This day in boxing. A look back.

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August 31


Fight of the day

1996: Naseem Hamed vs Manuel Medina



1899: Tommy Ryan W 20 Jack Moffatt, Dubuque, IA. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1915: Ted Lewis W 12 Jack Britton, Boston. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1923: Harry Greb W 15 Johnny Wilson, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1929: Barney Ross W 6 Ramon Lugo, Los Angeles. Ross’ pro debut.

1936: Sixto Escobar KO 14 Tony Marino, Bronx, NY. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1969: Former World Heavyweight Champion, Rocky Marciano, 46, dies in an airplane crash in Iowa.

1984: Pinklon Thomas W 12 Tim Witherspoon, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.

1989: Daniel Zaragoza KO 10 Frankie Duarte, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1996: Nate Miller KO 7 James Heath, Dublin. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Adolpho Washington W 12 Torsten May, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Tom Johnson W 12 Ramon Guzman, Dublin. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
-Naseem Hamed KO 11 Manuel Medina, Dublin.

2007: Mzonke Fana KO 9 Javier Osvaldo Alvarez, Klerksdorp, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Featherweight title.

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Rocky was only 46!

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September 1

Fight of the day
2000: Dingaan Thobela vs Glen Catley,


1899: Harry Harris D 6 Jimmy Barry, Chicago.
-Joe Gans KO 10 Eugene Bezenah, Brooklyn, NY.

1900: James (Rube) Ferns W 15 Matty Matthews, Detroit. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1908: Sam Langford ND 6 Joe Jeanette, NYC.
-Tommy Burns KO 6 Bill Lang, Melbourne. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1919: Pete Herman ND 10 Joe Lynch, Waterbury, CT.

1923: Rocky Marciano born Rocco Francis Marchegiano.

1924: Harry Wills ND 12 Luis Angel Firpo, Jersey City, NJ.

1960: Duillio Loi W 15 Carlos Ortiz, Milan. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1973: George Foreman KO 1 Joe Roman, Tokyo. Retains World Heavyweight Title..
-Ricardo Arredondo KO 6 Morito Kashiwaba, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1983: Albert Davila KO 12 Kiko Bejines, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBC Bantamweight Title.

At the time of the knockout Bejines led: Judge Jose Mayorga 107-102, Judge Dimas Hernandez 106-104, and Judge Angel L. Guzman 105-105. Bejines subsequently underwent 3 ½ hours of surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, during which doctors removed part of his frontal lobe and skull. On September 4, he was pronounced dead. Bejines was 20-years old.

1984: Harry Arroyo KO 8 Charlie Brown, Struthers, OH. Retains IBF Lightweight Title. Charlie’s nickname was “white lightening” I guess when your name is Charlie Brown you have to come up with something.

2000: Dingaan Thobela KO 12 Glen Catley, Brakpan, South Africa. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

2001: Sven Ottke W 12 James Butler, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Celes Kobayashi W 12 Jesus Rojas, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2007: Yutaka Niida W 12 Eriberto Gejon, Tokyo. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

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September 2

Fight of the day

2000: Erik Morales vs Kevin Kelly


1894: Thomas Edison films an exhibition bout in a studio between World Heavyweight Champion James J. Corbett and Peter Courteney. By arrangement Corbett scored a knockout in round six

1953: Sonny Liston KO 1 Don Smith, St. Louis. Liston's pro debut.

1971: Antonio Gomez KO 5 Shozo Saijyo, Tokyo. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1978: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Ruben Valdez, Cartagena. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1995: Frank Bruno W 12 Oliver McCall, London. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Virgil Hill W 12 Drake Thadzi, London. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Nigel Benn KO 7 Danny Ray Perez, London. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

1998: Joe LaMotta, 49, son of Jake LaMotta dies in the crash of Swissair Flight 111.

2000: Sven Ottke W 12 Charles Brewer, Magdeberg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Diego Corrales KO 3 Angel Manfredy, El Paso, TX. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Erik Morales KO 7 Kevin Kelly, El Paso, TX.

2006: Samuel Peter W 12 James Toney, Los Angeles.

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September 3

Fight of the day
1988: Meldrick Taylor vs Buddy McGirt




1896: Battling Nelson KO 1 Wallace's Kid, Hammond, IN. Nelson's pro debut.

1903: Abe Attell W 20 Johnny Reagan, St. Louis. Wins vacant World Featherweight Title.

