Feb 17

Fight of the day

2001:Erik Morales vs Guty Espadas



1918: Harry Wills KO 5 Sam McVey, Panama City.

1922: Jack Britton D 15 Dave Shade, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1935: Freddie Miller KO 1 Jose Girones, Barcelona. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1941: Joe Louis KO 2 Gus Dorazio, Philadelphia. Retains world Heavyweight Title.

1966: World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali’s draft status is mysteriously reclassified from exempt (for failing an aptitude test) to 1A.

1976: Koichi Wajima KO 15 Jae Do Yuh, Tokyo. Regains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1991: Michael Carbajal KO 2 Macario Santos, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

-Phillip Holiday KO 10 John Lark, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1999: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Carlos Rios, Grand Rapids, MI. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2001: Andrew (Six Heads) Lewis KO 7 James Page, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.

-Takanori Hatakeyama D 12 Rick Roberts, Tokyo. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Erik Morales W 12 Guty Espadas, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

-Lehlo Ledwaba KO 9 Arnel Barotillo, Carnival City, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.