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greynotsoold
Back when Trinidad used both hands he was very good.
Yup. It was right about that time or shortly after that he started to plod in looking to land the shot and fell in love with his power. His old man was just as much to blame. Problem is it worked 95% of the time. Oscar should have been a message to Tito to fire dad.
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Dec 11
Fight of the day
1982: Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon. FOTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-3Uava8D-E
1908: Abe Attell ND 10 Ad Wolgast, Los Angeles.
1925: Paul Berlenbach W 15 Jack Delaney, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1927: Tommy Loughran W 15 Jimmy Slattery, NYC. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.
1930: Battling Battalino W 15 Kid Chocolate, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1933: Jackie Brown W 15 Ginger Foran, Manchester. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.
1939: Al Hostak KO 1 Eric Seelig, Cleveland. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.
-Henry Armstrong KO 7 Jimmy Garrison, Cleveland. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1964: Sandro Mazzinghi W 15 Fortunato Manca, Rome. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
1970: Kuniaki Shibata KO 14 Vicente Saldivar, Tijuana, MX. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.
1971: Nicolino Locche W 15 Antonio Cervantes, Buenos Aires. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
1981: Trevor Berbick W 10 Muhammad Ali, Nassau. The final fight in Ali’s illustrious career.
1982: Bobby Chacon W 15 Bazooka Limon, Sacramento. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title. Referee: Isaac Herrera | judge: Angel L. Guzman 142-141 | judge: Carlos Padilla 143-141 | judge: Tamotsu Tomihara 141-140.
1988: German Torres W 12 Soon Jung Kang, Kimhae, S. Korea. Wins vacant WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1989: Jesus Salud W Disq. 9 Juan Jose Estrada, Inglewood. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1992: Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Armando Castro, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1993: Henry Maske W 12 David Vedder, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
1995: Luisito Espinosa W 12 Manuel Medina, Tokyo. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.
1999: Vitali Klitschko KO 9 Obed Sullivan, Hamburg, Germany.
-Juan Carlos Gomez KO 9 Napoleon Tagoe, Hamburg, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Byron Mitchell D 12 Bruno Girard, Tunica, MS. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
2004: Vitali Klitschko KO 8 Danny Williams, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
2008: Tomasz Adamek W 12 Steve Cunningham, Newark, New Jersey Wins vacant World Cruiserweight Title.
-Joseph Agbeko W 12 William Gonzalez, Newark. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
-Jean Pascal W 12 Adrian Diaconu, Montreal, Canada. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title. I'll never forget the balls Jean showed in this fight. He must have reset his dislocated shoulder about 5 times during the fight.
-Jan Zaveck KO 3 Isaac Hlatshwayo, Johannesburg, South Africa. Wins IBF Welterweight Title+
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When I was a kid i loved little Red lopez, while my mother was a huge Chacon fan. For many years after those two fought I hated chacon, but I came to have all the respect in the world for his heart and courage. Limon, too. Those two, plus Arguello and Boza-edwards, some great fights.
I'd have loved to have been there for loughran v Slattery.
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greynotsoold
When I was a kid i loved little Red lopez, while my mother was a huge Chacon fan. For many years after those two fought I hated chacon, but I came to have all the respect in the world for his heart and courage. Limon, too. Those two, plus Arguello and Boza-edwards, some great fights.
I'd have loved to have been there for loughran v Slattery.
Those guys were fixtures in our living rooms Saturdays on ABC, NBC, hell even the CBC showed fights. Arguello would shine just as much today and he did yesterday at 130/35 and Lopez would fit right into this stacked feather area like a glove.
If there is an afterlife, I hope there is a time machine.
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
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greynotsoold
When I was a kid i loved little Red lopez, while my mother was a huge Chacon fan. For many years after those two fought I hated chacon, but I came to have all the respect in the world for his heart and courage. Limon, too. Those two, plus Arguello and Boza-edwards, some great fights.
I'd have loved to have been there for loughran v Slattery.
I did not like Tito for beating Carr and Campus as well as Vargas but love the guy after. Same with McCallum for beating Herol Graham and Hearns for beating Andries but when I looked back at their carrers I thought wow!
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Dec 12
Fight of the day
1981: Salvador Sanchez vs Pat Cowdell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_Y8dcLejI
1912: Henry Armstrong born. 12/12/12, Armstrong was very superstitious regarding his birth date.
1951: Ezzard Charles W 12 Joey Maxim, San Francisco.
