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Indeed. That was only Holy's 12th fight.
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Indeed. That was only Holy's 12th fight.
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Holyfield ended up in hospital and seriously considered giving up the sport.
Indeed. That was only Holy's 12th fight.
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July 13
Fight of the day
1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez 2, McAfee, NJ
Incredible scrap.
1909: Ad Wolgast ND 10 Battling Nelson, Los Angeles.
1931: Tony Canzoneri W 10 Cecil Payne, Los Angeles. Retains world super-lightweight title.
-Midget Wolgast W 15 Ruby Bradley, Brooklyn. Retains New York world flyweight title.
1939: Billy Conn W 15 Melio Bettina, Pittsburgh. Wins world light-heavyweight title.
1962: Emile Griffith W 15 Ralph Dupas, Las Vegas. Retains world welterweight title.
1963: Sugar Ramos W 15 Rafiu King, Mexico City. Retains world featherweight title.
-Emile Griffith W 15 Joey Archer, NYC. Retains world middleweight title.
1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 14 Yaqui Lopez, McAfee, NJ. Retains WBC light-heavyweight title.
1990:Terry Norris W 12 Rene Jacquot, Annecy, France. Retains WBC super-welterweight title.
1991: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Glenn Wolfe, Avezzano, Italy. Retains IBF super-welterweight title.
1996: Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 3 Joseph Orgaleza, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Retains IBF strawweight title.
2001: Mickey Ward W 10 Emanuel Augustus, Hampton Beach Casino, Hampton Beach, NH. Ring Magazine’s fight of the year. FOTY.
2007: Cristian Mijares KO 10 Teppei Kikui, Gomez Palacio, Mexico. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
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Noriss first defence after beating Leonard I think.
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A little info on ralph Dupas, who fought this day years ago. I've read he was something to see, but I've never found any of his fights. 106-23 and he fought many good fighters.
Ralph Dupas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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July 14
Fight of the day
2007: Paul Williams vs Antonio Margarito, Carson, CA.
1932: Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Lou Scozza, Buffalo. Retains world light-heavyweight title.
1973: Ernesto Marcel KO 12 Antonio Gomez, Panama City. Retains WBA featherweight title.
1985: Milton McCrory KO 3 Carlos Trujillo, Monte Carlo. Retains WBC welterweight title.
1994: Anaclet Wamba D 12 Adolpho Washington, Monte Carlo. Retains WBC cruiserweight title.
2005: Roman Karmazin W 12 Kassim Ouma, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.
2007: Paul Williams W 12 Antonio Margarito, Carson, CA.
-Kermit Cintron KO 2 Walter Matthyssee, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.
-Alfonso Gomez KO 7 Arturo Gatti, Atlantic City.
-Steve Molitor KO 9 Takalani Ndlovu, Orilla, Ontario, Canada. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
2009: Elio Rojas W 12 Takahiro Aoh, Tokyo. Wins WBC Featherwight Title.
-Hozumi Hasegawa KO 1 Nestor Rocha, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
-Roman Gonzalez W 12 Katsunari Takayama, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.
2012: Danny Garcia KO 4 Amir Khan, Las Vegas. Wins vacant World Super Lightweight Title.
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July 15
Fight of the day
2011: Pawel Wolak vs Delvin Rodriguez, NYC.
1930: Bat Battalino KO 5 Ignacio Fernandez, Hartford. Retains world featherweight title.
1931: Kid Chocolate KO 7 Benny Bass, Philadelphia. Wins world super-featherweight title. First Cuban world champ.
1966: Horacio Accavallo W 15 Hiroyuki Ebihara, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA flyweight title.
1970: Emile Griffith W 10 Dick Tiger, NYC. Tiger’s last fight. He waited four years for a chance to get even but at age 40 and close to a year off, he had nothing left to give.
1975: Saensak Muangsurin KO 8 Perico Fernandez, Bangkok. Wins WBC super-lightweight title. At 3 and 0 this X Thai boxer becomes the quickest boxer to acquire a title.
1984: Billy Costello W 12 Ronnie Shields, Kingston, NY. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.
1987: Louie Espinosa KO 15 Manuel Vilchez, Phoenix. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
1989: Evander Holyfield KO 2 Adilson Rodriguez, Lake Tahoe.
-Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Darrin Van Horn, Atlantic City. Wins IBF super-welterweight title.
1992: Genaro Hernandez W 12 Masuaki Takeda, Tokyo. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1995: Saman Sorjaturong KO 7 Humberto Gonzalez, Inglewood. Wins IBF/WBC junior-flyweight title.
2000: Lennox Lewis KO 2 Frans Botha, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
2001: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 5 Hayato Asai, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
2004: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 5 Luis Angel Martinez, Khonkaen, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
2006: Javier Castijello KO 10 Felix Sturm, Hamburg, Germany. Wins WBA Middleweight Title.
-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 6 Fernando Vargas, Las Vegas.
-Juan Diaz KO 9 Randy Suico, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
-Wladimir Sidorenko W 12 Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, Hamburg, Germany. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
2011: Pawel Wolak D 10 Delvin Rodriguez, NYC.
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