This day in boxing. A look back.

May 8

Fight of the day

2004: Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx9jzsPv1l8


1900: Tom Sharkey KO 3 Joe Choynski, Tattersall’s Chicago, Ill.

1907: Tommy Burns W 20 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Los Angeles. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1932: Sonny Liston born. We think. Not even Sonny knew.

1934: Mickey Walker W 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, Los Angeles.

1936: Tony Canzoneri W 10 Jimmy McLarnin, NYC.

1976: Esteban DeJesus W 15 Ishimatsu Suzuki, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

-Carlos Zarate KO 9 Rodolfo Martinez, Inglewood. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1982: Ray Mancini KO 1 Art Frias, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

-Salvador Sanchez W 15 Rocky Garcia, Dallas. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1987: Jeff Fenech KO 4 Samart Payakaroon, Sydney. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: Bobby Czyz W 12 Don LaLonde, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1993: Lennox Lewis W 12 Tony Tucker, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Gerald McClellan KO 5 Julian Jackson, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Middleweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 6 Terrance Alli, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1994: Pichit Sithbangprachan W 12 Jose Luis Zepeda, Rajaburi Province, Thailand. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1999: Sven Ottke W 12 Gabriel Hernandez, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Nestor Garza KO 8 Carlos Barreto, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

-Erik Morales KO 9 Juan Carlos Ramirez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2001: Paul Spadafora W 12 Joel Perez, Pittsburgh, PA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title

2004: Manny Pacquiao D 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas. Retains World Featherweight Title.

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Originally Posted by Master

Ricky getting knocked out.

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I was heart broken. I bet if he could do it all again he would have never left Graham and hired that clown.

Also one of the best and shortest championship fighters ever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuSHrILx2C8

May 9

Fight of the day

1970: Vicente Saldivar vs Johnny Famechon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Ytp9RD1f4


1905: Jack Johnson ND 6 Joe Jeanette, Philadelphia.

1908: Stanley Ketchel KO 20 Jack (Twin) Sullivan, Colma, CA. Wins vacant World Middleweight Title.

1930: Young Jack Thompson W 15 Jackie Fields, Detroit. Wins NBA Welterweight Title.

1941: Billy Soose W 15 Ken Overlin, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1964: Sugar Ramos W 15 Floyd Robertson, Accra. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1970: Vicente Saldivar W 15 Johnny Famechon, Rome. Wins WBC Featherweight Title. Saldivar regains the title in his second fight since retiring in 1967.

1971: Carlos Monzon KO 3 Nino Benvenuti, Monte Carlo. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1983: Rafael Orono W 12 Raul Valdez, Caracas, Venezuela. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1985: Jiro Watanabe W 12 Julio Soto Solano, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1988: Kaokor Galaxy W 12 Wilfredo Vasquez, Bangkok. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1992:Terry Norris KO 4 Meldrick Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1998: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 8 John John Molina, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

2009: Chad Dawson W 12 Antonio Tarver, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

May 10

Fight of the day x2 on same card.

1991:Michael Carbajal vs Hector Patri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUmUS7nHEpI

1991: James Toney vs Michael Nunn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPT2TCgk6l8



1935: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Lou Ambers, NYC. Regains vacant World Lightweight Title.

1940: Lew Jenkins KO 3 Lou Ambers, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1961: Duilio Loi W 15 Carlos Ortiz, Milan. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1969: Victor Galindez KO 4 Ramon Ruiz, Buenos Aires. Galindez’s pro debut.

1989: Mike McCallum W 12 Herol Graham, Kensington, England. Wins vacant WBA Middleweight Title.

1991: James Toney KO 11 Michael Nunn, Davenport, IA. Wins IBF Middleweight Title. Odds were 20 to 1 in Nunns favour.

-Michael Carbajal W 12 Hector Patri, Davenport, IA. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1996: Evander Holyfield KO 5 Bobby Czyz, NYC.

-Lennox Lewis W 10 Ray Mercer, NYC. Disputed decision

-Tim Witherspoon KO 5 Jorge Luis Gonzalez, NYC.

1997: William Joppy W 12 Peter Venancio, Coconut Grove, FL. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Orzubek Nazarov KO 7 Leavander Johnson, Coconut Grove, FL. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Antonio Cermeno W 12 Angel Chacon, Coconut Grove, FL. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2008: Timothy Bradley W 12 Junior Whitter, Nottingham, England. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

May 11

Fight of the day

2002: Diobelys Hurtado vs Randall Bailey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDiwxWMyOW4


1900: James J. Jeffries KO 23 James J. Corbett, Coney Island. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

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"The finishing blow came suddenly and was a startling surprise. Corbett had been making a wonderful battle. His defense was absolutely perfect, and while he was lacking in strength, he had more than held his own and stood an excellent chance of winning the fight had it gone the limit. He had not been badly punished and had managed to mark his man severely. The winning punch was a short left to the jaw. Corbett dropped like weight and was clear out. Jeffries showed his ability to take punishment at any distance and hard. He was clearly outboxed and at times was made to look like a novice. The crowd, which numbered fully eight thousand, was with Corbett and his defeat fell upon a silent crowd. There were cheers for him when he revived and left the ring, and he was generally given more consideration than the victor. Corbett is still a factor in pugilistic fame. He has regained much of his old time form. The battle was clean and it is doubtful if there was a single infraction of the rules."

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(Durango Democrat)

1906: Abe Attell D 20 Kid Herman, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1936: Petey Sarron W 15 Freddie Miller, Washington D.C. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1937: Freddie Steele KO 3 Frank Battaglia, Seattle. Retains New York & NBA Middleweight Title.

1977: Ken Norton KO 1 Duane Bobick, NYC. The # 1 rated Bobick, 38-0 (32) never stood a chance.

1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 5 Louis Pergaud, Halifax, Canada. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1981: Gerry Cooney KO 1 Ken Norton, NYC.

1991: Dave McAuley W 12 Pedro Feliciano, Belfast. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1994: Steve Collins KO 5 Chris Pyatt, Sheffield, England.

1996: Yong-Soo Choi KO 8 Orlando Soto, Chejudo, Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2002: Diobelys Hurtado KO 7 Randall Bailey, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

May 12

Fight of the day

1962: Harold Johnson vs Doug Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJNPbZ_4ayY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyBJ67Gigtc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tioK6hSCvV4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ocUmMr-8g


1902: Joe Gans KO 1 Frank Erne, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1916: Sam Langford KO 7 Joe Jeanette, Syracuse.