1969: Ruben Olivares KO 2 Alan Rudkin, Inglewood. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1975: Alfredo Escalera KO 9 Sven-Erik Paulsen, Oslo. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Miguel Canto W 15 Ignacio Espinal, Merida, MX. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1981: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Pat Cowdell, Houston. Retains WBC Featherweight Title. Referee: Steve Crosson | judge: Dickie Cole 146-140 | judge: James Jen-Kin 146-140 | judge: Bob McMillon 144-145. Cowdell down in the 15th.
1986: James (Bonecrusher) Smith KO 1 Tim Witherspoon, NYC. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Juan LaPorte, NYC. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title. Referee: Richard Steele | judge: Sid Nathan 117-112 | judge: Larry O’Connell 115-114 | judge: Bob Logist 114-113.
1992: Nigel Benn KO 11 Nickey Piper, London. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
- Michael Carbajal KO 8 Robinson Cuesta, Phoenix. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
1997: Erik Morales KO 8 John Lowey, Tijuana, MX. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1998: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 2 Rodney Gordon, Frankfurt, Germany. Retains WBC Cruierweight Title.
Dariusz Michalczewski KO 9 Drake Thadzi, Frankfurt.
-Fernando Vargas KO 7 Yory Boy Campas, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti, Atlantic City.
-Nestor Garza W 12 Enrique Sanchez, Indio, CA. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1999: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Antwon Echols, Miami, FL. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.
2000: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Akihiko Nago, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
2009: Vitali Klitschko W 12 Kevin Johnson, Berne, Switzerland. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Vic Darchinyan KO 2 Tomas Rojas, Rancho Mirage, California. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
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I do not know how Cowdell nearly beat Sanchez and gets slaughtered by Nelson who loses to Sanchez.
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Master
I do not know how Cowdell nearly beat Sanchez and gets slaughtered by Nelson who loses to Sanchez.
Nelsons fight with Sanchez was on extremely short notice and he almost pulled it off. Cowdell was a bit of an overachiever and Sanchez most likely took him a little light.
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Dec 13
Fight of the day. Lets just do another Sanchez classic. Sal really gives a glimpse of his boxing ability here.
1980: Salvador Sanchez vs Juan LaPorte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTDFZzLPNGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doq8o--X_80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiycLc21gXA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEJrwtvRVZ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmw17Q5Pn4E
1900: Terry McGovern KO 2 Joe Gans, Chicago. Non-title fight. Mau suggested at the time that Gans took a plunge.
1913: Archie Moore born Archibald Lee Wright.
1929: Jimmy McLarnin KO 2 Ruby Goldstein, NYC. Referee:
1940: Ken Overlin W 15 Steve Belloise, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1975: Carlos Monzon KO 5 Gratien Tonna, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1978: Masashi Kudo W 15 Joo Ho, Osaka. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Juan LaPorte, El Paso. Retains WBC Featherweight Title. Referee: Davey Pearl | Judge: Abraham Chavarria 148-142 | Judge: Vince Delgado 146-139 | Judge: Arlen Bynum 147-140. LaPorte gives one of the year’s gutsiest efforts.
-Wilfredo Gomez KO 3 Jose Cervantes, Miami. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
-Peter Mathebula W 15 Tae Shik Kim, Los Angeles. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.
1983: Marvin Camel KO 5 Roddy MacDonald, Halifax, Canada. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.
1985: Jiro Watanabe KO 5 Suk Hwan Yun, Taegu, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1987: Jung Koo Chang W 12 Isidro Perez, Taejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1991: Victor Cordoba KO 11 Vincenzo Nardiello, Paris. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-James Toney D 12 Mike McCallum, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.
-Terry Norris W 12 Jorge Castro, Paris. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
1993: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Nam-Hook Cha, Kyoto, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1994: Miguel Angel Gonzalez KO 5 Calvin Grove, Albuquerque, NM. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
1996: Dariusz Michalczewski KO 8 Christophe Girard, Hanover, Germany.
1997: Dariusz Michalczewski KO 6 Darren Zenner, Hamburg.
-Vince Phillips KO 10 Freddie Pendleton, Pompano Beach, FL. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
-Hector Lizarraga KO 11 Welcome Ncita, Pompano Beach, FL. Wins vacant IBF Featherweight Title.
-Johnny Tapia W 12 Andy Agosto, Pompano Beach, FL. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
-Mauricio Pastrana KO 2 Manuel Herrera, Pompano Beach, FL. Wins vacant IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
Former World Lightweight Champion Paddy DeMarco, 69, dies of Alzheimer’s in A Salt Lake City, Utah nursing home.
