This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

September 17

Fight of the day

1954: Rocky Marciano vs Ezzard Charles



1902: Joe Gans KO 5 Gus Gardner, Baltimore. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1919: Benny Leonard ND 8 Johnny Dundee, Newport, R.I. Non-title fight.

1921: Johnny Kilbane KO 7 Danny Frush, Cleveland. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1924: Harry Greb ND 10 Gene Tunney, Cleveland. According to research by Steve Compton, two out of three Cleveland papers had Greb winning. The third had the bout a draw.

1934: Jimmy McLarnin W 15 Barney Ross, Long Island City, NY. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1946: Randy Turpin KO 1 Gordon Griffiths, London. Turpin’s pro debut.

1954: Rocky Marciano KO 8 Ezzard Charles, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Imagine a fight today allowed to go on after a couple of left hooks caused this
In addition if you watch the vid you can plainly see that the two finishing punches were at the back of the head.


1977: Victor Galindez W 15 Yaqui Lopez, Rome. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Roberto Duran W 15 Edwin Viruet, Philadelphia. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1980: Hilario Zapata KO 11 Shigeo Nakajima, Gifu, Japan. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: Jiro Watanabe KO 7 Kazuo Katsuma, Osaka. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Orlando Canizales W 12 Samuel Duran, Bozeman, MT. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
-Victor Rabanales KO 9 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1994: Vincent Pettway KO 4 Gianfranco Rosi, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Felix (Tito) Trinidad KO 4 Yory Boy Campas, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.
-Frankie Randall W 12 Juan Coggi, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 8 Meldrick Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Gabriel Ruelas W 12 Jesse James Leija, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 1 Yodsing Au Saenmorokot, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1995: Regilio Tuur KO 10 Luis Mendoza, Arnhem, Holland.
-Veeraphol Sahaprom W 12 Daorung MP Petroleum, Nongtha, Thailand. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1999: Medgoen 3K-Battery KO 3 Manny Pacquiao, Thammarat, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2005: Jesus Chavez KO 11 Levander Johnson, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Lightweight Title. Sadly Johnson dies of a brain injury.
-Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Robbie Peden, Las Vegas. Unifies WBC & IBF Super Featherweight

[IamInuit]

September 18

Fight of the day

1953: Kid Gavilan W 15 Carmen Basilio







1924: Fidel LaBarba KO 1 Pat Pringle, Los Angeles. Labarba’s pro debut.

1946: Joe Louis KO 1 Tami Mauriello, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title., Syracuse. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1963: Hiroyuki Ebihara KO 1 Pone Kingpetch, Tokyo. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1976: Eckhard Dagge W 15 Emile Griffith, Berlin. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Alfredo Escalera KO 13 Ray Lunny III, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1977: Miguel Canto W 15 Martin Vargas, Merida, MX. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Luis Estaba KO 15 Orlando Hernandez, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1982: Michael Spinks KO 9 Johnny Davis, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Rafael (Bazooka) Limon KO 7 Chung Il Choi, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Hilario Zapata W 15 Jung Koo Chang, Chongiu, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1994: Hyung-Chul Lee KO 9 Katsuya Onizuka, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Yory Boy Campas KO 3 Larry Barnes, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
-Oscar De La Hoya KO 8 Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1999: Vassily Jirov KO 10 Dale Brown, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Felix Trinidad W 12 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Wins (linear) World Welterweight Title. Or, wins WBC, retains IBF Welterweight Title. Referee: Mitch Halpern. Judges Scoring: Jerry Roth 115-113, -Glen Hamada 114-114, Bob Logist 115-114. Oscar blows the fight by running for the last few rounds.

2001: Two-time former World Featherweight Champion Sandy Saddler, 75, dies of Alzheimer’s disease at a New York City nursing home.

2004: Bernard Hopkins KO 9 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Orlando Salido, Las Vegas. Retains WBA & IBF Featherweight Title.

2008: Celestino Caballero KO 1 Elvis Meja, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
-Anselmo Moreno Tech. Dec 7 Cecilio Santos, Panama City. Panama. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

[Stickgrappler]

Hope IamInuit and the mods don't mind me posting this here:

88 yrs ago on this date Jack Dempsey X Gene Tunney I

87 yrs ago on yesterday's date, the rematch occurred - Gene Tunney X Jack Dempsey II - this fight was aka "The Long Count Fight" - Dempsey insisted on a new rules change when fighter is downed, opponent goes to a neutral corner - Dempsey floors Tunney with a combo and forgets to go to a neutral corner and the ref doesn't start counting which gives Tunney variable seconds to recover.

[Master]

Hope IamInuit and the mods don't mind me posting this here:

88 yrs ago on this date Jack Dempsey X Gene Tunney I

87 yrs ago on yesterday's date, the rematch occurred - Gene Tunney X Jack Dempsey II - this fight was aka "The Long Count Fight" - Dempsey insisted on a new rules change when fighter is downed, opponent goes to a neutral corner - Dempsey floors Tunney with a combo and forgets to go to a neutral corner and the ref doesn't start counting which gives Tunney variable seconds to recover.

I think Tunney picked up a $1 million dollar cheque.

[Stickgrappler]

i posted the fights to my site along with some trivia for The Long Count Fight

The rematch was simultaneously the first million dollar gate as well as 2 million dollar gate in entertainment history!

[Master]

i posted the fights to my site along with some trivia for The Long Count Fight

The rematch was simultaneously the first million dollar gate as well as 2 million dollar gate in entertainment history!

Boxing must have been huge in those days.

[IamInuit]

September 19

Fight of the day

-was going to post Owen/Pinter but I cant do it. Does not feel right so I'll post this instead to honour the guy.



1932: Panama Al Brown KO 1 Spider Pladner, Toronto. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1945: Sammy Angott KO 6 Ike Williams, Pittsburgh.

1954: Robert Cohen W 15 Chamrem Songkitrat, Bankok. Wins vacant Bantamweight Title.

1958: Azumah Nelson born Nelson Azumah.( Him and Adonis Stevenson took inverted family names)

1967: Chartchai Chionoi KO 7 Walter McGowan, Wembley. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1980: Lupe Pintor KO 12 Johnny Owen, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
Owen, 24, dies 45-days later from head injuries suffered in the bout.

1991: Joichiro Tatsuyoshi KO 11 Greg Richardson, Tokyo. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1992: Chris Eubank W 12 Tony Thorton, Scotland.

1998: Evander Holyfield W 12 Vaughn Bean, Atlanta, GA.
-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 8 Mark Prince, Oberhausen, Germany.
-Jorge Elicer Julio W 12 Adonis Cruz, Atlanta, GA.

2005: Lorenzo Parra W 12 Takefumi Sakata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2009: Sebastian Sylvester W 12 Giovanni Lorenzo, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas. Non-title fight.
-Chris John W 12 Rocky Juarez, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
-Sebastian Sylvester W 12 Giovanni Lorenzo, Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.