This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

Nov 24


Fight of the day

1990: Julian Jackson vs Herol Graham



1933: Tony Canzoneri KO 2 Kid Chocolate, NYC.

1948: Carmen Basilio KO 3 Jimmy Evans, Binghamton, NY. Basilio’s pro debut.

1976: Dong Kyun Yum W 15 Royal Kobayashi, Seoul. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: Julian Jackson KO 4 Herol Graham, Benalmadena, Spain. Wins vacant WBC Middleweight Title.
-Sot Chitalada W 12 Jung Koo Chang, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1996: Jose Bonilla W 12 Saen Sor Ploenchit, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.
-Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 2 Gustavo Vera, Udorn, Thailand. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2007: Firat Arslan W 12 Virgil Hill, Dresden, Germany. Wins vacant WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Edgar Sosa KO 4 Roberto Carlos Leyva, Veracruz, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Nov 25


Fight of the day

1983: Michael Spinks vs Oscar Rivadeneyra



1905: Joe Jeanette WF 2 Jack Johnson, Philadelphia.

1908: Freddie Welsh W 15 Abe Attell, Vernon, CA. Non-title bout.

1927: Mickey Walker W 10 Paul Berlenbach, Chicago. Non-title fight.

1929: Jimmy Slattery W 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, Buffalo.

1940: Sammy Angott W 10 Bob Montgomery, Philadelphia.

1980: Carlos DeLeon W 15 Marvin Camel, New Orleans. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Maurice Hope W 15 Carlos Herrera, Wembley. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Sugar Ray Leonard KO 8 Roberto Duran, New Orleans. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1983: Larry Holmes KO 1 Marvis Frazier, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Michael Spinks KO 10 Oscar Rivadeneyra, Vancouver. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1987: Joseph Walker DQ 1 Terry Norris, Las Vegas. Norris disqualified for hitting Walker while he was down.

1995: Mbuleo Botile KO 2 Reynaldo Hurtado, East London, S. Africa. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

-Alimi Goitia KO 5 Aquiles Guzman, Margarita Island, Venezuela. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1997: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 11 Max Gomez, El Paso, TX. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-2006: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk W 12 Steve Cunningham, Warsaw, Poland. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title

[IamInuit]

Nov 26


Fight of the day


2005: Ricky Hatton vs Carlos Maussa



1903: Bob Fitzsimmons W 20 George Gardner, San Francisco. Wins World light Heavyweight Title. Having won world titles at middleweight and at heavyweight, Fitzsimmons becomes boxing’s first triple title champion.

1906: Jack Johnson D 10 Joe Jeanette, Portland, ME.

1908: Stanley Ketchel KO 11 Billy Papke, Colma, CA. Regains World Middleweight Title.

1910: Owen Moran KO 11 Battling Nelson, San Francisco.

1914: Sam Langford KO 14 Harry Wills, Los Angeles. Referee George Blake.

Langford regains world ‘colored’ heavyweight title claim
“With a left swing to the jaw, Sam Langford of Boston knocked out Harry Wills, the giant New Orleans negro, in the fourteenth round of a scheduled twenty-round fight this afternoon at Vernon. Both men were knocked down repeatedly, Langford himself taking the count four times in the first two rounds. Langford early in the fight hurt his left ankle as he fell to the mat in a vicious breakaway. Wills’ effective straight-arm drives gave him an apparent even break in most of the rounds, but Langford fought with a superior knowledge of the game that gradually wore out Wills. As the soreness left Langford’s injured ankle, his footwork improved and the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth rounds showed Langford winning. His speed, judgment and force then enabled him to play with Wills. The final swing was delivered after a torrent of blows had left Wills staggering.”

(Indianapolis Star)

1920: Benny Leonard KO 14 Joe Welling, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1946: Bob Montgomery KO 8 Wesley Mouzon, Philadelphia. Retains New York World Lightweight Title.

1952: Ezzard Charles W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Chicago. Bivins down in the first.

