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.