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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