This day in boxing. A look back.

July 28

Fight of the Day
2001:Erik Morales vs In Jin Chi Wbc title.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAMh12Djb6o

1931: Al Iovino KO 3 Henry Armstrong, Braddock, PA. Armstrong’s pro debut.

1969: Johnny Famechon W 15 Fighting Harada, Sydney. Retains WBC featherweight title.

1974: Antonio Cervantes KO 2 Victor Ortiz, Cartagena. Retains world super-lightweight title.

1979: Sung Jun Kim W 15 Siony Carupo, Seoul. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.

1980: Rafael Orono D 15 Willie Jensen, Caracas. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
-Shoji Oguma W 15 Sung Jun Kim, Tokyo. Retains WBC flyweight title.

1985: Mike McCallum KO 8 David Braxton, Miami. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.
-Joey Olivo W 15 Moon Jin Choi, Seoul. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.

1988: Michael Nunn KO 9 Frank Tate, Las Vegas. Wins IBF middleweight title.

1990: Dennis Andries KO 7 Jeff Harding, Melbourne. Wins WBC light heavyweight title for a 3rd time.
-Leopard Tamakuma KO 10 Yul Woo Lee, Tokyo. Wins WBA flyweight title.

2001: Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Julio Gonzalez, Los Angeles. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Andrew Lewis NC 2 Ricardo Mayorga, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
-Erik Morales W 12 In Jin Chi, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2007: Vernon Forrest W 12 Carlos Baldomir, Tacoma, Washington. Wins vacant WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Edgar Sosa W DQ 10 Luis Lazarte, Cancun, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

Finito use to love In Jin Chi, he came over here and destroyed our fighter.

July 29


Fight of the Day
1990: Michael Carbajal vs Muangchai Kittikasem IBF fly title.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K96CYZ2Nz24

1941: Freddy Cochrane W 15 Fritzie Zivic, Newark, NJ. Wins world welterweight title.

1957: Floyd Patterson KO 10 Tommy Jackson, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title.

1971: Alfredo Marcano KO 10 Hiroshi Kobayashi, Aomori, Japan. Wins WBA super-featherweight title.

1978: Netmoi Vorasingh KO 5 Luis Estaba, Caracas. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.

1979: Yoko Gushiken W 15 Rafael Pedroza, Kitakyushu, Japan. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.

1981: Chul Ho Kim KO13 Willie Jensen, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.

1982: Jiro Watanabe KO 10 Gustavo Ballas, Osaka. Retains WBA super-flyweight title.

1988: Lloyd Honeyghan KO 5 Yung Kil Chung, Atlantic City. Retains WBC welterweight title.
-Tomas Molinares KO 6 Marlon Starling, Atlantic City. Wins WBA welterweight title.
Molinares’ KO shot is a second late and Larry's interview with Marlon is priceless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbMWtTP6A2g

1989: Khaosai Galaxy KO 10 Alberto Castro, Surin, Thailand. Retains WBA super-flyweight title.

1990: Jeff Lampkin KO 8 Siza Makhathini, St. Petersburg, FL. Retains IBF cruiserweight title.
Michael Carbajal KO 7 Muangchai Kittikasem, Phoenix. Wins IBF junior-flyweight title.

1994: James Toney KO 12 Charles Williams, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.

Oscar De La Hoya KO 2 Jorge Paez, Las Vegas.

1995: Danny Romero KO 6 Miguel Martinez, San Antonio. Retains IBF flyweight title.

2000: Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Julio Cesar Chavez, Phoenix, AZ. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

2002: Noel Arambulet W 12 Keitaro Hoshino, Yokohama, Japan. Regains WBA Strawweight Title.

2006: Gary St. Clair W 12 Cassius Baloyi, Johannesburg, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2011: Beibut Shumenov KO 9 Danny Santiago, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

I would have gone with Toney/Williams for fight of the day.

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I would have gone with Toney/Williams for fight of the day.

