This day in boxing. A look back.

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June 26

Fight of the day

1976: Carlos Monzon vs Rodrigo Valdez


1916: Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Tancy Lee, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1922: Harry Greb ND 10 Hugh Walker, Pittsburgh. Walker had close to 20 pounds on Harry.
-Jack Britton W DQ. 13 Benny Leonard, Bronx, NY. Retains World Welterweight Title. Benny floored Jack and he put on an acting job but before the ref could count to 10 Benny flew across the ring and nailed him again and got dq'd.

1924: Harry Greb W 15 Ted Moore, Bronx, NY. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Young Stribling W 6 Tommy Loughran, NYC.

1925: Frankie Genaro W 12 Kid Williams, Baltimore.

1934: Sixto Escobar KO 9 Baby Casanova, Montreal. Wins vacant NBA Bantamweight Title.

1959: Ingemar Johannson KO 3 Floyd Patterson, NYC. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Ingemar floors Floyd 7-times in the third round.

Ps- Patterson was dropped more then any other hev in history

1971: Bruno Acari KO 9 Enrique Jana, Palermo, Italy. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1972: Roberto Duran KO 14 Ken Buchanan, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1976: Carlos Monzon W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, Monte Carlo. Retains World (unifies WBA & WBC Titles) Middleweight Title.

1977: Samuel Serrano W 15 Leonel Hernandez, Puerta La Cruz, Venezuela. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1982: Leroy Haley W 15 Saoul Mamby, Highland Heights, OH. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1993: Nigel Benn KO 4 Lou Gent, London. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Dingaan Thobela W 12 Tony Lopez, Sun City, South Africa. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.
-John-John Molina W 12 Manuel Medina, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1999: Steve Johnston W 12 Aldo Rios, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Paulie Ayala W 12 Johnny Tapia, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title. Fight of the Year!

2005: Martin Castillo W 12 Hideyasu Ishihara, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

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June 27

Fight of the day

1987: Matthew Hilton vs Buster Drayton



1902: Joe Gans KO 3 George McFadden, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1910: Harry Lewis KO 8 Young Joseph, London. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1911: Ad Wolgast KO 17 Frankie Burns, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1914: Jack Johnson W 20 Frank Moran, Paris. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Both ended up fighting for free.

1939: Al Hostak KO 4 Solly Krieger, Seattle. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1961: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Mitsunori Seki, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1970: Bob Foster KO 10 Mark Tessman, Baltimore. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1972: Muhammad Ali KO 7 Jerry Quarry, Las Vegas, NV.
-Bob Foster KO 4 Mike Quarry, Las Vegas. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1974: Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Antonio Amaya, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1981: Aaron Pryor KO 2 Lennox Blackmoore, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1982: S. T. Gordon KO 2 Carlos DeLeon, Highland Heights, OH. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1987: Matthew Hilton W 15 Buster Drayton, Montreal. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1988: Mike Tyson KO 1 Michael Spinks, Atlantic City. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
-Jung Koo Chang KO 8 Hideyuki Ohashi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Lennox Lewis KO 2 Al Malcolm, London. Lewis’ pro debut.

1992: Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Freddy Cruz, Gorie, Italy. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1994: Leo Gamez D 12 Kaj Ratchabandit, Bangkok. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: David Reid KO 4 Simon Brown, Philadelphia.
-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 5 Wilfrido Ruiz, Philadelphia. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1999: Lakva Sim KO 5 Takanori Hatakeyama, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

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June 28

Fight of the day
1991: Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech


1939: Joe Louis KO 4 Tony Galento, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1946: Bob Montgomery KO 13 Allie Stolz, NYC. Retains New York World Lightweight Title.

1948: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Bernard Docusen, Chicago. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1955: Willie Pastrano W 10 Joey Maxim, New Orleans.

1972: Mando Ramos W 15 Pedro Carrasco, Madrid. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1980: Alan Minter KO 9 Vito Antuofermo, London. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1985: Ji Won Kim KO 4 Bobby Berna, Pusan, South Korea. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Mike Tyson W 12 Razor Ruddock, Las Vegas.
-Azumah Nelson D 12 Jeff Fenech, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title. Controversy in this fight 115-113 for Fenech. 116-112 for Nelson. The third scorecard a draw at 114-114.
-Joey Gamache KO 10 Jerry Ngobeni, Lewiston, ME. Wins vacant WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1993: Genaro Hernandez KO 8 Raul Perez, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1997: Evander Holyfield W DQ. 3 Mike Tyson, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

2003: Eric Morel W 12 Isidro Garcia, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2004: Katsushige Kawashima KO 1 Masamori Tokuyama, Yokohama, Japan. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.
-Eagle Kyowa Tech. W 8 Satoshi Kogumazaka, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2008: Manny Pacquiao KO 9 David Diaz, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

[Master]

I loved the Tyson card, Fenech got robbed.

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June 29

Fight of the day

1991: James Toney vs Reggie Johnson





1894: George Dixon D 20 Young Griffo, Boston.

1903: Joe Gans KO 10 Willie Fitzgerald, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1906: Joe Gans ND 6 Jack Blackburn, Philadelphia.

1915: Sam McVey W 12 Sam Langford, Boston.

1933: Primo Carnera KO 6 Jack Sharkey, Long Island. Wins World Heavyweight Title. The fix was in.

1936: Tony Marino KO 14 Baltazar Sangchili, Bronx, NY. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1938: Benny Lynch KO 12 Peter Kane, Scotland. Sadly Benny lost his title on the scales.

