This day in boxing. A look back.

[YIDDLE]

I remember watching the lewis/ruddock bill good fights entertaining fights and lewis hitting the big time with an explosive win over the razor

[greynotsoold]

The Espana/Taylor fight was a tough one for Meldrick. He'd have been better off had he told both Duva and Benton to go away and leave him alone after about the 3rd round. One guy telling him to box, the other telling him to get close and he had no clue how to get close beyond just walking forward.

[Master]

The Espana/Taylor fight was a tough one for Meldrick. He'd have been better off had he told both Duva and Benton to go away and leave him alone after about the 3rd round. One guy telling him to box, the other telling him to get close and he had no clue how to get close beyond just walking forward.

Espana was a decent fighter and Taylor was finished as a top fighter. It was a sad beating. Espana had a longer wing span than his own height. He married an Irish lass and settled into family life after losing to Quartey.

[IamInuit]

Nov 1



Fight of the day

1980: Jim Watt vs Sean O’Grady. I never really bought that O'grady got death threats while in Scotland along with his family although the name is most likely 5th or 6th century Irish.
Maybe it was the catholic origins but I have a hard time believing these threats were serious.
I guess it only bugged him and effected his performance when the end came cause he had a nice lead.




1886: George Dixon KO 3 Young Johnson, Halifax, N.S. Dixon’s pro debut.

1907: Frank Mantell KO 15 Honey Melody, Dayton, OH. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1908: Georges Carpentier WF 13 Ed Salmon, Mais-Laffitte, France. Carpentier’s pro debut.

1922: Mickey Walker W 15 Jack Britton, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1938: Solly Krieger W 15 Al Hostak, Seattle. Wins NBA Middleweight Title.

1940: Ken Overlin W 15 Steve Belloise, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1948: Duilio Loi W 6 Nino Frangioni, Genoa, Italy. Loi’s pro debut.

1951: Dado Marino W 15 Terry Allen, Honolulu. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1965: Ernie Terrell W 15 George Chuvalo, Toronto. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

1973: Bruno Acari KO 5 Jorgen Hansen, Copenhagen. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1980: Jim Watt KO 12 Sean O’Grady, Glasgow. Retains WBC Lightweight Title. Referee: Referee: Raymond Baldeyrou 109-105 | Judge Harry Gibbs 108-104 | Judge: Arthur Mercante 104-103 all for O’Grady.

1986: Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Israel Contreras, Willemstad, Curacao. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1996: Danny Romero KO 12 Hipolito Saucedo, Indio, CA. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2002: Oscar Larios KO 1 Willie Jorrin, Sacramento, CA. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Floyd Mayweather KO 7 Phillip Ndou, Grand Rapids, MI. Retains World Lightweight Title.
-Juan Manuel Marquez Tech. Win 7 Derrick Gainer, Grand Rapids, MI. Unifies IBF & WBA Featherweight Title.

2008: Felix Sturm W 12 Sebastian Sylvester, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
-Vic Darchinyan KO 9 Cristian Mijares, Carson, CA. Unifies WBC, WBA, & IBF World Super Flyweight Titles.I would have bet the house that Mijares would school Vic
-Nonito Donaire KO 6 Moruti Mthalane, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

[greynotsoold]

I would have loved to have seen Solly Krieger and Al Hostak fight.

[IamInuit]

Nov 2


Fight of the day


2002: Marco Antonio Barrera vs Johnny Tapia



1900:Terry McGovern KO 7 Joe Bernstein, Louisville. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1903: Joe Gans ND 6 Jack Blackburn, Baltimore. Blackburn would go on to train Joe Louis.

1915: Ted (Kid) Lewis W 12 Milburn Saylor, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1984: Carlos Santos W 15 Mark Medal, NYC. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1988: Brian Mitchell W 12 Jim McDonnell, Southwark, England. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1996: (Big) George Foreman W 12 Crawford Grimsley, Tokyo.

-Luisito Espinosa KO 8 Nobutoshi Hiranaka, Fukuoka, Japan. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2002: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Johnny Tapia, Las Vegas. Retains World Featherweight Title.

2008: Ulises Solis W 12 Nerys Espinoza, Aguacalientes, Mexico. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

[Master]

MAB and Barrera was like friends fighting - sparring.