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.