1954: Pascual Perez W 15 Yoshio Shirai, Tokyo. Wins World flyweight Title.

1977: Soo Hwan Hong KO 3 Hector Carrasquilla, Panama City. Wins vacant WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1982: Larry Holmes W 15 Randall (Tex) Cobb, Houston. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title. The final fight Howard Cosell would ever call.

1988: Daniel Zaragoza KO 5 Valerio Nati, Forti, Italy. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Julio Cesar Barboa KO 5 Rolando Pascua, Hermosillo, MX. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1994: John-John Molina KO 10 Wilson Rodriguez, Bayamon, PR. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1995: Antonio Cermeno W 12 Jesus Salud, Caracas. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1996: Mbulelo Botile W 12 Aristead Clayton, Baton Rouge, LA. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1998: Saman Sorjaturong W 12 Ladislao Vasquez, Pathum Thani, Thailand. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2002: Pongsaklek Wonjonkam W 12 Hidenobu Honda, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2005: Ricky Hatton KO 9 Carlos Maussa, Sheffield, England. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Wladimir Siderenko W 12 Jose Jesus Lopez, Leverkusen, Germany. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Nov 28

Fight of the day


1966: Carlos Ortiz vs Flash Elorde



1906: Tommy Burns D 20 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Los Angeles. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1912: Willie Ritchie WF 16 Ad Wolgast, Colma, CA. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1927: Frenchy Belanger W 10 Frankie Genaro, Toronto. Wins vacant NBA Flyweight Title.

1941: Tony Zale W 15 Georgie Abrams, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1966: Curtis Cokes W 15 Jean Josslin, Dallas. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Carlos Ortiz KO 14 Flash Elorde, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1969: Efren Torres W 15 Susumu Hanagata, Guadalajara. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1974: Ishimatsu Suzuki KO 13 Rodolfo Gonzalez, Osaka. Retains WBC lightweight Title.

1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 4 Lotte Mwale, San Diego. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1982: Rafael Orono KO 6 Chul Ho Kim, Seoul. Regains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Julio Gervacio W 12 Louie Espinoza, San Juan. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1998: Kostya Tszyu KO 5 Diobelys Hurtado, Indio, CA. Both men got droped in the first. Zu twice.
-Luisito Espinosa KO 2 Kennedy McKinney, Indio, CA. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2009: Lucian Bute KO 4 Librado Andrade, Quebec City, Canada. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Ali Funeka D 12 Joan Guzman, Quebec City, Canada. For vacant IBF Lightweight Title.

[Master]

Spinks was very unconventional and awkward.

[IamInuit]

Nov 29


Fight of the day

1984: Jiro Watanabe vs Payao Poontarat Part 1 is part 2.






1906: Honey Mellody KO 12 Joe Walcott, Chelsea, MA. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1935: Maxie Rosenbloom W 10 John Henry Lewis, San Francisco. Non-title fight.

1978: Samuel Serrano W 15 Takao Maruki, Nagoya. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1980: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad KO 4 Rudi Koopmans, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1984: Jiro Watanabe KO 11 Payao Poontarat, Kumamoto, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1985: Ki Yung Chung KO 15 Min Keung Oh, Chonju, S. Korea. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

1988: Orlando Canizales KO 1 Jimmy Navarro, San Antonio. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1990: Luisito Espinosa W 12 Thalerngsak Sithbaobay, Bangkok. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1991: Buddy McGirt W 12 Simon Brown, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1992: Phichit Sithbangprachan KO 3 Rodolfo Blanco, Bangkok. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

1999: Stevie Johnston W 12 Billy Schwer, Wembley. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

2002: Irene Pacheco W 12 Alejandro Montiel, El Paso, TX. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2007: Oleydong Sithsamerchai W 12 Eagle Kyowa, Bankok, Thailand. Wins WBC Strawweight Title.