1942: Ezzard Charles W 10 Charley Burley, Pittsburgh.

1955: Wallace Smith W 15 Jimmy Carter, Boston. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1956: Mario D’Agata KO 7 Robert Cohen, Rome. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1960: Gene Fullmer KO 12 Carmen Basilio, Salt Lake City. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1968: Carlos Teo Cruz W 15 Carlos Ortiz, Santo Domingo. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1969: Jose Napoles KO 11 Curtis Cokes, Mexico City. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1970: Sonny Liston KO 10 Chuck Wepner, Jersey City, NJ. Listons last fight.

1980: Tae Shik Kim W 15 Arnel Arrozal, Seoul. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1981: Samuel Serrano W 15 Leonel Hernandez, Caracas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1991: James Toney W 12 Reggie Johnson, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title. Very close fight.

1996: Mbulelo Botile KO 9 Marlon Bong Arios, Alice, South Africa.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 3 Kittichai Preecha, Indio, CA. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1997: Pichitnoi C. Siriwat W 12 Sang Chul Lee, Bangkok. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

2007: Wladimir Sidorenko KO 7 Jerome Arnould, Marseille, France. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

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June 30


Fight of the day

Vito Antuofermo vs Hugo Corro



1914: Pete Herman ND 10 Kid Williams, New Orleans.

1927: Mickey Walker KO 10 Tommy Mulligan, London. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1956: Pascual Perez KO 11 Oscar Suarez, Montevideo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1975: Muhammad Ali W 15 Joe Bugner, Kuala Lumpur. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
-Victor Galindez W 15 Jorge Ahumada, NYC. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Carlos Monzon KO 10 Tony Licata, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1976: Miguel Velasquez W DQ. 5 Saensak Muangsurin, Madrid. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1979: Vito Antuofermo W 15 Hugo Corro, Monte Carlo. Wins World Middleweight Title.
-Marvin Hagler KO 8 Norberto Cabrera, Monte Carlo.

1985: Jimmy Paul KO 14 Robin Blake, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1990: Khaosai Galaxy KO 8 Shunichi Nakajima, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Anaclet Wamba KO 5 Andrei Rudenko, Paris. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

2006: Juan Urango W 12 Naoufel Ben Rabah, Hollywood, Fla. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.
-Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 4 Everardo Morales, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2007: Felix Sturm W 12 Noe Tulio Gonzalez, Alcoba, Stuttgart, Germany. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

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July 2


Fight of the day

1968: Lionel Rose vs Takao Sakurai, Tokyo.






1921: Jack Dempsey KO 4 Georges Carpentier, Jersey City. Retains world heavyweight title.
One of the first million dollar gates.

1925: Harry Greb W 15 Mickey Walker, NYC. Retains world middleweight title. After the fight the two met up at Big Bill Duffy’s Silver Slipper, a Broadway speakeasy. Walker was hammered and accused Harry of thumbing him and before Harry could get his coat off to throw down Walker suckered him and the got into a street fight with onlookers saying the Toy Bulldog got the best of him.

1940: Max Baer KO 8 Tony Galento, Jersey City, NJ.

1958: Joe Jennette, 78, died. I dont normally include births and deaths but Joe died in the month and year I was born and I always thought of him over the years as one of the most under appreciated hevs in the sport.

1968: Lionel Rose W 15 Takao Sakurai, Tokyo. Retains world bantamweight title.

1970: Jose Luis Garcia KO 8 Ken Norton, Los Angeles.

1973:Joe Frazier W 12 Joe Bugner, London.

1978: Eusebio Pedroza KO 12 Ernesto Herrera, Panama City. Retains WBA featherweight title.

1989: Brian Mitchell Tech. Dec. 9 Jackie Beard, Crotone, Italy. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.

1994: Orlin Norris KO 3 Arthur Williams, Las Vegas. Retains WBA cruiserweight title.
-Wilfredo Vasquez KO 2 Jae-Won Choi, Las Vegas. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.

2006: Manny Pacquiao W 12 Oscar Larios, Manila, Philippines.

2011: Wladimir Klitschko W 12 David Haye, Hamburg, Germany.

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July 3

Fight of the day.

2010: Hugo Cazares vs Everardo Morales



1905: Marvin Hart KO 12 Jack Root, Reno. Wins vacant world heavyweight title. Former heavyweight champion James J. Jefferies officiates.

1915: Gene Tunney KO 9 Bobby Dawson, NYC. Tunney’s pro debut.

1919: Battling Levinsky ND 12 Billy Miske, Rossford, OH.

1926: Sammy Mandell W 10 Rocky Kansas, Chicago. Wins world lightweight title.

1931: Max Schmeling KO 15 Young Stribling, Cleveland. Retains world heavyweight title.

1933: Panama Al Brown W 15 Johnny King, Manchester. Retains world bantamweight title.

1940: Willie Pep W 4 James McGovern, Hartford, CT. Pep’s pro debut. He then when on a 63 fight run.
1974: Soo Hwan Hong W 15 Arnold Taylor, Durban. Wins WBA bantamweight title.

1993: Sung-II Moon W 12 Carlos Salazar, Seoul, S. Korea. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 2 Saman Sorjaturong, Nuevo Laredo, MX. Retains WBC strawweight title.

2004: Yutaka Niida W 12 Noel Arambulet, Tokyo. Regains WBA Strawweight Title.

2008: Hugo Garay W 12 Yuri Barashian, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wins vacant WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

2010: Hugo Cazares KO 7 Everardo Morales, Tlalnepantla, Mexico. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.