2003: John Ruiz W 12 Hasim Rahman, Atlantic City. Ruiz’style is exciting like golf on the radio.
-Wayne Braithwaite KO 1 Luis Perez, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Bernard Hopkins W 12 William Joppy, Atlantic City. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Cory Spinks W 12 Ricardo Mayorga, Atlantic City. Wins World Welterweight Title.
-Luis Perez W 12 Felix Machado, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
-Rosendo Alvarez D 12 Victor Burgos, Atlantic City. Retains World Junior Flyweight Title.
2008: Wladimir Klitschko KO 8 Hasim Rahman, Manheim, Germany. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
-Raul Garcia W 12 Jose Luis Varela, Loreto, Mexico. Retains IBF Strawweight Title
2014: Amir Khan W 12 Devon Alexander. A total shellacking. MGM Grand, Las Vegas Retains Silver WBC Ttitle
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
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IamInuit
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Originally Posted by
Master
I do not know how Cowdell nearly beat Sanchez and gets slaughtered by Nelson who loses to Sanchez.
Nelsons fight with Sanchez was on extremely short notice and he almost pulled it off. Cowdell was a bit of an overachiever and Sanchez most likely took him a little light.
Nelson put up a great effort and he was inexperienced. I wonder what a peak Asumah Nelson would have done with Sanchez.
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Master
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Originally Posted by
IamInuit
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Originally Posted by
Master
I do not know how Cowdell nearly beat Sanchez and gets slaughtered by Nelson who loses to Sanchez.
Nelsons fight with Sanchez was on extremely short notice and he almost pulled it off. Cowdell was a bit of an overachiever and Sanchez most likely took him a little light.
Nelson put up a great effort and he was inexperienced. I wonder what a peak Asumah Nelson would have done with Sanchez.
Indeed, or any other feartherweight for that matter. A very deep division historically but Nelson competes with any of them imo.
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Dec 14
Fight of the day. Hidden gem
1971:Ruben Olivares KO 11 Jesus Pimentel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGEX3OFutbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hqlATnKsfE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkcmumTr7Sw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geXxb_PnIFs
1920: Jack Dempsey KO 12 Bill Brennen, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Jack was getting smoked in this fight prior to landing.
1964: Joey Giardello W 15 Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, Philadelphia. Retains World Middleweight Title. Contrary to what the movie “The Hurricane” suggested this decision was to the right guy. In addition the fight was a bit of a dud.
1967: Hiroshi Kobayashi KO 12 Yoshiaki Numata, Tokyo. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.
-Raul Rojas W 15 Antonio Herrera, Los Angeles. Wins vacant California World Featherweight Title.
1968: Nino Benvenuti W 15 Don Fullmer, San Remo, Italy. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Pedro Adigue W 15 Adolph Pruitt, Quezon City. Wins vacant WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1971: Jose Napoles W 15 Hedgemon Lewis, Inglewood. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Ruben Olivares KO 11 Jesus Pimentel, Inglewood. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1974: Jose Napoles KO 3 Horacio Saldano, Mexico City. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1986: Jung Koo Chang KO 5 Hideyuki Ohashi, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1996: Riddick Bowe WF 9 Andrew Golota, Atlantic City.
- Ray Mercer W 10 Tim Witherspoon, Atlantic City.
2002: Chris Byrd W 12 Evander Holyfield, Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF Heavyweight Title.
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Dec 15
Fight of the day
1995: Arturo Gatti vs Tracy Patterson 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5xq2IpZ9IE
1862: Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil) born John Kelly.
1944: Sal Bartolo W 15 Willie Roache, Boston. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.
1950: Ezzard Charles KO 11 Nick Barone, Cincinnati. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1954: Bobo Olson KO 11 Pierre Langlois, San Francisco. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1958: Pascual Perez W 15 Dommy Ursua, Manila. Retains World Flyweight Title.
1967: Luis Rodriguez W 10 Bennie Briscoe, NYC.
1971: Vicente Rondon KO 8 Doyle Baird, Cleveland. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
1975: Roberto Duran KO 15 Leoncio Ortiz, Hato Rey, PR. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1979: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Sergio Palma, Barranquilla. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1982: Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Young Joe Louis, Chicago. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.
1984: Gene Hatcher W 15 Ubaldo Sacco, FT. Worth, TX. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Richard Sandoval W 15 Edgar Roman, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
-Jung Koo Chang W 12 Tadashi Kuramochi, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1990: Mauro Galvano W 12 Dario Matteoni, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant WBC Super middleweight Title.
