Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Nov 3
Fight of the day
2007: Joe Calzaghe vs Mikkel Kessler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJHmXzcLe4A
1899: James J. Jeffries W 25 (Sailor) Tom Sharkey, Coney Island, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1930: Fidel La Barba W 10 Kid Chocolate, NYC. By all accounts Kid Chocolate was schooled in front of 20,000 at MSG. He was a big favourite going in.
1933: (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Mickey Walker, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
Quote:
Referee Eddie Forbes voted for Walker, “to the surprise of everybody who learned of this vote before they left the Garden. The referee’s ballot, however, was not considered in the decision because of the unanimity of the two judges. Under the State Athletic Commission rules, when the judges agree their vote carries the decision…. Forbes said after the battle that he warned Rosenbloom repeatedly for holding, hitting on the break and striking with the open glove.”
New York Times
-Henry Armstrong D 10 Kid Moro, Pismo Beach, CA.
Quote:
“The 10-round bout between Henry Armstrong, 130, Los Angeles and Kid Moro, 130, Philippines, ended in a draw at Pismo Beach last night after a state commissioner present reversed a referee’s decision in favor of Armstrong. The referee, Freddie Gilmore, was given police protection as protests of fans ended in a near riot.”
(Reno Gazette).
1934: Baby Arizmendi W 10 Henry Armstrong, Mexico City. From what I have gathered over the years, its pretty clear to me that Arizmendi boxed Armstrongs ears off. Some reports suggest that he won every round with superior boxing skills. Arizmendi was not heavy handed and chose boxing over bravado finishing his career with just 13 knockouts. Not the typical Mexican warrior. What made this win even more amazing is that Arizmendi broke his left wrist in the second round. He turned pro at age 13. Great fighter that rarely gets mentioned because of the stacked era he fought in.
1939: Sammy Angott W 10 Baby Arizmendi, Chicago.
1973: Arnold Taylor KO 14 Romeo Anaya, Johannesburg. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.
1979: Jim Watt KO 9 Roberto Vasquez, Glasgow. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
1984: Billy Costello W 12 Saoul Mamby, Kingston, NY. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Jose Luis Ramirez KO 4 Edwin Rosario, San Juan. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.
-Juan (Kid) Meza KO 1 Jaime Garza, Kingston, NY. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title. Upset of the year. Garza enters the bout with a 40-0 thirty eight ko record.
2001: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 6 Pietro Aurino, Lubek, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Kostya Tszyu KO 2 Zab Judah, Las Vegas. Wins vacant World Super Lightweight Title. Unifies WBC, WBA & IBF super lightweight titles.
2007: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Mikkel Kessler, Cardiff, Wales. Retains World Super Middleweight Title. Referee: Mike Ortega | judge: Raul Caiz 117-111 | judge: John Stewart 116-112 | judge: Massimo Barrovecchio 116-112.
-Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Rocky Juarez, Tucson, Arizona. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
Robert Guerrero KO 1 Martin Honorio, Tucson, Arizona. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
I read some place that, at the last press conference before the fight, Meza told garza he was going to knock Garza out early, in order to conserve energy for sex with Garza's mother later in the evening. Garza lost his mind and went after Meza, got so mad he threw up. He was still mad when he got in the ring and fought wild. Though he always fought pretty much all out.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
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greynotsoold
I read some place that, at the last press conference before the fight, Meza told garza he was going to knock Garza out early, in order to conserve energy for sex with Garza's mother later in the evening. Garza lost his mind and went after Meza, got so mad he threw up. He was still mad when he got in the ring and fought wild. Though he always fought pretty much all out.
Lmao
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Zab getting knocked out and Calzaghe beating Kessler what a great day. Did not know anything about Baby Arizmendi.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Nov 4
Fight of the day
1988: Thomas Hearns vs James Kinchen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOmFREeC9hM
1929: Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Sammy Mandell, Chicago.
1931: Battling Battalino W 10 Earl Mastro, Chicago. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1932: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Billy Petrolle, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.
