This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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Feb 11

Fight of the day x 2

1953: Kid Gavilan vs Chuck Davey


1990: James Douglas vs Mike Tyson



1916: Sam Langford KO 19 Harry Wills, New Orleans. Wills loses his World coloured heavyweight title claim

Sam Langford knocked out Harry Wills in the 19th round of a scheduled twenty-round go at a local arena last night. Until the knockout blow neither fighter seemed to have the advantage.

(Reno Evening Gazette)

Sam finally stopped his rival in the 19th round with a left hook to the jaw. It was the fourth knockdown Wills received.

(The Gleaner)

1949: Willie Pep W 15 Sandy Saddler, NYC. Regains World Featherweight Title. FOTY

1953: Kid Gavilan KO 10 Chuck Davey, Chicago. Retains World Welterweight Title. The undefeated Davey falls to 37-1-2.

1959: Joe (Old Bones) Brown W 15 Johnny Busso, Houston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1978: Carlos Palomino KO 7 Ryu Sorimachi, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1983: Marvin Hagler KO 6 Tony Sibson, Worcestor, MA. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1984: Thomas Hearns W 12 Luigi Minchillo, Detroit. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1989: Rene Jacquot W 12 Donald Curry, Grenoble. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title. Upset of the year.

-Brian Mitchell KO 8 Salvatore Bottiglieri, Capo D’ Orlando, Italy. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Napa Kiatwanchai W 12 John Arief, Korat, Thailand. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1990: James Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson, Tokyo. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Douglas, a 43-1 underdog, scores the greatest upset in sports history.

1995: Henry Maske W 12 Egerton Marcus, Frankfurt, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

1996: Carlos Salazar KO 6 Antonello Melis, Rome. Retains IBF Super flyweight Title.

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Feb 12

Fight of the day x 2

1971: Ken Buchanan vs Ruben Navarro


2000:Kostya Tszyu vs Amed Santos



1966: Vicente Saldivar KO 2 Floyd Robertson, Mexico City. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1971: Ken Buchanan W 15 Ruben Navarro, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1977: Esteban DeJesus KO 6 Buzzaw Yamabe, Bayamon, PR. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1989: Myung Woo Yuh KO 10 Katsumi Komiyama, Chongiu, South Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1993: Tony Lopez W 12 Dingaan Thobela, Sacramento. Retains WBA Lightweight Title. Controversial decision.

1994: Tom Johnson W 12 Orlando Soto, St Louis. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

2000: Zab Judah KO 4 Jan Bergman, Uncasville, Connecticut. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Kostya Tszyu KO 8 Amed Santos, Uncasville, Connecticut. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

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Feb 13

Fight of the day

1999:Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Ike Quartey. I've always thought the wrong man won.



1917: Jim Flynn KO 1 Jack Dempsey, Murray, UT.

1942: Billy Conn W 12 Tony Zale, NYC.

1952: Rocky Marciano KO 6 Lee Savold, Philadelphia. The Rock’s 39th win without a loss.

1957: Joe (Old Bones) Brown KO 11 Wallace (Bud) Smith, Miami. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1977: Dong Kyun Yum W 15 Jose Cervantes, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1982: Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Robbie Williams, Johannesburg. Wins newly created WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Michael Spinks KO 6 Mustapha Wassaja, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Alexis Arguello KO 6 Bubba Busceme, Beaumont, TX. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1983: Donald Curry W 15 Jun Sok Hwang, Fort Worth, TX. Wins vacant WBA Welterweight Title.

-Leroy Haley W 12 Saoul Mamby, Cleveland. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1987: Fidel Bassa W 15 Hilario Zapata, Barranquilla. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1993: James Toney KO 9 Iran Barkley, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Roy Jones Jr. KO 1 Glenn Wolfe, Las Vegas.

-John-John Molina KO 8 Francisco Segura, Bayamon PR. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1994: Jake Rodriguez W 12 Charles Murray, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Saensor Ploenchit W 12 David Griman, Bangkok. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1998: Laurent Boudouani D 12 Guillermo Jones, Albuquerque, NM. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Johnny Tapia W 12 Rodolfo Blanco, Albuquerque, NM. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

-Will Grigsby W 12 Javier Cintron, Albuquerque.

1999: Richie Woodhall KO 6 Vincenzo Nardiello, Newcastle, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Ike Quartey, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Takanori Hatakeyama D 12 Saul Duran, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Erik Morales KO 2 Angel Chacon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2010: Nonito Donaire KO 3 Manuel Vargas, Las Vegas.

