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This day in boxing. A look back.
June 10th
My fight of the day:
1955 Carmen Basilio vs Tony DeMarco
-only 1 belt in those days. Carmen becomes the third world champion in less then 3 months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06IoeoRIRiw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0BFlqwt3tM
Other notables on this day:
1946-Jack Johnson dies at 68 in a car wreck after being refused service at a roadside restaurant.
-Manuel Ortiz stops Jackie Jurich in 11 and retains bantam title.
1948:-Tony Zale stops Rocky Graziano in 3 and retains middle title
1960- Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for the second time in a row retaining the mid title.
1961-Archie Moore beats Guilio Rinaldi over 15 and retains his lh title. Moores last title fight
1972-Jose Napoles knocks out Adolph Pruitt. Retains Welt title.
1988-Prince Charles Williams stops Richard Caramanolis in 11 and keeps lh title
1990-Orlando Canizales cremates Paul Gonzalez and retains his bantam bling.
1995-Tommy Morrison stops Razor Ruddock
2006-Bernard Hopkins destroys Antonio Tarver via clinic after jumping up 2 divisions at age 40 and wins a version of the lh title.
-Israel Vasquez knocks out Ivan Hernandez and retains his super bantam title.
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Thanks mate, did not know most of this. Jack Johnson was a legend.
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June 11th
My fight of the day
1982-Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney The anticipation for this fight at that time almost had its own taste.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s2rOOocTXs
1900-Terry McGovern stops Tommy White. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1922- Georges Carpentier stops Ted Lewis. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title. The Frenchman
turned pro at flyweight.
1930- Max Schmeling W DQ 4 Jack Sharkey, Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title. Max becomes the first fighter to win a title on a dq.
1934-Tony Zale W 4 Eddie Allen. Zale’s first fight.
1935-Freddie Miller W 15 Nel Tarleton, Retains World Featherweight Title.
1943-Henry Armstrong W 10 Sammy Angott
1953-Jimmy Carter ko 13 George Araujo Retains World Lightweight Title.
1980-Lupe Pintor Draw 15 Eijiro Murata Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
1982-Larry Holmes KO 13 Gerry Cooney. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Wilfredo Gomez KO 10 Juan Antonio Lopez. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1983-Jung Koo Chang KO 2 Masaharu Iha Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1989-Myung Woo Yuh W 12 Mario DeMarco Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1992-Rodolfo Blanco W 12 Dave McAuley Wins IBF Flyweight Title.
1994- Tom Johnson KO 12 Benny Amparo Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
Jake Matlala KO 9 Francis Ampofo
2000-Takanori Hatakeyama KO 8 Gilberto Wins WBA Lightweight Title.
2005-Kevin McBride KO 6 Mike Tyson
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Great thread. Crazy to think how ignorant we are as a species refusing service, slavery, war, our rampant destruction of this planet and its other inhabitants. Intelligent life my ass.
Can't wait to see the choices for the 12th.
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Remember the Tom Johnson fight he was a warrior a mini Holyfield.
Cooney v Holmes was before my time but do remember the hype on the mainstream news.
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June 12th
My fight for today,
1989-Ray Leonard vs Tommy Hearns. Not only did Tommy have to wait to long for a rematch because of Leonard but he then gets boned. How Leonard got a split draw out of this retaining his 168 title is a mystery to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqzvXIsnj7s
1916: Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Dundee.
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1933: Jackie Brown W 15 Valentin Angelmann. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.
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1964: Emile Griffith W 15 Luis Rodriguez. Retains World Welterweight Title.
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1976: Rigoberto Riasco KO 10 Livio Nolasco. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
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1980: Ayub Kalule W 15 Marijan Benes. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
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1981: Larry Holmes KO 3 Leon Spinks. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
-Saoul Mamby W 15 Jo Kimpuani. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
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1982: Michael Spinks KO 8 Jerry Celestine. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
*-Leonardo Cruz W 15 Sergio Palma. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
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1984: Rocky Lockridge KO 11 Tae Jin Moon, Anchorage, Alaska. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title. Most likely the farthest north on this continent where a title has ever been contested.
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1988: Sumbu Kalambay W 12 Robbie Sims. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
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1989: Sugar Ray Leonard D 12 Thomas Hearns. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
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1992: Joey Gamache KO 8 Chil Sung Chun. Wins vacant WBA Lightweight Title.
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1994: Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Aquiles Guzman Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
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1999: Byron Mitchell KO 11 Frankie Liles Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.
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2008: Edwin Valero KO 7 Takehiro Shimada Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
*-Hozumi Hasegawa KO 2 Cristian Faccio Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
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Good on you dude, love the mix. Ploenchit v Guzman was a battle. Today in 94' I had Junior Jones losing by one point to Orlando Fernandez :cwm13: Mitchells ko of Liles while squinting thru busted eyes had to be one of the top 'come from behind' kos of that year!
