Dec 16


Fight of the day


2000:Mbulelo Botile vs Paul Ingle



1927: Tod Morgan WF 14 Joe Glick, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

-Corp. Izzy Schwartz W 15 Newsboy Brown, NYC. Wins vacant New York World flyweight Title.

1940: Joe Louis KO 6 Al McCoy, Boston. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1941: Jackie Wilson W 12 Richie Lemos, Los Angeles. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.

1966: Dick Tiger W 15 Jose Torres, NYC. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title. The 37-year old Tiger captures his second world title by scores of 10-5, 10-4-1, and 8-6-1.

1971: Bob Foster KO 3 Brian Kelly, Oklahoma City. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1972: Jose Legra KO 10 Clemente Sanchez, Monterrey. Regains WBC Featherweight Title.

1979: Chan Hee Park KO 2 Guty Espadas, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1981: Katsuo Tokashiki W 15 Hwan Jin Kim, Sendai, Japan. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Alberto Cortes, Mexico City. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Lindell Holmes W 12 Sugar Boy Malinga, Marino, Italy. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

1991: Hiroki Ioka W 12 Myung Woo Yuh, Osaka. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1993: Zack Padilla W 12 Ray Olivera, Ledyard, CT. Fight of the Year candidate!!

1994: Frankie Liles W 12 Michael Nunn, Quito, Equador. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Bernard Hopkins D 12 Segundo Mercado, Quito, Equador. For vacant IBF Middleweight Title.

1995: Mike Tyson KO 3 Buster Mathis Jr. Philadelphia. Mike’s first official KO win since 3/18/1991.

-Terry Norris W 12 Paul Vaden, Philadelphia. Retains WBC/wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Vasquez KO 11 Carl Daniels, Philadelphia. Regains (vacant) WBA Super Welterweight Title.

2000: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 10 Jorge Castro, Essen, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Sven Ottke W 12 Silvio Branco, Karlsruhe, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Paul Spadafora W 12 Billy Irwin, Pittsburgh. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Mbulelo Botile KO 12 Paul Ingle, Sheffield, England. Wins IBF Featherweight Title. Ingle subsequently undergoes surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.

-Felix Machado KO 3 William de Souza, Maracay, Venezuela. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2003: Mahyar Monshipour KO 7 Jairo Tagliaferro, Levallois, France. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2004: Vic Darchinyan KO 11 Irene Pacheco, Hollywood, FL. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

2007: Danny Green W 12 Stripe Drews, Perth, Australia. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.