This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

[IamInuit]

Nov 3


Fight of the day

2007: Joe Calzaghe vs Mikkel Kessler



1899: James J. Jeffries W 25 (Sailor) Tom Sharkey, Coney Island, NY. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1930: Fidel La Barba W 10 Kid Chocolate, NYC. By all accounts Kid Chocolate was schooled in front of 20,000 at MSG. He was a big favourite going in.

1933: (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Mickey Walker, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

Referee Eddie Forbes voted for Walker, “to the surprise of everybody who learned of this vote before they left the Garden. The referee’s ballot, however, was not considered in the decision because of the unanimity of the two judges. Under the State Athletic Commission rules, when the judges agree their vote carries the decision…. Forbes said after the battle that he warned Rosenbloom repeatedly for holding, hitting on the break and striking with the open glove.”

New York Times

-Henry Armstrong D 10 Kid Moro, Pismo Beach, CA.

“The 10-round bout between Henry Armstrong, 130, Los Angeles and Kid Moro, 130, Philippines, ended in a draw at Pismo Beach last night after a state commissioner present reversed a referee’s decision in favor of Armstrong. The referee, Freddie Gilmore, was given police protection as protests of fans ended in a near riot.”

(Reno Gazette).

1934: Baby Arizmendi W 10 Henry Armstrong, Mexico City. From what I have gathered over the years, its pretty clear to me that Arizmendi boxed Armstrongs ears off. Some reports suggest that he won every round with superior boxing skills. Arizmendi was not heavy handed and chose boxing over bravado finishing his career with just 13 knockouts. Not the typical Mexican warrior. What made this win even more amazing is that Arizmendi broke his left wrist in the second round. He turned pro at age 13. Great fighter that rarely gets mentioned because of the stacked era he fought in.

1939: Sammy Angott W 10 Baby Arizmendi, Chicago.

1973: Arnold Taylor KO 14 Romeo Anaya, Johannesburg. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1979: Jim Watt KO 9 Roberto Vasquez, Glasgow. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.


1984: Billy Costello W 12 Saoul Mamby, Kingston, NY. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Jose Luis Ramirez KO 4 Edwin Rosario, San Juan. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.
-Juan (Kid) Meza KO 1 Jaime Garza, Kingston, NY. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title. Upset of the year. Garza enters the bout with a 40-0 thirty eight ko record.

2001: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 6 Pietro Aurino, Lubek, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Kostya Tszyu KO 2 Zab Judah, Las Vegas. Wins vacant World Super Lightweight Title. Unifies WBC, WBA & IBF super lightweight titles.

2007: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Mikkel Kessler, Cardiff, Wales. Retains World Super Middleweight Title. Referee: Mike Ortega | judge: Raul Caiz 117-111 | judge: John Stewart 116-112 | judge: Massimo Barrovecchio 116-112.
-Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Rocky Juarez, Tucson, Arizona. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
Robert Guerrero KO 1 Martin Honorio, Tucson, Arizona. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

[greynotsoold]

I read some place that, at the last press conference before the fight, Meza told garza he was going to knock Garza out early, in order to conserve energy for sex with Garza's mother later in the evening. Garza lost his mind and went after Meza, got so mad he threw up. He was still mad when he got in the ring and fought wild. Though he always fought pretty much all out.