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Good on you dude, love the mix. Ploenchit v Guzman was a battle. Today in 94' I had Junior Jones losing by one point to Orlando Fernandez :cwm13: Mitchells ko of Liles while squinting thru busted eyes had to be one of the top 'come from behind' kos of that year!
Thanks bud. Agree on the Liles fight. Nice grab on Junior. He sure had Mabs number eh. Glad you enjoy man.
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Yes indeed Hearns got robbed of the victory against Leonard – redemption should have been his.
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June 13th
My fight for this day,
1986: Hector Camacho v Edwin Rosario. Neither man would be the same even though Hector went on to reasonable success. It took a lot out of him. He was lucky to squeak this one out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXusbLh17uw
1908-Tommy Burns KO 8 Bill Squires. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1935- James J. Braddock W 15 Max Baer. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Scoring: Referee McAvoy scored 9-5-1; Lynch 11-4; Kelly 7-7-1. One of the biggest upsets in boxing history and the fight in which the movie Cinderella Man is based.
1938- Charley Burley W 10 Fritzie Zivic.
1981- Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 5 Vito Antuofermo. Retains World Middleweight Title. Fitting. I thought Marvin won the first fight and apparently so did Mills Lane. He told him to turn and face the camera so he could raise his arms when they made the call.
1986- Hector Camacho W 12 Edwin Rosario. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 7 Refugio Rojas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1997- Dariusz Michalczewski W 12 Virgil Hill. Wins IBF & WBA Light Heavyweight Title. Out of all the guys that I wished could have been sorted out with Roy this guy was number 1.
1998:-Oscar DeLaHoya KO 3 Patrick Charpentier. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
-Cesar Bazan W 12 Stevie Johnston.Wins WBC Lightweight Title.
-Freddie Norwood KO 8 Genaro Rios. Retains WBA Featherweight Title
1999- In Joo Cho KO 8 Pone Saengmorakot Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
2000- Former WBC Super Welterweight Champion Duane Thomas is shot and killed outside a convenience store.
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I was sure just by some unworldly coincidence you'd pick the Hagler fight on my birthday. Great choice though, that fight took a bit out of Hector.
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I was sure just by some unworldly coincidence you'd pick the Hagler fight on my birthday. Great choice though, that fight took a bit out of Hector.
Had it been November 30th my friend.;)
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Ron Swanson
I was sure just by some unworldly coincidence you'd pick the Hagler fight on my birthday. Great choice though, that fight took a bit out of Hector.
Had it been November 30th my friend.;)
You bastid! That one still stings haha
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IamInuit
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Ron Swanson
I was sure just by some unworldly coincidence you'd pick the Hagler fight on my birthday. Great choice though, that fight took a bit out of Hector.
Had it been November 30th my friend.;)
You bastid! That one still stings haha
Leonard/Benitez on the same date?
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Arguably the left hooks that changed Camacho in approach and career, they cut the last two rounds off of scrap there? Damn shame how Thomas went out so young
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Not seen Camacho v Rosario but heard Macho Man was very defensive in his career after getting hurt in that fight.
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June 14th.
Fight of the day
1966-Walter McGovern vs Salvatore Burruni for flyweight crown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZBEvpeApo8
1934: Max Baer KO 11 Primo Carnera, Long Island. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Depending on the source Carnera went down somewhere between 10 and 15 times.
-James J. Braddock KO 3 Corn Griffin.
1966: Walter McGowan W 15 Salvatore Burruni. Wins World Flyweight Title.
1977: Carlos Palomino KO 11 Davey Green. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1986: Myung Woo Yuh KO 12 Tomohiro Kiyuna. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1991: Edwin Rosario KO 3 Loreto Garza. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Kiyoshi Hatanaka. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1997: Oscar DeLaHoya KO 2 David Kamau. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
-Genaro Hernandez W 12 Anatoly Alexandrov. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Gerry Penalosa KO 9 Seung Koo Lee. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
2003: Sven Ottke W 12 Davis Starie. Retains WBA/IBF Super Middleweight Title.
2008: Edgar Sosa KO 8 Takashi Kunishige. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
-Raul Garcia W 12 Florante Condes, La Paz, Mexico. Wins IBF Strawweight Title.
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(2014) Rip Gabriel Bernal 58 who died Friday
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June 15th
Fight of the day
1991-Robert Quiroga vs Akeem Anifowoshi
A FOTY candidate but sadly Akeem 22 started vomiting blood shortly after the verdict and was rushed to hospital where had the pressure relieved from his brain. He would never fight again and died in his shower at home in Nigeria three years later.
-Quiroga would never be the same either and lost his finishing instinct. He to had a sad end being stabbed to death outside a bar in 2004.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrIuJYibyaQ
1914: Jack Dillon W 12 Bob Moha, Butte, MT. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1957: Raul Macias KO 11 Dommy Ursua. Retains NBA Bantamweight Title.
1960: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Duilio Loi. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
-Loi arguably won this fight and he won the next two against Ortiz. He only lost 3 fights in 126 contests. One at the start of his career and one prior to retirement along with the disputed first fight with Ortiz.
