February 23

Fight of the day

2002:Paulie Ayala vs Bones Adams 2


1900: Joe Walcott (The Barbados Demon) KO 7 Joe Choynski, NYC.

1906: Tommy Burns W 20 Marvin Hart, Los Angeles. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1923: Gene Tunney W 15 Harry Greb, NYC. Regains U.S. Light Heavyweight Title.

1928: Albert (Chalky) Wright W 4 Nilo Balles, San Bernardino. Wright’s pro debut.

1938: Joe Louis KO 3 Nathan Mann, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1963: Dick Tiger D 15 Gene Fullmer, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1969: Efren Torres KO 9 Chartchai Chionoi, Mexico City. Wins Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1980: Saoul Mamby KO 14 Sang Hyun Kim, Seoul. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1985: Michael Spinks KO 3 David Sears, Atlantic City. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1991: Gilbert Dele KO 7 Carlos Elliot, Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Greg Haugen W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Padilla should have been flogged for costing Macho Man the fight by deducting appoint for not touching gloves in the 12th and costing him his title.

-Pernell Whitaker W 12 Anthony Jones, Las Vegas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

2002: Jean-Marc Mormeck KO 8 Virgil Hill, Marseille, France. Wins WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Paulie Ayala W 12 Bones Adams, Las Vegas. Wins vacant World Super Bantamweight Title.

-Yosam Choi KO 10 Shingo Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2005: Robbie Peden KO 8 Nate Campbell, Melbourne, Australia. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2007: Robert Guerrero KO 9 Spend Abazi, Copenhagen, Denmark. Wins vacant IBF Featherweight Title.

2008: Wladimir Klitschko W 12 Sultan Ibragimov, NYC. Retains IBF/ wins WBO Heavyweight Title.