This day in boxing. A look back.

[Master]

Thanks mate, did not know most of this. Jack Johnson was a legend.

As a boxing pioneer for coloureds, he was a legend. He was also ahead of his time.

In one of those rare moments of reflection lol

He is not coloured.

What you mean this Jack Johnson?


http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb...4-0A761D34.jpg

Well that's one hell of a tan he's got cranking there, especially for a century ago.

Seems boxing isn't the ONLY "lost art". Beauty therapy also has regressed over the years lol

Last time I looked white was a colour.

[IamInuit]

Dec 9


Fight of the day

1995: Frankie Liles vs Mauricio Amaral






1919: Tommy Loughran KO 2 Eddie Carter, Philadelphia. Loughran’s pro debut.

1927: Jack Delaney KO 6 Paul Berlenbach, Chicago.

1932: Kid Chocolate W 15 Fidel LaBarba, NYC. Retains New York World Featherweight Title.

“In 15 rounds of boxing packed with scintillating ringwork, both defensive and offensive, and carrying the added thrill of a champion almost toppled off his throne, Chocolate emerged with the decision over little LaBarba. The majority of the 14,000 who witnessed the battle however disagreed.” Two judges gave it to Chocolate while the referee made it a draw.

The New York Times.


1955: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 2 Bobo Olson, Chicago. Wins World Middleweight Title for the 3rd-time.

1961: Gene Fullmer KO 10 Benny Paret, Las Vegas. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1989: Jorge Paez KO 6 Lupe Gutierrez, Reno. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

-Humberto Gonzalez W 12 Jung Koo Chang, Taegu, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1990: Khaosai Galaxy KO 6 Ernesto Ford, Petchabun, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1991: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Paul Banke, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1995: Frans Botha W 12 Axel Schulz, Stuttgart, Germany. Wins vacant IBF Heavyweight Title.

-Frankie Liles W 12 Mauricio Amaral, Stuttgart, Germany. Retains WBA Super middleweight Title.

Tom Johnson W 12 Jose Badillo, Stuttgart, Germany. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1998: All-time great Archie Moore, 84, dies in San Diego.

2000: Virgil Hill KO 1 Fabrice Tiozzo, Villeurbanne, France. Wins WBA Cruiserweight Title.

2006: Jermain Taylor W 12 Kassim Ouma, Little Rock, Arkansas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Dec 10



Fight of the day. Big day so here are two


1958: Archie Moore KO 11 Yvon Durelle.


1994:Felix Trinidad vs Oba Carr



1923: Gene Tunney W 15 Harry Greb, NYC. Retains US Light Heavyweight Title. Referee: Lou Magnolia.

The consensus was that Tunney won 9 rounds, Greb four, and two were even. Tunney mounted a body attack that allowed him to dominate the fight from rounds 8 to 14. The first seven rounds were evenly fought and Greb rallied strongly to win the 15th. Greb landed many more punches but Tunney’s were harder and cleaner. There were no knockdowns. The 3rd fight between these two.

Harry never asked for no damn catchweight when fighting this all time great light hev that was 25 years ahead of his time.

1934: Barney Ross W 12 Bobby Pacho, Cleveland. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1951: Harold Johnson W 10 Archie Moore, Milwaukee. Johnson ends Moore’s 25-fight unbeaten streak.

1958: Archie Moore KO 11 Yvon Durelle, Montreal. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title. Moore is down 3-times in the first and once in the 5th. Moore fought his way back, and broke Young Stribling’s knockout record (126), by stopping Durelle in the 11th-round.

1960: Benny Paret W 15 Federico Thompson, NYC. Retains world Welterweight Title.

1965: Emile Griffith W 15 Manuel Gonzalez, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1966: Horacio Accavallo W 15 Efren Torres, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1968: Joe Frazier W 15 Oscar Bonavena, Philadelphia. Retains New York World Heavyweight Title.

