This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

September 22

Fight of the day

1964: Emile Griffith vs Brian Curvis


And

1973: Jose Napoles vs Clyde Gray








1927: Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey 2, Chicago. Retains World Heavyweight Title. The famous Battle of the Long Count. This is interesting. Dempsey was the one that asked for the new rule to be enforced, (fighter must go to a neutral corner after a knockdown) and yet it was he that ignored it causing those precious seconds for Tunney as pointed out by @Stickgrappler

1933: Young Stribling W 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, Houston.

1938: Peter Kane W 15 Jackie Jurich, Liverpool. Wins vacant World Flyweight Title.

1960: Pone Kingpetch KO 8 Pascuel Perez, Los Angeles. Retains World Flyweight Title

1964: Emile Griffith W 15 Brian Curvis, Wembley. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1973: Jose Napoles W 15 Clyde Gray, Toronto. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1981: Lupe Pintor KO 15 Hurricane Teru, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1983: Donald Curry KO 6 Nino LaRocca, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1984: Richard Sandoval W 15 Edgar Roman, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1988: Roger Mayweather KO 12 Gato Gonzalez, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1989: Antonio Esparragoza KO 5 Fili Montoya, Mexacali. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1990: Tony Lopez W 12 Jorge Paez, Sacramento. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1991: Orlando Canizales W 12 Fernie Morales, Indio, CA. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1998: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 5 Eduardo Morales, NYC. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
-Angel Manfredy W 12 John Brown, NYC.
-Freddy Norwood KO 10 Koji Matsumoto, Tokyo, Japan. Because Norwood is 1 ¾ pounds over the featherweight limit, his victory vacates the title.

2001: Fernando Vargas KO 7 Shibata Flores, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.