This day in boxing. A look back.

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Dec 20


Fight of the day


2002: Masamori Tokuyama vs Gerry Penalosa 2



1904: Jimmy Britt W 20 Battling Nelson, San Francisco. Wins vacant World Lightweight Title.

1905: Philadelphia Jack O’Brien KO 14 Bob Fitzsimmons. San Francisco. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title. Fitzy was 42

1913: Sam Langford W 20 Joe Jeanette, Paris.

1914: Sam McVey W 20 Harry Wills, New Orleans.

1929: Benny Bass KO 2 Tod Morgan, NYC. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1940: Fritzie Zivic D 10 Lew Jenkins, NYC.

1946: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Tommy Bell, NYC. Wins vacant World Welterweight Title.

1947: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Tirso Del Rosario, Manila. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1963: Rubin Carter KO 1 Emile Griffith, Pittsburgh. Non-title fight.

1981: Saoul Mamby W 15 Obisia Nwankpa, Lagos. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1985: Chong Kwan Chung KO 4 Soon Chun Kwon, Pusan, S. Korea. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

2002: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Gerry Penalosa, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

-Noel Arambulet W 12 Keitaro Hoshino, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

2006: Koki Kameda W 12 Juan Landaeta, Tokyo. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

2008: Nikolay Valuev W 12 Evander Holyfield, Zurich, Switzerland. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title. Controversial decision.

-Humberto Soto W 12 Francisco Lorenzo, Cozumel, Mexico. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.

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Dec 21


Fight of the day


1991: Orlando Canizales KO 11 Ray Minus







1908: Sam Langford KO 1 (Fireman) Jim Flynn, San Francisco. Jim Flynn would go on to plank future heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey in one round 9-years later in 1917

1920: Joe Lynch W 15 Pete Herman, NYC. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1922: Joe Lynch KO 14 Johnny Buff, Bronx, NY. Regains World Bantamweight Title.

1974: Roberto Duran KO 1 Masataka Takayama, San Juan, Costa Rica. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1985: Slobodan Kacar W 15 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Pesaro, Italy. Wins vacant IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

1991: Orlando Canizales KO 11 Ray Minus, Laredo, TX. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1992: Julio Cesar Vasquez KO 1 Hitoshi Kamiyama, Buenos Aires. Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1996: Phillip Holiday W 12 Ivan Robinson, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Antonio Cermeno W 12 Yuichi Kasai, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Junior Featherweight Title.

[Master]

Canizales was a great champion and skilled fighter.

[IamInuit]

Canizales was a great champion and skilled fighter.

Hey can you delete the first post for Dec 21? I thought I edited it and ended up doing a double.

[IamInuit]

Dec 22..busy day


Fight of the day

1991:Ricardo Lopez vs Kyung Yun Lee




1991: Khaosai Galaxy W 12 Armando Castro, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title. Galaxy would retire afterward with a 49-1(43) record, including 19 title defenses. Dude was knocking on Marciano's door.

Sung Kil Moon KO 6 Torsak Pongsupa, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

Ricardo Lopez W 12 Kyung Yun Lee, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

[Master]

Galaxy was a sawn off Hagler.

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Dec 23


Fight of the day


1997:Satoshi Iida vs Yokthai Sithoar



1902: Harry Forbes KO 7 Frankie Neil, Oakland. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1903: Jack Blackburn W 12 Sam Langford, Boston.

1939: Ceferino Garcia KO 13 Glenn Lee, Manila. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1985: Khaosai Galaxy KO 2 Edgar Monserrat, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1993: Yasuei Yakushiji W 12 Jung-Il Byun, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1997: Satoshi Iida W 12 Yokthai Sithoar, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Jesus Rojas W 12 Satoshi Iida, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2008: Daisuke Naito KO 11 Shingo Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

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Dec 24


Fight of the day. The footage is a little rough. Not many choices on the day but even so check out how ripped these two guys are. 100 pounds of chiseled freakin granite.


1983: Soon Chun Kwon vs Rene Busayong IBF fly title



1934: Freddie Miller W 10 Panama Al Brown, Paris. A few notes on Al.

First Hispanic world champion.
Never knocked out
Only dropped once in close to 170 fights, losing only 19 of those.
Looks a little Tommy Hearns. Might as well have been at 5'10 and a bantam.

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Dec 25


Fight of the day. There is not one to be had so I put in a sub lol. Thugs messing with the wrong guy.
Merry xmas.


1905: Joe Jeanette KO 8 Sam Langford, Lawrence, MA.

1923: Harry Greb W 10 Tommy Loughran, Pittsburgh.

1933: Frankie Klick KO 7 Kid Chocolate, Philadelphia. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.