This day in boxing. A look back.

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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