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Dec 22..busy day;D
Fight of the day
1991:Ricardo Lopez vs Kyung Yun Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYasUquX8i0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM-vgvv-MjY
1991: Khaosai Galaxy W 12 Armando Castro, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title. Galaxy would retire afterward with a 49-1(43) record, including 19 title defenses. Dude was knocking on Marciano's door.
Sung Kil Moon KO 6 Torsak Pongsupa, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
Ricardo Lopez W 12 Kyung Yun Lee, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.
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Galaxy was a sawn off Hagler.
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Dec 23
Fight of the day
1997:Satoshi Iida vs Yokthai Sithoar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxeGzWTRMuk
1902: Harry Forbes KO 7 Frankie Neil, Oakland. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1903: Jack Blackburn W 12 Sam Langford, Boston.
1939: Ceferino Garcia KO 13 Glenn Lee, Manila. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1985: Khaosai Galaxy KO 2 Edgar Monserrat, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1993: Yasuei Yakushiji W 12 Jung-Il Byun, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.
1997: Satoshi Iida W 12 Yokthai Sithoar, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1998: Jesus Rojas W 12 Satoshi Iida, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.
2008: Daisuke Naito KO 11 Shingo Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
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Dec 24
Fight of the day. The footage is a little rough. Not many choices on the day but even so check out how ripped these two guys are. 100 pounds of chiseled freakin granite.
1983: Soon Chun Kwon vs Rene Busayong IBF fly title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJgXnuDsJxg
1934: Freddie Miller W 10 Panama Al Brown, Paris. A few notes on Al.
First Hispanic world champion.
Never knocked out
Only dropped once in close to 170 fights, losing only 19 of those.
Looks a little Tommy Hearns. Might as well have been at 5'10 and a bantam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfn7YnDxKM4
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Dec 25
Fight of the day. There is not one to be had so I put in a sub lol. Thugs messing with the wrong guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJR_sR4PwMA Merry xmas.
1905: Joe Jeanette KO 8 Sam Langford, Lawrence, MA.
1923: Harry Greb W 10 Tommy Loughran, Pittsburgh.
1933: Frankie Klick KO 7 Kid Chocolate, Philadelphia. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.
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Dec 26
Fight of the day NA. So take it away Muhammad......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhpZoPOfZI
1908: Jack Johnson KO 14 Tommy Burns, Sydney, Australia. Wins World Heavyweight Title.
1912: Sam Langford KO 13 Sam McVey, Sydney, Australia.
1930: Frankie Genaro D 15 Midget Wolgast, NYC. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.
1986: Bobby Czyz KO 1 David Sears, West Orange, NJ. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
1994: Saensor Ploenchit KO 11 Danny Nunez, Rayong, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
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Dec 27
Fight of the day. Another sub. Classic kick boxing.
Jean Yves Theriault vs Ernesto Hoost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biYLgQjjsqU
1943: Phil Terranova KO 6 Jackie Callura, New Orleans. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.
1987: Seung Hoon Lee W 15 Jose Sanabria, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
2006: Muhammad Rachman KO 7 Benjie Sorolla, Jakarta. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.
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Dec 28
Fight of the day
2004: Israel Vasquez vs Art Simonyan IBF Super Bantamweight Title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or7FwVNoBVI
1936: Billy Conn W 10 Fritzie Zivic, Pittsburgh.
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Dec 29
Fight of the day
2007: Steve Cunningham vs Marco Huck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y972gzt_i9o
1977: Saensak Muangsurin KO 14 Jo Kimpuani, Chanthaburi, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1998: Veerapol Sahaprom KO 6 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.
2007: Steve Cunningham KO 12 Marco Huck, Bielefeld, Germany. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.
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Dec 30
Fight of the day
1966: Chartchai Chionoi vs Walter McGowan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obf_6KIYlOU
1966: Chartchai Chionoi KO 9 Walter McGowan, Bangkok. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.
1970: Sonny Liston, 38 most likely older dies at his home in Las Vegas.
1978: Sang Hyun Kim KO 13 Saensak Muangsurin, Seoul. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.
2008: Denkaosan Kaovichit KO 2 Takefumi Sakata, Hiroshima, Japan. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.
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Dec 31
This would be the day to attack an enemy.
Sub: Fairly decent ko compilation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMg5rijht0k
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Jan 1
Fight of the day. Could not find a suitable copy of anything so.........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6iZL4oSk-I
1903: Joe Gans DQ 11 Gus Gardner, New Connecticut. Retains world lightweight title.
