This day in boxing. A look back.

[Master]

How was Floyd Patterson allowed to defend against a fighter fighting his first professional fight is beyond me.

[IamInuit]

How was Floyd Patterson allowed to defend against a fighter fighting his first professional fight is beyond me.

Highly touted, kind of say the Lomachenko of his day and he spouted off a lot in the press and of course the "great white hope" aspect was played.

[Master]

How was Floyd Patterson allowed to defend against a fighter fighting his first professional fight is beyond me.

Highly touted, kind of say the Lomachenko of his day and he spouted off a lot in the press and of course the "great white hope" aspect was played.

Even lomachenko had one fight first. I think Cus was trying to avoid Sonny.

[IamInuit]

How was Floyd Patterson allowed to defend against a fighter fighting his first professional fight is beyond me.

Highly touted, kind of say the Lomachenko of his day and he spouted off a lot in the press and of course the "great white hope" aspect was played.

Even lomachenko had one fight first. I think Cus was trying to avoid Sonny.

Not in 57 my friend. Sonny was just starting out essentially and would not have been on the radar. I bet had Savon or Stevenson turned pro they may have gotten a title shot out of the gate. Its also important to note that there was only one title and he had just won Gold the previous year. Btw he's listed as the only fighter to get a title shot in his pro debut but there have been a couple more.

[IamInuit]

August 22

Fight of the day also a (FOTY)

1998: Ivan Robinson vs Arturo Gatti



1922: Frankie Genaro W 10 Pancho Villa, Brooklyn.

1925: Fidel LaBarba W 10 Frankie Genaro, Los Angeles.

1933: Boxing’s first televised fight, an exhibition between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri, is broadcast in London.

1939: Lou Ambers W 15 Henry Armstrong, Bronx, NY. Regains World Lightweight Title. Armstrong was penalized in 5 different rounds for going to the junk.

1945: Jimmy Bivins KO 6 Archie Moore, Cleveland. Archie was dropped 3 times in round two and was counted out but nailed with a shot while on the canvas. He got a rest and was awarded the round but he was dropped twice again in the fifth and once more for the count in the sixth.

1966: L.C. Morgan KO 4 Jose Napoles, Reynosa, MX. Yet another major upset on this day.

1969: Ruben Olivares KO 5 Lionel Rose, Inglewood. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1980: Wilfredo Gomez KO 5 Derrick Holmes, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1987: Marlon Starling KO 11 Mark Breland, Columbia, SC. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.

1992: John-John Molina KO 4 Fernando Caiceda, Bayamon, PR. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 5 Singprasert Kittikasem, Ciudad Madero, MX. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1995: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Agapito Sanchez, South Padre Island, TX.

1998: Charles Brewer KO 3 Antoine Byrd, Leipzig, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Sven Ottke W 10 Wilhelmus Krijnen, Leipzig, Germany.
-Harry Simon W 12 Winky Wright, Hammanskraal, South Africa.
-Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti, Atlantic City.

2009: Robert Guerrero W 12 Malcolm Klassen, Houston, TX. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Raul Garcia W 12 Sammy Gutierrez, Los Cabos, Mexico. Retains IBF Mini Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

August 23

Fight of the day
1986: Barry Michael vs Najib Daho



1920: Jack Britton D 12 Lou Bogash, Bridgeport, CT. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1943: Bob Montgomery W 10 Fritzie Zivic, Philadelphia.

1970: Hiroshi Kobayashi W 15 Antonio Amaya, Tokyo. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1975: Miguel Canto KO 11 Jiro Takada, Merida. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Jaime Rios W 15 Rigoberto Marcano, Panama City. Wins newly created WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: Jeff Fenech KO 4 Satoshi Shingaki, Sydney. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1986: Mike McCallum KO 2 Julian Jackson, Miami Beach. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Barry Michael W 15 Najib Daho, Manchester. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Miguel Lora KO 6 Enrique Sanchez, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1995: Ike Quartey KO 6 Andrew Murray, Le Cannet, France. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1996: Vinny Pazienza KO 4 Dana Rosenblatt, Atlantic City.

1997: Julio Cesar Green W 12 William Joppy, NYC. Wins WBA Middleweight Title.
-Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Roque Cassiani, NYC. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
-Jose Bonilla W 12 Evangelico Perez, Cumana, Venezuela. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 5 Alex Sanchez, NYC. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1998: Cesar Bazan W 12 Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Joichiro Tatsuyoshi W Tech Dec. 6 Paulie Ayala, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

[IamInuit]

August 24

Fight of the day
1978: Marvin Hagler vs Bennie Briscoe



1900: Bob Fitzsimmons KO 2 Tom Sharkey, Coney Island.

1901: George Dixon D 10 Abe Attell, Denver.

1908: Tommy Burns KO 13 Bill Squires, Sydney. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1922: Gene Tunney ND 8 Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia.

1928: Billy Petrolle KO 5 Jackie Berg, Chicago.

1931: Louis Kaplan W 10 Sammy Mandell, Hartford.

1956: Joe Brown W 15 Wallace Smith, New Orleans. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1966: Curtis Cokes W 15 Manuel Gonzalez, New Orleans. Wins vacant World Welterweight Title.

1974: Ben Villaflor KO 2 Yasutsune Uehara, Honolulu. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1978: Marvin Hagler W 10 Bennie Briscoe, Philadelphia.

1986: Buster Drayton KO 10 Davey Moore, Juan les Pins, France. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1991: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Chun Huh, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1992: Miguel Angel Gonzalez KO 10 Wilfrido Rocha, Mexico City. Wins vacant WBC Lightweight Title.

1996: Yokthai Sithoar KO 8 Alimi Goitia, Kamphaeng, Thailand. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.
-Danny Romero KO 2 Harold Grey, Albuquerque. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2002: Sven Ottke KO 9 Joe Gatti, Leipzig, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Sirimongkol Singmanassak KO 2 Kengo Nagashima, Tokyo. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Derrick Gainer Tech. Draw 2 Daniel Seda, Carolina, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2005: Vic Darchinyan KO 5 Jair Jiminez, Sydney, Australia. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.