This day in boxing. A look back.

September 17

Fight of the day

1954: Rocky Marciano vs Ezzard Charles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN-XjXONPrU


1902: Joe Gans KO 5 Gus Gardner, Baltimore. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1919: Benny Leonard ND 8 Johnny Dundee, Newport, R.I. Non-title fight.

1921: Johnny Kilbane KO 7 Danny Frush, Cleveland. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1924: Harry Greb ND 10 Gene Tunney, Cleveland. According to research by Steve Compton, two out of three Cleveland papers had Greb winning. The third had the bout a draw.

1934: Jimmy McLarnin W 15 Barney Ross, Long Island City, NY. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1946: Randy Turpin KO 1 Gordon Griffiths, London. Turpin’s pro debut.

1954: Rocky Marciano KO 8 Ezzard Charles, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Imagine a fight today allowed to go on after a couple of left hooks caused thishttp://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...an_019/cut.jpg
In addition if you watch the vid you can plainly see that the two finishing punches were at the back of the head.


1977: Victor Galindez W 15 Yaqui Lopez, Rome. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Roberto Duran W 15 Edwin Viruet, Philadelphia. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1980: Hilario Zapata KO 11 Shigeo Nakajima, Gifu, Japan. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: Jiro Watanabe KO 7 Kazuo Katsuma, Osaka. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Orlando Canizales W 12 Samuel Duran, Bozeman, MT. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
-Victor Rabanales KO 9 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1994: Vincent Pettway KO 4 Gianfranco Rosi, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Felix (Tito) Trinidad KO 4 Yory Boy Campas, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.
-Frankie Randall W 12 Juan Coggi, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 8 Meldrick Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Gabriel Ruelas W 12 Jesse James Leija, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 1 Yodsing Au Saenmorokot, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1995: Regilio Tuur KO 10 Luis Mendoza, Arnhem, Holland.
-Veeraphol Sahaprom W 12 Daorung MP Petroleum, Nongtha, Thailand. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1999: Medgoen 3K-Battery KO 3 Manny Pacquiao, Thammarat, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2005: Jesus Chavez KO 11 Levander Johnson, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Lightweight Title. Sadly Johnson dies of a brain injury.
-Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Robbie Peden, Las Vegas. Unifies WBC & IBF Super Featherweight

September 18

Fight of the day

1953: Kid Gavilan W 15 Carmen Basilio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biUvk3gSP9c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1QkG2nraFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqMKjRs8DrI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLxthKeRjrI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaGQYgXIbnE


1924: Fidel LaBarba KO 1 Pat Pringle, Los Angeles. Labarba’s pro debut.

1946: Joe Louis KO 1 Tami Mauriello, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title., Syracuse. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1963: Hiroyuki Ebihara KO 1 Pone Kingpetch, Tokyo. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1976: Eckhard Dagge W 15 Emile Griffith, Berlin. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Alfredo Escalera KO 13 Ray Lunny III, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1977: Miguel Canto W 15 Martin Vargas, Merida, MX. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Luis Estaba KO 15 Orlando Hernandez, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1982: Michael Spinks KO 9 Johnny Davis, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Rafael (Bazooka) Limon KO 7 Chung Il Choi, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Hilario Zapata W 15 Jung Koo Chang, Chongiu, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1994: Hyung-Chul Lee KO 9 Katsuya Onizuka, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Yory Boy Campas KO 3 Larry Barnes, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Oscar De La Hoya KO 8 Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1999: Vassily Jirov KO 10 Dale Brown, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Felix Trinidad W 12 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Wins (linear) World Welterweight Title. Or, wins WBC, retains IBF Welterweight Title. Referee: Mitch Halpern. Judges Scoring: Jerry Roth 115-113, -Glen Hamada 114-114, Bob Logist 115-114. Oscar blows the fight by running for the last few rounds.

2001: Two-time former World Featherweight Champion Sandy Saddler, 75, dies of Alzheimer’s disease at a New York City nursing home.

2004: Bernard Hopkins KO 9 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Orlando Salido, Las Vegas. Retains WBA & IBF Featherweight Title.

2008: Celestino Caballero KO 1 Elvis Meja, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
-Anselmo Moreno Tech. Dec 7 Cecilio Santos, Panama City. Panama. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

Hope IamInuit and the mods don't mind me posting this here:

88 yrs ago on this date Jack Dempsey X Gene Tunney I

87 yrs ago on yesterday's date, the rematch occurred - Gene Tunney X Jack Dempsey II - this fight was aka "The Long Count Fight" - Dempsey insisted on a new rules change when fighter is downed, opponent goes to a neutral corner - Dempsey floors Tunney with a combo and forgets to go to a neutral corner and the ref doesn't start counting which gives Tunney variable seconds to recover.

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Originally Posted by Stickgrappler

Hope IamInuit and the mods don't mind me posting this here:

88 yrs ago on this date Jack Dempsey X Gene Tunney I

87 yrs ago on yesterday's date, the rematch occurred - Gene Tunney X Jack Dempsey II - this fight was aka "The Long Count Fight" - Dempsey insisted on a new rules change when fighter is downed, opponent goes to a neutral corner - Dempsey floors Tunney with a combo and forgets to go to a neutral corner and the ref doesn't start counting which gives Tunney variable seconds to recover.

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I think Tunney picked up a $1 million dollar cheque.

i posted the fights to my site along with some trivia for The Long Count Fight

The rematch was simultaneously the first million dollar gate as well as 2 million dollar gate in entertainment history!

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Originally Posted by Stickgrappler

i posted the fights to my site along with some trivia for The Long Count Fight

The rematch was simultaneously the first million dollar gate as well as 2 million dollar gate in entertainment history!

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Boxing must have been huge in those days.

September 19

Fight of the day

-was going to post Owen/Pinter but I cant do it. Does not feel right so I'll post this instead to honour the guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjdSt5RJdKs


1932: Panama Al Brown KO 1 Spider Pladner, Toronto. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1945: Sammy Angott KO 6 Ike Williams, Pittsburgh.

1954: Robert Cohen W 15 Chamrem Songkitrat, Bankok. Wins vacant Bantamweight Title.

1958: Azumah Nelson born Nelson Azumah.( Him and Adonis Stevenson took inverted family names)

1967: Chartchai Chionoi KO 7 Walter McGowan, Wembley. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1980: Lupe Pintor KO 12 Johnny Owen, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
Owen, 24, dies 45-days later from head injuries suffered in the bout.

1991: Joichiro Tatsuyoshi KO 11 Greg Richardson, Tokyo. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1992: Chris Eubank W 12 Tony Thorton, Scotland.

1998: Evander Holyfield W 12 Vaughn Bean, Atlanta, GA.
-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 8 Mark Prince, Oberhausen, Germany.
-Jorge Elicer Julio W 12 Adonis Cruz, Atlanta, GA.

2005: Lorenzo Parra W 12 Takefumi Sakata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2009: Sebastian Sylvester W 12 Giovanni Lorenzo, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas. Non-title fight.
-Chris John W 12 Rocky Juarez, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
-Sebastian Sylvester W 12 Giovanni Lorenzo, Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.

September 20,

Fight of the day

1939: Joe Louis vs Bob Pastor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsrbZ1-Lt3E


1906: Jack Johnson ND 6 Joe Jeanette, Philadelphia.