1906: Joe Gans WF 42 Battling Nelson, Golfield, NV. Regains World Lightweight Title. Gans earned $11,000 and Nelson $22,500. United States President Teddy Roosevelt's son Kermit was in the audience.

1907: Joe Gans KO 6 Jimmy Britt, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1917: Mike Gibbons ND 10 Jack Dillon, Terre Haute, IN.

1936: Lou Ambers W 15 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.
-Mike Belloise KO 9 Dave Crowley, NYC. Wins New York World Featherweight Title.

1940: Jimmy Bivins W 10 Charley Burley, Pittsburgh

1955: Robert Cohen D 15 Willie Toweel, Johannesburg. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1983: Donald Curry KO 1 Roger Stafford, Marsala, Italy. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1988: Meldrick Taylor KO 12 Buddy McGirt, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1993: Kyun-Yung Park W 12 Tae-Shik Chun, Damyang, S. Korea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1994: Daniel Jimenez KO 1 Harald Geier, Wiener, Neustadt, Austria.

1999: Sornpichai Kratingdaeng KO 8 Leo Gamez, Mukdahan, Thailand. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

2005: Markus Beyer W 12 Omar Sheika, Berlin, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

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September 4


Fight of the day
1998: Mark Johnson vs Jose Laureano




1912: Johnny Dundee ND 10 Johnny Kilbane, NYC.

1916: Freddie Welsh W 20 Charley White, Colorado Springs. Retains World Lightweight Title. A riot broke out after the decision and all concerned had to hide under the ring.
-Johnny Kilbane KO 3 George Chaney, Cedar Point, OH. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1937: Petey Sarron W 12 Freddie Miller, Johannesburg. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1946: Ike Williams KO 9 Ronnie James, Cardiff, Wales. Retains NBA Lightweight Title.

1984: Humberto Chiquita Gonzalez W 4 Jorge Ortega, Mexico City. Gonzalez’ pro debut.

1988: Gilberto Roman W 12 Kiyoshi Hatanaka, Nagoya. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
-Elly Pical W 12 Ki Chang Kim, Surabaya, Indonesia. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Mark Johnson KO 6 Jose Laureano, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1999: Sven Ottke Tech. Dec. 10 Thomas Tate, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2004: Cory Spinks W 12 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Jorge Arce W 12 Juanito Rubillar, Tijuana, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

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September 5

Fight of the day
1987: Virgil Hill vs Leslie Stewart





1904: Sam Langford D 15 Joe Walcott, Manchester, NH.

Walcott signed to defend his claim as World Welterweight champion in this fight but as weights were never disclosed, doubt remains as to whether this was a true title defense. Another account of the fight (newspaper): "Joe Walcott met his match in a 15-round bout yesterday afternoon in the Massabasic coliseum before a crowd of 1200. His opponent was Sam Langford, who clearly outpointed the champion, and the latter's aggressiveness in carrying the fight to Langford was all that saved him from taking a decision that would have given him the short end of the purse. Langford took advantage of his longer reach and repeatedly played a tattoo on Walcott's face, and his cleverness on his feet carried him away from (unreadable) a score or more times when Walcott endeavored by sheer brute force to deliver a knockout blow. While Walcott was the aggressor, Langford met his attacks by rights and lefts to the jaw and mouth so effectively as to draw blood in the second round and he kept Walcott bleeding in every round thereafter. In the third round, Langford brought the champion to one knee by a straight away jolt to the jaw, and he went through the entire fifteen rounds without a perceptible scratch on himself. In the opening round honors were even, but thereafter until the seventh round Langford had all the better of the argument.

Source: Next day Lowell Sun.

1910: Abe Attell KO 17 Billy Lauder, Calgary. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1911: Sam Langford ND 10 Joe Jeannette, NYC. Langford won the newspaper decision according to the New York Times. Joe was dropped about 4 times.
-Tommy Gibbons KO 5 Oscar Kelly, Minneapolis. Gibbons pro debut.

1930: Tommy Freeman W 15 Young Jack Thompson, Cleveland. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1987: Virgil Hill KO 4 Leslie Stewart, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Sot Chitalada KO 4 Rae Ki Ahn, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Chang Ho Choi KO 11 Dodie Penalosa, Quezon City. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

1995: Hi Yong Choi W 12 Keiji Yamaguchi, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: Richie Woodhall W 12 Glenn Catley, Teleford, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Takanori Hatakeyama W 12 Yong-Soo Choi, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1999: Injoo Cho W 12 Keiji Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.