This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

[greynotsoold]

I remember the Gonzalez fight from 92. Kiatwanchai's national anthem lasted longer than the fight.

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September 15


Fight of the day

1982: Juan LaPorte vs Mario Miranda



1902: Tommy Ryan KO 6 Kid Carter, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1943: Jimmy Bivins W 10 Melio Bettina, Cleveland.

1972: Chango Carmona KO 5 Mando Ramos, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.
Ricardo Arredondo KO 12 Susumu Okabe, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1978: Muhammad Ali W 15 Leon Spinks, New Orleans. Wins the World Heavyweight Title for the third time.
Mike Rossman KO 13 Victor Galindez, New Orleans. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Jorge Lujan W 15 Albert Davila, New Orleans. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1980: Rafael Orono KO 3 Jovito Rengifo, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1982: Juan LaPorte KO 11 Mario Miranda, NYC. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.

1983: Ray Mancini KO 9 Orlando Romero, NYC. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1984: Thomas Hearns KO 3 Fred Hutchins, Saginaw, MI. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
Santos Laciar KO 10 Prudencio Cardona, Cordoba, Argentina. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1989: Marlon Starling W 12 Yung Kil Chung, Hartford. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1990: Dave McAuley W 12 Rodolfo Blanco, Belfast. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2000: Jose Luis Castillo D 12 Stevie Johnston, Denver. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

2006: Junior Witter W 12 DeMarcus Corley, London. Wins vacant WBC Super Lightweight Title.

2008: Roman Gonzalez KO 4 Yutaka Niida, Yokohama. Wins WBA Strawweight Title.

2009: Simphiwe Nongqayi W 12 Jorge Arce, Cancun, Mexico. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.
Edgar Sosa KO 6 Omar Soto, Puebla, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

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September 16

Fight of the day

1981: Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns. Went and watched this live (closed circuit) with a die-hard Leonard fan and I a Hearns fan to the core.




1897: Battling Siki born Louis Phal.

1913: Johnny Kilbane W 12 Jimmy Walsh, Boston. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1936: Benny Lynch KO 8 Pat Palmer, Glasgow. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1940: Lew Jenkins W 12 Bob Montgomery, Philadelphia.

1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO 14 Thomas Hearns, Las Vegas. Unifies the World Welterweight Title. Just an unbelievable fight

1984: Hwan Kil Yuh KO 6 Sakda Galaxy, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Joge Paez KO 2 Jose Maria Lopez, Mexico City. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1995:Terry Norris KO 9 David Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 David Kamau, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1997: Mark Johnson W 12 Angel Almena, Nashville. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2000: Bruno Girard W 12 Manuel Siaca, Chateauroux, France. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-William Joppy W 12 Hassine Cherifi, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
-Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Felix Flores, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Joel Casamayor KO 5 Radford Beasley, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2005: Sandro Marcos KO 2 Johnny Tapia, Chicago. Tapia took a good left hook to the body and folded for the first time in over 60 fights.

2006: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Rocky Juarez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Joan Guzman W 12 Jorge Barrios, Las Vegas, NV. Referee: Vic Drakulich | Judge: -------Israel -Vasquez KO 10 Jhonny Gonzalez, Las Vegas, NV. Retains World Super 2007: -----Edgar Sosa KO 9 -Lorenzo Trejo, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.