This day in boxing. A look back.

[Master]

Ingle nearly died after that fight.

[IamInuit]

Dec 17


Fight of the day


1983: Jeff Chandler vs Oscar Muniz 2



1909: Monte Attell D 20 Danny Webster, San Francisco. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1923: Johnny Dundee W 15 Jack Bernstein, NYC. Regains World Super Featherweight Title.

1952: Archie Moore W 15 Joey Maxim, St. Louis. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title. Maxim was guaranteed $100,000, and Moore 10% of the take after Maxim’s take. That would amount to $800.00. Plus, Moore had to take on Maxim’s manager, Jack (Doc) Kearns, as his own. After 16-years as a pro and 160 fights, Moore owns the title.

1960: Emile Griffith W 10 Luis Rodriguez, NYC.

1965: Nino Benvenuti W 15 Sandro Mazzinghi, Rome. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1966: Ki Soo Kim W 15 Stan Harrington, Seoul. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1975: Luis Estaba KO 10 Takenobu Shimabukuro, Okinawa. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1977: Cecilio Lastra W 15 Rafael Ortega, Torrelavega, Spain. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1980: Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Pukk Sithrum, Bangkok. Galaxy’s pro debut.

1983: Jeff Chandler KO 7 Oscar Muniz, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1990: Raul Perez KO 8 Candelario Carmona, Tijuana. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1993: Virgil Hill W 12 Guy Waters, Minot, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1994: Dariusz Michalczewski KO 10 Nestor Giovannini, Hamburg, Germany.

-Harold Grey W 12 Vincenzo Belcastro, Cagliari, Italy. Retains IBF Super flyweight Title.

1999: Francisco Castillejo KO 7 Mikael Rask, Madrid, Spain. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Paul Spadafora KO 11 Renato Cornett, Pittsburgh, PA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

2006: Injin Chi W 12 Rudy Lopez, Seoul, Korea. Regains WBC Featherweight Title

[IamInuit]

Dec 18


Fight of the day.


1993:Ricardo Lopez vs Manny Melchor




1901: Joe Walcott (The Barbados Demon) KO 5 James (Rube) Ferns, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Wins World Welterweight Title.

The little 5 foot firecracker Walcott actually coined the phrase "the bigger they are the harder they fall"


1902 Police Gazette stated,

"From a techincal standpoint three or four fighters have been recognized as welterweight champion, but it was apparent to men who have knowledge of prize ring affairs that they only held that tile on sufferance because of an obvious desire to avoid meeting with a black man who was conceded to be their superior."

1916: Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Young Zulu Kid, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1925: Louis Kaplan W 15 Babe Herman, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1942: Beau Jack KO 3 Tippy Larkin, NYC. Wins vacant New York World Lightweight Title.

1977: Eddie Gazo W 15 Kenji Shibata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1987: Fidel Bassa W 12 Felix Marti, Cartagena. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1993: Michael Nunn W 12 Merqui Sosa, Puebla, MX. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Simon Brown KO 4 Terry Norris, Puebla, MX. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title. Upset of the year and one of @Master 's favourite fights

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 5 Andy Holligan, Puebla, MX. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Ricardo Lopez KO 11 Manny Melchor, Lake Tahoe, NV. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1998: Will Grigsby W 12 Ratanapol Sor Voraphin, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Wins vacant IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1999: Tim Austin KO 1 Bernardo Mendoza, Tunica, MS. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

2004: Glen Johnson W 12 Antonio Tarver, Los Angeles. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Markus Beyer W 12 Yoshinori Nishizawa, Bayreuth, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Isaac Bustos KO 4 Eagle Kyowa, Tokyo. Wins WBC Strawweight Title.

-Hozumi Hasegawa KO 4 Alvaro Perez, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Dec 19



Fight of the day

1981: Dwight Braxton vs Matthew Saad Muhammad- Damn he even looks like Frazier in the ring warm up.



1913: Jack Johnson D 10 Battling Jim Johnson, Paris. Retains World Heavyweight Title. The first heavyweight title fight to be contested by two black fighters. Jack should have fought Joe Jeanette, Harry Wills, Sam McVey or Sam Langford who were all far more deserving of that honour than Jim Johnson.

1924: Cannonball Martin W 15 Abe Goldstein, NYC. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1927: Frenchy Belanger W 12 Ernie Jarvis, Toronto. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1941: Sammy Angott W 15 Lew Jenkins, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1947: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 6 Chuck Taylor, Detroit. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1952: Joey Giardello W 10 Billy Graham, NYC.

1980: Lupe Pintor W 15 Albert Davila, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title. Pintor avenges an earlier defeat to Davila.

1981: Dwight Braxton KO 10 Matthew Saad Muhammad, Atlantic City. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title. After this fight Braxton changed his name to Dwight Muhammad Qawi.

-Juan Herrera KO 7 Betulio Gonzalez, Merida, MX. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1986: Gilberto Roman W 12 Kong Payakaroon, Bangkok. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Brian Mitchell KO 8 Salvatore Curcetti, Capo D’Orlando, Italy. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1990: Rolando Pascua KO 6 Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez, Inglewood. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1992: Yung Kyun Park W 12 Ever Boleno, Changwon, S. Korea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1995: Shinji Takehara W 12 Jorge Castro, Tokyo. Wins WBA Middleweight Title.

1997: Thulane Malinga W 12 Robin Reid, London. Regains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Naseem Hamed KO 4 Kevin Kelly, NYC.

-Kennedy McKinney KO 4 Junior Jones, NYC. Upset to be sure.

1998: David Tua KO 10 Hasim Rahman, Atlantic City.

-Floyd Mayweather KO 2 Angel Manfredy, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title. I never liked how that ended.

2009: Kelly Pavlik KO 5 Miguel Angel Espino, Youngstown, Ohio. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Edwin "Nut Job" Valero KO 7 Hector Velazquez, La Guaira, Venezuela. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

-Cristobal Cruz Tech. Draw 3 Ricardo Castillo, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

[Master]

@IamInuit you are just picking on Terry Norris.

That fight was strange. Norris wins 9 out of 10 times against Brown but this just have been the one. To be fair it was a good fairy tale story. Always liked Simon Brown.

[IamInuit]

@IamInuit you are just picking on Terry Norris.

That fight was strange. Norris wins 9 out of 10 times against Brown but this just have been the one. To be fair it was a good fairy tale story. Always liked Simon Brown.

Hey ftr I was no fan of Simon Brown. He was supposed to be an introduction to the world and the step up for Shawn O'Sullivan and instead ruined my year in 1986

[Master]

@IamInuit you are just picking on Terry Norris.

That fight was strange. Norris wins 9 out of 10 times against Brown but this just have been the one. To be fair it was a good fairy tale story. Always liked Simon Brown.

Hey ftr I was no fan of Simon Brown. He was supposed to be an introduction to the world and the step up for Shawn O'Sullivan and instead ruined my year in 1986

1986 was when I became an avid fan. Mike Tyson became youngest heavyweight champion and destroyed all!