June 29

Fight of the day

1991: James Toney vs Reggie Johnson





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.