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    Mar 8

    Fight of the day.

    1969: Lionel Rose vs Alan Rudkin



    1944: Juan Zurita W 15 Sammy Angott, Hollywood. Wins NBA Lightweight Title.

    1969: Lionel Rose W 15 Alan Rudkin, Melbourne. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

    1971: Joe Frazier W 15 Muhammad Ali, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Referee: Arthur Mercante 8-6-1, judge: Artie Aidala 9-6, judge: Bill Recht 11-4.

    1981: Cornelius Boza-Edwards W 15 Rafael Limon, Stockton, CA. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

    -Pedro Flores KO 12 Yoko Gushiken, Gushikawa, Japan. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title ending a 5 year run for Yoko along with 13 title defenses.

    1991: Bobby Czyz W 12 Robert Daniels, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Cruiserweight Title.

    1997: Danny Romero KO 6 Jaji Sibali, Albuquerque. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

    -Johnny Tapia KO 3 Jorge Barrera, Albuquerque.

    1998: Saman Sorjaturong KO 4 Shiro Yahrio, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

    2002: Alexander Munoz KO 8 Celes Kobayashi, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

    2003: Corrie Sanders KO 2 Wladimir Klitschko, Hannover, Germany. Upset of the year.

    2008: Samuel Peter KO 6 Oleg Maskaev, Cancun, Mexico. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.

    -David Haye KO 2 Enzo Maccarinelli, London. Retains World Cruiserweight Title.

    -Nate Campbell W 12 Juan Diaz, Cancun, Mexico. Wins IBF/WBA Lightweight Title.

    -Daisuke Naito D 12 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

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    Mar 9

    Fight of the day

    1989: Raul Perez vs Lucio Lopez



    1900:Terry McGovern KO 3 Oscar Gardner, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

    1955: Raul Macias KO 11 Chamrern Songkitratn, San Francisco. Wins vacant NBA Bantamweight Title.

    1979: Wilfredo Gomez KO 5 Nestor Jimenez, NYC. Retains WBC Super bantamweight Title.

    1984: Tim Witherspoon W 12 Greg Page, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBC Heavyweight Title. Having trouble sleeping? Watch this fight.

    -Carlos De Leon W 12 Anthony Davis, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

    1985: Milton McCrory W 12 Pedro Vilella, Paris. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

    1986: Donald Curry KO 2 Eduardo Rodriguez, Ft. Worth, TX. Retains World Welterweight Title.

    -Myung Woo Yuh W 15 Jose DeJesus, Suwon, South Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

    1987: George Foreman KO 4 Steve Zouski, Sacramento. First fight since getting beat up by Jimmy Young 10 years earlier.

    1989: Raul Perez W 12 Lucio Lopez, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

    2001: Dale Crowe KO 10 Greg Page, Erlanger, Kentucky.

    2002: Paul Spadafora W 12 Angel Manfredy, Pittsburgh, PA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

    2013: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Tavoris Cloud, Brooklyn, NY. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

    -Argenis Mendez KO 4 Juan Carlos Salgado, Costa Mesa, CA. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

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    Mar 10

    Fight of the day.

    1986: Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs John Mugabi



    1888: John L. Sullivan D 39 Charley Mitchell, Chantilly, France. Retains Bareknuckle World Heavyweight Title. Fought on the estate of Baron Rothschild.

    1933: Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Adolf Heuser, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

    1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 11 Lou Salica, Oakland. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

    1947: Ezzard Charles KO 4 Jimmy Bivins, Cleveland.

    1969: Former World Flyweight Champion Jimmy Wilde dies.

    1972: Alfonzo Frazer W 15 Nicolino Locche, Panama City. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

    1979: Danny Lopez KO 2 Roberto Castanon, Salt Lake City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

    -Carlos Zarate KO 3 Mensah Kpalongo, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

    1986: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 11 John Mugabi, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title. Hagler’s 12th-successful title defense.

    -Thomas Hearns KO 1 James Shuler.

    -Gaby Canizales KO 7 Richard Sandoval, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title. Sandovals heart stops for 90 seconds. He never scraps again.

