September 13


Fight of the day
1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Patrick Ford. Close fight.








1909: Johnny Sharpe W 6 Ted (Kid) Lewis, London. Teds pro debut.

1918: Willie (Fat Boy) Meehan W 4 Jack Dempsey, San Francisco. Quite the upset over the number 1 ranked Dempsey.

1946: Tippy Larkin W 12 Willie Joyce, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1948: Ezzard Charles W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Washington.

1950: Jake LaMotta KO 15 Laurent Dauthuille, Detroit. Retains World Middleweight Title. LaMotta stops the Dauthuille, who was ahead 72-68, 74-66, and 73-67 on the scorecards with only 13-seconds left in the fight. Wish there was a decent copy of that fight.

1971: Ken Buchanan W 15 Ismael Laguna, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1975: Victor Galindez W 15 Pierre Fourie, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Luis Estaba KO 4 Rafael Lovera, Caracas. Wins vacant WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1977: Eddie Gazo W 15 Kenji Shibata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Carlos Palomino W 15 Everaldo Azevedo, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Patrick Ford, San Antonio. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1984: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 8 Mario Martinez, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1986: Hilario Zapata W 15 Alberto Castro, Panama City. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
-Jung Koo Chang W 12 Francisco Montiel, Daejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1991: Brian Mitchell W 12 Tony Lopez, Sacramento. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1996: Michael Carbajal KO 8 Julio Coronell, Des Moines, Iowa. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Raul Marquez W 12 Keith Mullings, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title. Jobbing of the year.
-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

2003: Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

2008: Vernon Forrest W 12 Sergio Mora, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Timothy Bradley W 12 Edner Cherry, Biloxi, Mississippi. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Andreas Kotelnik W 12 Norio Kimura, Lviv, Ukraine, Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Juan Manuel Marquez KO 11 Joel Casamayor, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title.
-Cassius Baloyi KO 3 Javier Alvare, Mafikeng, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Raul Garcia W 12 Jose Luis Varela, Baja, Mexico. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.