Jan 13


Fight of the day

1976: Bobby (Boogaloo) Watts vs Marvelous Marvin Hagler






1921: Pete Herman KO 17 Jimmy Wilde, London. NYC. Non-title fight.

1922: Gene Tunney W 12 Battling Levinsky, NYC. Wins US light-heavyweight title.

1933: Ben Jeby KO 12 Frank Battaglia, NYC. Wins NY. World middleweight title.
-Freddie Miller W 10 Tommy Paul, Chicago. Wins NBA featherweight title.

1941: Anton Christoforidis W 15 Melio Bettina, Cleveland. Wins vacant NBA light-heavyweight title.
-Lou Salica W 15 Tommy Forte, Philadelphia. Retains world bantamweight title.

1948: Ezzard Charles KO 8 Archie Moore, Cleveland.
Charles won the first two rounds, lost the next two, and then won the next three. They set a terrific pace…. Midway in the eighth round, Moore caught Charles with a terrific left hook and followed his advantage…. Charles was definitely on the verge of a kayo… but, to the surprise of everyone, he snapped out of his dazed condition, landed a volley of left hooks and then a perfect right cross.
(The Ring, April 1948, page 51).

Per the AP report:
A crashing left and right dumped Moore to the floor. He struggled around on one knee trying to rise immediately and Charles then applied the finisher, another right. Moore grabbed feebly for the ring rope as Referee Jackie Davis finished his toll of 10, but couldn’t reach his feet again for some 20 seconds–and then only with the help of his handlers.
1976: Bobby (Boogaloo) Watts W 10 Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Philadelphia. Referee: Hank Cisco 46-46 | judge: Earl Vann 46-44 | judge: Nate Lopinson 48-44. Hagler’s first loss after a 25-0-1(19) start.

1990: In Chul Baek KO 7 Yoshiaki Tajima, Ulsan, S. Korea. Retains WBA super-middleweight title.

2001: Zab Judah KO 10 Reggie Green, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

2003: Sirimongkol Singwancha W 12 Yong-Soo Choi, Tokyo. Retains Super Featherweight Title.