1934: Freddie Miller W 15 Nel Tarleton, Liverpool. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1939: Joe Louis KO 11 Bob Pastor, Detroit. Retains World Heavyweight Title. The last title fight scheduled for over 15 rounds.

1949: Willie Pep KO 7 Eddie Compo, Waterbury, CT. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1957: Archie Moore KO 7 Tony Anthony, Los Angeles. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1958: Hogan Bassey KO 9 Willie Pep, Boston. Non-title fight.

1965: Ken Buchanan KO 2 Brian Tonks, London. Buchanan’s pro debut.

1972: Muhammad Ali KO 7 Floyd Patterson, NYC. Floyd’s final fight.

1975: Alfredo Escalera D 15 Leonel Hernandez, Caracas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-David Kotey W 15 Ruben Olivares, Inglewood. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

1980: Hilmer Kenty KO 4 Ernesto Espana, San Juan. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1986: Marvin Johnson KO 13 Jean-Marie Emebe, Indianapolis. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1987: Myung Woo Yuh KO 8 Rodolfo Blanco, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Simon Brown KO 2 Bobby Joe Young, Rochester. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

1996: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Wilfredo Rivera, Miami. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
-David Tua KO 1 Darrol Wilson, Miami.
-Zab Judah KO 2 Michael Johnson, Miami. Judah’s pro debut.
-Joel Casamayor KO 1 David Chamendis, Miami. Casamayor’s pro debut.

1997: Lou Del Valle KO 8 Eddy Smulders, Aachen, Germany. Wins vacant WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Michael Loewe W 12 Michael Carruth, Aachen, Germany.

2003: Chris Byrd W 12 Fres Oquendo, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title. Controversial decision.

2004: Katsushige Kawashima W 12 Raul Juarez, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

September 21

Fight of the day

1948: Marcel Cerdan vs Tony Zale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH6SlkpFAOM


1897: Joe Gans D 15 Young Griffo, Philadelphia.

1925: Mickey Walker W 15 Dave Shade, Bronx, NY. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1926: Mushy Callahan W 10 Pinkey Mitchell, Vernon, CA. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1932: John Henry Lewis W 10 James J.Braddock, San Francisco.

1948: Marcel Cerdan KO 12 Tony Zale, Jersey City, NJ. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1955: Rocky Marciano KO 9 Archie Moore, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1966: Joe Frazier W 10 Oscar Bonavena, NYC.

1974: Perico Fernandez W 15 Lion Furuyama, Rome. Wins vacant WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1983: Carlos DeLeon KO 4 Yaqui Lopez, San Jose, CA. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1985: Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Heavyweight Title. Spinks, bulked up by a 4500-calorie a day diet and is the first Light Heavyweight Champion to capture the Heavyweight Title in his first attempt.He gained 25 pounds in 3 months under Shilstone.

-Bernard Benton W 12 Alfonzo Ratliff, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Dwight Pratchett, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Eric Chavez KO 5 Nico Thomas, Jakarta. Wins IBF Strawweight Title.

1996: Arthur Grigorian KO 2 Gene Reed, Berlin, Germany.

September 22

Fight of the day

1964: Emile Griffith vs Brian Curvis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0fCup2009U

And

1973: Jose Napoles vs Clyde Gray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbTc2TAVsVw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd7vcM75SsI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KERCxFC-5PQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6D2qsS_CtE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0MW2GMnL3s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L0lchUe18k


1927: Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey 2, Chicago. Retains World Heavyweight Title. The famous Battle of the Long Count. This is interesting. Dempsey was the one that asked for the new rule to be enforced, (fighter must go to a neutral corner after a knockdown) and yet it was he that ignored it causing those precious seconds for Tunney as pointed out by @Stickgrappler

1933: Young Stribling W 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, Houston.

1938: Peter Kane W 15 Jackie Jurich, Liverpool. Wins vacant World Flyweight Title.

1960: Pone Kingpetch KO 8 Pascuel Perez, Los Angeles. Retains World Flyweight Title

1964: Emile Griffith W 15 Brian Curvis, Wembley. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1973: Jose Napoles W 15 Clyde Gray, Toronto. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1981: Lupe Pintor KO 15 Hurricane Teru, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1983: Donald Curry KO 6 Nino LaRocca, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1984: Richard Sandoval W 15 Edgar Roman, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1988: Roger Mayweather KO 12 Gato Gonzalez, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1989: Antonio Esparragoza KO 5 Fili Montoya, Mexacali. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1990: Tony Lopez W 12 Jorge Paez, Sacramento. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1991: Orlando Canizales W 12 Fernie Morales, Indio, CA. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1998: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 5 Eduardo Morales, NYC. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
-Angel Manfredy W 12 John Brown, NYC.
-Freddy Norwood KO 10 Koji Matsumoto, Tokyo, Japan. Because Norwood is 1 ¾ pounds over the featherweight limit, his victory vacates the title.

2001: Fernando Vargas KO 7 Shibata Flores, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.

September 23

Fight of the day

1952: Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbbP8mFWX0M


1901: James (Rube) Ferns KO 9 Frank Erne, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1918: Benny Leonard ND 8 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Newark. Non-title fight. Lewis won the newspaper decision. Washington Post & Calgary Herald Papers as Bridgeport Telegram and Middletown Times Press reported a close win for Leonard.

1921: Johnny Buff W 15 Pete Herman, NYC. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1926: Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey 1, Philadelphia. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Attendance: 120,557. They fought the second one a year later and almost to the day.

1929: Bat Battalino W 15 Andre Routis, Hartford. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1937: Fred Apostoli KO 10 Marcel Thil, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.
-Barney Ross W 15 Ceferino Garcia, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Lou Ambers W 15 Pedro Montanez, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.
-Harry Jeffra W 15 Sixto Escobar, NYC. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 4 Phil Furr, Washington, DC.* Retains World Welterweight Title.

1948: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Kid Gavilan, Bronx, NY. Non-title fight.
-Ike Williams KO 10 Jesse Flores, Bronx, NY. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1952: Rocky Marciano KO 13 Jersey Joe Walcott, Philadelphia. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Widely considered one of the greatest fights of the last century. Scoring at the time off the stoppage was all for Walcott. Charlie Daggert 7-4-1, Pete Tomasco 7-5, Zack Clayton 8-4.
-Cleveland Williams KO 6 Joe McFadden, Philadelphia.

1957: Carmen Basilio W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, Bronx, NY. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1983: Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes, Richfield, OH. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

1995: Manuel Medina W 12 Alejandro Gonzalez, Sacramento. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2006: Arthur Abraham W 12 Edison Miranda, Wetzlar, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title. If not for Neumann coaching, Abraham would have lost the fight

September 24


Fight of the day

2005:Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Torres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKfbmTZjW4A
Real shame Cotto could not handle the dehydration to stay at 140.



1922: Battling Siki KO 6 Georges Carpentier, Paris. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1923: Maxie Rosenbloom W 6 Nick Scanlon, NYC. Rosenbloom’s pro debut.

1930: Louis Kaplan W 10 Battling Battalino, Hartford, CT.

1935: Joe Louis KO 4 Max Baer, NYC.

1940: Lou Salica W 15 Georgie Pace, Bronx, NY. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title.

1951: Archie Moore W 10 Harold Johnson, Philadelphia.