1995: Oscar De La Hoya KO 2 Jesse James Leija, NYC.
-Mitchell Rose, 1-8 (1) KO 2 Eric (Butterbean) Esch, NYC.
-Arturo Gatti W 12 Tracy Patterson, NYC. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
1996: Saman Sorjaturong W 12 Manuel Jesus Herrera, Chiang Ray, Thailand. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
2000: Davey Hilton W 12 Dingaan Thobela, Montreal, Canada. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Eric Morel W 12 Gilberto Keb-Baas, Madison, Wisconson. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
2001: John Ruiz D 12 Evander Holyfield, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 11 Richard Hall, Berlin. Michalczewski moves his record to 45-0 (38).
-Tim Austin W 12 Ratanachai Vorapin, Ledyard, CT. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
2007: Edwin Valero KO 3 Zaid Zavaleta, Cancun, Mexico. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
-Jorge Linares KO 8 Gamaliel Diaz, Cancun, Mexico. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
-Ulises Solis KO 10 Bert Batawang, Guadalajara, Mexico. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
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Dec 16
Fight of the day
2000:Mbulelo Botile vs Paul Ingle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1BtTH0Kfjw
1927: Tod Morgan WF 14 Joe Glick, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.
-Corp. Izzy Schwartz W 15 Newsboy Brown, NYC. Wins vacant New York World flyweight Title.
1940: Joe Louis KO 6 Al McCoy, Boston. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1941: Jackie Wilson W 12 Richie Lemos, Los Angeles. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.
1966: Dick Tiger W 15 Jose Torres, NYC. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title. The 37-year old Tiger captures his second world title by scores of 10-5, 10-4-1, and 8-6-1.
1971: Bob Foster KO 3 Brian Kelly, Oklahoma City. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1972: Jose Legra KO 10 Clemente Sanchez, Monterrey. Regains WBC Featherweight Title.
1979: Chan Hee Park KO 2 Guty Espadas, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1981: Katsuo Tokashiki W 15 Hwan Jin Kim, Sendai, Japan. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1989: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Alberto Cortes, Mexico City. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1990: Lindell Holmes W 12 Sugar Boy Malinga, Marino, Italy. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
1991: Hiroki Ioka W 12 Myung Woo Yuh, Osaka. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1993: Zack Padilla W 12 Ray Olivera, Ledyard, CT. Fight of the Year candidate!!
1994: Frankie Liles W 12 Michael Nunn, Quito, Equador. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Bernard Hopkins D 12 Segundo Mercado, Quito, Equador. For vacant IBF Middleweight Title.
1995: Mike Tyson KO 3 Buster Mathis Jr. Philadelphia. Mike’s first official KO win since 3/18/1991.
-Terry Norris W 12 Paul Vaden, Philadelphia. Retains WBC/wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Vasquez KO 11 Carl Daniels, Philadelphia. Regains (vacant) WBA Super Welterweight Title.
2000: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 10 Jorge Castro, Essen, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Sven Ottke W 12 Silvio Branco, Karlsruhe, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Paul Spadafora W 12 Billy Irwin, Pittsburgh. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
-Mbulelo Botile KO 12 Paul Ingle, Sheffield, England. Wins IBF Featherweight Title. Ingle subsequently undergoes surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.
-Felix Machado KO 3 William de Souza, Maracay, Venezuela. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
2003: Mahyar Monshipour KO 7 Jairo Tagliaferro, Levallois, France. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
2004: Vic Darchinyan KO 11 Irene Pacheco, Hollywood, FL. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.
2007: Danny Green W 12 Stripe Drews, Perth, Australia. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
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Ingle nearly died after that fight.
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Dec 17
Fight of the day
1983: Jeff Chandler vs Oscar Muniz 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmOXp1OW12I
1909: Monte Attell D 20 Danny Webster, San Francisco. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1923: Johnny Dundee W 15 Jack Bernstein, NYC. Regains World Super Featherweight Title.
1952: Archie Moore W 15 Joey Maxim, St. Louis. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title. Maxim was guaranteed $100,000, and Moore 10% of the take after Maxim’s take. That would amount to $800.00. Plus, Moore had to take on Maxim’s manager, Jack (Doc) Kearns, as his own. After 16-years as a pro and 160 fights, Moore owns the title.
1960: Emile Griffith W 10 Luis Rodriguez, NYC.
