Matthew Saad Muhammad vs John Conteh was a hard and tough fight, both were very good fighters. Not seen that fight before but read about it. John got beat in the return far easier.
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Matthew Saad Muhammad vs John Conteh was a hard and tough fight, both were very good fighters. Not seen that fight before but read about it. John got beat in the return far easier.
August 19
Fight of the day
1990: Maurice Blocker vs Marlon Starling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5n82MyimGo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB8CheMJqMw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdux4kxMJhU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGy-t-X-ydM
1900: Abe Attell KO 2 Kid Lennett, San Francisco. Attell’s pro debut.
1926: Tiger Flowers W 15 Harry Greb, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1944: Carl Olson KO 2 Bob Correa, Honolulu. Olson’s pro debut.
1959: Davey Moore KO 11 Hogan Bassey, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1961: Eder Jofre KO 7 Ramon Arias, Caracas. Retains NBA Bantamweight Title.
-Carlos Monzon KO 5 Tom Boggs, Copenhagen. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Ernesto Marcel W 15 Antonio Gomez, Maracay. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.
1990: Maurice Blocker W 12 Marlon Starling, Reno. Wins World Welterweight Title.
1995: Mike Tyson KO 1 (the official result was a DQ) Peter McNeeley.
-Bruce Seldon KO 10 Joe Hipp, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 5 Everardo Armenta, Dusseldorf, Germany.
-Quincy Taylor KO 6 Julian Jackson, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Middleweight Title.
- Terry Norris KO 2 Luis Santana, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title
-Miguel Angel Gonzalez W 12 Lamar Murphy, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Philip Holiday KO 11 Miguel Julio, Sun City, Bophuthatswana. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.
2000: Prince Naseem Hamed KO 4 Augie Sanchez, Mashantuckett, Mass. Retains World Featherweight Title.
-Antonio Diaz W 12 Mickey Ward, Mashantuckett, Mass.
2007: Chris John KO 9 Zaiki Takemoto, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
August 20
Fight of the day
1977:Bobby Chacon vs Ruben Olivares 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOs320GlXDM
1931: Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Billy Petrolle, NYC.
1952: Billy Graham W 10 Carmen Basilio, Chicago.
1954: Carl Olson W 15 Rocky Castellani, San Francisco. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1977: Saensak Muangsurin KO 6 Mike Everett, Roi-et, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Bobby Chacon W 10 Ruben Olivares, Inglewood.
1989: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Jose Luis Ramirez, Norfolk. Retains IBF and wins
the vacant WBC Lightweight Title.
1994: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Kennedy McKinney, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
1996: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Jesus Salud, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
1999: Paul Spadafora W 12 Israel Cardona, Chester, WV. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.
2000: Malcolm Tunacao D 12 Celes Kobayashi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Joma Gamboa W 12 Noel Arambulet, Tokyo. Wins WBA Strawweight Title.
Referee Mitch Halpern, 33, is found dead in his home in Las Vegas, the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I announce deaths and births sparingly but this guy was a gem of a ref
2005: Roberto Vasquez KO 4 Jose Antonio Aguirre, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
August 21
Fight of the day
1994: Julio Cesar Vasquez vs Winky Wright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBTUqBrlnE
1910: Abe Attell KO 3 Eddie Marino, Calgary. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1915: Joe Lynch ND 10 Jack Wagner, NYC. Lynch’s pro debut.
1924: Harry Greb ND 10 Tiger Flowers, Fremont, OH. Non-title fight.
1929: Willie LaMorte W 15 Corp. Izzy Schwartz, Newark, NJ. Wins New York World Flyweight Title.
1947: Willie Pep KO 12 Jock Leslie, Flint, Mich. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1951: Joey Maxim W 15 Bob Murphy, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1957: Floyd Patterson KO 6 Pete Rademacher, Seattle. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
Rademacher, a 1956 Melbourne Olympic Gold Medalist, is making history by fighting for the title in his pro debut.
1971: Vicente Rondon W 15 Eddie Jones, Caracas. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
1973: Bob Foster W 15 Pierre Fourie, Albuquerque. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1977: Luis Estaba KO 11 Juan Alvarez, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1981: Salvador Sanchez KO 8 Wilfredo Gomez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Featherweight Title. T
1985: Lonnie Smith KO 8 Billy Costello, NYC. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1987: Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Danilio Cabrera, Tijuana. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1988: Jose Sanabria W 12 Vincenzo Belcastro, Capo D’ Orlando, Italy. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
1993: Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Aaron Davis, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Borboa KO 3 Carlos Mercardo, Kalispell, MT. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
1994: Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Winky Wright, St-Jean-de-Luz, France. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1996: Laurent Boudouani KO 5 Julio Cesar Vasquez, Le Cannet, France. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1999: Kostya Tszyu KO 10 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Miami, FL. Wins vacant WBC Super Lightweight Title.
How was Floyd Patterson allowed to defend against a fighter fighting his first professional fight is beyond me.
Highly touted, kind of say the Lomachenko of his day and he spouted off a lot in the press and of course the "great white hope" aspect was played.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Even lomachenko had one fight first. I think Cus was trying to avoid Sonny.Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuitHighly touted, kind of say the Lomachenko of his day and he spouted off a lot in the press and of course the "great white hope" aspect was played.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Not in 57 my friend. Sonny was just starting out essentially and would not have been on the radar. I bet had Savon or Stevenson turned pro they may have gotten a title shot out of the gate. Its also important to note that there was only one title and he had just won Gold the previous year. Btw he's listed as the only fighter to get a title shot in his pro debut but there have been a couple more.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterEven lomachenko had one fight first. I think Cus was trying to avoid Sonny.Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuitHighly touted, kind of say the Lomachenko of his day and he spouted off a lot in the press and of course the "great white hope" aspect was played.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
August 22
Fight of the day also a (FOTY)
1998: Ivan Robinson vs Arturo Gatti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xOQS5Fq5wg
1922: Frankie Genaro W 10 Pancho Villa, Brooklyn.
1925: Fidel LaBarba W 10 Frankie Genaro, Los Angeles.
1933: Boxing’s first televised fight, an exhibition between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri, is broadcast in London.
1939: Lou Ambers W 15 Henry Armstrong, Bronx, NY. Regains World Lightweight Title. Armstrong was penalized in 5 different rounds for going to the junk.
1945: Jimmy Bivins KO 6 Archie Moore, Cleveland. Archie was dropped 3 times in round two and was counted out but nailed with a shot while on the canvas. He got a rest and was awarded the round but he was dropped twice again in the fifth and once more for the count in the sixth.