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True enough my friend but I am of the mind that Toney gets to much credit and Carbajal does not get enough. I agree though. Toney and Williams is a much better fight.

July 30


Fight of the day. Two for the price of one.

1988: Julian Jackson vs Buster Drayton, Atlantic City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHoxswJqd00

1989: Julian Jackson vs Terry Norris, Atlantic City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC6ActjJrvQ


1884: Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil) KO 22 George Fulljames. Becomes the first recognized world middleweight champion. The first bout under the Marquis of Queensberry rules.

1917: Harry Greb ND 10 Jack Dillon, Pittsburgh.

1931: Frankie Genaro KO 6 Jackie Harmon, Waterbury, CT. Retains NBA flyweight title.

1972: Enrique Pinder W 15 Rafael Herrera, Panama City. Wins world bantamweight title.

1977: Carlos Monzon W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, Monte Carlo. Retains world middleweight title. Monzon dropped for the first time in 13 years and Valdez gets close to taking it.
Monzon announces his retirement.

1979: Pipino Cuevas W 15 Randy Shields, Chicago. Retains WBA welterweight title.

1988: Julian Jackson KO 3 Buster Drayton, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.

1989: Julian Jackson KO 2 Terry Norris, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.

1992: Al Cole W 12 James Warring, Stanhope, NJ. Wins IBF cruiserweight title.

1994: Alfred Kotey W 12 Rafael Del Valle, London.

1995: Wayne McCullough W 12 Yasuei Yakushiji, Nagoya. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

2004: Danny Williams KO 4 Mike Tyson, Louisville, KY.

2006: Rudy Lopez KO 7 Takashi Koshimoto, Fukuoka, Japan. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2008: Daisuke Naito KO 10 Tomonobu Shimizu, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Takefumi Sakata W 12 Hiroyuki Hisataka, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

Julian Jackson was a freakish power puncher. Drayton took the punches but I am sure it did not do him good. Terry made one mistake, like Herol Graham, and it was over.

I was in Las vegas when Jackson fought Drayton and I bet on Drayton. I figured he had been in with better guys, Philly fighter and all that. Oops.

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Originally Posted by greynotsoold

I was in Las vegas when Jackson fought Drayton and I bet on Drayton. I figured he had been in with better guys, Philly fighter and all that. Oops.

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Drayton put up a good fight considering the power puncher he was facing.

Watching these older fights again I wonder why did back muscles disappear? Old timers backs were shredded.

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Originally Posted by Ron Swanson

Watching these older fights again I wonder why did back muscles disappear? Old timers backs were shredded.

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Natural training methods?

July 31

Fight of the day

1999:Michael Carbajal KO 11 Jorge Arce, Tijuana, MX.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wALW6kj9Dbc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbsNvx-DRdk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhRr-7DCdn8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiPemv6MNwI


1908: Stanley Ketchel KO 3 Hugo Kelly, San Francisco. Retains world middleweight title.

1915: Les Darcy KO 15 Eddie McGoorty, Sydney. Retains Australian world middleweight title.

1916: Jimmy Wilde KO 10 Johnny Hughes, London. Retains world flyweight title.

1920: Harry Greb ND 10 Tommy Gibbons, Pittsburgh.

1933: John Henry Lewis W 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, San Francisco.

1942: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Sammy Angott, NYC. Non-title fight. Robinson ups his record to 33-0 (25). Robinson’s second consecutive victory over the reigning world lightweight champion. Robinson hasn’t even been a pro for two years!

1982: Alexis Arguello KO 2 Kevin Rooney, Atlantic City. Non-title fight.

1987: Brian Mitchell KO 14 Francisco Fernandez, Panama City. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.

1988: Buddy McGirt KO 1 Howard Davis, NYC. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.

1999: Erik Morales KO 6 Reynante Jamili, Tijuana, MX. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.
-Hideki Todaka W 12 Jesus Rojas, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBA super-flyweight title.
-Michael Carbajal KO 11 Jorge Arce, Tijuana, MX.