    1989: Fabrice Benichou W 12 Jose Sanabria, Limoges, France. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

    1990: Welcome Ncita W 12 Fabrice Benichou, Tel Aviv. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

    2001: Shane Mosley KO 5 Shannon Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

    2007: Wladimir Klitschko KO 2 Ray Austin, Manneheim, Germany. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

    -Souleymane M’Baye D 12 Andreas Kotelnik, Liverpool, England. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

    2012: Orlando Salido KO 10 Juan Manuel Lopez, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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    Mar 11

    Fight of the day. Awesome fight

    1989: Evander Holyfield vs Michael Dokes




    1903: Joe Gans KO 11 Steve Crosby, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

    1917: Jimmy Wilde KO 4 George Clark, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

    1947: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Harold Dade, Los Angeles. Regains World Bantamweight Title.

    1975: John Conteh KO 5 Lonnie Bennett, London. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

    1977: Eddie Gregory W 10 Matthew Franklin, Philadelphia.

    1978: Rocky Mattioli KO 7 Elisha Obed, Melbourne. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

    1984: Mark Medal KO 5 Earl Hargrove, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

    1988: Graciano Rocchigiani KO 8 Vincent Boulware, Dusseldorf. Wins vacant Super Middleweight Title.

    1989: Evander Holyfield KO 10 Michael Dokes, Las Vegas.

    1995: Riddick Bowe KO 6 Herbie Hide, Las Vegas.

    -Dariusz Michalczewski KO 2 Roberto Dominguez, Colonge, Germany.

    -Hector Acero-Sanchez W 12 Julio Gervacio, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

    2000: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 2 Mohamed Siluvangi, Hansehalle, Luebeck, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

    -Sven Ottke W 12 Lloyd Bryan, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

    -Naseem Hamed KO 4 Vuyani Bungu, London. Retains World Featherweight Title.

    -Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Adan Vargas, Sa Kaew, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

    2001: Celes Kobayashi KO 10 Leo Gamez, Tokyo, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

    2005: Eric Ortiz KO 7 Jose Antonio Aguirre, Mexico City. Wins vacant Junior Flyweight Title.

    2006: Felix Sturm W 12 Maselino Masoe, Hamburg, Germany.

    -Wladimir Sidorenko Draw 12 Ricardo Cordoba, Hamburg, Germany. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

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    Holyfield v Dokes was a quality fight and brutal finish.
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    Mar 12

    Fight of the day

    1973: Kuniaki Shibata vs Ben Villaflor 1



    1959: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Kenny Lane, NYC. Wins vacant World Super Lightweight Title.

    1973: Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Ben Villaflor, Honolulu. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

    1977: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Miguel Campanino, Mexico City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

    1988: Jose Luis Ramirez W 12 Pernell Whitaker, Paris. Retains WBC Lightweight Title. Definitely on my top 3 robberies in boxing history list.

    2000: Gilberto Serrano KO 5 Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Tokyo. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

    2005: Markus Beyer W 12 Danny Green, Zwickau, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

    2009: Takahiro Aoh W 12 Oscar Larios, Tokyo. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

    -Hozumi Hasegawa KO 1 Vusi Malinga, Hyogo, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

    2011: Sergio Martinez KO 8 Sergei Dzinziruk, Mashantucket, CT. Retains World Middleweight Title.

    - Miguel Cotto KO 12 Ricardo Mayorga, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

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    Mar 13

    Fight of the day = 2 Fotys 30 years apart. Ftr I think Doug won the fight.

    1963: Cassius Clay vs Doug Jones


    1993:Michael Carbajal vs Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez




    1922: Harry Greb W 15 Tommy Gibbons, NYC.

    1936: John Henry Lewis W 15 Jock McAvoy, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

    1952: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Bobo Olson, San Francisco. Retains World Middleweight Title.

    1961: Floyd Patterson KO 6 Ingemar Johansson, Miami. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

    1963: Cassius Clay W 10 Doug Jones, NYC.

    1975: Ben Villaflor W 15 Hyun Chi Kim, Quezon City. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

    1979: Masashi Kudo W 15 Manuel R. Gonzalez, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

    1983: Jeff Chandler W 15 Gaby Canizales, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

    1984: Jung Koo Chang W 12 Sot Chitalada, Pusan, South Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

    1993: Tracy Harris Patterson W 12 Jesse Benevidas, Poukeepsie, NY. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

    -Michael Carbajal KO 7 Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains IBF and wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

    1998: Robert Garcia W 12 Harold Warren, Miami. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.