1966: L.C. Morgan KO 4 Jose Napoles, Reynosa, MX. Yet another major upset on this day.
1969: Ruben Olivares KO 5 Lionel Rose, Inglewood. Wins World Bantamweight Title.
1980: Wilfredo Gomez KO 5 Derrick Holmes, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1987: Marlon Starling KO 11 Mark Breland, Columbia, SC. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.
1992: John-John Molina KO 4 Fernando Caiceda, Bayamon, PR. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 5 Singprasert Kittikasem, Ciudad Madero, MX. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.
1995: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Agapito Sanchez, South Padre Island, TX.
1998: Charles Brewer KO 3 Antoine Byrd, Leipzig, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Sven Ottke W 10 Wilhelmus Krijnen, Leipzig, Germany.
-Harry Simon W 12 Winky Wright, Hammanskraal, South Africa.
-Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti, Atlantic City.
2009: Robert Guerrero W 12 Malcolm Klassen, Houston, TX. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Raul Garcia W 12 Sammy Gutierrez, Los Cabos, Mexico. Retains IBF Mini Flyweight Title.
August 23
Fight of the day
1986: Barry Michael vs Najib Daho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SoDVUsFzuo
1920: Jack Britton D 12 Lou Bogash, Bridgeport, CT. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1943: Bob Montgomery W 10 Fritzie Zivic, Philadelphia.
1970: Hiroshi Kobayashi W 15 Antonio Amaya, Tokyo. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.
1975: Miguel Canto KO 11 Jiro Takada, Merida. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Jaime Rios W 15 Rigoberto Marcano, Panama City. Wins newly created WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1985: Jeff Fenech KO 4 Satoshi Shingaki, Sydney. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
1986: Mike McCallum KO 2 Julian Jackson, Miami Beach. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Barry Michael W 15 Najib Daho, Manchester. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Miguel Lora KO 6 Enrique Sanchez, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
1995: Ike Quartey KO 6 Andrew Murray, Le Cannet, France. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
1996: Vinny Pazienza KO 4 Dana Rosenblatt, Atlantic City.
1997: Julio Cesar Green W 12 William Joppy, NYC. Wins WBA Middleweight Title.
-Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Roque Cassiani, NYC. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
-Jose Bonilla W 12 Evangelico Perez, Cumana, Venezuela. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 5 Alex Sanchez, NYC. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.
1998: Cesar Bazan W 12 Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Joichiro Tatsuyoshi W Tech Dec. 6 Paulie Ayala, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
August 24
Fight of the day
1978: Marvin Hagler vs Bennie Briscoe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac0W8Qk5JNs
1900: Bob Fitzsimmons KO 2 Tom Sharkey, Coney Island.
1901: George Dixon D 10 Abe Attell, Denver.
1908: Tommy Burns KO 13 Bill Squires, Sydney. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1922: Gene Tunney ND 8 Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia.
1928: Billy Petrolle KO 5 Jackie Berg, Chicago.
1931: Louis Kaplan W 10 Sammy Mandell, Hartford.
1956: Joe Brown W 15 Wallace Smith, New Orleans. Wins World Lightweight Title.
1966: Curtis Cokes W 15 Manuel Gonzalez, New Orleans. Wins vacant World Welterweight Title.
1974: Ben Villaflor KO 2 Yasutsune Uehara, Honolulu. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1978: Marvin Hagler W 10 Bennie Briscoe, Philadelphia.
1986: Buster Drayton KO 10 Davey Moore, Juan les Pins, France. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
1991: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Chun Huh, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1992: Miguel Angel Gonzalez KO 10 Wilfrido Rocha, Mexico City. Wins vacant WBC Lightweight Title.
1996: Yokthai Sithoar KO 8 Alimi Goitia, Kamphaeng, Thailand. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.
-Danny Romero KO 2 Harold Grey, Albuquerque. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.
2002: Sven Ottke KO 9 Joe Gatti, Leipzig, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Sirimongkol Singmanassak KO 2 Kengo Nagashima, Tokyo. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Derrick Gainer Tech. Draw 2 Daniel Seda, Carolina, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
2005: Vic Darchinyan KO 5 Jair Jiminez, Sydney, Australia. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
August 25
Fight of the day
2007: Ivan Calderon vs Hugo Cazares
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWiUCmW_iHw
1931: Panama Al Brown W 15 Pete Sanstol, Montreal. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1950: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 1 Jose Basora, Scranton. Retains Pennsylvania World Middleweight Title.
1979: Antonio Cervantes W 15 Kwang Min Kim, Seoul. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1985: Elly Pical KO 3 Wayne Mulholland, Djakarta. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
2001: Yutaka Niida W 12 Chana Porpaoin, Yokohama, Japan. Wins WBA Strawweight Title.
2007: Ivan Calderon W 12 Hugo Cazares, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Wins World Junior Flyweight Title.
August 26
Fight of the day
1995: Pernell Whitaker vs Gary Jacobs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUD-v-r9rNw
1904: James J. Jeffries KO 2 Jack Munroe, San Francisco. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Jeffries retired after the fight at 18/0/2. I have never understood that move. He then comes out of 6 six retirement and gets shit kicked by Johnson.
1935: Lou Salica W 15 Sixto Escobar, Bronx, NY. Wins NBA Bantamweight Title.
1941: Gus Lesnevich W 15 Tami Mauriello, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1965: Luis Rodriguez W 10 Ruben (Hurricane) Carter, Los Angeles.
1978: Antonio Cervantes KO 9 Norman Sekgapane, Mmbatho, Bophuthatswana. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1983: Leonardo Cruz W 15 Cleo Garcia, Santa Domingo. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1989: Raul Perez KO 8 Cardenio Ulloa, Talcahueno, Chile. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
1990: Humberto Gonzalez KO 8 Jorge Rivera, Cancun, MX. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1994: Hector Acero Sanchez W 12 Tracy Harris Patterson, Atlantic City. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1995: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Gary Jacobs, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
1996: Yuri Arbachakov KO 9 Takato Toguchi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
2000: Fernando Vargas KO 4 Ross Thompson, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
Vernon Forrest NC 3 Raul Frank, Las Vegas. For vacant IBF Welterweight Title.
2002: Masamori Tokuyama KO 6 Erik Lopez, Saitama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
2005: O’Neil Bell KO 11 Sebastian Rothmann, Hollywood, Fla. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.
