July 23

Fight of the Day
1988: Tony Lopez vs Rocky Lockridge. The first fight of the pair and fight of the year in 1988.



1925: Charley Phil Rosenberg KO 4 Eddie Shea, Bronx, NY. Retains world bantamweight title.

1931: Bat Battalino W 10 Freddie Miller, Cincinnati. Retains world featherweight title.

1958: Joe Brown W 15 Kenny Lane, Houston. Retains world lightweight title. Lane is the first southpaw to challenge for the lightweight title since Lew Tendler 35-years prior.

1988: Tony Lopez W 12 Rocky Lockridge, Sacramento. Wins IBF super-featherweight title.

1990: Humberto Gonzalez KO 5 Jung Keun Lim, Inglewood. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.

1994: Virgil Hill W 12 Frank Tate, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA light-heavyweight title.
-Mike McCallum W 12 Jeff Harding, Bismark, ND. Wins WBC light heavyweight title.
-Al Cole W 12 Nate Miller, Bismark, ND. Retains IBF cruiserweight title.

2010: Beibut Shumenov W 12 Vyacheslav Uzelkov, Lemoore, California. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

2011: Amir Khan KO 5 Zab Judah, Las Vegas. Unifies WBA & IBF Super Lightweight Title.
-Orlando Salido KO 11 Kenichi Yamaguchi, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico.