This day in boxing. A look back.

[Master]

Holyfield v Quawi = war

Indeed. That was only Holy's 12th fight.

Holyfield ended up in hospital and seriously considered giving up the sport.

[IamInuit]

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.

[Master]

Noriss first defence after beating Leonard I think.

[greynotsoold]

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

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

July 16

Fight of the day
2005: Jermain Taylor vs Bernard Hopkins



1924: Abe Goldstein W 15 Charles Ledoux, Bronx, NY. Retains world bantamweight title.

1925: Harry Greb ND 10 Maxsie Rosenbloom, Cleveland.

1926: Jack Delaney W 15 Paul Berlenbach, Brooklyn.Wins world light-heavyweight title.

1928: Tommy Loughran W 10 Pete Latzo, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Retains world light-heavyweight title.

1931: Frankie Genaro KO 4 Routier Parra, N. Adams, MA. Retains NBA flyweight title.

1947: Rocky Graziano KO 6 Tony Zale, Chicago. Wins world middleweight title.

1976: David Kotey KO 3 Shig Fukuyama, Tokyo. Retains WBC featherweight title.

1983: Mustafa Hamsho W 12 Wilfred Benitez, Las Vegas.

1988: Simon Brown KO 3 Jorge Vaca, Kingston, Jamaica. Retains IBF welterweight title.

1993: Al Cole W 12 Glenn McCrory, Moscow, RUS. Retains IBF cruiserweight title.
-Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Ysias Zamudio, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBC flyweight title.

1994: Daorung Chuvatana KO 1 John Michael Johnson, Bangkok. Wins WBA bantamweight title.

1996: Bernard Hopkins KO 11 Bo James, Atlantic City. Retains IBF middleweight title.

1999: David Reid W 12 Kevin Kelly, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.

2005: Jermain Taylor W 12 Bernard Hopkins, Las Vegas. Wins World Middleweight Title. I've always maintained that if Taylor did enough to win this from the undisputed champion then Hopkins did enough in the 2nd fight to get it back.
-Oscar Larios KO 10 Wayne McCullough, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.