This day in boxing. A look back.

Apr 9

Fight of the day

1988: Evander Holyfield vs Carlos DeLeon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwGMsgPdMI0


1928: Corp. Izzy Schwartz W 15 Routier Parra, NYC. Retains New York World Flyweight Title.

1955: Ike Williams D 10 Beau Jack, Augusta, GA.

1981: Samuel Serrano W 15 Yasutsune Uehara, Wakayama, Japan. Regains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1988: Evander Holyfield KO 8 Carlos DeLeon, Las Vegas. Unifies World Cruiserweight Title.

1992: Gianfranco Rosi KO 6 Angel Hernandez, Celano, Italy. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1994: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Santos Cardona, Norfolk, VA. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Tracy Harris Patterson W 12 Richard Duran, Reno. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2005: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 2 Mzonke Fana, El Paso, TX. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title

Apr 10

Fight of the day

1965: Ismael Laguna vs Carlos Ortiz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rfF3-aodvw



1931: Jack (Kid) Berg W 10 Billy Wallace, Detroit. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1964: Willie Pastrano KO 6 Gregorio Peralta, New Orleans. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1965: Ismael Laguna W 15 Carlos Ortiz, Panama City. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1992: Julian Jackson KO 5 Ron Collins, México City. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Akinobu Hiranaka KO 1 Edwin Rosario, México City. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 5 Angel Hernandez, México City. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Thalerngsak Sithbaobay, Tokyo. Wins vacant WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1999: Naseem Hamed KO 11 Paul Ingle, Manchester, England.

2004: Lamon Brewster KO 5 Wladimir Klitschko, Las Vegas.

-Cory Spinks W 12 Zab Judah, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Lakva Sim KO 5 Miguel Callist, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

-In Jin Chi KO 7 Michael Brodie, Manchester, England. Wins vacant Featherweight Title.

-Daniel Reyes KO 3 Roberto Leyva, Cartagena, Columbia. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2010: Andre Berto KO 8 Carlos Quintana, Sunrise, Florida. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

After he beat Chandler (April 7), Richie Sandoval was a hero in Pomona. There was a vacant shop in the Indian Hill Mall and he sat there for hours every day signing autographs.

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Originally Posted by greynotsoold

After he beat Chandler (April 7), Richie Sandoval was a hero in Pomona. There was a vacant shop in the Indian Hill Mall and he sat there for hours every day signing autographs.

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Chandlers last fight. Tough life Richie had and a tough ending to his career. I've seen reports of him losing between 8 and 15 pounds in 3 days for that final fight that almost killed him. A pound a day that close to a fight would be tough let alone those kinds of numbers.

Apr 11


Fight of the day. I think Stewart won this fight.

1992: George Foreman vs Alex Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c057IdmFiSk


1902: Joe Walcott ND 6 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Philadelphia.

1912: Sam Langford W 20 Sam McVey, Sydney.

1913: Sid Smith W 20 Eugene Criqui, Paris. Wins vacant World Flyweight Title.

1949: Archie Moore KO 8 Jimmy Bivins, Toledo, OH.

1964: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Kenny Lane, San Juan. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1974: Ishimatsu Suzuki KO 9 Rodolfo Gonzalez, Tokyo. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

1981: Larry Holmes W 15 Trevor Berbick, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

1982: Michael Spinks KO 8 Murray Sutherland, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1988: Greg Haugen Tech. Dec. 11 Miguel Santana, Tacoma, Washington. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1991: Marcos Villasana KO 6 Rafael Zuniga, Mexico City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1992: George Foreman W 10 Alex Stewart, Las Vegas.

-James Toney W 12 Glenn Wolfe, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight

Apr 12

Fight of the day: Wrong guy won imo

1997:Oscar De La Hoya vs Pernell Whitaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgmGRrc5noo


1902: Sam McVey KO 6 George Sullivan, Oxnard, CA. McVey’s pro debut.

1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Ruben Castillo, Tucson. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1981: Joe Louis dies at 66.

-Sean O’Grady W 15 Hilmer Kenty, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Lightweight

1989: Sugar Ray Robinson dies at 67

1996: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Wilfredo Rivera, St. Maarten. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

-Ike Quartey KO 3 Vince Phillips, St. Maarten. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1997: Raul Marquez KO 9 Anthony Stephens, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Pernell Whitaker, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

2003: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 4 Kevin Kelly, Las Vegas. Retains World Featherweight Title.

-Derrick Gainer W 12 Oscar Leon, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2008: Antonio Tarver W 12 Clinton Woods, Tampa, FL. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Chad Dawson W 12 Glen Johnson, Tampa. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Antonio Margarito KO 6 Kermit Cintron, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Welterweight Title.

