This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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Jan 24


Fight of the day

1982: Eusebio Pedroza vs Juan LaPorte



1903: George Dixon D 6 Jem Driscoll, London.

1914: Tom McCormick W disq. 6 Waldemar Holberg, Melbourne. Wins world welterweight title.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 9 Pedro Montanez, NYC. Retains world welterweight title. Armstrong’s 2nd defense in 20 days.

1950: Joey Maxim KO 10 Freddie Mills, London. Wins world light-heavyweight title.

1976: George Foreman KO 5 Ron Lyle, Las Vegas.

1981: Chul Ho Kim KO 9 Rafael Orono, San Cristobal, Venezuela. Wins WBC super-flyweight title.

1982: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Juan LaPorte, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Featherweight title.

1990: Orlando Canizales W 12 Billy Hardy, Sunderland, England. Retains IBF bantamweight title.

1997: Pernell Whitaker KO 11 Diobelys Hurtado, Atlantic City. Retains World welterweight title. Whitaker scores a come-from-behind KO.

2004: Arturo Gatti W 12 Gianluca Branco, Atlantic City.

2009: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 9 Antonio Margarito, Los Angeles. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.

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Jan 25

Fight of the day

1976: Saensak Muangsurin vs Lion Furuyama








1894: James J. Corrbett KO 3 Charley Mitchell, Jacksonville, Fla. Retains world heavyweight title.

1915: Harry Greb ND 6 Jack Blackburn, Pittsburgh, PA. in the 6th.”

1932: Gorilla Jones KO 6 Oddone Piazza, Milwaukee. Wins vacant world middleweight title.

1939: Joe Louis KO 1 John Henry Lewis, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title.

1944: Bob Montgomery KO 12 Ike Williams, Philadelphia.

1976: Saensak Muangsurin W 15 Lion Furuyama, Tokyo. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.

1987: Chong Pal Park KO 15 Doug Sam, Seoul. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.

1999: Jean-Baptiste Mendy W 12 Alberto Sicurella, Versailles, France. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

2003: Ricardo Mayorga KO 3 Vernon Forrest, Temecula, CA. Wins World Welterweight Title.

2007: Ulises Solis KO 8 Will Grigsby, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

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Jan 26

Fight of the day

2002: Vernon Forrest vs Sugar Shane Mosley



1952: Vic Toweel W 15 Peter Keenan, Johannesburg. Retains world bantamweight title.

1991: Robert Quiroga W 12 Vicenzo Belcastro, Capo d’Orlando. Retains IBF super-flyweight title.

1998: Former World Featherweight Champion Hogan (Kid) Bassey, 65, dies.

2002: Vernon Forrest W 12 Sugar Shane Mosley, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.

-Arturo Gatti KO 4 Terron Millett, NYC. Gatti re-establishes himself as a top contender at super-lightweight.

2008: Chris John KO 7 Roinet Caballero, Senayan, Indonesia. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.