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.
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