July 18

Fight of the day


1997: Johnny Tapia vs Danny Romero, Las Vegas. Wins IBF super flyweight title in WBO/IBF unification. This fight was big at the time. Both guys from Albuquerque and both claiming to be the man.
A shout out to the ref Mitch Halpern. Truly one of the greats. Sadly he would take his own life 3 years later at age 33.


1928: Tod Morgan W 15 Cannonball Martin, Brooklyn. Retains world super-featherweight title.

1929: Tommy Loughran W 15 James J. Braddock, Bronx, NY. Retains world light-heavyweight title.

1932: Johnny Jadick W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Philadelphia. Retains world super-lightweight title.
-Jackie Berg W 15 Kid Chocolate, Long Island City, NY. Non-title fight.

1951: Jersey Joe Walcott KO 7 Ezzard Charles, Pittsburgh. Wins world heavyweight title. Walcott’s 5th kick at the cat. He claimed to be 37 at the time but was most likely over 40.

1960: Sonny Liston KO 3 Zora Folley, Denver.

1969: Vicente Saldivar W 10 Jose Legra, Los Angeles.

1976: Luis Estaba KO 3 Franco Udella, Caracas. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.

1981: Michael Spinks W 15 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Las Vegas. Wins WBA light-heavyweight title.

1986: Jeff Fenech KO 14 Steve McCrory, Sydney. Retains IBF bantamweight title.
-Gilberto Roman W 12 Ruben Condori, Salta, Argentina. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.

1987: Mike McCallum KO 5 Donald Curry, Las Vegas. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.

1992: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Rafael Pineda, Las Vegas. Wins IBF super-lightweight title.

1997: Johnny Tapia W 12 Danny Romero, Las Vegas. Wins IBF super flyweight title.
-Jake Matlala KO 9 Michael Carbajal, Las Vegas.

1998: Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Lou Del Valle, NYC. Unifies WBC/WBA light-heavyweight titles.

2000: The Nevada State Athletic Commission files a complaint against Bob Arum, based on the testimony the promoter gave at the racketeering trial of IBF President Bob Lee. Arum admitted under oath that he paid Lee a $100,000 bribe.

2005: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Katsushige Kawashima, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2007: Daisuke Naito W 12 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Tokyo. Wins WBC Flyweight Title. Huge upset!!

2009: Amir Khan W 12 Andreas Kotelnik, Manchester, England. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.