Quote:
Canzoneri was “squarely at his peak: a Canzoneri so magnificently conditioned, so beautifully attuned that even the old-timers at the ringside admitted he was worthy to stand alongside the lightweight giants of the past.”
(United Press)
1934: Marcel Cerdan W 6 Marcel Bucchianer, Meknes, Morocco. Cerdan’s pro debut.
1959: Joey Giardello W 10 Dick Tiger, Cleveland.
1978: Betulio Gonzalez KO 12 Martin Vargas, Maracay. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1988: Thomas Hearns W 12 James Kinchen, Las Vegas.
-Michael Nunn KO 8 Juan Roldan, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.
-Robert Hines W 12 Matthew Hilton, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Tacy Macalos W 12 Jum Hwan Choi, Seoul. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
1995: Riddick Bowe KO 8 Evander Holyfield, Las Vegas.
-Phillip Holiday W 12 Rocky Martinez, Sun City. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
-Marco Antonio Barrera KO 7 Eddie Croft, Las Vegas.
1999: The U.S. attorney for New Jersey indicts IBF President Robert W. Lee, 65, on racketeering charges, alleging that Lee and others accepted $338,000 in bribes to manipulate ratings. Also indicted are Robert Lee Jr., Donald William Brennan, and Francisco Fernandez.
2000: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 6 Antonio Diaz, NYC. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
2004: Juan Diaz W 12 Julien Lorcy, San Antonio, TX. Retains WBA Lightweight Title. Referee: .
2006: Shannon Briggs KO 12 Sergei Liakhovich, Phoenix, Az. Quite possibly the most borring fight I have ever seen.
-Floyd Mayweather W 12 Carlos Baldomir, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.
-Juan Diaz W 12 Fernando Angulo, Phoenix, Az. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
-Orlando Salido NC 12 Robert Guerrero, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Featherweight Title. Salido pissed hot after the fight so the decision was changed.
2007: Takefumi Sakata D 12 Denkaosen Singwancha, Saitama, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Floyd v Baldimor was not a great fight either
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Nov 5
Fight of the day
1989: Azumah Nelson vs Jim McDonnell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP03oDy647A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaG1a-MNUTQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMGD9hqBSCk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7TYnoo2bSI
1917: Pete Herman W 20 Frankie Burns, New Orleans. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1919: Harry Wills W 15 Sam Langford, Tulsa, OK.
1959: Pascual Perez KO 13 Sadao Yaoita, Osaka. Retains World Flyweight Title.
1971: Pedro Carrasco W Disq. 11 Mando Ramos, Madrid. Wins vacant WBC Lightweight Title.
1977: Rodrigo Valdez W 15 Bennie Briscoe, Campione d’Italia, Switzerland. Wins vacant World Middleweight Title.
-Antonio Cervantes W 15 Adriano Marrero, Maracay. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1982: Santos Laciar KO 13 Stephen Muchoki, Copenhagen. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1988: Antonio Esparragoza KO 8 Jose Marmolejos, Marsala, Italy. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1989: Azumah Nelson KO 12 Jim McDonnell, London. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1990: Pedro Decima KO 4 Paul Banke, Inglewood. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1993: Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Thalerngsak Sithbaobey, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1994: George Foreman KO 10 Michael Moorer, Las Vegas. Regains World Heavyweight Title. At 45, Foreman is the oldest to ever win a heavyweight title fight.
-Jorge Castro KO 2 Alex Ramos, Caleta Olivia, Argentina. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
2005: Jeff Lacy KO 2 Scott Pemberton, Stateline, NV. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Rafael Marquez KO 4 Silence Mabuza, Stateline, NV.* Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Pedro Decima almost killed Paul Banke. Esparragoza was a good fighter and he kind of looked like Alexis Arguello.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
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Master
Floyd v Baldimor was not a great fight either
I was bummed at the way Hilton gassed against Hines. He had him out of there.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
I thought McDonald was winning against Asumah Nelson until he got stopped near the end of the fight.