2008: Edgar Sosa KO 7 Juanito Rubillar, Mexico City. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2009: Koki Kameda W 12 Daisuke Naito, Saitama, Japan. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

2014: Terence Crawford W 12 Raymond Beltran, Omaha, Nebraska. Retains WBO Lightweight title.

[IamInuit]

Nov 30


Fight of the day

1979:Sugar Ray Leonard vs Wilfred Benitez



1889: Bob Fitzsimmons KO 1 Professor West, Sydney.

1897: James J. Jeffries D 20 Joe Choynski, San Francisco. Some sources have Jeffries having a 60+pound weight advantage. Second draw in a row for Jeffries.

1922: Mike O’Dowd WF 8 Dave Rosenberg, Brooklyn. Wins New York World Middleweight Title.

1955: Carmen Basilio KO 12 Tony DeMarco, Boston. Retains world Welterweight Title. In the first fight, Tony was stopped at 1:52 of the 12th and in this one,1:54 of the 12th. Two seconds separate two fights.

1956: Floyd Patterson KO 5 Archie Moore, Chicago. Wins vacant World Heavyweight title. Floyd becomes the youngest heavyweight champion to date.

1964: Willie Pastrano KO 11 Terry Downes, Manchester. Retains world Light Heavyweight Title.

1965: Fighting Harada W 15 Alan Rudkin. Tokyo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1976: Alfredo Escalera W 15 Tyrone Everett, Philadelphia. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1979: Marvin Johnson KO 11 Victor Galindez, New Orleans. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title

-Vito Antuofermo D 15 Marvin Hagler, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Sugar Ray Leonard KO 15 Wilfred Benitez, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1982: Hilario Zapata KO 6 Tadashi Tomori, Tokyo. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1986: Myung Woo Yuh W 15 Mario DeMarco, Seoul. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1988: Jeff Fenech KO 5 George Navarro, Melbourne. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1990: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Rene Jacquot, Marsala, France. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1995: Tom Johnson KO 9 Stephane Haccoun, Marseilles, France. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1996: Johnny Tapia W 12 Adonis Cruz, Albuquerque, NM.

1998: Laurent Boudouani KO 9 Terry Norris, Versailles, France. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

2001: Eric Lucas KO 8 Dignaan Thobela, Montreal, Quebec. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

[Spicoli]

Nov 28

Fight of the day


1966: Carlos Ortiz vs Flash Elorde



1906: Tommy Burns D 20 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Los Angeles. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1912: Willie Ritchie WF 16 Ad Wolgast, Colma, CA. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1927: Frenchy Belanger W 10 Frankie Genaro, Toronto. Wins vacant NBA Flyweight Title.

1941: Tony Zale W 15 Georgie Abrams, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1966: Curtis Cokes W 15 Jean Josslin, Dallas. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Carlos Ortiz KO 14 Flash Elorde, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1969: Efren Torres W 15 Susumu Hanagata, Guadalajara. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1974: Ishimatsu Suzuki KO 13 Rodolfo Gonzalez, Osaka. Retains WBC lightweight Title.

1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 4 Lotte Mwale, San Diego. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1982: Rafael Orono KO 6 Chul Ho Kim, Seoul. Regains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Julio Gervacio W 12 Louie Espinoza, San Juan. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1998: Kostya Tszyu KO 5 Diobelys Hurtado, Indio, CA. Both men got droped in the first. Zu twice.
-Luisito Espinosa KO 2 Kennedy McKinney, Indio, CA. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2009: Lucian Bute KO 4 Librado Andrade, Quebec City, Canada. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Ali Funeka D 12 Joan Guzman, Quebec City, Canada. For vacant IBF Lightweight Title.

Went back and finally caught full Saad v Mwale and probably one of the nastiest kos he chalked up. Such underrated short shot puncher at times but that sweep uppercut should have put Mwale in traction!
We miss you brother

[erics44]

2 years ago today was chisora v fury and eubank v saunders

interestingly that was the last time me and my boxing buddies got together and watched a fight

its been too long don't you think?

[erics44]

we should try and keep this thread going