Oct 11


Fight of the day

2002: Wayne Braithwaite vs Vincenzo Cantatore



1913: George Chip KO 6 Frank Klaus, Pittsburgh. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1920: Georges Carpentier KO 4 Battling Levinsky, Jersey City, NJ. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1923:Tommy Loughran W 10 Harry Greb, Boston.
-Pancho Villa W 15 Benny Schwartz, Baltimore. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1927: Baby Arizmendi D 10 Kid Laredo, San Antonio, TX. Arizmendi’s pro debut.

1969: Nicolino Locche W 15 Joao Henrique, Buenos Aires. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

A short clip of this incredible defensive fighter. The first time he fought Cervantes he won every round and made him look like the clip shows for the entire fight. Shame that he has been overshadowed by Monzon historically when its Locche that in my mind is the best fighter Argentina ever produced.


1975: Angel Espada W 15 Johnny Gant, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1981: Hwan Jin Kim W 15 Alfonso Lopez, Taejon, S. Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1988: Clinton Mitchell W 4 Bernard Hopkins, Atlantic City. Hopkins’ pro debut.

1992: Ricardo Lopez KO 2 Rocky Lin, Tokyo. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1993: Genaro Hernandez W 12 Harold Warren, Inglewood. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1996: Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO 2 Robert Apodaca, Las Vegas, NV. Floyd’s pro debut.
-Johnny Tapia KO 7 Sammy Stewart, Las Vegas, NV.

1997: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Chris Eubank, Sheffield, England. Wins WBO Super middleweight title
-Naseem Hamed KO 7 Jose Badillo, Sheffield, England.

2000: Takanori Hatakeyama KO 10 Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

2002: Wayne Braithwaite KO 10 Vincenzo Cantatore, Campione D’Italia, Italy. Wins vacant WBC Cruiserweight Title.

2007: Daisuke Naito W 12 Daiki Kameda, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2008: Vitali Klitschko KO 8 Samuel Peter, Berlin, Germany. Regains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Chad Dawson W 12 Antonio Tarver, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.