This day in boxing. A look back.

Jan 18


Fight of the day

2015: Bermane Stiverne KO5 Deontay Wilder MGM Grand, Las Vegas Retains WBC heavyweight title.
Video Pending;D


1992: Meldrick Taylor vs Glenwood Brown. Only copy available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCyRXmEqgTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY8sGNWJFMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfMs-FxcbxM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq3PPb9osZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi9rZpxc0A0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isD5vJIG5dc



1895: Tommy Ryan KO 3 Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil), Coney Island. Retains world welterweight title.

1907: Abe Attell KO 8 Harry Baker, Los Angeles. Retains world featherweight title.

1924: Harry Greb W 15 Johnny Wilson, NYC.

1932: Johnny Jadick W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Philadelphia. Wins world super-lightweight title.

1956: Sandy Saddler KO 13 Flash Elorde, San Francisco. Retains world featherweight title.

1962: Eder Jofre KO 10 Johnny Caldwell, Sao Paulo. Retains world bantamweight title.

1965: Carlos Hernandez W 15 Eddie Perkins, Caracas. Wins world super-lightweight title.

1986: Samart Payakaroon KO 5 Lupe Pintor, Bangkok. Wins WBC super-bantamweight title.

1992: Meldrick Taylor W 12 Glenwood Brown, Philadelphia. Retains WBA welterweight title.

-Pernell Whitaker W 10 Harold Brazier, Philadelphia.

1997: Kostya Tszyu Tech. Draw 1 Leonardo Mas, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-Lightweight title. Weird outcome.

-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Maurcio Pastrana W 12 Michael Carbajal, Las Vegas. Wins IBF junior-Flyweight title.

Shame Oscar and Zu never had a go.

I was a fan of Glenwood the real beat Brown

Years ago I bought a copy of the saddler v Elorde fight, which was, I believe, Saddler's last bout. Talk about a rough guy, Saddler busted him up and I don't think he landed a punch.

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Originally Posted by greynotsoold

Years ago I bought a copy of the saddler v Elorde fight, which was, I believe, Saddler's last bout. Talk about a rough guy, Saddler busted him up and I don't think he landed a punch.

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Man he was a bad ass. That final fight with him and Pep must have been something. All three on the canvas at times and Miller leaving the ring to pull them apart. Nat Fleischer in The Ring, December 1951, page 3, this was an extremely dirty fight, with "wrestling, heeling, eye gouging, tripping, thumbing- in fact every dirty trick known to the old timers.." Referee Ray Miller "let the bout get out of hand..."

Jan 19

Fight of the day

1991: Dennis Andries vs Guy Waters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTEV7fD3EmY


1895: George Dixon Draw 25 Young Griffo, Coney Island.

1930: Frankie Genaro KO 12 Yvon Trevidic, Paris. Retains NBA flyweight title.

1937: Benny Lynch W 15 Small Montana, Wembley. Retains world flyweight title.

1955: Ralph (Tiger) Jones W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson, Chicago. Referee:

1978: Wilfredo Gomez KO 3 Royal Kobayashi, Kitakyushu, Japan. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.

1983: Roger Mayweather KO 8 Samuel Serrano, San Juan. Wins WBA super-featherweight title.

1985: Donald Curry KO 4 Colin Jones, Birmingham, England. Retains WBA welterweight title.

1991: Dennis Andries W 12 Guy Waters, Adelaide, Australia. Retains WBC light-heavyweight title.

-Meldrick Taylor W 12 Aaron Davis, Atlantic City. Wins WBA welterweight title.

1998: Hipolito Saucedo, 30, is found dead near his home in Houston, Texas.

2001: Willie Jorrin W 12 Oscar Larios, Sacramento. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2002: Rosendo Alvarez KO 12 Pichit Siriwat, Miami, Fla. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

2003: Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Jesse James Leija, Melbourne. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

2004: Anthony Mundine KO 5 Yoshinori Nishizawa, Wollongong. NSW, Australia.

2008: Ruslan Chagaev W 12 Matt Skelton, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Felix Trinidad, NYC.

