This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

[IamInuit]

Dec 2


Fight of the day


1985: Jeff Fenech vs Jerome Coffee



1895: George Lavigne W 15 Joe Walcott, Maspeth, NY. Billed as for American 133lb title (Lightweight)

1905: Jack Johnson ND 6 Joe Jeanette, Philadelphia.

1907: Tommy Burns KO 10 Gunner Moir, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1925: Tod Morgan KO 10 Mike Ballerino, Los Angeles. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1935: Lew Jenkins W 8 Lee (Moon) Mullins, Phoenix. Jenkins’ pro debut.

1950: Vic Toweel KO 11 Danny O’Sullivan, Johannesburg. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1959: Joe (Old Bones) Brown KO 6 Dave Charnley, Houston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1963: Sandro Mazzinghi KO 13 Ralph Dupas, Sydney. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1965: Salvatore Burruni KO 13 Rocky Gattellari, Sydney. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1972: Bruno Acari W 15 Everaldo Costa Azevedo, Turin, Italy. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Ernesto Marcel KO 6 Enrique Garcia, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1977: Carlos Zarate KO 5 Juan F. Rodriguez, Madrid. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1978: Marvin Johnson KO 10 Mate Parlov, Marsala, Italy. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1985: Jeff Fenech W 15 Jerome Coffee, Sydney. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1986: Tsuyoshi Hamada W 12 Ronnie Shields, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1992: Kennedy McKinney KO 11 Welcome Ncita, Tortoli, Sardina. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1995: Wayne McCullough KO 8 Johnny Bredahl, Belfast. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
-Rosendo Alvarez W 12 Chana Porpaoin, Bangkok. Wins WBA Strawweight Title.

1997: Charles Brewer W 12 Joey DeGrandis, Philadelphia. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

2000: William Joppy KO 4 Jonathan Reid, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
-Felix Trinidad KO 12 Fernando Vargas, Las Vegas. Retains WBA/wins IBF Super Welterweight
-Ricardo Lopez KO 3 Ratanapol Vorapin, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2006: Mariano Carrera KO 11 Javier Castillejo, Berlin. Wins WBA Middleweight Title. Carrera pisses hot and its changed to NC and the belt is given back to Javier.
-Antonio Margarito W 12 Joshua Clottey, Atlantic City.
-Miguel Cotto KO 5 Carlos Quintana, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA Welterweight Title.

[IamInuit]

December 3


Fight of the day


1982:Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor



1912: Johnny Kilbane KO 9 Monte Attell, Cleveland. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1915: Sam Langford ND 10 Harry Wills, NYC. Wills easily won the newspaper decision, per the New York Times.

1923: Harry Greb W 10 William Bryan Downey, Pittsburgh. Retains World Middleweight Title.

First card under McBride law that legalized 10-round decisions in Pennsylvania. Greb was conservative at the start, boxing well within the rules. But Downey provoked him in the third round and Harry reverted to his old style and gave Bryan a terrific thrashing. Greb won every round but the first, which went to Downey by a slight margin. Greb won the third and each of the last five rounds by big margins and battered Downey all over the ring, but never floored him. A hook sent Downey through the ropes in round 3. Greb was given the judges decision.

1926: Mikey (Toy Bulldog) Walker W 10 Tiger Flowers, Chicago.

A very disputable and debatable decision. Referee Benny Yanger. Controversial decision greeted first by boos, then by cheers. Most fight critics believed Flowers had the best of this 10-round “bloody argument,” although Walker came on strong in the closing stanzas, staggering Flowers twice, and once putting him on his back in the ninth, but Flowers made an acrobatic recovery to an upright position. Flowers opened a cut over Walker’s left eye in the fourth stanza, hampering Walker for the remainder of the bout. Referee Yanger rendered the verdict. Attendance: 11,000. Gate revenue: $80,000 to $90,000. Flowers received half of the gate receipts, minus 10% to the state commission, while Walker got 10%. The State Commission immediately investigated Yanger’s decision, which he tried to justify by saying Walker did all the punching. On Dec. 8 the Commission upheld the verdict. It soon joined New York and Pennsylvania in providing for decisions by two judges — with the referee’s help if the judges disagreed.

