This day in boxing. A look back.

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Mar 29

Fight of the day


1966: Muhammad Ali vs George Chuvalo. First fight I ever watched. My Granddad was allowed to enjoy a Pilsner and I sat on his knee.



1940: Joe Louis KO 2 Johnny Paycheck, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1966: Muhammad Ali W 15 George Chuvalo, Toronto. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 4 John Conteh, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
-Antonio Cervantes KO 7 Miguel Montilla, Cartagena. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Eusebio Pedroza KO 9 Juan Malvarez, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1985: Joey Olivo W 15 Francisco Quiroz, Miami Beach. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1987: Takuya Muguruma KO 5 Azael Moran, Moriguchi, Japan. Wins vacant WBA Bantamweight Title.

1988: Lloyd Honeyghan KO 3 Jorge Vaca, Wembley. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1990: Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Cobra Ari Blanca, Bangkok. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1994: Miguel Angel Gonzalez KO 5 Jean Baptiste Mendy, Paris. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1997: Michael Moorer W 12 Vaughn Bean, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

-Laurent Boudouani W 12 Carl Daniels, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez W 10 Tony Martin, Las Vegas.

-Ricardo Lopez W 12 Mongkol Chareon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2008: Arthur Abraham KO 12 Elvin Ayala, Kiel, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Takefumi Sakata W 12 Shingo Yamaguchi, Chiba City, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

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Mar 30

Fight of the day

1984: Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Juan Domingo Roldan




1920: Mike O’Dowd KO 5 Joe Eagan, Boston. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1957: Pascual Perez KO 1 Dal Dower, Buenos Aires. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1965: Jose Torres KO 10 Willie Pastrano, NYC. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Emile Griffith W 15 Jose Stable, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1968: Hiroshi Kobayashi D 15 Rene Barrientos, Tokyo. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1975: Jose Napoles Tech. Dec. 12 Armando Muniz, Acapulco. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1984: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 10 Juan Domingo Roldan, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1985: Piet Crous KO 3 Randy Stephens, Sun City, South Africa. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Ji Won Kim W 15 Dario Palacios, Suwon, South Korea. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1986: Gilberto Roman W 12 Jiro Watanabe, Itami City, Japan. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1989: Jorge Paez KO 11 Calvin Grove, Mexicali. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1991: Yung Kyun Park W 12 Antonio Esparragoza, Kwangiu, South Korea. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1996: Wayne McCullough W 12 Jose Luis Bueno, Dublin. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Rosendo Alvarez KO 3 Kermin Guardia, Managua. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

1997: Wifredo Vasquez KO 5 Yuji Watanabe, Tokyo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2001: Paulie Ayala W 12 Hugo Dianzo, Fort Worth, TX. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title. Ayala should have purchased a lottery ticket after the fight.

2002: Ricardo Mayorga KO 5 Andrew Lewis, Reading, PA. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.

-Felix Machado Tech. Win 6 Martin Castillo, Reading, PA. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2013: Gennady Golovkin KO 3 Nobuhiro Ishida, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

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Mar 31

Fight of the day

1980:Eddie Gregory vs Marvin Johnson




1903: Young Corbett KO 11 Terry McGovern, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1908: Abe Attell D 15 Battling Nelson, San Francisco.

1911: Ad Wolgast KO 5 Anton LaGrave, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1916: Benny Leonard ND 10 Freddie Welsh, NYC.

1939: Henry Armstrong KO 12 Davey Day, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title. Armstrong’s 3rd defense in 27-days.

1942: Rocky Graziano KO 2 Curtis Hightower, Brooklyn. Graziano’s professional debut.

1950: Rocky Graziano D 10 Tony Janiro, NYC.

1973: Ken Norton W 12 Muhammad Ali, San Diego. Ali talking when he should have been listening got his jaw busted in round 2.

1980: Larry Holmes KO 8 Le Roy Jones, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Mike Weaver KO 15 John Tate, Knoxville. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title. At the time on the knockout, Tate led on all cards, 137-134, 136-133, 138-133.

