September 23

Fight of the day

1952: Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott 1



1901: James (Rube) Ferns KO 9 Frank Erne, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1918: Benny Leonard ND 8 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Newark. Non-title fight. Lewis won the newspaper decision. Washington Post & Calgary Herald Papers as Bridgeport Telegram and Middletown Times Press reported a close win for Leonard.

1921: Johnny Buff W 15 Pete Herman, NYC. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1926: Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey 1, Philadelphia. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Attendance: 120,557. They fought the second one a year later and almost to the day.

1929: Bat Battalino W 15 Andre Routis, Hartford. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1937: Fred Apostoli KO 10 Marcel Thil, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.
-Barney Ross W 15 Ceferino Garcia, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Lou Ambers W 15 Pedro Montanez, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.
-Harry Jeffra W 15 Sixto Escobar, NYC. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 4 Phil Furr, Washington, DC.* Retains World Welterweight Title.

1948: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Kid Gavilan, Bronx, NY. Non-title fight.
-Ike Williams KO 10 Jesse Flores, Bronx, NY. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1952: Rocky Marciano KO 13 Jersey Joe Walcott, Philadelphia. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Widely considered one of the greatest fights of the last century. Scoring at the time off the stoppage was all for Walcott. Charlie Daggert 7-4-1, Pete Tomasco 7-5, Zack Clayton 8-4.
-Cleveland Williams KO 6 Joe McFadden, Philadelphia.

1957: Carmen Basilio W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, Bronx, NY. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1983: Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes, Richfield, OH. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

1995: Manuel Medina W 12 Alejandro Gonzalez, Sacramento. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2006: Arthur Abraham W 12 Edison Miranda, Wetzlar, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title. If not for Neumann coaching, Abraham would have lost the fight