This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

September 24


Fight of the day

2005:Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Torres

Real shame Cotto could not handle the dehydration to stay at 140.



1922: Battling Siki KO 6 Georges Carpentier, Paris. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1923: Maxie Rosenbloom W 6 Nick Scanlon, NYC. Rosenbloom’s pro debut.

1930: Louis Kaplan W 10 Battling Battalino, Hartford, CT.

1935: Joe Louis KO 4 Max Baer, NYC.

1940: Lou Salica W 15 Georgie Pace, Bronx, NY. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title.

1951: Archie Moore W 10 Harold Johnson, Philadelphia.

1953: Rocky Marciano KO 11 Roland La Starza, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1989: Myung Woo Yuh KO 11 Kenbun Taiho, Suanbo, S. Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1993: Juan Coggi KO 10 Guillermo Cruz, Tucuman, Argentina. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Giovanni Parisi W 12 Antonio Rivera, Rome.

1994: Oliver McCall KO 2 Lennox Lewis, London. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Regilio Tuur W 12 Eugene Speed, Rotterdam, Holland.

1999: Keith Holmes W 12 Andrew Council, Washington, D.C. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.
-William Joppy KO 7 Julio Cesar Green, Washington, D.C. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

2001: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Gerry Penalosa, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2005: Wladimir Klitschko W 12 Samuel Peter, Atlantic City.
-Miguel Cotto KO 7 Ricardo Torres, Atlantic City. Both fighters down in the fight.

2007: Alexander Munoz W 12 Kuniyuki Aizawa, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

September 25

Fight of the day. Not much today vid wise. Could have went with Monzon/Griffith but instead of a middle beating up a worn out welter I went with a lightweight who jumped two divisions to fight a 47 gate keeper in his first fight at that weight.

1999: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 10 Wilfredo Rivera




1939: Billy Conn W 15 Melio Bettina, Pittsburgh. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1942: Chalky Wright W 15 Lulu Constantino, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1962: Sonny Liston KO 1 Floyd Patterson, Chicago. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1971: Carlos Monzon KO 14 Emile Griffith, Buenos Aires. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1972: Ben Villaflor D 15 Victor Echegaray, Honolulu. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1979: Maurice Hope KO 7 Mike Baker, Wembley. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Danny Lopez KO 3 Jose Caba, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1994: Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Yong-Kang Kim, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1995: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Chatchai Elite-Gym, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1999: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 10 Wilfredo Rivera, Temecula, CA.
-Lehlo Ledwaba KO 5 Edison Valencia, Temecula, CA. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2004: Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones Jr., Memphis, TN. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Ivan Hernandez KO 8 Mark Johnson, Memphis, TN.

2005: Hozumi Hasegawa KO 7 Gerardo Martinez, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
-Yutaka Niida Tech. Win 10 Eriberto Gejon, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

2009: Jean Pascal KO 10 Silvio Branco, Montreal, Canada. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

[greynotsoold]

The last minute and a half of that fight, Mosley does some nice boxing.

[IamInuit]

September 26


Fight of the day

1972: Bob Foster vs Chris Finnegan



1929: Jack Sharkey KO 3 Tommy Loughran, NYC.

1932: Max Schmeling KO 8 Mickey Walker, Long Island.

1945: Sugar Ray Robinson W 12 Jake LaMotta Chicago. #5

1951: Sandy Saddler KO 10 Willie Pep, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title. One of the dirtiest fights in the history of the sport. Both men were suspended by the NYSAC and Pep for life although they lifted it about 2 years later and Saddler for an indefinite period.

1964: Eder Jofre KO 7 Bernardo Caraballo, Boogota. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1970: Ken Buchanan W 15 Ismael Laguna, San Juan. Wins World Lightweight Title. Buchanan becomes the first Brit to win the lightweight title since Freddie Welsh in 1917.