Steve Molitor W 12 Ricardo Castillo, Rama, Ontario, Canada. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

Jan 20


Fight of the day

2006:Valdemir Pereira vs Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jekDoyI2GE


1916: Jack Britton ND 10 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Buffalo.

1919: Benny Leonard ND 6 Johnny Dundee, Newark.

1936: Marcel Thil W disq. 4 Lou Brouillard, Paris. Retains world middleweight title.

1973: Roberto Duran KO 5 Jimmy Robertson, Panama City. Retains world lightweight title.

-Romeo Anaya KO 3 Enrique Pinder, Panama City. Wins world bantamweight title.

1990: Sung Kil Moon Tech. Decision 9 Nana Konadu, Seoul. Wins WBC super-flyweight title.

1993: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Gilbert Dele, France. Retains IBF super-welterweight title.

2001: Jose Luis Castillo KO 6 Cesar Bazan, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

-Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO 10 Diego Corrales, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2006: Valdemir Pereira W 12 Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Wins vacant IBF Featherweight Title.

2007: Nikolay Valuev KO 3 Jameel McCline, Basel, Switzerland. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Ricky Hatton W 12 Juan Urango, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Junior Witter KO 9 Arturo Morua, London, England. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

Jan 21


Fight of the day

1978: Roberto Duran vs. Esteban De Jesus III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyHwM9uKRfM


1927: Fidel LaBarba W 12 Elky Clark, NYC. Wins vacant world flyweight title.

1958: Virgil Akins KO 12 Tony DeMarco, Boston. Retains Mass. World welterweight title.

1969: Johnny Famechon W 15 Jose Legra, London. Wins WBC featherweight title.

1975: Koichi Wajima W 15 Oscar Albarado, Tokyo. Regains world super-welterweight title.

1978: Roberto Duran KO 12 Esteban DeJesus, Las Vegas. Retains world lightweight title. Duran’s 12 successful title defense.

1989: Meldrick Taylor KO 7 John Meekins, Atlantic City. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.

-Juan Coggi W 12 Harold Brazier, Vasto, Italy. Retains WBA super-lightweight title.

2005: Juan Diaz KO 9 Billy Irwin, Houston, TX. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

2006: Manny Pacquiao KO 10 Erik Morales, Las Vegas. Morales stopped for the first time in 51 contests.

-Martin Castillo W 12 Alexander Munoz, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

Jan 22


Fight of the day

1960: Paul Pender vs Sugar Ray Robinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpVY0Z8mQX8


1960: Paul Pender W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, Boston. Wins world middleweight title.

1973: George Foreman KO 2 Joe Frazier, Kingston, Jamaica. Wins world heavyweight title.

1977: Carlos Palomino KO 15 Armando Muniz, Los Angeles. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1980: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Spider Nemoto, Tokyo. Retains WBA featherweight title. 6th defense of a record 19 successful title defenses.

1984: Johnny Bumphus W 15 Lorenzo Garcia, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA super-lightweight title.

1988: Mike Tyson KO 4 Larry Holmes, Atlantic City. Retains world heavyweight title.

-Carlos DeLeon W 12 Jose Maria Burlon, Atlantic City. Retains WBC cruiserweight title.

1990: Raul Perez W 12 Gaby Canizales, Los Angeles. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

2000: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 3 Willie Wise, Las Vegas. Mosley’s second fight as a welterweight.

2005: Floyd Mayweather KO 8 Henry Bruseles, Miami.

-Johnny Tapia W 10 Nicky Bentz, Hidalgo, TX.

Jan 23


Fight of the day

2010: Carlos Tamara vs Brian Viloria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uJ_5nQUHuc


1908: Harry Lewis KO 3 Frank Mantell, New Haven, CT. Wins world welterweight title.

1915: Jeff Smith W disq. 5 Les Darcy, Sydney. Retains Australia world middleweight title.

1931: Jack (Kid) Berg W 10 Goldie Hess, Chicago. Retains world super-lightweight title.

1964: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Hiroyuki Ebihara, Bankok. Wins world flyweight title for the 3rd time.

1967: Emile Griffith W 15 Joey Archer, NYC. Retains world middleweight title.

