This day in boxing. A look back.

Apr 20

Fight of the day

2002: Floyd Mayweather vs Jose Luis Castillo 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJv2q_5vmQI


1903: Joe Walcott D 10 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Boston.

1960: Gene Fullmer D 15 Joey Giardello, Bozeman, Montana. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1983: Roger Mayweather KO 8 Jorge Alvarado, San Jose, CA. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1991: Prince Charles Williams KO 2 James Kinchen, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

1996: Virgil Hill W 12 Lou Del Valle, Grand Forks, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title. Mr Hill was very lucky to have won that fight.

2002: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Jose Luis Castillo, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title. One can most certainly make the case that Floyd lost.

2007: Mzonke Fana W 12 Malcolm Klassen, Khayelitsha, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

Apr 21

Fight of the day

1984: Donald Curry vs Elio Diaz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Kuq849-Qs


1920: Johnny Kilbane KO 7 Alvie Miller, Lorain, OH. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1944: Charley Burley W 10 Archie Moore, Hollywood.

1962: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Joe (Old Bones) Brown, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1963: Ingemar Johansson W 12 Brian London, Stockholm.

1976: Alfonso Lopez W 15 Shoji Oguma, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1984: Donald Curry KO 8 Elio Diaz, Ft. Worth, TX. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1990: Robert Quiroga W 12 Juan Polo Perez, Sunderland, England. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1991: Luis Mendoza W 12 Carlos Uribe, Cartegena. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2001: Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis, Johannesburg, South, Africa. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

-Lehlo Ledwaba W 12 Carlos Contreras, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

Apr 22

Fight of the day x 2

1978: Carlos Zarate vs Andres Hernandez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwLsPFXuRnQ

1979: Matthew Franklin vs Marvin Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z94t81BkK0c


1903: Jack Root W 10 Charles (Kid) McCoy, Detroit. Wins newly created World Light Heavyweight Title.

1904: Jack Johnson KO 20 Sam McVey, San Francisco.

1907: Owen Moran W 20 Al Delmont, London. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title.

1961: Paul Pender W 15 Carmen Basilio, Boston. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1969:Joe Frazier KO 1 Dave Zyglewicz, Houston. Retains New York World Heavyweight Title.

1972: Ricardo Arredondo KO 5 William Martinez, Mexico City. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1978: Hugo Corro W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, San Remo. Wins World Middleweight Title.

-Carlos Zarate KO 13 Andres Hernandez, San Juan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1979: Matthew Franklin KO 8 Marvin Johnson, Indianapolis. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight championship. Soon after Matthew would change his name to Matthew Saad Muhammad.

1989: Mark Breland KO 5 Rafael Pineda, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1991: Former World Super Lightweight Champion Jack (Kid) Berg, 81, dies.

1992: Reggie Johnson W 12 Steve Collins, East Rutherford, NJ. Wins vacant WBA Middleweight Title.

1994: Michael Moorer W 12 Evander Holyfield, Las Vegas. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

-John John Molina W 12 Gregorio Vargas, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

-John Michael Johnson KO 11 Junior Jones, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1995: George Foreman W 12 Axel Schulz, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Total robbery.

-Danny Romero W 12 Francisco Tejedor, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Flyweight Title. Romero is the first American to win a Flyweight world title in 60-years.

2006: Wladimir Klitschko KO 7 Chris Byrd, Mannheim, Germany. Wins IBF Heavyweight Title.

That Fullmer vs Giardello fight was fought with very little respect for the rules.
Seeing John Michael Johnson beat Junior Jones was a great moment.

Apr 23

Fight of the day

1988: Simon Brown vs Tyrone Trice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaQWYeYqarY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgibEJVJ9yk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou7rFN1Uj5A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeUeKTRK4Jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ck4t-zSIls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3sCDtI2Sko

1907: Mike (Twin) Sullivan W 20 Honey Mellody, Los Angeles. Wins California World Welterweight Title.

1977: Carlos Zarate KO 4 Alfonso Zamora, Inglewood. A non-title fight between the WBC Zarate and WBA Zamora Bantamweight Champions. Shame. Zarate improves his record to 41-0 (40). Man that guy could punch.

1978: Danny (Little Red) Lopez KO 6 Jose DePaula, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1988: Simon Brown KO 14 Tyrone Trice, Berk-Ser-Mer, France. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.

