This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

[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.

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

Indeed, or any other feartherweight for that matter. A very deep division historically but Nelson competes with any of them imo.

[IamInuit]

Dec 14


Fight of the day. Hidden gem

1971:Ruben Olivares KO 11 Jesus Pimentel






1920: Jack Dempsey KO 12 Bill Brennen, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Jack was getting smoked in this fight prior to landing.

1964: Joey Giardello W 15 Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, Philadelphia. Retains World Middleweight Title. Contrary to what the movie “The Hurricane” suggested this decision was to the right guy. In addition the fight was a bit of a dud.

1967: Hiroshi Kobayashi KO 12 Yoshiaki Numata, Tokyo. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

-Raul Rojas W 15 Antonio Herrera, Los Angeles. Wins vacant California World Featherweight Title.

1968: Nino Benvenuti W 15 Don Fullmer, San Remo, Italy. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Pedro Adigue W 15 Adolph Pruitt, Quezon City. Wins vacant WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1971: Jose Napoles W 15 Hedgemon Lewis, Inglewood. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Ruben Olivares KO 11 Jesus Pimentel, Inglewood. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1974: Jose Napoles KO 3 Horacio Saldano, Mexico City. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1986: Jung Koo Chang KO 5 Hideyuki Ohashi, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1996: Riddick Bowe WF 9 Andrew Golota, Atlantic City.

- Ray Mercer W 10 Tim Witherspoon, Atlantic City.

2002: Chris Byrd W 12 Evander Holyfield, Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF Heavyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Dec 15

Fight of the day


1995: Arturo Gatti vs Tracy Patterson 1



1862: Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil) born John Kelly.

1944: Sal Bartolo W 15 Willie Roache, Boston. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.

1950: Ezzard Charles KO 11 Nick Barone, Cincinnati. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1954: Bobo Olson KO 11 Pierre Langlois, San Francisco. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1958: Pascual Perez W 15 Dommy Ursua, Manila. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1967: Luis Rodriguez W 10 Bennie Briscoe, NYC.

1971: Vicente Rondon KO 8 Doyle Baird, Cleveland. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1975: Roberto Duran KO 15 Leoncio Ortiz, Hato Rey, PR. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1979: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Sergio Palma, Barranquilla. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1982: Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Young Joe Louis, Chicago. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1984: Gene Hatcher W 15 Ubaldo Sacco, FT. Worth, TX. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Richard Sandoval W 15 Edgar Roman, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Jung Koo Chang W 12 Tadashi Kuramochi, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1990: Mauro Galvano W 12 Dario Matteoni, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant WBC Super middleweight Title.

1995: Oscar De La Hoya KO 2 Jesse James Leija, NYC.

-Mitchell Rose, 1-8 (1) KO 2 Eric (Butterbean) Esch, NYC.

-Arturo Gatti W 12 Tracy Patterson, NYC. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1996: Saman Sorjaturong W 12 Manuel Jesus Herrera, Chiang Ray, Thailand. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2000: Davey Hilton W 12 Dingaan Thobela, Montreal, Canada. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Eric Morel W 12 Gilberto Keb-Baas, Madison, Wisconson. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2001: John Ruiz D 12 Evander Holyfield, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 11 Richard Hall, Berlin. Michalczewski moves his record to 45-0 (3.

-Tim Austin W 12 Ratanachai Vorapin, Ledyard, CT. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

2007: Edwin Valero KO 3 Zaid Zavaleta, Cancun, Mexico. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Jorge Linares KO 8 Gamaliel Diaz, Cancun, Mexico. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Ulises Solis KO 10 Bert Batawang, Guadalajara, Mexico. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.