2002: Alexander Munoz KO 2 Eiji Kojima, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2004: Erik Morales W 12 Carlos Hernandez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC; wins IBF Super Featherweight title.
-Rafael Marquez KO 3 Heriberto Ruiz, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

2010: Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Juan Diaz, Las Vegas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

August 1

Fight of the day
1992: Julian Jackson W 12 Thomas Tate, Las Vegas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9YEj3wDGoE


1950: Dado Marino W 15 Terry Allen, Honlulu. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1968: Cachorro Amaya KO 1 Alexis Arguello, Managua. Arguello's pro debut.

1976: Rigoberto Riasco W 15 Dong Kyun Yum, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1981: Eusebio Pedroza KO 7 Carlos Pinango, Caracas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1987: Mike Tyson W 12 Tony Tucker, Las Vegas. Retains (Unifies) World Heavyweight Title.

1988: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Vernon Buchanan, Inglewood. Non-title fight.
-Miguel Lora W 12 Albert Davila, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1992: Julian Jackson W 12 Thomas Tate, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 4 Frankie Mitchell, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1994: Yasuei Yakushiji KO 11 Jung-Il Byun, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
-Yuri Arbachakov KO 8 Hugo Rafael Soto, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1997: Chatchai Dutchboy Gym KO 7 Juan Domingo Cordoba, Bangkok. Retains WBC “interim” Flyweight Title.

2009: Isaac Hlatshwayo W 12 Delvin Rodriguez, Uncasville, Connecticut. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.
-Devon Alexander KO 8 Junior Witter, Rancho Mirage, CA. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Timothy Bradley NC 3 Nate Campbell, Rancho Mirage, CA. Noggin knock.

August 2

Fight of the day
1997: Sugar Shane Mosley vs Philip Holiday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4YKPU9pOlY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O345phkziXY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feQDLvIRzzE

1924: Max Schmeling KO 6 Hans Czapp, Dusseldorf, Germany. Schmeling’s pro debut.

1929: Sammy Mandell W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Chicago. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1958: Jose Napoles KO 1 Julio Rojas, Havana. Napoles’ pro debut.

1974: Andy Price W 10 Carlos Palomino, San Diego.

1980: Thomas Hearns KO 2 Pipino Cuevas, Detroit. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.
-Aaron Pryor KO 4 Antonio Cervantes, Cincinnati. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Hilmer Kenty KO 9 Young Ho Oh, Detroit. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
-Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Samuel Serrano, Detroit. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title. Upset of the year.

1986: Terry Norris KO 1 Jose Luis Cordova, San Jose, CA. Norris’ pro debut.
-Hi Sup Shin KO 15 Bi Won Chun, Inchon, South Korea. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

1997: Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Philip Holiday, Uncasville, CT. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.
-Angel Manfredy KO 8 Jorge Paez, Uncasville, CT.

2008: Joshua Clottey Tech Dec 9 Zab Judah, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.
-Vic Darchinyan KO 5 Dimitri Kirilov, Tacoma, Washington. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

August 3

Fight of the day

1977: Wilfredo Benitez vs Ray Chavez Guerrero.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73xii4Xsqr8


1928: Corp. Izzy Schwartz KO 4 Little Jeff, Rockaway, NY. Retains New York World Flyweight Title.

1961: Curtis Cokes W 10 Luis Rodriguez, Dallas
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1974: Jose Napoles KO 9 Hedgemon Lewis, Mexico City. Retains World Welterweight Title. Referee: Ramon Berumen.
-Kuniaki Shibata KO 15 Ramiro Bolanos, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1977: Wilfredo Benitez KO 15 Guerrero Chavez, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
-Alexis Arguello KO 1 Jose Fernandez, NYC.

1986: Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Rocky Lockridge, Monte Carlo. Retains WBC Super Featherweight

2002: Acelino Freitas W 12 Daniel Attah, Phoenix, AZ.

