June 27

Fight of the day

1987: Matthew Hilton vs Buster Drayton



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.