June 23

Fight of the day

2001: Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Francisco Castillejo


1900: Terry McGovern W 6 George Dixon, Chicago.

1902: Joe Walcott (The Barbados Demon) W 15 Tommy West, London. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1904: Abe Attell W 15 Johnny Reagan, St. Louis. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1919: Harry Greb ND Mike Gibbons, Pittsburgh.

1933: Barney Ross W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Chicago. Wins both World Super Lightweight and World Lightweight Titles.

1947: Jersey Joe Walcott W 10 Joey Maxim, Los Angeles.

1962: Harold Johnson W 15 Gustav Scholz, Berlin. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Flash Elorde W 15 Auburn Copeland, Manila. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1969: Joe Frazier KO 7 Jerry Quarry, NYC. Retains New York World Heavyweight Title.

1973: Jose Napoles W 15 Roger Menetrey, Grenoble. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1979: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Soon Hyun Chung, Seoul. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1983: Jiro Watanabe W 15 Roberto Ramirez, Sendai, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1986: Thomas Hearns KO 8 Mark Medal, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
-Steve Cruz W 15 Barry McGuigan, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Featherweight Title. Very close fight but the two kd's in the 15th did poor Barry in.

1988: Antonio Esparragoza D 12 Marcos Villasana, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1992: Tracy Patterson KO 2 Thierry Jacob, Albany, NY. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
Yuri Arbachakov KO 8 Muangchai Kittikasem, Tokyo. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1993: Juan Coggi KO 5 Hiroyuki Yoshino, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

2000: Guty Espadas W 12 Wethya Sakmuangklang, Merida, Mexico. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2001: Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Francisco Castillejo, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Kostya Tszyu W 12 Oktay Urkal, Uncasville, CT. Retains WBC/WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Zab Judah KO 3 Allan Vester, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
-Manny Pacquiao KO 6 Lehlo Ledwaba, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Katsushige Kawashima, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
-Jose Antonio Aguirre KO 12 Keitaro Hoshino, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2007: Ricky Hatton KO 4 Jose Luis Castillo, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.