May 6

Fight of the day

1978: Victor Galindez vs Yaqui Lopez 2



1898: James J. Jeffries W 20 Tom Sharkey, San Francisco.

1900: Jack Johnson KO 2 Jim McCormick, Galveston.

1920: Johnny Wilson W 12 Mike O’Dowd, Boston. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1967: Carlos Monzon D 10 Bennie Briscoe, Buenos Aires.

1978: Victor Galindez W 15 Yaqui Lopez, Via Reggio, Italy. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Ricardo Cardona KO 12 Soo Hwan Hong, Seoul. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

-Netmoi Varasingh W 15 Freddy Castillo, Bangkok. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: Santos Laciar W 15 Antoine Montero, Grenoble. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1988: Rolando Bohol W 15 Cho Woon Park, Manila. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1989: Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Ricky Randall, Pensacola. Jones’ pro debut.

1994: Lennox Lewis KO 8 Phil Jackson, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Kevin Kelly W 12 Jesse Benevides, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1995: Oscar De La Hoya KO 2 Rafael Ruelas, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

-Gabriel Ruelas KO 11 Jimmy Garcia, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Johnny Tapia Tech. Draw 8 Ricardo Vargas, Las Vegas.

2000: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 3 Imamu Mayfield, Swissotel, Neuss, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Glenn Catley KO 12 Markus Beyer, Frankfurt, Germany. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Paul Spadafora W Maj. Tech dec. 10 Mike Griffith, Pittsburgh. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Johnny Tapia W 12 Pedro Javier Torres, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

2006: Oscar De La Hoya KO 6 Ricardo Mayorga, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Jose Antonio Rivera W 12 Alex Garcia, Worcester, Massachusetts. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Luis Perez W 12 Dimitri Kirilov, Worcester, Massachusetts. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

-Eagle Kyowa W 12 Rodel Moyal, Tokyo. Retains WBC Minimumweight Title.

-Muhammad Rachman KO 6 Omar Soto, Jakarta, Indonesia. Retains IBF Minimumweight Title.