This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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Ricky getting knocked out.

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Ricky getting knocked out.

I was heart broken. I bet if he could do it all again he would have never left Graham and hired that clown.

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Also one of the best and shortest championship fighters ever!

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May 9

Fight of the day

1970: Vicente Saldivar vs Johnny Famechon



1905: Jack Johnson ND 6 Joe Jeanette, Philadelphia.

1908: Stanley Ketchel KO 20 Jack (Twin) Sullivan, Colma, CA. Wins vacant World Middleweight Title.

1930: Young Jack Thompson W 15 Jackie Fields, Detroit. Wins NBA Welterweight Title.

1941: Billy Soose W 15 Ken Overlin, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1964: Sugar Ramos W 15 Floyd Robertson, Accra. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1970: Vicente Saldivar W 15 Johnny Famechon, Rome. Wins WBC Featherweight Title. Saldivar regains the title in his second fight since retiring in 1967.

1971: Carlos Monzon KO 3 Nino Benvenuti, Monte Carlo. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1983: Rafael Orono W 12 Raul Valdez, Caracas, Venezuela. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1985: Jiro Watanabe W 12 Julio Soto Solano, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1988: Kaokor Galaxy W 12 Wilfredo Vasquez, Bangkok. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1992:Terry Norris KO 4 Meldrick Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1998: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 8 John John Molina, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

2009: Chad Dawson W 12 Antonio Tarver, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

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May 10

Fight of the day x2 on same card.

1991:Michael Carbajal vs Hector Patri


1991: James Toney vs Michael Nunn




1935: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Lou Ambers, NYC. Regains vacant World Lightweight Title.

1940: Lew Jenkins KO 3 Lou Ambers, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1961: Duilio Loi W 15 Carlos Ortiz, Milan. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1969: Victor Galindez KO 4 Ramon Ruiz, Buenos Aires. Galindez’s pro debut.

1989: Mike McCallum W 12 Herol Graham, Kensington, England. Wins vacant WBA Middleweight Title.

1991: James Toney KO 11 Michael Nunn, Davenport, IA. Wins IBF Middleweight Title. Odds were 20 to 1 in Nunns favour.

-Michael Carbajal W 12 Hector Patri, Davenport, IA. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1996: Evander Holyfield KO 5 Bobby Czyz, NYC.

-Lennox Lewis W 10 Ray Mercer, NYC. Disputed decision

-Tim Witherspoon KO 5 Jorge Luis Gonzalez, NYC.

1997: William Joppy W 12 Peter Venancio, Coconut Grove, FL. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Orzubek Nazarov KO 7 Leavander Johnson, Coconut Grove, FL. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

-Antonio Cermeno W 12 Angel Chacon, Coconut Grove, FL. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2008: Timothy Bradley W 12 Junior Whitter, Nottingham, England. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

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May 11

Fight of the day

2002: Diobelys Hurtado vs Randall Bailey



1900: James J. Jeffries KO 23 James J. Corbett, Coney Island. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

"The finishing blow came suddenly and was a startling surprise. Corbett had been making a wonderful battle. His defense was absolutely perfect, and while he was lacking in strength, he had more than held his own and stood an excellent chance of winning the fight had it gone the limit. He had not been badly punished and had managed to mark his man severely. The winning punch was a short left to the jaw. Corbett dropped like weight and was clear out. Jeffries showed his ability to take punishment at any distance and hard. He was clearly outboxed and at times was made to look like a novice. The crowd, which numbered fully eight thousand, was with Corbett and his defeat fell upon a silent crowd. There were cheers for him when he revived and left the ring, and he was generally given more consideration than the victor. Corbett is still a factor in pugilistic fame. He has regained much of his old time form. The battle was clean and it is doubtful if there was a single infraction of the rules."

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1906: Abe Attell D 20 Kid Herman, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1936: Petey Sarron W 15 Freddie Miller, Washington D.C. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1937: Freddie Steele KO 3 Frank Battaglia, Seattle. Retains New York & NBA Middleweight Title.

1977: Ken Norton KO 1 Duane Bobick, NYC. The # 1 rated Bobick, 38-0 (32) never stood a chance.

1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 5 Louis Pergaud, Halifax, Canada. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1981: Gerry Cooney KO 1 Ken Norton, NYC.

1991: Dave McAuley W 12 Pedro Feliciano, Belfast. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1994: Steve Collins KO 5 Chris Pyatt, Sheffield, England.

1996: Yong-Soo Choi KO 8 Orlando Soto, Chejudo, Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2002: Diobelys Hurtado KO 7 Randall Bailey, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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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

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May 4

Fight of the day

1980: Leo Randolph vs Ricardo Cardona



1900: Joe Walcott W 25 Mysterious Billy Smith, NYC.

1910: Harry Lewis KO 3 Peter Brown, Paris. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1935: Marcel Thil KO 14 Vilda Jaks, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1962: Eder Jofre KO 10 Herman Marquez, San Francisco. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1975: Salvador Sanchez KO 3 Al Gardeno, Veracruz, Mexico. Sanchez’ pro debut.

1980: Leo Randolph KO 15 Ricardo Cardona, Seattle. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1985: Daniel Zaragoza W DQ. 7 Freddie Jackson, Oranjestad, Aruba. Wins vacant WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Orlando Canizales KO 8 Billy Hardy, Laredo, TX. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1993: Reggie Johnson W 12 Wayne Harris, Denver, CO. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

1994: Hiroshi Kawashima W 12 Jose Luis Bueno, Yokohama. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1997: Arturo Gatti KO 8 Calvin Grove, Atlantic City. Non-title fight.

