This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

Jan 27

Fight of the day

1985: Rocky Lockridge KO 6 Kamel Bou-All



1913: Jim Driscoll Draw 20 Owen Moran, London. Retains world British featherweight title.

1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 11 George Freitas, Oakland. Retains world bantamweight title. Manuel's second defense in less then a month.

1954: Archie Moore W 15 Joey Maxim, Miami. Retains world Light-Heavyweight title.

1980: Yoko Gushiken W 15 Yong Hyun Kim, Osaka. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.

1985: Rocky Lockridge KO 6 Kamel Bou-All, Riva del Garda, Italy. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.

1989: Graciano Rocchigiani W 12 Thulane (Sugarboy) Malinga, Berlin. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.

1990: Lindell Holmes W 12 Frank Tate, New Orleans. Wins vacant IBF super-middleweight title.

1992: Humberto Gonzalez W 12 Domingo Sosa, Inglewood. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title

[IamInuit]

Jan 28

Fight of the day

1978: Alexis Arguello vs Alfredo Escalera. Howard Cosell was one of a kind. Best boxing announcer that has so far ever lived.



1944: Beau Jack D 10 Sammy Angott, NYC.

1949: Kid Gavilan W 10 Ike Williams, NYC.

1959: Tiger Jones W 10 Joey Giardello, Louisville.

1974: Muhammad Ali W 12 Joe Frazier, NYC. As a big Frazier fan this one was hard to watch. He's lucky that the bell Perez heard was in his own head or he may not have made it out of round 2. Ali dominated.

1978: Alexis Arguello KO 13 Alfredo Escalera, Bayamon. Wins WBC super-featherweight title.
1984: Santos Laciar W 15 Juan Herrera, Marsala, Italy. Retains WBA flyweight title.

1990: John-John Molina KO 6 Lupe Suarez, Atlantic City. Retains IBF super-featherweight.

2006: Markus Beyer KO 12 Alberto Colajanni, Berlin, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title

[IamInuit]

Jan 29

Fight of the day. Busy day. Think I’ll do a triple header.

1977: Roberto Duran vs Vilomar Fernandez


1984: Billy Costello vs Bruce Curry


1994: Frankie Randall vs Julio Cesar Chavez



1952: Archie Moore W 10 Harold Johnson, Toledo, OH.

1967: Vicente Saldivar KO 7 Mitsunori Seki, Mexico City. Retains World featherweight title

1972: Ricardo Arredondo W 15 Jose Isaac Marin, San Jose, Costa Rica. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.

1977: Roberto Duran KO 13 Vilomar Fernandez, Miami Beach. Retains world lightweight title. Durans’ 10th straight KO in as many title defenses.

1978: Yoko Gushiken KO 14 Anaceto Vargas, Nagoya. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.

1979: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Scott Clark, Inglewood. Retains WBA welterweight title. Cuevas’ 8th title defense all KO’s.

-Betulio Gonzalez Draw 15 Shoji Oguma, Hamamatsu, Japan. Retains WBA flyweight title.

1983: Davey Moore KO 4 Gary Guiden, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.

1984: Billy Costello KO 10 Bruce Curry, Beaumont, Texas. Wins WBC super-lightweight title.

Two days later Curry, having blamed his trainer Jesse Reid, challenges his longtime trainer to a fist fight. Immediately after Reid re-opens a 15-stitch cut, Curry retrieves a gun from his car and takes 1 shot at Reid. Missing by inches, Curry abruptly leaves.

1994: Felix Trinidad W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Retains IBF welterweight title.

-Frankie Randall W 12 Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas. Wins WBC super-lightweight title. Chavez’s first “official” defeat in 91 fights.

2000: Mike Tyson KO 2 Julius Francis, Manchester, England.

-Joe Calzaghe W 12 David Starie, Manchester, retains WBO super-middleweight title.

-Markus Beyer KO 7 Leif Keiski, Riesa, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight title.

