This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

July 23

Fight of the Day
1988: Tony Lopez vs Rocky Lockridge. The first fight of the pair and fight of the year in 1988.



1925: Charley Phil Rosenberg KO 4 Eddie Shea, Bronx, NY. Retains world bantamweight title.

1931: Bat Battalino W 10 Freddie Miller, Cincinnati. Retains world featherweight title.

1958: Joe Brown W 15 Kenny Lane, Houston. Retains world lightweight title. Lane is the first southpaw to challenge for the lightweight title since Lew Tendler 35-years prior.

1988: Tony Lopez W 12 Rocky Lockridge, Sacramento. Wins IBF super-featherweight title.

1990: Humberto Gonzalez KO 5 Jung Keun Lim, Inglewood. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.

1994: Virgil Hill W 12 Frank Tate, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA light-heavyweight title.
-Mike McCallum W 12 Jeff Harding, Bismark, ND. Wins WBC light heavyweight title.
-Al Cole W 12 Nate Miller, Bismark, ND. Retains IBF cruiserweight title.

2010: Beibut Shumenov W 12 Vyacheslav Uzelkov, Lemoore, California. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

2011: Amir Khan KO 5 Zab Judah, Las Vegas. Unifies WBA & IBF Super Lightweight Title.
-Orlando Salido KO 11 Kenichi Yamaguchi, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico.

[IamInuit]

July 24

Fight of the day
1982: Ray Mancini vs Ernesto Espana



1902: Joe Gans KO 15 Rufe Turner, Oakland. Retains world lightweight title.

1925: Tony Canzoneri KO 1 Jack Gardner, Rockaway, NY. Canzoneri’s pro debut.

1968: Jose Legra KO 5 Howard Winstone, Porthcawl. Wins vacant WBC featherweight title.

1982: Freddie Castillo W 15 Prudencio Cardona, Merida, MX. Wins WBC flyweight title.
-Ray Mancini KO 6 Ernesto Espana, Warren, OH. Retains WBA lightweight title.

1986: Tsuyoshi Hamada KO 1 Rene Arredondo, Tokyo. Wins WBC super-lightweight title.

1988: Yong Kang Kim W 12 Sot Chitalada, Pohang, S. Korea. Wins WBC flyweight title.

1993: Charles Murray W 12 Juan LaPorte, Atlantic City. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.

1994: Zach Padilla KO 10 Juan LaPorte, Los Angeles.

1999: James Page KO 11 Freddie Pendleton, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Welterweight Title
-Terron Millett KO 12 Virgil McClendon, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.

2004: Arturo Gatti KO 2 Leonard Dorin, Atlantic City.
-Jesse James Leija W 10 Francisco Bojado, Atlantic City. Minor upset. Leija down in round two.
-In Jin Chi KO 10 Eiichi Sugama, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

[IamInuit]

July 25

Fight of the day
1981: Jeff Chandler vs Julian Solis 2


1902: James J. Jefferies KO 8 Bob Fitzsimmons, San Francisco. Retains world heavyweight title.

1921: Pete Herman W 15 Joe Lynch, Brooklyn. Wins world bantamweight title.

1929: Jackie Fields WF 2 Joe Dundee, Detroit. Retains world welterweight title.

1953: Carmen Basilio D 12 Billy Graham, Syracuse. Retains NY State welterweight title.

1981: Jeff Chandler KO 7 Julian Solis, Atlantic City. Retains WBA bantamweight title.

1987: Miguel Lora KO 4 Antonio Avelar, Key Biscayne, FL. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

2009: Paulus Moses W 12 Takehiro Shimada, Windhoek, Namibia. Retains WBA Lightweight title.

Giovanni Segura KO 8 Juanito Rubillar, Nuero Vallarta, Mexico. Retains WBA Light Flyweight title.

[IamInuit]

July 26

Fight of the day
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson



1923: Johnny Dundee W 15 Eugene Criqui, NYC. Wins world featherweight title.

1928: Gene Tunney KO 11 Tom Heeney, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title. Tunneys’ final fight.
-Billy Petrolle D 10 Jack (Kid) Berg, Chicago.

1933: Barney Ross KO 6 Johnny Farr, Kansas City. World super-lightweight title.

1938: Al Hostak KO 1 Freddie Steele, Seattle. Wins NBA middleweight title.

1948: Freddie Mills W 15 Gus Lesnevich, London. Wins world light-heavyweight title.

1967: Chartchai Chionoi KO 3 Puntip Keosuriya, Bangkok. Retains WBC flyweight title.

1971: Muhammad Ali KO 12 Jimmy Ellis, Houston. Wins vacant NABF heavyweight title.