1941: Joey Archibald W 15 Harry Jeffra, Washington D.C. Regains World Featherweight Title.

1962: Harold Johnson W 15 Doug Jones, Philadelphia. Wins vacant World Light Heavyweight Title.

1981: Antonio Avelar KO 7 Shoji Oguma, Mito, Japan. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1991: Terrence Alli KO 12 Charles Murray, Rochester.

2001: Felix Trinidad KO 5 William Joppy, NYC. Wins WBA Middleweight Title.

-Vernon Forrest W 12 Raul Frank, NYC. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.

2006: Vicente Mosquera W 12 Jose Pablo Estrella, Cordoba, Argentina. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

May 13

Fight of the day. Ripped fuel gate.

2000: Roy Jones Jr. vs Richard Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yt5tw-WVjc


1984: Dodie Penalosa KO 9 Jae Hong Kim, Seoul. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 10 Roger Mayweather, Inglewood. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Antonio Esparragoza W 12 Chan Mok Park, Seoul. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1995: Antonio Cermeno W 12 Wilfredo Vasquez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2000: Roy Jones Jr. KO 11 Richard Hall, Indianapolis. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Bernard Hopkins W 12 Syd Vanderpool, Indianapolis. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

2004: Julio Diaz W 12 Javier Jauregui, San Diego. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

2006: Clinton Woods KO 6 Jason DeLisle, Sheffield, England. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Markus Beyer Tech. Draw 4 Sakio Bika, Zwickau, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Arthur Abraham W 12 Kofi Jantuah, Zwickau, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Ricky Hatton W 12 Luis Collazo, Boston. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.

-Eric Aiken W Disq. 8 Valdemir Pereira, Boston. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

May 14

Fight of the day

1978: Rocky Mattioli vs Jose Duran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3uvYOU7GXk


1883: John L. Sullivan KO 3 Charley Mitchell, N.Y.

1908: Joe Gans KO 11 Rudy Unholz, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1917: Pete Herman KO 3 Johnny Coulon, Racine, WI.

1945: Sugar Ray Robinson D 10 Jose Basora, Philadelphia.

1946: Gus Lesnevich KO 10 Freddie Mills, London. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1952: Lauro Salas W 15 Jimmy Carter, Los Angeles. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1978: Rocky Mattioli KO 5 Jose Duran, Pescara, Italy. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1999: Francisco Castillejo KO 4 Humberto Aranda, Madrid, Spain. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

2000: In Joo Cho W 12 Julio Cesar Avila, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Super flyweight Title.

2001: Veerapol Sahaprom KO 3 Ricardo Barajas, Paris, France. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2005: Ronald Wright W 12 Felix Trinidad, Las Vegas.

-Zab Judah KO 3 Cosme Rivera, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Will Grigsby W 12 Victor Burgos, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

May 15

Fight of the day

1983: Bobby Chacon vs Cornelius Boza-Edwards 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V1kBQIfCe4


1914: Joe Symonds KO 18 Percy Jones, Plymoth, England. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1920: Harry Greb ND 10 Tommy Gibbons, Pittsburgh.

1942: Sammy Angott W 15 Allie Stolz, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1953: Rocky Marciano KO 1 Jersey Joe Walcott, Chicago. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1976: Miguel Canto W 15 Juan Alvarez, Caracas. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1977: Luis Estaba W 15 Rafael Pedroza, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1983: Bobby Chacon W 12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1986: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 5 Faustino Barrios, Paris. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Gilberto Roman W 12 Edgar Monserrat, Paris. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Evander Holyfield KO 3 Rickey Parkey, Las Vegas. Retains WBA/ wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Kelvin Seabrooks KO 5 Miguel Maturana, Cartagena. Wins Vacant IBF Bantamweight Title.

1992: Michael Moorer KO 5 Bert Cooper, Atlantic City. Fight of the Year candidate.

1993: Chris Eubank D 12 Ray Close, Glasgow.

-Charles Murray W 12 Rodney Moore, Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1995: Orzubek Nazarov KO 2 Won Park, Tokyo. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1999: Cesar Soto W 12 Luisito Espinosa, El Paso, TX. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2004: Antonio Tarver KO 2 Roy Jones Jr., Las Vegas. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Victor Burgos KO 6 Fahlan Sakkreerin, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

May 16

Fight of the day

1997: Phillip Holiday vs Pete Taliaferro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWaA8A7KrtM


1929: Max Baer KO 2 Chief Caribou, Stockton, CA. Baer’s pro debut.

1930: Midget Wolgast KO 6 Willie LaMorte, NYC. Retains New York World Flyweight Title.

1941: Bob Montgomery W 10 Lew Jenkins, NYC.

1955: Rocky Marciano KO 9 Don Cockell, San Francisco. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1965: Carlos Hernandez KO 5 Mario Rossito, Maracaibo. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1967: Dick Tiger W 15 Jose Torres, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1970: Nicolino Locche W 15 Adolph Pruitt, Buenos Aires. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1975: Muhammad Ali KO 11 Ron Lyle, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1977: Muhammad Ali W 15 Alfredo Evangelista, Landover, MD. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

-Alfredo Escalera Carlos Becerril, Landover, MD. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1987: Santos Laciar KO 11 Gilberto Roman, Reims, France. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992: James Warring W 12 Johnny Nelson, Fredericksburg, VA. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

1997: Phillip Holiday W 12 Pete Taliaferro, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1998: Jean-Baptist Mendy W 12 Orzubek Nazarov, Paris. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

-Genaro Hernandez W 12 Carlos Gerena, Indio, CA. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Vuyani Bungu W 12 Ernesto Gray, Bophutatswana, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

-Erik Morales KO 2 Jose Luis Bueno, Indio, CA. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2009: Giacobbe Fragomeni D 12 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Roma, Italy.

May 17

Fight of the day

1965: Fighting Harada vs Eder Jofre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edFkYMalV7M


1918: Ted Lewis W 20 Johnny Tillman, Denver, CO. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1965: Fighting Harada W 15 Eder Jofre, Nagoya, Japan. Wins World Bantamweight Title. The only man to ever beat Eder

1973: Chartchai Chionoi KO 5 Fritz Chervet, Bangkok. Wins vacant WBA Flyweight Title.

1975: Antonio Cervantes W 15 Esteban DeJesus, Panama City. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1987: Tae Il Chang W 15 Soon Chun Kwon, Pusan, South Korea. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1988: Calvin Grove W 15 Myron Taylor, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1989: Carlos De Leon KO 9 Sammy Reeson, London. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title for a fourth time.