    1999: Evander Holyfield D 12 Lennox Lewis, NYC. For the Undisputed World Heavyweight Title.

    -Fernando Vargas KO 4 Howard Clarke, NYC. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

    -James Page W 12 Sam Garr, NYC. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

    -Leo Gamez KO 3 Hugo Soto, NYC. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

    2009: Lucian Bute KO 4 Fulgencio Zuniga, Montreal, Canada. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

    2010: Manny Pacquiao W 12 Joshua Clottey, Arlington, Texas.

    -Humberto Soto W 12 David Diaz, Arlington, Texas. Wins vacant WBC Lightweight Title.

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    Mar 14

    Fight of the day

    1990: Brian Mitchell vs Jackie Beard




    1906: Jack Johnson W 15 Joe Jeanette, Baltimore. The third of 8-fights between these two.

    1911: Owen Moran ND 10 Packy McFarland, NYC.

    1924: Jack Delaney KO 4 Paul Berlenbach, NYC.

    1927: Mushy Callahan KO 2 Andy DiVodi, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

    1944: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Ernesto Aguilar, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

    1946: Jimmy Carter W 4 Clifton Bordies, Newark. Carter’s pro debut.

    1951: Johnny Batten W 15 Charlie Fusari, Chicago. Wins vacant NBA Welterweight Title.

    1956: Johnny Saxton W 15 Carmen Basilio, Chicago. Regains World Welterweight Title.

    1974: Ben Villaflor D 15 Apollo Yoshio, Toyama, Japan. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

    1975: Alfonso Zamora KO 4 Soo Hwan Hong, Inglewood. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

    1980: Jim Watt KO 4 Charlie Nash, Glasgow. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

    1990: Brian Mitchell W 12 Jackie Beard, Grosseto, Italy. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

    1991: Elvis Alvares W 12 Leopard Tamakuma, Tokyo. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

    1992: Manuel Medina W 12 Fabrice Benichou, Antibes, France. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

    1998: Keith Mullings KO 5 Davide Ciarlante, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

    -Vince Phillips KO 1 Alfonso Sanchez, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

    2009: Arthur Abraham W 12 Lajuan Simon, Kiel, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

    -Giovanni Segura KO 4 Casar Canchila, Baja, Mexico. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

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    Mitchell was a true road warrior.
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    Mar 16

    Fight of the day

    1986: Patrizio Oliva vs Ubaldo Sacco





    1906: Abe Attell W disq. 3 Tony Moran, Baltimore. Retains World Featherweight Title.

    1963: Archie Moore KO 3 Mike DiBiase, Phoenix. The legends last fight.

    1975: Alexis Arguello KO 8 Leonel Hernandez, Caracas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

    1977: Eckhard Dagge D 15 Maurice Hope, Berlin. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

    1983: Charlie Magri KO 7 Eleoncio Mercedes, Wembley. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

    1984: Jiro Watanabe KO 15 Celso Chavez, Osaka. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

    1985: Larry Holmes KO 10 David Bey, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title. His 19th defense.

    1986: Patrizio Oliva W 15 Ubaldo Sacco, Monte Carlo. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.

    1991: Brian Mitchell D 12 Tony Lopez, Sacramento. For IBF & WBA Super Featherweight Title.

    1992: Eddie Cook KO 5 Israel Contreras, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

    1997: Daorung Chuvatana W 12 Felix Machado, Satul Province, Thailand. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

    2003: Sven Ottke W 12 Byron Mitchell, Berlin. Unifies WBA & IBF Super Middleweight Title.

    -Acelino Freitas KO 4 Juan Carlos Ramirez, Chicago. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

    2008: Manny Pacquiao W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas. Wins World Super Featherweight Title. Referee: Kenny Bayless | judge: Duane Ford 115-112 | judge: Jerry Roth 112-115 | judge: Tom Miller 114-113.

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    Mar 15

    Fight of the day

    1986: Patrizio Oliva vs Ubaldo Sacco





    1906: Abe Attell W disq. 3 Tony Moran, Baltimore. Retains World Featherweight Title.

