This day in boxing. A look back.

[Master]

First time I have seen the Collins v Mike McCallum fight. Very entertaining.

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Feb 5

Fight of the day

1967: Dick Tiger vs Jose Torres



1934:Maxie Rosenbloom D 15 Joe Knight, Miami. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1943: Jake LaMotta W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson, Detroit. Robinson suffers his first defeat.

-Beau Jack W 10 Fritzie Zivic, NYC.

1967: Dick Tiger W 15 Jose Torres, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title. All three judges score the fight 8-7 in rounds. Two for Tiger, and one for Torres.

1972: Antonio Gomez KO 7 Raul Martinez, Maracay. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1974: Koichi Wajima W 15 Miguel de Oliveria, Tokyo. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1977: Carlos Zarate KO 3 Fernando Cabenela, Mexico City. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

Sugar Ray Leonard W 6 Luis Vega, Baltimore. Leonard’s pro debut.

1988: Marlin Starling W 12 Fujio Ozaki, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1989: Darrin Van Horn W 12 Robert Hines, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Graciano Rocchigiani, Berlin.

1996: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Raul Juarez, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1998: Two-time former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, 31, files a $100-million lawsuit against Don King in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Alleging that his longtime promoter systematically defrauded him of tens of millions of dollars over a 10-year period.

-Middleweight Reuben Bell, 24, is shot to death by an unknown assailant in the lobby of Washington Hospital Center’s Cancer Institute, where he was being treated for colon cancer.

1999: Antonio Cermeno KO 2 Eddie Saenz, Miami. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2002: Willie Jorrin D 12 Osamu Sato, Tokyo, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2005: Zab Judah KO 9 Cory Spinks, St. Louis, MO. Wins World Welterweight Title.

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Feb 6

Fight of the day

1988: Greg Haugen vs Vinny Pazienza



1931: Tommy Loughran W 10 Max Baer, NYC.

1963: Carlos Monzon KO 2 Ramon Montenegro, Rafaela, Argentina. Monzon’s pro debut.

1967: Muhammad Ali W 15 Ernie Terrell, Houston. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1982: Amado Urzua KO 2 Hilario Zapata, Panama City. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1987: Mark Breland KO 7 Harold Volbrecht, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA Welterweight Title.

1988: Greg Haugen W 15 Vinny Pazienza, Atlantic City. Regains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Kelvin Seabrooks KO 2 Fernando Beltran, Paris. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1992: Mauro Galvano W 12 Juan Carlos Gimenez, Marchino, Italy. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

1993: Riddick Bowe KO 1 Michael Dokes, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1994: Leo Gamez KO 7 Juan Torres, Panama City. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: Reggie Johnson KO 5 William Guthrie, Uncasville, CT. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 8 Demetrio Ceballos, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1999: Bernard Hopkins KO 7 Robert Allen, Washington D.C. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Pedro Saiz, Washington D.C. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Vuyani Bungu KO 7 Victor Lierena, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2004: Carl Thompson KO 9 Sebastian Rothman. Thompson dropped in the first round, Rothman down in the 5th & 9th.

-Glencoffe Johnson W 12 Clinton Woods, Sheffield, England. Wins vacant IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

2010: Edwin Valero KO 9 Antonio DeMarco, Monterrey, Mexico. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

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Feb 7

Fight of the day

2009: Vic Darchinyan vs Jorge Arce



1882: John L. Sullivan KO 9 Paddy Ryan, Mississippi City. Wins bare-knuckle Heavyweight Title. History has noted that Jessie James may have been in attendance.

1916: Kid Williams D 20 Pete Herman, New Orleans. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1921: Jack Britton W 15 Ted Lewis, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title. The last of their 20-meetings.

1934: Barney Ross W 12 Polo Nebo, New Orleans. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1961: Harold Johnson KO 9 Jesse Bowdry, Philadelphia. Wins vacant NBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1988: Frank Tate KO 10 Tony Sibson, Staffordshire, England. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Myung Woo Yuh W 12 Willy Salazar, Seoul. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Lennox Lewis W Disq. 5 Oliver McCall, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Heavyweight Title

2009: Ruslan Chagaev W tech. dec. 6 Carl Davis Drumond, Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Andres Kotelnik W 12 Marcos Rene Maidana, Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

-Vic Darchinyan KO 12 Jorge Arce, Anaheim, CA. Retains WBA/WBA/IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2010: Daiki Kameda W 12 Denkaosen Kaovichit, Kobe, Japan. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

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Feb 8

Fight of the day x 2

1981: Hilario Zapata vs Joey Olivo-Lol@ Durans bling.


