This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

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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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.

[IamInuit]

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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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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Mar 21

Fight of the day

1982: Aaron Pryor KO 12 Miguel Montilla



1914: Matt Wells W 20 Tom McCormick, Sydney. Wins World Welterweight Title.

-Joe Jeanette W 15 Georges Carpentier, Paris.

1924: Abe Goldstein W 15 Joe Lynch, NYC. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1930: Midget Wolgast W 15 Black Bill, NYC. Wins vacant New York World Flyweight Title.

1933: Freddie Miller W 10 Speedy Dado, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1938: Fritzie Zivic W 10 Charley Burley, Pittsburgh.

1941: Joe Louis KO 13 Abe Simon, Detroit. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Joe's third of 7 title defenses in that year.

1953: Jimmy Carruthers KO 10 Vic Toweel, Johannesburg. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1963: Luis Rodriguez W 15 Emile Griffith, Los Angeles. Wins World Welterweight Title.

-Roberto Cruz KO 1 Battling Torres, Los Angeles. Wins vacant World Super Lightweight Title.

-Sugar Ramos KO 11 Davey Moore, Los Angeles. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1982: Dwight Qawi KO 6 Jerry Martin, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Aaron Pryor KO 12 Miguel Montilla, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1988: Mike Tyson KO 2 Tony Tubbs, Tokyo. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1997: Montell Griffin W disq. 9 Roy Jones Jr., Atlantic City. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title. Jones lands 2-heavy shots after Griffin takes a knee.

1998: Zolani Petelo W 12 Faisol Akbar, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2009: Vitali Klitschko KO 9 Juan Carlos Gomez, Stuttgart, Germany. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title

[Master]

Pryor throws punches insanely! How can anyone live with that?

[IamInuit]

Mar 22

Fight of the day. Good ole VHS

1981: Salvador Sanchez vs Roberto Castanon



1898: James J. Jeffries KO 3 Peter Jackson, San Francisco. Jackson, 36, was dying from tuberculosis.

1926: Jack Delaney W 10 (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom, Philadelphia.

1933: Barney Ross W 10 Billy Petrolle, Chicago.

1967: Muhammad Ali KO 7 Zora Folley, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Ali’s last fight for 3 ½ years.

1981: Salvador Sanchez KO 10 Roberto Castanon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1986: Trevor Berbick W 12 Pinklon Thomas, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Carlos De Leon W 12 Bernard Benton, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Dwight Qawi KO 6 Leon Spinks, Reno. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1993: Carlos Gonzalez KO 1 Tony Baltazar, Los Angeles.

1997: Genaro Hernandez W 12 Azumah Nelson, Corpus Cristi, TX. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Ratanapol Sow Voraphin KO 4 Luis Doria, Saraburi, Thailand. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2003: Cory Spinks W 12 Michele Piccirillo, Campione D’Italia, Italy. Wins IBF Welterweight Title.

-Manny Pacquiao KO 5 Serikzhan Yeshmangbetov Manila.

2008: Andreas Kotelnik KO 12 Gavin Rees, Cardiff, Wales. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Joel Casamayor KO 10 Michael Katsidis, Cabazon, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

[Beanz]

Can a Mod @Master or @Andre or @Memphis sticky this thread? It is a work of love, substance and stamina. If not then fair enough, can it at least get an award or something.

Honourable mention?

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