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.