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.