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.