1963: Eddie Perkins W 15 Roberto Cruz,. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.
1967: Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Flash Elorde. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.
1977: Miguel Canto W 15 Kimio Furesawa. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1983: Jaime Garza KO 2 Bobby Berna,. Wins vacant WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1984: Thomas Hearns KO 2 Roberto Duran. Retains World Super Welterweight Title. One day shy of his 33rd birthday Hearns came close to removing his head and offering it to him as a present.
1985: Pinklon Thomas KO 8 Mike Weaver. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
1991: Yung Kyun Park KO 6 Masuaki Takedal. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
-Welcome Ncita W 12 Hurley Snead. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
-Robert Quiroga W 12 Akeem Anifowoshe, San Antonio. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
1992: Hiroki Ioka W 12 Bong Jun Kim. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1996: Roy Jones Jr. KO 11 Eric Lucas,. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title. Jones played a game of semi-pro basketball the afternoon of the fight.
-Rosendo Alvarez W 12 Eric Chavez. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.
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Quiroga vs Anifowoshi was a memorable war both showed amazing heart and courage.
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June 16th.
Fight pick of the day
1983- Roberto Duran vs Davey Moore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=287k377S12M
1919: Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Dundee.
1932: Lou Ambers KO 2 Frankie Curry. Ambers pro debut. Boxrec says June 6
1941: Lou Salica W 15 Tommy Forte. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1949: Jake LaMotta KO 10 Marcel Cerdan. Wins World Middleweight Title.
1951: Flash Elorde KO 4 Kid Gonzaga.
1979: Ernesto Espana KO 13 Claude Noel. Wins vacant WBA Lightweight Title.
-Wilfredo Gomez KO 5 Jesus Hernandez. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1983: Roberto Duran KO 8 Davey Moore. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1995: Fabrice Tiozzo W 12 Mike McCallum. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
-Carl Daniels W 12 Julio Cesar Green, Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Frankie Randall W 12 Jose Barboza,. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
2000: Yosam Choi KO 5 Chart Kiatpetch. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
-Sergio Martinez KO 4 Adrian Walter .
-Hector Camacho TKO 5 Tim Bryan.
2001: Jose Luis Castillo KO 1 Sungho Yuh. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Tim Austin KO 6 Steve Dotse Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
-Felix Machado W 12 Mauricio Pastrana. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
2007: Paulie Malinaggi W 12 Lovemore N’dou. Wins IBF Super Lightweight Title.
2007-Firat Arslan SD 12 Valery Brudov.
2012-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr TKO 7 Andy Lee. Jr. Retains the WBC middleweight title.
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June 17th
Fight pick for today
1979 Fight of the Year. Danny LittleRed Lopez vs Mike Ayala. An interesting side note to this fight is that afterward Ayala later claims to have shot heroin after the morning weigh in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXXSXyN1kkY
1894: Joe Choynski D 5 Bob Fitzsimmons,.
1926: Tommy Loughran W 10 Georges Carpentier.
1954: Rocky Marciano W 15 Ezzard Charles. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1963: Ralph Dupas W 15 Denny Moyer. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
1972: Carlos Monzon KO 13 Jean-Claude Bouttier. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Alfonzo Frazer KO 5 Al Ford. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
1977: Saensak Muangsurin W 15 Perico Fernandez. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1978: Mate Parlov W 15 John Conteh. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
1979: Danny Lopez KO 15 Mike Ayala. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1995: Riddick Bowe KO 6 Jorge Luis Gonzalez,.
2000: Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Oscar De La Hoya. Wins WBC Welterweight Title.
-Jose Luis Castillo W 12 Steve Johnston. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.
-Diego Corrales KO 10 Justin Juuko. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
2005: Leavander Johnson KO 7 Stefano Zoff. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.
2006: Jermain Taylor Draw 12 Winky Wright. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Anselmo Moreno KO 8 Lorenzo Parra. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
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June 18th
Fight of the day
1963: Cassius Clay KO 5 Henry Cooper. Lots of urban legend surrounds this fight even going as far to say that Angelo tore a glove in order to get extra time in the corner for Ali to recoup. Its even been suggested that Ali's one minute rest time was delayed for “several minutes.” Sir Henry caught him good but that simply didn’t happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frn3rTj5DOY
1923: Pancho Villa KO 7 Jimmy Wilde. Wins World Flyweight Title. A little bias disease if I may. Mr Wilde could have had as many as 500 fights by then and had 140 or so officially registered. Jimmy was stopped 3 times in 140+ fights. Two were his last two and the other way back and in the 17th round.
1929: Panama Al Brown W 15 Gregorio Vidal. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title. Brown would go on to own the title for another 6 years. He was also gay.
1934: Jackie Brown D 15 Valentin Angelmann. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.
1941: Joe Louis KO 13 Billy Conn. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Billy fell asleep at the wheel and while being up on the cards he all of a sudden went for the ko and got ko'd himself.