1992: Victor Rabanales KO 4 Luis Alberto Campo, Tuxtla, Mexico. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1996: Ronald Wright W 12 Bronco McKart, Monroe, MI.

1997: Luisito Espinosa W tech. Dec. 8 Manuel Medina, Manila. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2003: Leonard Dorin D 12 Paul Spadafora, Pittsburgh. Fighters retain respective WBA & IBF Lightweight Titles.

2008: Cristian Mijares W 12 Alexander Munoz, Gomez Palacio, Mexico. Retains WBC/wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

May 18

Fight of the day

2002: Kostya Tszyu vs Ben Tackie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10hhim13_64


1916: Ted Lewis ND 10 Mike Gibbons, NYC.

1946: Manuel Ortiz KO 5 Kenny Lindsay, Hollywood, CA. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1951: Kid Gavilan W 15 Johnny Bratton, NYC. Wins vacant World Welterweight Title.

1953: Yoshio Shirai W 15 Tanny Campo, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1956: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 4 Carl (Bobo) Olson, Los Angeles. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1963: Eder Jofre KO 12 Johnny Jamito, Quezon City, The Phillipines. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1973: Marvin Hagler KO 2 Terry Ryan, Brockton, MA. Hagler’s pro debut.

1976: Jose Duran KO 14 Koichi Wajima, Tokyo. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

1980: Shoji Oguma KO 9 Chan Hee Park, Seoul. Regains WBC Flyweight Title.

1983: Bruce Curry W 12 Leroy Haley, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1986: Ki Yung Chung W 15 Richard Savage, Taegu, South Korea. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1991: Darrin Van Horn KO 11 Lindell Holmes, Verbania, Italy. Wins IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Hector Camacho W 12 Greg Haugen, Reno. Avenges an earlier defeat.

-Muanchai Kittikasem KO 12 Jung Koo Chang, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1996:Felix Trinidad KO 5 Fred Pendleton, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

-Phillip Holiday KO 2 Jeff Fenech, Melbourne, Australia. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Wilfredo Vasquez KO 11 Eloy Rojas, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

-Ratanapol Sow Voraphin W 12 Jun Arlos, Yala, Thailand. Wins vacant IBF Strawweight Title.

2002: Kostya Tszyu W 12 Ben Tackie, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Mickey Ward W 10 Arturo Gatti, Uncasville, CT. Foty.

-Osamu Sato KO 8 Yoddamrong Sithyodthong, Saitama, Japan. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

May 19

Fight of the day

1985: Wilfredo Gomez vs Rocky Lockridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duur9X1SZyg


1909: Jack Johnson ND 6 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Philadelphia.

1933: Kid Chocolate W 15 Seaman Tom Watson, NYC. Retains New York World Featherweight Title.

1941: Petey Scalzo D 15 Phil Zwick, Milwaukee. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.

1952: Yoshio Shirai W 15 Dado Marino, Tokyo. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1957: Laszlo Papp W 4 Alois Brand, Cologne, Germany. Papp’s pro debut.

1967: Curtis Cokes KO 10 Francois Pavilla, Dallas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1972: Clemente Sanchez KO 3 Kuniaki Shibata, Tokyo. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

1973: Antonio Cervantes KO 5 Alfonzo Frazer, Panama City. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1984: Soon Chun Kwon W 15 Ian Clyde, Daejon, South Korea. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

-Francisco Quiroz KO 9 Lupe Madera, Maracaibo. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: Wilfredo Gomez W 15 Rocky Lockridge, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title. The wrong man won in my opinion.

1990: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Azumah Nelson, Las Vegas. Retains WBC/IBF Lightweight Title. Prior to the fight, Whitaker’s trainer, George Benton, instructed him to “box him like you got bad breath.”

1991: Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Kimio Hirano, Shizuoka, Japan. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2000: Malcolm Tunacao KO 7 Medgoen Toyota-Thailand., Udon Thani, Thailand. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

2007: Jermain Taylor W 12 Cory Spinks, Memphis, TN. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Kelly Pavlik KO 7 Edison Miranda, Memphis, TN.

-Ulises Solis KO 9 Jose Aguirre, Guadalajara, Mexico. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

May 20

Fight of the day. Another wrong guy winning moment

1983:Larry Holmes vs Tim Witherspoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPWM10r_1-s


1926: Pete Latzo W 10 Mickey Walker, Scranton, PA. Wins World Welterweight Title. Upset of the year.

1929: Tod Morgan W 10 Baby Sal Sorio, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1932: Billy Petrolle W 10 Battling Battalino, Chicago. Referee: Dave Barry.

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"Battalino dropped Petrolle for a count of nine with a left hook to the chin in the first round, but thereafter the Fargo Express came thundering along to victory."

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New York Times.

1940: Harry Jeffra W 15 Joey Archibald, Baltimore. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1946: Ezzard Charles W 10 Archie Moore, Pittsburgh.

1978: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Billy Backus, Inglewood. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1979: Chan Hee Park W 15 Riki Igarishi, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1983: Michael Dokes D 15 Mike Weaver, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Larry Holmes W 12 Tim Witherspoon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Randy Stephens, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1985: Larry Holmes W 15 Carl Williams, Reno. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

1988: Jose Sanabria KO 6 Moises Fuentes, Bucaramanga, Columbia. Wins vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: Tony Lopez W 12 John-John Molina, Reno. Regains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1991: Greg Richardson W 12 Victor Rabanales, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1995: Evander Holyfield W 10 Ray Mercer, Atlantic City.

-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 4 Paul Carlo, Hamburg, Germany.

-Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 2 Oscar Flores, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2000: William Joppy KO 1 Rito Ruvalcaba, Tunica, Mississippi. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Julio Gamboa D 12 Felix Machado, Tunica, Mississippi. For vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2001: Masamori Tokuyama KO 5 In Joo Cho, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2005: O’Neil Bell W 12 Dale Brown, Hollywood, FL. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.

2006: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Rocky Juarez, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Jorge Barrios KO 1 Janos Nagy, Los Angeles.

-Roberto Vasquez W 12 Noel Arambulet, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

May 21

Fight of the day

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Ray Close
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBErthbPTJE


1891: James J. Corbett D 61 Peter Jackson, San Francisco.

1912: Johnny Kilbane D 12 Jimmy Walsh, Boston. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1925: Jack (Kid) Berg KO 10 Ted (Kid) Lewis, London.