-Marvin Camel W 15 Mate Parlov, Las Vegas. Wins newly created WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Eddie Gregory KO 11 Marvin Johnson, Knoxville. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Sugar Ray Leonard KO 4 Davey (Boy) Green, Landover, MD. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1984: Wifredo Gomez W 12 Juan La Porte, Hato Rey. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

1990: Terry Norris KO 1 John Mugabi, Tampa. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1993: Ricardo Lopez KO 9 Kwang-Soo Oh, Seoul. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1995: Alejandro Gonzalez W 12 Louie Espinosa, Anaheim. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Daniel Jimenez, Anaheim.

-Humberto Gonzalez KO 5 Jesus Zuniga, Anaheim. Retains WBC/IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2007: Henry Maske W 12 Virgil Hill, München, Germany.

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Apr 1

Fight of the day

1991: Mike McCallum vs Sumbu Kalambay



1903: Joe Walcott D 20 Billy Woods, Los Angeles. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1910: Owen Moran ND 10 Abe Attell, NYC. Non-title fight.

1925: Mike Ballerino W 10 Steve (Kid) Sullivan, Philadelphia. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1938: Joe Louis KO 5 Harry Thomas, Chicago. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

- Fred Apostoli W 15 Glenn Lee, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1939: Sixto Escobar W 15 KO Morgan, San Juan. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1952: Jimmy Carter W 15 Lauro Salas, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1954: Carl (Bobo) Olson W 15 Kid Gavilan, Chicago. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1955: Tony DeMarco KO 14 Johnny Saxton, Boston. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1957: Alphonse Halimi W 15 Mario D’Agata, Paris. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1958: Hogan (Kid) Bassey KO 3 Ricardo Moreno, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1961: Emile Griffith KO 13 Benny (Kid) Paret, Miami Beach. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1971: Masao Ohba W 15 Betulio Gonzalez, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1975: Erbito Salavarria W 15 Susumu Hanagata, Toyama, Japan. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1976: Alfredo Escalera KO 6 Buzzsaw Yamabe, Nara, Japan. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1990: Simon Brown KO 10 Tyrone Trice, Washington D.C. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

1991: Mike McCallum W 12 Sumbu Kalambay, Monte Carlo. Retains WBA Middleweight Title

1995: Ricardo Lopez KO 12 Andy Tabanas, Stateline, NV. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2000: Chris Byrd KO 10 Vitali Klitschko, Berlin. Vitali quits because of injury although well ahead on the scorecards

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Kalambay gave McCallum a tough fight and never heard Watson commentate before.

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Apr 2

Fight of the day

1992: Orlando Canizales vs Francisco Alvarez







1943: Beau Jack W 10 Henry Armstrong, NYC.

1977: Saensak Muangsurin KO 6 Ishimatsu Suzuki, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1980: Jorge Lujan KO 9 Shuichi Isogami, Tokyo. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1983: Aaron Pryor KO 3 Sang Hyun Kim, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1988: Rocky Lockridge W 15 Harold Knight, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1992: Orlando Canizales W 12 Francisco Alvarez, Paris. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1996: Mbulelo Botile KO 11 Ancee Gedeon, Providence, R.I. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

2005: Jean – Marc Mormeck W 12 Wayne Braithwaite, Worcestor, MA. Wins vacant World Cruiserweight Title.

-Luis Collazo W 12 Jose Antonio Rivera, Worcester, MA. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.

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Apr 3

Fight of the day

1988: Virgil Hill vs Jean-Marie Emebe



1971: Nicolino Locche W 15 Domingo Barrera, Buenos Aires. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Ruben Olivares W 15 Chucho Castillo, Inglewood. Regains World Bantamweight Title.

1976: Rigoberto Riasco KO 10 Waruinge Nakayama, Panama City. Wins newly created WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1980: Samuel Serrano KO 13 Kiyoshi Kazama, Nara, Japan. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1988: Virgil Hill KO 11 Jean-Marie Emebe, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1992: Greg Haugen KO 7 Ray Mancini, Reno.

1998: Frankie Liles W 12 Andrei Schkalikov, Bayamon, P.R. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Felix Trinidad KO 4 Mahenge Zulu, Bayamon, P.R. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

-Freddie Norwood W 12 Antonio Cermeno, Bayamon, P.R. Wins vacant WBA Featherweight Title.

-Erik Morales KO 6 Remigio Molina, Tijuana, MX. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1999: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 1 Paul Lloyd, Kensington, U.K.

2010: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Roy Jones Jr., Las Vegas.