1958: Yama Bahama W 10 Kid Gavilan. The Kid would retire after this fight and today remains one of the best Cuban fighters that ever lived. Probably rolling in his grave at today’s crop of overall underachievers.
1963: Cassius Clay KO 5 Henry Cooper.
1965: Nino Benvenuti KO 6 Sandro Mazzinghi. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.
1976: Eckhard Dagge KO 10 Elisha Obed. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.
1977: Victor Galindez W 15 Richie Kates. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
1989: Tony Lopez KO 8 Tyrone Jackson. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
2005: Antonio Tarver W 12 Glen Johnson. Regains World Light Heavyweight Title.
2008: Oleydong Sithsamerchai KO 9 Junichi Ebisuoka. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.
2011: Saul Alvarez KO 12 Ryan Rhodes. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Adrien Broner KO 1 Jason Litzau.
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Very interesting. Thanks for putting this together and keeping it going. Must take a fair minute of your time.
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June 19th
Fight of the day
2009: Jean Pascal vs Adrian Diaconu for WBC crown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb61pmyO15E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACrqIB8nLqM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BSfbl-QJqQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBGNyUTO--w
1909: Monte Attell KO 18 Frankie Neil. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title.
1919: Tommy Gibbons ND 10 Billy Miske. Referee: George Barton
1936: Max Schmeling KO 12 Joe Louis. Joe was 27 and 0 with 23 ko's when this happened.
1942: Albert Wright KO 10 Harry Jeffra. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1943: Jackie Peterson KO 1 Peter Kane. Wins World Flyweight Title.
1946: Joe Louis KO 8 Billy Conn. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1957: Joe Brown KO 15 Orlando Zulueta. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1973: Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Victor Echegaray. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1976: Alexis Arguello KO 3 Salvatore Torres. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1992: Evander Holyfield W 12 Larry Holmes Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1993: Terry Norris KO 3 Troy Waters. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Felix Trinidad KO 2 Maurice Blocker. Wins IBF Welterweight Title.
-Orlando Canizales NC 3 Derrick Whiteboy. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
2009: Jean Pascal W 12 Adrian Diaconu. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
2010: Andre Ward W 12 Allan Green. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Omar Nino W 12 Rodel Mayol. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
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June 20th
2 fights of the day
1980: Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Leonard 1. Either man could have got that one on the cards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuGZVkYuHM4
1981: Alexis Arguello vs Jim Watt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSXrucPY8iY
1902: Jack Johnson Draw 20 Hank Griffin.
1924: Steve Sullivan W 10 Johnny Dundee. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.
1940: Joe Louis KO 8 Arturo Godoy. Retains World Heavyweight Title. These two fought about 4 months earlier and the Chilean demon crowded and disrupted Louis all night losing a narrow decision.
1960: Floyd Patterson KO 5 Ingemar Johansson. Becomes the first man to regain the World Heavyweight Title.
1966: Carlos Ortiz KO 12 Johnny Bizarro. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1972: Masao Ohba KO 5 Orland Amores. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1975: Ruben Olivares KO 2 Bobby Chacon.Wins WBC Featherweight Title. Chacon had to lose close to 8 pounds in 2 days.
1979: Masashi Kudo KO 12 Manuel R. Gonzalez. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1980: Roberto Duran W 15 Sugar Ray Leonard. Wins World Welterweight Title..
1981: Alexis Arguello W 15 Jim Watt. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.
2009: Wladimir Klitschko KO 10 Ruslan Chagaev. Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title.
-Gabriel Campillo W 12 Hugo Garay. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Edgar Sosa KO 5 Carlos Melo. Retains WBC Light Flyweight Title.
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June 21st
Fight of the day
1980: Salvador Sanchez vs Danny (Little Red) Lopez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZpBFmuAszk
1915: Jack Britton W 12 Mike Glover. Wins World Welterweight Title.
1928: Mickey Walker W 10 Ace Hudkins. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Sammy Mandell W 15 Jimmy McLarnin. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1932: Jack Sharkey W 15 Max Schmeling. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Controversial decision.
1940: Henry Armstrong KO 3 Paul Junior. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1949: Ezzard Charles W 15 Jersey Joe Walcott. Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title.
1955: Archie Moore KO 3 Carl Olson. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1980: Salvador Sanchez KO 14 Danny (Little Red) Lopez. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1997: Uriah Grant W 12 Adolpho. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Charles Brewer KO 5 Gary Ballard. Wins vacant IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Nana Konadu KO 7 Daorung C. Siriwat. Regains WBA Bantamweight Title.
2003: Lennox Lewis KO 6 Vitali Klitschko. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
2008: Arthur Abraham KO 4 Edison Miranda. Non-title fight.
-Mikkel Kessler KO 12 Dimitri Sartison. Wins vacant WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Andre Berto KO 7 Miguel Angel Rodriguez. Wins vacant WBC Welterweight Title.
2013: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk KO 8 Rakim Chakhkiev Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
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This day in boxing history I lost an amateur bout for the first time. I was 14. I remember the winner got a gold medal and I got a silver. I recall saying "Thanks, does the ref get a bronze?"
