This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

[IamInuit]

Feb 3

Fight of the day x 2


1990: Mike McCallum vs Steve Collins


1996: Marco Antonio Barrera vs Kennedy McKinney



1912: Johnny Coulon W 20 Frankie Conley, Vernon, CA.

1939: Melio Bettina KO 9 Tiger Jack Fox, NYC. Wins vacant New York World Light Heavyweight Title.

1980: Larry Holmes KO 6 Lorenzo Zanon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Wilfredo Gomez KO 7 Ruben Valdez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1981: Shoji Oguma W 15 Chan Hee Park, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1987: Bernardo Pinango W 15 Frankie Duarte, Inglewood. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1990: Mike McCallum W 12 Steve Collins, Boston. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Pernell Whitaker W 12 Freddie Pendleton, Atlantic City. Retains WBC/IBF Lightweight Title.

1991: Kiyoshi Hatanaka KO 8 Pedro Decima, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Paul Hodkinson KO 4 Ricardo Cepeda, London. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1996: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 12 Kennedy McKinney, Inglewood. The debut event of HBO’s Boxing After Dark.

2001: Kostya Tszyu KO 7 Sharmba Mitchell, Las Vegas. Retains WBC, wins WBA, Super Lightweight Title.

2007: Chad Dawson W 12 Tomasz Adamek, Kissimmee, FLA. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Corey Spinks W 12 Rodney Jones, Kissimmee, FLA. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Julio Diaz KO 3 Jesus Chavez. Kissimmee, FLA. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Feb 4

Fight of the day


1979: Alexis Arguello vs Alfredo Escalera 2



1909: Abe Attell KO 7 Eddie Kelly, New Orleans. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1927: Charley Phil Rosenberg W 15 Bushy Graham, NYC. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1952: Kid Gavilan W 15 Bobby Dykes, Miami. Retains World Welterweight Title. First racially mixed fight in Florida.

1960: Carlos Ortiz KO 10 Battling Torres, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Jose Becerra KO 9 Alphonse Halimi, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1979: Alexis Arguello KO 13 Alfredo Escalera, Rimini, Italy. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1984: Donald Curry W 15 Marlon Starling, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1989: Marlon Starling KO 9 Lloyd Honeyghan, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

-Mark Breland KO 1 Seung Soon Lee, Las Vegas. Regains (vacant) WBA Welterweight Title.

1990: Jorge Paez W 12 Troy Dorsey, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

-Hiyong Choi W 12 Leo Gamez, Ulsan, South Korea. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: Don King is carjacked in Mexico City for a 100,000 dollar rolex

2007: Lovemore N’dou KO 11 Naoufel Ben Rabah, Sydney, Australia. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.