August 27
Fight of the day
Not available.
1894: Jack McAuliffe W 10 Young Griffo, Coney Island.
1924: Paul Berllenbach D 6 Young Stribling, NYC.
1925: Louis Kaplan D 15 Babe Herman, Waterbury, CT. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1943: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Henry Armstrong, NYC.
1951: Paddy DeMarco W 10 Sandy Saddler, Milwaukee. Non-title fight.
1977: Samuel Serrano W 15 Apollo Yoshio, San Juan. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1985: Mickey Ward KO 4 Greg Young, Lowell, MA. Ward’s pro debut.
1994: Chris Eubank KO 7 Sam Storey, Cardiff, Wales.
Jake Rodriguez KO 9 George Scott, Bushkill. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
2000: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 In Joo Cho, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.
Tokuyama becomes the first North Korean to win a world title.
August 28,
Fight of the day
1959: Gene Fullmer vs Carmen Basilio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeIEaVP9c1s
1922: Johnny Dundee W 15 Pepper Martin, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.
1940: Fritzie Zivic W10 Sammy Angott, Pittsburgh.
1946: Joey Maxim W 10 Jersey Joe Walcott, Camden, NJ.
1948: Archie Moore W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Baltimore.
1959: Gene Fullmer KO 14 Carmen Basilio, San Francisco. Wins vacant NBA Middleweight Title.
1963: Dick Tiger KO 7 Gene Fullmer, Ibadan, Nigeria. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1976: Carlos Zarate KO 12 Paul Ferreri, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
1988: Myung Woo Yuh KO 6 Putt Ohyuthanakom, Pusan, South Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1992: Maurice Blocker W 12 Luis Garcia, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.
1998: Bernard Hopkins no-contest 4 Robert Allen, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title. The ankle incident.
-William Joppy KO 3 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
1999: Dariusz Michalczewski KO 4 Montell Griffin, Bremen, Germany.
-David Reid W 12 Keith Mullings, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
2009: Tavoris Cloud W 12 Clinton Woods, Coconut Creek, Florida. Wins vacant IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Juan Urango KO 11 Randall Bailey, Coconut Creek, Florida. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
Just been reading this on my lunch break ;)
On this day in 1885, the first heavyweight boxing title fight in which 3 ounce gloves were used was fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey. It was also the first title fight to follow the 3-minute round format. After the seventh round, of a six round fight, Sullivan was crowned champion, in a fight that shaped modern boxing.
McCaffrey had earned the right to fight the defending champion after an impressive fourth round victory over Charley Mitchell, a british boxer, in Madison Square Garden. So in February 1885, fight organisers planned the fight between Sullivan and McCaffrey. After hopes of staging the fight in the Garden were dashed, it was moved to Cincinnati’s Chester Park race track.
The stage was set for what would be a historical night in boxing history. However, things didn’t go entirely to plan for John Sullivan. Shortly after making his first public appearance in Cincinnati, the heavyweight was arrested and brought before a judge. The reigning champion was only released after convincing the judge that the fight would only be a mere sparring session and that neither fighter planned on hurting the other. Reluctantly, the judge released Sullivan, and the fight went ahead.
McCaffrey, had trained harder for the fight and because of his smaller build, he felt he would need to use his superior technical ability to beat Sullivan. McCaffrey bragged to the reporters at the time “I’m ten times the fighter he is”, and mocked his opponent whose only training for the fight was losing nineteen pounds to reach the weight requirements.The challenger playing to the media, resembling a modern day Conor McGregor.
So under the watchful eye of Billy Tate the fight took place and it was no surprise that Sullivan dominated the opening exchanges using his 44 pound advantage over McCaffrey. As the fight progress though McCaffrey came into his own and Sullivan was left to resort to more of a wrestling style, illegal under the new rules. By the fourth round both men showed effects of fighting under the summer sun, McCaffrey continuing to take the worst of the fighting as Sullivan dropped him for a third time.
At the beginning of the “final” round Sullivan tackled McCaffrey to the floor and Tate stepped into stop the bout, and to rescue McCaffrey from any more punishment. Sullivans hand raised in victory. With neither of the two fighters happy with the referee’s interventions, both fighters agreed to fight an unofficial seventh round, without a referee present. Even after the unofficial round, Sullivan was still crowned champion having knocked McCaffrey out with a straight right hand
McCaffrey never left the fact he lost the fight get to him and often bragged that he lasted longer in the ring with the champion than any previous fighter had, even if it was on unofficial round. Even though other fighters had lasted more than seven rounds with Sullivan, under the new rules, McCaffrey had lasted the longest timewise. Something he took great pride in.
Even though the fight was labeled as a World Heavyweight Championship bout, Sullivan could only claim the US Championship as his opponent was an American citizen. A title he would hold until 1892.
But what effect did the effects of three ounce gloves have on boxing? Prior to the introduction of gloves, fights were bare knuckle, and hitting to the head was less common. This was mainly down to the fact that there was a greater risk of injuring a fighters hand if he connected with an opponent’s head.
The introduction of gloves has also led to a reduced amount of cuts in boxing, however the British Medical Association has found that the introduction of gloves has not reduced the risk of of brain damage. If anything brain injuries have increased since 1885, as the introduction of gloves has allowed fighters to hit harder to the head.
The inaugural fight of World Heavyweight boxing under the Queensberry Rules, happened on this day in 1885.
August 29
Fight of the day
1992: James Toney vs Mike McCallum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boXYByCDsPw
1885: John L. Sullivan W 6 Dominick McCaffrey, Cincinnati. Wins vacant Marquis of Queensberry World Heavyweight Title. What @smashup spoke about.
1911: Dixie Kid KO 5 Georges Carpentier, Trouville, France.
1951: Kid Gavilan W 15 Billy Graham, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title. A riot almost breaks out
1960: Davey Moore W 15 Kazuo Takayama, Tokyo. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1961: Harold Johnson W 15 Eddie Cotton, Seattle. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1980: Julian Solis W 15 Jorge Lujan, Miami Beach. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.
1981: Saoul Mamby W 15 Thomas Americo, Djakarta. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Rolando Navarette KO 5 Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Via Reggio, Italy.
1987: Azumah Nelson W 12 Marcos Villasana, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1992: James Toney W 12 Mike McCallum, Reno. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.
-Freddie Pendleton Tech. Draw 2 Tracy Spann, Reno. For vacant IBF Lightweight Title.
