This day in boxing. A look back.

[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.

[Master]

Toney at his best!

[Andre]

Im going to slip this historic one in for the 24th

[IamInuit]

Apr 24

Fight of the day

2010: Mikkel Kessler vs Carl Froch



1916: Jack Britton W 20 Ted (Kid) Lewis, New Orleans. Regains World Welterweight Title.

-Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Johnny Rosner, Liverpool. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1931: Tony Canzoneri KO 3 Jack (Kid) Berg, Chicago. Retains World Lightweight Title and wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1953: Jimmy Carter KO 4 Tommy Collins, Boston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1959: Don Jordan W 15 Virgil Akins, St Louis. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1961: Harold Johnson KO 2 Von Clay, Philadelphia. The first title fight in which both the mandatory 8-count and the 3-knockdown rule are applied.

1971: Bob Foster W 15 Ray Anderson, Tampa. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1977: Miguel Canto W 15 Reyes Arnal, Caracas. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1981: Hilario Zapata W 15 Rudy Crawford, San Francisco. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1983: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Rocky Lockridge, Liguiria, Italy. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-For @Andre Alexis Arguello TKO 3 Claude Noel, Atlantic city, non title affair

1998: Manuel Medina W 12 Hector Lizarraga, San Jose, CA. Regains IBF Featherweight Title.

1999: Keith Holmes KO 7 Hassine Cherifi, Washington D.C. Regains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Sharmba Mithell W 12 Reggie Green, Washington D.C. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Mark Johnson W 12 Ratanachai Sow Voraphin, Washington D.C. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2004: Vitali Klitschko KO 8 Corrie Sanders, Los Angeles. Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title.

-Jorge Arce KO 5 Melchor Cob-Castro, Chiapas, México. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2010: Mikkel Kessler W 12 Carl Froch, Herning, Denmark. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.


Could one of the Mods move this to its rightful spot.

Thanks.

[IamInuit]

Apr 27

Fight of the day

1968: Jimmy Ellis vs Jerry Quarry






1910: Sam Langford ND 6 Stanley Ketchel, Philadelphia. Non-title fight.

Ketchel and Langford will have to fight again to settle the question of supremacy. They went a hard six-round bout at the National athletic club here and were both on their feet, able to continue, with plenty of strength and aggressiveness when the battle ended, with no decision by the referee. No knockdowns were scored in spite of the terrific hitting power of both men, and while there seems to be no doubt that they tried to do their best, they will probably come together in a longer fight in California next July for a large purse.” Using a poll of 13 NY and Philadelphia newspapers, 7 had Langford ahead, 4 Ketchel, and 2 had it a draw. Thus, the mark of a Langford newspaper win.

(Marion Daily Star)

1956: Undefeated World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano, 32, announces his retirement from the ring with a career log of 49-0 (43).

1968: Jimmy Ellis W 15 Jerry Quarry, Oakland. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title. Later, it is revealed that Quarry fought with a broken bone in his back.

1980: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Rolando Navarette, San Juan. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Simon Brown KO 7 Al Long, Washington DC Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

2002: Johnny Tapia W 12 Manuel Medina, NYC. Wins IBF Featherweight Title. Terrible decision.

[IamInuit]

Apr 28

Fight of the day

2007: Juan Diaz vs Acelino Freitas





1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 6 Lupe Cardoza, Ft. Worth, TX. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1978: Antonio Cervantes KO 6 Tonga Kiatvayupakdi, Udon Thani, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1981: Hall of Famer and former World Welterweight and Middleweight Champion Mickey Walker, 80, dies. Long life for a guy that lived as hard as he did.

1993: Gregorio Vargas KO 7 Paul Hodkinson, Dublin, Ireland. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2001: Joe Calzaghe KO 1 Mario Veit, Cardiff, Wales.

-Andrew Lewis W 12 Larry Marks, NYC. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

2007: Stipe Drews W 12 Silvio Branco, Stuttgart, Germany. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Felix Sturm W 12 Javier Castillejo, Oberhausen, Germany. Regains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Juan Diaz KO 8 Acelino Freitas, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Retains WBA Lightweight Title. Freitas quits on his stool before the start of round nine.

[IamInuit]

Apr 29

Fight of the day

2000: Paul Ingle vs Junior Jones


1904: Dixie Kid W disq. 20 Joe Walcott, San Francisco. Wins World Welterweight Title.

Referee “Duck” Sullivan is lucky to escape the ring with his life. Walcott’s manager, Tom O’Rourke and promoter Alex Greggains rushed the ring and attacked Sullivan, knocking out 2 of his teeth, immediately after he awarded Dixie Kid the title.

(AP)

1913: Johnny Kilbane D 20 Joe Dundee, Vernon, CA. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1915: Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Kilbane, NYC.

1917: Jimmy Wilde KO 2 Dick Heasman, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1932: Mickey Walker W 10 King Levinsky, Chicago.

1946: Tippy Larkin W 12 Willie Joyce, Boston. Wins vacant World Super Lightweight Title.

1963: Ralph Dupas W 15 Denny Moyer, New Orleans. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

1971: Camelo Bossi D 15 Jose Hernandez, Madrid. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1978: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Rey Tam, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1985: Tony Tubbs W 15 Greg Page, Buffalo. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title.

1989: Juan Coggi W 12 Akinobu Hiranaka, Vasto, Italy. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1995: Bernard Hopkins KO 7 Segundo Mercado, Landover, MD. Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.

-Vincent Pettway KO 6 Simon Brown, Landover, MD. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title. Great fight!. It’s a classic ending albeit is little scary.:

-Vuyani Bungu W 12 Victor Llerena, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

-Mbulelo Botile KO 2 Harold Mestre, Johannesburg. Wins IBF Bantamweight Title.