1968: Howard Winstone KO 9 Mitsunori Seki, London. Wins vacant British world featherweight title.

1969: Bob Foster KO 1 Frankie DePaula, NYC. Retains world light-heavyweight title.

1988: Calvin Grove KO 4 Antonio Rivera, Gamaches, France. Wins vacant IBF featherweight title.

2010: Yuriokis Gamboa KO 2 Rogers Mtagwa, NYC. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Juan Manuel Lopez KO 7 Steven Luevano, NYC

-Carlos Tamara KO 12 Brian Viloria, Manila, Philippines. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

Jan 24


Fight of the day

1982: Eusebio Pedroza vs Juan LaPorte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILDS0IiUExA


1903: George Dixon D 6 Jem Driscoll, London.

1914: Tom McCormick W disq. 6 Waldemar Holberg, Melbourne. Wins world welterweight title.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 9 Pedro Montanez, NYC. Retains world welterweight title. Armstrong’s 2nd defense in 20 days.

1950: Joey Maxim KO 10 Freddie Mills, London. Wins world light-heavyweight title.

1976: George Foreman KO 5 Ron Lyle, Las Vegas.

1981: Chul Ho Kim KO 9 Rafael Orono, San Cristobal, Venezuela. Wins WBC super-flyweight title.

1982: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Juan LaPorte, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Featherweight title.

1990: Orlando Canizales W 12 Billy Hardy, Sunderland, England. Retains IBF bantamweight title.

1997: Pernell Whitaker KO 11 Diobelys Hurtado, Atlantic City. Retains World welterweight title. Whitaker scores a come-from-behind KO.

2004: Arturo Gatti W 12 Gianluca Branco, Atlantic City.

2009: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 9 Antonio Margarito, Los Angeles. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.

Jan 25

Fight of the day

1976: Saensak Muangsurin vs Lion Furuyama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83CaMh0XH4A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYzmrdaggO8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTcsdvcuTtk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAJM5ij3evA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k88DTfCks8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkN5-5iZ71w


1894: James J. Corrbett KO 3 Charley Mitchell, Jacksonville, Fla. Retains world heavyweight title.

1915: Harry Greb ND 6 Jack Blackburn, Pittsburgh, PA. in the 6th.”

1932: Gorilla Jones KO 6 Oddone Piazza, Milwaukee. Wins vacant world middleweight title.

1939: Joe Louis KO 1 John Henry Lewis, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title.

1944: Bob Montgomery KO 12 Ike Williams, Philadelphia.

1976: Saensak Muangsurin W 15 Lion Furuyama, Tokyo. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.

1987: Chong Pal Park KO 15 Doug Sam, Seoul. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.

1999: Jean-Baptiste Mendy W 12 Alberto Sicurella, Versailles, France. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

2003: Ricardo Mayorga KO 3 Vernon Forrest, Temecula, CA. Wins World Welterweight Title.

2007: Ulises Solis KO 8 Will Grigsby, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

Jan 26

Fight of the day

2002: Vernon Forrest vs Sugar Shane Mosley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJUmtS73YVs


1952: Vic Toweel W 15 Peter Keenan, Johannesburg. Retains world bantamweight title.

1991: Robert Quiroga W 12 Vicenzo Belcastro, Capo d’Orlando. Retains IBF super-flyweight title.

1998: Former World Featherweight Champion Hogan (Kid) Bassey, 65, dies.

2002: Vernon Forrest W 12 Sugar Shane Mosley, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.

-Arturo Gatti KO 4 Terron Millett, NYC. Gatti re-establishes himself as a top contender at super-lightweight.

2008: Chris John KO 7 Roinet Caballero, Senayan, Indonesia. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

Jan 27

Fight of the day

1985: Rocky Lockridge KO 6 Kamel Bou-All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksr-y156JG4


1913: Jim Driscoll Draw 20 Owen Moran, London. Retains world British featherweight title.

1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 11 George Freitas, Oakland. Retains world bantamweight title. Manuel's second defense in less then a month.

1954: Archie Moore W 15 Joey Maxim, Miami. Retains world Light-Heavyweight title.