1953: Rocky Marciano KO 11 Roland La Starza, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1989: Myung Woo Yuh KO 11 Kenbun Taiho, Suanbo, S. Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1993: Juan Coggi KO 10 Guillermo Cruz, Tucuman, Argentina. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Giovanni Parisi W 12 Antonio Rivera, Rome.

1994: Oliver McCall KO 2 Lennox Lewis, London. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Regilio Tuur W 12 Eugene Speed, Rotterdam, Holland.

1999: Keith Holmes W 12 Andrew Council, Washington, D.C. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.
-William Joppy KO 7 Julio Cesar Green, Washington, D.C. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

2001: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Gerry Penalosa, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2005: Wladimir Klitschko W 12 Samuel Peter, Atlantic City.
-Miguel Cotto KO 7 Ricardo Torres, Atlantic City. Both fighters down in the fight.

2007: Alexander Munoz W 12 Kuniyuki Aizawa, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

September 25

Fight of the day. Not much today vid wise. Could have went with Monzon/Griffith but instead of a middle beating up a worn out welter I went with a lightweight who jumped two divisions to fight a 47 gate keeper in his first fight at that weight.

1999: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 10 Wilfredo Rivera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSdu9kDjRiQ



1939: Billy Conn W 15 Melio Bettina, Pittsburgh. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1942: Chalky Wright W 15 Lulu Constantino, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1962: Sonny Liston KO 1 Floyd Patterson, Chicago. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1971: Carlos Monzon KO 14 Emile Griffith, Buenos Aires. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1972: Ben Villaflor D 15 Victor Echegaray, Honolulu. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1979: Maurice Hope KO 7 Mike Baker, Wembley. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Danny Lopez KO 3 Jose Caba, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1994: Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Yong-Kang Kim, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1995: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Chatchai Elite-Gym, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1999: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 10 Wilfredo Rivera, Temecula, CA.
-Lehlo Ledwaba KO 5 Edison Valencia, Temecula, CA. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2004: Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones Jr., Memphis, TN. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Ivan Hernandez KO 8 Mark Johnson, Memphis, TN.

2005: Hozumi Hasegawa KO 7 Gerardo Martinez, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
-Yutaka Niida Tech. Win 10 Eriberto Gejon, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

2009: Jean Pascal KO 10 Silvio Branco, Montreal, Canada. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

The last minute and a half of that fight, Mosley does some nice boxing.

September 26


Fight of the day

1972: Bob Foster vs Chris Finnegan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFpQaBAMb2I


1929: Jack Sharkey KO 3 Tommy Loughran, NYC.

1932: Max Schmeling KO 8 Mickey Walker, Long Island.

1945: Sugar Ray Robinson W 12 Jake LaMotta Chicago. #5

1951: Sandy Saddler KO 10 Willie Pep, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title. One of the dirtiest fights in the history of the sport. Both men were suspended by the NYSAC and Pep for life although they lifted it about 2 years later and Saddler for an indefinite period.

1964: Eder Jofre KO 7 Bernardo Caraballo, Boogota. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1970: Ken Buchanan W 15 Ismael Laguna, San Juan. Wins World Lightweight Title. Buchanan becomes the first Brit to win the lightweight title since Freddie Welsh in 1917.

1972: Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan, London. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1976: Luis Estaba KO 11 Valentin Martinez, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 11 Jerry Martin, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
-Juan Herrera KO 11 Luis Ibarra, Merida, MX. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1986: Edwin Rosario KO 2 Livingstone Bramble, Miami Beach. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.
-Hector Camacho W 12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1988: Jose Sanabria KO 10 Fabrice Benichou, Nogent-Sur Mame, France. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1992: Aquiles Guzman W 12 Yong Kang Kim, Pohang, South Korea. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1995: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Laureano Ramirez, Hammanskraal, S. Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1998: Lennox Lewis W 12 Zeljko Mavrovic, Uncasville, Conn. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Herbie Hide KO 2 Willi Fischer, Norwich, England.

2009: Vitali Klitschko KO 10 Chris Arreola, Los Angeles, California. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

Finnegan was a very tough man. For a guy known for his left hook, Foster had a sharp right hand as well.

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Originally Posted by greynotsoold

Finnegan was a very tough man. For a guy known for his left hook, Foster had a sharp right hand as well.

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I always thought Foster had a bomb of a right hand. Anyway that was a brutal knockout at round 14. Foster was a great fighter at light heavy.

September 27

Fight of the day

1986: Lloyd Honeyghan vs Donald Curry
Note:The first vid may be locked for verification. You might have to log in to youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1GWZlheMhI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APFKGR-Kv8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6w5q4HphxI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3BXQ5Q2C-s



1907: Joe Gans W 20 George Memsic, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1915: Ted Lewis W 12 Jack Britton, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1933: Tommy Loughran W 15 Jack Sharkey, Philadelphia.

1946: Tony Zale KO 6 Rocky Graziano, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title. 1946 Fight of the Year.

1950: Ezzard Charles W 15 Joe Louis, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title and with it worldwide recognition.

1970: Yoshiaki Numata KO 5 Raul Rojas, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1980: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 3 Alan Minter, London. Wins World Middleweight Title.
After referee Carlos Berrocal stopped the fight at 1:45 of round three, the British fans turfed the ring with beer bottles and cans for an eternity. Bloody thugs;D

1983: Frank Cedeno KO 6 Charlie Magri, Wembley. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1986: Lloyd Honeyghan KO 7 Donald Curry, Atlantic City. Wins World Welterweight Title.
-Brian Mitchell KO 10 Alfredo Layne, Sun City. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1997: Antonio Cermeno W 12 Jose Rojas, Caracas. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Irene Pacheco KO 6 Damaen Kelly, Barranquilla, Colombia. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2008: Guillermo Jones KO 10 Firat Arslan, Hamburg. Wins WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 12 Ricardo Mayorga, Carson City, CA.
-Andre Berto W 12 Steve Forbes, Carson City, CA. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
-Edgar Sosa W 12 Sonny Boy Jaro, Mexico City. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

September 28

Fight of the day

1979: Larry Holmes vs Earnie Shavers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpiy6gBQcfU


1898: George (Kid) Lavigne D 20 Frank Erne, Coney Island. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1928: Andre Routis W 15 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Wins World Featherweight Title. “None disputed the verdict when it was announced after one of the most savage fights ever staged for the 126-pound crown. The crowd cheered the victor and vanquished thunderously, but particularly the conqueror, for a fight which deserved the ring crown.” New York Times.

1939: Joey Archibald W 15 Harry Jeffra, Washington DC Retains World Featherweight Title.

1945: Rocky Graziano KO 3 Harold Green, NYC. Green, who had already beat Graziano twice, told The Ring magazine 45 years later, “I was told to lay down. It wasn’t easy. When you’re doing it, it hurts.”

1968: Carlos Teo Cruz W 15 Mando Ramos, Los Angeles.* Retains World Lightweight Title.
-Shozo Saijyo W 15 Raul Rojas, Los Angeles. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1976: Muhammad Ali W 15 Ken Norton, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1979: Larry Holmes KO 11 Earnie Shavers, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Wifredo Gomez KO 10 Carlos Mendoza, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1985: Barry McGuigan KO 9 Bernard Taylor, Belfast. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1989: Brian Mitchell KO 7 Irving Mitchell, Lewiston, ME. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1996: Ratanapol Sow Voraphin KO 5 Oscar Andrade, Prajuabkirikhan, Thailand. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

September 29

Fight of the day

1977: Muhammad Ali vs Earnie Shavers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgjbXCVNpl4


1902: Philadelphia Jack O’Brien W 6 Joe Choynski, Chicago.

