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.