-Miguel Cotto KO 5 Alfonso Gomez, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

-Cassius Baloyi W 12 Mzonke Fana, Mafikeng, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

Apr 13

Fight of the day

2002: Michele Piccirillo vs Cory Spinks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJr3jpScwqI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZtR9hON22U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV_gjXH-YPQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YMBws4DGw


1914: Jeff Smith KO 16 Pat Bradley, Sydney. Retains Australian World Middleweight Title.

1915: Joe Jeanette W 12 Sam Langford, Boston.

1955: Carl Bobo Olson W 10 Joey Maxim, San Francisco.

1980: Chan Hee Park W 15 Alberto Morales, Taegu, South Korea. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1997: Saman Sorjaturong KO 7 Julio Coronell, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2002: Michele Piccirillo W 12 Cory Spinks, Campione D’Italia, Italy. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.

-Yodsanan Nanthachai W 12 Lakva Sim, Nakornratchasima, Thailand. Wins vacant WBA Super Featherweight Title.

Apr 14

Fight of the day

1990: Mike McCallum vs Michael Watson, London.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsWejLCe-HU


1914: Jack Dillon W 12 Battling Levinsky, Butte, MT. Wins vacant World Light Heavyweight Title.

1918: Harry Wills KO 6 Sam Langford, Panama City.

1926: James J. Braddock ND 4 Al Settle, West Hoboken, NJ. Braddock’s pro debut.

1941: Izzy Janazzo W 15 Jimmy Leto, Baltimore. Retains Maryland World Welterweight Title.

1979: Victor Galindez KO 10 Mike Rossman, New Orleans. Regains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Samuel Serrano KO 8 Nkosana Mgxaji, Cape Town, South Africa. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1980: Rafael Orono W 15 Ramon Soria, Caracas. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1990: Mike McCallum KO 11 Michael Watson, London. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Michael Nunn W 12 Marlon Starling, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Gianfranco Rosi KO 7 Kevin Daigle, Monte Carlo. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1997: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2000: Guty Espadas Tech Dec. 11 Luisito Espinosa, Merida, MX. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.

2001: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Keith Holmes, NYC. Unifies IBF/WBC Middleweight Title.

2007: Ruslan Chagaev W 12 Nicolay Valuev, Stuttgart, Germany. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Manny Pacquiao KO 8 Jorge Solis, San Antonio, TX.

-Cristian Mijares W 12 Jorge Arce, San Antonio, TX. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

-Edgar Sosa W 12 Brian Viloria, San Antonio, TX. Wins vacant WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

Apr 15

Fight of the day

1984:Harry Arroyo vs Charlie Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQay0QQVcm0


1959: Sonny Liston KO 3 Cleveland Williams, Miami Beach.

1973: Rafael Herrera KO 12 Rodolfo Martinez, Monterrey. Wins vacant WBC Bantamweight Title.

1978: Eusbio Pedroza KO 13 Cecilio Lastra, Panama City. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1980: Rocky Juarez born. U.S Silver Medalist at the 2000 Games in Sydney.

1984: Milton McCrory KO 6 Gilles Elbilia, Detroit. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

-Harry Arroyo KO 14 Charlie (Choo Choo) Brown, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

1985: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 3 Thomas Hearns, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1989: Fidel Bassa KO 6 Julio Gudino, Barranquilla. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1996: Orzubek Nazarov KO 4 Adrianus Taroreh, Tokyo. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Vuyani Bungu KO 2 Pablo Osuna, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2000: Fernando Vargas W 12 Ike Quartey, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

I learnt about Harry Arroyo through ESPN and his fight with Terrance Ali was a classic.

Apr 16

Fight of the day

1994: Kennedy McKinney vs Welcome Ncita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMeuy2Sqw8U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCW1fiSKiys&index=2&list=PL82EEC7ED50F9EA8 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cloJSBgU3wU


1951: Gil Turner W 10 Beau Jack, Philadelphia.

1952: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 3 Rocky Graziano, Chicago. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1960: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Pascual Perez, Bangkok. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1968: Curtis Cokes KO 5 Willie Ludick, Dallas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1988: Marlon Starling D 12 Mark Breland, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 6 Rodolfo Aguilar, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1994: Kennedy McKinney W 12 Welcome Ncita, South Padre Island, TX. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2001: Chana Porpaoin W 12 Keitaro Hoshino, Yokohama, Japan. Regains WBA Strawweight Title.

2005: Hozumi Hasegawa W 12 Veerapol Sahaprom, Tokyo. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Yutaka Niida W 12 Jae Won Kim, Tokyo. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

Apr 17

Fight of the day

2010:Sergio Martinez vs Kelly Pavlik.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm-aPrEgtJM


1900: Matty Matthews KO 19 Mysterious Billy Smith, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1909: Joe Jeanette KO 50 Sam McVey, Paris. Between 34 and 38 kds in this marathon. This was the fight of the century not the one sided Thrilla in Manilla.