I wanted Moorer to desperately win against George, who I thought was a big fraud, I will never forgive Moorer.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
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Master
I thought McDonald was winning against Asumah Nelson until he got stopped near the end of the fight.
I wanted Moorer to desperately win against George, who I thought was a big fraud, I will never forgive Moorer.
It was a close fight to be sure. You have to admire a guy like Nelson though. That much talent and willing to fight anyone on short notice and anywhere. He fought Sanchez with under 2 weeks notice and came within a C-hair of beating him.
Moorer was that close to beating Foreman also. That punch Foreman landed did not look that bad but Moorer's chin was not the best. A little reminiscent of Louis/Conn that one.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Nov 6
Fight of the day
2007: Manny Pacquiao W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera 2 (in English)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dzW2gB9Qe4
1899: Kid McCoy D 8 Joe Choynski, Chicago.
Quote:
“Both men had agreed to a draw in case they were on their feet at the end of the sixth round and that was the result, as both were on their feet and comparatively fresh. McCoy, however, clearly out-classed the Californian an scored the only knockdown, putting Joe to the ropes with a left hook to the mouth in the third round.”
(Cripple Creek Morning Times)
1968: Hiroshi Kobayashi W 15 Jamie Valladares, Tokyo. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.
1979: Jorge Lujan KO 15 Roberto Rubaldino, McAllen, TX. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
1983: Jiro Watanabe Tech. Dec. 11 Soon Chun Kwon, Osaka. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1984: Lee Roy Murphy KO 14 Marvin Camel, Billings, MT. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.
1989: Muangchai Kittikasem KO 7 Tacy Macalos, Bangkok. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
1990: Robert Quiroga KO 3 Vuyani Nene, Pagliara, Italy. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
2000: Lehlo Ledwaba KO 6 Eduardo Alvarez, Kent, England. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
2007: Samuel Peter W 12 Jameel McCline, NYC. Peter is down once in the 2nd, and twice in the 3rd.
-Manny Pacquiao W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera, Las Vegas. Referee: Tony Weeks | judge: Jerry Roth 118-109 | judge: Glenn Trowbridge 118-109 | judge: Tom Schreck 115-112.
2009: Denkaosan Kaowichit W 12 Daiki Kameda, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Kittikasem was a good fighter he was on mainstream TV over here so became a fan.
Did not realise Quiroga fought in Italy.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
November 7
Fight of the day.Was going to post Monzon/Nino but thought uncle Roger could use a little love.
1988:Roger Mayweather vs Vinny Pazienza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws3eLhZK2LY
1970: Carlos Monzon KO 12 Nino Benvenuti, Rome. Wins World Middleweight Title. 1970 Fight of the Year – Ring Magazine.
1971: Alfredo Marcano KO 4 Konji Iwata, Caracas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1978: Gene Tunney, 81, dies.
1981: Michael Spinks KO 7 Vonzell Johnson, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Tadashi Mihara W 15 Rocky Fratto, Rochester. Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1988: Sugar Ray Leonard KO 9 Don Lalonde, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight & newly created WBC Super Middleweight Title. Once of the biggest farces in boxing history.
-Roger Mayweather W 12 Vinny Pazienza, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title. Referee: Mills Lane | judge: Dalby Shirley 118-108 | judge: Lou Filippo 117-110 | judge: Vince Delgado 117-110.
-Gilberto Roman W 12 Baby Sugar Rojas, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1989: Nana Konadu W 12 Gilberto Roman, Mexico City. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1992: Azumah Nelson W 12 Calvin Grove, Stateline, NV. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
2003: Glencoffe Johnson D 12 Clinton Woods, Sheffield, England. For vacant IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
2009: David Haye W 12 Nicolay Valuev, Nuremburg, Germany. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.
Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Was that the fight where Monzon finished Benvenuti with that monster of a right hand?