1936: Charley Burley KO 4 George Leggins, Pittsburgh. Burley’s pro debut.

1941: Joe Louis KO 6 Lou Nova, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1967: Emile Griffith W 15 Nino Benvenuti, NYC. Regains World Middleweight Title.

1972: Venice Borkorsor KO 10 Betulio Gonzalez, Bankok. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1973: Carlos Monzon W 15 Jean-Claude Bouttier, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1977: Muhammad Ali W 15 Earnie Shavers, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Ali’s final victory in a World Heavyweight Championship fight.

1990: Brian Mitchell W 12 Frankie Mitchell, Aosta, Italy. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
-Welcome Ncita KO 8 Gerardo Lopez, Aosta, Italy. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
-Khaosai Galaxy KO 6 Yong Kang Kim, Suphan Buri, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Virgil Hill W 12 Frank Tate, Bismark. Regains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1993: Leeonzer Barber W 12 Andrea Magi, Pesaro, Italy.

2001: Byron Mitchell W 12 Manny Siaca, NYC. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Bernard Hopkins KO 12 Felix (Tito) Trinidad, NYC. Unifies World Middleweight Title.
-Joel Casamayor KO 8 Joe Morales, Miami. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
-Steve Forbes W 12 John Brown, Miami. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Zolani Petelo, NYC. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
-Roberto Leyva Tech. Draw 3 Miguel Barrera, Ensenada, Mexico. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2007: Clinton Woods W 12 Julio Gonzalez, Sheffield, England. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Chad Dawson KO 4 Epifano Mendoza, Sacramento, CA. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
-Kelly Pavlik KO 7 Jermain Taylor, Atlantic City. Wins World Middleweight Title.
-Joseph Agbeko KO 7 Luis Alberto Perez, Sacramento, CA. Wins IBF Bantamweight Title.

September 30

Fight of the day

1961: Benny Paret W 15 Emile Griffith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8oVI2TtN6k


1904: Joe Walcott D 20 Joe Gans, San Francisco. Retains World Welterweight Title. Walcott defends his claim as World Welteweight champion. Shortly after this fight Walcott accidentally shot himself in the hand and was out of action until mid 1906.

1912: Pete Herman D 6 Eddie Coulon, New Orleans.

1919: Sam Langford ND 10 Harry Wills, Syacuse, NY.

1926: Tod Morgan W 15 Joe Glick, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1937: Billy Conn W 15 Teddy Yarosz, Pittsburgh.

1949: Rinty Monaghan D 15 Terry Allen, Belfast. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1959: Dick Tiger W 10 Joey Giardello, Chicago.

1961: Benny Paret W 15 Emile Griffith, NYC. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1978: Sung Jun Kim KO 3 Netmoi Vorasingh, Seoul. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Jesus Rojas W 12 Fidel Bassa, Barranquilla. Wins WBA flyweight Title.

1990: Marcos Villasana KO 8 Javier Marquez, Mexico City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1995: Ralf Rocchigiani W 12 Mark Randazzo, Hanover.
-Roy Jones Jr. KO 3 Tony Thorton, Pensacola. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Naseem Hamed KO 8 Steve Robinson, Cardiff, Wales.

2006: Hugo Cazares KO 10 Nelson Dieppa, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Wins World Junior Flyweight Title.

October 1

Fight of the day

1994: Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker vs James (Buddy) McGirt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPHiKNYCEUw


1914: Sam Langford ND 10 Joe Jeanette, NYC. Jeanette won the newspaper decision per the New York Times.

1924: Mickey Walker KO 6 Bobby Barrett, Philadelphia. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 4 Leonardo Lopez, Hollywood, CA. Retains World Bantamweight Title

1974: John Conteh W 15 Jorge Ahumada, London. Wins vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
-Shoji Oguma W 15 Betulio Gonzalez, Tokyo. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1975: Muhammad Ali KO 14 Joe Frazier, Manila. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1993: Lennox Lewis KO 7 Frank Bruno, Cardiff, Wales. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Joe Calzaghe KO 1 Paul Hanlon, Cardiff, Wales. Calzaghe’s pro debut.
-John David Jackson W 12 Reggie Johnson, Buenos Aires. Wins WBA Middleweight Title.

1994: Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker W 12 James (Buddy) McGirt, Norfolk, VA. Retains WBC Welterweight Title. Following this contest an irate Jose Suliaman, The WBC president, asked the Whitaker representatives why Whitaker did not wear his WBC belt into the ring. Jose had forgotten that Pernell was never presented with one following his victory over McGirt for the title on March 6, 1993.
-Ike Quartey KO 5 Alberto Cortes, Carpenttras, France. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1996: Rosendo Alvarez KO 8 Takashi Shiohama, Kitakyushu City, Japan. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

2005: James Toney W 12 Dominick Guinn, Reno, NV. Referee Jay Nady.
-Chris Byrd W 12 DaVarryl Williamson, Reno. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
-Antonio Tarver W 12 Roy Jones Jr., Tampa, FL. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

Oct 2


Fight of the day.


1999: Ricardo Lopez vs Will Grigsby, Las Vegas. IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ipl-pAxJA


1906: Tommy Burns KO 15 (Fireman) Jim Flynn, Los Angeles. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1933: Marcel Thil W 15 Kid Tunero, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.
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1939: Ceferino Garcia KO 7 Fred Apostoli, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1942: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Jake LaMotta, NYC. The first in a 6-fight series between these two.

1948: Joey Giardello KO 2 Johnny Noel, Trenton, NJ. Giardello’s pro debut.

1967: Curtis Cokes KO 8 Charlie Shipes, Oakland. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1976: Guty Espadas KO 13 Susumu Hanagata, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBA Flyweight Title.

1980: Larry Holmes KO 11 Muhammad Ali, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Saoul Mamby W 15 Termite Watkins, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1987: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Lupe Aquino, Perugia, Italy. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1988: Fidel Bassa W 12 Ray Medel, San Antonio. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1999: Willy Wise W 10 Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas.
-Ricardo Lopez W 12 Will Grigsby, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2004: Jeff Lacy KO 8 Syd Vanderpool, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Felix Trinidad KO 8 Ricardo Mayorga, NYC.
-Kassim Ouma W 12 Verno Phillips, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

Oct 3


Fight of the day

1981:Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Mustafa Hamsho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxjhOfZUyjk




1919: Young Corbett III D 4 Kid Jeffries, Fresno, CA. Corbett’s pro debut.

1931: Frankie Genaro W 15 Valentin Angelmann, Paris. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1949: Dan Goosen born. One of the good guys.

1951: Dave Sands W 10 Bobo Olson, Chicago. The first ever coast-to-coast televised fight.

