This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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Apr 25


Fight of the day

1966: Emile Griffith vs Dick Tiger







1916: Jack Dillon W 15 Battling Levinsky, Kansas City. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Harry Wills W 8 Sam Langford, St. Louis.

1938: John Henry Lewis KO 4 Emilio Martinez, Minneapois. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1941: Lou Salica W 15 Lou Transporenti, Baltimore. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1950: Terry Allen W 15 Honore Pratesi, London. Wins vacant World Flyweight Title.

1966: Emile Griffith W 15 Dick Tiger, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1972: Ben Villaflor W 15 Alfredo Marcano, Honolulu. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1976: Elisha Obed W 15 Sea Robinson, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 9 Murray Sutherland, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Thomas Hearns KO 13 Randy Shields, Phoenix. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1987: Fidel Bassa KO 13 Dave McAuley, Belfast. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1992: Paul Hodkinson KO 3 Steve Cruz, Belfast. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Yung Kyun Park KO 11 Koji Matsumoto, Ansan, South Korea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1994: Julio Cesar Borboa KO 4 Jorge Luis Roman, Inglewood. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Roy Jones Jr. KO 4 Virgil Hill, Biloxi, Mississippi. Non-title fight.

-Gerry Penalosa Tech. Draw 2 Joel Luna Zarate, Manila. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.