Oct 20


Fight of the day.

1979: John Tate vs Gerrie Coetzee, Pretoria, S. Africa. Close to 90 thousand attended.




1901: George Dixon D 20 Abe Attell, Cripple Creek, CO.

1939: Henry Armstrong KO 3 Ritchie Fontaine, Seattle. Retains World Welterweight Title. Armstrong
“bounced Fontaine to the canvas seven times before the towel came in from Richie’s corner in two minutes and three seconds of the third.”
(Nevada State Journal). Armstrong’s 3rd defense in 11-days.

1947: Rinty Monaghan W 15 Dado Marino, London. Wins vacant NBA Flyweight Title.

1954: Johnny Saxton W 15 Kid Gavilan, Philadelphia. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1962: Denny Moyer W 15 Joey Giambra, Portland, OR. Wins vacant World Super Welterweight Title.

Just a note about Denny Moyer. The guy is one of the best fighters ever and never gets the credit he deserves and the same with his brother Phil. Both men define the word overachiever. Denny fought from 57 to 75 and would go anywhere at the drop of the hat on short notice.

1970: Ted (Kid) Lewis, 75, dies.

1979: John Tate W 15 Gerrie Coetzee, Pretoria, S. Africa. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title. Referee: Carlos Berrocal 147-144 | Judge: Ken Morita 147-142 | Judge: Carlos Martinez Cassas 148-145.

1982: Leroy Haley W 15 Juan Jose Giminez, Cleveland. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Sung Kil Moon W 12 Kenji Matsumura, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Yun Un Chin, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2000: Mike Tyson KO 3 Andrew Golota, Auburn Hills, MI Golota quits after just 2-rounds of action. Later it would be Tyson that tested positive for pot LOL.
-Zab Judah KO 8 Hector Quiroz, Auburn Hills, MI. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

2007: Felix Sturm D 12 Randy Griffin, Halle, Germany. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
-Cristian Mijares KO 1 Franck Gorjux, Cancun, MX. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.