May 24

Fight of the day

1986:Alfredo Layne vs Wilfredo Gomez





1901: James (Rube) Ferns KO 10 Matty Matthews, Toronto. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1907: Abe Attell W 20 Kid Solomon, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1928: Tod Morgan W 15 Cannonball Martin, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 5 Ralph Zanelli, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1954: Yoshio Shirai W 15 Leo Espinosa, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1958: Jose Torres KO 1 Gene Hamilton, Brooklyn. Torres’ pro debut.

1968: Bob Foster KO 4 Dick Tiger, NYC. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.


And a year later, how to land 15 unanswered uppercuts in 15 seconds

1969: Bob Foster KO 4 Andy Kendall, West Springfield, MA. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.


1976: Muhammad Ali KO 5 Richard Dunn, Munich, Germany. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Ali’s last knockout victory.

1986: Alfredo Layne KO 9 Wilfredo Gomez, Puerto Rico. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1987: Chan Young Park KO 11 Takuya Muguruma, Moriguchi, Japan. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1995: Hiroshi Kawashima W 12 Seung Koo Lee, Japan. Retains WBC Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1996: Kostya Tzyu KO 4 Corey Johnson, Sydney, Australia. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1997: Yong-Soo Choi W 12 Koji Matsumoto, South Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2008: Ricky Hatton W 12 Juan Lazcano, Manchester, England. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Paul Malingnaggi W 12 Lovemore Ndou, Manchester. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.