This day in boxing. A look back.

[Spicoli]

Oct 23


Fight of the day


1993: Felix Trinidad vs Anthony Stephens



1911: Battling Levinsky ND 6 Jack Dillon, Philadelphia.

1912: Billy Papke WF 17 Georges Carpentier, Paris.

1931: Lou Brouillard W 15 Young Jack Thompson, Boston. Wins World Welterweight Title.

Boston’s first championship bout since 1920, and the first time since boxing was legalized in the State that a 15-round bout was held. Brouillard became Connecticut’s second world champion, joining Bat Battalino.

New York Times

1938: Bob Montgomery KO 2 Young Johnny Buff, Atlantic City. Montgomery’s pro debut.

1962: Dick Tiger W 15 Gene Fullmer, San Francisco. Wins WBA Middleweight Title.

1971: Masao Ohba W 15 Fernando Cabanella, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1983: Lupe Mandera W 12 Katsuo Tokashiki, Sapporo. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1987: Sumbu Kalambay W 15 Iran Barkley, Livorno, Italy. Wins vacant WBA Middleweight Title.

1989: Raul Perez W 12 Diego Avila, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1992: Manuel Medina W 12 Moussa Sangaree, Gravelines, France. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1993: Felix Trinidad KO 10 Anthony Stephens, Ft. Lauderdale. Retains IBF Welterweight Title. Referee: William Connors | Judge: Robert Balogh 87-84 | Judge: Gary Merritt 88-83 | Judge: Clark Sammartino 87-84.
-Junior Jones W 12 Jorge Elicier Julio, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title. Referee: Rudy Battle | Judge: Al DeVito 117-109 | Judge: Guy Jutras 116-111 | Judge: Fernando Viso 116-111

1999: Mike Tyson no contest 1 Orlin Norris. Las Vegas.
-Diego Corrales KO 7 Roberto Garcia, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
-Paulie Ayala W 12 Sahoui Sithchai Condo, Fort Worth, TX. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Three-time Olympic super heavyweight champion Teofilo Stevenson, 48, is arrested for headbutting a United Airlines employee who tried to stop the former boxer from passing through a security checkpoint in Miami, Florida.

2004: Vivian Harris KO 11 Oktay Urkal, Berlin, Germany. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

2008: Cristobal Cruz W 12 Orlando Salido, Airway Heights, Washington. Wins vacant IBF Featherweight Title.

Man that was a fun fight, probably the most hurt ever seeing Tito over his career to me. Nice scraps. Garcia may be a dick now, but he went to war with Chico. Poison Jones and Julio too. Tiger and Fullmer traded enough leather to open seedy shops in some red light district.

[IamInuit]

Oct 24


Fight of the day. You know it had to be.

2008-Lucian Bute vs Librado Andrade, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Lots of mixed reviews on this one as Andrade did go to the furthest neutral corner but the count was a little cheesy. Wright looked like a bit of a homer but I’m not sure it made the difference because was still well on his feet.





1910: Abe Attell W 10 Johnny Kilbane, Kansas City. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1916: Battling Levinsky W 12 Jack Dillon, Boston. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1927: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Johnny Dundee, NYC. Wins vacant World Featherweight Title.

Canzoneri “showed that he is unversed in the art of pulling his punches and making them appear real. A crowd of approximately 10,000 began calling for action in the fourth round. While Dundee, essaying a comeback after a year’s layoff was widely cheered as he entered the ring he was roundly booed at the final bell. Many of the spectators left the garden at the end of the seventh round.

(AP)

Dundee, who weighed 140 pounds the month before, entered at 125½.

1939: Henry Armstrong W 10 Jimmy Garrison, Los Angeles. Retains World Welterweight Title. Referee George Blake was the sole scoring official. Armstrong won 5 title fights in October of ‘39! Odd that the ref was the only score keeper.

1979: Ayub Kalule W 15 Masashi Kudo, Akita, Japan. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1987: Baby Sugar Rojas KO 4 Gustavo Ballas, Miami. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1989: Virgil Hill KO 1 James Kinchen, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Jeff Harding KO 2 Tom Collins, Brisbane. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1992: Tony Lopez KO 11 Joey Gamache, Portland, ME. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

1995: Marcelo Dominguez W 12 Sergei Kobozev, Levellois-Perret, France.

1998: Sven Ottke W 12 Charles Brewer, Dusseldorf, Germany. Wins IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Roberto Garcia KO 5 Ramon Ledon, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2003: Johnny Bredahl W 12 David Guerault, Copenhagen, Denmark. Retains WBA Bantam
weight Title.

2008: Giacobbe Fragomeni Tech Dec. 8 Rudolf Kraj, Milan, Italy. Wins vacant WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Lucian Bute W 12 Librado Andrade, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
- Chris John W 12 Hiroyuki Enoki, Tokyo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Oct 25

Fight of the day.

1971: Ruben Olivares vs Kazuyoshi Kanazawa


1960: Alphonse Halimi W 15 Freddie Gilroy, Wembley. Wins vacant European World Bantamweight Title.

