This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

[IamInuit]

February 1

Fight of the day




1900:Terry McGovern KO 5 Eddie Santry, Chicago. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1904: Abe Attell KO 5 Harry Forbes, St. Louis. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1938: Henry Armstrong KO 3 Albert (Chalky) Wright. Los Angeles.

1946: Marty Servo KO 4 Freddie Cochrane, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1965: Floyd Patterson W 12 George Chuvalo, NYC. 1965 Fight of the Year – Ring Magazine With a live gate of $ 166,423.00 and $ 600,000.00 from theater TV, this, to date, was the richest non-title fight in history.

1970: Bruno Acari W 15 Pedro Adigue, Rome. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1978: Soo Hwan Hong W 15 Yu Kasahara, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1980: Rafael Orono W 15 Seung Hoon Lee, Caracas. Wins newly created WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1997: Yong Soo Choi W 12 Lakva Kim, Songnam, South Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2002: Vassiliy Jirov W 12 Jorge Castro, Phoenix, AZ. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

2003: Carlos Hernandez KO 8 David Santos, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.

Juan Manuel Marquez KO 7 Manuel Medina, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

[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.

[TitoFan]

I think Duran once said De Jesus was one of the few opponents he really respected. De Jesus dropped him a couple of times, I think, including a fight De Jesus actually won. That was extremely rare during Duran's heyday. Still... Duran's penchant for not giving his opponents their due early on was pretty grating on the nerves.

[Master]

De Jesus was extremely fast and surprised Duran with the knock downs. Very underrated fighter.

[IamInuit]

Feb 2

Fight of the day


1980: Salvador Sanchez vs Danny (Little Red) Lopez



1923: Johnny Dundee W 15 Elino Flores, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1970: Carlos Monzon KO 6 Antonio Aguilar, Rosario, Argentina. Retains Argentina Middleweight Title.

-Carlos Zarate KO 3 Luis Castaneda, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Zarate’s pro debut.

1980: Salvador Sanchez KO 13 Danny (Little Red) Lopez, Phoenix. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

-Azumah Nelson KO 3 Nii Nuer, Accra. Nelson’s 2nd pro fight.

1982: Davey Moore KO 6 Tadashi Mihara, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Welterweight

1985: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Jorge Lujan, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight title

-Victor Callejas W 15 Seung Hoon Lee, Hato Rey, PR. .

2002: Roy Jones Jr. KO 7 Glenn Kelly, Miami. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Bernard Hopkins KO 10 Carl Daniels, Reading, PA. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Ronald Wright KO 5 Jason Papillion, Miami. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.