1933: Tony Canzoneri W 10 Battling Shaw, New Orleans. Regains World Super Lightweight Title.

1943: Bob Montgomery W 15 Beau Jack, NYC. Wins New York World Lightweight Title.

1966: Muhammad Ali KO 6 Henry Cooper, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title. 46,000 spectators turned out for England’s first Heavyweight Championship bout in 58 years.

-Jose Torres W 15 Wayne Thornton, Flushing, NY. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1977: Miguel Angel Cuello KO 9 Jesse Burnett, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Wilfredo Gomez KO 12 Dong Kyun Yum, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1989: Jorge Paez D 12 Louie Espinosa, Phoenix. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1993: Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Jae-Shin Lim, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Ray Close, Belfast, Ireland.

-Julio Cesar Vasquez KO 10 Ahmet Dottuev, Belfast. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Borboa KO 9 Jaji Sibali, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super flyweight Title.

1996: Keiji Yamaguchi W 12 Carlos Murillo, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1999: Veerapol Sahaprom KO 5 Mauro Blanc, Sara Buri, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2000: Joel Casamayor KO 5 Jong-Kwon Baek, Kansas City. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2005: Lamon Brewster KO 1 Andrew Golota, Chicago, IL.

-Tomasz Adamek W 12 Paul Briggs, Chicago, IL Wins vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

May 22

Fight of the day.

Roberto Duran vs Lou Bizzarro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL-9Vg1Nskk


1905: Abe Attell ND 6 Battling Nelson, Philadelphia.

1929: Kid Chocolate W 10 Fidel LaBarba, NYC

1931: Bat Battalino W 15 Fidel LaBarba, NYC. Retains world Featherweight Title.

1941: Gus Lesnevich W 15 Anton Christoforidis, NYC. Wins NBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1976: Victor Galindez KO 15 Richie Kates, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Roberto Duran KO 14 Lou Bizzarro, Erie, PA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1977: Yoko Gushiken W 15 Rigoberto Marcano, Sapporo, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1982: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Andrew Ganigan, Las Vegas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1992: Rafael Pineda KO 7 Clarence Coleman, Mexico City. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1993: Riddick Bowe KO 2 Jesse Ferguson, Washington D.C. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

-Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Bernard Hopkins, Washington D.C. Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Borboa W 12 Joel Luna Zarate, Mexico City. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1999: Oscar De La Hoya KO 11 Oba Carr, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

-Floyd Mayweather KO 9 Justin Juuko, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2004: Jean-Marc Mormeck W 12 Virgil Hill, Carnival City, South Africa. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

May 23

Fight of the day

1981: Wilfred Benitez vs Maurice Hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyU04QmXwtQ


1922: Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney, NYC. Wins U.S. Light Heavyweight Title.

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Ten seconds into the first round Greb breaks Tunney’s nose. Later in the round Greb opened a huge gash over Tunney’s left eye. In the third round, Greb busts up Tunney’s right eye. Over the course of 15-rounds, Tunney lost an estimated 2-quarts of blood. The gore was so thick on Greb’s gloves that he had to step back and hold them out so referee, Kid Partland could wipe them off with a towel,

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wrote ringside observer James R. Fair.

1940: Ken Overlin W 15 Ceferino Garcia, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1941: Joe Louis W disq. 7 Buddy Baer, Washington D.C. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1960: Jose Becerra D 15 Kenji Yonekura, Tokyo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1970: Nino Benvenuti KO 8 Tom Bethea, Umag, Yugoslavia. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1981: Wilfred Benitez KO 12 Maurice Hope, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title. Benitez becomes boxing’s fifth 3-division champion.

1986: Barry Michael KO 4 Mark Fernandez, Melbourne. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1987: Leslie Stewart KO 9 Marvin Johnson, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1988: Fulgencio Obelmejias W 12 Chong Pal Park, Suanbo, South Korea. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

2009: Toshiaki Nishioka KO 3 Jhonny Gonzalez, Monterrey, Mexico. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

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Originally Posted by IamInuit

May 23

Fight of the day

1981: Wilfred Benitez vs Maurice Hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyU04QmXwtQ

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Stuff of legends. ;D

Benitez wasn't exactly known for power, being instead one of the greatest defensive wizards ever (thus earning the nickname "The Radar of St. Just"). But that right hand KO was a thing of beauty.

May 24

Fight of the day

1986:Alfredo Layne vs Wilfredo Gomez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyouZXkYw18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5qTRoSJpPY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uohj4xWjLf0


1901: James (Rube) Ferns KO 10 Matty Matthews, Toronto. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1907: Abe Attell W 20 Kid Solomon, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1928: Tod Morgan W 15 Cannonball Martin, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 5 Ralph Zanelli, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1954: Yoshio Shirai W 15 Leo Espinosa, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1958: Jose Torres KO 1 Gene Hamilton, Brooklyn. Torres’ pro debut.

1968: Bob Foster KO 4 Dick Tiger, NYC. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz2NLe-naqU

And a year later, how to land 15 unanswered uppercuts in 15 seconds

1969: Bob Foster KO 4 Andy Kendall, West Springfield, MA. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mkYjYaZnD4

1976: Muhammad Ali KO 5 Richard Dunn, Munich, Germany. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Ali’s last knockout victory.

1986: Alfredo Layne KO 9 Wilfredo Gomez, Puerto Rico. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1987: Chan Young Park KO 11 Takuya Muguruma, Moriguchi, Japan. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1995: Hiroshi Kawashima W 12 Seung Koo Lee, Japan. Retains WBC Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1996: Kostya Tzyu KO 4 Corey Johnson, Sydney, Australia. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1997: Yong-Soo Choi W 12 Koji Matsumoto, South Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2008: Ricky Hatton W 12 Juan Lazcano, Manchester, England. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Paul Malingnaggi W 12 Lovemore Ndou, Manchester. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

May 25

Fight of the day

1968: Sandro Mazzinghi vs Ki Soo Kim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D8eBPavISo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lnyLxe9NVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHcDSFRbWMs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLt8QUiEisI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QiWQeZVq6Q


1876: Jack Root born.

1939: Henry Armstrong W 15 Ernie Roderick, London. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1942: Ezzard Charles W 10 Charley Burley, Pittsburgh.

1948: Ike Williams W 15 Enrique Bolanos, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1951: Jimmy Carter KO 14 Ike Williams, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1965: Muhammad Ali KO 1 Sonny Liston, Lewiston, ME. Retains World Heavyweight Title. I bet Walcott wished he could ref that all over again.

