Mauro Gutierrez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1988: Jeff Fenech KO 10 Victor Callejas, Sydney. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title. Fenech’s third world title in as many divisions.

1991: Lindell Holmes W 12 Antoine Byrd, Madrid. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

1995: Julian Jackson KO 2 Agostino Cardamone, Worcester, MA. Regains WBC Middleweight Title.

1998: Julio Cesar Chavez D 12 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Mexico City. For the vacant WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Ricardo Lopez Tech. Draw 7 Rosendo Alvarez, Mexico City. Retains WBC Strawweight Title. Alvarez retains his WBA Strawweight Title.

Antonio Esparragoza was a very good fighter and nobody remembers him any more.

Mar 8

Fight of the day.

1969: Lionel Rose vs Alan Rudkin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZvdUNa7Y7c


1944: Juan Zurita W 15 Sammy Angott, Hollywood. Wins NBA Lightweight Title.

1969: Lionel Rose W 15 Alan Rudkin, Melbourne. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1971: Joe Frazier W 15 Muhammad Ali, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Referee: Arthur Mercante 8-6-1, judge: Artie Aidala 9-6, judge: Bill Recht 11-4.

1981: Cornelius Boza-Edwards W 15 Rafael Limon, Stockton, CA. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Pedro Flores KO 12 Yoko Gushiken, Gushikawa, Japan. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title ending a 5 year run for Yoko along with 13 title defenses.

1991: Bobby Czyz W 12 Robert Daniels, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1997: Danny Romero KO 6 Jaji Sibali, Albuquerque. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

-Johnny Tapia KO 3 Jorge Barrera, Albuquerque.

1998: Saman Sorjaturong KO 4 Shiro Yahrio, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2002: Alexander Munoz KO 8 Celes Kobayashi, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2003: Corrie Sanders KO 2 Wladimir Klitschko, Hannover, Germany. Upset of the year.

2008: Samuel Peter KO 6 Oleg Maskaev, Cancun, Mexico. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.

-David Haye KO 2 Enzo Maccarinelli, London. Retains World Cruiserweight Title.

-Nate Campbell W 12 Juan Diaz, Cancun, Mexico. Wins IBF/WBA Lightweight Title.

-Daisuke Naito D 12 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

Mar 9

Fight of the day

1989: Raul Perez vs Lucio Lopez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbD5xrN04Mo


1900:Terry McGovern KO 3 Oscar Gardner, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1955: Raul Macias KO 11 Chamrern Songkitratn, San Francisco. Wins vacant NBA Bantamweight Title.

1979: Wilfredo Gomez KO 5 Nestor Jimenez, NYC. Retains WBC Super bantamweight Title.

1984: Tim Witherspoon W 12 Greg Page, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBC Heavyweight Title. Having trouble sleeping? Watch this fight.

-Carlos De Leon W 12 Anthony Davis, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1985: Milton McCrory W 12 Pedro Vilella, Paris. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1986: Donald Curry KO 2 Eduardo Rodriguez, Ft. Worth, TX. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Myung Woo Yuh W 15 Jose DeJesus, Suwon, South Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1987: George Foreman KO 4 Steve Zouski, Sacramento. First fight since getting beat up by Jimmy Young 10 years earlier.

1989: Raul Perez W 12 Lucio Lopez, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2001: Dale Crowe KO 10 Greg Page, Erlanger, Kentucky.

2002: Paul Spadafora W 12 Angel Manfredy, Pittsburgh, PA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

2013: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Tavoris Cloud, Brooklyn, NY. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Argenis Mendez KO 4 Juan Carlos Salgado, Costa Mesa, CA. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

Mar 10

Fight of the day.

1986: Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs John Mugabi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttRrZZAwAZ0


1888: John L. Sullivan D 39 Charley Mitchell, Chantilly, France. Retains Bareknuckle World Heavyweight Title. Fought on the estate of Baron Rothschild.

1933: Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Adolf Heuser, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 11 Lou Salica, Oakland. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1947: Ezzard Charles KO 4 Jimmy Bivins, Cleveland.

1969: Former World Flyweight Champion Jimmy Wilde dies.

1972: Alfonzo Frazer W 15 Nicolino Locche, Panama City. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1979: Danny Lopez KO 2 Roberto Castanon, Salt Lake City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Carlos Zarate KO 3 Mensah Kpalongo, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1986: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 11 John Mugabi, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title. Hagler’s 12th-successful title defense.

-Thomas Hearns KO 1 James Shuler.

-Gaby Canizales KO 7 Richard Sandoval, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title. Sandovals heart stops for 90 seconds. He never scraps again.

1989: Fabrice Benichou W 12 Jose Sanabria, Limoges, France. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: Welcome Ncita W 12 Fabrice Benichou, Tel Aviv. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2001: Shane Mosley KO 5 Shannon Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

2007: Wladimir Klitschko KO 2 Ray Austin, Manneheim, Germany. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

-Souleymane M’Baye D 12 Andreas Kotelnik, Liverpool, England. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

2012: Orlando Salido KO 10 Juan Manuel Lopez, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Mar 11

Fight of the day. Awesome fight

1989: Evander Holyfield vs Michael Dokes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UUjewzxfZM



1903: Joe Gans KO 11 Steve Crosby, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1917: Jimmy Wilde KO 4 George Clark, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1947: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Harold Dade, Los Angeles. Regains World Bantamweight Title.

1975: John Conteh KO 5 Lonnie Bennett, London. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1977: Eddie Gregory W 10 Matthew Franklin, Philadelphia.

1978: Rocky Mattioli KO 7 Elisha Obed, Melbourne. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1984: Mark Medal KO 5 Earl Hargrove, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1988: Graciano Rocchigiani KO 8 Vincent Boulware, Dusseldorf. Wins vacant Super Middleweight Title.

1989: Evander Holyfield KO 10 Michael Dokes, Las Vegas.

1995: Riddick Bowe KO 6 Herbie Hide, Las Vegas.

-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 2 Roberto Dominguez, Colonge, Germany.

-Hector Acero-Sanchez W 12 Julio Gervacio, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2000: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 2 Mohamed Siluvangi, Hansehalle, Luebeck, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Sven Ottke W 12 Lloyd Bryan, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Naseem Hamed KO 4 Vuyani Bungu, London. Retains World Featherweight Title.

-Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Adan Vargas, Sa Kaew, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2001: Celes Kobayashi KO 10 Leo Gamez, Tokyo, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2005: Eric Ortiz KO 7 Jose Antonio Aguirre, Mexico City. Wins vacant Junior Flyweight Title.

2006: Felix Sturm W 12 Maselino Masoe, Hamburg, Germany.

-Wladimir Sidorenko Draw 12 Ricardo Cordoba, Hamburg, Germany. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

Holyfield v Dokes was a quality fight and brutal finish.