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.