This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

August 16


Fight of the day

There isn’t one. Searched high and low for Ortiz/Laguna 3. Not even Greens bogus DQ loss to Marcus Ottke I mean Beyer was available.

1943: Phil Terranova KO 8 Jackie Callura, New Orleans. Wins NBA Featherweight Title.

1965: Joe Frazier KO 1 Woody Goss, Philadelphia. Frazier’s pro debut.

1967: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Ismael Laguna, Flushing, NY. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1975: Rodrigo Valdez W 15 Rudy Robles, Cartegena. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

1996: Frankie Randall W 12 Juan Coggi, Villa Ballester, Argentina. Regains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1997: Marcelo Dominguez W 12 Akim Tafer, Cannes, France. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Vuyani Bungu W 12 Enrique Jupiter, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Markus Beyer W disq. 5 Danny Green, Nurnberg, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

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August 17

Fight of the day

1990: Loreto Garza vs Juan Coggi





1914: Jack Dempsey D 6 Young Herman, Ramona, CO. Dempsey’s pro debut.

1938: Henry Armstrong W 15 Lou Ambers, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title. What this man accomplished here is truly staggering.
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9/29/37. Knocks out Pete Sarron and wins world featherweight title.
5/31/38. Beats Barney Ross over 12 and wins world welterweight title. It needs to be said that he also only weighed in at 133 and some say he was as low as 130.
8/17/38. see above.
He did that in ten months. It was well known at the time that he had no intentions of returning back to 126 but he is still the only man to hold 3 weight classes by the balls at the same time.

-Flash Elorde KO 1 Harold Gomes, San Francisco. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1962: Davey Moore KO 2 Olli Maeki, Helsinki. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1983: Roger Mayweather KO 1 Benedicto Villablanca, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1990: Loreto Garza W 12 Juan Coggi, Nice. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Paul Banke KO 12 Ki Jun Lee, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Darrin Van Horn KO 3 John Jarvis, Irvine, CA. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Terry Norris KO 1 Brett Lally, San Diego. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1996: Johnny Tapia W 12 Hugo Soto, Albuquerque, NM.

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Aug 18

Fight of the day
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs John Conteh



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



1908: Stanley Ketchel KO 2 Joe Thomas, San Francisco. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1924: Steve Sullivan W 10 Johnny Dundee, Brooklyn. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1930: Battling Battalino W 10 Charles Taylor, Hartford, CT.

1958: Floyd Patterson KO 13 Roy Harris, Los Angeles. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1973: Romeo Anaya KO 3 Enrique Pinder, Inglewood. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1975: Bennie Briscoe W 10 Eddie Gregory, Philadelphia. Razor thin decision.

1979: Matthew Saad Muhammad W 15 John Conteh, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1982: Wilfredo Gomez KO 8 Roberto Rubaldino, San Juan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1984: Jung Koo Chang KO 9 Katsuo Tokashiki, Pohang, South Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
-Francisco Quiroz KO 2 Victor Sierra, Panama City. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: Lupe Pintor W 12 Juan Meza, Mexico City. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2007: Arthur Abraham KO 11 Khoren Gevor, Berlin, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

[Beanz]

Two Gents. Conteh even applauding the scores read out in Saad's favour. Different time.

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August 19

Fight of the day

1990: Maurice Blocker vs Marlon Starling





1900: Abe Attell KO 2 Kid Lennett, San Francisco. Attell’s pro debut.

1926: Tiger Flowers W 15 Harry Greb, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1944: Carl Olson KO 2 Bob Correa, Honolulu. Olson’s pro debut.

