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.