This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

[Master]

What a stare off between Leonard and Benitez before the fight!

[IamInuit]

Dec 1


Fight of the day


2007: Vernon Forrest vs Michele Piccirillo



1942: Ezzard Charles W 10 Joey Maxim, Cleveland.
-Sugar Ray Robinson KO 8 Izzy Jannazzo, Cleveland.

1973: Bob Foster W 15 Pierre Fourie, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Eusebio Pedroza KO 4 Julio Garcia, Panama City. Pedroza’s pro debut.

1980: Hilario Zapata W 15 Reinaldo Becerra, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1984: Greg Page KO 8 Gerrie Coetzee, Sun City. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title. Page had lost two fights in a row but King could not find anyone to go to South Africa so Page raised his hand.
-Piet Crous W 15 Osvaldo Ocasio, Sun City. Wins WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Mike McCallum KO 14 Luigi Minchillo, Milan. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1990: Loreto Garza W Disq. 11 Vinny Pazienza, Sacramento. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1995: Azumah Nelson KO 5 Gabriel Ruelas, Indio, CA. Regains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Johnny Tapia KO 9 Willy Salazar, Indio, CA.

1997: Former Super Lightweight and Lightweight Champion Edwin Rosario, 34, dies at his parents’ home in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.

2000: Bernard Hopkins KO 10 Antwun Echols, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.
-Marco Antonio Barrera KO 7 Jesus Salud, Las Vegas.

2001: Sven Ottke KO 10 Anthony Mundine, Dortmund, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2007: Vernon Forrest KO 11 Michele Piccirillo, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Celestino Caballero KO 8 Mauricio Pastrana, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
-Nonito Donaire KO 8 Luis Maldonado, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
-Ivan Calderon W 12 Juan Esquer, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Retains World Junior Flyweight 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

[Andre]

So our days are out a touch. we on the other side of the world.

Throwing leather day 28/11

[Spicoli]

Dec. 1st 1995 The Professor looks to take back what was his. Ruelas came in off a ton of grief seeing his opponent die from injuries last fight.