1907: Joe Gans KO 8 Kid Herman, Tonopah, NV. Retains world lightweight title.
1908: Abe Attell Draw 25 Owen Moran, Colma, CA. Retained world featherweight title.
1914: Waldemar Holberg W 20 Ray Bronson, Melbourne. Wins vacant world welterweight title.
-Johnny Dundee ND 10 Freddie Welsh, New Orleans.
1934: Freddie Miller W 10 Jack Sharkey, Cincinnati. Retains NBA featherweight title.
1935: Baby Arizmendi W 12 Henry Armstrong, Mexico City. Wins vacant Calif. & Mexican world featherweight title.
1937: Freddie Steele W 10 Gorilla Jones, Milwaukee. Retains NBA & NY. World middleweight title.
1943: Manuel Ortiz W 10 Kenny Lindsay, Portland OR. Retains world bantamweight title.
1977: Guty Espadas KO 7 JiroTakada, Tokyo. Retains WBA flyweight title.
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Jan 2
Fight of the day
2000: In-Joo Cho vs Gerry Penalosa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ks8RrmMWQ0
1957: Gene Fullmer W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, NYC. Wins world middleweight title.
1973: Masao Ohba KO 12 Chatchai Chionoi, Tokyo. Retains WBA flyweight title. 3 weeks later Ohba is killed in a car wreck. Ohba was 23 years old when he died with a career mark of 35-2-1 (15).
1978: Guty Espadas KO 7 Kimio Furesawa, Tokyo. Retains WBA flyweight title.
2000: In-Joo Cho W 12 Gerry Penalosa, Seoul. Retains WBC Super flyweight Title.
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Jan 3
Fight of the day. Harada was something else. The great Eder Jofre only lost twice over his career. Both times to Harada.
1967: Fighting Harada vs Jose Medel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pHFSu3dkxE
1916: Harry Wills W 20 Sam Langford, New Orleans. Referee Tommy Burns. Wills defends his World ‘coloured’ heavyweight title claim. …
Quote:
At the end Burns caught Langford’s hand and said to him, “Sam, this is the hardest I ever had to do in my life. I always admired you and never thought to see you beaten, but I have to give the decision against you.”
Calgary Herald
1967: Fighting Harada W 15 Jose Medel, Nagoya. Retains world bantamweight title
1971: Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Rene Barrientos, Shizuaka, Japan. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
1976: Jaime Rios W 15 Kazunori Tenryu, Kagoshima. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.
1985: Ji Won Kim KO 10 Seung II Suh, Seoul. Retains IBF super-bantamweight title.
1988: Gianfranco Rosi KO 7 Duane Thomas, Genoa, Italy. Retains WBC super-welterweight title.
2004: Acelino Freitas W 12 Arthur Grigorian, Ledyard, CN. Freitas, now 35-0(31), wins easily.
-Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Dimitri Kirilov, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
-Alexander Munoz KO 10 Eiji Kojima, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
-Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Masaki Nakanuma, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
2005: Katsushige Kawashima W 12 Jose Navarro, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title. Referee: Mark Green. Judge: William Boodhoo 109-120 | Judge: Gelasio Pérez 115-114 | Judge: Noppharat Sricharoen 115-113. Judge William Boodhoo scores every round for Navarro. Very controversial decision.
-Lorenzo Parra W 12 Trash Nakanuma, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
2007: Edwin Valero KO 1 Michael Lozada, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
-Cristian Mijares KO 10 Katsushige Kawashima, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
2009: Paulus Moses W 12 Yusuke Kobori, Yokohama, Japan. Wins vacant WBA Lightweight Title.
-Toshiaki Nishioka KO 12 Genaro Garcia, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
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Jan 4
Fight of the day
2003: Luis Perez vs Felix Machado
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U21oFGR3Mqk
1940: Henry Armstrong KO 5 Joe Ghnouly, St. Louis. Retains world welterweight title.
1964: Eddie Perkins KO 13 Yoshinori Takahashi, Tokyo. Retains world super-lightweight title.
1965: Ruben Olivares KO 1 Isidro Sotelo, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Olivares’ pro debut.
1978: Miguel Canto W 15 Shoji Oguma, Koriyama, Japan. Retains WBC flyweight title.
2003: Luis Perez W 12 Felix Machado, Washington D.C. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.