-Yung Kyun Park W 12 Giovanni Nieves, Kyongiu, South Korea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1993: Humberto Aranda KO 6 Ricardo Mayorga, San Jose, Costa Rica. Mayorga’s pro debut.
1994: Harold Grey W 12 Julio Cesar Borboa, Inglewood. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.
1998: In Joo Cho W 12 Gerry Penalosa, Seoul. South Korea. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1999: Veerapol Sahaprom KO 7 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
2008: Steve Molitor KO 10 Ceferino Dario Labarda, Rama, Ontario. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
2009: Celestino Caballero KO 7 Francisco Leal, Mexicali, Mexico. Retains WBA/IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
-Brian Viloria W 12 Jesus Iribe, Honolulu, Hawaii. Retains IBF Light Flyweight Title.
August 30
Fight of the day
1996: Lonnie Bradley vs Simon Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htW-suDRFdQ
1900: James J. Corbett KO 5 Charles (Kid) McCoy, NYC.
1927: Jimmy Slattery W 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, Hartford. Wins vacant NBA Light Heavyweight Title.
1937: Joe Louis W 15 Tommy Farr, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1975: Alfonso Zamora KO 4 Thanomjit Sukhothai, Anaheim. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
1981: Antonio Avelar KO 2 Tae Shik Kim, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1986: Ki Yung Chung KO 10 Antonio Rivera, Pusan, South Korea. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
-Gilberto Roman D 12 Santos Laciar, Cordoba, Argentina. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1987: Lloyd Honeyghan KO 1 Gene Hatcher, Marbella, Spain. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1996: Lonnie Bradley W 12 Simon Brown, Reading, PA. Wins WBO title.
2008: Nicolay Valuev W 12 John Ruiz, Berlin, Germany. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Cristian Mijares KO 3 Chatchai Sasakul, Monterrey, Mexico. Retains WBC/WBA Super Flyweight Title.
-Ivan Calderon Tech Dec. 7 Hugo Cazares, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.* Retains World Junior Flyweight Title.
August 31
Fight of the day
1996: Naseem Hamed vs Manuel Medina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWo5CaVViso
1899: Tommy Ryan W 20 Jack Moffatt, Dubuque, IA. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1915: Ted Lewis W 12 Jack Britton, Boston. Wins World Welterweight Title.
1923: Harry Greb W 15 Johnny Wilson, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.
1929: Barney Ross W 6 Ramon Lugo, Los Angeles. Ross’ pro debut.
1936: Sixto Escobar KO 14 Tony Marino, Bronx, NY. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1969: Former World Heavyweight Champion, Rocky Marciano, 46, dies in an airplane crash in Iowa.
1984: Pinklon Thomas W 12 Tim Witherspoon, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.
1989: Daniel Zaragoza KO 10 Frankie Duarte, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1996: Nate Miller KO 7 James Heath, Dublin. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Adolpho Washington W 12 Torsten May, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Tom Johnson W 12 Ramon Guzman, Dublin. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
-Naseem Hamed KO 11 Manuel Medina, Dublin.
2007: Mzonke Fana KO 9 Javier Osvaldo Alvarez, Klerksdorp, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Featherweight title.
Rocky was only 46!
September 1
Fight of the day
2000: Dingaan Thobela vs Glen Catley,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBQpBCdMALU
1899: Harry Harris D 6 Jimmy Barry, Chicago.
-Joe Gans KO 10 Eugene Bezenah, Brooklyn, NY.
1900: James (Rube) Ferns W 15 Matty Matthews, Detroit. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1908: Sam Langford ND 6 Joe Jeanette, NYC.
-Tommy Burns KO 6 Bill Lang, Melbourne. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1919: Pete Herman ND 10 Joe Lynch, Waterbury, CT.
1923: Rocky Marciano born Rocco Francis Marchegiano.
1924: Harry Wills ND 12 Luis Angel Firpo, Jersey City, NJ.
1960: Duillio Loi W 15 Carlos Ortiz, Milan. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.
1973: George Foreman KO 1 Joe Roman, Tokyo. Retains World Heavyweight Title..
-Ricardo Arredondo KO 6 Morito Kashiwaba, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1983: Albert Davila KO 12 Kiko Bejines, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBC Bantamweight Title.
1984: Harry Arroyo KO 8 Charlie Brown, Struthers, OH. Retains IBF Lightweight Title. Charlie’s nickname was “white lightening” I guess when your name is Charlie Brown you have to come up with something.Quote:
At the time of the knockout Bejines led: Judge Jose Mayorga 107-102, Judge Dimas Hernandez 106-104, and Judge Angel L. Guzman 105-105. Bejines subsequently underwent 3 ½ hours of surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, during which doctors removed part of his frontal lobe and skull. On September 4, he was pronounced dead. Bejines was 20-years old.
2000: Dingaan Thobela KO 12 Glen Catley, Brakpan, South Africa. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.
2001: Sven Ottke W 12 James Butler, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Celes Kobayashi W 12 Jesus Rojas, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
2007: Yutaka Niida W 12 Eriberto Gejon, Tokyo. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.
September 2
Fight of the day
2000: Erik Morales vs Kevin Kelly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-23n4aTjfBc
1894: Thomas Edison films an exhibition bout in a studio between World Heavyweight Champion James J. Corbett and Peter Courteney. By arrangement Corbett scored a knockout in round six
1953: Sonny Liston KO 1 Don Smith, St. Louis. Liston's pro debut.
1971: Antonio Gomez KO 5 Shozo Saijyo, Tokyo. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.
1978: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Ruben Valdez, Cartagena. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1995: Frank Bruno W 12 Oliver McCall, London. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Virgil Hill W 12 Drake Thadzi, London. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Nigel Benn KO 7 Danny Ray Perez, London. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
1998: Joe LaMotta, 49, son of Jake LaMotta dies in the crash of Swissair Flight 111.
2000: Sven Ottke W 12 Charles Brewer, Magdeberg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Diego Corrales KO 3 Angel Manfredy, El Paso, TX. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Erik Morales KO 7 Kevin Kelly, El Paso, TX.
2006: Samuel Peter W 12 James Toney, Los Angeles.
September 3
Fight of the day
1988: Meldrick Taylor vs Buddy McGirt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS-OZqoasL4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhAqn3pXm8M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScSytBRyxnA
1896: Battling Nelson KO 1 Wallace's Kid, Hammond, IN. Nelson's pro debut.
