This day in boxing. A look back.

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Apr 6

Fight of the day

1987: Sugar Ray Leonard vs Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Las Vegas. Judge: Jose J. Guerra 118-110 | Judge: Lou Filippo 113-115 | Judge: Dave Moretti 115-113.

Guerra should have been drawn and quartered after the fight. I had no dog in the fight but even with Hagler blowing the first 2 by fighting right handed I cant get this beyond a draw for Leonard. He simply did not beat the undisputed champion.




1900: James J. Jeffries KO 1 Jack Finnegan, Detroit. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1914: Al McCoy KO 1 George Chip, Brooklyn. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1969: Hiroshi Kobayashi W 15 Antonio Amaya, Tokyo. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1980: Pipino Cuevas KO 5 Harold Volbrecht, Houston. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1985: Jimmy Paul W 15 Harry Arroyo, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Las Vegas. Wins World Middleweight Title. Referee: Richard Steele | Judge: Jose J. Guerra 118-110 | Judge: Lou Filippo 113-115 | Judge: Dave Moretti 115-113.

1991: Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Jae Suk Park, Samut Songkram, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title. Galaxy’s 17th-title defense, and improves his overall record to 47-1 (42).

2001: Frankie Toledo W 12 Mbulelo Botile, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

2007: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 7 Tomonobu, Saraburi, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

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Apr 7

Fight of the day

2001: Marco Antonio Barrera vs Prince Naseem Hamed, Las Vegas.



1896: Benny Leonard born Benjamin Leiner.

1962: Paul Pender W 15 Terry Downes, Boston. Regains World Middleweight Title.

1963: Carlos Ortiz KO 13 Doug Vaillant, San Juan. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1972: Bob Foster KO 2 Vicente Rondon, Miami Beach. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1975: Victor Galindez W 15 Pierre Fourie, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1984: Richard Sandoval KO 15 Jeff Chandler, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1985: Min Keun Oh W 15 Irving Mitchell, Pusan, South Korea. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1986: Hilario Zapata W 15 Shuichi Hozumi, Nirasaki, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1990: Jorge Paez W 12 Louie Espinoza, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

2000: Lehlo Ledwaba KO 8 Ernesto Grey, Bristol, England. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2001: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Prince Naseem Hamed, Las Vegas. Wins World Featherweight Title.

2007: Joe Calzaghe KO 3 Peter Manfredo Jr., Cardiff, Wales. Retains World Super Middleweight Title.

-Yutaka Kiida W 12 Katsunari Takayama, Tokyo, Japan. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

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Apr 8

Fight of the day

1989: Jeff Fenech vs Marcos Villasana



1941: Joe Louis KO 9 Tony Musto, St. Louis. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1961: Davey Moore KO 1 Danny Valdez, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1978: Saensak Muangsurin KO 13 Francisco Moreno, Hat Yai, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Wilfredo Gomez KO 7 Juan Antonio Lopez, Bayamon, P.R. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1979: Eusebio Pedroza KO 11 Hector Carrasquilla, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Jorge Lujan KO 15 Cleo Garcia, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Yoko Gushiken KO 7 Alfonso Lopez, Tokyo. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1982: Jiro Watanabe W 15 Rafael Pedroza, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1988: Gilberto Roman W 12 Baby Sugar Rojas, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1989: Jeff Fenech W 12 Marcos Villasana, Melbourne. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Khaosai Galaxy W 12 Kenji Matsumura, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title. Galaxy’s 10th defense and he improves his overall record to 36-1 (34).

1995: Oliver McCall W 12 Larry Holmes, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title. Referee: Richard Steele | Judge: Chuck Giampa 115-112 | Judge: Tamotsu Tomihara 115-114 | Judge: Barbara Perez 114-113.

-Bruce Seldon KO 7 Tony Tucker, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Luis Santana W DQ 3 Terry Norris, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title. Sanatana’s second straight DQ victory over Norris.

-Felix Trinidad KO 2 Roger Turner, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Giovanni Parisi, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

2000: Fabrice Tiozzo KO 6 Valery Vikhor, Paris. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Bruno Girard W 12 Byron Mitchell, Paris. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Sornpichai Singwangcha, KO 5 Gilberto Gonzalez, Bangkok. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2006: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Zab Judah, Las Vegas.

-Juan Diaz W 12 Jose Miguel Cotto, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Jorge Arce KO 6 Rosendo Alvarez, Las Vegas.

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Apr 9

Fight of the day

1988: Evander Holyfield vs Carlos DeLeon



1928: Corp. Izzy Schwartz W 15 Routier Parra, NYC. Retains New York World Flyweight Title.

1955: Ike Williams D 10 Beau Jack, Augusta, GA.

1981: Samuel Serrano W 15 Yasutsune Uehara, Wakayama, Japan. Regains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1988: Evander Holyfield KO 8 Carlos DeLeon, Las Vegas. Unifies World Cruiserweight Title.

1992: Gianfranco Rosi KO 6 Angel Hernandez, Celano, Italy. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1994: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Santos Cardona, Norfolk, VA. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Tracy Harris Patterson W 12 Richard Duran, Reno. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2005: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 2 Mzonke Fana, El Paso, TX. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title

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Apr 10

Fight of the day

1965: Ismael Laguna vs Carlos Ortiz




1931: Jack (Kid) Berg W 10 Billy Wallace, Detroit. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1964: Willie Pastrano KO 6 Gregorio Peralta, New Orleans. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1965: Ismael Laguna W 15 Carlos Ortiz, Panama City. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1992: Julian Jackson KO 5 Ron Collins, México City. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Akinobu Hiranaka KO 1 Edwin Rosario, México City. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 5 Angel Hernandez, México City. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Thalerngsak Sithbaobay, Tokyo. Wins vacant WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1999: Naseem Hamed KO 11 Paul Ingle, Manchester, England.

2004: Lamon Brewster KO 5 Wladimir Klitschko, Las Vegas.

-Cory Spinks W 12 Zab Judah, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Lakva Sim KO 5 Miguel Callist, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

-In Jin Chi KO 7 Michael Brodie, Manchester, England. Wins vacant Featherweight Title.

-Daniel Reyes KO 3 Roberto Leyva, Cartagena, Columbia. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2010: Andre Berto KO 8 Carlos Quintana, Sunrise, Florida. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

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After he beat Chandler (April 7), Richie Sandoval was a hero in Pomona. There was a vacant shop in the Indian Hill Mall and he sat there for hours every day signing autographs.

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After he beat Chandler (April 7), Richie Sandoval was a hero in Pomona. There was a vacant shop in the Indian Hill Mall and he sat there for hours every day signing autographs.

Chandlers last fight. Tough life Richie had and a tough ending to his career. I've seen reports of him losing between 8 and 15 pounds in 3 days for that final fight that almost killed him. A pound a day that close to a fight would be tough let alone those kinds of numbers.