This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

Nov 19


Fight of the day


1977: Pipino Cuevas vs Angel Espada 2




1916: Jack Dillon ND 10 Mike Gibbons, St. Paul, MN.

1926: Tod Morgan W 15 Carl Duane, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1940: Tony Zale W 10 Fred Apostoli, Seattle.

1943: Beau Jack W 15 Bob Montgomery, NYC. Regains New York World Lightweight Title.

1977: Pipino Cuevas KO 11 Angel Espada, San Juan. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

-Samuel Serrano KO 10 Tao Ho Kim, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Jorge Lujan KO 10 Alfonso Zamora, Los Angeles. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title. Upset of the year candidate.

-Guty Espadas KO 8 Alex Santana, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1993: Charles Murray KO 5 Courtney Hooper, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Zack Padilla KO 7 Efrem Calamati, Arezzo, Italy

1994: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Felix Camacho, Hammanskraal, SA. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1999: Mark Johnson No-Contest 4 Raul Juarez, Washington, D.C. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2005: Roberto Vasquez W 12 Nerys Espinoza, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

[greynotsoold]

The fight on the 17th, Roger Rouse v Dick Tiger. Rouse was from Anaconda Montana, which is the next town west of here, about 25 miles. He died years after that fight but I think it was a body punch in the 6th that killed him. Though it could have been two fights with Bob Foster. He fought Andy Kendall here in Butte.
The fight I would most have liked to have seen live would have been Zale and Apostoli.

[IamInuit]

November 20


Fight of the day

1982: Dwight Qawi vs Eddie Davis





1912: Johnny Coulon ND 10 Charley Goldman, Brooklyn. Charley would go on to train Marciano.

1931: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Kid Chocolate, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight & Lightweight Titles. Had Tony made 130, Kid Chocolates Jr Lightweight title would have also been in this mix.

1936: Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Lou Ambers, NYC.

1942: Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright, NYC. Wins World Featherweight Title. Chalky actually died by drowning in his bathtub.

1976: Miguel Canto W 15 Orlando Javierto, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1977: Victor Galindez W 15 Eddie Gregory, Turin, Italy. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title. Controversial decision

1978: Miguel Canto W 15 Tacommon Vibonchai, Houston. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1980: Yasutsune Uehara W 15 Leonel Hernandez, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1982: Dwight Qawi KO 11 Eddie Davis, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1992: Genaro Hernandez KO 6 Yuji Watanabe, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1993: Orlando Canizales W 12 Juvenal Berrio, Hammanskraal, SA. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1997: Genaro Hernandez W 12 Carlos Hernandez, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2004: Winky Wright W 12 Sugar Shane Mosley, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

2009: Moruti Mthalane W 12 Julio Cesar Miranda, Johannesburg, South Africa. Wins vacant IBF Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Nov 21


Fight of the day

1987:Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario




1916: Jack Britton W 12 Charley White, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1929: Willie LaMorte KO 7 Frisco Grande, Patterson, NJ. Retains New York World Flyweight Title.

1930: Billy Petrolle W 10 Jimmy McLarnin, NYC.

1940: Lew Jenkins KO 2 Pete Lello, NYC Retains World Lightweight Title.

1972: Muhammad Ali KO 8 Bob Foster, Stateline, NV. Retains NABF Heavyweight Title.

1976: Luis Estaba KO 11 Valentin Martinez, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1981: Alexis Arguello KO 7 Roberto Elizondo, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1984: Khaosai Galaxy KO 6 Eusebio Espinal, Bangkok. Wins vacant WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Virgil Hill W 12 Rufino Angulo, Paris. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Julian Jackson KO 3 In Chul Baek, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 11 Edwin Rosario, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

1991: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Gilbert Baptist, Perugia, Italy. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1997: Cory Spinks W 4 Hector Leguillow, Kansas City, MO. Spinks’ pro debut.

1999: Nestor Garza KO 12 Kozo Ishii, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2008: Celestino Caballero KO 4 Steve Molitor, Rama, Ontario, Canada. Retains WBA (wins IBF) Super Bantamweight Title. I was a little saddened by this.

2009: Zsolt Erdei W 12 Giacobbe Fragomeni, Kiel, Germany. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Andre Ward Tech Win 11 Mikkel Kessler, Oakland, CA. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Giovanni Segura KO 1 Sonny Boy Jaro, Merida, Mexico. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
-Rodel Mayol KO 2 Edgar Sosa, Chiapas, Mexico. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

[Master]

Amazing will and desire from Quawi who was very short for his weight but still world class.

[IamInuit]

Nov 22


Fight of the day

1996: Roy Jones Jr. vs Mike McCallum




1965: Muhammad Ali KO 12 Floyd Patterson, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1969: Nino Benvenuti KO 11 Luis Rodriguez, Rome. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1973: Wilfred Benitez KO 1 Hiram Santiago, San Juan, PR. Benitez’ (15-years old) pro debut.

1975: Carlos Palomino D 10 Hedgemon Lewis, Los Angeles.

1980: Aaron Pryor KO 6 Gaeton Hart, Cincinnati. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1986: Mike Tyson KO 2 Trevor Berbick, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Bernardo Pinango KO 15 Simon Skosana, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Hi Sup Shin KO 13 Henry Brent, Chunchon, S. Korea. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1989: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 2 David Felix, Mexico City. Barrera’s pro debut.

1990: Robert Daniels D 12 Taoufik Belbouli, Madrid. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1991: Genaro Hernandez KO 9 Daniel Londas, Epernay, France. Wins vacant WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1996: Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Mike McCallum, Tampa FLA. WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Junior Jones W DQ 5 Marco Antonio Barrera, Tampa, FL.

1997: Shannon Briggs W 12 George Foreman, Atlantic City. Robbery.

-Joichiro Tatsuyoshi KO 7 Sirimongkol Singmanassak, Osaka, Japan. Regains WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Jose Bonilla KO 6 Keiji Yamaguchi, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2003: Javier Jauregui KO 11 Leavander Johnson, Los Angeles. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.

-Oscar Larios KO 10 Napapol Kiatisakchokchai, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2008: Hugo Garay W 12 Juergen Braehmer, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Ricky Hatton KO 11 Paulie Malignaggi, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

[Master]

Forgot Ricky stopped Paulie. My memory is going.

[IamInuit]

Nov 23


Fight of the day

1974: Alexis Arguello vs Ruben Olivares



1915: Ted Lewis KO 1 Jimmy Duffy, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1943: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Benny Goldberg, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1974: Alexis Arguello KO 13 Ruben Olivares, Inglewood. Wins WBA Featherweight Title. Time: 1:20 | referee: Dick Young 8-3 | judge: Larry Rozadilla 6-5 | judge: George Latka 5-5.

1990: Christophe Tiozzo KO 2 Danny Morgan, Cergy Pontoise, France. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

1991: Evander Holyfield KO 7 Bert Cooper, Atlanta. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1992: Oscar De La Hoya KO 1 Lamar Williams, Inglewood, CA. Oscars pro debut.

1996: Virgil Hill W 12 Henry Maske, Munich, Germany. Retains WBA/ wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

1997: Gerry Penalosa KO 10 Young-Joo Cho, Songnam, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2007: Ricardo Mayorga W 12 Fernando Vargas, Los Angeles, CA.
-Kermit Cintron KO 10 Jesse Feliciano, Los Angeles, CA. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.