1928: Tod Morgan D 10 Santiago Zorilla, San Francisco. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

-Frenchy Belanger W 12 Willie Davies, Toronto. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1960: Gene Fullmer D 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, Los Angeles. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1962: Carlos Ortiz KO 5 Terue Kosaka, Tokyo. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1970: Billy Backus KO 4 Jose Napoles, Syracuse, NY. Wins World Welterweight Title. Could have been upset of the year. Napoles was a 10 to 1 favourite.

1981: Joe Frazier D 10 Floyd (Jumbo) Cummings, Chicago. Fraziers first fight in 5-years.

1982: Thomas Hearns W 15 Wilfred Benitez, New Orleans. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Wilfredo Gomez KO 14 Lupe Pintor, New Orleans. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1986: Elly Pical KO 10 Dong Chun Lee, Djakarta. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1989: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Chan Yong Park, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1992: Jeff Harding W 12 David Vedder, St-Jean-de-Luz, France. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1994: Riddick Bowe W 12 Larry Donald, Las Vegas.

-Anaclet Wamba W 12 Marcelo Dominguez, Salta, Argentina. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1996: Pichitnoi C. Siriwat KO 2 Keiji Yamaguchi, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1999: Zolani Petelo W 12 Juanito Rubillar, Peterborough, England. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2000: Steve Forbes KO 8 John Brown, Miami, FL. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2004: Matin Castillo W 12 Alexander Munoz, Laredo, TX. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title

2005: Jermain Taylor W 12 Bernard Hopkins, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Israel Vasquez KO 3 Oscar Larios, Las Vegas. Wins WBC, retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Dec 4


Fight of the day


1999: Fernando Vargas W 12 Ronald Wright



1933: Kid Chocolate W 10 Frankie Wallace, Cleveland. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1942: Henry Armstrong KO 8 Lew Jenkins, Portland, OR. Happy 26th Birthday Lew!!!

1957: Joe (Old Bones) Brown KO 11 Joey Lopes, Chicago. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1959: Gene Fullmer W 15 Spider Webb, Logan, UT. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1961: Floyd Patterson KO 4 Tom McNeeley, Toronto. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1965: Flash Elorde W 15 Kang Il Suh, Quezon City, Philipines. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1975: Ishimatsu Suzuki KO 14 Alvaro Rojas, Tokyo. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1983: Bobby Berna KO 10 Seung In Suh, Seoul. Wins vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Kevin Kelly W 12 Goyo Vargas, Reno. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

-Eloy Rojas W 12 Kyun-Yung Park, Kwangmong. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

-(Baby) Jake Matlala KO 8 Luigi Camputaro, Sun City, BOP.

1994: Yasuei Yakushiji W 12 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1998: Manny Pacquiao KO 8 Chatchai Dutchboy Gym, Phuttamonthon, Thailand. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1999: Fernando Vargas W 12 Ronald Wright, Lincoln City, OR. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title. Referee: Joe Cortez | Judge: Debra Barnes 116-112 | Judge: Jim Howard 115-113 | Judge: David Hess 114-114.

-Diego Corrales W 12 John Brown, Lincoln City, OR. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2004: Samuel Peter KO 2 Jeremy Williams, Las Vegas. Vicious, left-hook, one punch knockout.

-Jeff Lacy W 12 Omar Sheika, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Jose Luis Castillo W 12 Joel Casamayor, Las Vegas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

2009: Anselmo Moreno KO 11 Frederic Patrac, Agde, France. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

[Spicoli]

How dare you run on with all this "history"

Actually bud this is one of the more rewarding and informative threads I've seen in a long time. Great memories some of these, tons of flashbacks. Keep up the great work.

[IamInuit]

How dare you run on with all this "history"

Actually bud this is one of the more rewarding and informative threads I've seen in a long time. Great memories some of these, tons of flashbacks. Keep up the great work.

Lol why thank-you kind sir. Since I dont have kids, its my only hope for immortality.