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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 12

Fight of the day

1962: Harold Johnson vs Doug Jones






1902: Joe Gans KO 1 Frank Erne, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1916: Sam Langford KO 7 Joe Jeanette, Syracuse.

1941: Joey Archibald W 15 Harry Jeffra, Washington D.C. Regains World Featherweight Title.

1962: Harold Johnson W 15 Doug Jones, Philadelphia. Wins vacant World Light Heavyweight Title.

1981: Antonio Avelar KO 7 Shoji Oguma, Mito, Japan. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1991: Terrence Alli KO 12 Charles Murray, Rochester.

2001: Felix Trinidad KO 5 William Joppy, NYC. Wins WBA Middleweight Title.

-Vernon Forrest W 12 Raul Frank, NYC. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.

2006: Vicente Mosquera W 12 Jose Pablo Estrella, Cordoba, Argentina. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

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May 13

Fight of the day. Ripped fuel gate.

2000: Roy Jones Jr. vs Richard Hall



1984: Dodie Penalosa KO 9 Jae Hong Kim, Seoul. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 10 Roger Mayweather, Inglewood. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Antonio Esparragoza W 12 Chan Mok Park, Seoul. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1995: Antonio Cermeno W 12 Wilfredo Vasquez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2000: Roy Jones Jr. KO 11 Richard Hall, Indianapolis. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Bernard Hopkins W 12 Syd Vanderpool, Indianapolis. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

2004: Julio Diaz W 12 Javier Jauregui, San Diego. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

2006: Clinton Woods KO 6 Jason DeLisle, Sheffield, England. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Markus Beyer Tech. Draw 4 Sakio Bika, Zwickau, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Arthur Abraham W 12 Kofi Jantuah, Zwickau, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Ricky Hatton W 12 Luis Collazo, Boston. Wins WBA Welterweight Title.

-Eric Aiken W Disq. 8 Valdemir Pereira, Boston. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

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May 14

Fight of the day

1978: Rocky Mattioli vs Jose Duran



1883: John L. Sullivan KO 3 Charley Mitchell, N.Y.

1908: Joe Gans KO 11 Rudy Unholz, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1917: Pete Herman KO 3 Johnny Coulon, Racine, WI.

1945: Sugar Ray Robinson D 10 Jose Basora, Philadelphia.

1946: Gus Lesnevich KO 10 Freddie Mills, London. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1952: Lauro Salas W 15 Jimmy Carter, Los Angeles. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1978: Rocky Mattioli KO 5 Jose Duran, Pescara, Italy. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1999: Francisco Castillejo KO 4 Humberto Aranda, Madrid, Spain. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

2000: In Joo Cho W 12 Julio Cesar Avila, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Super flyweight Title.

2001: Veerapol Sahaprom KO 3 Ricardo Barajas, Paris, France. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2005: Ronald Wright W 12 Felix Trinidad, Las Vegas.

-Zab Judah KO 3 Cosme Rivera, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

-Will Grigsby W 12 Victor Burgos, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.