This day in boxing. A look back.

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Mar 24

Fight of the day. Savage and brutal but part of boxing history and a glaring reminder of the risk.

1962: Emile Griffith vs Benny (Kid) Paret



1899: Kid Mc Coy W 20 Joe Choynski, San Francisco.

1924: Harry Greb KO 12 Fay Kaiser, Baltimore. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1932: Billy Petrolle KO 12 Battling Battalino, NYC. Referee: Ed Smith.

A crowd of 18,000 watched as “Petrolle cut Battalino to pieces with vicious rights and lefts to the head, brought blood streaming from a dozen cuts, and finally stopped him after one minute and 31 seconds of the twelfth and final round. Two smashing punches to the body made Battalino sway. Another volley to the head sent him reeling into the ropes. Still he refused to go down but he was obviously out on his feet and Referee Gunboat Smith stepped in and awarded the fight to Petrolle on a technical knockout.”

(AP).

1933: Maxie Rosenbloom KO 4 Bob Goodwin, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1938: Benny Lynch D 15 Peter Kane, Liverpool. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1950: Rocky Marciano W 10 Roland La Starza, NYC. Contraversial. Only a kg by Marciano stopped this fight from being a draw.

1962: Emile Griffith KO 12 Benny (Kid) Paret, NYC. Regains World Welterweight Title. Paret dies 10-days later as a result of the battering he received. This would be the grief stricken Ruby Goldstein’s last fight as a referee.

1975: Muhammad Ali KO 15 Chuck Wepner, Cleveland. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1980: Hilario Zapata W 15 Shigeo Nakajima, Tokyo. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1988: Roger Mayweather KO 3 Mauricio Aceves, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Juan Coggi W 12 Jose Luis Ramirez, Ajaccio, Corsica. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Humberto Gonzalez KO 3 Francisco Tejedor, Mexico City. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2001: Vassiliy Jirov KO 1 Terry McGroom, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Sven Ottke KO 8 James Crawford, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Oscar De La Hoya KO 5 Arturo Gatti, Las Vegas.

2007: Mikkel Kessler W 12 Librado Andrade, Copenhagen, Denmark. Retains WBA/WBC Super Middleweight Title.

2012: Danny Garcia W 12 Erik Morales, Houston, TX. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

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Mar 25

Fight of the day

1979: Wilfred Benitez vs Harold Weston Jr 2





1904: Joe Gans W 15 Jack Blackburn, Baltimore.

1916: Jess Willard No Decision 10 Frank Moran, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1929: Jackie Fields W 10 Young Jack Thompson, Chicago. Wins vacant NBA Welterweight Title.

1931: Frankie Genaro D 15 Victor Ferrand, Madrid. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1956: Raul Macias KO 10 Leo Espinosa, Mexico City. Retains NBA Bantamweight Title.

1958: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Carmen Basilio, Chicago. Wins World Middleweight Title

1961: Eder Jofre KO 10 Piero Rollo, Rio de Janeiro. Retains NBA Bantamweight Title.

1974: George Foreman KO 2 Ken Norton, Caracas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1979: Wilfred Benitez W 15 Harold Weston Jr., San Juan. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1989: Taoufik BelBouli KO 8 Michael Greer, Casablanca. Wins vacant WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Michael Nunn KO 1 Sumbu Kalambay, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

1991: Melchor Cob Castro KO 10 Rolando Pascua, Inglewood. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2006: Hozumi Hasegawa KO 9 Veeraphol Sahaprom, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Ulises Solis KO 9 Eric Ortiz, Guadalajara, JAL, Mexico. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

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Mar 26

Fight of the day

1989: Antonio Esparragoza vs Mitsuru Sugiya



1909: Stanley Ketchell ND 10 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, NYC.

1914: Percy Jones W 20 Eugene Criqui, Liverpool. Retains World flyweight Title.

1917: Lew Tendler ND 6 Johnny Dundee, Philadelphia.

-Johnny Kilbane D 12 Eddie Wallace, Bridgeport, CT. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1927: Tony Canzoneri D 10 Bud Taylor, Chicago. For vacant NBA Bantamweight Title.

1936: Eder Jofre born.
1957: Eder Jofre KO 3 Raul Lopez, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Jofre’s pro debut.

1983: Jung Koo Chang KO 3 Hilario Zapata, Taejon, South Korea. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1988: Fidel Bassa W 12 Dave McAuley, Belfast. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1989: Antonio Esparragoza KO 10 Mitsuru Sugiya, Kawasaki, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1994: Henry Maske KO 9 Ernesto Magdelano, Dortmund, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

2011: Yuriorkis Gamboa KO 4 Jorge Solis, Atlantic City.

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Mar 27

Fight of the day

1993: Orlando Canizales vs Clarence (Bones) Adams






1925: Harry Greb ND 10 Gene Tunney, St. Paul, MN. The 5th and final fight between these two; Tunney wins two, Greb wins one, and two 10-round no decisions.

1934: Barney Ross W 10 Bobby Pacho, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1942: Joe Louis KO 6 Abe Simon, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1975: Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Ould Makloufi, Fukuoka City, Japan. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1982: Wilfredo Gomez KO 6 Juan (Kid) Meza, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

-Jeff Chandler KO 6 Johnny Carter, Philadelphia. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1983: Larry Holmes W 12 Lucien Rodriguez, Scanton, PA. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

1987: Buster Drayton KO 10 Said Skouma, Cannes. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Brian Mitchell D 15 Jose Rivera, San Juan. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1992: Wilfredo Vasquez KO 3 Raul Perez, Mexico City. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Orlando Canizales KO 11 Clarence (Bones) Adams, Evian les Bains, FR, Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1998: Richie Woodhall W 12 Thulane Malinga, Telford, England. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

1999: Jorge Elicer Julio W 12 Julio Gamboa, Miami. Terrible decision.

-Tim Austin KO 9 Sergio Aguila, Miami. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

2005: Vic Darchinyan KO 8 Mzukisi Sikali, Sydney, Australia. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2008: Verno Phillips W 12 Cory Spinks, St Louis, MO. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

2010: Steve Molitor W 12 Takalani Ndlovu, Ontario, Canada. Regains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

-Anselmo Moreno W 12 Nehomar Cermeno, La Guaira, Venezuela. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Koki Kameda, Tokyo. Regains WBC Flyweight Title.