1964: Sandro Mazzinghi KO 12 Tony Montano, Genoa. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1967: Ki Soo Kim W 15 Freddie Little, Seoul. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1976: Miguel Canto W 15 Betulio Gonzalez, Caracas. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1981: Mike Weaver W 15 James Tillis, Rosemont, IL. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 11 Mustafa Hamsho, Rosemont, IL. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Alexis Arguello KO 14 Ray Mancini, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

-Sergio Palma W 15 Vichit Muangroi-et, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1987: Brian Mitchell W 15 Daniel Londas, Gravelines, France. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1991: Vinny Pazienza KO 12 Gilbert Dele, Providence, RI. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1992: Nigel Benn KO 3 Mauro Galvano, Marchino, Italy. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

1993: Pichit Sithbangprachan, KO 9 Miguel Martinez, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1998: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 3 Alexei Iliin, Augsburg, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Floyd Mayweather KO 8 Genaro Hernandez, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Antonio Cermeno KO 4 Genaro Rios, Caracas. Wins vacant WBA Featherweight Title.

Oct 4

Fight of the day

1996:Ike Quartey vs Oba Carr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI5HJg9COYw


1923: Paul Berlenbach KO 1 Jimmy Roberts, NYC. Berlenbach’s pro debut.

1930: Panama Al Brown W 15 Eugene Huat, Paris. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1935: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Al Roth, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1940: Fritzie Zivic W 15 Henry Armstrong, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.

-Sugar Ray Robinson KO 2 Joe Echevarria, NYC.

1969: Nino Benvenuti DQ 7 Fraser Scott, Naples. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Mando Ramos KO 6 Yoshiaki Numata, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1979: Sang Hyun Kim KO 11 Masahiro Yokai, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1980: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Rocky Lockridge, McAfee, NJ. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1986: Bernardo Pinango KO 10 Ciro de Leva, Turnin, Italy. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1987: Wilfredo Vasquez KO 10 Chan Young Park, Seoul. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1991: Maurice Blocker W 12 Glenwood Brown, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Welterweight Title.

1993: David Griman W 12 Alvaro Marcardo, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1996: Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Bryant Brannon, NYC. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Ike Quartey W 12 Oba Carr, NYC. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1997: Lennox Lewis KO 1 Andrew Golota, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Carl Thompson W 12 Ralf Rocchigiani, Hanover Germany.

-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 7 Nicky Piper, Hanover.

-Arturo Gatti KO 5 Gabriel Ruelas, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2003: James Toney KO 9 Evander Holyfield, Las Vegas.

-Joel Casamayor KO 6 Diego Corrales, Las Vegas.

-Erik Morales KO 3 Guty Espadas, Los Angeles.

-Carlos Hernandez Tech. Win 10 Steve Forbes, Los Angeles. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

-Rafael Marquez W 12 Mauricio Pastrana, Los Angeles. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

-Veerapol Sahaprom D 12 Toshiaki Nishioka, Tokyo. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Alexander Munoz W 12 Hidenobu Honda, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

-Daniel Reyes KO 6 Edgar Cardenas, Los Angeles. Wins IBF Strawweight Title.

2006: Celestino Caballero KO 3 Somsak Sithchatchawal, Nakorn, Ratchisima, Thailand. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

Oct 5


Fight of the day.

1991: Pernell Whitaker vs Jorge Paez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-XztQfnX9k


1931: Fritzie Zivic KO 1 Al Rettinger, Pittsburgh. Zivic’s pro debut.

1936: Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Referee: Billy Cavanaugh.

Quote:

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By the last round Canzoneri’s eyes were bloody and his nose was cut. The split lip he earlier sustained while training and sparring–resulting in postponing this bout–was “pulled and crimson.” The crowd of 11,423 was so sickened by the sight that they yelled for the referee to stop it. But, as Canzoneri had never been knocked out in his career, Cavanaugh allowed him to go the distance.

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Source: New York Times and other day-after newspaper accounts.

1937: Baby Arizmendi W 10 Albert (Chalky) Wright, Los Angeles.

1952: Kid Gavilan W 15 Billy Graham, Havana. Retains World Welterweight Title. The first fight televised in the U.S. from outside the U.S.

And you know going back to the best punch threadhttp://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...psacb764eb.jpg Imo Gavilan had the best chin in boxing history.

1974: Carlos Monzon KO 7 Tony Mundine, Buenos Aires. Retains World Middleweight Title. Monzon’s 10th defense.

1976: Victor Galindez W 15 Kosie Smith, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1985: Hilario Zapata W 15 Alonzo Gonzalez, Panama City. Wins vacant WBA Flyweight Title.

1988: Duke McKenzie KO 11 Rolando Bohol, Wembley. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

1991: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Jorge Paez, Reno. Retains World Lightweight Title.

-Yong Kang Kim W 12 Leo Gamez, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1997: Yong-Soo Choi D 12 Takanori Hatakeyama, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

Oct 6

Fight of the day

1984: Lee Roy Murphy vs Marvin Camel, Billings, MT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZRKyiEvCBg


1899: Kid McCoy D 8 Joe Choynski, Chicago.

Quote:

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“Both men had agreed to a draw in case they were on their feet at the end of the sixth round and that was the result, as both were on their feet and comparatively fresh. McCoy, however, clearly out-classed the Californian an scored the only knockdown, putting Joe to the ropes with a left hook to the mouth in the third round.” (Cripple Creek Morning Times)

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Not sure why they made that a big deal out of the fighters agreement since newspaper decisions were a norm when both men remained standing.

1968: Hiroshi Kobayashi W 15 Jamie Valladares, Tokyo. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1979: Jorge Lujan KO 15 Roberto Rubaldino, McAllen, TX. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1983: Jiro Watanabe Tech. Dec. 11 Soon Chun Kwon, Osaka. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1984: Lee Roy Murphy KO 14 Marvin Camel, Billings, MT. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

1989: Muangchai Kittikasem KO 7 Tacy Macalos, Bangkok. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1990: Robert Quiroga KO 3 Vuyani Nene, Pagliara, Italy. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2000: Lehlo Ledwaba KO 6 Eduardo Alvarez, Kent, England. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2007: Samuel Peter W 12 Jameel McCline, NYC

-Manny Pacquiao W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera, Las Vegas.

2009: Denkaosan Kaowichit W 12 Daiki Kameda, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

Oct 7


Fight of the day


2000: Paulie Ayala vs Johnny Tapia 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp_lOa9Tr7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx_4x23mHmE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeSaFmCxEaM


1927: Tommy Loughran W 15 Mike McTigue, NYC. Wins vacant World Light Heavyweight Title.
-James J. Braddock D 10 Joe Monte, NYC.


1932: Jimmy McLarnin KO 6 Benny Leonard, NYC. Time: 2:55 | Referee: Arthur Donovan.
Leonard was down in the second round.

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“McLarnin, no respecter of persons or fistic kingdoms, hammered and battered Leonard pitilessly, while the veteran offered a weak resistance through five of the six rounds. When convinced that it was a futile undertaking by Leonard, Referee Donovan wisely stopped the struggle.” James P. Dawson New York Times.

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The 36-year old Leonard’s final fight. He retires with an 89-5-1 and 71 KO’s.


1975: Erbito Salavarria W 15 Susumu Hanagata, Yokohama. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.


1988: Graciano Rocchigiani KO 11 Chris Reid, Berlin. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.


1989: John-John Molina KO 10 Tony Lopez, Sacramento. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Fabrice Benichou W 12 Ramon Cruz, Bordeaux, France. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.


1991: Raul Perez W 12 Luis Mendoza, Inglewood. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.


