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.