1965: Nino Benvenuti W 15 Sandro Mazzinghi, Rome. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
1966: Ki Soo Kim W 15 Stan Harrington, Seoul. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
1975: Luis Estaba KO 10 Takenobu Shimabukuro, Okinawa. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1977: Cecilio Lastra W 15 Rafael Ortega, Torrelavega, Spain. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.
1980: Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Pukk Sithrum, Bangkok. Galaxy’s pro debut.
1983: Jeff Chandler KO 7 Oscar Muniz, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
1990: Raul Perez KO 8 Candelario Carmona, Tijuana. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
1993: Virgil Hill W 12 Guy Waters, Minot, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
1994: Dariusz Michalczewski KO 10 Nestor Giovannini, Hamburg, Germany.
-Harold Grey W 12 Vincenzo Belcastro, Cagliari, Italy. Retains IBF Super flyweight Title.
1999: Francisco Castillejo KO 7 Mikael Rask, Madrid, Spain. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Paul Spadafora KO 11 Renato Cornett, Pittsburgh, PA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
2006: Injin Chi W 12 Rudy Lopez, Seoul, Korea. Regains WBC Featherweight Title
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Dec 18
Fight of the day.
1993:Ricardo Lopez vs Manny Melchor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOMWWPyA-pE
1901: Joe Walcott (The Barbados Demon) KO 5 James (Rube) Ferns, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Wins World Welterweight Title.
The little 5 foot firecracker Walcott actually coined the phrase "the bigger they are the harder they fall"
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...psaf08ce7b.jpg
1902 Police Gazette stated,
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"From a techincal standpoint three or four fighters have been recognized as welterweight champion, but it was apparent to men who have knowledge of prize ring affairs that they only held that tile on sufferance because of an obvious desire to avoid meeting with a black man who was conceded to be their superior."
1916: Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Young Zulu Kid, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.
1925: Louis Kaplan W 15 Babe Herman, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1942: Beau Jack KO 3 Tippy Larkin, NYC. Wins vacant New York World Lightweight Title.
1977: Eddie Gazo W 15 Kenji Shibata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1987: Fidel Bassa W 12 Felix Marti, Cartagena. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1993: Michael Nunn W 12 Merqui Sosa, Puebla, MX. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Simon Brown KO 4 Terry Norris, Puebla, MX. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title. Upset of the year and one of @Master 's favourite fights;D
-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 5 Andy Holligan, Puebla, MX. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 11 Manny Melchor, Lake Tahoe, NV. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.
1998: Will Grigsby W 12 Ratanapol Sor Voraphin, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Wins vacant IBF Junior Flyweight Title.
1999: Tim Austin KO 1 Bernardo Mendoza, Tunica, MS. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
2004: Glen Johnson W 12 Antonio Tarver, Los Angeles. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Markus Beyer W 12 Yoshinori Nishizawa, Bayreuth, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Isaac Bustos KO 4 Eagle Kyowa, Tokyo. Wins WBC Strawweight Title.
-Hozumi Hasegawa KO 4 Alvaro Perez, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
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Dec 19
Fight of the day
1981: Dwight Braxton vs Matthew Saad Muhammad- Damn he even looks like Frazier in the ring warm up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmWBDcxhxRc
1913: Jack Johnson D 10 Battling Jim Johnson, Paris. Retains World Heavyweight Title. The first heavyweight title fight to be contested by two black fighters. Jack should have fought Joe Jeanette, Harry Wills, Sam McVey or Sam Langford who were all far more deserving of that honour than Jim Johnson.
1924: Cannonball Martin W 15 Abe Goldstein, NYC. Wins World Bantamweight Title.
1927: Frenchy Belanger W 12 Ernie Jarvis, Toronto. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.
1941: Sammy Angott W 15 Lew Jenkins, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.
1947: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 6 Chuck Taylor, Detroit. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1952: Joey Giardello W 10 Billy Graham, NYC.
1980: Lupe Pintor W 15 Albert Davila, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title. Pintor avenges an earlier defeat to Davila.
1981: Dwight Braxton KO 10 Matthew Saad Muhammad, Atlantic City. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title. After this fight Braxton changed his name to Dwight Muhammad Qawi.
-Juan Herrera KO 7 Betulio Gonzalez, Merida, MX. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1986: Gilberto Roman W 12 Kong Payakaroon, Bangkok. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1987: Brian Mitchell KO 8 Salvatore Curcetti, Capo D’Orlando, Italy. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1990: Rolando Pascua KO 6 Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez, Inglewood. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1992: Yung Kyun Park W 12 Ever Boleno, Changwon, S. Korea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1995: Shinji Takehara W 12 Jorge Castro, Tokyo. Wins WBA Middleweight Title.
