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