This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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September 6

Good time to explain what “ND” means for those who may not know and look in here from time to time. There were times in boxing, (early 20th century) when if both fighters remained standing then no official decision was given even if it was more then obvious who the winner was. In many of those cases the sports writers at ringside would render the decision in the sports pages. You will see that noted for example at boxrec with NWS.

Fight of the day
1997: Erik Morales vs Daniel Zaragoza




1910: Sam Langford W 15 Joe Jeanette, Boston.

1917: Harry Greb ND 10 Battling Levinsky, Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Post had Greb winner of the newspaper decision by a wide margin even though Levinsky had a 25-pound weight advantage. Greb won 8 rounds and two were even but it was still a hard battle.

Greb was the aggressor throughout. Levinsky looked good but Greb's superior speed and busy style were too much for him. Not until the sixth round did Greb hurt Levinsky, which he did then with a terrific left hook. In the 8th, Levinsky got his big chance when he hurt Greb badly with a right to the body. Greb ceased attacking and tried to kid Levinsky, who then took the lead and landed some of his cleanest blows of the fight. Greb stopped Levinsky's attack early in the 9th with a terrific hook. In the 10th he put Levinsky down for a 3-count and had him in serious trouble as the fight ended.

1920: Jack Dempsey KO 3 Billy Miske, Benton Harbor, MI. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

-Sam Langford ND 6 Bill Tate, Benton Harbor, MI. Tate won from Langford "by a shade." (Bismarck Tribune) The Chicago Tribune concurs.
-Harry Greb ND 6 Chuck Wiggins, Benton Harbor, MI. Reported as a win for Greb by the Chicago Tribune and the Pittsburgh Post. This fight was on the undercard of the Dempsey-Miske heavyweight title fight. According to the Post, Wiggins copied Johnny Dundee's forward jumping attack and did good in the first few rounds. Greb then turned the windmill up and won comfortably. Langford, Dempsey and Greb all on the same card.

1944: Ike Williams W 10 Sammy Angott, PhiladelphiaWillie Joyce W 10 Chester Slider, Oakland, CA.

1979: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Yukio Segawa, Hacinohe, Japan. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1980: Ayub Kalule W 15 Bushy Bester, Aarhus, Denmark. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1985: Azumah Nelson KO 5 Juvenal Ordenes, Miami. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1986: Michael Spinks KO 4 Steffan Tangstad, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
-Bobby Czyz KO 5 Slobodan Kacar, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Patrizio Oliva KO 3 Brian Brunette, Naples. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1991: James Warring KO 1 James Pritchard, Salemi, Italy. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

1992: Manny Melchor W 12 Phalan Lukmingkwan, Bangkok. Wins IBF Strawweight Title.

1996: Regilio Tuur KO 1 Jose Vida Ramos, Atlantic City.
-Alberto Jimenez D 12 Carlos Salazar, Buenos Aires.

1997: Erik Morales KO 11 Daniel Zaragoza, El Paso. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2002: Eric Lucas W 12 Omar Sheika, Montreal, Quebec. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
Pongsaklek Wongjongkam W 12 Jesus Martinez, Rangsit, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2003: Sven Ottke W 12 Mads Larsen, Erfurt, Germany. Retains IBF & WBA Super Middleweight Title.