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.