Guess I was a smartass even then.;D
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June 22
Fight of the day
2002: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Erik Morales
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyOiCpe1uBU
1937: Joe Louis KO 8 James J. Braddock, Chicago. Wins World Heavyweight Title.
1938: Joe Louis KO 1 Max Schmeling, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1942: Jimmy Bivins W 12 Joey Maxim, Cleveland.
1976: Carlos Palomino KO 12 John H. Stracey, Wembley. Wins World Welterweight Title.
1979: Larry Holmes KO 12 Mike Weaver, NYC. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Roberto Duran W 10 Carlos Palomino, NYC.
1985: Sot Chitalada D 12 Gabriel Bernal, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1986: Azumah Nelson KO 10 Danilio Cabrera, San Juan. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1989: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Paul Banke, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1996: Michael Moorer W 12 Axel Schulz, Dortmund, Germany. Regains the vacant IBF Heavyweight
-Hector Camacho W 12 Roberto Duran, Atlantic City. Bit of a jobbing.
2002: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Erik Morales, Las Vegas. Retains World Featherweight Title.
I've always called this the even Steven fight. Imo Mab won the first fight and missed out and in this one the reverse.
2007: Juan Carlos Reveco KO 8 Nethra Sasipara, Mendoza, Argentina. Wins vacant WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
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June 23
Fight of the day
2001: Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Francisco Castillejo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvgyyole2cI
1900: Terry McGovern W 6 George Dixon, Chicago.
1902: Joe Walcott (The Barbados Demon) W 15 Tommy West, London. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1904: Abe Attell W 15 Johnny Reagan, St. Louis. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1919: Harry Greb ND Mike Gibbons, Pittsburgh.
1933: Barney Ross W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Chicago. Wins both World Super Lightweight and World Lightweight Titles.
1947: Jersey Joe Walcott W 10 Joey Maxim, Los Angeles.
1962: Harold Johnson W 15 Gustav Scholz, Berlin. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Flash Elorde W 15 Auburn Copeland, Manila. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.
1969: Joe Frazier KO 7 Jerry Quarry, NYC. Retains New York World Heavyweight Title.
1973: Jose Napoles W 15 Roger Menetrey, Grenoble. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1979: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Soon Hyun Chung, Seoul. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1983: Jiro Watanabe W 15 Roberto Ramirez, Sendai, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1986: Thomas Hearns KO 8 Mark Medal, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
-Steve Cruz W 15 Barry McGuigan, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Featherweight Title. Very close fight but the two kd's in the 15th did poor Barry in.
1988: Antonio Esparragoza D 12 Marcos Villasana, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1992: Tracy Patterson KO 2 Thierry Jacob, Albany, NY. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
Yuri Arbachakov KO 8 Muangchai Kittikasem, Tokyo. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.
1993: Juan Coggi KO 5 Hiroyuki Yoshino, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
2000: Guty Espadas W 12 Wethya Sakmuangklang, Merida, Mexico. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
2001: Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Francisco Castillejo, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Kostya Tszyu W 12 Oktay Urkal, Uncasville, CT. Retains WBC/WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Zab Judah KO 3 Allan Vester, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
-Manny Pacquiao KO 6 Lehlo Ledwaba, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
2003: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Katsushige Kawashima, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
-Jose Antonio Aguirre KO 12 Keitaro Hoshino, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.
2007: Ricky Hatton KO 4 Jose Luis Castillo, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
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June 24
Fight of the day
1989: Jeff Harding KO 12 Dennis Andries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81uWudUEjqc
Runner up just because its the one and only time really that Jones showed us that he actually had a jab.
1995: Roy Jones vs Vinny Pazienza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcNSCGD_q6A
1895: Jack Dempsey born William Harrison Dempsey.
1910: Owen Moran ND 10 Abe Attell, Los Angeles.
1927: Bud Taylor W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Chicago. Wins vacant NBA Featherweight Title.
1947: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 9 Jimmy Doyle, Cleveland. Retains World Welterweight Title.
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Doyle subsequently dies from head injuries suffered during the bout. Ray swears he dreamt, the evening before the contest that Doyle would perish as a result from the bout. It was "a good, clean fight", but Robinson had the advantage in every round except the sixth (when Sugar Ray was staggered twice and hurt). A single left hook ended the fight, Doyle not having been in any noticeable difficulty until then. "That punch knocked Jimmy rigid. With heels resting against the canvas as if hinged, Doyle's body went down. It struck the floor with a thud, like a rigid mass falling. His head crashed against the padded canvas, and as the referee started the count. Doyle raised his head and rested on his elbows...The count of nine was reached and the bell sounded to end the round. Art Winch, one of his handlers, leaped into the ring to call a halt. Doyle was taken in an ambulance to St. Vincent's Charity Hospital immediately after the injury, and despite all efforts of the medical attendants, he failed to regain consciousness and passed away a few hours after Dr. Spencer Braden, brain specialist. Had operated on him to relieve the pressure on his brain." (Nat Fleischer, in The Ring, September 1947).
