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.
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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.
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Drayton put up a good fight considering the power puncher he was facing.Originally Posted by greynotsoold
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July 31
Fight of the day
1999:Michael Carbajal KO 11 Jorge Arce, Tijuana, MX.
1908: Stanley Ketchel KO 3 Hugo Kelly, San Francisco. Retains world middleweight title.
1915: Les Darcy KO 15 Eddie McGoorty, Sydney. Retains Australian world middleweight title.
1916: Jimmy Wilde KO 10 Johnny Hughes, London. Retains world flyweight title.
1920: Harry Greb ND 10 Tommy Gibbons, Pittsburgh.
1933: John Henry Lewis W 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, San Francisco.
1942: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Sammy Angott, NYC. Non-title fight. Robinson ups his record to 33-0 (25). Robinson’s second consecutive victory over the reigning world lightweight champion. Robinson hasn’t even been a pro for two years!
1982: Alexis Arguello KO 2 Kevin Rooney, Atlantic City. Non-title fight.
1987: Brian Mitchell KO 14 Francisco Fernandez, Panama City. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1988: Buddy McGirt KO 1 Howard Davis, NYC. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.
1999: Erik Morales KO 6 Reynante Jamili, Tijuana, MX. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.
-Hideki Todaka W 12 Jesus Rojas, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBA super-flyweight title.
-Michael Carbajal KO 11 Jorge Arce, Tijuana, MX.
2002: Alexander Munoz KO 2 Eiji Kojima, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
2004: Erik Morales W 12 Carlos Hernandez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC; wins IBF Super Featherweight title.
-Rafael Marquez KO 3 Heriberto Ruiz, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
2010: Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Juan Diaz, Las Vegas. Retains World Lightweight Title.
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August 1
Fight of the day
1992: Julian Jackson W 12 Thomas Tate, Las Vegas
1950: Dado Marino W 15 Terry Allen, Honlulu. Wins World Flyweight Title.
1968: Cachorro Amaya KO 1 Alexis Arguello, Managua. Arguello's pro debut.
1976: Rigoberto Riasco W 15 Dong Kyun Yum, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1981: Eusebio Pedroza KO 7 Carlos Pinango, Caracas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1987: Mike Tyson W 12 Tony Tucker, Las Vegas. Retains (Unifies) World Heavyweight Title.
1988: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Vernon Buchanan, Inglewood. Non-title fight.
-Miguel Lora W 12 Albert Davila, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
1992: Julian Jackson W 12 Thomas Tate, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 4 Frankie Mitchell, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1994: Yasuei Yakushiji KO 11 Jung-Il Byun, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
-Yuri Arbachakov KO 8 Hugo Rafael Soto, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1997: Chatchai Dutchboy Gym KO 7 Juan Domingo Cordoba, Bangkok. Retains WBC “interim” Flyweight Title.
2009: Isaac Hlatshwayo W 12 Delvin Rodriguez, Uncasville, Connecticut. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.
-Devon Alexander KO 8 Junior Witter, Rancho Mirage, CA. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Timothy Bradley NC 3 Nate Campbell, Rancho Mirage, CA. Noggin knock.
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