This day in boxing. A look back.

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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

[Master]

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.

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Apr 4

Fight of the day

1990: Juan Nazario vs Edwin Rosario 2


1944: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Tony Olivera, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
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1963: Eder Jofre KO 3 Katsutoshi Aoki, Tokyo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1970: Bob Foster KO 4 Roger Rouse, Missoula, MT. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1975: Franco Udella W dq. 12 Valentin Martinez, Milan. Wins newly created WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1981: Sergio Palma W 15 Leonardo Cruz, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1989: Juan Jose Estrada KO 10 Jesus Poll, Inglewood. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: Juan Nazario KO 8 Edwin Rosario, NYC. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

2003: Salim Medjkoune W 12 Vincenzo Gigliotti, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2005: Katsunari Takayama W 12 Isaac Bustos, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBC Strawweight Title.

2015: Adonis Stevenson W 12 Sakio Bika, Quebec Retains WBC Lightheavyweight Title

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Apr 5

Fight of the day

1997: Vuyani Bungu vs Kennedy McKinney 2






1896: Harry Harris W 5 Dennis Mahoney, Chicago.

1906: Sam Langford W 15 Joe Jeanette, Chelsea, MA.

1915: Jess Willard KO 26 Jack Johnson, Havana. Wins World Heavyweight Title. The longest heavyweight title fight of the 20th Century.

1929: Tod Morgan W 10 Santiago Zorilla, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.
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1949: Rinty Monaghan W 15 Maurice Sandeyron, Belfast. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1970: Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Rene Barrientos, Tokyo. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1981: Jeff Chandler D 15 Eijiro Murata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1987: Seung Hoon Lee KO 10 Jorge Diaz, Seoul. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
1991: Victor Cordoba KO 9 Christophe Tiozzo, Marseille. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

1997: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Kennedy McKinney, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Markus Beyer W 12 Eric Lucas, Leipzig, Germany. Regains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

2005: Muhammad Rachman Tech. Draw 3 Fahlan Sakkreerin, Merauke City. Indonesia. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2008: Felix Sturm KO 7 Jamie Pittman, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Steve Molitor W 12 Fernando Beltran Jr., Rama, Ontario. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

-Ivan Calderon W 12 Nelson Dieppa, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retains World Junior Flyweight Title.

[Master]

Bungu got lucky if that was in the US he would not have got the decision.