2007: Hugo Cazares KO 2 Wilfrido Perez, Las Vegas. Retains World Junior Flyweight Title

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May 5

Fight of the day

1993: Crisanto Espana vs Rodolfo Aguilar



1905: Jimmy Britt KO 20 Jabez White, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1922: Lew Tendler W 15 Johnny Dundee, NYC.

1944: Sal Bartolo W 15 Phil Terranova, Boston. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.

1947: Ezzard Charles W 10 Archie Moore, Cincinnati.

1973: Eder Jofre W 15 Jose Legra, Brazil. Wins WBC Featherweight Title. Before Foreman or Leonard there was this mans incredible comeback. At close to 40 he comes out of a 7 year retirement to win the 126 crown.

1983: Santos Laciar KO 2 Shuichi Hozumi, Shizuoka, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1984: Osvaldo Ocasio KO 15 John Odhiambo, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1986: Rene Arredondo KO 5 Lonnie Smith, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1991: Gilbert Dele W 12 Jun Sok Hwang, Paris. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1993: Crisanto Espana W 12 Rodolfo Aguilar, Belfast, Ireland. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

2001: Joel Casamayor W 12 Edwin Santana, Philadelphia, MS. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2004: Manny Siaca W 12 Anthony Mundine, Sydney, Australia. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

2007: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

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May 6

Fight of the day

1978: Victor Galindez vs Yaqui Lopez 2



1898: James J. Jeffries W 20 Tom Sharkey, San Francisco.

1900: Jack Johnson KO 2 Jim McCormick, Galveston.

1920: Johnny Wilson W 12 Mike O’Dowd, Boston. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1967: Carlos Monzon D 10 Bennie Briscoe, Buenos Aires.

1978: Victor Galindez W 15 Yaqui Lopez, Via Reggio, Italy. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Ricardo Cardona KO 12 Soo Hwan Hong, Seoul. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

-Netmoi Varasingh W 15 Freddy Castillo, Bangkok. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: Santos Laciar W 15 Antoine Montero, Grenoble. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1988: Rolando Bohol W 15 Cho Woon Park, Manila. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1989: Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Ricky Randall, Pensacola. Jones’ pro debut.

1994: Lennox Lewis KO 8 Phil Jackson, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Kevin Kelly W 12 Jesse Benevides, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1995: Oscar De La Hoya KO 2 Rafael Ruelas, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

-Gabriel Ruelas KO 11 Jimmy Garcia, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Johnny Tapia Tech. Draw 8 Ricardo Vargas, Las Vegas.

2000: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 3 Imamu Mayfield, Swissotel, Neuss, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Glenn Catley KO 12 Markus Beyer, Frankfurt, Germany. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Paul Spadafora W Maj. Tech dec. 10 Mike Griffith, Pittsburgh. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Johnny Tapia W 12 Pedro Javier Torres, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

2006: Oscar De La Hoya KO 6 Ricardo Mayorga, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Jose Antonio Rivera W 12 Alex Garcia, Worcester, Massachusetts. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Luis Perez W 12 Dimitri Kirilov, Worcester, Massachusetts. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

-Eagle Kyowa W 12 Rodel Moyal, Tokyo. Retains WBC Minimumweight Title.

-Muhammad Rachman KO 6 Omar Soto, Jakarta, Indonesia. Retains IBF Minimumweight Title.

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May 7

Fight of the day

2005: Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo 1



1937: Lou Ambers W 15 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1958: Joe (Old Bones) Brown KO 8 Ralph Dupas, Houston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1965: Vicente Saldivar KO 15 Raul Rojas, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title. Rojas is counted out with 10-seconds remaining in the 15th-round.

1972: Koichi Wajima KO 1 Domenico Tiberia, Tokyo. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1975: Miguel de Oliveira W 15 Jose Duran, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1978: Yoko Gushiken KO 13 Jaime Rios, Hiroshima. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1988: Juan Coggi KO 2 Sang Ho Lee, San Patrignano, Italy. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Raul Perez KO 9 Gerardo Martinez, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1994: Gerald McClellan KO 1 Julian Jackson, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Terry Norris W 12 Simon Brown, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez TW 8 Frankie Randall, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Lightweight Title. Odd events in this fight. Very odd.

-Jesse James Leija W 12 Azumah Nelson, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Ricardo Lopez W 12 Kermin Guardia, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1995: Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Evangelio Perez, Songkhla, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2005: Diego Corrales KO 10 Jose Luis Castillo, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title. Just an incredible fight.

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May 8

Fight of the day

2004: Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez



1900: Tom Sharkey KO 3 Joe Choynski, Tattersall’s Chicago, Ill.

1907: Tommy Burns W 20 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Los Angeles. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1932: Sonny Liston born. We think. Not even Sonny knew.

1934: Mickey Walker W 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, Los Angeles.

1936: Tony Canzoneri W 10 Jimmy McLarnin, NYC.

1976: Esteban DeJesus W 15 Ishimatsu Suzuki, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

-Carlos Zarate KO 9 Rodolfo Martinez, Inglewood. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1982: Ray Mancini KO 1 Art Frias, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

-Salvador Sanchez W 15 Rocky Garcia, Dallas. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1987: Jeff Fenech KO 4 Samart Payakaroon, Sydney. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: Bobby Czyz W 12 Don LaLonde, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1993: Lennox Lewis W 12 Tony Tucker, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Gerald McClellan KO 5 Julian Jackson, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Middleweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 6 Terrance Alli, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1994: Pichit Sithbangprachan W 12 Jose Luis Zepeda, Rajaburi Province, Thailand. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1999: Sven Ottke W 12 Gabriel Hernandez, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Nestor Garza KO 8 Carlos Barreto, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

-Erik Morales KO 9 Juan Carlos Ramirez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2001: Paul Spadafora W 12 Joel Perez, Pittsburgh, PA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title

2004: Manny Pacquiao D 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas. Retains World Featherweight Title.