1959: Davey Moore KO 11 Hogan Bassey, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1961: Eder Jofre KO 7 Ramon Arias, Caracas. Retains NBA Bantamweight Title.
-Carlos Monzon KO 5 Tom Boggs, Copenhagen. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Ernesto Marcel W 15 Antonio Gomez, Maracay. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1990: Maurice Blocker W 12 Marlon Starling, Reno. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1995: Mike Tyson KO 1 (the official result was a DQ) Peter McNeeley.
-Bruce Seldon KO 10 Joe Hipp, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 5 Everardo Armenta, Dusseldorf, Germany.
-Quincy Taylor KO 6 Julian Jackson, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Middleweight Title.
- Terry Norris KO 2 Luis Santana, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title
-Miguel Angel Gonzalez W 12 Lamar Murphy, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Philip Holiday KO 11 Miguel Julio, Sun City, Bophuthatswana. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.

2000: Prince Naseem Hamed KO 4 Augie Sanchez, Mashantuckett, Mass. Retains World Featherweight Title.
-Antonio Diaz W 12 Mickey Ward, Mashantuckett, Mass.

2007: Chris John KO 9 Zaiki Takemoto, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

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August 20

Fight of the day
1977:Bobby Chacon vs Ruben Olivares 3


1931: Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Billy Petrolle, NYC.

1952: Billy Graham W 10 Carmen Basilio, Chicago.

1954: Carl Olson W 15 Rocky Castellani, San Francisco. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1977: Saensak Muangsurin KO 6 Mike Everett, Roi-et, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Bobby Chacon W 10 Ruben Olivares, Inglewood.

1989: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Jose Luis Ramirez, Norfolk. Retains IBF and wins
the vacant WBC Lightweight Title.

1994: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Kennedy McKinney, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1996: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Jesus Salud, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1999: Paul Spadafora W 12 Israel Cardona, Chester, WV. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.

2000: Malcolm Tunacao D 12 Celes Kobayashi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Joma Gamboa W 12 Noel Arambulet, Tokyo. Wins WBA Strawweight Title.

Referee Mitch Halpern, 33, is found dead in his home in Las Vegas, the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I announce deaths and births sparingly but this guy was a gem of a ref

2005: Roberto Vasquez KO 4 Jose Antonio Aguirre, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

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August 21

Fight of the day

1994: Julio Cesar Vasquez vs Winky Wright


1910: Abe Attell KO 3 Eddie Marino, Calgary. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1915: Joe Lynch ND 10 Jack Wagner, NYC. Lynch’s pro debut.

1924: Harry Greb ND 10 Tiger Flowers, Fremont, OH. Non-title fight.

1929: Willie LaMorte W 15 Corp. Izzy Schwartz, Newark, NJ. Wins New York World Flyweight Title.

1947: Willie Pep KO 12 Jock Leslie, Flint, Mich. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1951: Joey Maxim W 15 Bob Murphy, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1957: Floyd Patterson KO 6 Pete Rademacher, Seattle. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
Rademacher, a 1956 Melbourne Olympic Gold Medalist, is making history by fighting for the title in his pro debut.

1971: Vicente Rondon W 15 Eddie Jones, Caracas. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1973: Bob Foster W 15 Pierre Fourie, Albuquerque. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1977: Luis Estaba KO 11 Juan Alvarez, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1981: Salvador Sanchez KO 8 Wilfredo Gomez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Featherweight Title. T

1985: Lonnie Smith KO 8 Billy Costello, NYC. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1987: Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Danilio Cabrera, Tijuana. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1988: Jose Sanabria W 12 Vincenzo Belcastro, Capo D’ Orlando, Italy. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Aaron Davis, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Borboa KO 3 Carlos Mercardo, Kalispell, MT. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1994: Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Winky Wright, St-Jean-de-Luz, France. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1996: Laurent Boudouani KO 5 Julio Cesar Vasquez, Le Cannet, France. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1999: Kostya Tszyu KO 10 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Miami, FL. Wins vacant WBC Super Lightweight Title.

[Master]

Matthew Saad Muhammad vs John Conteh was a hard and tough fight, both were very good fighters. Not seen that fight before but read about it. John got beat in the return far easier.