1997: Thulane Malinga W 12 Robin Reid, London. Regains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Naseem Hamed KO 4 Kevin Kelly, NYC.
-Kennedy McKinney KO 4 Junior Jones, NYC. Upset to be sure.
1998: David Tua KO 10 Hasim Rahman, Atlantic City.
-Floyd Mayweather KO 2 Angel Manfredy, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title. I never liked how that ended.
2009: Kelly Pavlik KO 5 Miguel Angel Espino, Youngstown, Ohio. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Edwin "Nut Job" Valero KO 7 Hector Velazquez, La Guaira, Venezuela. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Cristobal Cruz Tech. Draw 3 Ricardo Castillo, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
@IamInuit you are just picking on Terry Norris.
That fight was strange. Norris wins 9 out of 10 times against Brown but this just have been the one. To be fair it was a good fairy tale story. Always liked Simon Brown.
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Master
@
IamInuit you are just picking on Terry Norris.
That fight was strange. Norris wins 9 out of 10 times against Brown but this just have been the one. To be fair it was a good fairy tale story. Always liked Simon Brown.
Hey ftr I was no fan of Simon Brown. He was supposed to be an introduction to the world and the step up for Shawn O'Sullivan and instead ruined my year in 1986
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IamInuit
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Master
@
IamInuit you are just picking on Terry Norris.
That fight was strange. Norris wins 9 out of 10 times against Brown but this just have been the one. To be fair it was a good fairy tale story. Always liked Simon Brown.
Hey ftr I was no fan of Simon Brown. He was supposed to be an introduction to the world and the step up for Shawn O'Sullivan and instead ruined my year in 1986
1986 was when I became an avid fan. Mike Tyson became youngest heavyweight champion and destroyed all!
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Dec 20
Fight of the day
2002: Masamori Tokuyama vs Gerry Penalosa 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcrRVBFvf3M
1904: Jimmy Britt W 20 Battling Nelson, San Francisco. Wins vacant World Lightweight Title.
1905: Philadelphia Jack O’Brien KO 14 Bob Fitzsimmons. San Francisco. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title. Fitzy was 42
1913: Sam Langford W 20 Joe Jeanette, Paris.
1914: Sam McVey W 20 Harry Wills, New Orleans.
1929: Benny Bass KO 2 Tod Morgan, NYC. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.
1940: Fritzie Zivic D 10 Lew Jenkins, NYC.
1946: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Tommy Bell, NYC. Wins vacant World Welterweight Title.
1947: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Tirso Del Rosario, Manila. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1963: Rubin Carter KO 1 Emile Griffith, Pittsburgh. Non-title fight.
1981: Saoul Mamby W 15 Obisia Nwankpa, Lagos. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1985: Chong Kwan Chung KO 4 Soon Chun Kwon, Pusan, S. Korea. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.
2002: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Gerry Penalosa, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
-Noel Arambulet W 12 Keitaro Hoshino, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.
2006: Koki Kameda W 12 Juan Landaeta, Tokyo. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
2008: Nikolay Valuev W 12 Evander Holyfield, Zurich, Switzerland. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title. Controversial decision.
-Humberto Soto W 12 Francisco Lorenzo, Cozumel, Mexico. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.
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Dec 21
Fight of the day
1991: Orlando Canizales KO 11 Ray Minus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxHEfYbal5c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P06Cga6M9DY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjBUypzVxA8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah4GtINVVQU
1908: Sam Langford KO 1 (Fireman) Jim Flynn, San Francisco. Jim Flynn would go on to plank future heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey in one round 9-years later in 1917
1920: Joe Lynch W 15 Pete Herman, NYC. Wins World Bantamweight Title.
1922: Joe Lynch KO 14 Johnny Buff, Bronx, NY. Regains World Bantamweight Title.
1974: Roberto Duran KO 1 Masataka Takayama, San Juan, Costa Rica. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1985: Slobodan Kacar W 15 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Pesaro, Italy. Wins vacant IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
1991: Orlando Canizales KO 11 Ray Minus, Laredo, TX. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
1992: Julio Cesar Vasquez KO 1 Hitoshi Kamiyama, Buenos Aires. Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1996: Phillip Holiday W 12 Ivan Robinson, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
-Antonio Cermeno W 12 Yuichi Kasai, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Junior Featherweight Title.