2002: Keitaro Hoshino W 12 Joma Gamboa, Yokohama, Japan. Regains vacant WBA Strawweight title

2005: Kassim Ouma W 12 Kofi Jantuah, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Arturo Gatti KO 5 Jesse James Leija, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Pongsaklek Wongjongkam KO 5 Noriyuki Komatsu, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2006: Takashi Koshimoto W 12 In Jin Chi, Fukuoka, Japan. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2010: Beibut Shumenov W 12 Gabriel Campillo, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Jan 30

Fight of the day

1982: Wilfred Benitez vs Roberto Duran



1923: Harry Greb W 15 Tommy Loughran, NYC. Retains US Light Heavyweight Title.

1976: Rodolfo Martinez W 15 Venice Borkorsor, Bangkok. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

1982: Arturo Frias Tech. Win 9 Ernesto Espana, Los Angeles. Retains WBA lightweight title.

-Wilfred Benitez W 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains WBC super-welterweight title. Duran was pretty much schooled here regardless of the ridiculous score cards.

1984: Charlie Brown W 15 Melvin Paul, Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF lightweight title.

1987: Gilberto Roman KO 9 Antoine Montero, Montpellier, France. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.

2000: Jong-Kwon Baek D 12 Choi Kyu-Chul, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Freddie Norwood KO 9 Takashi Koshimoto, Fukuoka, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2001: Yosam Choi KO 7 Saman Sorjaturong, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2005: Injin Chi W 12 Tommy Browne, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2010: Sebastian Sylvester KO 10 Billy Lyell, Neubrandenburg, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Jan 31

Fight of the day

1988: Sot Chitalada vs Hideaki Kamishiro



1914: Jersey Joe Walcott born Arnold Raymond Cream.

1941: Joe Louis KO 5 Red Burman, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title.

1983: Rafael Orono KO 4 Pedro Romero, Caracas. Retains WBC Super-flyweight title.

1988: Sot Chitalada TKO 7 Hideaki Kamishiro, Osaka. Retains WBC flyweight title.

-Hiroki Ioka KO 12 Kyung Yun Lee, Osaka. Retains WBC strawweight title.

1998: Bernard Hopkins KO 6 Simon Brown, Atlantic City. Retains IBF middleweight title.

-William Joppy W 12 Julio Cesar Green, Tampa, Fla. Regains WBA middleweight title.

2004: Antonio Margarito KO 2 Hercules Kyvelos, Phoenix, AZ.

-Rafael Marquez KO 2 Pete Frissina, Phoenix. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

[Master]

Sot Chitalada was the bomb, he beat up our Charlie Magri with ease over here.

[TitoFan]

Jan 30

Fight of the day

1982: Wilfred Benitez vs Roberto Duran



1923: Harry Greb W 15 Tommy Loughran, NYC. Retains US Light Heavyweight Title.

1976: Rodolfo Martinez W 15 Venice Borkorsor, Bangkok. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

1982: Arturo Frias Tech. Win 9 Ernesto Espana, Los Angeles. Retains WBA lightweight title.

-Wilfred Benitez W 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains WBC super-welterweight title. Duran was pretty much schooled here regardless of the ridiculous score cards.

1984: Charlie Brown W 15 Melvin Paul, Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF lightweight title.

1987: Gilberto Roman KO 9 Antoine Montero, Montpellier, France. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.

2000: Jong-Kwon Baek D 12 Choi Kyu-Chul, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Freddie Norwood KO 9 Takashi Koshimoto, Fukuoka, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2001: Yosam Choi KO 7 Saman Sorjaturong, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2005: Injin Chi W 12 Tommy Browne, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2010: Sebastian Sylvester KO 10 Billy Lyell, Neubrandenburg, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

Thanks for that trip down memory lane.


Duran is an ATG, but he was always such a jerk.
Only his devastating KO loss to Hearns later on seemed to humanize him a little bit.

[IamInuit]

Thanks for that trip down memory lane.


Duran is an ATG, but he was always such a jerk.
Only his devastating KO loss to Hearns later on seemed to humanize him a little bit.

I always thought him a real dick but he was just a bad ass and it worked for years. Seemed the same guy both in and out of the ring. I enjoyed that fight immensely. He changed later as we all do with age.

It was touching that he visited Dejesus on his death bed and hugged and kissed him when he was dieing of Aids. I'll never forget this photo.