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.