Feb 28

Fight of the day
1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Vonzell Johnson






1908: Abe Attell KO 7 Eddie Kelly, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1913: Pete Herman ND 6 Lew Tendler, Philadelphia.

1933: Freddie Miller W 10 Baby Arizmendi, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1938: Henry Armstrong KO 2 Charley Burns, Minneapolis. Armstrong’s 27th consecutive knockout victory.

1947: Gus Lesnevich KO 10 Billy Fox, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1949: Ezzard Charles W 15 Joey Maxim, Cincinnati.

1962: Cassius Clay KO 4 Don Warner, Miami Beach. Clay moves to 12-0 (9).

1964: Sugar Ramos KO 6 Mitsunori Seki, Bangkok. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1971: Shozo Saijyo W 15 Frankie Crawford, Utsonomiya, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1973: Jose Napoles KO 7 Ernie Lopez, Inglewood. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1974: Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Ricardo Arredondo, Tokyo. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1976: Elisha Obed KO 2 Tony Gardner, Nassau. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 11 Vonzell Johnson, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1987: Khaosai Galaxy KO 14 Elly Pical, Jakarta. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Muangchai Kittikasem KO 9 Sot Chitalada, Sumut Prakan, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1993: Al Cole W 12 Uriah Grant, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

1998: Stevie Johnston W 12 George Scott, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

2004: Markus Beyer W 12 Andre Thysse, Mehrzweckhalle, Dresden, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Miguel Cotto KO 4 Victoriano Sosa, Las Vegas. The highly touted Cotto improves to 19-0 (16).

-Erik Morales W 12 Jesus Chavez, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2008: Dimitri Kirilov D 12 Cecilio Santos, NYC. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2009: Juan Manuel Marquez KO 9 Juan Diaz, Houston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

-Chris John D 12 Rocky Juarez, Houston. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Roman Gonzalez W 12 Francisco Rosas, Oaxaca, Mexico. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.