This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

July 19


Fight of the day
Tim Witherspoon vs Frank Bruno, London.



1940: Tony Zale KO 13 Al Hostak, Seattle. Wins NBA middleweight title.

1981: Hwan Jin Kim KO 13 Pedro Flores, Taegu, S. Korea. Wins WBA junior-flyweight title.

1986:Tim Witherspoon KO 11 Frank Bruno, London. Retains WBA heavyweight title.

1987: Jose Luis Ramirez W 12 Terrence Alli, St. Tropez. Regains vacant WBC lightweight title.
-Seung Hoon Lee KO 5 Leon Collins, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains IBF super-bantamweight title.

1990: Robert Daniels W 12 Craig Bodzianowski, Seattle. Retains WBA cruiserweight title.
-Lindell Holmes KO 9 Carl Sullivan, Seattle. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.

1997: Willam Guthrie KO 3 Darrin Allen, Indio, CA. Wins vacant IBF light-heavyweight title.
-Tim Austin KO 8 Mbulelo Botile, Nashville, TN. Wins IBF bantamweight title.
-Frankie Liles W 12 Zafarou Ballogou, Nashville, TN. Retains WBA super-middleweight title.

[Spicoli]

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.

Man, I realllllly miss Johnny RIP. You just do not see that type of passion, ferocity and raw emotion from top guys today. Not to mention a killer hook to the body. That was a superfight brewing for years. Tapia was obsessed and in a zone and had it been held in hometown Albuquerque, the place might have literally exploded! Great shot in the arm fight for the sport, solid pros both all scars aside. That was a tough card to watch with Carbajal coming to a hard bloody end with buzzsaw Baby Jake, RIP. Tough viewing that one . Thanks for the flashbacks here bud

[IamInuit]

July 20


Fight of the day
2002: Vernon Forrest vs Shane Mosley 2





The Viper (rip) really did have Shanes number and oddly enough Mayorga of all people had his. I have always found that puzzling.


1928: Corp. Izzy Schwartz WF 4 Frisco Grande, Rockaway, NY. Retains world flyweight title.

1955: Flash Elorde W 10 Sandy Saddler, Manila. Non-title fight.

1959: Harold Gomes W 15 Paul Jorgensen, Providence, RI. Wins vacant world super-featherweight title.

1974: Betulio Gonzalez KO 10 Franco Udella, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. Retains WBC flyweight title.

1980: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad KO 10 Jerry Martin, McAfee, NJ. Retains WBA light-heavyweight title.
-Eusebio Pedroza KO 8 Sa Wang Kim, Seoul. Retains WBA featherweight title.

1982: Hilario Zapata W 15 Tadashi Tomori, Kanazawa, Japan. Regains WBC junior-flyweight title.

1984: Joo Do Chun KO 7 William Develos, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains IBF super-flyweight title.

1990: Christophe Tiozzo KO 8 Paul Whitaker, Aries, France. Retains WBA super-middleweight title.

1991: Charles Williams KO 3 Vincent Boulware, Italy. Retained IBF light-heavyweight title.
-Anaclet Wamba KO 11 Massimiliano Duran, Palermo, Italy. Wins WBC cruiserweight title.
-Sung Kil Moon KO 5 Ernesto Ford, Seoul. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.
-Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 David Griman, Bangkok. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.

1996: Daniel Zaragoza KO 7 Tsuyoshi Harada, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.

1997: Bernard Hopkins KO 11 Glen Johnson, Indio, CA. Retains IBF middleweight title.

2002: Vernon Forrest W 12 Shane Mosley, Indianapolis, Indiana. Retains World Welterweight Title.

2011: Antonio Tarver KO 9 Danny Green, Sydney, Australia.

[IamInuit]

July 21,


Fight of the Day
1982: Salvador Sanchez vs Azumah Nelson. This would be Sals last title defense prior to his death on August 12th. Its also important to note that Nelson took this fight on six days notice and came very close to pulling it out.



1905: Jimmy Britt W 20 Kid Sullivan, San Francisco. Retains world lightweight title.

1927: Jack Dempsey KO 7 Jack Sharkey, NYC. Dempsey was being out-boxed and was starting to go low and when Sharkey turned to the ref to complain Dempsey caught him with his devastating left hook and put him to sleep.

1930: Tony Canzoneri W 10 Benny Bass, Philadelphia.

1936: Petey Sarron W 15 Baby Manuel, Dallas. Retains world featherweight title.

1941: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Sammy Angott, Philadelphia. Non-title fight. Robinson had only been a pro for 9 months and he defeated the lightweight champion with relative ease.

1949: Ike Williams KO 4 Enrique Bolanos, Los Angeles. Retains world lightweight title.

1979: Eusebio Pedroza KO 12 Ruben Olivares, Houston. Retains WBA featherweight title.

1982: Salvador Sanchez KO 15 Azumah Nelson, NYC. Retains WBC featherweight title. Sanchez’ final defense before his untimely death on 8/12/1982.

1985: Ubaldo Sacco KO 9 Gene Hatcher, Campione d’Italia, Italy. Wins WBA super-lightweight title.

1989: Mike Tyson KO 1 Carl Williams, Atlantic City. Retains world heavyweight title.

1990: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Darrin Van Horn, Marino, Italy. Wins IBF super-welterweight title.

2000: Francisco Castillejo W 12 Tony Marshall, Madrid, Spain. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

2001: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 3 Adrian Stone, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

2007: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Winky Wright, Las Vegas. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Gavin Rees W 12 Souleymane M’baye, Cardiff, Wales. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Jorge Linares KO 10 Oscar Larios, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.

2012: Adrien Broner KO 5 Vicente Escobedo, Cincinnati, OH.

[greynotsoold]

Was it Sammy Angott or Sammy Mandell that was trained by Jack Blackburn, the trainer of Joe Louis?

[Master]

What a fight Salvador Sanchez vs Azumah Nelson was first time I have seen it. Asumah is a legend in my book.

[IamInuit]

Was it Sammy Angott or Sammy Mandell that was trained by Jack Blackburn, the trainer of Joe Louis?

Mandell as well as Godfrey and Walcott. I love his nic....."old hockbones"

Some, himself included claim he fought over 300 times. Had some close fights with Greb, Langford and Gans.

[IamInuit]

July 22


Fight of the Day
2006: Carlos Baldomir vs Arturo Gatti Atlantic City



1931: Mickey Walker D 15 Jack Sharkey, Brooklyn.

1955: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Rocky Castellani, San Francisco. Rocky was one of these guys that could just not get over the hump. He fought Ray tough in this one flooring him but losing the split.

1963: Sonny Liston KO 1 Floyd Patterson, Las Vegas. Retains world heavyweight title.

1987: Rene Arredondo KO 6 Tsuyoshi Hamada, Tokyo. Regains WBC super-lightweight title.

1995: Nate Miller KO 8 Orlin Norris, England. Wins WBA cruiserweight title.
-Nigel Benn KO 8 Vincenzo Nardiello, London. Retains WBC super-middleweight title.
-Alimi Goitia KO 4 Hyung Chul Lee, Seoul, S. Korea. Wins WBA super-flyweight title.

2000: Felix Trinidad KO 3 Mamadou Thiam, Miami. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Felix Machado W 12 Julio Gamboa, Miami, FL. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2006: Carlos Baldomir KO 9 Arturo Gatti, Atlantic City. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Nobuo Nashiro KO 10 Martin Castillo, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.