This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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September 13


Fight of the day
1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Patrick Ford. Close fight.








1909: Johnny Sharpe W 6 Ted (Kid) Lewis, London. Teds pro debut.

1918: Willie (Fat Boy) Meehan W 4 Jack Dempsey, San Francisco. Quite the upset over the number 1 ranked Dempsey.

1946: Tippy Larkin W 12 Willie Joyce, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1948: Ezzard Charles W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Washington.

1950: Jake LaMotta KO 15 Laurent Dauthuille, Detroit. Retains World Middleweight Title. LaMotta stops the Dauthuille, who was ahead 72-68, 74-66, and 73-67 on the scorecards with only 13-seconds left in the fight. Wish there was a decent copy of that fight.

1971: Ken Buchanan W 15 Ismael Laguna, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1975: Victor Galindez W 15 Pierre Fourie, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Luis Estaba KO 4 Rafael Lovera, Caracas. Wins vacant WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1977: Eddie Gazo W 15 Kenji Shibata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Carlos Palomino W 15 Everaldo Azevedo, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Patrick Ford, San Antonio. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1984: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 8 Mario Martinez, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1986: Hilario Zapata W 15 Alberto Castro, Panama City. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
-Jung Koo Chang W 12 Francisco Montiel, Daejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1991: Brian Mitchell W 12 Tony Lopez, Sacramento. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1996: Michael Carbajal KO 8 Julio Coronell, Des Moines, Iowa. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Raul Marquez W 12 Keith Mullings, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title. Jobbing of the year.
-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

2003: Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

2008: Vernon Forrest W 12 Sergio Mora, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Timothy Bradley W 12 Edner Cherry, Biloxi, Mississippi. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Andreas Kotelnik W 12 Norio Kimura, Lviv, Ukraine, Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Juan Manuel Marquez KO 11 Joel Casamayor, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title.
-Cassius Baloyi KO 3 Javier Alvare, Mafikeng, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Raul Garcia W 12 Jose Luis Varela, Baja, Mexico. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

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September 14

Fight of the day

2002: Oscar De La Hoya vs Fernando Vargas


Runner up
1923: Jack Dempsey vs Luis Angel Firpo. A short and sweet addition in a Lyle/Foreman kind of way but with more kd’s and no neutral corner rule.



1917: Sam Langford ND 12 Joe Jeanette, Toledo, OH.
-Harry Greb KO 9 Jack London, St. Nicholas Arena, NYC. Could not have happened to a nicer fella.

1923: Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Angel Firpo, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1949: Rocky Graziano KO 10 Charley Fusari, NYC. Less then a minute left in the fight and Graziano behind on the cards.

1958: Ingemar Johannson KO 1 Eddie Machen, Goteborg, Sweden.

1962: Eddie Perkins W 15 Duilio Loi, Milan. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1968: Jimmy Ellis W 15 Floyd Patterson, Stockholm. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

American referee Harold Valen, the fights sole arbitrator somehow scores 9-6 for Ellis. The local fans, as well as a national TV audience felt the 33-year old Patterson was robbed.

Very odd layout for a title fight.

1972: Carlos Palomino W 4 Javier Martinez, Los Angeles. Palomino’s pro debut.

1990: Raul Perez D 12 Pepillo Valdez, Culiacan, MX. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1991: Julian Jackson KO 1 Dennis Milton, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Lonnie Smith, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Yung Kyun Park W 12 Eloy Rojas, Seoul. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1992: Humberto Gonzalez KO 2 Napa Kiatwanchai, Inglewood. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1996: Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Jan Bergman, Newcastle, Australia. Retains IBF Super lightweight Title.
-Marco Antonio Barrera KO 10 Jesse Magana, Inglewood.

2002: Oscar De La Hoya KO 11 Fernando Vargas, Las Vegas. Wins vacant World Super Welterweight Title.

2004: Muhammad Rachman W 12 Daniel Reyes, Jakarta, Indonesia. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.