1953: Archie Moore W 15 Joey Maxim, Ogden, UT. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1957: Hogan Bassey KO 10 Cherif Hamia, Paris. Wins vacant World Featherweight Title.
1963: Joey Giardello W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson, Philadelphia.
1968: Joe Frazier KO 2 Manuel Ramos, NYC. Retains New York World Heavyweight Title.
1989: Jeff Harding KO 12 Dennis Andries, Atlantic City. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
-Orlando Canizales KO 11 Kelvin Seabrooks, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
1993: Wilfredo Vasquez KO 10 Thierry Jacob, Paris. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1995: Al Cole W 12 Uriah Grant, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Roy Jones Jr. KO 6 Vinny Pazienza, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title. You couldn’t lose anymore convincingly than Vinny did on this night.
-Harold Grey W 12 Julio Cesar Borboa, Cartagena, Columbia. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
1996: William Joppy KO 9 Shinji Takehara, Yokohama, Japan. Wins WBA Middleweight Title.
2000: Mike Tyson KO 1 Lou Savarese, Glasgow.
-Zab Judah W 12 Junior Witter, Glasgow, Scotland. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
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June 25
Fight of the day
1989: Prince Charles Williams vs Bobby Czyz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9P8aMyX7G8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tS94pC0BT0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEBp2Y1FYQk
1900: Jack Johnson Draw 20 John Haines, Galveston.
1917: Ted Lewis W 20 Jack Britton, Dayton, OH. Regains World Welterweight Title.
1930: Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Jimmy Slattery, Buffalo. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.
1948: Joe Louis KO 11 Jersey Joe Walcott, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Joe's 25h defense.
1952” Joey Maxim KO 14 Sugar Ray Robinson, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title. The temperature on this day reached 104 degrees. The first ref had to be removed in the 10th and Ray himself suffered from heat stroke to the point where he could not get off his stool. Ray was well ahead on all the score cards at the time.
1966: Ki Soo Kim W 15 Nino Benvenuti, Seoul. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.
1977: Antonio Cervantes KO 6 Carlos M. Gimenez, Maracaibo. Regains vacant WBA Super Lightweight Title.
Esteban De Jesus KO 11 Vicente S. Mijares, Bayamon. Puerto Rico. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO 9 Ayub Kalule, Houston. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Thomas Hearns KO 4 Pablo Baez, Houston. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
1983: Juan LaPorte W 12 Johnny de la Rosa, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1988: Azumah Nelson KO 9 Lupe Suarez, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1989: Prince Charles Williams KO 10 Bobby Czyz, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
1989: Humberto W 12 Yul Woo Lee, Chongiu, South Korea. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1992: James McGirt W 12 Patrizio Oliva, Naples. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1995: Kostya Tszyu W 12 Roger Mayweather, Newcastle, Australia. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
1998: Lou Savarese KO 1 Buster Douglas, Ledyard, CT.
2000: Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Toshiaki Nishioka, Takasago, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight
2005: Floyd Mayweather KO 6 Arturo Gatti, Atlantic City. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Carlos Maussa KO 7 Vivian Harris, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Mahyar Monshipour KO 9 Julio Zarate, Poiters, France. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
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June 26
Fight of the day
1976: Carlos Monzon vs Rodrigo Valdez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3_pY_-LiLg
1916: Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Tancy Lee, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.
1922: Harry Greb ND 10 Hugh Walker, Pittsburgh. Walker had close to 20 pounds on Harry.
-Jack Britton W DQ. 13 Benny Leonard, Bronx, NY. Retains World Welterweight Title. Benny floored Jack and he put on an acting job but before the ref could count to 10 Benny flew across the ring and nailed him again and got dq'd.
1924: Harry Greb W 15 Ted Moore, Bronx, NY. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Young Stribling W 6 Tommy Loughran, NYC.
1925: Frankie Genaro W 12 Kid Williams, Baltimore.
1934: Sixto Escobar KO 9 Baby Casanova, Montreal. Wins vacant NBA Bantamweight Title.
1959: Ingemar Johannson KO 3 Floyd Patterson, NYC. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Ingemar floors Floyd 7-times in the third round.
Ps- Patterson was dropped more then any other hev in history
1971: Bruno Acari KO 9 Enrique Jana, Palermo, Italy. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1972: Roberto Duran KO 14 Ken Buchanan, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1976: Carlos Monzon W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, Monte Carlo. Retains World (unifies WBA & WBC Titles) Middleweight Title.
1977: Samuel Serrano W 15 Leonel Hernandez, Puerta La Cruz, Venezuela. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1982: Leroy Haley W 15 Saoul Mamby, Highland Heights, OH. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1993: Nigel Benn KO 4 Lou Gent, London. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Dingaan Thobela W 12 Tony Lopez, Sun City, South Africa. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.
