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.