1977: Carlos Palomino KO 13 Jose Palacios, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1981: Sammy Serrano KO 12 Hikaru Tomonari, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Jeff Chandler KO 13 Eijiro Murata, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1982: Michael Dokes KO 1 Mike Weaver, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

1983: Joo Do Chun KO 5 Ken Kasugai, Osaka. Wins vacant IBF Super flyweight Title.

-Dodie Penalosa KO 12 Satoshi Shingaki, Osaka. Wins vacant IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: J.B. Williamson W 12 Prince Mamah Mohammad, Inglewood. Wins vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1986: Samart Payakaroon KO 12 Juan (Kid) Meza, Bangkok. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

-Sot Chitalada W 12 Gabriel Bernal, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1988: Azumah Nelson KO 3 Sydney Dal Rovere, Accra. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Mark Breland KO 4 Fujio Ozaki, Tokyo. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Henry Wharton, Manchester, England.

-Jorge Castro KO 9 John David Jackson, Monterrey, MX. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Felix Trinidad KO 8 Oba Carr, Monterrey, MX. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 10 Tony Lopez, Monterray, MX. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Frankie Randall KO 7 Rodney Moore, Monterrey, MX. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Orzubek Nazarov KO 2 Joey Gamache, Portland, ME. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Oscar De La Hoya KO 9 Johnny Avila, Los Angeles.

-Ricardo Lopez KO 1 Yamil Caraballo, Monterrey, MX. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2003: Promoter Don King agrees to pay former World Super Welterweight champion Terry Norris $7.5-million to settle a lawsuit in which Norris alleged that his manager, Joe Sayatovich, and King conspired to pay him less than what he should have made for fights after Sayatovich borrowed $200,000 from King in 1994.

2004: Manny Pacquiao KO 4 Fahsung 3K-Battery, Taguig City, Philippines. Retains World Featherweight Title.

2006: Oleg Maskaev W 12 Peter Okhello, Moscow, Russia. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Alexander Povetkin KO 3 Imamu Mayfield, Moscow, Russia.

[Master]

Tito v Carr was excellent boxing. Watched Carr v Livingston Bramble recently good fight as well.

[greynotsoold]

Back when Trinidad used both hands he was very good.

[IamInuit]

Back when Trinidad used both hands he was very good.

Yup. It was right about that time or shortly after that he started to plod in looking to land the shot and fell in love with his power. His old man was just as much to blame. Problem is it worked 95% of the time. Oscar should have been a message to Tito to fire dad.

[IamInuit]

Dec 11


Fight of the day


1982: Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon. FOTY




1908: Abe Attell ND 10 Ad Wolgast, Los Angeles.

1925: Paul Berlenbach W 15 Jack Delaney, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1927: Tommy Loughran W 15 Jimmy Slattery, NYC. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1930: Battling Battalino W 15 Kid Chocolate, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1933: Jackie Brown W 15 Ginger Foran, Manchester. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1939: Al Hostak KO 1 Eric Seelig, Cleveland. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

-Henry Armstrong KO 7 Jimmy Garrison, Cleveland. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1964: Sandro Mazzinghi W 15 Fortunato Manca, Rome. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1970: Kuniaki Shibata KO 14 Vicente Saldivar, Tijuana, MX. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

1971: Nicolino Locche W 15 Antonio Cervantes, Buenos Aires. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1981: Trevor Berbick W 10 Muhammad Ali, Nassau. The final fight in Ali’s illustrious career.

1982: Bobby Chacon W 15 Bazooka Limon, Sacramento. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title. Referee: Isaac Herrera | judge: Angel L. Guzman 142-141 | judge: Carlos Padilla 143-141 | judge: Tamotsu Tomihara 141-140.

1988: German Torres W 12 Soon Jung Kang, Kimhae, S. Korea. Wins vacant WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Jesus Salud W Disq. 9 Juan Jose Estrada, Inglewood. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1992: Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Armando Castro, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1993: Henry Maske W 12 David Vedder, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

1995: Luisito Espinosa W 12 Manuel Medina, Tokyo. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

1999: Vitali Klitschko KO 9 Obed Sullivan, Hamburg, Germany.