1990: Paul Banke KO 9 Daniel Zaragoza, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Michael Nunn KO 6 Crawford Ashley, Memphis. Retains WBA Super middleweight Title.

2000: Hideki Todaka KO 11 Yokthai Sithoar, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

Apr 25


Fight of the day

1966: Emile Griffith vs Dick Tiger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImtLe0nkqBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBwHNZ6gpu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjyPVwQkTrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WUhJdaF-lQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPp6foCUs5A


1916: Jack Dillon W 15 Battling Levinsky, Kansas City. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Harry Wills W 8 Sam Langford, St. Louis.

1938: John Henry Lewis KO 4 Emilio Martinez, Minneapois. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1941: Lou Salica W 15 Lou Transporenti, Baltimore. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1950: Terry Allen W 15 Honore Pratesi, London. Wins vacant World Flyweight Title.

1966: Emile Griffith W 15 Dick Tiger, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1972: Ben Villaflor W 15 Alfredo Marcano, Honolulu. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1976: Elisha Obed W 15 Sea Robinson, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 9 Murray Sutherland, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Thomas Hearns KO 13 Randy Shields, Phoenix. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1987: Fidel Bassa KO 13 Dave McAuley, Belfast. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1992: Paul Hodkinson KO 3 Steve Cruz, Belfast. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Yung Kyun Park KO 11 Koji Matsumoto, Ansan, South Korea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1994: Julio Cesar Borboa KO 4 Jorge Luis Roman, Inglewood. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Roy Jones Jr. KO 4 Virgil Hill, Biloxi, Mississippi. Non-title fight.

-Gerry Penalosa Tech. Draw 2 Joel Luna Zarate, Manila. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

Borboa looked great that night against Roman.

Apr 26

Fight of the day

2003: James Toney vs Vassiliy Jirov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOqWPoR76mI


1906: Jack Johnson W 15 Sam Langford, Chelsea, MA.

1932: Gorilla Jones W 12 Young Terry, Trenton, NJ. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 7 Paul Junior, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1975: George Foreman fights 5-exhibition fights in one night.

1982: Davey Moore KO 5 Charlie Weir, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1985: Lester Ellis KO 13 Rod Sequenan, Melbourne. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

-Jeff Fenech KO 9 Satoshi Shingaki, Moore Park, Australia. Wins IBF Bantamweight Title.

1986: Gary Hinton W 15 Reyes Cruz, Lucca, Italy. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1988: Brian Mitchell W 12 Jose Rivera, Madrid. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1997: George Foreman W 12 Lou Savarese, Atlantic City.

2003: James Toney W 12 Vassiliy Jirov, Ledyard, CT. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Antonio Tarver W 12 Montell Griffin, Ledyard, CT. Wins vacant IBF & WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Oscar Larios W 12 Shigeru Nakazato, Tokyo, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

Toney at his best!

Im going to slip this historic one in for the 24th ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Cvu0FH1LM

Apr 24

Fight of the day

2010: Mikkel Kessler vs Carl Froch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNJKYcH1P6c


1916: Jack Britton W 20 Ted (Kid) Lewis, New Orleans. Regains World Welterweight Title.

-Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Johnny Rosner, Liverpool. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1931: Tony Canzoneri KO 3 Jack (Kid) Berg, Chicago. Retains World Lightweight Title and wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1953: Jimmy Carter KO 4 Tommy Collins, Boston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1959: Don Jordan W 15 Virgil Akins, St Louis. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1961: Harold Johnson KO 2 Von Clay, Philadelphia. The first title fight in which both the mandatory 8-count and the 3-knockdown rule are applied.

1971: Bob Foster W 15 Ray Anderson, Tampa. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1977: Miguel Canto W 15 Reyes Arnal, Caracas. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1981: Hilario Zapata W 15 Rudy Crawford, San Francisco. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1983: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Rocky Lockridge, Liguiria, Italy. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-For @Andre Alexis Arguello TKO 3 Claude Noel, Atlantic city, non title affair

1998: Manuel Medina W 12 Hector Lizarraga, San Jose, CA. Regains IBF Featherweight Title.

1999: Keith Holmes KO 7 Hassine Cherifi, Washington D.C. Regains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Sharmba Mithell W 12 Reggie Green, Washington D.C. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Mark Johnson W 12 Ratanachai Sow Voraphin, Washington D.C. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2004: Vitali Klitschko KO 8 Corrie Sanders, Los Angeles. Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title.

