July 9

Fight of the day


2011: Paul Williams vs Erislandy Lara, Atlantic City. As much as I liked Williams, I cant understand how the cards were formulated. 114/114, 115/114 and 116/114 must have been preordained by HBO.


NOTE: Lara seems to be one of these guys that overachieves in big fights and underachieves in fights that should not be troublesome. This weekend is a big fight.


1926: Pete Latzo WF 4 George Levine, NYC. Retains world welterweight title.

1970: Carmelo Bossi W 15 Freddie Little, Monza, Italy. Wins world super-welterweight title.

1974: Ruben Olivares KO 7 Zensuke Utagawa, Inglewood. Wins vacant WBA featherweight title.

1988: Orlando Canizales KO 15 Kelvin Seabrooks, Atlantic City. Wins IBF bantamweight title.
-Gilberto Roman KO 5 Yoshiyuki Uchida, Kawagoe, Japan. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.

1989: Edwin Rosario KO 6 Anthony Jones, Atlantic City. Regains vacant WBA lightweight title.
-Kaokor Galaxy W 12 Sung Kil Moon, Bangkok. Regains WBA bantamweight title.

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Mauricio Amaral, London.

1995: Tracey Patterson KO 2 Eddie Hopson, Reno. Wins IBF super-featherweight title.

2011: Lucian Bute KO 4 Jean-Paul Mendy, Bucharest, Romania. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Paul Williams W 12 Erislandy Lara, Atlantic City.
-Brandon Rios KO 3 Urbano Antillon, Carson, CA. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
-Jhonny Gonzalez KO 4 Tomas Villa, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
-Rico Ramos KO 7 Akifumi Shimoda, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
-Hugo Cazares KO 3 Arturo Badillo, Mazatlan, Mexico. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.