1903: Abe Attell W 20 Johnny Reagan, St. Louis. Wins vacant World Featherweight Title.
1906: Joe Gans WF 42 Battling Nelson, Golfield, NV. Regains World Lightweight Title. Gans earned $11,000 and Nelson $22,500. United States President Teddy Roosevelt's son Kermit was in the audience.
1907: Joe Gans KO 6 Jimmy Britt, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1917: Mike Gibbons ND 10 Jack Dillon, Terre Haute, IN.
1936: Lou Ambers W 15 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.
-Mike Belloise KO 9 Dave Crowley, NYC. Wins New York World Featherweight Title.
1940: Jimmy Bivins W 10 Charley Burley, Pittsburgh
1955: Robert Cohen D 15 Willie Toweel, Johannesburg. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1983: Donald Curry KO 1 Roger Stafford, Marsala, Italy. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
1988: Meldrick Taylor KO 12 Buddy McGirt, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Lightweight Title.
1993: Kyun-Yung Park W 12 Tae-Shik Chun, Damyang, S. Korea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1994: Daniel Jimenez KO 1 Harald Geier, Wiener, Neustadt, Austria.
1999: Sornpichai Kratingdaeng KO 8 Leo Gamez, Mukdahan, Thailand. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.
2005: Markus Beyer W 12 Omar Sheika, Berlin, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
September 4
Fight of the day
1998: Mark Johnson vs Jose Laureano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l_VQuUz8TU
1912: Johnny Dundee ND 10 Johnny Kilbane, NYC.
1916: Freddie Welsh W 20 Charley White, Colorado Springs. Retains World Lightweight Title. A riot broke out after the decision and all concerned had to hide under the ring.
-Johnny Kilbane KO 3 George Chaney, Cedar Point, OH. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1937: Petey Sarron W 12 Freddie Miller, Johannesburg. Wins World Featherweight Title.
1946: Ike Williams KO 9 Ronnie James, Cardiff, Wales. Retains NBA Lightweight Title.
1984: Humberto Chiquita Gonzalez W 4 Jorge Ortega, Mexico City. Gonzalez’ pro debut.
1988: Gilberto Roman W 12 Kiyoshi Hatanaka, Nagoya. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
-Elly Pical W 12 Ki Chang Kim, Surabaya, Indonesia. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
1998: Mark Johnson KO 6 Jose Laureano, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
1999: Sven Ottke Tech. Dec. 10 Thomas Tate, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
2004: Cory Spinks W 12 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Jorge Arce W 12 Juanito Rubillar, Tijuana, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
September 5
Fight of the day
1987: Virgil Hill vs Leslie Stewart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI3ZmjAdgmU
1904: Sam Langford D 15 Joe Walcott, Manchester, NH.
Source: Next day Lowell Sun.Quote:
Walcott signed to defend his claim as World Welterweight champion in this fight but as weights were never disclosed, doubt remains as to whether this was a true title defense. Another account of the fight (newspaper): "Joe Walcott met his match in a 15-round bout yesterday afternoon in the Massabasic coliseum before a crowd of 1200. His opponent was Sam Langford, who clearly outpointed the champion, and the latter's aggressiveness in carrying the fight to Langford was all that saved him from taking a decision that would have given him the short end of the purse. Langford took advantage of his longer reach and repeatedly played a tattoo on Walcott's face, and his cleverness on his feet carried him away from (unreadable) a score or more times when Walcott endeavored by sheer brute force to deliver a knockout blow. While Walcott was the aggressor, Langford met his attacks by rights and lefts to the jaw and mouth so effectively as to draw blood in the second round and he kept Walcott bleeding in every round thereafter. In the third round, Langford brought the champion to one knee by a straight away jolt to the jaw, and he went through the entire fifteen rounds without a perceptible scratch on himself. In the opening round honors were even, but thereafter until the seventh round Langford had all the better of the argument.
1910: Abe Attell KO 17 Billy Lauder, Calgary. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1911: Sam Langford ND 10 Joe Jeannette, NYC. Langford won the newspaper decision according to the New York Times. Joe was dropped about 4 times.
-Tommy Gibbons KO 5 Oscar Kelly, Minneapolis. Gibbons pro debut.
1930: Tommy Freeman W 15 Young Jack Thompson, Cleveland. Wins World Welterweight Title.
1987: Virgil Hill KO 4 Leslie Stewart, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Sot Chitalada KO 4 Rae Ki Ahn, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Chang Ho Choi KO 11 Dodie Penalosa, Quezon City. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.
1995: Hi Yong Choi W 12 Keiji Yamaguchi, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1998: Richie Woodhall W 12 Glenn Catley, Teleford, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Takanori Hatakeyama W 12 Yong-Soo Choi, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1999: Injoo Cho W 12 Keiji Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
September 6
Good time to explain what “ND” means for those who may not know and look in here from time to time. There were times in boxing, (early 20th century) when if both fighters remained standing then no official decision was given even if it was more then obvious who the winner was. In many of those cases the sports writers at ringside would render the decision in the sports pages. You will see that noted for example at boxrec with NWS.
Fight of the day
1997: Erik Morales vs Daniel Zaragoza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4mpCM8DH4A
1910: Sam Langford W 15 Joe Jeanette, Boston.
1917: Harry Greb ND 10 Battling Levinsky, Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Post had Greb winner of the newspaper decision by a wide margin even though Levinsky had a 25-pound weight advantage. Greb won 8 rounds and two were even but it was still a hard battle.1920: Jack Dempsey KO 3 Billy Miske, Benton Harbor, MI. Retains World Heavyweight Title.Quote:
Greb was the aggressor throughout. Levinsky looked good but Greb's superior speed and busy style were too much for him. Not until the sixth round did Greb hurt Levinsky, which he did then with a terrific left hook. In the 8th, Levinsky got his big chance when he hurt Greb badly with a right to the body. Greb ceased attacking and tried to kid Levinsky, who then took the lead and landed some of his cleanest blows of the fight. Greb stopped Levinsky's attack early in the 9th with a terrific hook. In the 10th he put Levinsky down for a 3-count and had him in serious trouble as the fight ended.
-Sam Langford ND 6 Bill Tate, Benton Harbor, MI. Tate won from Langford "by a shade." (Bismarck Tribune) The Chicago Tribune concurs.