-John-John Molina W 12 Manuel Medina, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
1999: Steve Johnston W 12 Aldo Rios, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Paulie Ayala W 12 Johnny Tapia, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title. Fight of the Year!
2005: Martin Castillo W 12 Hideyasu Ishihara, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
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June 27
Fight of the day
1987: Matthew Hilton vs Buster Drayton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iltNhZt5b3c
1902: Joe Gans KO 3 George McFadden, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1910: Harry Lewis KO 8 Young Joseph, London. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1911: Ad Wolgast KO 17 Frankie Burns, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1914: Jack Johnson W 20 Frank Moran, Paris. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Both ended up fighting for free.
1939: Al Hostak KO 4 Solly Krieger, Seattle. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.
1961: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Mitsunori Seki, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.
1970: Bob Foster KO 10 Mark Tessman, Baltimore. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1972: Muhammad Ali KO 7 Jerry Quarry, Las Vegas, NV.
-Bob Foster KO 4 Mike Quarry, Las Vegas. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1974: Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Antonio Amaya, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1981: Aaron Pryor KO 2 Lennox Blackmoore, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1982: S. T. Gordon KO 2 Carlos DeLeon, Highland Heights, OH. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.
1987: Matthew Hilton W 15 Buster Drayton, Montreal. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.
1988: Mike Tyson KO 1 Michael Spinks, Atlantic City. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
-Jung Koo Chang KO 8 Hideyuki Ohashi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1989: Lennox Lewis KO 2 Al Malcolm, London. Lewis’ pro debut.
1992: Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Freddy Cruz, Gorie, Italy. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1994: Leo Gamez D 12 Kaj Ratchabandit, Bangkok. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1998: David Reid KO 4 Simon Brown, Philadelphia.
-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 5 Wilfrido Ruiz, Philadelphia. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
1999: Lakva Sim KO 5 Takanori Hatakeyama, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.
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June 28
Fight of the day
1991: Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TqQUska1s4
1939: Joe Louis KO 4 Tony Galento, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1946: Bob Montgomery KO 13 Allie Stolz, NYC. Retains New York World Lightweight Title.
1948: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Bernard Docusen, Chicago. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1955: Willie Pastrano W 10 Joey Maxim, New Orleans.
1972: Mando Ramos W 15 Pedro Carrasco, Madrid. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
1980: Alan Minter KO 9 Vito Antuofermo, London. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1985: Ji Won Kim KO 4 Bobby Berna, Pusan, South Korea. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
1991: Mike Tyson W 12 Razor Ruddock, Las Vegas.
-Azumah Nelson D 12 Jeff Fenech, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title. Controversy in this fight 115-113 for Fenech. 116-112 for Nelson. The third scorecard a draw at 114-114.
-Joey Gamache KO 10 Jerry Ngobeni, Lewiston, ME. Wins vacant WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1993: Genaro Hernandez KO 8 Raul Perez, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1997: Evander Holyfield W DQ. 3 Mike Tyson, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
2003: Eric Morel W 12 Isidro Garcia, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
2004: Katsushige Kawashima KO 1 Masamori Tokuyama, Yokohama, Japan. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.
-Eagle Kyowa Tech. W 8 Satoshi Kogumazaka, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.
2008: Manny Pacquiao KO 9 David Diaz, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.
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I loved the Tyson card, Fenech got robbed.
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June 29
Fight of the day
1991: James Toney vs Reggie Johnson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjlhCQXRLAE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOZsNCsG9Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_jc9_VVxw
1894: George Dixon D 20 Young Griffo, Boston.
1903: Joe Gans KO 10 Willie Fitzgerald, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1906: Joe Gans ND 6 Jack Blackburn, Philadelphia.
1915: Sam McVey W 12 Sam Langford, Boston.
1933: Primo Carnera KO 6 Jack Sharkey, Long Island. Wins World Heavyweight Title. The fix was in.
1936: Tony Marino KO 14 Baltazar Sangchili, Bronx, NY. Wins World Bantamweight Title.
1938: Benny Lynch KO 12 Peter Kane, Scotland. Sadly Benny lost his title on the scales.
1942: Ezzard Charles W 10 Charley Burley, Pittsburgh.
1955: Wallace Smith W 15 Jimmy Carter, Boston. Wins World Lightweight Title.
1956: Mario D’Agata KO 7 Robert Cohen, Rome. Wins World Bantamweight Title.
1960: Gene Fullmer KO 12 Carmen Basilio, Salt Lake City. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.
1968: Carlos Teo Cruz W 15 Carlos Ortiz, Santo Domingo. Wins World Lightweight Title.
1969: Jose Napoles KO 11 Curtis Cokes, Mexico City. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1970: Sonny Liston KO 10 Chuck Wepner, Jersey City, NJ. Listons last fight.
1980: Tae Shik Kim W 15 Arnel Arrozal, Seoul. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1981: Samuel Serrano W 15 Leonel Hernandez, Caracas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1991: James Toney W 12 Reggie Johnson, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title. Very close fight.
