This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

August 6

Bit of a slow day in history. Wanted to put up the Benton/Giardello fight but was unable to find it.

Fight of the day.
1977: Pipino Cuevas vs Clyde Gray



1962: George Benton W 10 Joey Giardello, Philadelphia.

1966: Muhammad Ali KO 3 Brian London, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1977: Rocky Mattioli KO 5 Eckhard Dagge, Berlin. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Clyde Gray, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1989: Jorge Paez W 12 Steve Cruz, El Paso. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

2005: Jeff Lacy KO 7 Robin Reid, Tampa, Fla. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Eagle Kyowa W 12 Katsunari Takayama, Tokyo. Regains WBC Strawweight Title.

[Master]

First time I have seen Pipino Cuevas, other than KO against Hearns, he is a very good fighter. If I was a fighter that is how I would fight.

[BBoxing]

104Yrs AGo Today in Boxing History on August 7th

[Master]

That was funny watching that old video. the ring was very small, loved the ref in a suit and the corner men fanning the fighters.

[Stickgrappler]

1966: Muhammad Ali KO 3 Brian London, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

Took the liberty of making 11 GIFs... here's 4 of them and 7 more on my site

Enjoy!







Here's the vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWnt4Z2Z9N0

[IamInuit]

August 7

Fight of the day

1966: Vicente Saldivar vs Mitsunori Seki, Mexico City. Great fight and the old school footage is good.








1930: Jack Berg W 10 Kid Chocolate, NYC.
-Manuel Ortiz W 12 Lou Salica, Hollywood. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1966: Vicente Saldivar W 15 Mitsunori Seki, Mexico City. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1979: Salvador Sanchez KO 5 Felix Trinidad Sr., Houston.

1982: Dwight Qawi KO 6 Matthew Saad Muhammad, Philadelphia. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1983: Hector Camacho KO 5 Rafael Limon, San Juan. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1994: Hiroshi Kawashima W 12 Carlos Salazar, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1997: Roy Jones Jr. KO 1 Montell Griffin, Ledyard, CT. Regains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1999: Frans Botha D 10 Shannon Briggs, Atlantic City.
-Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Pastor Maurin, Atlantic City.
-Stefano Zoff W 12 Julien Lorcy, Cannes, France. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

2004: Diego Corrales KO 10 Acelino Freitas, Ledyard, CT.

-Yodsanan Nanthachai W 12 Steve Forbes, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2010: Cornelius Bundrage KO 5 Cory Spinks, St. Louis, MO. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

[IamInuit]

August 8

Fight of the day

1997:Yokthai Sithoar vs Jesus Rojas, Bangkok.


1934: Sixto Escobar W 15 Eugene Huat, Montreal. Retains NBA Bantamweight Title.

1987: Baby Sugar Rojas W 12 Santos Laciar, Miami. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1997:Terry Norris KO 2 Joaquin Velazquez, Kansas City, MO. Non-title fight.

-Yokthai Sithoar W 12 Jesus Rojas, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

August 9


Fight of the day. There were a few to choose from today but I went with some rare footage of Ray at 147. This fight is also Rays last fight at 147. Paul Cavalier was the ref and lone judge in the fight. Imo opinion Ray carried Charley cause he liked him.

These links could not be embedded and are not available in a youtube search. Enjoy.

1950: Sugar Ray Robinson vs Charley Fusari
http://www.youtube.com/v/rdRIXycRRyE&hl
http://www.youtube.com/v/_D9BSX-8xZk&hl
http://www.youtube.com/v/bs593JGSyWk&h

1933: Lou Brouillard KO 7 Ben Jeby, NYC. Wins New York World Middleweight Title.

1950: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Charley Fusari, Jersey City, NJ. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1958: Luis Rodriguez W 10 Benny (Kid) Paret, Havana.

1971: Rodrigo Valdez KO 7 Bobby Cassidy, NYC. Rodrigo stopped Bobby but Bobby gave him hepatitis during the fight.

-Chu Chu Malve W 9 Harold Weston, Jr., NYC. . The two fought a nine rounder as a compromise because Malave wanted eight rounds and Weston wanted ten.

1978: Masashi Kudo W 15 Eddie Gazo, Akita, Japan. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1980: Alexis Arguello KO 8 Cornelius Boza Edwards, Atlantic City.
-Sergio Palma KO 5 Leo Randolph, Spokane, Washington. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1985: Miguel Lora W 12 Daniel Zaragoza, Miami. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1987: Rocky Lockridge KO 8 Barry Michael, Windsor. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Jum Hwan Choi KO 4 Toshihiko Matsuda, Seoul. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1991: Bobby Czyz W 12 Bash Ali, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1997: Vince Phillips KO 3 Mickey Ward, Boston. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

2002: Miguel Barrera W 12 Roberto Leyva, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2003: Acelino Freitas KO 12 Jorge Barrios, Miami, FL. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

[Master]

Frieatas v barrios was an exciting fight!

[IamInuit]

Frieatas v barrios was an exciting fight!

Agreed

Way better then the Robinson fight action wise but the footage of Ray at 147 is so rare that I had to post it.

[IamInuit]

August 10

Fight of the day


1985: Hector Camacho vs Jose Luis Ramirez



1910: Joe Gans, 33, dies from tuberculosis. One of the best lightweights that ever lived and he may have went on to be bigger then Robinson.

1949:Ezzard Charles KO 8 Gus Lesnevich, Bronx, NY. Retains NBA Heavyweight Title.

1959: Pascual Perez W 15 Kenji Yonekura, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1963: Dick Tiger KO 7 Gene Fullmer, Ibadan, Nigeria. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1985: Hector Camacho W 12 Jose Luis Ramirez, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

1986: Carlos DeLeon KO 8 Michael Greer, Giardini, Naxos, Italy.

1996: Dariusz Michalczewski W DQ 7 Graciano Rocchigiani, Hamburg, Germany.
-Saman Sorjaturong KO 9 Shiro Yahiro, Bangkok. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2002: Jean-Marc Mormeck KO 8 Dale Brown, Marseille, France. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

2006: Omar Nino Romero W 12 Brian Viloria, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.Upset of the year candidate.