August 4

Fight of the Day
2007: Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxVTdQL2PYc

1900: Danny Dougherty W 25 Tommy Feltz, Brooklyn. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1932: Kid Chocolate W 10 Eddie Shea, Cincinnati. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1936: Henry Armstrong W 10 Baby Arizmendi, Los Angeles. Wins California & Mexican World Featherweight Title. Depending on the source Arizmendi turned pro at 13 or 14. Either way he is the youngest to ever do so.

1944: Beau Jack W 10 Bob Montgomery, NYC. By all accounts one hell of a fight. It was part of a war bonds program so neither fighter was paid.

1947: Ike Williams KO 6 Bob Montgomery, Philadelphia. Unifies World Lightweight Title.
Williams returns the favour.

1952: Joey Giardello W 10 Billy Graham, Brooklyn.

1967: Fighting Harada W 15 Bernardo Caraballo, Tokyo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1970: George Foreman KO 3 George Chuvalo, NYC.

1973: Betulio Gonzalez W 15 Miguel Canto, Maracaibo. Regains vacant WBC Flyweight Title.

1979: Ernesto Espana KO 10 Johnny Lira, Chicago. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1980: Hilario Zapata W 15 Rey Mendez, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1984: Satoshi Shingaki W 15 Joves de la Puz, Naha City, Japan. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1988: Jorge Paez W 15 Calvin Grove, Mexicali, MX. Wins IBF Featherweight title.

2007: David Diaz W 12 Erik Morales, Rosemont, Ill. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Israel Vasquez KO 6 Rafael Marquez, Hidaldo, TX. Regains World Super Bantamweight Title.
-Celestino Caballero W 12 Jorge Lacierva, Hidalgo, TX. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
-Ulises Solis KO 8 Rodel Mayol, Rosemont, Ill. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

I miss Israel Vasquez.

August 5


Fight of the day
2006: Vernon Forrest vs Ike Quartey-Real tough fight to score. I leaned toward Ike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRItY11czbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7uEOeCE0TE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-WsaT0SVsE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jswm4zhi3Q


1931: Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Jimmy Slattery, Brooklyn. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1961: Gene Fullmer W 15 Florentino Fernandez, Ogdeon, UT. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1978: Hugo Corro W 15 Ronnie Harris, Buenos Aires. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1990: Vinny Pazienza W 10 Greg Haugen, Atlantic City.

1995: Chana Porpaoin KO 6 Ernesto Rubillar, Bangkok. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

1996: Mark Johnson KO 8 Raul Juarez, Inglewood. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2000: Zab Judah KO 4 Terronn Millett, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
-Juan Lazcano W 10 Jesse James Leija, Uncasville,
-Bones Adams KO 6 Andres Fernandez, Madison, WI. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
-Eric Morel W 12 Sornpichai Pisnurachank, Madison, WI. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

2006: Vernon Forrest W 10 Ike Quartey, NYC.
-Kassim Ouma W 10 Sechew Powell, NYC.
-Edwin Valero KO 10 Vicente Mosquera, Panama City, Panama. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.
-Juan Manuel Marquez KO 7 Terdsak Jandeang, Lake Tahoe, NV
-Rafael Marquez KO 9 Silence Mabuza, Lake Tahoe, NV. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
-Koki Kameda W 12 Juan Landaeta, Yokohama. Wins vacant WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

August 6

Bit of a slow day in history. Wanted to put up the Benton/Giardello fight but was unable to find it.

Fight of the day.
1977: Pipino Cuevas vs Clyde Gray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZM-sdD5rg


1962: George Benton W 10 Joey Giardello, Philadelphia.

1966: Muhammad Ali KO 3 Brian London, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1977: Rocky Mattioli KO 5 Eckhard Dagge, Berlin. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Clyde Gray, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1989: Jorge Paez W 12 Steve Cruz, El Paso. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

2005: Jeff Lacy KO 7 Robin Reid, Tampa, Fla. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Eagle Kyowa W 12 Katsunari Takayama, Tokyo. Regains WBC Strawweight Title.