1996: Mbulelo Botile KO 9 Marlon Bong Arios, Alice, South Africa.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 3 Kittichai Preecha, Indio, CA. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.
1997: Pichitnoi C. Siriwat W 12 Sang Chul Lee, Bangkok. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
2007: Wladimir Sidorenko KO 7 Jerome Arnould, Marseille, France. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
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June 30
Fight of the day
Vito Antuofermo vs Hugo Corro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqEeRbYhJMU
1914: Pete Herman ND 10 Kid Williams, New Orleans.
1927: Mickey Walker KO 10 Tommy Mulligan, London. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1956: Pascual Perez KO 11 Oscar Suarez, Montevideo. Retains World Flyweight Title.
1975: Muhammad Ali W 15 Joe Bugner, Kuala Lumpur. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
-Victor Galindez W 15 Jorge Ahumada, NYC. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Carlos Monzon KO 10 Tony Licata, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1976: Miguel Velasquez W DQ. 5 Saensak Muangsurin, Madrid. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1979: Vito Antuofermo W 15 Hugo Corro, Monte Carlo. Wins World Middleweight Title.
-Marvin Hagler KO 8 Norberto Cabrera, Monte Carlo.
1985: Jimmy Paul KO 14 Robin Blake, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
1990: Khaosai Galaxy KO 8 Shunichi Nakajima, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1992: Anaclet Wamba KO 5 Andrei Rudenko, Paris. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
2006: Juan Urango W 12 Naoufel Ben Rabah, Hollywood, Fla. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.
-Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 4 Everardo Morales, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
2007: Felix Sturm W 12 Noe Tulio Gonzalez, Alcoba, Stuttgart, Germany. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
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July 2
Fight of the day
1968: Lionel Rose vs Takao Sakurai, Tokyo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEWzZf5RKCM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5g3H_Cs9as
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CJBemUvM0c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KNAmLr0ZkU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL8H9ekFEG0
1921: Jack Dempsey KO 4 Georges Carpentier, Jersey City. Retains world heavyweight title.
One of the first million dollar gates.
1925: Harry Greb W 15 Mickey Walker, NYC. Retains world middleweight title. After the fight the two met up at Big Bill Duffy’s Silver Slipper, a Broadway speakeasy. Walker was hammered and accused Harry of thumbing him and before Harry could get his coat off to throw down Walker suckered him and the got into a street fight with onlookers saying the Toy Bulldog got the best of him.
1940: Max Baer KO 8 Tony Galento, Jersey City, NJ.
1958: Joe Jennette, 78, died. I dont normally include births and deaths but Joe died in the month and year I was born and I always thought of him over the years as one of the most under appreciated hevs in the sport.
1968: Lionel Rose W 15 Takao Sakurai, Tokyo. Retains world bantamweight title.
1970: Jose Luis Garcia KO 8 Ken Norton, Los Angeles.
1973:Joe Frazier W 12 Joe Bugner, London.
1978: Eusebio Pedroza KO 12 Ernesto Herrera, Panama City. Retains WBA featherweight title.
1989: Brian Mitchell Tech. Dec. 9 Jackie Beard, Crotone, Italy. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1994: Orlin Norris KO 3 Arthur Williams, Las Vegas. Retains WBA cruiserweight title.
-Wilfredo Vasquez KO 2 Jae-Won Choi, Las Vegas. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
2006: Manny Pacquiao W 12 Oscar Larios, Manila, Philippines.
2011: Wladimir Klitschko W 12 David Haye, Hamburg, Germany.
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July 3
Fight of the day.
2010: Hugo Cazares vs Everardo Morales
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dx6W7Q25ok
1905: Marvin Hart KO 12 Jack Root, Reno. Wins vacant world heavyweight title. Former heavyweight champion James J. Jefferies officiates.
1915: Gene Tunney KO 9 Bobby Dawson, NYC. Tunney’s pro debut.
1919: Battling Levinsky ND 12 Billy Miske, Rossford, OH.
1926: Sammy Mandell W 10 Rocky Kansas, Chicago. Wins world lightweight title.
1931: Max Schmeling KO 15 Young Stribling, Cleveland. Retains world heavyweight title.
1933: Panama Al Brown W 15 Johnny King, Manchester. Retains world bantamweight title.
1940: Willie Pep W 4 James McGovern, Hartford, CT. Pep’s pro debut. He then when on a 63 fight run.
1974: Soo Hwan Hong W 15 Arnold Taylor, Durban. Wins WBA bantamweight title.
1993: Sung-II Moon W 12 Carlos Salazar, Seoul, S. Korea. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 2 Saman Sorjaturong, Nuevo Laredo, MX. Retains WBC strawweight title.
2004: Yutaka Niida W 12 Noel Arambulet, Tokyo. Regains WBA Strawweight Title.
2008: Hugo Garay W 12 Yuri Barashian, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wins vacant WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
2010: Hugo Cazares KO 7 Everardo Morales, Tlalnepantla, Mexico. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.