Mitchell was a true road warrior.
Mitchell was a true road warrior.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
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.
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.
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.
Mar 18
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.
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
Mar 20
Fight of the day
1992: Iran Barkley vs Thomas Hearns 2
1925: Charley Phil Rosenberg W 15 Cannonball Martin, NYC. Wins World Bantamweight Title.
1967: Luis Rodriguez W 10 Bennie Briscoe, Philadelphia, PA.
1970: Freddie Little W 15 Gerhard Piaskowy, Berlin. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
-Chartchai Chionoi W 15 Efren Torres, Bangkok. Regains WBC Flyweight Title.
1974: Antonio Cervantes KO 6 Chang Kil Lee, Cartagena. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
1976: John H. Stracey KO 10 Hedgemon Lewis, Wembley. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1982: Prudencio Cardona KO 1 Antonio Avelar, Tampico, Mexico. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.
1987: Gilberto Roman W 12 Frank Cedeno, Calexico, Mexico. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1992: Iran Barkley W 12 Thomas Hearns, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Thierry Jacob W 12 Daniel Zaragoza, Calais, France. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1993: Henry Maske W 12 Prince Charles Williams, Dusseldorf, Germany. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Yuri Arbachokov KO 9 Muangchai Kitikasem, Lop Buri, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1999: Ike Ibeabuchi KO 5 Chris Byrd, Tacoma, Washington. The maniacal Ibeabuchi’s last fight.
2010: Wladimir Klitschko KO 12 Eddie Chambers, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
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