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Canizales was a great champion and skilled fighter.
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Canizales was a great champion and skilled fighter.
Hey can you delete the first post for Dec 21? I thought I edited it and ended up doing a double.
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Dec 22..busy day;D
Fight of the day
1991:Ricardo Lopez vs Kyung Yun Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYasUquX8i0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM-vgvv-MjY
1991: Khaosai Galaxy W 12 Armando Castro, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title. Galaxy would retire afterward with a 49-1(43) record, including 19 title defenses. Dude was knocking on Marciano's door.
Sung Kil Moon KO 6 Torsak Pongsupa, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
Ricardo Lopez W 12 Kyung Yun Lee, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.
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Galaxy was a sawn off Hagler.
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Dec 23
Fight of the day
1997:Satoshi Iida vs Yokthai Sithoar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxeGzWTRMuk
1902: Harry Forbes KO 7 Frankie Neil, Oakland. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1903: Jack Blackburn W 12 Sam Langford, Boston.
1939: Ceferino Garcia KO 13 Glenn Lee, Manila. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1985: Khaosai Galaxy KO 2 Edgar Monserrat, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1993: Yasuei Yakushiji W 12 Jung-Il Byun, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.
1997: Satoshi Iida W 12 Yokthai Sithoar, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1998: Jesus Rojas W 12 Satoshi Iida, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.
2008: Daisuke Naito KO 11 Shingo Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
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Dec 24
Fight of the day. The footage is a little rough. Not many choices on the day but even so check out how ripped these two guys are. 100 pounds of chiseled freakin granite.
1983: Soon Chun Kwon vs Rene Busayong IBF fly title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJgXnuDsJxg
1934: Freddie Miller W 10 Panama Al Brown, Paris. A few notes on Al.
First Hispanic world champion.
Never knocked out
Only dropped once in close to 170 fights, losing only 19 of those.
Looks a little Tommy Hearns. Might as well have been at 5'10 and a bantam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfn7YnDxKM4
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Dec 25
Fight of the day. There is not one to be had so I put in a sub lol. Thugs messing with the wrong guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJR_sR4PwMA Merry xmas.
1905: Joe Jeanette KO 8 Sam Langford, Lawrence, MA.
1923: Harry Greb W 10 Tommy Loughran, Pittsburgh.
1933: Frankie Klick KO 7 Kid Chocolate, Philadelphia. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.
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Dec 26
Fight of the day NA. So take it away Muhammad......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhpZoPOfZI
1908: Jack Johnson KO 14 Tommy Burns, Sydney, Australia. Wins World Heavyweight Title.
1912: Sam Langford KO 13 Sam McVey, Sydney, Australia.
1930: Frankie Genaro D 15 Midget Wolgast, NYC. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.
1986: Bobby Czyz KO 1 David Sears, West Orange, NJ. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
1994: Saensor Ploenchit KO 11 Danny Nunez, Rayong, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
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Dec 27
Fight of the day. Another sub. Classic kick boxing.
Jean Yves Theriault vs Ernesto Hoost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biYLgQjjsqU
1943: Phil Terranova KO 6 Jackie Callura, New Orleans. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.
1987: Seung Hoon Lee W 15 Jose Sanabria, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
2006: Muhammad Rachman KO 7 Benjie Sorolla, Jakarta. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.
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Dec 28
Fight of the day
2004: Israel Vasquez vs Art Simonyan IBF Super Bantamweight Title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or7FwVNoBVI
1936: Billy Conn W 10 Fritzie Zivic, Pittsburgh.
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Dec 29
Fight of the day
2007: Steve Cunningham vs Marco Huck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y972gzt_i9o
1977: Saensak Muangsurin KO 14 Jo Kimpuani, Chanthaburi, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1998: Veerapol Sahaprom KO 6 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.
2007: Steve Cunningham KO 12 Marco Huck, Bielefeld, Germany. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.
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Dec 30
Fight of the day
1966: Chartchai Chionoi vs Walter McGowan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obf_6KIYlOU
1966: Chartchai Chionoi KO 9 Walter McGowan, Bangkok. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.
1970: Sonny Liston, 38 most likely older dies at his home in Las Vegas.
1978: Sang Hyun Kim KO 13 Saensak Muangsurin, Seoul. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.
2008: Denkaosan Kaovichit KO 2 Takefumi Sakata, Hiroshima, Japan. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.
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Dec 31
This would be the day to attack an enemy.
