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.