1995: Lennox Lewis KO 6 Tommy Morrison, Atlantic City.
-Dariusz Michaczewski W 12 Phillippe Michel, Frankfurt, Germany.
-Carlos Salazar W 12 Harold Grey, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.


2000: Paulie Ayala W 12 Johnny Tapia, Las Vegas. Non-title fight. Controversial decision. Referee: Richard Steele. Anarchy began after the decision was first announced to the fight fans in attendance. Tapia’s brother-in-law Rob Guiterrez clipped Todd DuBoef of Top Rank and the stepson of promoter Bob Arum, with a shot to the mouth. Guiterrez was led away in handcuffs.

-Eric Morel W 12 Alberto Ontiveros, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.


2006: Nikolai Valuev KO 11 Monte Barrett, Chicago. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Tomasz Adamek W 12 Paul Briggs, Chicago. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
-Joel Casamayor W 12 Diego Corrales, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title.
-Vic Darchinyan Tech. Dec. 6 Glenn Donaire, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

Oct 8


Fight of the day


1976: Miguel Castellini vs Jose Duran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBI3FsfqDt0


1934: Fred Apostoli KO 3 Gilbert Attell, San Francisco. Apostoli’s pro debut.


1974: Oscar Albarado KO 7 Ryu Sorimachi, Tokyo. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.


1975: Rodolfo Martinez W 15 Hisami Numata, Sendai, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.


1976: Miguel Castellini W 15 Jose Duran, Madrid. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.


1984: Sot Chitalada W 12 Gabriel Bernal, Bangkok. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.


1989: In Chul Baek KO 11 Ronnie Essett, Seoul. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.


1994: Henry Maske KO 9 Iran Barkley, Halle, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.


2001: Raul Balbi W 12 Julien Lorcy, Paris, France. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.


2005: Jose Luis Castillo KO 4 Diego Corrales, Las Vegas. Non-title fight.
-Jorge Arce KO 2 Hussein Hussein, Las Vegas.

Oct 9


Fight of the day


1993: Nigel Benn vs Chris Eubank 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgVFP1CsIXY


1939: Henry Armstrong KO 4 Al Manfredo, Des Moines, IA. Retains World Welterweight Title.


1976: John Conteh W 15 Yaqui Lopez, Copenhagen. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.


1977: Yoko Gushiken KO 4 Montsayarm Mahachai, Oita, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.


1985: Ji Won Kim KO 1 Seung Il Suh, Seoul. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.


1988: Khaosai Galaxy KO 8 Chang Ho Choi, Seoul. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.


1989: Terry Norris W 10 Jorge Vaca, Tijuana, Mexico.


1993: Nigel Benn D 12 Chris Eubank, Manchester, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Crisanto Espana KO 10 Donovan Boucher, Manchester. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
-John-John Molina KO 8 Bernard Taylor, San Juan. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.


1994: Leo Gamez KO 6 Pichit Sithbangprachan, Bangkok, Thailand. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.


1996: President Bill Clinton signs into law the Professional Boxing Safety Act, which requires that all bouts be sanctioned by state authorities, all boxers register for ID cards and be certified to fight by a licensed physician, and health insurance for all boxers be provided by promoters.


2000: Leo Gamez KO 7 Hideki Todaka, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title. The 37-year old Gamez wins his fourth WBA title in as many divisions. He started by wining the WBA Strawweight in January of 1988. Gamez then won the WBA Junior Flyweight Title in October of 1993. On March 13, 1999 he annexed the WBA Flyweight Title.


2002: Salim Medjkounw W 12 Osamu Sato, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.


2004: Markus Beyer KO 6 Cristian Sanavia, Erfurt, Germany. Regains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

Benn v Eubanks 2 was not that great looking back at it.

Oct 10


Fight of the day

1962: Fighting Harada vs Pone Kingpetch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GprRjCtuWHs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTfxU-Cacs0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuMLyv3NAXc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xOOtCMqvso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWKtR6TQ_Nw


1912: Sam Langford KO 11 Sam McVey, Perth, Australia.


1930: Jackie (Kid) Berg W 10 Billy Petrolle, NYC. Non-title fight.


1962: Fighting Harada KO 11 Pone Kingpetch, Tokyo. Wins World flyweight Title.


1971: Bruno Arcari KO 10 Domingo Corpas, Genoa. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Ricardo Arredondo KO 10 Yoshiaki Numata, Sendai, Japan. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.


1976: Royal Kobayashi, KO 8 Rigoberto Riasco, Tokyo. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
-Yoko Gushiken KO 7 Juan Guzman, Kofu, Japan.
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1982: Katsuo Tokashiki W 15 Sung Nam Kim, Tokyo. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.


1987: Frank Tate W 15 Michael Olajide, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.
-Jose Luis Ramirez KO 5 Cornelius Boza Edwards, Paris. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.


1990: Dennis Andries KO 4 Sergio Merani, London. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.


1992: Jorge Eliecer Julio W 12 Eddie Cook, Cartagena. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.


1998: James Page KO 2 Andrei Pestriav, Paris. Wins vacant WBA Welterweight Title.
-Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Khalid Rahilou, Paris. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.


2003: Silvio Branco KO 11 Mehdi Sahnoune, Marseille, France. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.


2005: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Tech. Win 7 Daisuke Naito, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.


2009: Yuriorkis Gamboa KO 4 Whyber Garcia, NYC. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
-Juan Carlos Salgado KO 1 Jorge Linares, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.
-Juan Manuel Lopez W 12 Rogers Mtagwa, NYC.
-Toshiaka Nishioka KO 3 Ivan Hernandez, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

Oct 11


Fight of the day

2002: Wayne Braithwaite vs Vincenzo Cantatore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwwSlRYuM-M


1913: George Chip KO 6 Frank Klaus, Pittsburgh. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1920: Georges Carpentier KO 4 Battling Levinsky, Jersey City, NJ. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1923:Tommy Loughran W 10 Harry Greb, Boston.
-Pancho Villa W 15 Benny Schwartz, Baltimore. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1927: Baby Arizmendi D 10 Kid Laredo, San Antonio, TX. Arizmendi’s pro debut.

1969: Nicolino Locche W 15 Joao Henrique, Buenos Aires. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

A short clip of this incredible defensive fighter. The first time he fought Cervantes he won every round and made him look like the clip shows for the entire fight. Shame that he has been overshadowed by Monzon historically when its Locche that in my mind is the best fighter Argentina ever produced.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFNZ_FFhAEE

1975: Angel Espada W 15 Johnny Gant, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1981: Hwan Jin Kim W 15 Alfonso Lopez, Taejon, S. Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1988: Clinton Mitchell W 4 Bernard Hopkins, Atlantic City. Hopkins’ pro debut.

1992: Ricardo Lopez KO 2 Rocky Lin, Tokyo. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1993: Genaro Hernandez W 12 Harold Warren, Inglewood. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1996: Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO 2 Robert Apodaca, Las Vegas, NV. Floyd’s pro debut.
-Johnny Tapia KO 7 Sammy Stewart, Las Vegas, NV.

1997: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Chris Eubank, Sheffield, England. Wins WBO Super middleweight title
-Naseem Hamed KO 7 Jose Badillo, Sheffield, England.

2000: Takanori Hatakeyama KO 10 Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

2002: Wayne Braithwaite KO 10 Vincenzo Cantatore, Campione D’Italia, Italy. Wins vacant WBC Cruiserweight Title.

