This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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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.

[Master]

That was a brilliant performance by ingle.

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Apr 30

Fight of the day

1976: Muhammad Ali vs Jimmy Young



1901: Terry McGovern KO 4 Oscar Gardner, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1908: Abe Attell KO 4 Tommy Sullivan, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1928: Jack Sharkey KO 1 Jack Delaney, NYC.

1946: Ike Williams KO 8 Enrique Bolanos, Los Angeles. Retains NBA Lightweight Title.

1966: Sandro Lopopolo W 15 Carlos Hernandez, Rome. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1967: Paul Fujii KO 2 Sandro Lopopolo, Tokyo. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1971: Erbito Salavarria W 15 Susumu Hanagata, Quezon City. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1976: Muhammad Ali W 15 Jimmy Young, Landover, MD.

1977: Guty Espadas KO 13 Alfonso Lopez, Merida, Mexico. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1986: Dennis Andries W 15 J.B. Williamson, Edmonton, England. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1988: Miguel Lora W 12 Lucio Lopez, Cartagena. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1989: Pernell Whitaker KO 3 Louie Lomeli, Norfolk, VA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1998: Mauricio Pastrana KO 4 Anis Roga, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2005: James Toney No-Contest 12 John Ruiz, NYC. Positive juice test on Toney.

-Vicente Mosquera W 12 Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai, NYC. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Luis Perez KO 6 Luis Bolano, NYC. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2010: Toshiaki Nishioka KO 5 Balweg Bangoyan, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

-Fernando Montiel KO 4 Hozumi Hasegawa, Tokyo. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

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May 1

Fight of the day

2003: Veerapol Sahaprom vs Hugo Dianzo. This little fella is featured 3 times on this day with three title defenses a year apart. 2002, 03 and 04.


1900: Jack Johnson KO 7 Jim Scanlon, Galveston, Texas.

1902: Harry Forbes D 20 Johnny Reagan, St. Louis. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1914: Harry Wills W 10 Sam Langford, New Orleans.

1917: Freddie Welsh ND 10 Johnny Kilbane, NYC.

1925: Pancho Villa W 15 Clever Sencio, Manila. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1933: Kid Chocolate W 10 Johnny Farr, Philadelphia. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1934: Vince Dundee W 15 Al Diamond, Paterson, NJ. Retains New York & NBA Middleweight Title.

1957: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 5 Gene Fullmer, Chicago. Wins World Middleweight Title for the fourth time.

1959: Floyd Patterson KO 11 Brian London, Indianapolis. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1982: Santos Laciar KO 13 Juan Herrera, Merida, Mexico. Regains WBA Flyweight Title.

1983: Edwin Rosario W 12 Jose Luis Ramirez, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Wins vacant WBC Lightweight Title.

1990: Sot Chitalada W 12 Carlos Salazar, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1998: Chatchai Sasakul KO 5 Young-Soon Chang, Bangkok, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2002: Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Julio Coronel, Nanthaburi, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2003: Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Hugo Dianzo, Bangkok. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2004: Kelvin Davis KO 8 Ezra Sellers, Miami, FL Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Veerapol Sahaprom KO 12 Julio Cesar Avila, Nongkhai, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2006: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Daigo Nakahiro, Bangkok, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2010: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Sugar Shane Mosley, Las Vegas.

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If you watch the Bolanos/Williams fight you will come away in awe of Ike Williams because Bolanos was very good.
My friend once met Williams in a gym when he was an old man. Here was a guy that should be worshipped by anybody that loves boxing and nobody even knew who he was.

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May 2

Fight of the day

1989: Muangchai Kittikasem vs Tacy Macalos 1



1904: Stanley Ketchel KO 1 Kid Tracy, Butte, MT. Ketchel’s pro debut.

1924: Young Stribling W 10 Tommy Burns, Toronto.

1947: Sandy Saddler KO 3 Joe (Old Bones) Brown, New Orleans.

1954: Jimmy Carruthers W 12 Chamrem Songkitrat, Bangkok. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1976: Luis Estaba W 15 Juan Alvarez, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Muangchai Kittikasem W 12 Tacy Macalos, Bangkok. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: Fabrice Tiozzo KO 1 Terry Ray, Paris. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Hassine Cherifi W 12 Keith Holmes, Paris. Wins WBC Middleweight Title.

2009: Manny Pacquiao KO 2 Ricky Hatton, Las Vegas. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

-Humberto Soto KO 9 Benoit Gaudet, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Anselmo Moreno W 12 Wladimir Sidorenko, Bremen, Germany. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

2015: Floyd Mayweather UD Manny Pacquiao Las Vegas. Unifies WBA, WBC and WBO. Hardly worth the 5 year wait.

[Master]

Ricky getting knocked out.

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May 3

Fight of the day

1969: Nicolino Locche vs Carlos Hernandez



1921: Sugar Ray Robinson born Walker Smith Jr.

1934: Marcel Thil W 15 Gustave Roth, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1940: Sammy Angott W 15 Davey Day, Louisville. Wins vacant NBA Lightweight Title.

1946: Sal Bartolo KO 6 Spider Armstrong, Boston. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.

1969: Nicolino Locche W 15 Carlos Hernandez, Buenos Aires. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1985: Elly Pical KO 8 Joo Do Chun, Djakarta. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Bobby Czyz KO 6 Jim McDonald, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Chong Pal Park W 15 Lindell Holmes, Inchon. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

1996: Mark Johnson KO 1 Francisco Tejedor, Anaheim, CA. Wins vacant IBF Flyweight Title.

1997: Robin Reid W 12 Henry Wharton, Manchester. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Ronald Wright KO 6 Steve Foster, Manchester.

-Naseem Hamed KO 1 Billy Hardy, Manchester. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

2003: Oscar De La Hoya KO 7 Yory Boy Campas, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

-Erik Morales KO 5 Fernando Velardez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Joge Arce Tech. Win 6 Melchor Cob-Castro, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2007: Edwin Valero KO 8 Nobuhito Honmo, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Hozumi Hasegawa W 12 Simpiwe Vetyeka, Tokyo. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Alexander Munoz W 12 Nobuo Nashiro, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2008: Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Steve Forbes, Carson, CA