1968: Sandro Mazzinghi W 15 Ki Soo Kim, Milan. Regains World Super Welterweight Title.

1972:Joe Frazier KO 5 Ron Stander, Omaha. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1974:Rodrigo Valdez KO 7 Bennie Briscoe, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant WBC Middleweight Title.

-Rafael Herrera KO 6 Romeo Anaya, Mexico City. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1975: Miguel Canto W 15 Betulio Gonzalez, Monterrey. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1996: Henry Maske W 12 John Scully, Leipzig, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

2000: Freddy Norwood W 12 Julio Pablo Chacon, Mendoza, Argentina. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

May 26

Fight of the day

2007: Steve Cunningham vs Krzysztof Wlodarcyz 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToLislZoeO4

1900: Dan Dougherty W 20 Tommy Feltz, Brooklyn. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title.

1932: Tommy Paul W 15 Johnny Pena, Detroit. Wins vacant NBA Featherweight Title.

1943: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Joe Robleto, Long Beach, CA. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1969: Dick Tiger W 10 Nino Benvenuti, NYC. Non-title fight.

1972: Joe Frazier KO 5 Ron Stander, Omaha. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1984: Jaime Garza KO 3 Felipe Orozco, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

-Victor Callejas KO 8 Loris Stecca, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

-Albert Davila KO 11 Enrique Sanchez, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Joo Do Chun KO 6 Felix Marquez, Wonju, South Korea. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1990: Luis Mendoza D 12 Ruben Palacios, Cartegena. For the vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2000: President Bill Clinton signs The Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act into law. It is the first federal law passed to reform anti-competitive and corruptive business practices in the professional boxing industry. 15 years later and what has changed?

2001: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Carlos Hernandez, Grand Rapids, MI. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2007: Steve Cunningham W 12 Krzysztof Wlodarcyz, Slaskie, Poland. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Arthur Abraham KO 3 Sebastien Demers, Bamberg, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

2009: Denkaosan Kaovichit W 12 Hiroyuki Hisataka, Uttaradit, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

-Daisuke Naito W 12 Xiong Zhao Zhong, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

May 27

Fight of the day.

1978: Carlos Palomino vs Armando Muniz 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBFZtRt_Ktc


1929: Andre Routis KO 3 Buster Brown, Baltimore. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1931: Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Billy Petrolle, NYC.

1960: Benny (Kid) Paret W 15 Don Jordan, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1978: Carlos Palomino W 15 Armando Muniz, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1983: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 4 Wilford Scypion, Providence. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1984: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Angel Levy Mayor, Maracaibo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1989: Virgil Hill KO 7 Joe Lasisi, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1994: Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Thomas Tate, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Rafael Ruelas KO 3 Mike Evgen, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Oscar De La Hoya KO 3 Giorgio Campanella, Las Vegas.

1995: Henry Maske W 12 Graciano Rocchigiani, Dortmund, Germany.

-Frankie Liles KO 6 Frederic Seillier, Fort Lauderdale. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Jorge Castro KO 12 Anthony Andrews, Fort Lauderdale. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Eloy Rojas W 12 Kyun-Yung Park, Seoul. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Daorung MP Petroleum D 12 Lakhin CP Gym, Bangkok. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

2004: Mahyar Monshipour KO 8 Salim Medjkkoune, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

May 28

Fight of the day

1995: Tom (Boom Boom) Johnson vs Eddie Croft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j29YfRlljM


1917: Benny Leonard KO 9 Freddie Welsh, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1927: Tod Morgan W 12 Vic Foley, Vancouver. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1929: Mushy Callahan KO 3 Fred Mahan, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1934: Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin, Long Island City, NY. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1935: Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin, NYC. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1941: Tony Zale KO 2 Al Hostak, Chicago. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1942: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Marty Servo, NYC. Referee: Billy Cavanaugh.

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Robinson "prevailed by a narrow margin and the crowd of 15000 vociferously disapproved of the decision." The referee gave the bout to Servo, but both judges voted for Robinson.

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(New York Times). The official scorecards were 9-1 and 6-3-1 in favor of Robinson and 5-3-2 for Servo.

1962: Archie Moore D 10 Willie Pastrano, Los Angeles.

1988: Juan Jose Estrada W 12 Bernardo Pinango, Tijuana. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1989: In Chul Baek KO 11 Fulgencio Obelmejies, Seoul. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

1993: Jung-Il Byun W 12 Josefino Suarez, Seoul. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1995: Tom Johnson W 12 Eddie Croft, South Padre Island, TX. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

2005: Rafael Marquez W 12 Ricardo Vargas, Los Angeles. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

May 29

Fight of the day

1982: Rafael Limon vs Rolando Navarette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raAtUoYpuVU


1900: Kid McCoy W 6 Tommy Ryan, Chicago.

1901:Terry McGovern KO 5 Aurelio Herrera, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1905: Joe Bowker W 20 Pinky Evans, London. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1909: Battling Nelson KO 23 Dick Hyland, Colma, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1913: Harry Greb ND 6 Frank Kirkwood, Pittsburgh. Greb’s pro debut.

1914: Jack Dillon ND 10 Battling Levinsky, Indianapolis.

1933: Jimmy McLarnin KO 1 Young Corbett III, Los Angeles. Wins World Welterweight Title. Referee: George Blake.

Quote:

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The "most spectacular upset the welterweight division has known in many years." After Corbett had been floored twice and had his back to McLarnin, the "Irishman rushed across the ring and punched Corbett in the jaw again and Referee George Blake stopped the contest immediately. Corbett was out on his feet. Corbett was the seventh welterweight champion in succession to lose possession of the title in defending it for the first time."

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New York Times.

1977: Rafael Ortega W 15 Yasutsune Uehara, Okinawa. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1982: Rafael Limon KO 12 Rolando Navarette, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1988: Don LaLonde KO 5 Leslie Stewart, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Daniel Zaragoza D 12 Seung Hoon Lee, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1998: Reggie Johnson W 12 Ole Klemetsen, Pesaro, Italy. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Hugo Soto W 12 Jose Bonilla, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1999: Felix Trinidad KO 4 Hugo Pineda, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

-Freddy Norwood W 12 Antonio Cermeno, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Regains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Lehlo Ledwaba W 12 John Michael Johnson, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Wins vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

-Leo Gamez KO 8 Josue Dickie Camacho, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2009: Oleydong Sithsamerchai Tech Dec 11 Muhammad Rachman, Phuket, Thailand. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

May 30

Fight of the day

1971: Yoshiaki Numata vs Lionel Rose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DficW25nk


1889: James J. Corbett NC 4 Joe Choynski, San Francisco.