-Fernando Montiel KO 1 Ciso Morales, Las Vegas

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Feb 14

Fight of the day

1981: Eusebio Pedroza vs Patrick Ford



1914: Tom McCormick WF 6 Waldemar Holberg, Sydney. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1916: Jimmy Wilde KO 12 Joe Symonds, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1918: Jack Dempsey KO 1 Jim Flynn, Ft. Sheridan, IL.

1945: Chester Slider W 10 Henry Armstrong, Oakland. Armstrong’s final fight. Hanks last fight.

1951: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 13 Jake LaMotta, Chicago. Wins World Middleweight Title. Last fight between these two and Ray finishes 5 and 1.

1955: Carlos Ortiz KO 1 Harry Bell, NYC. Ortiz’ pro debut.

1973: Muhammad Ali W 12 Joe Bugner, Las Vegas.

1981: Eusebio Pedroza KO 13 Patrick Ford, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1987: Evander Holyfield KO 7 Henry Tillman, Reno. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1988: Buddy McGirt KO 12 Frankie Warren, Corpus Cristi, TX. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

2002: A New York jury awards World Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis $8-million in damages in his lawsuit with former promoter and manager Panos Eliades.

2009: Cristobal Cruz W 12 Cyril Thomas, Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France. Retains IBF Feather weight Title.

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Feb 15

Fight of the day x 2

1970: Jose Napoles vs Ernie Lopez 1




1992:Michael Carbajal vs Marcos Pacheco



1916: Jack Britton ND 10 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Brooklyn. Non-title fight.

1937: Marcel Thil W Disq. 6 Lou Brouillard, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title. Poor Lou loses twice to this man and in the same fashion.

1964: Carlos Ortiz KO 14 Flash Elorde, Manila. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1969: Rene Barrientos W 15 Ruben Navarro, Quezon City. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1970: Jose Napoles KO 15 Ernie Lopez, Inglewood. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1977: Marvin Hagler KO 12 Willie Monroe, Boston.

1978: Leon Spinks W 15 Muhammad Ali, Las Vegas. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

-Danny (Little Red) Lopez KO 6 David Kotey, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1982: Sugar Ray Leonard KO 3 Bruce Finch, Reno. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1985: Lester Ellis W 15 Hwan Kil Yuh, Melbourne. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1986: Barry McGuigan KO 14 Danilio Cabrera, Dublin. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Cesar Polanco W 15 Elly Pical, Djakarta. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1991: Muangchai Kittikasem KO 6 Sot Chitalada, Ayuthaya, Thailand. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1992: Julian Jackson KO 1 Ismael Negron, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Michael Carbajal W 12 Marcos Pacheco, Phoenix. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Sirimongkol Singmanassuk W 12 Jesus Sarabia, Bangkok. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2000: Ring announcer Chuck Hull, 75, dies at his home in Las Vegas.

2003: Rafael Marquez KO 8 Tim Austin, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Bantamweight Title.

Victor Burgos KO 12 Alex Sanchez, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

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Feb 16

Fight of the day x 2. A look at Livingstone Bramble.

Not a big fan of using woulda, shoulda, coulda but they all apply here even though he did pretty well for himself.

1985: Livingstone Bramble W 15 Ray Mancini


1986: Livingstone Bramble vs Tyrone Crawley



1963: Flash Elorde W 15 Johnny Bizarro, Manila. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1970: Joe Frazier KO 5 Jimmy Ellis, NYC. Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title.

1973: Antonio Cervantes W 15 Josua Marquez, San Juan. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1974: Bruno Acari W Disq. 8 Tony Ortiz, Turin, Italy. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Ernesto Marcel W 15 Alexis Arguello, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title. Three months later Marcel would retire from boxing. Alexis would not lose another fight for almost 9 years.

1980: Tae Shik Kim KO 2 Luis Ibarra, Seoul. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1983: ST Gordon KO 8 Jesse Burnett, East Rutherford, NJ. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1985: Billy Costello W 12 Leroy Haley, Kingston, NY. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Livingstone Bramble W 15 Ray Mancini, Reno. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1986: Livingstone Bramble KO 11 Tyrone Crawley, Reno. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Ki Yung Chung KO 7 Tyrone Jackson, Ulsan, South Korea. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1992: Robert Quiroga W 12 Carlos Mercado, Salerno, Italy. Retains IBF Super flyweight Title.

2006: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Gilberto Keb Baas, Chainart, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2008: Kelly Pavlik W 12 Jermain Taylor, Las Vegas. Non-title fight

-Cristian Mijares W 12 Jose Navarro, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title. Referee: Russell Mora | judge: Chris Wilson 115-113 | judge: Adalaide Byrd 117-111 | judge: Doug Tucker 108-120.

Lol Doug Tucker should have immediately changed his name to Silly Fucker.

-Fernando Montiel KO 4 Martin Castillo, Las Vegas.