1972: Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan, London. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1976: Luis Estaba KO 11 Valentin Martinez, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 11 Jerry Martin, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
-Juan Herrera KO 11 Luis Ibarra, Merida, MX. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1986: Edwin Rosario KO 2 Livingstone Bramble, Miami Beach. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.
-Hector Camacho W 12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1988: Jose Sanabria KO 10 Fabrice Benichou, Nogent-Sur Mame, France. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1992: Aquiles Guzman W 12 Yong Kang Kim, Pohang, South Korea. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1995: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Laureano Ramirez, Hammanskraal, S. Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1998: Lennox Lewis W 12 Zeljko Mavrovic, Uncasville, Conn. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Herbie Hide KO 2 Willi Fischer, Norwich, England.

2009: Vitali Klitschko KO 10 Chris Arreola, Los Angeles, California. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

[greynotsoold]

Finnegan was a very tough man. For a guy known for his left hook, Foster had a sharp right hand as well.

[Master]

Finnegan was a very tough man. For a guy known for his left hook, Foster had a sharp right hand as well.

I always thought Foster had a bomb of a right hand. Anyway that was a brutal knockout at round 14. Foster was a great fighter at light heavy.

[IamInuit]

September 27

Fight of the day

1986: Lloyd Honeyghan vs Donald Curry
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1907: Joe Gans W 20 George Memsic, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1915: Ted Lewis W 12 Jack Britton, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1933: Tommy Loughran W 15 Jack Sharkey, Philadelphia.

1946: Tony Zale KO 6 Rocky Graziano, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title. 1946 Fight of the Year.

1950: Ezzard Charles W 15 Joe Louis, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title and with it worldwide recognition.

1970: Yoshiaki Numata KO 5 Raul Rojas, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1980: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 3 Alan Minter, London. Wins World Middleweight Title.
After referee Carlos Berrocal stopped the fight at 1:45 of round three, the British fans turfed the ring with beer bottles and cans for an eternity. Bloody thugs

1983: Frank Cedeno KO 6 Charlie Magri, Wembley. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1986: Lloyd Honeyghan KO 7 Donald Curry, Atlantic City. Wins World Welterweight Title.
-Brian Mitchell KO 10 Alfredo Layne, Sun City. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1997: Antonio Cermeno W 12 Jose Rojas, Caracas. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Irene Pacheco KO 6 Damaen Kelly, Barranquilla, Colombia. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2008: Guillermo Jones KO 10 Firat Arslan, Hamburg. Wins WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 12 Ricardo Mayorga, Carson City, CA.
-Andre Berto W 12 Steve Forbes, Carson City, CA. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
-Edgar Sosa W 12 Sonny Boy Jaro, Mexico City. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

September 28

Fight of the day

1979: Larry Holmes vs Earnie Shavers.



1898: George (Kid) Lavigne D 20 Frank Erne, Coney Island. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1928: Andre Routis W 15 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Wins World Featherweight Title. “None disputed the verdict when it was announced after one of the most savage fights ever staged for the 126-pound crown. The crowd cheered the victor and vanquished thunderously, but particularly the conqueror, for a fight which deserved the ring crown.” New York Times.

1939: Joey Archibald W 15 Harry Jeffra, Washington DC Retains World Featherweight Title.

1945: Rocky Graziano KO 3 Harold Green, NYC. Green, who had already beat Graziano twice, told The Ring magazine 45 years later, “I was told to lay down. It wasn’t easy. When you’re doing it, it hurts.”

1968: Carlos Teo Cruz W 15 Mando Ramos, Los Angeles.* Retains World Lightweight Title.
-Shozo Saijyo W 15 Raul Rojas, Los Angeles. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1976: Muhammad Ali W 15 Ken Norton, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1979: Larry Holmes KO 11 Earnie Shavers, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Wifredo Gomez KO 10 Carlos Mendoza, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1985: Barry McGuigan KO 9 Bernard Taylor, Belfast. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1989: Brian Mitchell KO 7 Irving Mitchell, Lewiston, ME. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1996: Ratanapol Sow Voraphin KO 5 Oscar Andrade, Prajuabkirikhan, Thailand. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.