First time I have seen Pipino Cuevas, other than KO against Hearns, he is a very good fighter. If I was a fighter that is how I would fight.

104Yrs AGo Today in Boxing History on August 7th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pay6XBYfnRc

That was funny watching that old video. the ring was very small, loved the ref in a suit and the corner men fanning the fighters.

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1966: Muhammad Ali KO 3 Brian London, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

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Took the liberty of making 11 GIFs... here's 4 of them and 7 more on my site

Enjoy!


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cyf1Ijmytn...ope-400-sg.gif
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AkSpJbCKg4...Bag-400-sg.gif
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--ujwwvm8st...Bee-400-sg.gif
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XcTDt6_D4N...-KO-400-sg.gif

Here's the vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWnt4Z2Z9N0

August 7

Fight of the day

1966: Vicente Saldivar vs Mitsunori Seki, Mexico City. Great fight and the old school footage is good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VZSLzzPapE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W0TDwuVHHo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxtXwxzK6Hs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNVYgI19yFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByyqUCPEXYk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S-cEIuRkF4


1930: Jack Berg W 10 Kid Chocolate, NYC.
-Manuel Ortiz W 12 Lou Salica, Hollywood. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1966: Vicente Saldivar W 15 Mitsunori Seki, Mexico City. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1979: Salvador Sanchez KO 5 Felix Trinidad Sr., Houston.

1982: Dwight Qawi KO 6 Matthew Saad Muhammad, Philadelphia. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1983: Hector Camacho KO 5 Rafael Limon, San Juan. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1994: Hiroshi Kawashima W 12 Carlos Salazar, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1997: Roy Jones Jr. KO 1 Montell Griffin, Ledyard, CT. Regains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1999: Frans Botha D 10 Shannon Briggs, Atlantic City.
-Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Pastor Maurin, Atlantic City.
-Stefano Zoff W 12 Julien Lorcy, Cannes, France. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

2004: Diego Corrales KO 10 Acelino Freitas, Ledyard, CT.

-Yodsanan Nanthachai W 12 Steve Forbes, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2010: Cornelius Bundrage KO 5 Cory Spinks, St. Louis, MO. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

August 8

Fight of the day

1997:Yokthai Sithoar vs Jesus Rojas, Bangkok.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRRPNJ-Og2M

1934: Sixto Escobar W 15 Eugene Huat, Montreal. Retains NBA Bantamweight Title.

1987: Baby Sugar Rojas W 12 Santos Laciar, Miami. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1997:Terry Norris KO 2 Joaquin Velazquez, Kansas City, MO. Non-title fight.

-Yokthai Sithoar W 12 Jesus Rojas, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

August 9


Fight of the day. There were a few to choose from today but I went with some rare footage of Ray at 147. This fight is also Rays last fight at 147. Paul Cavalier was the ref and lone judge in the fight. Imo opinion Ray carried Charley cause he liked him.

These links could not be embedded and are not available in a youtube search. Enjoy.

1950: Sugar Ray Robinson vs Charley Fusari
http://www.youtube.com/v/rdRIXycRRyE&hl
http://www.youtube.com/v/_D9BSX-8xZk&hl
http://www.youtube.com/v/bs593JGSyWk&h

1933: Lou Brouillard KO 7 Ben Jeby, NYC. Wins New York World Middleweight Title.

1950: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Charley Fusari, Jersey City, NJ. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1958: Luis Rodriguez W 10 Benny (Kid) Paret, Havana.

1971: Rodrigo Valdez KO 7 Bobby Cassidy, NYC. Rodrigo stopped Bobby but Bobby gave him hepatitis during the fight.

-Chu Chu Malve W 9 Harold Weston, Jr., NYC. . The two fought a nine rounder as a compromise because Malave wanted eight rounds and Weston wanted ten.

