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.