This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

Apr 19

Fight of the day

2003: Floyd Mayweather vs Victoriano Sosa



1920: Harry Wills W 15 Sam Langford, Denver.

1973: Koichi Wajima W 15 Ryu Sorimachi, Osaka. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1975: Perico Fernandez KO 9 Joao Henrique, Barcelona. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1985: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 6 Ruben Castillo, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Juan (Kid) Meza KO 6 Mike Ayala, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1986: Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title. Awful decision!

-Leroy Murphy KO 9 Dorcey Gaymon, San Remo, Italy. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

1987: Mike McCallum KO 10 Milton McCrory, Phoenix. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1991: Evander Holyfield W 12 George Foreman, Atlantic City. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1997: Frankie Liles KO 5 Segundo Mercado, Shreveport, LA. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Bernard Hopkins KO 7 John David Jackson, Shreveport. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

2002: Johnny Bredahl KO 9 Eidy Moya, Copenhagen, Denmark. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 1 Daisuke Naito, Khonkaen, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2003: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Victoriano Sosa, Fresno, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

2008: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Bernard Hopkins, Las Vegas. Wins World Light Heavyweight

-Adrian Diaconu W 12 Chris Henry, Bucharest, Romania.

[IamInuit]

Apr 20

Fight of the day

2002: Floyd Mayweather vs Jose Luis Castillo 1



1903: Joe Walcott D 10 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Boston.

1960: Gene Fullmer D 15 Joey Giardello, Bozeman, Montana. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1983: Roger Mayweather KO 8 Jorge Alvarado, San Jose, CA. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1991: Prince Charles Williams KO 2 James Kinchen, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

1996: Virgil Hill W 12 Lou Del Valle, Grand Forks, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title. Mr Hill was very lucky to have won that fight.

2002: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Jose Luis Castillo, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title. One can most certainly make the case that Floyd lost.

2007: Mzonke Fana W 12 Malcolm Klassen, Khayelitsha, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Apr 21

Fight of the day

1984: Donald Curry vs Elio Diaz



1920: Johnny Kilbane KO 7 Alvie Miller, Lorain, OH. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1944: Charley Burley W 10 Archie Moore, Hollywood.

1962: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Joe (Old Bones) Brown, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1963: Ingemar Johansson W 12 Brian London, Stockholm.

1976: Alfonso Lopez W 15 Shoji Oguma, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1984: Donald Curry KO 8 Elio Diaz, Ft. Worth, TX. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1990: Robert Quiroga W 12 Juan Polo Perez, Sunderland, England. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1991: Luis Mendoza W 12 Carlos Uribe, Cartegena. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2001: Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis, Johannesburg, South, Africa. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

-Lehlo Ledwaba W 12 Carlos Contreras, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Apr 22

Fight of the day x 2

1978: Carlos Zarate vs Andres Hernandez


1979: Matthew Franklin vs Marvin Johnson



1903: Jack Root W 10 Charles (Kid) McCoy, Detroit. Wins newly created World Light Heavyweight Title.

1904: Jack Johnson KO 20 Sam McVey, San Francisco.

1907: Owen Moran W 20 Al Delmont, London. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title.

1961: Paul Pender W 15 Carmen Basilio, Boston. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1969:Joe Frazier KO 1 Dave Zyglewicz, Houston. Retains New York World Heavyweight Title.

1972: Ricardo Arredondo KO 5 William Martinez, Mexico City. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1978: Hugo Corro W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, San Remo. Wins World Middleweight Title.

-Carlos Zarate KO 13 Andres Hernandez, San Juan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1979: Matthew Franklin KO 8 Marvin Johnson, Indianapolis. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight championship. Soon after Matthew would change his name to Matthew Saad Muhammad.

1989: Mark Breland KO 5 Rafael Pineda, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1991: Former World Super Lightweight Champion Jack (Kid) Berg, 81, dies.

1992: Reggie Johnson W 12 Steve Collins, East Rutherford, NJ. Wins vacant WBA Middleweight Title.

1994: Michael Moorer W 12 Evander Holyfield, Las Vegas. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

-John John Molina W 12 Gregorio Vargas, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

-John Michael Johnson KO 11 Junior Jones, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1995: George Foreman W 12 Axel Schulz, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Total robbery.

-Danny Romero W 12 Francisco Tejedor, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Flyweight Title. Romero is the first American to win a Flyweight world title in 60-years.

2006: Wladimir Klitschko KO 7 Chris Byrd, Mannheim, Germany. Wins IBF Heavyweight Title.

[greynotsoold]

That Fullmer vs Giardello fight was fought with very little respect for the rules.
Seeing John Michael Johnson beat Junior Jones was a great moment.

[IamInuit]

Apr 23

Fight of the day

1988: Simon Brown vs Tyrone Trice







1907: Mike (Twin) Sullivan W 20 Honey Mellody, Los Angeles. Wins California World Welterweight Title.

1977: Carlos Zarate KO 4 Alfonso Zamora, Inglewood. A non-title fight between the WBC Zarate and WBA Zamora Bantamweight Champions. Shame. Zarate improves his record to 41-0 (40). Man that guy could punch.

1978: Danny (Little Red) Lopez KO 6 Jose DePaula, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1988: Simon Brown KO 14 Tyrone Trice, Berk-Ser-Mer, France. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.

1990: Paul Banke KO 9 Daniel Zaragoza, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Michael Nunn KO 6 Crawford Ashley, Memphis. Retains WBA Super middleweight Title.

2000: Hideki Todaka KO 11 Yokthai Sithoar, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

[greynotsoold]

Borboa looked great that night against Roman.

[IamInuit]

Apr 26

Fight of the day

2003: James Toney vs Vassiliy Jirov



1906: Jack Johnson W 15 Sam Langford, Chelsea, MA.

1932: Gorilla Jones W 12 Young Terry, Trenton, NJ. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 7 Paul Junior, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1975: George Foreman fights 5-exhibition fights in one night.

1982: Davey Moore KO 5 Charlie Weir, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1985: Lester Ellis KO 13 Rod Sequenan, Melbourne. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

-Jeff Fenech KO 9 Satoshi Shingaki, Moore Park, Australia. Wins IBF Bantamweight Title.

1986: Gary Hinton W 15 Reyes Cruz, Lucca, Italy. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1988: Brian Mitchell W 12 Jose Rivera, Madrid. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1997: George Foreman W 12 Lou Savarese, Atlantic City.

2003: James Toney W 12 Vassiliy Jirov, Ledyard, CT. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Antonio Tarver W 12 Montell Griffin, Ledyard, CT. Wins vacant IBF & WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Oscar Larios W 12 Shigeru Nakazato, Tokyo, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.