This day in boxing. A look back.

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Feb 8

Fight of the day x 2

1981: Hilario Zapata vs Joey Olivo-Lol@ Durans bling.


1997:Prince Naseem Hamed vs Tom (Boom Boom) Johnson



1924: Pancho Villa W 15 Georgie Marks, NYC. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1930: Panama Al Brown WF 4 Johnny Erickson, NYC. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1950: Jersey Joe Walcott KO 3 Harold Johnson, Philadelphia. Fourteen years prior Walcott stopped Phill Johnson (Harold’s father), in three; also in Philly.

1970: Shozo Saijyo W 15 Godfrey Stevens, Tokyo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1981: Hilario Zapata KO 13 Joey Olivo, Panama City. Retains WBC Junior flyweight Title.

1986: Miguel Lora W 12 Wilfredo Vasquez, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1992: James Toney W 12 Dave Tiberi, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Middleweight Title. One of the biggest hose jobs I have ever seen.

1997: Steve Collins KO 5 Frederic Seillier, Millwall, England.

-Robin Reid KO 7 Giovanni Pretorius, Millwall, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Prince Naseem Hamed KO 8 Tom (Boom Boom) Johnson, Millwall, England. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

1998: Enrique Sanchez W 12 Rafael Del Valle, Lake Charles, LA. Wins vacant WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Shane Mosley No-Contest 3 Raul Marquez. Nasty gash by clash of heads.

2004: Yodsanan Nanathachai KO 7 Ryuhei Sugita, Gifu, Japan. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.