1913: Jack Dillon ND 10 Battling Levinsky, Rochester, NY.

1914: Willie Ritchie W 20 Tommy Murphy, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1917: Battling Nelson ND 12 Freddie Welsh, St. Louis.

1967: Nino Benvenuti W 15 Emile Griffith, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1979: Jim Watt KO 12 Alfredo Pitalua, Glascow, Scotland. Wins vacant WBC Lightweight Title.

1980: Ayub Kalule KO 12 Emiliano Villa, Copenhagen. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1999: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 9 John Brown, Indio, CA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Angel Manfredy W 10 Ivan Robinson, Indio, CA.

2004: Chris Byrd Draw 12 Andrew Golota, NYC. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

-John Ruiz KO 11 Fres Oquendo, NYC. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Wayne Braithwaite W 12 Louis Azille, NYC. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Vivian Harris W 12 Oktay Urkal, Berlin, Germany.

2010: Lucian Bute KO 3 Edison Miranda, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Sergio Martinez W 12 Kelly Pavlik, Atlantic City. Wins World Middleweight Title.

That Sergio Martinez was quality and I think he could have beaten GGG.

Apr 18

Fight of the day.

1998: Carl Thompson vs Chris Eubank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6xYrMnV7hw


1908: Tommy Burns KO 5 Jewey Smith, Paris. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1929: Frankie Genaro W disq. 5 Spider Pladner, Paris. Regains NBA Flyweight Title.

1945: Ike Williams KO 2 Juan Zurita, Mexico City. Wins NBA Lightweight Title.

1947: Joe Brown W 10 Jimmy Carter, New Orleans.

The greatest lightweight ever IMO Benny Leonard, 51, dies from a heart attack while reffing a fight in NYC

1950: Sandy Sandler KO 9 Lauro Salas, Cleveland. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1961: Joe (Old Bones) Brown W 15 Dave Charnley, London. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1964: Eddie Perkins W 15 Dave Charnley, London. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1969: Jose Napoles KO 14 Curtis Cokes, Inglewood. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1970: Ruben Olivares W 15 Chucho Castillo, Inglewood. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1978: Miguel Canto W 15 Shoji Oguma, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1987: Lloyd Honeyghan W 12 Maurice Blocker, London. Retains WBC/IBF Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Tomas DaCruz, Nimes, France. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1992: Welcome Ncita W 12 Jesus Salud, Trevilo, Italy. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1994: Zack Padilla KO 6 Harold Miller, Rotterdam, Holland.

1997: Ike Quartey KO 5 Ralph (Tiger) Jones, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

-Junior Jones W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera, Las Vegas.

1998: Carl Thompson W 12 Chris Eubank, Manchester, England. Hell of a fight and Chris looked excellent after jumping 2 divs north.

-Prince Naseem Hamed KO 7 Wilfredo Vasquez, Manchester.

Apr 19

Fight of the day

2003: Floyd Mayweather vs Victoriano Sosa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-ag-X2px8o


1920: Harry Wills W 15 Sam Langford, Denver.

1973: Koichi Wajima W 15 Ryu Sorimachi, Osaka. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1975: Perico Fernandez KO 9 Joao Henrique, Barcelona. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1985: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 6 Ruben Castillo, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Juan (Kid) Meza KO 6 Mike Ayala, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1986: Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title. Awful decision!

-Leroy Murphy KO 9 Dorcey Gaymon, San Remo, Italy. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

1987: Mike McCallum KO 10 Milton McCrory, Phoenix. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1991: Evander Holyfield W 12 George Foreman, Atlantic City. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1997: Frankie Liles KO 5 Segundo Mercado, Shreveport, LA. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Bernard Hopkins KO 7 John David Jackson, Shreveport. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

2002: Johnny Bredahl KO 9 Eidy Moya, Copenhagen, Denmark. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 1 Daisuke Naito, Khonkaen, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2003: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Victoriano Sosa, Fresno, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

2008: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Bernard Hopkins, Las Vegas. Wins World Light Heavyweight

-Adrian Diaconu W 12 Chris Henry, Bucharest, Romania.

Apr 20

Fight of the day

2002: Floyd Mayweather vs Jose Luis Castillo 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJv2q_5vmQI


1903: Joe Walcott D 10 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Boston.

1960: Gene Fullmer D 15 Joey Giardello, Bozeman, Montana. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1983: Roger Mayweather KO 8 Jorge Alvarado, San Jose, CA. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1991: Prince Charles Williams KO 2 James Kinchen, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

1996: Virgil Hill W 12 Lou Del Valle, Grand Forks, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title. Mr Hill was very lucky to have won that fight.

2002: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Jose Luis Castillo, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title. One can most certainly make the case that Floyd lost.

