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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