This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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August 11-Not one of the more active days on the historic calender.


Fight of the day.

1987: Edwin Rosario vs Juan Nazario



1954: Archie Moore KO 14 Harold Johnson, NYC. Retained World Light Heavyweight Title.

1987: Edwin Rosario KO 8 Juan Nazario, Chicago. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1990: Pernell Whitaker KO 1 Juan Nazario, Stateline, NV. Unifies World Lightweight Title.

2000: Tim Austin W 12 Arthur Johnson, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

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August 12


Fight of the day. Tried to put together Jack/Williams but couldn’t pull it off.

Not the best quality.
Jorge Castro vs Reggie Johnson,


1955: Ike Williams KO 9 Beau Jack, Augusta. Final fight for both men.

1959: Archie Moore KO 3 Yvon Durelle, Montreal. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Horacio Accavallo W 15 Hiroyuki Ebihara, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1978: Betulio Gonzalez W 15 Guty Espadas, Maracay. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1982: WBC Featherweight Champion Salvador Sanchez, 23, is killed in an automobile accident.
What a nightmare of a fighter this guy was.


1988: Jeff Fenech KO 5 Tyrone Downes, Melbourne. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1991: Manuel Medina W 12 Troy Dorsey, Inglewood. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

1994: Frankie Liles W 12 Steve Little, Tucuman, Argentina. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Jorge Castro W 12 Reggie Johnson, Tucuman, Argentina. Wins vacant WBA Middleweight Title.

1995: Paul Vaden KO 12 Vincent Pettway, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

2000: Evander Holyfield W 12 John Ruiz, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Joe Calzaghe KO 5 Omar Sheika, London.
-Bebis Mendoza W DQ 7 Rosendo Alvarez, Las Vegas. Wins vacant Junior Flyweight Title.

2006: Oleg Maskaev KO 12 Hasim Rahman, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.

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Nothing good happened today.

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Moore offered the rematch to Durelle right after their first fight while Moore was doing the post-fight interview himself. He told Durelle "you know nobody hit me that hard, your performance is something to be proud"

But Durelle later explained that Moo're team pushed the date of the fight till they were sure Durelle (a simple man, a fisherman) over worked himself in camp and started to miss his family... Durelle was never in it the night of the rematch.

Durelle was all power and heart. A simple man, living a simple life, but possessing brute talent that made him a freak of nature. Even at a late age, a few years before his death, he would still declare "My head just won't give up, I still can do it"

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August 13

Fight of the day
1983: Milton McCrory vs Colin Jones. Milton is a forgotten fighter. He would have been hell on earth for any welter today.



1900: James Ferns KO 15 Eddie Connolly, Brooklyn. Wins World Welterweight Title. Some say it happened on the 12th and others the 13th. Dates are not written in stone at the turn of the 20th century.

1903: Frankie Neil KO 2 Harry Forbes, San Francisco. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1983: Milton McCrory W 12 Colin Jones, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBC Welterweight Title.

1993: Juan Coggi W 12 Jose Barboza, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1994: Riddick Bowe NC 4 Buster Mathis Jr. Las Vegas. Bowe was lucky he was not dq’d in this one.

1995: Eloy Rojas W 12 Nobutoshi Hiranaka, Tagawa, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1996: Keiji Yamaguchi W 12 Carlos Murillo, Osaka. Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1999: Mark Johnson W tech. dec. 8 Jorge Lacierva, Ledyard, CT. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2005: Hassim Rahman W 12 Monte Barrett, Chicago.
-Ricardo Mayorga W 12 Michelle Piccirillo, Chicago. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Alejandro Garcia W 12 Luca Messi, Chicago. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Luis Collazo KO 8 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Chicago. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

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August 14

Fight of the day

1999: Steve Johnston vs Angel Manfredy



1903: James J. Jeffries KO 10 James J. Corbett, San Francisco. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1920: Sam Langford ND 10 Sam McVey, East Chicago, IN. These two fought 15 times and mainly because the had to. Before the Murders Row there was Langford, McVey or (McVea), Jeanette and Wills who like the Row were frozen out by the establishment

1922: Dave Rosenberg W 15 Phil Krug, Bronx, NY. Wins vacant New York World Middleweight Title.

1942: Charley Burley KO 9 Holman Williams, New Orleans. Speaking of Murderers Row these two were members and they fought each other 7 times

1973: Koichi Wajima KO 13 Silvani Bertini, Sapporo. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1982: Santos Laciar W 15 Betulio Gonzalez, Maracaibo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1988: Sung Kil Moon TD 6 Kaokor Galaxy, Seoul. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1989: Michael Nunn W 12 Iran Barkley, Reno. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

1990: Orlando Canizales KO 5 Eddie Rangel, Saratoga Springs, NY. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1999: Steve Johnston W 12 Angel Manfredy, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

2010: Jean Pascal W TD 11 Chad Dawson, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Wins World Light Heavyweight
Miguel Vazquez W 12 Ji Hoon Kim, Laredo, Texas. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.