2007: Mzonke Fana W 12 Malcolm Klassen, Khayelitsha, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

Apr 21

Fight of the day

1984: Donald Curry vs Elio Diaz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Kuq849-Qs


1920: Johnny Kilbane KO 7 Alvie Miller, Lorain, OH. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1944: Charley Burley W 10 Archie Moore, Hollywood.

1962: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Joe (Old Bones) Brown, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1963: Ingemar Johansson W 12 Brian London, Stockholm.

1976: Alfonso Lopez W 15 Shoji Oguma, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1984: Donald Curry KO 8 Elio Diaz, Ft. Worth, TX. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1990: Robert Quiroga W 12 Juan Polo Perez, Sunderland, England. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1991: Luis Mendoza W 12 Carlos Uribe, Cartegena. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2001: Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis, Johannesburg, South, Africa. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

-Lehlo Ledwaba W 12 Carlos Contreras, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

Apr 22

Fight of the day x 2

1978: Carlos Zarate vs Andres Hernandez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwLsPFXuRnQ

1979: Matthew Franklin vs Marvin Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z94t81BkK0c


1903: Jack Root W 10 Charles (Kid) McCoy, Detroit. Wins newly created World Light Heavyweight Title.

1904: Jack Johnson KO 20 Sam McVey, San Francisco.

1907: Owen Moran W 20 Al Delmont, London. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title.

1961: Paul Pender W 15 Carmen Basilio, Boston. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1969:Joe Frazier KO 1 Dave Zyglewicz, Houston. Retains New York World Heavyweight Title.

1972: Ricardo Arredondo KO 5 William Martinez, Mexico City. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1978: Hugo Corro W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, San Remo. Wins World Middleweight Title.

-Carlos Zarate KO 13 Andres Hernandez, San Juan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1979: Matthew Franklin KO 8 Marvin Johnson, Indianapolis. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight championship. Soon after Matthew would change his name to Matthew Saad Muhammad.

1989: Mark Breland KO 5 Rafael Pineda, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1991: Former World Super Lightweight Champion Jack (Kid) Berg, 81, dies.

1992: Reggie Johnson W 12 Steve Collins, East Rutherford, NJ. Wins vacant WBA Middleweight Title.

1994: Michael Moorer W 12 Evander Holyfield, Las Vegas. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

-John John Molina W 12 Gregorio Vargas, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

-John Michael Johnson KO 11 Junior Jones, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1995: George Foreman W 12 Axel Schulz, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Total robbery.

-Danny Romero W 12 Francisco Tejedor, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Flyweight Title. Romero is the first American to win a Flyweight world title in 60-years.

2006: Wladimir Klitschko KO 7 Chris Byrd, Mannheim, Germany. Wins IBF Heavyweight Title.

That Fullmer vs Giardello fight was fought with very little respect for the rules.
Seeing John Michael Johnson beat Junior Jones was a great moment.

Apr 23

Fight of the day

1988: Simon Brown vs Tyrone Trice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaQWYeYqarY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgibEJVJ9yk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou7rFN1Uj5A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeUeKTRK4Jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ck4t-zSIls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3sCDtI2Sko

1907: Mike (Twin) Sullivan W 20 Honey Mellody, Los Angeles. Wins California World Welterweight Title.

1977: Carlos Zarate KO 4 Alfonso Zamora, Inglewood. A non-title fight between the WBC Zarate and WBA Zamora Bantamweight Champions. Shame. Zarate improves his record to 41-0 (40). Man that guy could punch.

1978: Danny (Little Red) Lopez KO 6 Jose DePaula, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1988: Simon Brown KO 14 Tyrone Trice, Berk-Ser-Mer, France. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.

1990: Paul Banke KO 9 Daniel Zaragoza, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Michael Nunn KO 6 Crawford Ashley, Memphis. Retains WBA Super middleweight Title.

2000: Hideki Todaka KO 11 Yokthai Sithoar, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

Apr 25


Fight of the day

1966: Emile Griffith vs Dick Tiger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImtLe0nkqBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBwHNZ6gpu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjyPVwQkTrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WUhJdaF-lQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPp6foCUs5A


1916: Jack Dillon W 15 Battling Levinsky, Kansas City. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Harry Wills W 8 Sam Langford, St. Louis.

1938: John Henry Lewis KO 4 Emilio Martinez, Minneapois. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1941: Lou Salica W 15 Lou Transporenti, Baltimore. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1950: Terry Allen W 15 Honore Pratesi, London. Wins vacant World Flyweight Title.

1966: Emile Griffith W 15 Dick Tiger, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1972: Ben Villaflor W 15 Alfredo Marcano, Honolulu. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1976: Elisha Obed W 15 Sea Robinson, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 9 Murray Sutherland, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Thomas Hearns KO 13 Randy Shields, Phoenix. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1987: Fidel Bassa KO 13 Dave McAuley, Belfast. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1992: Paul Hodkinson KO 3 Steve Cruz, Belfast. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Yung Kyun Park KO 11 Koji Matsumoto, Ansan, South Korea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1994: Julio Cesar Borboa KO 4 Jorge Luis Roman, Inglewood. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Roy Jones Jr. KO 4 Virgil Hill, Biloxi, Mississippi. Non-title fight.

