This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

[IamInuit]

Nov 10


Fight of the day. Couple of good candidates but took Shane/Cotto. Had that fight been 15 Shane may have gotten it.

Miguel Cotto vs Sugar Shane Mosley



1910: Sam Langford KO 2 Jeff Clark, Joplin, MO.

Langford defends world ‘colored’ heavyweight title claim Sam Langford won over Jeff Clark of Joplin in the second round of what was to have been a ten-round bout here tonight. The fight was stopped when Clark was all but out. Before he would fight Langford insisted that the ring be reduced to sixteen feet square. From the tap of the gong Langford rushed, showering short jabs to the body. The force of his onslaught rendered Clark powerless and he was knocked to the floor for the count of eight three times in the first round. He came back gamely, but after two minutes of the second round, after he had gone down twice, the referee stopped the fight, giving Langford the decision.

(Indianapolis Star).

1921: Johnny Buff W 15 Jack Sharkey, NYC. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1931: James J. Braddock NC 2 Maxie Rosenbloom, Minneapolis.

1965: Joey Archer W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson (44), Pittsburgh. Referee: Buck McTiernan. Robinson is dropped in sixth. Robinson’s last fight.

1968: Chartchai Chinoi W 15 Bernabe Villacampo, Bangkok. Retains World flyweight Title.

1972: Rodolfo Gonzalez KO 13 Chango Carmona, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

1978: Larry Holmes KO 7 Alfredo Evangelista, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Alexis Arguello W 15 Arturo Leon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1983: Marvelous Marvin Hagler W 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1985: Jung Koo Chang W 12 Jorge Cano, Daejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1990: Myung Woo Yuh W 12 Leo Gamez, Seoul. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1996: Yokthai Sith-Oar KO 2 Jack Siahaya, Province, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2000: Irene Pacheco W 12 Hawk Makepula, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2001: Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO 9 Jesus Chavez, San Francisco. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

-Manny Pacquiao Tech. Draw 6 Agapito Sanchez, San Francisco. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2006: Steve Molitor KO 5 Michael Hunter, Hartlepool, England. Wins vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2007: David Haye KO 7 Jean-Marc Mormeck, Paris. Wins World Cruiserweight Title. Haye down in the 4th.

-Miguel Cotto W 12 Sugar Shane Mosley, NYC. Retains WBA Welterweight Title. Referee: Benjy Esteves Jr. | judge: Glenn Feldman 115-113 | judge: Wynn Kintz 116-113 | judge: Peter Trematerra 115-113.

-Joel Casamayor W 12 Jose Armando Santa Cruz, NYC. Retains World Lightweight.Title. Referee: Steve Smoger | judge: Frank Lombardi 114-113 | judge: Ron McNair 114-113 | judge: Tony Paolillo 113-114. Jobbing of the year and most likely a candidate for worst decision of the decade.

[IamInuit]

Nov 11

Fight of the day. Two on this holiday Remembrance day.


1972: Carlos Monzon vs Bennie Briscoe


2000: Lennox Lewis vs David Tua


1901: Harry Forbes KO 2 Dan Dougherty, St. Louis. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1904: Jack Britton W 6 Jack Nelson, Milwaukee. Britton’s pro debut.

1924: Jimmy McLarnin D 4 Fidel laBarba, Vernon, CA.

1953: Jimmy Carter KO 5 Armando Savoie, Montreal. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1971: Kuniaki Shibata D 15 Ernesto Marcel, Matsuyama, Japan. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1972: Carlos Monzon W 15 Bennie Briscoe, Buenos Aires. Retains World Middleweight title. Monzon avenges a previous draw

1975: Jae Do Yuh KO 6 Masahiro Misako, Shizuoka, Japan. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1978: Hugo Corro W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, Buenos Aires. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1982: Jiro Watanabe KO 12 Shoji Oguma, Hamanatsu, Japan.* Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1988: Virgil Hill KO 10 Willie Featherstone, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Jose Sanabria KO 6 Thierry Jacob, Gravelines, France. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1994: Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Tony Marshall, Tucuman, Argentina. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

2000: Lennox Lewis W 12 David Tua, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

2001: Jose Antonio Aguirre KO 3 Wolf Tokimitsu, Okayama, Japan. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2006: Wladimir Klitschko KO 7 Calvin Brock, NYC. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
-Hozumi Hasegawa W 12 Genaro Garcia, Tokyo. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

[Master]

Briscoe was a tough man but Monzon was greater.

[IamInuit]

Briscoe was a tough man but Monzon was greater.

Benny is noticeably absent from the Hall where he should be.

[IamInuit]

Nov 12


Fight of the day

1982: Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello




1904: Dixie Kid ND 6 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Philadelphia.

1919: Pete Herman ND 6 Joe Lynch, Philadelphia.

1925: Jimmy McLarnin KO 2 Jackie Fields, Los Angeles.

1943: Jake LaMotta W 10 Fritzie Zivic, NYC.

-Steve Riggio W 6 Rocky Graziano, NYC.

1946: Ezzard Charles W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Pittsburgh. Charles was knocked down in the 3rd round for a nine-count.

1976: Aaron Pryor KO 2 Larry Smith, Cincinnati. Pryor’s pro debut.

1978: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Soon Hyun Chung, Seoul. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1982: Aaron Pryor KO 14 Alexis Arguello, Miami. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title. A fight of the year candidate!

1987: Roger Mayweather KO 6 Rene Arredondo, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1988: Yong Kang Kim W 12 Emil Matsushima, Chongiu, S. Korea. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1994: Orlin Norris KO 2 James Heath, Mexico City, MX. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Luis Santana W disq. 5 Terry Norris, Mexico City. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Genaro Hernandez W 12 Jimmy Garcia, Mexico City. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Javier Varguez, Mexico City. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1995: Saman Sorjaturong KO 4 Yuichi Hosono, Ratchaburi, Thailand. Retains WBC/IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Chatchai ( Dutchboy Gym) Sasakul W 12 Yuri Arbachakov, Sapporo, Japan. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

2004: Mikkel Kessler KO 8 Manny Siaca, Copenhagen, Denmark. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

[Master]

Norris losing to the worst fighter ever again and again.

Pryor was a tornado but Arguello was a legend to take that fight.