This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

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Jan 21


Fight of the day

1978: Roberto Duran vs. Esteban De Jesus III



1927: Fidel LaBarba W 12 Elky Clark, NYC. Wins vacant world flyweight title.

1958: Virgil Akins KO 12 Tony DeMarco, Boston. Retains Mass. World welterweight title.

1969: Johnny Famechon W 15 Jose Legra, London. Wins WBC featherweight title.

1975: Koichi Wajima W 15 Oscar Albarado, Tokyo. Regains world super-welterweight title.

1978: Roberto Duran KO 12 Esteban DeJesus, Las Vegas. Retains world lightweight title. Duran’s 12 successful title defense.

1989: Meldrick Taylor KO 7 John Meekins, Atlantic City. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.

-Juan Coggi W 12 Harold Brazier, Vasto, Italy. Retains WBA super-lightweight title.

2005: Juan Diaz KO 9 Billy Irwin, Houston, TX. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

2006: Manny Pacquiao KO 10 Erik Morales, Las Vegas. Morales stopped for the first time in 51 contests.

-Martin Castillo W 12 Alexander Munoz, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

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Jan 22


Fight of the day

1960: Paul Pender vs Sugar Ray Robinson



1960: Paul Pender W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, Boston. Wins world middleweight title.

1973: George Foreman KO 2 Joe Frazier, Kingston, Jamaica. Wins world heavyweight title.

1977: Carlos Palomino KO 15 Armando Muniz, Los Angeles. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1980: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Spider Nemoto, Tokyo. Retains WBA featherweight title. 6th defense of a record 19 successful title defenses.

1984: Johnny Bumphus W 15 Lorenzo Garcia, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA super-lightweight title.

1988: Mike Tyson KO 4 Larry Holmes, Atlantic City. Retains world heavyweight title.

-Carlos DeLeon W 12 Jose Maria Burlon, Atlantic City. Retains WBC cruiserweight title.

1990: Raul Perez W 12 Gaby Canizales, Los Angeles. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

2000: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 3 Willie Wise, Las Vegas. Mosley’s second fight as a welterweight.

2005: Floyd Mayweather KO 8 Henry Bruseles, Miami.

-Johnny Tapia W 10 Nicky Bentz, Hidalgo, TX.

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Jan 23


Fight of the day

2010: Carlos Tamara vs Brian Viloria



1908: Harry Lewis KO 3 Frank Mantell, New Haven, CT. Wins world welterweight title.

1915: Jeff Smith W disq. 5 Les Darcy, Sydney. Retains Australia world middleweight title.

1931: Jack (Kid) Berg W 10 Goldie Hess, Chicago. Retains world super-lightweight title.

1964: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Hiroyuki Ebihara, Bankok. Wins world flyweight title for the 3rd time.

1967: Emile Griffith W 15 Joey Archer, NYC. Retains world middleweight title.

1968: Howard Winstone KO 9 Mitsunori Seki, London. Wins vacant British world featherweight title.

1969: Bob Foster KO 1 Frankie DePaula, NYC. Retains world light-heavyweight title.

1988: Calvin Grove KO 4 Antonio Rivera, Gamaches, France. Wins vacant IBF featherweight title.

2010: Yuriokis Gamboa KO 2 Rogers Mtagwa, NYC. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Juan Manuel Lopez KO 7 Steven Luevano, NYC

-Carlos Tamara KO 12 Brian Viloria, Manila, Philippines. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.