-Gerry Penalosa Tech. Draw 2 Joel Luna Zarate, Manila. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

Borboa looked great that night against Roman.

Apr 26

Fight of the day

2003: James Toney vs Vassiliy Jirov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOqWPoR76mI


1906: Jack Johnson W 15 Sam Langford, Chelsea, MA.

1932: Gorilla Jones W 12 Young Terry, Trenton, NJ. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 7 Paul Junior, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1975: George Foreman fights 5-exhibition fights in one night.

1982: Davey Moore KO 5 Charlie Weir, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1985: Lester Ellis KO 13 Rod Sequenan, Melbourne. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

-Jeff Fenech KO 9 Satoshi Shingaki, Moore Park, Australia. Wins IBF Bantamweight Title.

1986: Gary Hinton W 15 Reyes Cruz, Lucca, Italy. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1988: Brian Mitchell W 12 Jose Rivera, Madrid. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1997: George Foreman W 12 Lou Savarese, Atlantic City.

2003: James Toney W 12 Vassiliy Jirov, Ledyard, CT. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Antonio Tarver W 12 Montell Griffin, Ledyard, CT. Wins vacant IBF & WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Oscar Larios W 12 Shigeru Nakazato, Tokyo, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

Toney at his best!

Im going to slip this historic one in for the 24th ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Cvu0FH1LM

Apr 24

Fight of the day

2010: Mikkel Kessler vs Carl Froch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNJKYcH1P6c


1916: Jack Britton W 20 Ted (Kid) Lewis, New Orleans. Regains World Welterweight Title.

-Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Johnny Rosner, Liverpool. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1931: Tony Canzoneri KO 3 Jack (Kid) Berg, Chicago. Retains World Lightweight Title and wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1953: Jimmy Carter KO 4 Tommy Collins, Boston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1959: Don Jordan W 15 Virgil Akins, St Louis. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1961: Harold Johnson KO 2 Von Clay, Philadelphia. The first title fight in which both the mandatory 8-count and the 3-knockdown rule are applied.

1971: Bob Foster W 15 Ray Anderson, Tampa. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1977: Miguel Canto W 15 Reyes Arnal, Caracas. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1981: Hilario Zapata W 15 Rudy Crawford, San Francisco. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1983: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Rocky Lockridge, Liguiria, Italy. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-For @Andre Alexis Arguello TKO 3 Claude Noel, Atlantic city, non title affair

1998: Manuel Medina W 12 Hector Lizarraga, San Jose, CA. Regains IBF Featherweight Title.

1999: Keith Holmes KO 7 Hassine Cherifi, Washington D.C. Regains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Sharmba Mithell W 12 Reggie Green, Washington D.C. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Mark Johnson W 12 Ratanachai Sow Voraphin, Washington D.C. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2004: Vitali Klitschko KO 8 Corrie Sanders, Los Angeles. Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title.

-Jorge Arce KO 5 Melchor Cob-Castro, Chiapas, México. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2010: Mikkel Kessler W 12 Carl Froch, Herning, Denmark. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.


Could one of the Mods move this to its rightful spot.

Thanks.

Apr 27

Fight of the day

1968: Jimmy Ellis vs Jerry Quarry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1uBdw2cEJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhuUijJq-Qw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U53tPyOpHAo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKGI-M5NmbI


1910: Sam Langford ND 6 Stanley Ketchel, Philadelphia. Non-title fight.

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Ketchel and Langford will have to fight again to settle the question of supremacy. They went a hard six-round bout at the National athletic club here and were both on their feet, able to continue, with plenty of strength and aggressiveness when the battle ended, with no decision by the referee. No knockdowns were scored in spite of the terrific hitting power of both men, and while there seems to be no doubt that they tried to do their best, they will probably come together in a longer fight in California next July for a large purse.” Using a poll of 13 NY and Philadelphia newspapers, 7 had Langford ahead, 4 Ketchel, and 2 had it a draw. Thus, the mark of a Langford newspaper win.

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(Marion Daily Star)

1956: Undefeated World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano, 32, announces his retirement from the ring with a career log of 49-0 (43).

1968: Jimmy Ellis W 15 Jerry Quarry, Oakland. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title. Later, it is revealed that Quarry fought with a broken bone in his back.

1980: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Rolando Navarette, San Juan. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Simon Brown KO 7 Al Long, Washington DC Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

2002: Johnny Tapia W 12 Manuel Medina, NYC. Wins IBF Featherweight Title. Terrible decision.

