May 20

Fight of the day. Another wrong guy winning moment

1983:Larry Holmes vs Tim Witherspoon



1926: Pete Latzo W 10 Mickey Walker, Scranton, PA. Wins World Welterweight Title. Upset of the year.

1929: Tod Morgan W 10 Baby Sal Sorio, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1932: Billy Petrolle W 10 Battling Battalino, Chicago. Referee: Dave Barry.
"Battalino dropped Petrolle for a count of nine with a left hook to the chin in the first round, but thereafter the Fargo Express came thundering along to victory."
New York Times.

1940: Harry Jeffra W 15 Joey Archibald, Baltimore. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1946: Ezzard Charles W 10 Archie Moore, Pittsburgh.

1978: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Billy Backus, Inglewood. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1979: Chan Hee Park W 15 Riki Igarishi, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1983: Michael Dokes D 15 Mike Weaver, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Larry Holmes W 12 Tim Witherspoon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Randy Stephens, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1985: Larry Holmes W 15 Carl Williams, Reno. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

1988: Jose Sanabria KO 6 Moises Fuentes, Bucaramanga, Columbia. Wins vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: Tony Lopez W 12 John-John Molina, Reno. Regains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1991: Greg Richardson W 12 Victor Rabanales, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1995: Evander Holyfield W 10 Ray Mercer, Atlantic City.

-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 4 Paul Carlo, Hamburg, Germany.

-Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 2 Oscar Flores, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2000: William Joppy KO 1 Rito Ruvalcaba, Tunica, Mississippi. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Julio Gamboa D 12 Felix Machado, Tunica, Mississippi. For vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2001: Masamori Tokuyama KO 5 In Joo Cho, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2005: O’Neil Bell W 12 Dale Brown, Hollywood, FL. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.

2006: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Rocky Juarez, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Jorge Barrios KO 1 Janos Nagy, Los Angeles.

-Roberto Vasquez W 12 Noel Arambulet, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.