This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

Nov 8


Fight of the day


1997: Evander Holyfield KO 8 Michael Moorer



1937: Billy Conn W 10 Young Corbett 3, Pittsburgh.

1980: Hilmer Kenty W 15 Vilomar Fernandez, Detroit. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Sergio Palma KO 9 Ulises Morales, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1985: Victor Callejas KO 7 Loris Stecca, Rimini, Italy. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1988: Sumbu Kalambay KO 7 Doug DeWitt, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

1989: Dave McAuley W 12 Dodie Penalosa, Wembley. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1995: Hiroshi Kawashima KO 3 Boy Aruan Indio, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1997: Evander Holyfield KO 8 Michael Moorer, Las Vegas. Retains WBA/regains IBF Heavyweight Title.

-Imamu Mayfield W 12 Uriah Grant, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Fabrice Tiozzo W 12 Nate Miller, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Genaro Rios, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title. Rios got jobbed big time.

1999: Hideki Todaka W 12 Akihito Nago, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2002: Johnny Bredahl W 12 Leo Gamez, Copenhagen, Denmark. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

2003: Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Antonio Tarver, Las Vegas. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Winky Wright W 12 Angel Hernandez, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

2004: Mahyar Monshipour KO 6 Yoddamrong Sithyadthong, Paris. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

A federal jury in Las Vegas convicts manager Robert Mitchell, 42, and boxer Thomas Williams, 35, on one count of conspiracy to commit sports bribery and one count of sports bribery. According to Daniel G. Bogen, U.S. attorney for Nevada, Mitchell and Williams fixed fights from March 1995 to August 2000.

2008: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Roy Jones Jr., NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Arthur Abraham KO 6 Raul Marquez, Bamberg, Bayern, Germany.

2014: Sergey Kovalev W 12 Bernard Hopkins, Atlantic City. Unifies WBO, IBF and WBA light-heavyweight titles.

[greynotsoold]

When I was a real little kid I knew this guy that had fought pro in the Teens and early 20s of the last century. He'd have me get in my stance and he'd tell me "Never get you chin ahead of your left knee" and he'd tap me under the chin. Somebody should have taught that to Michael Moorer way way before he got to that point in his career.
I'd forgotten how many punches Holyfield took and how comically muscular he was.

[IamInuit]

When I was a real little kid I knew this guy that had fought pro in the Teens and early 20s of the last century. He'd have me get in my stance and he'd tell me "Never get you chin ahead of your left knee" and he'd tap me under the chin. Somebody should have taught that to Michael Moorer way way before he got to that point in his career.
I'd forgotten how many punches Holyfield took and how comically muscular he was.

Yup. That is one of the first things I look at when watching a fight. Is person A or B in front of their body with their face lol. Where are their feet in relationship to that overhang? Sweet revenge for Holy.

[Master]

Holyfield should never have lost to Moorer the first time, you could tell he was injured. The second time should have been even easier. Holyfield was musclebound to take on Bowe and Tyson types but he was better for this fight when he was lighter an beat Douglas, Thomas, Cooper and Dokes.

[IamInuit]

Nov 9

Fight of the day


1996: Evander Holyfield vs Mike Tyson




1910: Abe Attell ND 6 Owen Moran, Philadelphia.

1927: Tiger Flowers D 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, Detroit.

1932: Lou Scozza KO 6 James J. Braddock, San Francisco. Referee: Benny Wagner.

1936: John Henry Lewis W 15 Len Harvey, London. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1969: Hiroshi Kobayashi W 15 Carlos Canete, Tokyo. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1984: Larry Holmes KO 12 Bonecrusher Smith, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

1989: Simon Brown W 12 Luis Santana, Springfield, MA. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

1993: Virgil Hill KO 10 Saul Montana, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1996: Evander Holyfield KO 11 Mike Tyson, Las Vegas. Regains WBA Heavyweight Title again. Judges scoring at time of stoppage: Dalby Shirley 96-92, Frederico Vollmer 100-93, Jerry Roth 96-92.

-Michael Moorer KO 12 Frans Botha, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
-Steve Collins KO 6 Nigel Benn, Manchester, England.
-Winky Wright W 12 Ensley Bingham, Manchester, England.
-Antonio Cermeno KO 5 Eddy Saenz, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
-Ricardo Lopez KO 6 Morgan Ndumo, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2001: Irene Pacheco KO 4 Mike Trejo, San Antonio, TX. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2002: Paul Spadafora W 12 Dennis Holbaek, Newell, WV. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

[SlimTrae]

Great thread.

[Master]

Tyson lands a big right hand with his first punch but he is not the same fighter that fought Berbick. No combinations, head movement and belief his confidence was gone once backed up.