This day in boxing. A look back.

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September 7

Fight of the day

1965: Vicente Saldivar vs Howard Winstone 1




1886: George (Kid) Lavigne KO 1 Morris McNally, Saginaw, MI. Lavigne's pro debut.

1892: James J. Corbett KO 21 John L. Sullivan, New Orleans. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1908: Billy Papke KO 12 Stanley Ketchel, Vernon, CA. Wins World Middleweight Title.
-Abe Attell D 23 Owen Moran, Colma, CA. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1915: Harry Wills W 12 Sam McVey, Boston.

1963: Sandro Mazzinghi KO 9 Ralph Dupas, Milan. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

1965: Vicente Saldivar W 15 Howard Winstone, London. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1969: Shozo Saijyo KO 2 Jose Luis Pimental, Sapporo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1974: Bobby Chacon KO 9 Alfredo Marcano, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.

1984: Soon Chun Kwon KO 12 Joaquin Flores, Chonggiu, S. Korea. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1991: Dave McAuley KO 10 Jacob Matlala, Belfast. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1996: Mike Tyson KO 1 Bruce Seldon, Las Vegas. Regains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Terry Norris KO 5 Alex Rios, Las Vegas. Retains WBC/IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Felix Trinidad KO 6 Ray Lovato, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

2002: Roy Jones Jr. KO 6 Clinton Woods, Portland, OR. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Winky Wright W disq. 8 Bronco McKart, Portland, OR. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

2003: Oscar Larios KO 2 Kozo Ishii, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

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September 8

Fight of the day
1973: Roberto Duran vs Ishimatsu Suzuki





1897: Charles McCoy NC 5 Tommy Ryan, Syracuse, NY.

1923: Pancho Villa ND 10 Charles Taylor, Chicago.

1924: Abe Goldstein W 15 Tommy Ryan, Long Island City, NY. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1947: Archie Moore KO 9 Jimmy Bivins, Baltimore.

1950: Sandy Saddler KO 8 Willie Pep, NYC. Regains World Featherweight Title. Pep was down in the 3rd for a nine count. Willie separated his shoulder and did not come out in the 8th round.

1953: Harold Johnson W 10 Ezzard Charles, Philadelphia

1973: Antonio Cervantes KO 5 Carlos Giminez, Bogota. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
-Roberto Duran KO 10 Ishimatsu Suzuki, Panama City. Retains World Lightweight Title.
-Ernesto Marcel KO 9 Spider Nemoto, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1995: Willie Salazar KO 7 Danny Romero, Las Vegas. Non-title fight.

1996: Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Alexander Makhmoutov, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2001: Vassiliy Jirov KO 8 Julian Letterlough, Reno, NV. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Marco Antonio Barrera KO 6 Enrique Sanchez, Reno, NV. Retains World Featherweight Title.

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September 9

Fight of the day
2000: Roy Jones Jr. vs Eric Harding





1905: Battling Nelson KO 18 Jimmy Britt, Colma, CA. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1908: Battling Nelson KO 21 Joe Gans, Colma, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1909: Jack Johnson ND 10 Al Kaufman, Colma, CA. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1930: Jersey Joe Walcott KO 1 Cowboy Wallace, Vineland, NJ. Walcott's pro debut.

1935: Benny Lynch KO 2 Jackie Brown, Manchester. Wins NBA Flyweight Title.

1944: Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1969: Freddie Little KO 2 Hisao Minami, Osaka. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1978: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Pete Ranzany, Sacramento. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
-Wilfredo Gomez KO 13 Leonardo Cruz, San Juan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1979: Chan Hee Park D 15 Miguel Canto, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1983: Aaron Pryor KO 10 Alexis Arguello, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Sot Chitalada KO 11 Richard Clarke, Kingston. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1992: Morris East KO 11 Akinobu Hianaka, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1995: Steve Collins W 12 Chris Eubank, Cork, Ireland.
-Oscar De La Hoya KO 6 Genaro Hernandez, Las Vegas.
-Phillip Holiday W 12 Ray Martinez, Sun City. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

2000: Roy Jones Jr. KO 10 Eric Harding, New Orleans, LA. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Derrick Gainer KO 11 Fred Norwood, New Orleans, LA. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.
-Willie Jorrin W 12 Michael Brodie, Manchester, England. Wins vacant WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2004: Lorenzo Parra W 12 Yosam Choi, Seoul, Korea. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2005: Clinton Woods W 12 Julio Gonzalez, Yorkshire, England. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

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September 10

Fight of the day
1993: Pernell Whitaker vs Julio Cesar Chavez




1931: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Jack (Kid) Berg, NYC. Retains both World Super Lightweight and World Lightweight Titles. The bout was originally scheduled to be staged in London, England, where the championship would have changed hands when Berg went to the floor from a foul blow in the eighth round. However under NYSAC rules, a fighter could not win or lose on a foul so as close to 20,000 fans jeered, the ref counted as if Berg went down from a legal punch.

