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.