2007: Daisuke Naito W 12 Daiki Kameda, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2008: Vitali Klitschko KO 8 Samuel Peter, Berlin, Germany. Regains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Chad Dawson W 12 Antonio Tarver, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

Oct 12


Fight of the day

1969: Jose Napoles vs Emile Griffith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmLYtClVbjo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ymV2mrnnQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6dMNdAuvog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLYySO9x_Zo

1895: Kid Lavigne D 20 Young Griffo, Masbeth, NY.

1926: Jack Sharkey WF 12 Harry Wills, Brooklyn. Referee: Patsy Haley. Haley disqualified Wills for illegal use of a backhand blow.

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“Wills was battered about the ring from the start.”

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(AP)

1969: Jose Napoles W 15 Emile Griffith, Inglewood. Retains World Welterweight Title. Referee: Dick Young. Griffith was knocked down in the 3rd. Scoring: 11-4, 11-3-1, 9-4-2.

1975: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Royal Kobayashi, Tokyo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1980: Yoko Gushiken W 15 Pedro Flores, Kanazawa, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1984: Jeff Fenech KO 2 Bobby Williams, Marrickville, Australia. Fenech’s pro debut.

1985: Azumah Nelson KO 1 Pat Cowdell, Birmingham, England. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
-Dodie Penalosa KO 3 Yani Dokolamo, Djkarta. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1987: Khaosai Galaxy KO 3 Byung Kwan Chung, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1991: James Toney KO 4 Francesco Dell’Aquila, Monte Carlo. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

1994: Johnny Tapia KO 11 Henry Martinez, Albuquerque.

1996: Robin Reid KO 7 Vincenzo Nardiello, Milan. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 8 Joey Gamache, Anaheim.
-Hiroshi Kawashima KO 2 Domingo Sosa, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
-Michael Carbajal KO 5 Tomas Rivera, Anaheim. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2001: Winky Wright W 12 Robert Frazier, Indio, CA. Wins vacant IBF Super Welterweight Title.

2002: Eric Morel KO 11 Denkaosaen Kaowichit, Anaheim, CA. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

Oct 13


Fight of the day
-tried for Nelson/Laporte and to my surprise no footage available.
-went then with Herrera/Borkorsor and the video gave me an LSD flashback.


2007: Dimitri Kirilov vs Jose Navarro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cXDFdJWZWg


1902: Joe Gans KO 5 Kid McFarland, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1904: Tommy Sullivan KO 5 Abe Attell, St. Louis. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1913: Battling Nelson ND 10 Ad Wolgast, Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Free Press scored for Wolgast.

1924: Harry Greb D 10 Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia.

1932: Kid Chocolate KO 12 Lew Feldman, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1936: Sixto Escobar KO 1 Indian Quintana, NYC. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1937: Benny Lynch KO 13 Peter Kane, Glasgow. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1939: Henry Armstrong KO 2 Howard Scott, Minneapolis. Retains World Welterweight Title. Armstrong’s 2nd defense in 4-days.

1973: Rafael Herrera W 15 Venice Borkorsor, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1989: Mark Breland KO 2 Mauro Martelli, Geneva. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1990: Azumah Nelson W 12 Juan LaPorte, Sydney. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1994: Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Juan Polo-Perez, Paris, France. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1996: Yong Soo Choi W 12 Yamato Mitani, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2001: Mike Tyson KO 7 Brian Nielson, Copenhagen, Denmark.
-Joe Calzaghe KO 4 Will McIntyre, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2007: Sultan Ibragimov W 12 Evander Holyfield, Moscow, Russia.
-Juan Diaz KO 9 Julio Diaz, Chicago. Retains WBA & wins IBF Lightweight Title.
-Dimitri Kirilov W 12 Jose Navarro, Moscow, Russia. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.
-Juan Carlos Reveco KO 5 Humberto Pool, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

Oct 14


Fight of the day 1

1949: Ezzard Charles vs Pat Valentino. I have to say there is something very unique about old boxing footage. It just seems so much more raw and real. For those who watch these fights I hope you enjoy this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYroq5Kb1nI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a9CYH5EVSY

Fight of the day 2

1967: Vicente Saldivar vs Howard Winstone 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo8njBfyxXQ



1912: Johnny Kilbane W 12 Ed O’Keefe, Cleveland. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1949: Ezzard Charles KO 8 Pat Valentino, San Francisco. Retains NBA Heavyweight Title
-Kid Gavilan W 10 Beau Jack, Chicago. Referee: Frank Sikora.

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Scoring: 55-45, 58-42, 54-46 “Gavilan, with superior boxing skill, punished the rushing, wild-swinging Beau Jack with jolting left hooks to the head and body and mixed these punches with sharp right crosses. Beau Jack, the one time Augusta, Ga., bootblack, fought five rounds with his left eye swollen nearly shut. Gavilan popped a hard right into the eye in the fourth round and it started swelling immediately. The squat Beau Jack always rushed into close quarters with swinging fists, but failed to land effectively. Gavilan kept his foe tied up after Beau Jack’s swings landed harmlessly, and retaliated with sharp punches. He had Beau Jack on the ropes in the third round under heavy, accurate blows to the head and the Georgia Negro was unable to fight back.”

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(AP)

1967: Vicente Saldivar KO 12 Howard Winstone, Mexico City. Retains World Featherweight Title. Saldivar announced retirement shortly afterwards

1988: Simon Brown W 12 Mauro Martelli, Lausanne, Switzerland. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

1989: Juan Polo Perez W 12 Elly Pical, Roanoke, VA. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1995: Henry Maske W 12 Graciano Rocchigiani, Munich. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Jorge Castro W 12 Reggie Johnson, Comodoro Rivadavoa, Argentina. Retains WBA Middleweight Title
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2001: Eidy Moya KO 11 Adan Vargas, McAllen, TX. Wins vacant WBA Bantamweight Title.

2006: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Sakio Bika, Manchester, England. Retains World Super Middleweight Title.
-Mikkel Kessler KO 3 Markus Beyer, Copenhagen, Denmark. Retains WBA, Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

Oct 16


Fight of the day

1982: Eusebio Pedroza vs Bernard Taylor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oH2IRep2Jk



1900: Matty Matthews W 15 James (Rube) Ferns, Detroit. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1902: Young Corbett KO 8 Joe Berstein, Baltimore. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1903: Frankie Neil D 20 Johnny Reagan, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1906: Honey Mellody W 15 Joe Walcott, Chelsea, MA. Wins vacant World Welterweight Title.

1909: Jack Johnson KO 12 Stanley Ketchel, Colma, CA. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

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“The whole climax of the fight was crowded into thirty-four seconds. At the beginning of the last round, there was little to judge from preceding rounds to pick the winner. They met in the center, clashed and wrestled to Johnson’s corner. The Negro broke, and poising himself, dashed at Ketchel, who shrank to meet him. Ketchel drove his right to the black’s lowered head. Johnson ducked and received the blow behind the ear and rolled to the floor. Johnson arose slowly and leaped toward the white man, landing a terrific blow on Ketchel’s jaw; with his left he struck for the stomach and with his right swung again, catching Ketchel’s head as it rolled from the onslaught. Ketchel dropped in a heap while Johnson sprawled across the beaten rival’s legs. Johnson arose still dazed and clung to the ropes.”

