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.