1910: Packey McFarland D 20 Freddie Welsh, London.

1923: Jack Bernstein W 15 Johnny Dundee, NYC. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1924: Pancho Villa W 15 Frankie Ash, Brooklyn. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1925: Paul Berlenbach W 15 Mike McTigue, Bronx, NY. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1947: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Kui Kong Young, Honolulu. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1951: Ezzard Charles W 15 Joey Maxim, Chicago. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1955: Pascual Perez KO 5 Yoshio Shirai, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1962: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Kyo Noguchi, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1971: Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Lionel Rose, Hiroshima. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1981: Cornelius Boza Edwards KO 14 Bobby Chacon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1990: Luisito Espinosa KO 8 Hurley Snead, Bangkok. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1991: Luis Mendoza KO 7 Joao Cardosa, Madrid. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1998: Michael Grant KO 9 Obed Sullivan, Atlantic City.

-Laurent Boudouani W 12 Guillermo Jones, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Tim Austin KO 3 Andrian Kaspari, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

2009: Andre Berto W 12 Juan Urango, Hollywood, Fla. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

May 31

Fight of the day

1997: Vince Phillips vs Kostya Tszyu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVgm3ZLjmXw


1920: Jack Britton W 15 Johnny Griffiths, Akron, OH. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1924: Tommy Gibbons ND 10 Georges Carpentier, Michigan City, IN.

1927: Mushy Callahan W 10 Spug Myers, Chicago. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1938: Henry Armstrong W 15 Barney Ross, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title. Armstrong captures the welterweight title just seven months after capturing the World Featherweight Title.

1950: Vic Toweel W 15 Manuel Ortiz, Johannesburg, South Africa. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1975: Rodrigo Valdez KO 8 Ramon Mendez, Cali, Columbia. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Alexis Arguello KO 2 Rigoberto Riasco, Managua. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Rodolfo Martinez KO 8 Nestor Jimenez, Bogota. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1976: Wilfred Benitez W 15 Emiliano Villa, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1987: Mike Tyson KO 6 Pinklon Thomas, Las Vegas. Retains WBC/WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Tony Tucker KO 10 James Douglas, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Heavyweight Title.

1997: Vince Phillips KO 10 Kostya Tszyu, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Saman Sor Jaturong KO 4 Mzukisi Marall, Petchaboon, Thailand.

2002: Leonard Dorin W 12 Raul Balbi, Bucharest, Romania. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

2003: Edgar Carddenas KO 10 Miguel Barrera, Tijuana. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2005: Israel Vasquez W 12 Armando Guerrero, Lynwood, IL. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2006: Cassius Baloyi KO 11 Manuel Medina, Spokane, WA. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2008: Anselmo Moreno W 12 Wladimir Sidorenko, Düsseldorf, Germany. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

June 1

Fight of the day

1963: Willie Pastrano vs Harold Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c39QBAkpS6g

1984: Livingstone Bramble vs Ray Mancini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0eXwB6mdeQ


1915: Mike Glover W 12 Matt Wells, Boston. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1928: Tommy Loughran W 15 Pete Latzo, Brooklyn. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1935: Baltazar Sangchili W 15 Panama Al Brown, Valencia, Spain. Wins World Bantamweight Title. Browns first loss in 6 years.

1963: Willie Pastrano W 15 Harold Johnson, Las Vegas. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1964: Vicente Saldivar W 10 Ismael Laguna, Tijuana, MX.

1966: Fighting Harada W 15 Eder Jofre, Tokyo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1980: Yoko Gushiken KO 8 Martin Vargas, Kochi, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1984: Gene Hatcher KO 11 Johnny Bumphus, Buffalo. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Livingstone Bramble KO 14 Ray Mancini, Buffalo. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

1984: Gabriel Bernal KO 11 Antoine Montero, Nimes, France. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1985: Carlos Santos W 15 Louis Acaries, Paris. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1986: Ji Won Kim KO 2 Rudy Casicas, Inchon, South Korea.Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Terry Norris KO 8 Donald Curry, Palm Springs, CA. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Meldrick Taylor W 12 Luis Garcia, Palm Springs. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

-Humberto Gonzalez W 12 Melchor Cob Castro, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1996: Azumah Nelson KO 6 Jesse James Leija, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1997: Mark (Too Sharp) Johnson KO 2 Cecilio Espino, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2002: Sven Ottke W 12 Thomas Tate, Nuremberg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

Melchior Cob Castro is training fighters in Texas now. He and Gonzalez were close friends and trained together often; they had sparring sessions that were wars. Knowing that Mancini/Bramble was 31 years ago makes me feel ancient.

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Originally Posted by greynotsoold

Melchior Cob Castro is training fighters in Texas now. He and Gonzalez were close friends and trained together often; they had sparring sessions that were wars. Knowing that Mancini/Bramble was 31 years ago makes me feel ancient.

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You just had to say something eh.;D I have spoken that very thing to myself several times in the process of making this thread. On several occasions I've actually had flashbacks of the florescent orange or lime green shag rug on the living room floor which depending on the time of year could also double as a ghillie suit.


I always liked Bramble and if he was not such a Rasta he may have done a lot more then he did. Way better fighter then his regard suggests.

June 2

Fight of the day

Alejandro Gonzalez vs Tony Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF9tl22XQNo


1891: Charles (Kid) McCoy W 4 Pete Jenkins, St. Paul. McCoy’s pro debut.

1894: Jimmy Barry W 11 Jimmy Gorman, New Orleans.

1913: Bill Ladbury KO 11 Sid Smith, London. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1923: Eugene Criqui KO 6 Johnny Kilbane, NYC. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1924: Mickey Walker W 10 Lew Tendler, Philadelphia. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1956: Luis Rodriguez KO 3 Lazaro Hernandez, Havana. Rodriguez’ pro debut.

1958: Emile Griffith W 4 Joe Parham, NYC. Griffith’s pro debut.

1973: Carlos Monzon W 15 Emile Griffith, Monte Carlo. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Roberto Duran KO 8 Hector Thompson, Panama City. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1976: Andy Price W 10 Pipino Cuevas, Los Angeles.

1978: Wilfredo Gomez KO 3 Sakad Porntavee, Korat, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1984: Carlos De Leon W 12 Bash Ali, Oakland. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1989: Antonio Esparragoza KO 6 Jean-Marc Renard, Namur, Belgium. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1990: Marcos Villasana KO 8 Paul Hodkinson, Manchester. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.