1977: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 12 Marvin Johnson, Philadelphia. Wins vacant NABF light heavyweight title.

1978: Vilomar Fernandez W 10 Alexis Arguello, NYC. Non-title fight. Upset of the year!

1981: Lupe Pintor KO 8 Jovito Rengifo, Las Vegas. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

1986: Mike Tyson KO 1 Marvis Frazier, Glen Falls, NY.

1987: Chong Pal Park KO 4 Emmanuel Otti, Kwangiu, S. Korea. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.
-Antonio Esparragoza KO 10 Pascual Aranda, Houston. Retains WBA featherweight title.

1997: Antonio Cermeno KO 12 Yuichi Kasai, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
-Stevie Johnston W 12 Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC lightweight title.

1998: Mark Johnson W 12 Luis Rolon, Verona, NY. Retains IBF flyweight title.
-Satoshi Iida W 12 Joma Gamboa, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA super-flyweight title.

2003: Manny Pacquiao KO 3 Emmanuel Lucero, Los Angeles. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight title
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2008: Antonio Margarito KO 11 Miguel Cotto, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Welterweight title.

2014: Gennady Golovkin KO 3 Daniel Geale , NY Madison Square Gardens. Reatains WBA/IBO Middleweight title

[IamInuit]

July 27

Fight of the day
1991:Pernell Whitaker vs Poli Diaz, Norfolk. WBC/IBF lightweight title.


1918: Jack Dempsey KO 1 Fred Fulton, Harrison, NJ. 23 seconds.

1921: Johnny Wilson WF 7 William Bryan Downey, Cleveland. Retains world middleweight title.

1922: Benny Leonard ND 12 Lew Tendler, Jersey City, NJ.

1937: Henry Armstrong KO 4 Benny Bass, Philadelphia.

1964: Flash Elorde KO 12 Teruo Kosaka, Tokyo. Retains world super-featherweight title.

1985: Dwight Qawi KO 11 Piet Crous, Sun City, SA. Wins WBA cruiserweight title.

1990: Massimilliano Duran WF 11 Carlos DeLeon, Capo d’Orlando, Italy. Wins WBC cruiserweight title.

1991: Mauro Galvano W 12 Ron Essett, Capo d’Orlando, Italy. Retains WBC super-middleweight title.
-Pernell Whitaker W 12 Poli Diaz, Norfolk. Retains WBC/IBF lightweight title.

1992: Manuel Medina KO 10 Fabrizio Cappai, Capo d’Orlando, Italy. Retains IBF featherweight title.
-Victor Rabanales KO 4 Luis Alberto Campo, Tuxtla, Mexico. Retains WBC interim bantamweight title.

2002: John Ruiz W disq. 10 Kirk Johnson, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Byron Mitchell KO 4 Julio Cesar Green, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Tim Austin KO 10 Adan Vargas, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

[IamInuit]

July 28

Fight of the Day
2001:Erik Morales vs In Jin Chi Wbc title.


1931: Al Iovino KO 3 Henry Armstrong, Braddock, PA. Armstrong’s pro debut.

1969: Johnny Famechon W 15 Fighting Harada, Sydney. Retains WBC featherweight title.

1974: Antonio Cervantes KO 2 Victor Ortiz, Cartagena. Retains world super-lightweight title.

1979: Sung Jun Kim W 15 Siony Carupo, Seoul. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.

1980: Rafael Orono D 15 Willie Jensen, Caracas. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
-Shoji Oguma W 15 Sung Jun Kim, Tokyo. Retains WBC flyweight title.

1985: Mike McCallum KO 8 David Braxton, Miami. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.
-Joey Olivo W 15 Moon Jin Choi, Seoul. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.

1988: Michael Nunn KO 9 Frank Tate, Las Vegas. Wins IBF middleweight title.

1990: Dennis Andries KO 7 Jeff Harding, Melbourne. Wins WBC light heavyweight title for a 3rd time.
-Leopard Tamakuma KO 10 Yul Woo Lee, Tokyo. Wins WBA flyweight title.

2001: Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Julio Gonzalez, Los Angeles. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Andrew Lewis NC 2 Ricardo Mayorga, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
-Erik Morales W 12 In Jin Chi, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2007: Vernon Forrest W 12 Carlos Baldomir, Tacoma, Washington. Wins vacant WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Edgar Sosa W DQ 10 Luis Lazarte, Cancun, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

[Master]

Finito use to love In Jin Chi, he came over here and destroyed our fighter.

[IamInuit]

July 29


Fight of the Day
1990: Michael Carbajal vs Muangchai Kittikasem IBF fly title.


