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Gene Tunney X Jack Dempsey I & II
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.
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Re: Gene Tunney X Jack Dempsey I & II
Originally Posted by Stickgrappler
I think Tunney picked up a $1 million dollar cheque.
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
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!
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
Boxing must have been huge in those days.
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
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.
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
September 20,
Fight of the day
1939: Joe Louis vs Bob Pastor
1906: Jack Johnson ND 6 Joe Jeanette, Philadelphia.
1934: Freddie Miller W 15 Nel Tarleton, Liverpool. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1939: Joe Louis KO 11 Bob Pastor, Detroit. Retains World Heavyweight Title. The last title fight scheduled for over 15 rounds.
1949: Willie Pep KO 7 Eddie Compo, Waterbury, CT. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1957: Archie Moore KO 7 Tony Anthony, Los Angeles. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1958: Hogan Bassey KO 9 Willie Pep, Boston. Non-title fight.
1965: Ken Buchanan KO 2 Brian Tonks, London. Buchanan’s pro debut.
1972: Muhammad Ali KO 7 Floyd Patterson, NYC. Floyd’s final fight.
1975: Alfredo Escalera D 15 Leonel Hernandez, Caracas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-David Kotey W 15 Ruben Olivares, Inglewood. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.
1980: Hilmer Kenty KO 4 Ernesto Espana, San Juan. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
1986: Marvin Johnson KO 13 Jean-Marie Emebe, Indianapolis. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
1987: Myung Woo Yuh KO 8 Rodolfo Blanco, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1989: Simon Brown KO 2 Bobby Joe Young, Rochester. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.
1996: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Wilfredo Rivera, Miami. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
-David Tua KO 1 Darrol Wilson, Miami.
-Zab Judah KO 2 Michael Johnson, Miami. Judah’s pro debut.
-Joel Casamayor KO 1 David Chamendis, Miami. Casamayor’s pro debut.
1997: Lou Del Valle KO 8 Eddy Smulders, Aachen, Germany. Wins vacant WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Michael Loewe W 12 Michael Carruth, Aachen, Germany.
2003: Chris Byrd W 12 Fres Oquendo, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title. Controversial decision.
2004: Katsushige Kawashima W 12 Raul Juarez, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
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Re: This day in boxing. A look back.
September 21
Fight of the day
1948: Marcel Cerdan vs Tony Zale
1897: Joe Gans D 15 Young Griffo, Philadelphia.
1925: Mickey Walker W 15 Dave Shade, Bronx, NY. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1926: Mushy Callahan W 10 Pinkey Mitchell, Vernon, CA. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
1932: John Henry Lewis W 10 James J.Braddock, San Francisco.
1948: Marcel Cerdan KO 12 Tony Zale, Jersey City, NJ. Wins World Middleweight Title.
1955: Rocky Marciano KO 9 Archie Moore, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1966: Joe Frazier W 10 Oscar Bonavena, NYC.
1974: Perico Fernandez W 15 Lion Furuyama, Rome. Wins vacant WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1983: Carlos DeLeon KO 4 Yaqui Lopez, San Jose, CA. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
1985: Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Heavyweight Title. Spinks, bulked up by a 4500-calorie a day diet and is the first Light Heavyweight Champion to capture the Heavyweight Title in his first attempt.He gained 25 pounds in 3 months under Shilstone.
-Bernard Benton W 12 Alfonzo Ratliff, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Dwight Pratchett, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1989: Eric Chavez KO 5 Nico Thomas, Jakarta. Wins IBF Strawweight Title.
1996: Arthur Grigorian KO 2 Gene Reed, Berlin, Germany.
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