1966: Muhammad Ali KO 12 Karl Mildenberger, Frankfurt. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1973: Muhammad Ali W 12 Ken Norton, Los Angeles

1976: Esteban DeJesus KO 7 Hector Medina, Bayamon. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1977: Alfredo Escalera W 15 Sigfredo Rodriguez, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1983: Larry Holmes KO 5 Scott Frank, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Jung Koo Chang W 12 German Torres, Taejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1986: Dennis Andries KO 9 Tony Sibson, London. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1993: Pernell Whitaker D 12 Julio Cesar Chavez, San Antonio. Retains World Welterweight Title. Easily in the top 5 worst robberies of all time.
-Terry Norris KO 1 Joe Gatti, San Antonio. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Azumah Nelson D 12 Jesse James Leija, San Antonio. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1994: Dariusz Michalczewski W 12 Leeonzer Barber, Hamburg.
-Nigel Benn W 12 Juan Carlos Gimenez, Birmingham, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
-Humberto Gonzalez KO 7 Juan Domingo Cordoba, Lake Tahoe, CA. Retains IBF/WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
-Alex Sanchez KO 4 Oscar Andrade, Hamburg.


1999: Francisco Castillejo KO 7 Paolo Roberto, Leganes, Spain. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

2005: Zahir Raheem W 12 Erik Morales, Los Angeles.
-Manny Pacquiao KO 6 Hector Velazquez, Los Angeles.
-Brain Viloria KO 1 Eric Ortiz, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

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September 11


Fight of the day

1962: Eder Jofre vs Jose Medel





1925: Paul Berlenbach KO 11 Jimmy Slattery, Bronx, NY. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1930: Billy Petrolle W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Chicago.

1933: Jackie Brown W 15 Valentin Angelmann, Manchester. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1934: Teddy Yarosz W 15 Vince Dundee, Pittsburgh. Wins NBA & New York World Middleweight Title.

1937: Freddie Steele KO 4 Ken Overlin, Seattle. Retains NBA & New York World Middleweight Title.

1941: Chalky Wright KO 11 Joey Archibald, Washington DC Wins World Featherweight Title.

1962: Eder Jofre KO 6 Jose Medel, Sao Paulo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1983: Jeff Chandler KO 10 Eijiro Murata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1989: Meldrick Taylor W 12 Courtney Hooper, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Luis Mendoza KO 3 Ruben Palacios, Miami. Wins vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Jeff Harding W 12 Dennis Andries, London. Regains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1992: Katsuya Onizuka KO 5 Kenichi Matsumura, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1993: Tom Johnson W 12 Baby Sugar Rojas, Miami, FLA. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1994: Eloy Rojas KO 8 Samart Payakaroon, Trang, Thailand. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1997: Robin Reid W 12 Hassine Cherifi, Widnes, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

1999: Floyd Mayweather KO 8 Carlos Gerena, Las Vegas, NV. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Freddie Norwood W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2004: Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Cecilio Santos, Chainart, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

[Master]

I loved Tom Johnson he was a warrior.

Floyd put on a brilliant performance to win his first title.

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September 12


Fight of the day

1977: Danny (Little Red) Lopez vs Jose Torres


I put the 2 min 3rd link in just for the polyester suit getups.


1927: Benny Bass W 10 Red Chapman, Philadelphia. Wins vacant NBA Featherweight Title.

1933: Barney Ross W 15 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight & Lightweight Titles.

1944: Manuel Ortiz KO 4 Luis Castillo, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1951: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 10 Randy Turpin, NYC. Regains World Middleweight Title.

1952: Floyd Patterson KO 4 Eddie Godbold, NYC. Patterson's pro debut.

1956: Carmen Basilio KO 9 Johnny Saxton, Syracuse. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1958: Wilfred Benitez born.
1960: Julian Jackson born.
- I don’t announce many births but you know you are getting on when you are older then these two.
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1974: Ishimatsu Suzuki D 15 Tury Pineda, Nagoya. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1977: Danny Lopez KO 8 Jose Torres, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1981: Claude Noel W 15 Gato Gonzalez, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA Lightweight Title.
-Gustavo Ballas KO 8 Sok Chul Bae, Buenos Aires. Wins vacant WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1989: Gilberto Roman W 12 Santos Laciar, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Michael Nunn W 12 Victor Cordoba, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Paul Hodkinson KO 10 Fabrice Benichou, Blagnac, France. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1997: Stevie Johnston W 12 Saul Duran, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1998: Erik Morales KO 4 Junior Jones, Tijuana. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2009: Mikkel Kessler KO 12 Gusmyl Perdomo, Herning, Denmark. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Ivan Calderon Tech. Win 7 Rodel Mayol, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains World Junior Flyweight Title.