This day in boxing. A look back.

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Apr 13

Fight of the day

2002: Michele Piccirillo vs Cory Spinks






1914: Jeff Smith KO 16 Pat Bradley, Sydney. Retains Australian World Middleweight Title.

1915: Joe Jeanette W 12 Sam Langford, Boston.

1955: Carl Bobo Olson W 10 Joey Maxim, San Francisco.

1980: Chan Hee Park W 15 Alberto Morales, Taegu, South Korea. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1997: Saman Sorjaturong KO 7 Julio Coronell, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2002: Michele Piccirillo W 12 Cory Spinks, Campione D’Italia, Italy. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.

-Yodsanan Nanthachai W 12 Lakva Sim, Nakornratchasima, Thailand. Wins vacant WBA Super Featherweight Title.

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Apr 14

Fight of the day

1990: Mike McCallum vs Michael Watson, London.



1914: Jack Dillon W 12 Battling Levinsky, Butte, MT. Wins vacant World Light Heavyweight Title.

1918: Harry Wills KO 6 Sam Langford, Panama City.

1926: James J. Braddock ND 4 Al Settle, West Hoboken, NJ. Braddock’s pro debut.

1941: Izzy Janazzo W 15 Jimmy Leto, Baltimore. Retains Maryland World Welterweight Title.

1979: Victor Galindez KO 10 Mike Rossman, New Orleans. Regains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Samuel Serrano KO 8 Nkosana Mgxaji, Cape Town, South Africa. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1980: Rafael Orono W 15 Ramon Soria, Caracas. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1990: Mike McCallum KO 11 Michael Watson, London. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Michael Nunn W 12 Marlon Starling, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Gianfranco Rosi KO 7 Kevin Daigle, Monte Carlo. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1997: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2000: Guty Espadas Tech Dec. 11 Luisito Espinosa, Merida, MX. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.

2001: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Keith Holmes, NYC. Unifies IBF/WBC Middleweight Title.

2007: Ruslan Chagaev W 12 Nicolay Valuev, Stuttgart, Germany. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Manny Pacquiao KO 8 Jorge Solis, San Antonio, TX.

-Cristian Mijares W 12 Jorge Arce, San Antonio, TX. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

-Edgar Sosa W 12 Brian Viloria, San Antonio, TX. Wins vacant WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

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Apr 15

Fight of the day

1984:Harry Arroyo vs Charlie Brown



1959: Sonny Liston KO 3 Cleveland Williams, Miami Beach.

1973: Rafael Herrera KO 12 Rodolfo Martinez, Monterrey. Wins vacant WBC Bantamweight Title.

1978: Eusbio Pedroza KO 13 Cecilio Lastra, Panama City. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1980: Rocky Juarez born. U.S Silver Medalist at the 2000 Games in Sydney.

1984: Milton McCrory KO 6 Gilles Elbilia, Detroit. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

-Harry Arroyo KO 14 Charlie (Choo Choo) Brown, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

1985: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 3 Thomas Hearns, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1989: Fidel Bassa KO 6 Julio Gudino, Barranquilla. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1996: Orzubek Nazarov KO 4 Adrianus Taroreh, Tokyo. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Vuyani Bungu KO 2 Pablo Osuna, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2000: Fernando Vargas W 12 Ike Quartey, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

[Master]

I learnt about Harry Arroyo through ESPN and his fight with Terrance Ali was a classic.

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Apr 16

Fight of the day

1994: Kennedy McKinney vs Welcome Ncita





1951: Gil Turner W 10 Beau Jack, Philadelphia.

1952: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 3 Rocky Graziano, Chicago. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1960: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Pascual Perez, Bangkok. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1968: Curtis Cokes KO 5 Willie Ludick, Dallas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1988: Marlon Starling D 12 Mark Breland, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 6 Rodolfo Aguilar, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1994: Kennedy McKinney W 12 Welcome Ncita, South Padre Island, TX. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2001: Chana Porpaoin W 12 Keitaro Hoshino, Yokohama, Japan. Regains WBA Strawweight Title.

2005: Hozumi Hasegawa W 12 Veerapol Sahaprom, Tokyo. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Yutaka Niida W 12 Jae Won Kim, Tokyo. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

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Apr 17

Fight of the day

2010:Sergio Martinez vs Kelly Pavlik.



1900: Matty Matthews KO 19 Mysterious Billy Smith, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1909: Joe Jeanette KO 50 Sam McVey, Paris. Between 34 and 38 kds in this marathon. This was the fight of the century not the one sided Thrilla in Manilla.

1913: Jack Dillon ND 10 Battling Levinsky, Rochester, NY.

1914: Willie Ritchie W 20 Tommy Murphy, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1917: Battling Nelson ND 12 Freddie Welsh, St. Louis.

1967: Nino Benvenuti W 15 Emile Griffith, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1979: Jim Watt KO 12 Alfredo Pitalua, Glascow, Scotland. Wins vacant WBC Lightweight Title.

1980: Ayub Kalule KO 12 Emiliano Villa, Copenhagen. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1999: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 9 John Brown, Indio, CA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Angel Manfredy W 10 Ivan Robinson, Indio, CA.

2004: Chris Byrd Draw 12 Andrew Golota, NYC. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

-John Ruiz KO 11 Fres Oquendo, NYC. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Wayne Braithwaite W 12 Louis Azille, NYC. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Vivian Harris W 12 Oktay Urkal, Berlin, Germany.

2010: Lucian Bute KO 3 Edison Miranda, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Sergio Martinez W 12 Kelly Pavlik, Atlantic City. Wins World Middleweight Title.

[Master]

That Sergio Martinez was quality and I think he could have beaten GGG.

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Apr 18

Fight of the day.

1998: Carl Thompson vs Chris Eubank



1908: Tommy Burns KO 5 Jewey Smith, Paris. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1929: Frankie Genaro W disq. 5 Spider Pladner, Paris. Regains NBA Flyweight Title.

1945: Ike Williams KO 2 Juan Zurita, Mexico City. Wins NBA Lightweight Title.

1947: Joe Brown W 10 Jimmy Carter, New Orleans.

The greatest lightweight ever IMO Benny Leonard, 51, dies from a heart attack while reffing a fight in NYC

1950: Sandy Sandler KO 9 Lauro Salas, Cleveland. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1961: Joe (Old Bones) Brown W 15 Dave Charnley, London. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1964: Eddie Perkins W 15 Dave Charnley, London. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1969: Jose Napoles KO 14 Curtis Cokes, Inglewood. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1970: Ruben Olivares W 15 Chucho Castillo, Inglewood. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1978: Miguel Canto W 15 Shoji Oguma, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1987: Lloyd Honeyghan W 12 Maurice Blocker, London. Retains WBC/IBF Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Tomas DaCruz, Nimes, France. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1992: Welcome Ncita W 12 Jesus Salud, Trevilo, Italy. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1994: Zack Padilla KO 6 Harold Miller, Rotterdam, Holland.

1997: Ike Quartey KO 5 Ralph (Tiger) Jones, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

-Junior Jones W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera, Las Vegas.

1998: Carl Thompson W 12 Chris Eubank, Manchester, England. Hell of a fight and Chris looked excellent after jumping 2 divs north.

-Prince Naseem Hamed KO 7 Wilfredo Vasquez, Manchester.