Oct 17


Fight of the day

1997: Ike Quartey vs Jose Luis Lopez



1904: Joe Bowker W 20 Frankie Neil, London. Wins World Bantamweight Title.
-Owen Moran W 6 George Dixon, London.

1910: Digger Stanley KO 8 Joe Bowker, London. Wins vacant British World Bantamweight Title.

1916: Jack Britton W 12 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1929: Frankie Genaro W 15 Ernie Jarvis, London. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1938: Joey Archibald W 15 Mike Belloise, NYC. Wins vacant New York World Featherweight Title.

1973: Ben Villaflor KO 1 Kuniaki Shibata, Honolulu. Regains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1980: Daniel Zaragoza KO 4 Ernesto Gutierrez, Poza Rica, Mexico. Zaragoza’s pro debut.

1987: Elly Pical W 15 Tae Il Chang, Jakarta. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1993: Kennedy McKinney W 12 Jesus Salud, Lake Tahoe, CA. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1995: Saensor Ploenchit KO 10 Hioki Ioka, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1997: Ike Quartey D 12 Jose Luis Lopez, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBA Welterweight Title. Quartey, despite being dropped twice and fading badly down the stretch, seemed to control most of the rounds with his jab.
-Pernell Whitaker NC 12 Andrei Pestriav, Ledyard, CT. The coke incident.

1998: Pichitnoi C. Siriwat KO 8 Taekil Lee, Bangkok. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1999: Yeosam Choi W 12 Saman Sorjaturong, Seoul, S. Korea. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title

2009: Carl Froch W 12 Andre Dirrell, Nottingham, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title. . Referee: Hector Afu | judge: Alejandro Rochin Mapula 113-114 | judge: Massimo Barrovecchio 115-112 | judge: Daniel Van de Wiele 115-112.
-Arthur Abraham KO 12 Jermain Taylor, Berlin, Germany.