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.