1978: Masashi Kudo W 15 Eddie Gazo, Akita, Japan. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1980: Alexis Arguello KO 8 Cornelius Boza Edwards, Atlantic City.
-Sergio Palma KO 5 Leo Randolph, Spokane, Washington. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1985: Miguel Lora W 12 Daniel Zaragoza, Miami. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1987: Rocky Lockridge KO 8 Barry Michael, Windsor. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Jum Hwan Choi KO 4 Toshihiko Matsuda, Seoul. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1991: Bobby Czyz W 12 Bash Ali, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1997: Vince Phillips KO 3 Mickey Ward, Boston. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

2002: Miguel Barrera W 12 Roberto Leyva, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2003: Acelino Freitas KO 12 Jorge Barrios, Miami, FL. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

Frieatas v barrios was an exciting fight!

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Frieatas v barrios was an exciting fight!

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Agreed

Way better then the Robinson fight action wise but the footage of Ray at 147 is so rare that I had to post it.

August 10

Fight of the day


1985: Hector Camacho vs Jose Luis Ramirez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xph_IYViSFc


1910: Joe Gans, 33, dies from tuberculosis. One of the best lightweights that ever lived and he may have went on to be bigger then Robinson.

1949:Ezzard Charles KO 8 Gus Lesnevich, Bronx, NY. Retains NBA Heavyweight Title.

1959: Pascual Perez W 15 Kenji Yonekura, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1963: Dick Tiger KO 7 Gene Fullmer, Ibadan, Nigeria. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1985: Hector Camacho W 12 Jose Luis Ramirez, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

1986: Carlos DeLeon KO 8 Michael Greer, Giardini, Naxos, Italy.

1996: Dariusz Michalczewski W DQ 7 Graciano Rocchigiani, Hamburg, Germany.
-Saman Sorjaturong KO 9 Shiro Yahiro, Bangkok. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2002: Jean-Marc Mormeck KO 8 Dale Brown, Marseille, France. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

2006: Omar Nino Romero W 12 Brian Viloria, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.Upset of the year candidate.

August 11-Not one of the more active days on the historic calender.


Fight of the day.

1987: Edwin Rosario vs Juan Nazario
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Hpx_oFFPk


1954: Archie Moore KO 14 Harold Johnson, NYC. Retained World Light Heavyweight Title.

1987: Edwin Rosario KO 8 Juan Nazario, Chicago. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1990: Pernell Whitaker KO 1 Juan Nazario, Stateline, NV. Unifies World Lightweight Title.

2000: Tim Austin W 12 Arthur Johnson, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

August 12


Fight of the day. Tried to put together Jack/Williams but couldn’t pull it off.

Not the best quality.
Jorge Castro vs Reggie Johnson,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icG8W-w6KmM

1955: Ike Williams KO 9 Beau Jack, Augusta. Final fight for both men.

1959: Archie Moore KO 3 Yvon Durelle, Montreal. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Horacio Accavallo W 15 Hiroyuki Ebihara, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1978: Betulio Gonzalez W 15 Guty Espadas, Maracay. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1982: WBC Featherweight Champion Salvador Sanchez, 23, is killed in an automobile accident.
What a nightmare of a fighter this guy was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCe6dPQlG0U

1988: Jeff Fenech KO 5 Tyrone Downes, Melbourne. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1991: Manuel Medina W 12 Troy Dorsey, Inglewood. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

1994: Frankie Liles W 12 Steve Little, Tucuman, Argentina. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Jorge Castro W 12 Reggie Johnson, Tucuman, Argentina. Wins vacant WBA Middleweight Title.

1995: Paul Vaden KO 12 Vincent Pettway, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

2000: Evander Holyfield W 12 John Ruiz, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Joe Calzaghe KO 5 Omar Sheika, London.
-Bebis Mendoza W DQ 7 Rosendo Alvarez, Las Vegas. Wins vacant Junior Flyweight Title.

2006: Oleg Maskaev KO 12 Hasim Rahman, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.

Nothing good happened today.

