This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

Jan 16


Fight of the day. One of the best refs that ever lived was the third man in this one.

1999:Robert Garcia W 12 John-John Molina




1925: Jack Delaney KO 2 Tiger Flowers, NYC.

1942: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 10 Fritzie Zivic, NYC.

1950: Willie Pep KO 5 Charley Riley, St. Louis. Retains world featherweight title.

1982: Rolando Navarette KO 11 Chung ll. Choi, Manila. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.

1987: Louie Espinoza KO 4 Tommy Valoy, Phoenix. Wins vacant WBA super-bantamweight title.

1993: George Foreman KO 8 Pierre Coetzer, Reno.

1999: Mike Tyson KO 5 Frans Botha, Las Vegas.

-Robert Garcia W 12 John-John Molina, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-featherweight title

-Zab Judah KO 4 Wilfredo Negron, Las Vegas.

2004: Matt Vanda W 10 Sam Garr, Minneapolis, MN. I don't recall seeing this fight but it was the worst judged fight of the year candidate.

[IamInuit]

Jan 18


Fight of the day

2015: Bermane Stiverne KO5 Deontay Wilder MGM Grand, Las Vegas Retains WBC heavyweight title.
Video Pending


1992: Meldrick Taylor vs Glenwood Brown. Only copy available.









1895: Tommy Ryan KO 3 Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil), Coney Island. Retains world welterweight title.

1907: Abe Attell KO 8 Harry Baker, Los Angeles. Retains world featherweight title.

1924: Harry Greb W 15 Johnny Wilson, NYC.

1932: Johnny Jadick W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Philadelphia. Wins world super-lightweight title.

1956: Sandy Saddler KO 13 Flash Elorde, San Francisco. Retains world featherweight title.

1962: Eder Jofre KO 10 Johnny Caldwell, Sao Paulo. Retains world bantamweight title.

1965: Carlos Hernandez W 15 Eddie Perkins, Caracas. Wins world super-lightweight title.

1986: Samart Payakaroon KO 5 Lupe Pintor, Bangkok. Wins WBC super-bantamweight title.

1992: Meldrick Taylor W 12 Glenwood Brown, Philadelphia. Retains WBA welterweight title.

-Pernell Whitaker W 10 Harold Brazier, Philadelphia.

1997: Kostya Tszyu Tech. Draw 1 Leonardo Mas, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-Lightweight title. Weird outcome.

-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Maurcio Pastrana W 12 Michael Carbajal, Las Vegas. Wins IBF junior-Flyweight title.

Shame Oscar and Zu never had a go.

[Master]

I was a fan of Glenwood the real beat Brown

[greynotsoold]

Years ago I bought a copy of the saddler v Elorde fight, which was, I believe, Saddler's last bout. Talk about a rough guy, Saddler busted him up and I don't think he landed a punch.

[IamInuit]

Years ago I bought a copy of the saddler v Elorde fight, which was, I believe, Saddler's last bout. Talk about a rough guy, Saddler busted him up and I don't think he landed a punch.

Man he was a bad ass. That final fight with him and Pep must have been something. All three on the canvas at times and Miller leaving the ring to pull them apart. Nat Fleischer in The Ring, December 1951, page 3, this was an extremely dirty fight, with "wrestling, heeling, eye gouging, tripping, thumbing- in fact every dirty trick known to the old timers.." Referee Ray Miller "let the bout get out of hand..."

[IamInuit]

Jan 19

Fight of the day

1991: Dennis Andries vs Guy Waters



1895: George Dixon Draw 25 Young Griffo, Coney Island.

1930: Frankie Genaro KO 12 Yvon Trevidic, Paris. Retains NBA flyweight title.

1937: Benny Lynch W 15 Small Montana, Wembley. Retains world flyweight title.

1955: Ralph (Tiger) Jones W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson, Chicago. Referee:

1978: Wilfredo Gomez KO 3 Royal Kobayashi, Kitakyushu, Japan. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.

1983: Roger Mayweather KO 8 Samuel Serrano, San Juan. Wins WBA super-featherweight title.

1985: Donald Curry KO 4 Colin Jones, Birmingham, England. Retains WBA welterweight title.

1991: Dennis Andries W 12 Guy Waters, Adelaide, Australia. Retains WBC light-heavyweight title.

-Meldrick Taylor W 12 Aaron Davis, Atlantic City. Wins WBA welterweight title.

1998: Hipolito Saucedo, 30, is found dead near his home in Houston, Texas.

2001: Willie Jorrin W 12 Oscar Larios, Sacramento. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2002: Rosendo Alvarez KO 12 Pichit Siriwat, Miami, Fla. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

2003: Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Jesse James Leija, Melbourne. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

2004: Anthony Mundine KO 5 Yoshinori Nishizawa, Wollongong. NSW, Australia.

2008: Ruslan Chagaev W 12 Matt Skelton, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Felix Trinidad, NYC.

Steve Molitor W 12 Ricardo Castillo, Rama, Ontario, Canada. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Jan 20


Fight of the day

2006:Valdemir Pereira vs Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym



1916: Jack Britton ND 10 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Buffalo.

1919: Benny Leonard ND 6 Johnny Dundee, Newark.

1936: Marcel Thil W disq. 4 Lou Brouillard, Paris. Retains world middleweight title.

1973: Roberto Duran KO 5 Jimmy Robertson, Panama City. Retains world lightweight title.

-Romeo Anaya KO 3 Enrique Pinder, Panama City. Wins world bantamweight title.

1990: Sung Kil Moon Tech. Decision 9 Nana Konadu, Seoul. Wins WBC super-flyweight title.

1993: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Gilbert Dele, France. Retains IBF super-welterweight title.

2001: Jose Luis Castillo KO 6 Cesar Bazan, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

-Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO 10 Diego Corrales, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2006: Valdemir Pereira W 12 Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Wins vacant IBF Featherweight Title.

2007: Nikolay Valuev KO 3 Jameel McCline, Basel, Switzerland. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Ricky Hatton W 12 Juan Urango, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Junior Witter KO 9 Arturo Morua, London, England. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.