August 29


Fight of the day

1992: James Toney vs Mike McCallum



1885: John L. Sullivan W 6 Dominick McCaffrey, Cincinnati. Wins vacant Marquis of Queensberry World Heavyweight Title. What @smashup spoke about.

1911: Dixie Kid KO 5 Georges Carpentier, Trouville, France.

1951: Kid Gavilan W 15 Billy Graham, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title. A riot almost breaks out

1960: Davey Moore W 15 Kazuo Takayama, Tokyo. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1961: Harold Johnson W 15 Eddie Cotton, Seattle. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1980: Julian Solis W 15 Jorge Lujan, Miami Beach. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1981: Saoul Mamby W 15 Thomas Americo, Djakarta. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Rolando Navarette KO 5 Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Via Reggio, Italy.

1987: Azumah Nelson W 12 Marcos Villasana, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1992: James Toney W 12 Mike McCallum, Reno. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.
-Freddie Pendleton Tech. Draw 2 Tracy Spann, Reno. For vacant IBF Lightweight Title.
-Yung Kyun Park W 12 Giovanni Nieves, Kyongiu, South Korea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1993: Humberto Aranda KO 6 Ricardo Mayorga, San Jose, Costa Rica. Mayorga’s pro debut.

1994: Harold Grey W 12 Julio Cesar Borboa, Inglewood. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1998: In Joo Cho W 12 Gerry Penalosa, Seoul. South Korea. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1999: Veerapol Sahaprom KO 7 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2008: Steve Molitor KO 10 Ceferino Dario Labarda, Rama, Ontario. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2009: Celestino Caballero KO 7 Francisco Leal, Mexicali, Mexico. Retains WBA/IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
-Brian Viloria W 12 Jesus Iribe, Honolulu, Hawaii. Retains IBF Light Flyweight Title.