Apr 28

Fight of the day

2007: Juan Diaz vs Acelino Freitas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEXn3-GZNBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CopNSDSsLe0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvANZPPgg50


1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 6 Lupe Cardoza, Ft. Worth, TX. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1978: Antonio Cervantes KO 6 Tonga Kiatvayupakdi, Udon Thani, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1981: Hall of Famer and former World Welterweight and Middleweight Champion Mickey Walker, 80, dies. Long life for a guy that lived as hard as he did.

1993: Gregorio Vargas KO 7 Paul Hodkinson, Dublin, Ireland. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2001: Joe Calzaghe KO 1 Mario Veit, Cardiff, Wales.

-Andrew Lewis W 12 Larry Marks, NYC. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

2007: Stipe Drews W 12 Silvio Branco, Stuttgart, Germany. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Felix Sturm W 12 Javier Castillejo, Oberhausen, Germany. Regains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Juan Diaz KO 8 Acelino Freitas, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Retains WBA Lightweight Title. Freitas quits on his stool before the start of round nine.

Apr 29

Fight of the day

2000: Paul Ingle vs Junior Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvQYIOfvQj8

1904: Dixie Kid W disq. 20 Joe Walcott, San Francisco. Wins World Welterweight Title.

Quote:

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Referee “Duck” Sullivan is lucky to escape the ring with his life. Walcott’s manager, Tom O’Rourke and promoter Alex Greggains rushed the ring and attacked Sullivan, knocking out 2 of his teeth, immediately after he awarded Dixie Kid the title.

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(AP)

1913: Johnny Kilbane D 20 Joe Dundee, Vernon, CA. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1915: Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Kilbane, NYC.

1917: Jimmy Wilde KO 2 Dick Heasman, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1932: Mickey Walker W 10 King Levinsky, Chicago.

1946: Tippy Larkin W 12 Willie Joyce, Boston. Wins vacant World Super Lightweight Title.

1963: Ralph Dupas W 15 Denny Moyer, New Orleans. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

1971: Camelo Bossi D 15 Jose Hernandez, Madrid. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1978: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Rey Tam, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1985: Tony Tubbs W 15 Greg Page, Buffalo. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

1989: Juan Coggi W 12 Akinobu Hiranaka, Vasto, Italy. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1995: Bernard Hopkins KO 7 Segundo Mercado, Landover, MD. Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.

-Vincent Pettway KO 6 Simon Brown, Landover, MD. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title. Great fight!. It’s a classic ending albeit is little scary.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW88_eFLSVs

-Vuyani Bungu W 12 Victor Llerena, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

-Mbulelo Botile KO 2 Harold Mestre, Johannesburg. Wins IBF Bantamweight Title.

That was a brilliant performance by ingle.

Apr 30

Fight of the day

1976: Muhammad Ali vs Jimmy Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNAcWkEL0Uw


1901: Terry McGovern KO 4 Oscar Gardner, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1908: Abe Attell KO 4 Tommy Sullivan, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1928: Jack Sharkey KO 1 Jack Delaney, NYC.

1946: Ike Williams KO 8 Enrique Bolanos, Los Angeles. Retains NBA Lightweight Title.

1966: Sandro Lopopolo W 15 Carlos Hernandez, Rome. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1967: Paul Fujii KO 2 Sandro Lopopolo, Tokyo. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1971: Erbito Salavarria W 15 Susumu Hanagata, Quezon City. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1976: Muhammad Ali W 15 Jimmy Young, Landover, MD.

1977: Guty Espadas KO 13 Alfonso Lopez, Merida, Mexico. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1986: Dennis Andries W 15 J.B. Williamson, Edmonton, England. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1988: Miguel Lora W 12 Lucio Lopez, Cartagena. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1989: Pernell Whitaker KO 3 Louie Lomeli, Norfolk, VA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1998: Mauricio Pastrana KO 4 Anis Roga, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2005: James Toney No-Contest 12 John Ruiz, NYC. Positive juice test on Toney.

-Vicente Mosquera W 12 Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai, NYC. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Luis Perez KO 6 Luis Bolano, NYC. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2010: Toshiaki Nishioka KO 5 Balweg Bangoyan, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

-Fernando Montiel KO 4 Hozumi Hasegawa, Tokyo. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

May 1

Fight of the day

2003: Veerapol Sahaprom vs Hugo Dianzo. This little fella is featured 3 times on this day with three title defenses a year apart. 2002, 03 and 04.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZAczjP8ilI

1900: Jack Johnson KO 7 Jim Scanlon, Galveston, Texas.

1902: Harry Forbes D 20 Johnny Reagan, St. Louis. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1914: Harry Wills W 10 Sam Langford, New Orleans.

1917: Freddie Welsh ND 10 Johnny Kilbane, NYC.

