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