1941: Freddy Cochrane W 15 Fritzie Zivic, Newark, NJ. Wins world welterweight title.

1957: Floyd Patterson KO 10 Tommy Jackson, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title.

1971: Alfredo Marcano KO 10 Hiroshi Kobayashi, Aomori, Japan. Wins WBA super-featherweight title.

1978: Netmoi Vorasingh KO 5 Luis Estaba, Caracas. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.

1979: Yoko Gushiken W 15 Rafael Pedroza, Kitakyushu, Japan. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.

1981: Chul Ho Kim KO13 Willie Jensen, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.

1982: Jiro Watanabe KO 10 Gustavo Ballas, Osaka. Retains WBA super-flyweight title.

1988: Lloyd Honeyghan KO 5 Yung Kil Chung, Atlantic City. Retains WBC welterweight title.
-Tomas Molinares KO 6 Marlon Starling, Atlantic City. Wins WBA welterweight title.
Molinares’ KO shot is a second late and Larry's interview with Marlon is priceless.


1989: Khaosai Galaxy KO 10 Alberto Castro, Surin, Thailand. Retains WBA super-flyweight title.

1990: Jeff Lampkin KO 8 Siza Makhathini, St. Petersburg, FL. Retains IBF cruiserweight title.
Michael Carbajal KO 7 Muangchai Kittikasem, Phoenix. Wins IBF junior-flyweight title.

1994: James Toney KO 12 Charles Williams, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.

Oscar De La Hoya KO 2 Jorge Paez, Las Vegas.

1995: Danny Romero KO 6 Miguel Martinez, San Antonio. Retains IBF flyweight title.

2000: Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Julio Cesar Chavez, Phoenix, AZ. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

2002: Noel Arambulet W 12 Keitaro Hoshino, Yokohama, Japan. Regains WBA Strawweight Title.

2006: Gary St. Clair W 12 Cassius Baloyi, Johannesburg, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2011: Beibut Shumenov KO 9 Danny Santiago, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

[greynotsoold]

I would have gone with Toney/Williams for fight of the day.

[IamInuit]

I would have gone with Toney/Williams for fight of the day.

True enough my friend but I am of the mind that Toney gets to much credit and Carbajal does not get enough. I agree though. Toney and Williams is a much better fight.

[IamInuit]

July 30


Fight of the day. Two for the price of one.

1988: Julian Jackson vs Buster Drayton, Atlantic City


1989: Julian Jackson vs Terry Norris, Atlantic City



1884: Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil) KO 22 George Fulljames. Becomes the first recognized world middleweight champion. The first bout under the Marquis of Queensberry rules.

1917: Harry Greb ND 10 Jack Dillon, Pittsburgh.

1931: Frankie Genaro KO 6 Jackie Harmon, Waterbury, CT. Retains NBA flyweight title.

1972: Enrique Pinder W 15 Rafael Herrera, Panama City. Wins world bantamweight title.

1977: Carlos Monzon W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, Monte Carlo. Retains world middleweight title. Monzon dropped for the first time in 13 years and Valdez gets close to taking it.
Monzon announces his retirement.

1979: Pipino Cuevas W 15 Randy Shields, Chicago. Retains WBA welterweight title.

1988: Julian Jackson KO 3 Buster Drayton, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.

1989: Julian Jackson KO 2 Terry Norris, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.

1992: Al Cole W 12 James Warring, Stanhope, NJ. Wins IBF cruiserweight title.

1994: Alfred Kotey W 12 Rafael Del Valle, London.

1995: Wayne McCullough W 12 Yasuei Yakushiji, Nagoya. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

2004: Danny Williams KO 4 Mike Tyson, Louisville, KY.

2006: Rudy Lopez KO 7 Takashi Koshimoto, Fukuoka, Japan. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2008: Daisuke Naito KO 10 Tomonobu Shimizu, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Takefumi Sakata W 12 Hiroyuki Hisataka, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

[Master]

Julian Jackson was a freakish power puncher. Drayton took the punches but I am sure it did not do him good. Terry made one mistake, like Herol Graham, and it was over.

[greynotsoold]

I was in Las vegas when Jackson fought Drayton and I bet on Drayton. I figured he had been in with better guys, Philly fighter and all that. Oops.

[Master]

I was in Las vegas when Jackson fought Drayton and I bet on Drayton. I figured he had been in with better guys, Philly fighter and all that. Oops.

Drayton put up a good fight considering the power puncher he was facing.

[Ron Swanson]

Watching these older fights again I wonder why did back muscles disappear? Old timers backs were shredded.