Sub: Fairly decent ko compilation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMg5rijht0k
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Jan 1
Fight of the day. Could not find a suitable copy of anything so.........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6iZL4oSk-I
1903: Joe Gans DQ 11 Gus Gardner, New Connecticut. Retains world lightweight title.
1907: Joe Gans KO 8 Kid Herman, Tonopah, NV. Retains world lightweight title.
1908: Abe Attell Draw 25 Owen Moran, Colma, CA. Retained world featherweight title.
1914: Waldemar Holberg W 20 Ray Bronson, Melbourne. Wins vacant world welterweight title.
-Johnny Dundee ND 10 Freddie Welsh, New Orleans.
1934: Freddie Miller W 10 Jack Sharkey, Cincinnati. Retains NBA featherweight title.
1935: Baby Arizmendi W 12 Henry Armstrong, Mexico City. Wins vacant Calif. & Mexican world featherweight title.
1937: Freddie Steele W 10 Gorilla Jones, Milwaukee. Retains NBA & NY. World middleweight title.
1943: Manuel Ortiz W 10 Kenny Lindsay, Portland OR. Retains world bantamweight title.
1977: Guty Espadas KO 7 JiroTakada, Tokyo. Retains WBA flyweight title.
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Jan 2
Fight of the day
2000: In-Joo Cho vs Gerry Penalosa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ks8RrmMWQ0
1957: Gene Fullmer W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, NYC. Wins world middleweight title.
1973: Masao Ohba KO 12 Chatchai Chionoi, Tokyo. Retains WBA flyweight title. 3 weeks later Ohba is killed in a car wreck. Ohba was 23 years old when he died with a career mark of 35-2-1 (15).
1978: Guty Espadas KO 7 Kimio Furesawa, Tokyo. Retains WBA flyweight title.
2000: In-Joo Cho W 12 Gerry Penalosa, Seoul. Retains WBC Super flyweight Title.
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Jan 3
Fight of the day. Harada was something else. The great Eder Jofre only lost twice over his career. Both times to Harada.
1967: Fighting Harada vs Jose Medel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pHFSu3dkxE
1916: Harry Wills W 20 Sam Langford, New Orleans. Referee Tommy Burns. Wills defends his World ‘coloured’ heavyweight title claim. …
Quote:
At the end Burns caught Langford’s hand and said to him, “Sam, this is the hardest I ever had to do in my life. I always admired you and never thought to see you beaten, but I have to give the decision against you.”
Calgary Herald
1967: Fighting Harada W 15 Jose Medel, Nagoya. Retains world bantamweight title
1971: Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Rene Barrientos, Shizuaka, Japan. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
1976: Jaime Rios W 15 Kazunori Tenryu, Kagoshima. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.
1985: Ji Won Kim KO 10 Seung II Suh, Seoul. Retains IBF super-bantamweight title.
1988: Gianfranco Rosi KO 7 Duane Thomas, Genoa, Italy. Retains WBC super-welterweight title.
2004: Acelino Freitas W 12 Arthur Grigorian, Ledyard, CN. Freitas, now 35-0(31), wins easily.
-Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Dimitri Kirilov, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
-Alexander Munoz KO 10 Eiji Kojima, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
-Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Masaki Nakanuma, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
2005: Katsushige Kawashima W 12 Jose Navarro, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title. Referee: Mark Green. Judge: William Boodhoo 109-120 | Judge: Gelasio Pérez 115-114 | Judge: Noppharat Sricharoen 115-113. Judge William Boodhoo scores every round for Navarro. Very controversial decision.
-Lorenzo Parra W 12 Trash Nakanuma, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
2007: Edwin Valero KO 1 Michael Lozada, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
-Cristian Mijares KO 10 Katsushige Kawashima, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
2009: Paulus Moses W 12 Yusuke Kobori, Yokohama, Japan. Wins vacant WBA Lightweight Title.
-Toshiaki Nishioka KO 12 Genaro Garcia, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
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Jan 4
Fight of the day
2003: Luis Perez vs Felix Machado
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U21oFGR3Mqk
1940: Henry Armstrong KO 5 Joe Ghnouly, St. Louis. Retains world welterweight title.
1964: Eddie Perkins KO 13 Yoshinori Takahashi, Tokyo. Retains world super-lightweight title.
1965: Ruben Olivares KO 1 Isidro Sotelo, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Olivares’ pro debut.
1978: Miguel Canto W 15 Shoji Oguma, Koriyama, Japan. Retains WBC flyweight title.
2003: Luis Perez W 12 Felix Machado, Washington D.C. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.