-Juan Carlos Gomez KO 9 Napoleon Tagoe, Hamburg, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Byron Mitchell D 12 Bruno Girard, Tunica, MS. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

2004: Vitali Klitschko KO 8 Danny Williams, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

2008: Tomasz Adamek W 12 Steve Cunningham, Newark, New Jersey Wins vacant World Cruiserweight Title.

-Joseph Agbeko W 12 William Gonzalez, Newark. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

-Jean Pascal W 12 Adrian Diaconu, Montreal, Canada. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title. I'll never forget the balls Jean showed in this fight. He must have reset his dislocated shoulder about 5 times during the fight.

-Jan Zaveck KO 3 Isaac Hlatshwayo, Johannesburg, South Africa. Wins IBF Welterweight Title+

[greynotsoold]

When I was a kid i loved little Red lopez, while my mother was a huge Chacon fan. For many years after those two fought I hated chacon, but I came to have all the respect in the world for his heart and courage. Limon, too. Those two, plus Arguello and Boza-edwards, some great fights.
I'd have loved to have been there for loughran v Slattery.

[IamInuit]

When I was a kid i loved little Red lopez, while my mother was a huge Chacon fan. For many years after those two fought I hated chacon, but I came to have all the respect in the world for his heart and courage. Limon, too. Those two, plus Arguello and Boza-edwards, some great fights.
I'd have loved to have been there for loughran v Slattery.

Those guys were fixtures in our living rooms Saturdays on ABC, NBC, hell even the CBC showed fights. Arguello would shine just as much today and he did yesterday at 130/35 and Lopez would fit right into this stacked feather area like a glove.

If there is an afterlife, I hope there is a time machine.

[Master]

When I was a kid i loved little Red lopez, while my mother was a huge Chacon fan. For many years after those two fought I hated chacon, but I came to have all the respect in the world for his heart and courage. Limon, too. Those two, plus Arguello and Boza-edwards, some great fights.
I'd have loved to have been there for loughran v Slattery.

I did not like Tito for beating Carr and Campus as well as Vargas but love the guy after. Same with McCallum for beating Herol Graham and Hearns for beating Andries but when I looked back at their carrers I thought wow!

[IamInuit]

Dec 12


Fight of the day


1981: Salvador Sanchez vs Pat Cowdell



1912: Henry Armstrong born. 12/12/12, Armstrong was very superstitious regarding his birth date.

1951: Ezzard Charles W 12 Joey Maxim, San Francisco.

1969: Ruben Olivares KO 2 Alan Rudkin, Inglewood. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1975: Alfredo Escalera KO 9 Sven-Erik Paulsen, Oslo. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Miguel Canto W 15 Ignacio Espinal, Merida, MX. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1981: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Pat Cowdell, Houston. Retains WBC Featherweight Title. Referee: Steve Crosson | judge: Dickie Cole 146-140 | judge: James Jen-Kin 146-140 | judge: Bob McMillon 144-145. Cowdell down in the 15th.

1986: James (Bonecrusher) Smith KO 1 Tim Witherspoon, NYC. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Juan LaPorte, NYC. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title. Referee: Richard Steele | judge: Sid Nathan 117-112 | judge: Larry O’Connell 115-114 | judge: Bob Logist 114-113.

1992: Nigel Benn KO 11 Nickey Piper, London. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

- Michael Carbajal KO 8 Robinson Cuesta, Phoenix. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Erik Morales KO 8 John Lowey, Tijuana, MX. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1998: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 2 Rodney Gordon, Frankfurt, Germany. Retains WBC Cruierweight Title.

Dariusz Michalczewski KO 9 Drake Thadzi, Frankfurt.

-Fernando Vargas KO 7 Yory Boy Campas, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti, Atlantic City.

-Nestor Garza W 12 Enrique Sanchez, Indio, CA. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1999: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Antwon Echols, Miami, FL. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

2000: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Akihiko Nago, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2009: Vitali Klitschko W 12 Kevin Johnson, Berne, Switzerland. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Vic Darchinyan KO 2 Tomas Rojas, Rancho Mirage, California. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

[Master]

I do not know how Cowdell nearly beat Sanchez and gets slaughtered by Nelson who loses to Sanchez.