Moore offered the rematch to Durelle right after their first fight while Moore was doing the post-fight interview himself. He told Durelle "you know nobody hit me that hard, your performance is something to be proud"

But Durelle later explained that Moo're team pushed the date of the fight till they were sure Durelle (a simple man, a fisherman) over worked himself in camp and started to miss his family... Durelle was never in it the night of the rematch.

Durelle was all power and heart. A simple man, living a simple life, but possessing brute talent that made him a freak of nature. Even at a late age, a few years before his death, he would still declare "My head just won't give up, I still can do it"

August 13

Fight of the day
1983: Milton McCrory vs Colin Jones. Milton is a forgotten fighter. He would have been hell on earth for any welter today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdTvGUKBZKE


1900: James Ferns KO 15 Eddie Connolly, Brooklyn. Wins World Welterweight Title. Some say it happened on the 12th and others the 13th. Dates are not written in stone at the turn of the 20th century.

1903: Frankie Neil KO 2 Harry Forbes, San Francisco. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1983: Milton McCrory W 12 Colin Jones, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBC Welterweight Title.

1993: Juan Coggi W 12 Jose Barboza, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1994: Riddick Bowe NC 4 Buster Mathis Jr. Las Vegas. Bowe was lucky he was not dq’d in this one.

1995: Eloy Rojas W 12 Nobutoshi Hiranaka, Tagawa, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

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

1999: Mark Johnson W tech. dec. 8 Jorge Lacierva, Ledyard, CT. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2005: Hassim Rahman W 12 Monte Barrett, Chicago.
-Ricardo Mayorga W 12 Michelle Piccirillo, Chicago. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Alejandro Garcia W 12 Luca Messi, Chicago. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Luis Collazo KO 8 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Chicago. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

August 14

Fight of the day

1999: Steve Johnston vs Angel Manfredy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmzpYGrEbAw


1903: James J. Jeffries KO 10 James J. Corbett, San Francisco. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1920: Sam Langford ND 10 Sam McVey, East Chicago, IN. These two fought 15 times and mainly because the had to. Before the Murders Row there was Langford, McVey or (McVea), Jeanette and Wills who like the Row were frozen out by the establishment

1922: Dave Rosenberg W 15 Phil Krug, Bronx, NY. Wins vacant New York World Middleweight Title.

1942: Charley Burley KO 9 Holman Williams, New Orleans. Speaking of Murderers Row these two were members and they fought each other 7 times

1973: Koichi Wajima KO 13 Silvani Bertini, Sapporo. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1982: Santos Laciar W 15 Betulio Gonzalez, Maracaibo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1988: Sung Kil Moon TD 6 Kaokor Galaxy, Seoul. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1989: Michael Nunn W 12 Iran Barkley, Reno. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

1990: Orlando Canizales KO 5 Eddie Rangel, Saratoga Springs, NY. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1999: Steve Johnston W 12 Angel Manfredy, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

2010: Jean Pascal W TD 11 Chad Dawson, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Wins World Light Heavyweight
Miguel Vazquez W 12 Ji Hoon Kim, Laredo, Texas. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.

August 15


Fight of the day

1987: Evander Holyfield vs Ossie Ocasio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhYH6QDU3O4


1911: Sam Langford KO 5 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, NYC.

1922: Johnny Dundee KO 9 Danny Frush, Brooklyn. Wins vacant New York World Featherweight Title.

1950: Ezzard Charles KO 14 Freddie Beshore, Buffalo. Retains NBA Heavyweight Title.

1951: Joe Louis W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Baltimore.

