Oct 29


Fight of the day


1987: Charles Williams vs Bobby Czyz




1897: George (Kid) Lavinge KO 12 Joe Walcott, San Francisco.

1907: Abe Attell KO 4 Freddie Weeks, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1929: Mickey Walker W 10 Ace Hudkins, Los Angeles. Retains World Middleweight Title.
“Fighting in all his old-time form, the champion not only outfought Hudkins in nearly every round but had the Nebraska slugger groggy on several occasions.”
(Burlington Free Press, Oct. 30, 1929)

1931: Tony Canzoneri W 10 Phillie Griffin, Newark, NJ. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1937: Henry Armstrong KO 6 Petey Sarron, NYC. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1948: Sandy Saddler KO 4 Willie Pep, NYC. Wins World Featherweight Title. People want to talk about dirty fighters.Saddler was as good a street fighter as he was a boxer and combined the two in the ring.

There second meeting when Pep was stopped by the doctor after 9 is dubbed by many as the dirtiest title fight in history.

One of boxing's best ever rivalries

1960: Cassius Clay W 6 Tunney Hunsaker, Louisville, KY. Clay’s pro debut.

1971: Bob Foster KO 8 Tommy Hicks, Scranton. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1977: Carlos Zarate KO 6 Danilio Batista, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1983: Rafael Orono KO 5 Orlando Maldonado, Caracas.Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Charles Williams KO 9 Bobby Czyz, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Thomas Hearns KO 4 Juan Roldan, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBC Middleweight Title.

1988: Julio Cesar Chavez Tech. Dec. 11 Jose Luis Ramirez, Las Vegas. Retains WBA/ wins WBC Lightweight Title.
-Raul Perez W 12 Miguel Lora, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1991: Riddick Bowe DQ 1 Elijah Tillery, Washington D.C.

1993: Michael Bentt KO 1 Tommy Morrison, Tulsa.
-James Toney W 12 Tony Thorton, Tulsa. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.