May 25

Fight of the day

1968: Sandro Mazzinghi vs Ki Soo Kim







1876: Jack Root born.

1939: Henry Armstrong W 15 Ernie Roderick, London. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1942: Ezzard Charles W 10 Charley Burley, Pittsburgh.

1948: Ike Williams W 15 Enrique Bolanos, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1951: Jimmy Carter KO 14 Ike Williams, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1965: Muhammad Ali KO 1 Sonny Liston, Lewiston, ME. Retains World Heavyweight Title. I bet Walcott wished he could ref that all over again.

1968: Sandro Mazzinghi W 15 Ki Soo Kim, Milan. Regains World Super Welterweight Title.

1972:Joe Frazier KO 5 Ron Stander, Omaha. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1974:Rodrigo Valdez KO 7 Bennie Briscoe, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant WBC Middleweight Title.

-Rafael Herrera KO 6 Romeo Anaya, Mexico City. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1975: Miguel Canto W 15 Betulio Gonzalez, Monterrey. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1996: Henry Maske W 12 John Scully, Leipzig, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

2000: Freddy Norwood W 12 Julio Pablo Chacon, Mendoza, Argentina. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.