1961: Gene Fullmer W 15 Florentino Fernandez, Ogden, UT. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1966: Jose Torres W 15 Eddie Cotton, Las Vegas. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1981: Sergio Palma KO 12 Ricardo Cardona, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
-Hilario Zapata W 15 German Torres, Panama City. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1986: Jimmy Paul W 15 Darryll Tyson, Detroit. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1987: Evander Holyfield KO 11 Ossie Ocasio, St. Tropez, France. Retains WBA/IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Louie Espinoza KO 9 Mike Ayala, San Antonio. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
-Fidel Bassa D 15 Hilario Zapata, Panama City. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1991: Marcos Villasana W 12 Ricardo Cepeda, Marbella, Spain. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1998: Luisito Espinosa W tech. dec. 11 Juan Carlos Ramirez, El Paso. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2003: Jesus Chavez W 12 Sirimongkol Singmanassak, Austin, TX. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2009: Gabriel Campillo W 12 Beibut Shumenov, Astana, Kazakstan. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

August 16


Fight of the day

There isn’t one. Searched high and low for Ortiz/Laguna 3. Not even Greens bogus DQ loss to Marcus Ottke I mean Beyer was available.

1943: Phil Terranova KO 8 Jackie Callura, New Orleans. Wins NBA Featherweight Title.

1965: Joe Frazier KO 1 Woody Goss, Philadelphia. Frazier’s pro debut.

1967: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Ismael Laguna, Flushing, NY. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1975: Rodrigo Valdez W 15 Rudy Robles, Cartegena. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

1996: Frankie Randall W 12 Juan Coggi, Villa Ballester, Argentina. Regains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1997: Marcelo Dominguez W 12 Akim Tafer, Cannes, France. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Vuyani Bungu W 12 Enrique Jupiter, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Markus Beyer W disq. 5 Danny Green, Nurnberg, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

August 17

Fight of the day

1990: Loreto Garza vs Juan Coggi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjvQsKRWTJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr1nY3tKv3o



1914: Jack Dempsey D 6 Young Herman, Ramona, CO. Dempsey’s pro debut.

1938: Henry Armstrong W 15 Lou Ambers, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title. What this man accomplished here is truly staggering.
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9/29/37. Knocks out Pete Sarron and wins world featherweight title.
5/31/38. Beats Barney Ross over 12 and wins world welterweight title. It needs to be said that he also only weighed in at 133 and some say he was as low as 130.
8/17/38. see above.
He did that in ten months. It was well known at the time that he had no intentions of returning back to 126 but he is still the only man to hold 3 weight classes by the balls at the same time.

-Flash Elorde KO 1 Harold Gomes, San Francisco. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1962: Davey Moore KO 2 Olli Maeki, Helsinki. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1983: Roger Mayweather KO 1 Benedicto Villablanca, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1990: Loreto Garza W 12 Juan Coggi, Nice. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Paul Banke KO 12 Ki Jun Lee, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Darrin Van Horn KO 3 John Jarvis, Irvine, CA. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Terry Norris KO 1 Brett Lally, San Diego. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1996: Johnny Tapia W 12 Hugo Soto, Albuquerque, NM.

Aug 18

Fight of the day
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs John Conteh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek_fhxbzXpk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFngeYj0s7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv7iIW5p1MQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSZu_PfIYpM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L6aGIbC2ZU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdjvPCjhj-k

1908: Stanley Ketchel KO 2 Joe Thomas, San Francisco. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1924: Steve Sullivan W 10 Johnny Dundee, Brooklyn. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1930: Battling Battalino W 10 Charles Taylor, Hartford, CT.

1958: Floyd Patterson KO 13 Roy Harris, Los Angeles. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1973: Romeo Anaya KO 3 Enrique Pinder, Inglewood. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1975: Bennie Briscoe W 10 Eddie Gregory, Philadelphia. Razor thin decision.

1979: Matthew Saad Muhammad W 15 John Conteh, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1982: Wilfredo Gomez KO 8 Roberto Rubaldino, San Juan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1984: Jung Koo Chang KO 9 Katsuo Tokashiki, Pohang, South Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
-Francisco Quiroz KO 2 Victor Sierra, Panama City. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: Lupe Pintor W 12 Juan Meza, Mexico City. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2007: Arthur Abraham KO 11 Khoren Gevor, Berlin, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

Two Gents. Conteh even applauding the scores read out in Saad's favour. Different time.