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.