1925: Pancho Villa W 15 Clever Sencio, Manila. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1933: Kid Chocolate W 10 Johnny Farr, Philadelphia. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1934: Vince Dundee W 15 Al Diamond, Paterson, NJ. Retains New York & NBA Middleweight Title.

1957: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 5 Gene Fullmer, Chicago. Wins World Middleweight Title for the fourth time.

1959: Floyd Patterson KO 11 Brian London, Indianapolis. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1982: Santos Laciar KO 13 Juan Herrera, Merida, Mexico. Regains WBA Flyweight Title.

1983: Edwin Rosario W 12 Jose Luis Ramirez, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Wins vacant WBC Lightweight Title.

1990: Sot Chitalada W 12 Carlos Salazar, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1998: Chatchai Sasakul KO 5 Young-Soon Chang, Bangkok, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2002: Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Julio Coronel, Nanthaburi, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2003: Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Hugo Dianzo, Bangkok. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2004: Kelvin Davis KO 8 Ezra Sellers, Miami, FL Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Veerapol Sahaprom KO 12 Julio Cesar Avila, Nongkhai, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2006: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Daigo Nakahiro, Bangkok, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2010: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Sugar Shane Mosley, Las Vegas.

If you watch the Bolanos/Williams fight you will come away in awe of Ike Williams because Bolanos was very good.
My friend once met Williams in a gym when he was an old man. Here was a guy that should be worshipped by anybody that loves boxing and nobody even knew who he was.

May 2

Fight of the day

1989: Muangchai Kittikasem vs Tacy Macalos 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRNCAbxSBmc


1904: Stanley Ketchel KO 1 Kid Tracy, Butte, MT. Ketchel’s pro debut.

1924: Young Stribling W 10 Tommy Burns, Toronto.

1947: Sandy Saddler KO 3 Joe (Old Bones) Brown, New Orleans.

1954: Jimmy Carruthers W 12 Chamrem Songkitrat, Bangkok. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1976: Luis Estaba W 15 Juan Alvarez, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Muangchai Kittikasem W 12 Tacy Macalos, Bangkok. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: Fabrice Tiozzo KO 1 Terry Ray, Paris. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Hassine Cherifi W 12 Keith Holmes, Paris. Wins WBC Middleweight Title.

2009: Manny Pacquiao KO 2 Ricky Hatton, Las Vegas. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

-Humberto Soto KO 9 Benoit Gaudet, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Anselmo Moreno W 12 Wladimir Sidorenko, Bremen, Germany. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

2015: Floyd Mayweather UD Manny Pacquiao Las Vegas. Unifies WBA, WBC and WBO. Hardly worth the 5 year wait.

Ricky getting knocked out.

May 3

Fight of the day

1969: Nicolino Locche vs Carlos Hernandez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITy3Aamswk0


1921: Sugar Ray Robinson born Walker Smith Jr.

1934: Marcel Thil W 15 Gustave Roth, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1940: Sammy Angott W 15 Davey Day, Louisville. Wins vacant NBA Lightweight Title.

1946: Sal Bartolo KO 6 Spider Armstrong, Boston. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.

1969: Nicolino Locche W 15 Carlos Hernandez, Buenos Aires. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1985: Elly Pical KO 8 Joo Do Chun, Djakarta. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Bobby Czyz KO 6 Jim McDonald, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Chong Pal Park W 15 Lindell Holmes, Inchon. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

1996: Mark Johnson KO 1 Francisco Tejedor, Anaheim, CA. Wins vacant IBF Flyweight Title.

1997: Robin Reid W 12 Henry Wharton, Manchester. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Ronald Wright KO 6 Steve Foster, Manchester.

-Naseem Hamed KO 1 Billy Hardy, Manchester. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

2003: Oscar De La Hoya KO 7 Yory Boy Campas, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

-Erik Morales KO 5 Fernando Velardez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Joge Arce Tech. Win 6 Melchor Cob-Castro, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2007: Edwin Valero KO 8 Nobuhito Honmo, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Hozumi Hasegawa W 12 Simpiwe Vetyeka, Tokyo. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Alexander Munoz W 12 Nobuo Nashiro, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2008: Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Steve Forbes, Carson, CA

May 4

Fight of the day

1980: Leo Randolph vs Ricardo Cardona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx0MgPQyHX8


1900: Joe Walcott W 25 Mysterious Billy Smith, NYC.

1910: Harry Lewis KO 3 Peter Brown, Paris. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1935: Marcel Thil KO 14 Vilda Jaks, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1962: Eder Jofre KO 10 Herman Marquez, San Francisco. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1975: Salvador Sanchez KO 3 Al Gardeno, Veracruz, Mexico. Sanchez’ pro debut.