-Welcome Ncita KO 7 Ramon Cruz, Rome Retains Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1995: Miguel Angel Gonzalez W 12 Marty Jakubowski, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

-Alejandro Gonzalez KO 9 Tony Green, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Hector Acero-Sanchez D 12 Daniel Zaragoza, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

-Marco Antonio Barrera KO 2 Frankie Toledo, Ledyard, CT.

2000: Zolani Potelo KO 8 Mickey Cantwell, Ashford, England. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

June 3

Fight of the day. Who won this fight?

1979:Lupe Pintor vs Carlos Zarate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivU4r39e-Ys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrZcB7y5ooM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtro_zc5Cwo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEquj32InjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG14cx54KKw


1909: Jack Johnson ND 6 Tony Ross, Pittsburgh.

1926: Jack Delaney KO 2 Tommy Burns, Brooklyn.

-Tod Morgan KO 6 Kid Sullivan, Brooklyn. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1927: Joe Dundee W 15 Pete Latzo, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1935: Marcel Thil W 15 Ignacio Ara, Madrid. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1937: John Henry Lewis KO 8 Bob Olin, St. Louis. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1947: Sandy Saddler D 10 Jimmy Carter, Washington, DC

1959: Joe (Old Bones) Brown KO 9 Paolo Rosi, Washington, D.C. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1961: Emile Griffith KO 12 Gasper Ortega, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1971: Kuniaki Shibata KO 1 Raul Cruz, Tokyo. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1972: Betulio Gonzalez KO 4 Socrates Batoto, Caracas. Wins vacant WBC Flyweight Title.

1974: Oscar Albarado KO 15 Koichi Wajima, Tokyo. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

1978: Alexis Arguello KO 1 Diego Alcala, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1979: Sang Hyun Kim W 15 Fitzroy Guisseppi, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Lupe Pintor W 15 Carlos Zarate, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title. Carlos was seriously boned up the ass in this one.

1982: Lupe Pintor KO 11 Seung Hoon Lee, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1988: Graciano Rocchigiani W 15 Nicky Walker, Berlin. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

1989: Glenn McCrory W 12 Patrick Lumumba, Stanley, England. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Sot Chitalada W 12 Yong Kang Kim, Trang Thailand. Thailand. Wins Regains WBC Flyweight Title.

1991: Thomas Hearns W 12 Virgil Hill, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Troy Dorsey KO 1 Alfred Rangel, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Featherweight Title.

2000: Sven Ottke W 12 Tucker Pudwill, Karlsruhe, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2006: Nikolay Valuev KO 3 Owen Beck, Hannover, Germany. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Vic Darchinyan KO 8 Luis Maldonado, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

Information overload. I need time to watch these fighters as I know they were very good.

June 4

Fight of the day

2005: Ricky Hatton vs Kostya Tszyu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMU-UE-lDzM


1908: Stanley Ketchel W 10 Billy Papke, Milwaukee. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1971: Jose Napoles KO 4 Billy Backus, Inglewood. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1986: Buster Drayton W 15 Carlos Santos, East Rutherford, NJ. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Jimmy Paul W 15 Cubanito Perez, East Rutherford, NJ. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Bernardo Pinango W 15 Gaby Canizales, East Rutherford. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1990: Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez KO 3 Carlos Monzote, Inglewood. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1994: Henry Maske W 12 Andrea Magi, Dortmund, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Ike Quartey KO KO 11 Crisanto Espana, Levallois Perret, Paris, France. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.

2004: Lorenzo Parra W 12 Takefumi Sakaka, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2005: Ricky Hatton KO 11 Kostya Tszyu, Manchester, England. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

2007: Eagle Kyowa W 12 Akira Yaegashi, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

June 5

Fight of the day

Moore is the champ and comes in first, gets introduced first and booed while the challenger from Trinidad gets an ovation and comes in second and introduced second in London.

Good ole Commonwealth lol

1956: Archie Moore vs Yolande Pompey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZradMnI8w4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAzZ7ohAd4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSs_L6owzf8


1889: James J. Corbett KO 27 Joe Choynski, Benecia, CA.

1900: Eddie Connolly W 25 Matty Matthews, Brooklyn. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1922: Sam Langford KO 2 Tiger Flowers, Atlanta.

1925: Gene Tunney KO 12 Tommy Gibbons, NYC.

1940: Billy Conn W 15 Gus Lesnevich, Detroit. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1943: Kid Gavilan W 4 Antonio Diaz, Havana. Gavilan’s pro debut.

1950: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Robert Villemain, Philadelphia. Wins vacant Pennsylvania World Middleweight Title.

1952: Jersey Joe Walcott W 15 Ezzard Charles, Philadelphia. So ended their rivalry 2-2

1956: Archie Moore KO 10 Yolande Pompey, London. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1958: Virgil Akins KO 4 Vince Martinez, St. Louis. Wins vacant World Welterweight Title.

1965: Flash Elorde KO 15 Teruo Kosaka, Quezon City. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1971: Vicente Rondon KO 1 Piero Del Papa, Caracas. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1975: Ishimatsu Suzuki W 15 Tury Pineda, Osaka. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1982: Samuel Serrano W tech. 10 Benedicto Villablanca, Santiago, Chile. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Gilberto Roman W 12 Juan Carazo, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Jeff Harding KO 8 Chris Tiozzo, Marseille. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1998: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 6 Guy Waters, Hamburg, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Yory Boy Campas KO 11 Pedro Ortega, Tijuana, MX. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1999: Vassily Jirov KO 7 Arthur Williams, Biloxi, MS. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Reggie Johnson, Biloxi. Retains WBC/WBA and wins Johnson’s IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

2001: Camille Ewald, 96, the woman Mike Tyson considered his adopted mother, dies at her home in Catskill, New York.

2004: Cristian Sanavia W 12 Markus Beyer, Chemnitz, Germany. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Bernard Hopkins W 12 Robert Allen, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title. Hopkins 18th title defense.

-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Felix Sturm, Las Vegas. Definitely not Oscar’s best night.

-Verno Phillips KO 6 Carlos Bojorquez, Joplin, MO. Wins vacant IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Jose Luis Castillo W 12 Juan Lazcano, Las Vegas. Wins vacant World Lightweight Title.

