Dec 8


Fight of the day.


1984: Azumah Nelson vs Wilfredo Gomez



1903: Sam Langford W 15 Joe Gans, Boston. Non-title fight. Interesting side note to this fight. The night before Gans fought Dave Holly in Philly and then jumped on the train to Boston that evening and made the trip to Boston.

1913: Jack Britton ND 10 Packey McFarland, Milwaukee. Milwaukee Free Press scores for McFarland.


1933: Vince Dundee W 15 Andy Callahan, Boston. Retains NBA & New York World Middleweight Title.


1962: Emile Griffith KO 9 Jorge Fernandez, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1979: Marvin Camel D 15 Mate Parlov, Split, Yugoslavia. For the newly created WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Pipino Cuevas KO 10 Angel Espada, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1984: Azumah Nelson KO 11 Wilfredo Gomez, San Juan, PR. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

-Santos Laciar W 15 Hilario Zapata, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1985: Myung Woo Yuh W 15 Joey Olivo, Taegu, S. Korea. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1990: Mike Tyson KO 1 Alex Stewart, Atlantic City. Mike’s last fight for HBO.

-Massimilliano Duran W Disq. 12 Anaclet Wamba, Ferrara, Italy. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Kyun Duk Ahn, Atlantic City. Retains WBC/IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Michael Carbajal KO 4 Leon Salazar, Scottsdale, AZ. Retains IBF Junior flyweight Title.

2007: Arthur Abraham KO 5 Wayne Elcock, Basel, Switzerland. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Floyd Mayweather KO 10 Ricky Hatton, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Brahim Asloum W 12 Juan Carlos Reveco, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.