This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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July 4

Fight of the day
1982: Aaron Pryor vs Akio Kameda


1903: George Gardner KO 12 Jack Root, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Wins world light-heavyweight title.
-Joe Gans KO 5 Buddy King, Butte, MT. Retains world lightweight title.

1906: Abe Attell W 20 Frankie Neil, Los Angeles. Retains world featherweight title.

1907: Tommy Burns KO 1 Bill Squires, Colma, CA. Retains world heavyweight title.

1908: Battling Nelson KO 17 Joe Gans, Colma, CA. Wins world lightweight title.

Packey McFarland D 25 Freddie Welsh, Los Angeles.

1910: Jack Johnson KO 15 James J. Jefferies, Reno. Retains world heavyweight title. Riots and lynchings commenced shortly after and 11 people were killed.

1911: Ad Wolgast KO 13 Owen Moran, San Francisco. Retains world lightweight title.

1912: Jack Johnson WF 9 Jim Flynn, Las Vegas, New Mexico. Retains world heavyweight title.

Ad Wolgast KO 13 Joe Rivers, Vernon, CA. Retains world lightweight title.

1913: Willie Ritchie KO 11 Joe Rivers, San Francisco. Retains world lightweight title.

1916: Freddie Welsh WF 11 Ad Wolgast, Denver. Retains world lightweight title.

1919: Jack Dempsey KO 4 Jess Willard, Toledo, OH. Wins world heavyweight title.

Harry Wills W 8 Sam Langford, St. Louis.

1923: Jack Dempsey W 15 Tommy Gibbons, Shelby, MT. Retains world heavyweight title. After Doc Kearns (Dempsey’s manager) collected a little more than $200,000 of the $300,000 Dempsey was guaranteed, the two got the hell out of town, Gibbons went unpaid, and the town of Shelby went bankrupt.

1927: Tiger Flowers D 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, Chicago.

1932: Marcel Thil W 15 Len Harvey, London. Retains world middleweight title.

1934: Joe Louis KO 1 Jack Kracken, Chicago. Louis’ pro debut.

1948: Manuel Ortiz KO 8 Memo Valero, Baja, CA. Retains world bantamweight title.

1967: Fighting Harada W 15 Bernardo Caraballo, Tokyo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1982: Aaron Pryor KO 6 Akio Kameda, Cincinnati. Retains WBA super-lightweight title.
-Chul Ho Kim D 15 Raul Valdez, Taejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.

1987: Juan Coggi KO 3 Patrizio Oliva, Ribera, Italy. Wins WBA super-lightweight title.
-Kelvin Seabrooks KO 9 Thierry Jacob, Calais, France. Retains IBF bantamweight title.

1992: Sung Kil Moon KO 8 Armando Salazar, Seoul. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.

1995: Mblulelo Botile W 12 Sam Stewart, Hammanskraal. SA. Retains IBF bantamweight title.

1997: Sirimongkol Singmanassuk W 12 Victor Rabanales, Bangkok. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

1998: Zolani Petelo KO 7 Carmelo Caceres, Hammanskraal, SA. Retains IBF strawweight title.

2003: Mahyar Monshipour KO 12 Salim Medjkoune, Poitiers, France. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2009: Anselmo Moreno W 12 Mahyar Monshipour, Poitiers, France. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

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July 5


Fight of the day

1986: Hilario Zapata vs Dodie Penalosa


1909: Stanley Ketchel W 20 Billy Papke, Colma, CA. Retains world middleweight title.

1970: Shozo Saijyo W 15 Frankie Crawford, Sendai, Japan. Retains WBA featherweight title.

1975: Alfredo Escalera KO 2 Kuniaki Shibata, Mito, Japan. Wins WBC super-featherweight title.

1984: Jiro Watanabe W 12 Payao Poontarat, Osaka. Wins WBC super-flyweight title.

1986: Elly Pical KO 3 Cesar Polanco, Djakarta. Regains IBF super-flyweight title.
-Hilario Zapata W 15 Dodie Penalosa, Manila. Retains WBA flyweight title.

1996: Marcelo Dominguez KO 10 Patrick Aouissi, Hyeres, France. Retains WBC cruiserweight title.
-Raul Marquez KO 4 Romallis Ellis, Lake Charles, LA. Retains IBF super-welterweight title.
-Khalid Rahilou KO 7 Marty Jakubowski, Casablanca, Morocco. Retains WBA super-lightweight title.

2008: Felix Sturm W 12 Randy Griffin, Halle, Germany. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

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July 6


Fight of the day.

2002: Jorge Arce vs Yosam Choi




1922: Johnny Dundee W 15 Jack Sharkey, Brooklyn. Retains world super-featherweight title.
-Frankie Genaro ND 12 Pancho Villa, Jersey City, NJ.

1925: Mike Ballerino W 15 Pepper Martin, Long Island City, NY. Retains world super-featherweight title.

1933: Lou Brouillard W 10 Mickey Walker, Boston.

1979: Betulio Gonzalez KO 12 Shoji Oguma, Utsunomiya, Japan. Retains WBA flyweight title.

1996: Luisito Espinosa W 12 Cesar Soto, Manila. Retains WBC featherweight title.

2002: Jorge Arce KO 6 Yosam Choi, Seoul, South Korea. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.



I'd like to thank a bad case of insomnia for helping me get caught up with this.

Now its bed time.