    1963: Archie Moore KO 3 Mike DiBiase, Phoenix. The legends last fight.

    1975: Alexis Arguello KO 8 Leonel Hernandez, Caracas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

    1977: Eckhard Dagge D 15 Maurice Hope, Berlin. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

    1983: Charlie Magri KO 7 Eleoncio Mercedes, Wembley. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

    1984: Jiro Watanabe KO 15 Celso Chavez, Osaka. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

    1985: Larry Holmes KO 10 David Bey, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title. His 19th defense.

    1986: Patrizio Oliva W 15 Ubaldo Sacco, Monte Carlo. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.

    1991: Brian Mitchell D 12 Tony Lopez, Sacramento. For IBF & WBA Super Featherweight Title.

    1992: Eddie Cook KO 5 Israel Contreras, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

    1997: Daorung Chuvatana W 12 Felix Machado, Satul Province, Thailand. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

    2003: Sven Ottke W 12 Byron Mitchell, Berlin. Unifies WBA & IBF Super Middleweight Title.

    -Acelino Freitas KO 4 Juan Carlos Ramirez, Chicago. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

    2008: Manny Pacquiao W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas. Wins World Super Featherweight Title. Referee: Kenny Bayless | judge: Duane Ford 115-112 | judge: Jerry Roth 112-115 | judge: Tom Miller 114-113.

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    Mar 16

    Fight of the day x 2

    1992: Ricardo Lopez vs Pretty Boy Lucas


    1996: Ricardo Lopez vs Ala Villamor



    1939: Henry Armstrong KO 1 Lew Feldman, St. Louis. Retains World Welterweight Title. Armstrong’s second defense in less then two weeks

    1960: Flash Elorde KO 7 Harold Gomes, Quezon City. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

    1974: Roberto Duran KO 11 Esteban De Jesus, Panama City. Retains World Lightweight Title.

    1980: Alan Minter W 15 Vito Antuofermo, Las Vegas. Wins World Middleweight Title. Questionable decision.

    1983: Leonardo Cruz W 15 Soon Hyun Chung, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

    1991: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Ron Amundsen, Saint Vincent, Italy. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

    -Sung Kil Moon KO 4 Nana Konadu, Zaragoza, Spain. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

    1992: Ricardo Lopez W 12 Pretty Boy Lucas, Mexico City. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

    1996: Mike Tyson KO 3 Frank Bruno, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Heavyweight Title.

    -Bernard Hopkins KO 4 Joe Lipsey, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

    -Keith Holmes KO 9 Quincy Taylor, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Middleweight Title.

    -Michael Carbajal W 12 Melchor Cob Castro, Las Vegas. Regains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

    -Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Ala Villamor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

    2002: Sven Ottke W 12 Rick Thornberry, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

    2007: Celestino Caballero W DQ 9 Ricardo Castillo, Hollywood, FLA. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

    2013: Tim Bradley W 12 Ruslan Provodnikov, Carson, CA.

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    Mar 17

    Fight of the day

    1977: Jimmy Young vs George Foreman



    1897: Bob Fizsimmons KO 14 James J. Corbett, Carson City, NV. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

    1908: Tommy Burns KO 1 Jem Roche, Dublin. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

    1911: Ad Wolgast KO 9 George Memsic, Vernon, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

    1919: Jack Britton KO 9 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Canton, OH. Wins World Welterweight Title for a third time.

    1921: Johnny Wilson W 15 Mike O’ Dowd, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.

    1923: Mike McTigue W 20 Battling Siki, Dublin. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

    1927: Young Stribling W 10 (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom, Boston.

    1933: Ben Jeby D 15 Vince Dundee, NYC. Retains New York World Middleweight Title.

    1947: Rocky Marciano KO 3 Lee Epperson, Holyoke, MA. Marciano’s pro debut. Calls himself Rocky Mack to protect his amateur status.

    1950: Willie Pep W 15 Ray Famechon, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

    1969: Freddie Little W 15 Stanley Hayward, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

    1973: Antonio Cervantes KO 10 Nicolino Locche, Maracay, Venezuela. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

    -Rodolfo Gonzalez KO 9 Ruben Navarro, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

    1977: Jimmy Young W 12 George Foreman, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Foreman finds God at the end of a humiliating beat-down.