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(Associated Press)-Imagine if someone wrote that today.


1970: Chucho Castillo KO 14 Ruben Olivares, Inglewood. Wins World Bantamweight Title. Ruben suffered a cut the size of a corner store which was the beginning of the end.

1976: Wilfred Benitez KO 3 Tony Petronelli, San Juan. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
-Samuel Serrano W 15 Ben Villaflor, San Juan. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.
-Alfonso Zamora KO 12 Soo Hwan Hong, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1982: Eusebio Pedroza D 15 Bernard Taylor, Charlotte, North Carolina. Retains WBA Featherweight Title. Referee: Stanley Christodoulou 147-143 | Judge: Knud Jensen 144-146 | Judge: Oscar K. Oppen 146-146.

1987: Mike Tyson KO 7 Tyrell Biggs, Atlantic City. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Judges scoring at time of stoppage: Al Wilensky (60-54), John Stewart (60-54), Frank Brunette (60-52) all for Tyson.
-Matthew Hilton KO 2 Jack Callahan, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Jeff Fenech Tech. Dec. 4 Carlos Zarate, Sydney. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1988: Juan Jose Estrada KO 11 Takuya Muguruma, Moriguchi, Japan. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: James Toney W 10 Sanderline Williams, Tampa, FL.
-Winky Wright W 4 Anthony Salerno, Tampa, FL. Wright’s pro debut.

1992: Anaclet Wamba W 12 Andrew Maynard, Paris. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Charley Burley, 75, dies.

1993: Anaclet Wamba KO 7 Akim Tafer, Paris. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1999: Irene Pacheco KO 4 Ferid Ben Jeddou, Barranquilla, Columbia. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2008: Oscar Larios W 12 Takahiro Aoh, Tokyo. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.
-Hozumi Hasegawa KO 2 Alejandro Valdez, Tokyo. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

Oct 17


Fight of the day

1997: Ike Quartey vs Jose Luis Lopez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=280GoVIEuvg


1904: Joe Bowker W 20 Frankie Neil, London. Wins World Bantamweight Title.
-Owen Moran W 6 George Dixon, London.

1910: Digger Stanley KO 8 Joe Bowker, London. Wins vacant British World Bantamweight Title.

1916: Jack Britton W 12 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1929: Frankie Genaro W 15 Ernie Jarvis, London. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1938: Joey Archibald W 15 Mike Belloise, NYC. Wins vacant New York World Featherweight Title.

1973: Ben Villaflor KO 1 Kuniaki Shibata, Honolulu. Regains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1980: Daniel Zaragoza KO 4 Ernesto Gutierrez, Poza Rica, Mexico. Zaragoza’s pro debut.

1987: Elly Pical W 15 Tae Il Chang, Jakarta. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1993: Kennedy McKinney W 12 Jesus Salud, Lake Tahoe, CA. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1995: Saensor Ploenchit KO 10 Hioki Ioka, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1997: Ike Quartey D 12 Jose Luis Lopez, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBA Welterweight Title. Quartey, despite being dropped twice and fading badly down the stretch, seemed to control most of the rounds with his jab.
-Pernell Whitaker NC 12 Andrei Pestriav, Ledyard, CT. The coke incident.

1998: Pichitnoi C. Siriwat KO 8 Taekil Lee, Bangkok. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1999: Yeosam Choi W 12 Saman Sorjaturong, Seoul, S. Korea. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title

2009: Carl Froch W 12 Andre Dirrell, Nottingham, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title. . Referee: Hector Afu | judge: Alejandro Rochin Mapula 113-114 | judge: Massimo Barrovecchio 115-112 | judge: Daniel Van de Wiele 115-112.
-Arthur Abraham KO 12 Jermain Taylor, Berlin, Germany.

Oct 18


Fight of the day

1990: Michael Nunn vs Donald Curry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNOpX5JnsCo

-Imo Nunn could have been really something had he not screwed up his life. Maybe one of the best ever.



1912: Johnny Coulon ND 10 Kid Williams, NYC.

1915: Sam Langford W 15 (Battling) Jim Johnson, Denver, CO.
-Joe Symonds KO 16 Tancy Lee, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1927: Jimmy McLarnin KO 8 Louis (Kid) Kaplan, Chicago.

1974: Susumu Hanagata KO 6 Chartchai Chionoi, Yokohama. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1980: Shoji Oguma W 15 Chan Hee Park, Sendai, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1987: Hiroki Ioka W 12 Mai Thonburifarm, Osaka. Wins newly created WBC Strawweight Title.

1989: Luisito Espinosa KO 1 Kaokor Galaxy, Bangkok. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1990: Michael Nunn KO 10 Donald Curry, Paris. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.
-Luis Mendoza W 12 Fabrice Benichou, Paris. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Ray Mercer KO 5 Tommy Morrison, Atlantic City.

1999: British middleweight Adrian Dodson is banned from boxing for 18 months and fined $1,500.00 for biting Canadian opponent Alain Bonnamie on the stomach during a bout in London on October 5. LOL

2000: Promoter Cedric Kushner is fined $100,000.00 by the New York State Athletic Commission for paying bribes to the IBF.

2003: In Jin Chi D 12 Michael Brodie, Manchester, England. For vacant WBC Featherweight Title.

2008: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Kelly Pavlik, Atlantic City. Non-title fight. Referee: Benji Esteves Jr. | judge: Barbara Perez 117-109 | judge: Alan Rubenstein 119-106 | judge: Steve Weisfeld 118-108.

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Originally Posted by IamInuit

Oct 19


Fight of the day

1990: Michael Nunn vs Donald Curry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNOpX5JnsCo

-Imo Nunn could have been really something had he not screwed up his life. Maybe one of the best ever.



1912: Johnny Coulon ND 10 Kid Williams, NYC.

1915: Sam Langford W 15 (Battling) Jim Johnson, Denver, CO.
-Joe Symonds KO 16 Tancy Lee, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1927: Jimmy McLarnin KO 8 Louis (Kid) Kaplan, Chicago.

1974: Susumu Hanagata KO 6 Chartchai Chionoi, Yokohama. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1980: Shoji Oguma W 15 Chan Hee Park, Sendai, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1987: Hiroki Ioka W 12 Mai Thonburifarm, Osaka. Wins newly created WBC Strawweight Title.

1989: Luisito Espinosa KO 1 Kaokor Galaxy, Bangkok. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1990: Michael Nunn KO 10 Donald Curry, Paris. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.
-Luis Mendoza W 12 Fabrice Benichou, Paris. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Ray Mercer KO 5 Tommy Morrison, Atlantic City.

1999: British middleweight Adrian Dodson is banned from boxing for 18 months and fined $1,500.00 for biting Canadian opponent Alain Bonnamie on the stomach during a bout in London on October 5. LOL

2000: Promoter Cedric Kushner is fined $100,000.00 by the New York State Athletic Commission for paying bribes to the IBF.

2003: In Jin Chi D 12 Michael Brodie, Manchester, England. For vacant WBC Featherweight Title.

2008: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Kelly Pavlik, Atlantic City. Non-title fight. Referee: Benji Esteves Jr. | judge: Barbara Perez 117-109 | judge: Alan Rubenstein 119-106 | judge: Steve Weisfeld 118-108.

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Time flies mate you give us all a reminder, on theses fights great stuff.:)