1980: Leo Randolph KO 15 Ricardo Cardona, Seattle. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1985: Daniel Zaragoza W DQ. 7 Freddie Jackson, Oranjestad, Aruba. Wins vacant WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Orlando Canizales KO 8 Billy Hardy, Laredo, TX. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1993: Reggie Johnson W 12 Wayne Harris, Denver, CO. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

1994: Hiroshi Kawashima W 12 Jose Luis Bueno, Yokohama. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1997: Arturo Gatti KO 8 Calvin Grove, Atlantic City. Non-title fight.

2007: Hugo Cazares KO 2 Wilfrido Perez, Las Vegas. Retains World Junior Flyweight Title

May 5

Fight of the day

1993: Crisanto Espana vs Rodolfo Aguilar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2kBXjjyryw


1905: Jimmy Britt KO 20 Jabez White, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1922: Lew Tendler W 15 Johnny Dundee, NYC.

1944: Sal Bartolo W 15 Phil Terranova, Boston. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.

1947: Ezzard Charles W 10 Archie Moore, Cincinnati.

1973: Eder Jofre W 15 Jose Legra, Brazil. Wins WBC Featherweight Title. Before Foreman or Leonard there was this mans incredible comeback. At close to 40 he comes out of a 7 year retirement to win the 126 crown.

1983: Santos Laciar KO 2 Shuichi Hozumi, Shizuoka, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1984: Osvaldo Ocasio KO 15 John Odhiambo, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1986: Rene Arredondo KO 5 Lonnie Smith, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1991: Gilbert Dele W 12 Jun Sok Hwang, Paris. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1993: Crisanto Espana W 12 Rodolfo Aguilar, Belfast, Ireland. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

2001: Joel Casamayor W 12 Edwin Santana, Philadelphia, MS. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2004: Manny Siaca W 12 Anthony Mundine, Sydney, Australia. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

2007: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

May 6

Fight of the day

1978: Victor Galindez vs Yaqui Lopez 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL20fWP9th4


1898: James J. Jeffries W 20 Tom Sharkey, San Francisco.

1900: Jack Johnson KO 2 Jim McCormick, Galveston.

1920: Johnny Wilson W 12 Mike O’Dowd, Boston. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1967: Carlos Monzon D 10 Bennie Briscoe, Buenos Aires.

1978: Victor Galindez W 15 Yaqui Lopez, Via Reggio, Italy. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Ricardo Cardona KO 12 Soo Hwan Hong, Seoul. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

-Netmoi Varasingh W 15 Freddy Castillo, Bangkok. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: Santos Laciar W 15 Antoine Montero, Grenoble. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1988: Rolando Bohol W 15 Cho Woon Park, Manila. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1989: Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Ricky Randall, Pensacola. Jones’ pro debut.

1994: Lennox Lewis KO 8 Phil Jackson, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Kevin Kelly W 12 Jesse Benevides, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1995: Oscar De La Hoya KO 2 Rafael Ruelas, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

-Gabriel Ruelas KO 11 Jimmy Garcia, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Johnny Tapia Tech. Draw 8 Ricardo Vargas, Las Vegas.

2000: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 3 Imamu Mayfield, Swissotel, Neuss, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Glenn Catley KO 12 Markus Beyer, Frankfurt, Germany. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Paul Spadafora W Maj. Tech dec. 10 Mike Griffith, Pittsburgh. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Johnny Tapia W 12 Pedro Javier Torres, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

2006: Oscar De La Hoya KO 6 Ricardo Mayorga, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Jose Antonio Rivera W 12 Alex Garcia, Worcester, Massachusetts. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Luis Perez W 12 Dimitri Kirilov, Worcester, Massachusetts. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

-Eagle Kyowa W 12 Rodel Moyal, Tokyo. Retains WBC Minimumweight Title.

-Muhammad Rachman KO 6 Omar Soto, Jakarta, Indonesia. Retains IBF Minimumweight Title.

May 7

Fight of the day

2005: Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHkX6v6L8kM


1937: Lou Ambers W 15 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1958: Joe (Old Bones) Brown KO 8 Ralph Dupas, Houston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1965: Vicente Saldivar KO 15 Raul Rojas, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title. Rojas is counted out with 10-seconds remaining in the 15th-round.

1972: Koichi Wajima KO 1 Domenico Tiberia, Tokyo. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1975: Miguel de Oliveira W 15 Jose Duran, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1978: Yoko Gushiken KO 13 Jaime Rios, Hiroshima. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1988: Juan Coggi KO 2 Sang Ho Lee, San Patrignano, Italy. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Raul Perez KO 9 Gerardo Martinez, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1994: Gerald McClellan KO 1 Julian Jackson, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Terry Norris W 12 Simon Brown, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez TW 8 Frankie Randall, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Lightweight Title. Odd events in this fight. Very odd.

-Jesse James Leija W 12 Azumah Nelson, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Ricardo Lopez W 12 Kermin Guardia, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1995: Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Evangelio Perez, Songkhla, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2005: Diego Corrales KO 10 Jose Luis Castillo, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title. Just an incredible fight.