    -Alfredo Escalera KO 6 Ronnie McGarvey, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

    1984: Edwin Rosario KO 1 Roberto Elizondo, San Juan. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

    -Joo Do Chun KO 1 Diego De Villa, Kwangiu, South Korea. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

    1990: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 12 Meldrick Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC & wins IBF Super Lightweight Title. Great fight. Debatable ending.

    1991: Michael Carbajal W 12 Javier Varguez, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

    2000: Stevie Johnston KO 2 Julio Alvarez, Denver. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

    2001: Johnny Tapia KO 6 Cuauhtemoc (Famasito) Gomez, Albuquerque.

    2007: Jean Marc Mormeck W 12 O’Neil Bell, Levallois Perret, France. Regains World Cruiserweight Title.

    -Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

    -Wladimir Sidorenko D 12 Ricardo Cordoba, Stuttgart, Germany. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

    2012: Sergio Martinez KO 11 Matthew Macklin, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.

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    Fight of the day x 2. Some little guys.

    1979:Chan Hee Park vs Miguel Canto


    2006:Somsak Sithchatchawal vs Mahyar Monshipour



    1932: George Nichols W 10 Dave Miller, Chicago. Wins vacant NBA Light Heavyweight Title.

    1933: Panama Al Brown W 12 Dominic Berasconi, Milan. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

    1959: Davey Moore KO 14 Hogan (Kid) Bassey, Los Angeles. Wins World Featherweight Title.

    1978: Carlos Palomino KO 9 Mimoun Mohater, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

    -Jorge Lujan KO 11 Roberto Rubaldino, San Antonio. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

    1979: Chan Hee Park W 15 Miguel Canto, Pusan, South Korea. Wins WBC Flyweight Title. Ends a 14 fight title defense run by Canto.

    1983: Michael Spinks W 15 Dwight Qawi, Atlantic City. Unifies WBA & WBC Titles.

    1991: Mike Tyson KO 7 Donovan Ruddock, Las Vegas. Unpopular Stoppage.

    -Simon Brown KO 10 Maurice Blocker, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

    -Julio Cesar Chavez KO 4 John Duplessis, Las Vegas. Retains WBC & IBF Super Lightweight Title.

    1994: Juan Martin Coggi KO 3 Eder Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

    1995: Roy Jones Jr. KO 1 Antoine Byrd, Pensacola, FL. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

    -Steve Collins W 12 Chris Eubank, Millstreet, Ireland.

    -Harold Grey W 12 Orlando Tobon, Cartenegna. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

    2000: Diego Corrales KO 3 Derrick Gainer, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

    -Floyd Mayweather W 12 Gregorio Vargas, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

    -Acelino Freitas KO 1 Javier Jauregui, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    2006: Hasim Rahman D 12 James Toney, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

    -Somsak Sithchatchawal KO 10 Mahyar Monshipour, Levallois-Perret, France. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

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    Mar 19

    Fight of the day

    1983: Milton McCrory vs Colin Jones. Colin got bent over in this one. The outcome was a farce.



    1943: Sammy Angott W 10 Willie Pep, NYC. This was Peps first loss in 64 fights and it was to the reigning lightweight champion. The Wisp would not lose another fight for 5 years.

    1966: Gabriel (Flash) Elorde W 10 Ismael Laguna, Manila.

    1972: Rafael Herrera KO 8 Ruben Olivares, Mexico City. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

    1983: Milton McCrory D 12 Colin Jones, Reno. For vacant WBC Welterweight Title. Jones robbed.

    1994: Herbie Hide KO 7 Michael Bentt, London.

    -Orzubek Nazarov W 12 Dingaan Thobela, Hammanskraal. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

    2005: Martin Castillo W 12 Eric Morel, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

    2007: Takefumi Sakata KO 3 Lorenzo Parra, Tokyo. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

    2011: Vitali Klitschko KO 1 Odlanier Solis, Cologne, Germany. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

    -Lucian Bute KO 10 Brian Magee, Montreal, Canada. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

    -Guillermo Rigondeaux KO 1 Willie Casey, Dublin. Ireland

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