1968: Sandro Mazzinghi No Contest 9 Freddie Little, Rome. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1971: Ruben Olivares KO 14 Kazuyoshi Kanazawa, Nagoya. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1980: Mike Weaver KO 13 Gerrie Coetzee, Bophuthatswana. Retains WBA Heavyweight

1986: Rickey Parkey KO 10 Lee Roy Murphy, Marsala, Italy. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Mike McCallum KO 9 Said Skouma, Paris. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1987: Rocky Lockridge KO 10 Johnny de la Rosa, Tucson. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1990: Evander Holyfield KO 3 James Douglas, Las Vegas. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Douglas is paid more then 20-mil and enters the ring like a slob. Look for good ole Buster under the heading one hit wonder.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 5 Hideyuki Ohashi, Tokyo. Wins WBC Strawweight Title.

1991: Muangchai Kittikasem W 12 Alberto Jimenez, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Dan Schommer, Sun City, BOP.

2008: Mikkel Kessler KO 3 Danilio Haussler, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Oct 27

Fight of the day.

1989: Gianfranco Rosi vs Troy Waters
Check out the ring girls

1903: Jack Johnson W 20 Sam McVey, Los Angeles.

1922: Billy Petrolle KO 2 Kid Fogarty, Fargo, ND. Petrolle’s pro debut.

1931: Panama Al Brown W 15 Eugene Huat, Montreal. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1936: Henry Armstrong W 10 Mike Belloise, Los Angeles.

1942: Ezzard Charles W 10 Joey Maxim, Pittsburgh. The first in a 5-fight series between these two. All won by Charles by decision.
-Sammy Angott W 15 Slugger White, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1949: Former World Middleweight Champion Marcel Cerdan, 33, dies in an airline crash, while enroute to New York for his rematch with Jake LaMotta.

1953: Yoshio Shirai W 15 Terry Allen, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1973: Rodolfo Gonzalez KO 11 Antonio Puddu, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Chartchai Chionoi W 15 Susumu Hanagata, Bangkok. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1976: Pipino Cuevas KO 6 Shoji Tsujimoto, Kanuzawa, Japan. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1982: Jeff Chandler KO 9 Miguel Iriarte, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1988: Tony Lopez W 12 John-John Molina, Sacramento. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Troy Waters, St. Vincent, Italy. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1992: Reggie Johnson W 12 Lamar Parks, Houston. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

1996: Daorung C. Siriwat Tech. Dec. 10 Nana Konadu, Bangkok. Regains WBA Bantamweight Title
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2007: Steve Molitor W 12 Fahsan 3K Battery, Ontario, Canada. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Oct 28


Fight of the day




1978: Wilfredo Gomez vs Carlos Zarate
Gomez improves his record to 22-0-1 (22) while Zarate, still the WBC Bantamweight Champion, falls to 54-1 (53).`Took a real set on Carlos to move up in weight and go to PR and suffer his first loss. Hes right up there with the top 5 punches all time imo.



1895: George Dixon D 10 Young Griffo, Brooklyn, NY.


1901: Abe Attell W 15 George Dixon, St. Louis.


1924: Jimmy McLarnin W 4 Fidel LaBarba, Vernon, CA.


1938: John Henry Lewis KO 4 Emilio Martinez, Minneapolis. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

Note: Although Billy Conn is suggested to be the first lighthev champ to challenge for the hev world title, it was actually John Henry Lewis, losing to the same man in Louis. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien is also said to be first but his fight for the title against Fitzy is disputed as the real deal even though many see it that way.


1960: Joe (Old Bones) Brown W 15 Cisco Andrade, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.


1961: Joe (Old Bones) Brown W 15 Bert Somodio, Quezon City. Retains World Lightweight Title.


1972: Antonio Cervantes KO 10 Alfonzo Frazer, Panama City. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.


1978: Wilfredo Gomez KO 5 Carlos Zarate, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.


1979: Yoko Gushiken KO 7 Tito Abella, Tokyo. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.


1987: Jorge Vaca Tech. Dec. 8 Lloyd Honeyghan, Wembley. Wins World Welterweight Title.


1988: Greg Haugen KO 10 Gert Bo Jacobson, Copenhagen. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.


2006: Kermit Cintron KO 5 Mark Suarez, Palm Beach, FLA. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.

[Master]

Vaca got lucky against Lloyd Honeyghan, and the ragamuffin man got his revenge.

[IamInuit]

Vaca got lucky against Lloyd Honeyghan, and the ragamuffin man got his revenge.

That guy had some bad Karma or something. He loses a point on a clear accidental noggin scrunch opening a cut that stopped the fight. His Ibf was not even on the line since the British commission would not sanction a 15 round title fight. They spoke for the Ibf at the time. Incredible close fight. Then after the fight the Ibf stripped the guy for taking part in a none title fight.

Scabs.


I think Lloyd is one of the most underrated fighters in British history

[Britkid]

Vaca got lucky against Lloyd Honeyghan, and the ragamuffin man got his revenge.

Vaca did get lucky, but Honeyghan from the first Vaca fight onwards had lost that spark. Even in the Vaca rematch he just threw bombs, lacking the cunning and sharpness he had shown against Curry, Bumphus, Hatcher et al.