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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