Apr 8

Fight of the day

1989: Jeff Fenech vs Marcos Villasana



1941: Joe Louis KO 9 Tony Musto, St. Louis. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1961: Davey Moore KO 1 Danny Valdez, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1978: Saensak Muangsurin KO 13 Francisco Moreno, Hat Yai, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Wilfredo Gomez KO 7 Juan Antonio Lopez, Bayamon, P.R. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1979: Eusebio Pedroza KO 11 Hector Carrasquilla, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Jorge Lujan KO 15 Cleo Garcia, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Yoko Gushiken KO 7 Alfonso Lopez, Tokyo. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1982: Jiro Watanabe W 15 Rafael Pedroza, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1988: Gilberto Roman W 12 Baby Sugar Rojas, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1989: Jeff Fenech W 12 Marcos Villasana, Melbourne. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Khaosai Galaxy W 12 Kenji Matsumura, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title. Galaxy’s 10th defense and he improves his overall record to 36-1 (34).

1995: Oliver McCall W 12 Larry Holmes, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title. Referee: Richard Steele | Judge: Chuck Giampa 115-112 | Judge: Tamotsu Tomihara 115-114 | Judge: Barbara Perez 114-113.

-Bruce Seldon KO 7 Tony Tucker, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Luis Santana W DQ 3 Terry Norris, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title. Sanatana’s second straight DQ victory over Norris.

-Felix Trinidad KO 2 Roger Turner, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Giovanni Parisi, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

2000: Fabrice Tiozzo KO 6 Valery Vikhor, Paris. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Bruno Girard W 12 Byron Mitchell, Paris. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Sornpichai Singwangcha, KO 5 Gilberto Gonzalez, Bangkok. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2006: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Zab Judah, Las Vegas.

-Juan Diaz W 12 Jose Miguel Cotto, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Jorge Arce KO 6 Rosendo Alvarez, Las Vegas.