September 25

Fight of the day. Not much today vid wise. Could have went with Monzon/Griffith but instead of a middle beating up a worn out welter I went with a lightweight who jumped two divisions to fight a 47 gate keeper in his first fight at that weight.

1999: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 10 Wilfredo Rivera




1939: Billy Conn W 15 Melio Bettina, Pittsburgh. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1942: Chalky Wright W 15 Lulu Constantino, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1962: Sonny Liston KO 1 Floyd Patterson, Chicago. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1971: Carlos Monzon KO 14 Emile Griffith, Buenos Aires. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1972: Ben Villaflor D 15 Victor Echegaray, Honolulu. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1979: Maurice Hope KO 7 Mike Baker, Wembley. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Danny Lopez KO 3 Jose Caba, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1994: Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Yong-Kang Kim, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1995: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Chatchai Elite-Gym, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1999: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 10 Wilfredo Rivera, Temecula, CA.
-Lehlo Ledwaba KO 5 Edison Valencia, Temecula, CA. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2004: Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones Jr., Memphis, TN. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Ivan Hernandez KO 8 Mark Johnson, Memphis, TN.

2005: Hozumi Hasegawa KO 7 Gerardo Martinez, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
-Yutaka Niida Tech. Win 10 Eriberto Gejon, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

2009: Jean Pascal KO 10 Silvio Branco, Montreal, Canada. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.