-Jorge Arce KO 5 Melchor Cob-Castro, Chiapas, México. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2010: Mikkel Kessler W 12 Carl Froch, Herning, Denmark. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.


Could one of the Mods move this to its rightful spot.

Thanks.

Apr 27

Fight of the day

1968: Jimmy Ellis vs Jerry Quarry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1uBdw2cEJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhuUijJq-Qw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U53tPyOpHAo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKGI-M5NmbI


1910: Sam Langford ND 6 Stanley Ketchel, Philadelphia. Non-title fight.

Quote:

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Ketchel and Langford will have to fight again to settle the question of supremacy. They went a hard six-round bout at the National athletic club here and were both on their feet, able to continue, with plenty of strength and aggressiveness when the battle ended, with no decision by the referee. No knockdowns were scored in spite of the terrific hitting power of both men, and while there seems to be no doubt that they tried to do their best, they will probably come together in a longer fight in California next July for a large purse.” Using a poll of 13 NY and Philadelphia newspapers, 7 had Langford ahead, 4 Ketchel, and 2 had it a draw. Thus, the mark of a Langford newspaper win.

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(Marion Daily Star)

1956: Undefeated World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano, 32, announces his retirement from the ring with a career log of 49-0 (43).

1968: Jimmy Ellis W 15 Jerry Quarry, Oakland. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title. Later, it is revealed that Quarry fought with a broken bone in his back.

1980: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Rolando Navarette, San Juan. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Simon Brown KO 7 Al Long, Washington DC Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

2002: Johnny Tapia W 12 Manuel Medina, NYC. Wins IBF Featherweight Title. Terrible decision.

Apr 28

Fight of the day

2007: Juan Diaz vs Acelino Freitas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEXn3-GZNBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CopNSDSsLe0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvANZPPgg50


1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 6 Lupe Cardoza, Ft. Worth, TX. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1978: Antonio Cervantes KO 6 Tonga Kiatvayupakdi, Udon Thani, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1981: Hall of Famer and former World Welterweight and Middleweight Champion Mickey Walker, 80, dies. Long life for a guy that lived as hard as he did.

1993: Gregorio Vargas KO 7 Paul Hodkinson, Dublin, Ireland. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2001: Joe Calzaghe KO 1 Mario Veit, Cardiff, Wales.

-Andrew Lewis W 12 Larry Marks, NYC. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

2007: Stipe Drews W 12 Silvio Branco, Stuttgart, Germany. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Felix Sturm W 12 Javier Castillejo, Oberhausen, Germany. Regains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Juan Diaz KO 8 Acelino Freitas, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Retains WBA Lightweight Title. Freitas quits on his stool before the start of round nine.

Apr 29

Fight of the day

2000: Paul Ingle vs Junior Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvQYIOfvQj8

1904: Dixie Kid W disq. 20 Joe Walcott, San Francisco. Wins World Welterweight Title.

Quote:

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Referee “Duck” Sullivan is lucky to escape the ring with his life. Walcott’s manager, Tom O’Rourke and promoter Alex Greggains rushed the ring and attacked Sullivan, knocking out 2 of his teeth, immediately after he awarded Dixie Kid the title.

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(AP)

1913: Johnny Kilbane D 20 Joe Dundee, Vernon, CA. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1915: Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Kilbane, NYC.

1917: Jimmy Wilde KO 2 Dick Heasman, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1932: Mickey Walker W 10 King Levinsky, Chicago.

1946: Tippy Larkin W 12 Willie Joyce, Boston. Wins vacant World Super Lightweight Title.

1963: Ralph Dupas W 15 Denny Moyer, New Orleans. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

1971: Camelo Bossi D 15 Jose Hernandez, Madrid. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1978: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Rey Tam, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1985: Tony Tubbs W 15 Greg Page, Buffalo. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

1989: Juan Coggi W 12 Akinobu Hiranaka, Vasto, Italy. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1995: Bernard Hopkins KO 7 Segundo Mercado, Landover, MD. Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.

-Vincent Pettway KO 6 Simon Brown, Landover, MD. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title. Great fight!. It’s a classic ending albeit is little scary.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW88_eFLSVs

-Vuyani Bungu W 12 Victor Llerena, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

-Mbulelo Botile KO 2 Harold Mestre, Johannesburg. Wins IBF Bantamweight Title.

That was a brilliant performance by ingle.