This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

[IamInuit]

Nov 13


Fight of the day

1992: Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1



1886: John L. Sullivan KO 3 Paddy Ryan, San Francisco.

1910: Abe Attell D 15 Frankie Conley, McDonoghville, LA. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1925: Harry Greb W 15 Tony Marullo, New Orleans. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1953: Kid Gavilan W 15 Johnny Bratten, Chicago. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Jimmy Carruthers W 15 Pappy Gault, Sydney. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1961: Davey Moore W 15 Kazuo Yakayama, Tokyo. Retains world Featherweight Title.

1965: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Ismael Laguna, San Juan. Regains World Lightweight Title.

1974: Rodrigo Valdez KO 11 Gratien Tonna, Paris. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

1975: Elisha Obed KO 11 Miguel de Oliveira, Paris. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1976: Danny (Little Red) Lopez W 15 David Kotey, Accra. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.
-Carlos Zarate KO 4 Waruinge Nakayama, Culiacan, Mexico. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1982: Mike McCallum KO 7 Ayub Kalule, Atlantic City. McCallum moves his record to 17-0 (16).
-Ray Mancini KO 14 Duk Koo Kim, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Lightweight Title. Kim passed 5 days after the fight.
-Leonardo Cruz KO 8 Benito Badilla, San Juan. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Paul Hodkinson W 12 Marcos Villasana, Belfast. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

1992: Riddick Bowe W 12 Evander Holyfield, Las Vegas. Wins World Heavyweight Title. First of three battles for these two.

1993: Jose Luis Bueno W 12 Sung-Il Moon, Seoul. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Ricardo Lopez W 12 Rosendo Alvarez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC/wins WBA Strawweight Title.

1999: Lennox Lewis W 12 Evander Holyfield, Las Vegas. Retains (unifies) World Heavyweight Title.
-Fabrice Tiozzo KO 7 Ken Murphy, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Elio Ortiz, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Gustavo Serrano KO 10 Stefano Zoff, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.
-Paul Ingle W 12 Manuel Medina, Hull, England. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

2004: Chris Byrd W 12 Jameel McCline, NYC. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
-John Ruiz W 12 Andrew Golota, NYC. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Larry Donald W 12 Evander Holyfield, NYC.

2006: Eagle Kyowa W 12 Lorenzo Trejo, Tokyo. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

[Master]

Wow watching Bowe v Holyfield again was magic.