Nov 11

Fight of the day. Two on this holiday Remembrance day.


1972: Carlos Monzon vs Bennie Briscoe


2000: Lennox Lewis vs David Tua


1901: Harry Forbes KO 2 Dan Dougherty, St. Louis. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1904: Jack Britton W 6 Jack Nelson, Milwaukee. Britton’s pro debut.

1924: Jimmy McLarnin D 4 Fidel laBarba, Vernon, CA.

1953: Jimmy Carter KO 5 Armando Savoie, Montreal. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1971: Kuniaki Shibata D 15 Ernesto Marcel, Matsuyama, Japan. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1972: Carlos Monzon W 15 Bennie Briscoe, Buenos Aires. Retains World Middleweight title. Monzon avenges a previous draw

1975: Jae Do Yuh KO 6 Masahiro Misako, Shizuoka, Japan. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1978: Hugo Corro W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, Buenos Aires. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1982: Jiro Watanabe KO 12 Shoji Oguma, Hamanatsu, Japan.* Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1988: Virgil Hill KO 10 Willie Featherstone, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Jose Sanabria KO 6 Thierry Jacob, Gravelines, France. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1994: Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Tony Marshall, Tucuman, Argentina. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

2000: Lennox Lewis W 12 David Tua, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

2001: Jose Antonio Aguirre KO 3 Wolf Tokimitsu, Okayama, Japan. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2006: Wladimir Klitschko KO 7 Calvin Brock, NYC. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
-Hozumi Hasegawa W 12 Genaro Garcia, Tokyo. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.