1997:Prince Naseem Hamed vs Tom (Boom Boom) Johnson



1924: Pancho Villa W 15 Georgie Marks, NYC. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1930: Panama Al Brown WF 4 Johnny Erickson, NYC. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1950: Jersey Joe Walcott KO 3 Harold Johnson, Philadelphia. Fourteen years prior Walcott stopped Phill Johnson (Harold’s father), in three; also in Philly.

1970: Shozo Saijyo W 15 Godfrey Stevens, Tokyo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1981: Hilario Zapata KO 13 Joey Olivo, Panama City. Retains WBC Junior flyweight Title.

1986: Miguel Lora W 12 Wilfredo Vasquez, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1992: James Toney W 12 Dave Tiberi, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Middleweight Title. One of the biggest hose jobs I have ever seen.

1997: Steve Collins KO 5 Frederic Seillier, Millwall, England.

-Robin Reid KO 7 Giovanni Pretorius, Millwall, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Prince Naseem Hamed KO 8 Tom (Boom Boom) Johnson, Millwall, England. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

1998: Enrique Sanchez W 12 Rafael Del Valle, Lake Charles, LA. Wins vacant WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Shane Mosley No-Contest 3 Raul Marquez. Nasty gash by clash of heads.

2004: Yodsanan Nanathachai KO 7 Ryuhei Sugita, Gifu, Japan. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

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Feb 9

Fight of the day x 2

1980: Lupe Pintor vs Alberto Sandoval


2008: Carlos Quintana vs Paul Williams






1908: Jackie Fields born Jacob Finkelstein.

1940: Joe Louis W 15 Arturo Godoy, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. By all accounts, this split decision win was one of Joe's toughest fights.

1969: Shozo Saijyo W 15 Pedro Gomez, Tokyo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1973: Venice Borkorsor W 15 Erbito Salavarria, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1974: Carlos Monzon KO 7 Jose Napoles, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1980: Lupe Pintor KO 12 Alberto Sandoval, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1986: Marvin Johnson KO 7 Leslie Stewart, Indianapolis. Wins vacant WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1991:Terry Norris W 12 Sugar Ray Leonard, NYC. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title. The end of an era.

2000:

The legendary hall-of-famer Beau Jack, 78 has passed away at a nursing home in Miami, Florida from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Beau Jack, who twice held the world lightweight title in the 1940’s, holds the Madison Square Garden record for main events with 21.

2008: Carlos Quintana W 12 Paul Williams, Temecula, CA. Huge upset!

-Edgar Sosa W 12 Jesus Iribe, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

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Feb 10

Fight of the day

1979: Miguel Canto vs Antonio Avelar



1894: George Lavigne D 8 Young Griffo, NYC.

1908: Tommy Burns KO 4 Jack Palmer, London. Retains world Heavyweight Title.

1917: Harry Greb ND 6 Mike Gibbons, Philadelphia.

1922: Benny Leonard W 15 Rocky Kansas, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1928: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Benny Bass, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1930: Jimmy Slattery W 15 Lou Scozza, Buffalo. Wins vacant World Light Heavyweight Title.

1950: Billy Graham W 10 Kid Gavilan, NYC.

1979: Miguel Canto W 15 Antonio Avelar, Merida, MX. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1980: Chan Hee Park W 15 Arnel Arrozal, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1982: Chul Ho Kim KO 8 Koki Ishii, Taegu, South Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1995: Johnny Tapia W 12 Jose Rafael Sosa, Albuquerque.

1996: Felix Trinidad KO 4 Rodney Moore, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

1997: Mark Johnson W 12 Alejandro Montiel, Inglewood. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2005: Oscar Larios W 12 Wayne McCullough, Lemoore, CA. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2007: Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Luis Collazo, Las Vegas. Shane’s first fight at welterweight in 5 years.