1980: Yoko Gushiken W 15 Yong Hyun Kim, Osaka. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.

1985: Rocky Lockridge KO 6 Kamel Bou-All, Riva del Garda, Italy. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.

1989: Graciano Rocchigiani W 12 Thulane (Sugarboy) Malinga, Berlin. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.

1990: Lindell Holmes W 12 Frank Tate, New Orleans. Wins vacant IBF super-middleweight title.

1992: Humberto Gonzalez W 12 Domingo Sosa, Inglewood. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title

Jan 28

Fight of the day

1978: Alexis Arguello vs Alfredo Escalera. Howard Cosell was one of a kind. Best boxing announcer that has so far ever lived.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXTpybeVRHo


1944: Beau Jack D 10 Sammy Angott, NYC.

1949: Kid Gavilan W 10 Ike Williams, NYC.

1959: Tiger Jones W 10 Joey Giardello, Louisville.

1974: Muhammad Ali W 12 Joe Frazier, NYC. As a big Frazier fan this one was hard to watch. He's lucky that the bell Perez heard was in his own head or he may not have made it out of round 2. Ali dominated.

1978: Alexis Arguello KO 13 Alfredo Escalera, Bayamon. Wins WBC super-featherweight title.
1984: Santos Laciar W 15 Juan Herrera, Marsala, Italy. Retains WBA flyweight title.

1990: John-John Molina KO 6 Lupe Suarez, Atlantic City. Retains IBF super-featherweight.

2006: Markus Beyer KO 12 Alberto Colajanni, Berlin, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title

Jan 29

Fight of the day. Busy day. Think I’ll do a triple header.

1977: Roberto Duran vs Vilomar Fernandez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5GlR8d_EBU

1984: Billy Costello vs Bruce Curry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Kgb-QE_CQ

1994: Frankie Randall vs Julio Cesar Chavez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnmX15s7c4w


1952: Archie Moore W 10 Harold Johnson, Toledo, OH.

1967: Vicente Saldivar KO 7 Mitsunori Seki, Mexico City. Retains World featherweight title

1972: Ricardo Arredondo W 15 Jose Isaac Marin, San Jose, Costa Rica. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.

1977: Roberto Duran KO 13 Vilomar Fernandez, Miami Beach. Retains world lightweight title. Durans’ 10th straight KO in as many title defenses.

1978: Yoko Gushiken KO 14 Anaceto Vargas, Nagoya. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.

1979: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Scott Clark, Inglewood. Retains WBA welterweight title. Cuevas’ 8th title defense all KO’s.

-Betulio Gonzalez Draw 15 Shoji Oguma, Hamamatsu, Japan. Retains WBA flyweight title.

1983: Davey Moore KO 4 Gary Guiden, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.

1984: Billy Costello KO 10 Bruce Curry, Beaumont, Texas. Wins WBC super-lightweight title.

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Two days later Curry, having blamed his trainer Jesse Reid, challenges his longtime trainer to a fist fight. Immediately after Reid re-opens a 15-stitch cut, Curry retrieves a gun from his car and takes 1 shot at Reid. Missing by inches, Curry abruptly leaves.

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1994: Felix Trinidad W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Retains IBF welterweight title.

-Frankie Randall W 12 Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas. Wins WBC super-lightweight title. Chavez’s first “official” defeat in 91 fights.

2000: Mike Tyson KO 2 Julius Francis, Manchester, England.

-Joe Calzaghe W 12 David Starie, Manchester, retains WBO super-middleweight title.

-Markus Beyer KO 7 Leif Keiski, Riesa, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight title.

2002: Keitaro Hoshino W 12 Joma Gamboa, Yokohama, Japan. Regains vacant WBA Strawweight title

2005: Kassim Ouma W 12 Kofi Jantuah, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Arturo Gatti KO 5 Jesse James Leija, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Pongsaklek Wongjongkam KO 5 Noriyuki Komatsu, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2006: Takashi Koshimoto W 12 In Jin Chi, Fukuoka, Japan. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2010: Beibut Shumenov W 12 Gabriel Campillo, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.