[IamInuit]

I do not know how Cowdell nearly beat Sanchez and gets slaughtered by Nelson who loses to Sanchez.

Nelsons fight with Sanchez was on extremely short notice and he almost pulled it off. Cowdell was a bit of an overachiever and Sanchez most likely took him a little light.

[IamInuit]

Dec 13


Fight of the day. Lets just do another Sanchez classic. Sal really gives a glimpse of his boxing ability here.

1980: Salvador Sanchez vs Juan LaPorte







1900: Terry McGovern KO 2 Joe Gans, Chicago. Non-title fight. Mau suggested at the time that Gans took a plunge.

1913: Archie Moore born Archibald Lee Wright.

1929: Jimmy McLarnin KO 2 Ruby Goldstein, NYC. Referee:

1940: Ken Overlin W 15 Steve Belloise, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1975: Carlos Monzon KO 5 Gratien Tonna, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1978: Masashi Kudo W 15 Joo Ho, Osaka. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Juan LaPorte, El Paso. Retains WBC Featherweight Title. Referee: Davey Pearl | Judge: Abraham Chavarria 148-142 | Judge: Vince Delgado 146-139 | Judge: Arlen Bynum 147-140. LaPorte gives one of the year’s gutsiest efforts.

-Wilfredo Gomez KO 3 Jose Cervantes, Miami. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

-Peter Mathebula W 15 Tae Shik Kim, Los Angeles. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1983: Marvin Camel KO 5 Roddy MacDonald, Halifax, Canada. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.

1985: Jiro Watanabe KO 5 Suk Hwan Yun, Taegu, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Jung Koo Chang W 12 Isidro Perez, Taejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1991: Victor Cordoba KO 11 Vincenzo Nardiello, Paris. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-James Toney D 12 Mike McCallum, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Terry Norris W 12 Jorge Castro, Paris. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1993: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Nam-Hook Cha, Kyoto, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1994: Miguel Angel Gonzalez KO 5 Calvin Grove, Albuquerque, NM. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1996: Dariusz Michalczewski KO 8 Christophe Girard, Hanover, Germany.

1997: Dariusz Michalczewski KO 6 Darren Zenner, Hamburg.

-Vince Phillips KO 10 Freddie Pendleton, Pompano Beach, FL. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Hector Lizarraga KO 11 Welcome Ncita, Pompano Beach, FL. Wins vacant IBF Featherweight Title.

-Johnny Tapia W 12 Andy Agosto, Pompano Beach, FL. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

-Mauricio Pastrana KO 2 Manuel Herrera, Pompano Beach, FL. Wins vacant IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

Former World Lightweight Champion Paddy DeMarco, 69, dies of Alzheimer’s in A Salt Lake City, Utah nursing home.

2003: John Ruiz W 12 Hasim Rahman, Atlantic City. Ruiz’style is exciting like golf on the radio.

-Wayne Braithwaite KO 1 Luis Perez, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Bernard Hopkins W 12 William Joppy, Atlantic City. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Cory Spinks W 12 Ricardo Mayorga, Atlantic City. Wins World Welterweight Title.

-Luis Perez W 12 Felix Machado, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

-Rosendo Alvarez D 12 Victor Burgos, Atlantic City. Retains World Junior Flyweight Title.

2008: Wladimir Klitschko KO 8 Hasim Rahman, Manheim, Germany. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

-Raul Garcia W 12 Jose Luis Varela, Loreto, Mexico. Retains IBF Strawweight Title

2014: Amir Khan W 12 Devon Alexander. A total shellacking. MGM Grand, Las Vegas Retains Silver WBC Ttitle

[Master]

I do not know how Cowdell nearly beat Sanchez and gets slaughtered by Nelson who loses to Sanchez.

Nelsons fight with Sanchez was on extremely short notice and he almost pulled it off. Cowdell was a bit of an overachiever and Sanchez most likely took him a little light.

Nelson put up a great effort and he was inexperienced. I wonder what a peak Asumah Nelson would have done with Sanchez.