2010: Steve Cunningham KO 5 Troy Ross, Neubrandenburg, Germany. Regains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Sebastian Sylvester D 12 Roman Karmazin, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Miguel Cotto KO 9 Yuri Foreman, NYC. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

June 6

Fight of the day

1988:Roger Mayweather vs Harold Brazier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qftlPXAHKzo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyrr3EHtrcM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M5LscK7vRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qbnaLXrack


1894: Harry Greb born Edward Henry Greb.

1917: Jack Britton ND 12 Ted (Kid) Lewis, St. Louis.

1921: Benny Leonard ND 12 Rocky Kansas, Harrison, NJ.

1927: Battling Battalino KO 2 Archie Rosenberg, Hartford, CT. Battalino’s pro debut.

1953: Carmen Basilio W 12 Billy Graham, Syracuse. Wins New York State Welterweight Title.

1981: Luis Ibarra W 15 Santos Laciar, Buenos Aires. Regains WBA Flyweight Title.

1985: Alfonzo Ratliff W 12 Carlos De Leon, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Michael Spinks KO 8 Jim MacDonald, Las Vegas. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1988: Virgil Hill W 12 Ramzi Hassan, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Iran Barkley KO 3 Thomas (Hit Man) Hearns, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Middleweight Title.

-Roger Mayweather W 12 Harold Brazier, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

2003: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Randy Mangubat, Songkla, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title

June 7

Fight of the day x 2

1977: Eddie Gazo vs Koichi Wajima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTVKA_Kv3Y

1992: Zack Padilla vs Carlos Gonzalez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDH_ysoPgnU


1938: Lou Ambers D 10 Baby Arizmendi, Los Angeles.

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“Baby Arizmendi upset many an apple from the cart last night when he battled lightweight champion Lou Ambers to a draw in a wild 10 round non-title fight before 10,000 screaming fans at the Olympic Auditorium. After eight rounds of fighting, with seldom a let up, Arizmendi tore into the champ in the 9th and carried on as they fought after the bell. Again in the 10th he was crowding the weaving, hooking New Yorker when he suddenly pulled up with the left side of his face covered with blood. He claimed Ambers had butted him and the bout was halted momentarily for examination. Ambers, a 3-1 favorite over the Baby, said after the fight he felt sluggish and couldn’t get started. “Referee Jack Kennedy had a habit after eight rounds of a contest of announcing his scorecard up to that point in the bout, which was 4-3-1 in favor of Ambers. Unofficial AP scorecard – 5-4-1 Ambers

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1944: Ike Williams W 10 Sammy Angott, Philadelphia.

1946: Willie Pep KO 12 Sal Bartolo, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1954: Joey Maxim W 8 Floyd Patterson, Brooklyn. Floyd, 19, drops to 12-1

1970: Ismael Laguna KO 13 Ishimatsu Suzuki, Panama City. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1975: Jae Do Yuh KO 7 Koichi Wajima, Kitakyushu, Japan. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1977: Eddie Gazo KO 11 Koichi Wajima, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1980: Jim Watt W 15 Howard Davis, Glasgow. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

-Hilario Zapata W 15 Chi Bok Kim, Seoul. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1987: Vinny Pazienza W 15 Greg Haugen, Providence. Wins IBF Lightweight Title

-Myung Woo Yuh KO 15 Benedicto Murillo, Pusan, South Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Dave McAuley W 12 Duke McKenzie, Wembley. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

1992: Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez KO 12 Kwang Sun Kim, Seoul. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

-Zack Padilla W 12 Carlos Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Some Stats suggest over 3000 punches were thrown

1993: Tommy Morrison W 12 George Foreman, Las Vegas

1994: Orlando Canizales KO 5 Rolando Bohol, South Padre Island, TX. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1996: Oscar DeLaHoya KO 4 Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

2000: Former heavyweight contender Rex Layne, 72, dies in Utah.

2008: Kelly Pavlik KO 3 Gary Lockett, Atlantic City. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Sergio Mora W 12 Vernon Forrest, Uncasville, CT. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Celestino Caballero KO 12 Lorenzo Parra, San Juan De Los Morros, Venezuela.

June 8

Fight of the day

1963: Emile Griffith vs Luis Rodriguez 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9YxWTbgKSQ


1933: Max Baer KO 10 Max Schmeling, NYC.

1934: Freddie Miller W 10 Albert (Chalky) Wright, El Centro, CA.

1943: Willie Pep W 15 Sal Bartolo, Boston. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1963: Emile Griffith W 15 Luis Rodriguez, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title for a third time.

1985: Barry McGuigan W 15 Eusebio Pedroza, London. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1989: The International Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York officially opens.

1996: Frankie Liles KO 3 Tim Littles, Newcastle, England. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

2001: Eric Morel KO 8 Jose DeJesus Lopez, Baraboo, WI. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2002: Lennox Lewis KO 8 Mike Tyson, Memphis, TN. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

-Manny Pacquiao KO 2 Jorge Eliecer Julio, Memphis, TN. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2005: Mikkel Kessler W 12 Anthony Mundine, Sydney, Australia. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

Harold Brazier is a testament to the value of mastering basic technique. A late starter, self taught, not physical advantages, he did very well for himself by being fundamentally sound.

Well one year done. Lots to add that I missed along the way. I never even entered Cotto/Geale.

June 9

Fight of the day

2007:Miguel Cotto vs Zab Judah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snBdFJfUisE


1899: James J. Jeffries KO 11 Bob Fitzsimmons, Coney Island. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1909: Stanley Ketchel KO 3 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien.

1914: Harry Wills ND 10 Joe Jeannette, New Orleans.

-Kid Williams KO 3 Johnny Coulon, Vernon, CA. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1924: Sammy Mandell ND 10 Johnny Dundee, East Chicago.

1932: Lou Ambers KO 2 Frankie Curry, Brooklyn, NY. Ambers’ pro debut.

1951: Gene Fullmer KO 1 Glen Peck, Logan, UT. Fullmer’s pro debut.

1978: Larry Holmes W 15 Ken Norton, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title. Fight of the Year!!

-Carlos Zarate KO 4 Emilio Hernandez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1990: Sung Kil Moon KO 8 Gilberto Roman, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2001: Sven Ottke KO 11 Ali Ennebati, Nuremberg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2007: Chad Dawson KO 6 Jesus Ruiz, Hartford, Connecticut. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Miguel Cotto KO 11 Zab Judah, NYC. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

2012: Timothy Bradley W 12 Manny Pacquiao, Las Vegas. No need to say anything

-Randall Bailey KO 11 Mike Jones, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.

-Guillermo Rigondeaux KO 5 Teon Kennedy, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.