-Harry Greb ND 6 Chuck Wiggins, Benton Harbor, MI. Reported as a win for Greb by the Chicago Tribune and the Pittsburgh Post. This fight was on the undercard of the Dempsey-Miske heavyweight title fight. According to the Post, Wiggins copied Johnny Dundee's forward jumping attack and did good in the first few rounds. Greb then turned the windmill up and won comfortably. Langford, Dempsey and Greb all on the same card.
1944: Ike Williams W 10 Sammy Angott, PhiladelphiaWillie Joyce W 10 Chester Slider, Oakland, CA.
1979: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Yukio Segawa, Hacinohe, Japan. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1980: Ayub Kalule W 15 Bushy Bester, Aarhus, Denmark. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1985: Azumah Nelson KO 5 Juvenal Ordenes, Miami. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1986: Michael Spinks KO 4 Steffan Tangstad, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
-Bobby Czyz KO 5 Slobodan Kacar, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Patrizio Oliva KO 3 Brian Brunette, Naples. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1991: James Warring KO 1 James Pritchard, Salemi, Italy. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.
1992: Manny Melchor W 12 Phalan Lukmingkwan, Bangkok. Wins IBF Strawweight Title.
1996: Regilio Tuur KO 1 Jose Vida Ramos, Atlantic City.
-Alberto Jimenez D 12 Carlos Salazar, Buenos Aires.
1997: Erik Morales KO 11 Daniel Zaragoza, El Paso. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
2002: Eric Lucas W 12 Omar Sheika, Montreal, Quebec. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
Pongsaklek Wongjongkam W 12 Jesus Martinez, Rangsit, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
2003: Sven Ottke W 12 Mads Larsen, Erfurt, Germany. Retains IBF & WBA Super Middleweight Title.
September 7
Fight of the day
1965: Vicente Saldivar vs Howard Winstone 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih1yX7fc3Lo
1886: George (Kid) Lavigne KO 1 Morris McNally, Saginaw, MI. Lavigne's pro debut.
1892: James J. Corbett KO 21 John L. Sullivan, New Orleans. Wins World Heavyweight Title.
1908: Billy Papke KO 12 Stanley Ketchel, Vernon, CA. Wins World Middleweight Title.
-Abe Attell D 23 Owen Moran, Colma, CA. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1915: Harry Wills W 12 Sam McVey, Boston.
1963: Sandro Mazzinghi KO 9 Ralph Dupas, Milan. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.
1965: Vicente Saldivar W 15 Howard Winstone, London. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1969: Shozo Saijyo KO 2 Jose Luis Pimental, Sapporo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1974: Bobby Chacon KO 9 Alfredo Marcano, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.
1984: Soon Chun Kwon KO 12 Joaquin Flores, Chonggiu, S. Korea. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
1991: Dave McAuley KO 10 Jacob Matlala, Belfast. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
1996: Mike Tyson KO 1 Bruce Seldon, Las Vegas. Regains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Terry Norris KO 5 Alex Rios, Las Vegas. Retains WBC/IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Felix Trinidad KO 6 Ray Lovato, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.
2002: Roy Jones Jr. KO 6 Clinton Woods, Portland, OR. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Winky Wright W disq. 8 Bronco McKart, Portland, OR. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
2003: Oscar Larios KO 2 Kozo Ishii, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
September 8
Fight of the day
1973: Roberto Duran vs Ishimatsu Suzuki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP77stFz0IE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yetUBDftqWQ
1897: Charles McCoy NC 5 Tommy Ryan, Syracuse, NY.
1923: Pancho Villa ND 10 Charles Taylor, Chicago.
1924: Abe Goldstein W 15 Tommy Ryan, Long Island City, NY. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1947: Archie Moore KO 9 Jimmy Bivins, Baltimore.
1950: Sandy Saddler KO 8 Willie Pep, NYC. Regains World Featherweight Title. Pep was down in the 3rd for a nine count. Willie separated his shoulder and did not come out in the 8th round.
1953: Harold Johnson W 10 Ezzard Charles, Philadelphia
1973: Antonio Cervantes KO 5 Carlos Giminez, Bogota. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
-Roberto Duran KO 10 Ishimatsu Suzuki, Panama City. Retains World Lightweight Title.
-Ernesto Marcel KO 9 Spider Nemoto, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1995: Willie Salazar KO 7 Danny Romero, Las Vegas. Non-title fight.
1996: Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Alexander Makhmoutov, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
2001: Vassiliy Jirov KO 8 Julian Letterlough, Reno, NV. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Marco Antonio Barrera KO 6 Enrique Sanchez, Reno, NV. Retains World Featherweight Title.
September 9
Fight of the day
2000: Roy Jones Jr. vs Eric Harding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Yb1qWapvk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxSNW5gVmw8
1905: Battling Nelson KO 18 Jimmy Britt, Colma, CA. Wins World Lightweight Title.
1908: Battling Nelson KO 21 Joe Gans, Colma, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1909: Jack Johnson ND 10 Al Kaufman, Colma, CA. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1930: Jersey Joe Walcott KO 1 Cowboy Wallace, Vineland, NJ. Walcott's pro debut.
1935: Benny Lynch KO 2 Jackie Brown, Manchester. Wins NBA Flyweight Title.
1944: Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1969: Freddie Little KO 2 Hisao Minami, Osaka. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
1978: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Pete Ranzany, Sacramento. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
-Wilfredo Gomez KO 13 Leonardo Cruz, San Juan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1979: Chan Hee Park D 15 Miguel Canto, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1983: Aaron Pryor KO 10 Alexis Arguello, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1990: Sot Chitalada KO 11 Richard Clarke, Kingston. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1992: Morris East KO 11 Akinobu Hianaka, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1995: Steve Collins W 12 Chris Eubank, Cork, Ireland.
-Oscar De La Hoya KO 6 Genaro Hernandez, Las Vegas.
-Phillip Holiday W 12 Ray Martinez, Sun City. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
2000: Roy Jones Jr. KO 10 Eric Harding, New Orleans, LA. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Derrick Gainer KO 11 Fred Norwood, New Orleans, LA. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.
-Willie Jorrin W 12 Michael Brodie, Manchester, England. Wins vacant WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
2004: Lorenzo Parra W 12 Yosam Choi, Seoul, Korea. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
2005: Clinton Woods W 12 Julio Gonzalez, Yorkshire, England. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
September 10
Fight of the day
1993: Pernell Whitaker vs Julio Cesar Chavez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzTFd1dAK_w
1931: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Jack (Kid) Berg, NYC. Retains both World Super Lightweight and World Lightweight Titles. The bout was originally scheduled to be staged in London, England, where the championship would have changed hands when Berg went to the floor from a foul blow in the eighth round. However under NYSAC rules, a fighter could not win or lose on a foul so as close to 20,000 fans jeered, the ref counted as if Berg went down from a legal punch.
