This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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July 7

Fight of the day

1952: Kid Gavilan vs Gil Turner





1914: Freddie Welsh W 20 Willie Ritchie, London. Wins world lightweight title. Wins world lightweight title. Its said that Welsh got screwed out of his purse of 7 grand and promptly bit his managers ear off.


1946: Marcel Cerdan W 10 Holman Williams, Paris, France. A

1952: Kid Gavilan KO 11 Gil Turner, Havana. Retains world welterweight title.

1980: Larry Holmes KO 7 Scott LeDoux, Bloomington, MN. Retains WBC heavyweight title.
-Saoul Mamby KO 13 Esteban DeJesus, Bloomington, MN. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.

1982: Katsuo Tokashiki KO 8 Masaharu Inami, Tokyo. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.

1983: Bruce Curry KO 7 Hidekazu Akai, Osaka. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.

1985: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 2 Roger Mayweather, Las Vegas. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
-1990: Virgil Hill W 12 Tyrone Frazier, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA light-heavyweight title.

2000: Jose Aguirre KO 5 Jose Luis Zepeda, Tabasco, Mexico. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2001: Jesse James Leija NC 5 Hector Camacho Jr. Coney Island, NY. Junior wimped out on this one imo

2007: Wladimir Klitschko KO 6 Lamon Brewster, Cologne, Germany. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
-Joachim Alcine W 12 Travis Simms, Bridgeport, CT. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Luis Alberto Perez KO 7 Genaro Garcia, Bridgeport, CT. Wins vacant IBF Bantamweight Title.
-Nonito Donaire KO 5 Vic Darchinyan, Bridgeport, CT. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.
-Florante Condes W 12 Muhammad Rachman, Jakarta, Indonesia. Wins IBF Strawweight Title.

2012: Wladimir Klitschko KO 6 Tony Thompson, Berne, Switzerland. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
Nonito Donaire W 12 Jeffrey Mathebula, Carson, CA.

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July 8

Fight of the day
1979: Alexis Arguello vs Rafael Limon



1959: Jose Becerra KO 8 Alphonse Halimi, Los Angeles. Wins world bantamweight title.


1978: Samuel Serrano KO 9 Oh Young Ho, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.


1979: Alexis Arguello KO 11 Rafael Limon, NYC. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.


1984: Seung In Suh KO 4 Cleo Garcia, Seoul. Retains IBF super-bantamweight title.


1988: Donald Curry KO 9 Gianfranco Rosi, San Remo, Italy. Wins WBC super-welterweight title.


1989: John Mugabi KO 1 Rene Jacquot, Cergy-Pointoise, France. Wins WBC super-welterweight title.


1990: Aaron Davis KO 9 Mark Breland, Reno. Wins WBA welterweight title.
-Jorge Paez D 12 Troy Dorsey, Las Vegas. Retains IBF featherweight title.


2006: Cory Spinks W 12 Roman Karmazin, St. Louis, MO. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.