August 26
Fight of the day
1995: Pernell Whitaker vs Gary Jacobs
1904: James J. Jeffries KO 2 Jack Munroe, San Francisco. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Jeffries retired after the fight at 18/0/2. I have never understood that move. He then comes out of 6 six retirement and gets shit kicked by Johnson.
1935: Lou Salica W 15 Sixto Escobar, Bronx, NY. Wins NBA Bantamweight Title.
1941: Gus Lesnevich W 15 Tami Mauriello, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1965: Luis Rodriguez W 10 Ruben (Hurricane) Carter, Los Angeles.
1978: Antonio Cervantes KO 9 Norman Sekgapane, Mmbatho, Bophuthatswana. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1983: Leonardo Cruz W 15 Cleo Garcia, Santa Domingo. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1989: Raul Perez KO 8 Cardenio Ulloa, Talcahueno, Chile. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
1990: Humberto Gonzalez KO 8 Jorge Rivera, Cancun, MX. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1994: Hector Acero Sanchez W 12 Tracy Harris Patterson, Atlantic City. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1995: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Gary Jacobs, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
1996: Yuri Arbachakov KO 9 Takato Toguchi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
2000: Fernando Vargas KO 4 Ross Thompson, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
Vernon Forrest NC 3 Raul Frank, Las Vegas. For vacant IBF Welterweight Title.
2002: Masamori Tokuyama KO 6 Erik Lopez, Saitama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
2005: O’Neil Bell KO 11 Sebastian Rothmann, Hollywood, Fla. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.
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