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Briscoe was a tough man but Monzon was greater.
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Benny is noticeably absent from the Hall where he should be.Originally Posted by Master
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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.
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Norris losing to the worst fighter ever again and again.
Pryor was a tornado but Arguello was a legend to take that fight.
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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.
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Wow watching Bowe v Holyfield again was magic.
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Nov 14
Fight of the day-Looked for Chandler/Solis 1 to no avail then Pong/Hussein and no dice. Man the little guys really get boned on the coverage. If you don't happen to catch them live on a broadcast they can be gone forever. I'm sure everyone has seen Manny/Cotto a gazillion times especially the small crew that pay attention to this thread.
1998: Roy Jones Jr. vs Otis Grant
1888: Joe Choynski KO 2 George W Bush, San Francisco. Choynski’s pro debut. The W is a joke.
1916: Jack Britton D 12 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1917: Mike O’Dowd KO 6 Al McCoy, Brooklyn. Wins World Middleweight Title.
1930: Tony Canzoneri KO 1 Al Singer, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title. Was a 135 quick ko record of 66 seconds. Don't know if it still is.
1944: Manuel Ortiz KO 9 Luis Castillo, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1951: Jimmy Carter W 15 Art Aragon, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1966: Muhammad Ali KO 3 Cleveland Williams, Houston. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1967: Ken Norton KO 9 Grady Brazell, San Diego. Norton’s pro debut.
1971: Al Castro KO 2 Pipino Cuevas, Mexico City. Cuevas’ pro debut.
1980: Jeff Chandler KO 14 Julian Solis, Miami. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.
1981: Aaron Pryor KO 7 Dujuan Johnson, Cleveland. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1995: Orzubek Nazarov W 12 Dindo Canoy, Iwaki City, Japan. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
1998: Fabrice Tiozzo KO 2 Ezequiel Paixao, Mont-de-Marsan, France. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Roy Jones Jr. KO 10 Otis Grant, Masnantucket, Conn. Retains WBC/WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 9 Jesse James Leija, Mashantucket, Conn. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
2003: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Hussein Hussein, Bangkok, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
2009: Yuri Forman W 12 Daniel Santos, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Manny Pacquiao KO 12 Miguel Cotto, Las Vegas.
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