1966: Muhammad Ali KO 12 Karl Mildenberger, Frankfurt. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1973: Muhammad Ali W 12 Ken Norton, Los Angeles
1976: Esteban DeJesus KO 7 Hector Medina, Bayamon. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
1977: Alfredo Escalera W 15 Sigfredo Rodriguez, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1983: Larry Holmes KO 5 Scott Frank, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Jung Koo Chang W 12 German Torres, Taejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1986: Dennis Andries KO 9 Tony Sibson, London. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
1993: Pernell Whitaker D 12 Julio Cesar Chavez, San Antonio. Retains World Welterweight Title. Easily in the top 5 worst robberies of all time.
-Terry Norris KO 1 Joe Gatti, San Antonio. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Azumah Nelson D 12 Jesse James Leija, San Antonio. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1994: Dariusz Michalczewski W 12 Leeonzer Barber, Hamburg.
-Nigel Benn W 12 Juan Carlos Gimenez, Birmingham, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Humberto Gonzalez KO 7 Juan Domingo Cordoba, Lake Tahoe, CA. Retains IBF/WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
-Alex Sanchez KO 4 Oscar Andrade, Hamburg.
1999: Francisco Castillejo KO 7 Paolo Roberto, Leganes, Spain. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
2005: Zahir Raheem W 12 Erik Morales, Los Angeles.
-Manny Pacquiao KO 6 Hector Velazquez, Los Angeles.
-Brain Viloria KO 1 Eric Ortiz, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
September 11
Fight of the day
1962: Eder Jofre vs Jose Medel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMun23_vC6Y
1925: Paul Berlenbach KO 11 Jimmy Slattery, Bronx, NY. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1930: Billy Petrolle W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Chicago.
1933: Jackie Brown W 15 Valentin Angelmann, Manchester. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.
1934: Teddy Yarosz W 15 Vince Dundee, Pittsburgh. Wins NBA & New York World Middleweight Title.
1937: Freddie Steele KO 4 Ken Overlin, Seattle. Retains NBA & New York World Middleweight Title.
1941: Chalky Wright KO 11 Joey Archibald, Washington DC Wins World Featherweight Title.
1962: Eder Jofre KO 6 Jose Medel, Sao Paulo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1983: Jeff Chandler KO 10 Eijiro Murata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
1989: Meldrick Taylor W 12 Courtney Hooper, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
1990: Luis Mendoza KO 3 Ruben Palacios, Miami. Wins vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
1991: Jeff Harding W 12 Dennis Andries, London. Regains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
1992: Katsuya Onizuka KO 5 Kenichi Matsumura, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1993: Tom Johnson W 12 Baby Sugar Rojas, Miami, FLA. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
1994: Eloy Rojas KO 8 Samart Payakaroon, Trang, Thailand. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1997: Robin Reid W 12 Hassine Cherifi, Widnes, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
1999: Floyd Mayweather KO 8 Carlos Gerena, Las Vegas, NV. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Freddie Norwood W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
2004: Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Cecilio Santos, Chainart, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
I loved Tom Johnson he was a warrior.
Floyd put on a brilliant performance to win his first title.
September 12
Fight of the day
1977: Danny (Little Red) Lopez vs Jose Torres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT1K0PStju0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jph_e9rZERs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dpS9ZN2UII I put the 2 min 3rd link in just for the polyester suit getups.
1927: Benny Bass W 10 Red Chapman, Philadelphia. Wins vacant NBA Featherweight Title.
1933: Barney Ross W 15 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight & Lightweight Titles.
1944: Manuel Ortiz KO 4 Luis Castillo, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1951: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 10 Randy Turpin, NYC. Regains World Middleweight Title.
1952: Floyd Patterson KO 4 Eddie Godbold, NYC. Patterson's pro debut.
1956: Carmen Basilio KO 9 Johnny Saxton, Syracuse. Regains World Welterweight Title.
1958: Wilfred Benitez born.
1960: Julian Jackson born.
- I don’t announce many births but you know you are getting on when you are older then these two.
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1974: Ishimatsu Suzuki D 15 Tury Pineda, Nagoya. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
1977: Danny Lopez KO 8 Jose Torres, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1981: Claude Noel W 15 Gato Gonzalez, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA Lightweight Title.
-Gustavo Ballas KO 8 Sok Chul Bae, Buenos Aires. Wins vacant WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1989: Gilberto Roman W 12 Santos Laciar, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1992: Michael Nunn W 12 Victor Cordoba, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Paul Hodkinson KO 10 Fabrice Benichou, Blagnac, France. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1997: Stevie Johnston W 12 Saul Duran, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
1998: Erik Morales KO 4 Junior Jones, Tijuana. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
2009: Mikkel Kessler KO 12 Gusmyl Perdomo, Herning, Denmark. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Ivan Calderon Tech. Win 7 Rodel Mayol, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains World Junior Flyweight Title.
September 13
Fight of the day
1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Patrick Ford. Close fight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbOVXKdqOWE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbAGETwnfSo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKKXJCDCV1U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1sCiAMZlSE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfLvhwa2Nt0
1909: Johnny Sharpe W 6 Ted (Kid) Lewis, London. Teds pro debut.
1918: Willie (Fat Boy) Meehan W 4 Jack Dempsey, San Francisco. Quite the upset over the number 1 ranked Dempsey.
1946: Tippy Larkin W 12 Willie Joyce, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
1948: Ezzard Charles W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Washington.
1950: Jake LaMotta KO 15 Laurent Dauthuille, Detroit. Retains World Middleweight Title. LaMotta stops the Dauthuille, who was ahead 72-68, 74-66, and 73-67 on the scorecards with only 13-seconds left in the fight. Wish there was a decent copy of that fight.
1971: Ken Buchanan W 15 Ismael Laguna, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1975: Victor Galindez W 15 Pierre Fourie, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Luis Estaba KO 4 Rafael Lovera, Caracas. Wins vacant WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1977: Eddie Gazo W 15 Kenji Shibata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Carlos Palomino W 15 Everaldo Azevedo, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Patrick Ford, San Antonio. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1984: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 8 Mario Martinez, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1986: Hilario Zapata W 15 Alberto Castro, Panama City. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
-Jung Koo Chang W 12 Francisco Montiel, Daejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1991: Brian Mitchell W 12 Tony Lopez, Sacramento. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
1996: Michael Carbajal KO 8 Julio Coronell, Des Moines, Iowa. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
1997: Raul Marquez W 12 Keith Mullings, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title. Jobbing of the year.
-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
2003: Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.
2008: Vernon Forrest W 12 Sergio Mora, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Timothy Bradley W 12 Edner Cherry, Biloxi, Mississippi. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Andreas Kotelnik W 12 Norio Kimura, Lviv, Ukraine, Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Juan Manuel Marquez KO 11 Joel Casamayor, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title.
-Cassius Baloyi KO 3 Javier Alvare, Mafikeng, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Raul Garcia W 12 Jose Luis Varela, Baja, Mexico. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.
September 14
Fight of the day
2002: Oscar De La Hoya vs Fernando Vargas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5cKCQJfSrg
Runner up
1923: Jack Dempsey vs Luis Angel Firpo. A short and sweet addition in a Lyle/Foreman kind of way but with more kd’s and no neutral corner rule.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoSEEXIe6Gg
1917: Sam Langford ND 12 Joe Jeanette, Toledo, OH.
-Harry Greb KO 9 Jack London, St. Nicholas Arena, NYC. Could not have happened to a nicer fella.
1923: Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Angel Firpo, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1949: Rocky Graziano KO 10 Charley Fusari, NYC. Less then a minute left in the fight and Graziano behind on the cards.
1958: Ingemar Johannson KO 1 Eddie Machen, Goteborg, Sweden.
1962: Eddie Perkins W 15 Duilio Loi, Milan. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.
1968: Jimmy Ellis W 15 Floyd Patterson, Stockholm. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
Very odd layout for a title fight.Quote:
American referee Harold Valen, the fights sole arbitrator somehow scores 9-6 for Ellis. The local fans, as well as a national TV audience felt the 33-year old Patterson was robbed.
1972: Carlos Palomino W 4 Javier Martinez, Los Angeles. Palomino’s pro debut.
1990: Raul Perez D 12 Pepillo Valdez, Culiacan, MX. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
1991: Julian Jackson KO 1 Dennis Milton, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Lonnie Smith, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Yung Kyun Park W 12 Eloy Rojas, Seoul. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1992: Humberto Gonzalez KO 2 Napa Kiatwanchai, Inglewood. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1996: Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Jan Bergman, Newcastle, Australia. Retains IBF Super lightweight Title.
-Marco Antonio Barrera KO 10 Jesse Magana, Inglewood.
2002: Oscar De La Hoya KO 11 Fernando Vargas, Las Vegas. Wins vacant World Super Welterweight Title.
2004: Muhammad Rachman W 12 Daniel Reyes, Jakarta, Indonesia. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
I remember the Gonzalez fight from 92. Kiatwanchai's national anthem lasted longer than the fight.
September 15
Fight of the day
1982: Juan LaPorte vs Mario Miranda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avvd4GPy62g
1902: Tommy Ryan KO 6 Kid Carter, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1943: Jimmy Bivins W 10 Melio Bettina, Cleveland.
1972: Chango Carmona KO 5 Mando Ramos, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.
Ricardo Arredondo KO 12 Susumu Okabe, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1978: Muhammad Ali W 15 Leon Spinks, New Orleans. Wins the World Heavyweight Title for the third time.
Mike Rossman KO 13 Victor Galindez, New Orleans. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Jorge Lujan W 15 Albert Davila, New Orleans. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
1980: Rafael Orono KO 3 Jovito Rengifo, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1982: Juan LaPorte KO 11 Mario Miranda, NYC. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.
1983: Ray Mancini KO 9 Orlando Romero, NYC. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
1984: Thomas Hearns KO 3 Fred Hutchins, Saginaw, MI. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
Santos Laciar KO 10 Prudencio Cardona, Cordoba, Argentina. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1989: Marlon Starling W 12 Yung Kil Chung, Hartford. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
1990: Dave McAuley W 12 Rodolfo Blanco, Belfast. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
2000: Jose Luis Castillo D 12 Stevie Johnston, Denver. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
2006: Junior Witter W 12 DeMarcus Corley, London. Wins vacant WBC Super Lightweight Title.
2008: Roman Gonzalez KO 4 Yutaka Niida, Yokohama. Wins WBA Strawweight Title.
2009: Simphiwe Nongqayi W 12 Jorge Arce, Cancun, Mexico. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.
Edgar Sosa KO 6 Omar Soto, Puebla, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
September 16
Fight of the day
1981: Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns. Went and watched this live (closed circuit) with a die-hard Leonard fan and I a Hearns fan to the core.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nuWHtWToXw
1897: Battling Siki born Louis Phal.
1913: Johnny Kilbane W 12 Jimmy Walsh, Boston. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1936: Benny Lynch KO 8 Pat Palmer, Glasgow. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.
1940: Lew Jenkins W 12 Bob Montgomery, Philadelphia.
1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO 14 Thomas Hearns, Las Vegas. Unifies the World Welterweight Title. Just an unbelievable fight
1984: Hwan Kil Yuh KO 6 Sakda Galaxy, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
1989: Joge Paez KO 2 Jose Maria Lopez, Mexico City. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
1995:Terry Norris KO 9 David Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 David Kamau, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1997: Mark Johnson W 12 Angel Almena, Nashville. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
2000: Bruno Girard W 12 Manuel Siaca, Chateauroux, France. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-William Joppy W 12 Hassine Cherifi, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
-Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Felix Flores, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Joel Casamayor KO 5 Radford Beasley, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
2005: Sandro Marcos KO 2 Johnny Tapia, Chicago. Tapia took a good left hook to the body and folded for the first time in over 60 fights.
2006: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Rocky Juarez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Joan Guzman W 12 Jorge Barrios, Las Vegas, NV. Referee: Vic Drakulich | Judge: -------Israel -Vasquez KO 10 Jhonny Gonzalez, Las Vegas, NV. Retains World Super 2007: -----Edgar Sosa KO 9 -Lorenzo Trejo, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
Leonard v hearns was special. I would love for these fighters in their prime to be here now and wipe out Manny and Floyd.
The night of Hearns/Leonard, I was out walking my dog. Some people had paid for the fight and had a projection screen set up in their back yard, having a party to watch the fight. I'd stand on there fence looking over, until their dog would bark at me. Then I'd walk around the block, come back and watch some more.