This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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May 15

Fight of the day

1983: Bobby Chacon vs Cornelius Boza-Edwards 2



1914: Joe Symonds KO 18 Percy Jones, Plymoth, England. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1920: Harry Greb ND 10 Tommy Gibbons, Pittsburgh.

1942: Sammy Angott W 15 Allie Stolz, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1953: Rocky Marciano KO 1 Jersey Joe Walcott, Chicago. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1976: Miguel Canto W 15 Juan Alvarez, Caracas. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1977: Luis Estaba W 15 Rafael Pedroza, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1983: Bobby Chacon W 12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1986: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 5 Faustino Barrios, Paris. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Gilberto Roman W 12 Edgar Monserrat, Paris. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Evander Holyfield KO 3 Rickey Parkey, Las Vegas. Retains WBA/ wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Kelvin Seabrooks KO 5 Miguel Maturana, Cartagena. Wins Vacant IBF Bantamweight Title.

1992: Michael Moorer KO 5 Bert Cooper, Atlantic City. Fight of the Year candidate.

1993: Chris Eubank D 12 Ray Close, Glasgow.

-Charles Murray W 12 Rodney Moore, Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1995: Orzubek Nazarov KO 2 Won Park, Tokyo. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1999: Cesar Soto W 12 Luisito Espinosa, El Paso, TX. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

2004: Antonio Tarver KO 2 Roy Jones Jr., Las Vegas. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Victor Burgos KO 6 Fahlan Sakkreerin, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

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May 16

Fight of the day

1997: Phillip Holiday vs Pete Taliaferro



1929: Max Baer KO 2 Chief Caribou, Stockton, CA. Baer’s pro debut.

1930: Midget Wolgast KO 6 Willie LaMorte, NYC. Retains New York World Flyweight Title.

1941: Bob Montgomery W 10 Lew Jenkins, NYC.

1955: Rocky Marciano KO 9 Don Cockell, San Francisco. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1965: Carlos Hernandez KO 5 Mario Rossito, Maracaibo. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1967: Dick Tiger W 15 Jose Torres, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1970: Nicolino Locche W 15 Adolph Pruitt, Buenos Aires. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1975: Muhammad Ali KO 11 Ron Lyle, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1977: Muhammad Ali W 15 Alfredo Evangelista, Landover, MD. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

-Alfredo Escalera Carlos Becerril, Landover, MD. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1987: Santos Laciar KO 11 Gilberto Roman, Reims, France. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992: James Warring W 12 Johnny Nelson, Fredericksburg, VA. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

1997: Phillip Holiday W 12 Pete Taliaferro, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1998: Jean-Baptist Mendy W 12 Orzubek Nazarov, Paris. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

-Genaro Hernandez W 12 Carlos Gerena, Indio, CA. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

-Vuyani Bungu W 12 Ernesto Gray, Bophutatswana, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

-Erik Morales KO 2 Jose Luis Bueno, Indio, CA. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2009: Giacobbe Fragomeni D 12 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Roma, Italy.

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May 17

Fight of the day

1965: Fighting Harada vs Eder Jofre



1918: Ted Lewis W 20 Johnny Tillman, Denver, CO. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1965: Fighting Harada W 15 Eder Jofre, Nagoya, Japan. Wins World Bantamweight Title. The only man to ever beat Eder

1973: Chartchai Chionoi KO 5 Fritz Chervet, Bangkok. Wins vacant WBA Flyweight Title.

1975: Antonio Cervantes W 15 Esteban DeJesus, Panama City. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1987: Tae Il Chang W 15 Soon Chun Kwon, Pusan, South Korea. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1988: Calvin Grove W 15 Myron Taylor, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1989: Carlos De Leon KO 9 Sammy Reeson, London. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title for a fourth time.

1992: Victor Rabanales KO 4 Luis Alberto Campo, Tuxtla, Mexico. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1996: Ronald Wright W 12 Bronco McKart, Monroe, MI.

1997: Luisito Espinosa W tech. Dec. 8 Manuel Medina, Manila. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2003: Leonard Dorin D 12 Paul Spadafora, Pittsburgh. Fighters retain respective WBA & IBF Lightweight Titles.

2008: Cristian Mijares W 12 Alexander Munoz, Gomez Palacio, Mexico. Retains WBC/wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

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May 18

Fight of the day

2002: Kostya Tszyu vs Ben Tackie



1916: Ted Lewis ND 10 Mike Gibbons, NYC.

1946: Manuel Ortiz KO 5 Kenny Lindsay, Hollywood, CA. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1951: Kid Gavilan W 15 Johnny Bratton, NYC. Wins vacant World Welterweight Title.

1953: Yoshio Shirai W 15 Tanny Campo, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1956: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 4 Carl (Bobo) Olson, Los Angeles. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1963: Eder Jofre KO 12 Johnny Jamito, Quezon City, The Phillipines. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1973: Marvin Hagler KO 2 Terry Ryan, Brockton, MA. Hagler’s pro debut.

1976: Jose Duran KO 14 Koichi Wajima, Tokyo. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

1980: Shoji Oguma KO 9 Chan Hee Park, Seoul. Regains WBC Flyweight Title.

1983: Bruce Curry W 12 Leroy Haley, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1986: Ki Yung Chung W 15 Richard Savage, Taegu, South Korea. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1991: Darrin Van Horn KO 11 Lindell Holmes, Verbania, Italy. Wins IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Hector Camacho W 12 Greg Haugen, Reno. Avenges an earlier defeat.

-Muanchai Kittikasem KO 12 Jung Koo Chang, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1996:Felix Trinidad KO 5 Fred Pendleton, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

-Phillip Holiday KO 2 Jeff Fenech, Melbourne, Australia. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Wilfredo Vasquez KO 11 Eloy Rojas, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

-Ratanapol Sow Voraphin W 12 Jun Arlos, Yala, Thailand. Wins vacant IBF Strawweight Title.

2002: Kostya Tszyu W 12 Ben Tackie, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Mickey Ward W 10 Arturo Gatti, Uncasville, CT. Foty.

-Osamu Sato KO 8 Yoddamrong Sithyodthong, Saitama, Japan. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

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May 19

Fight of the day

1985: Wilfredo Gomez vs Rocky Lockridge



1909: Jack Johnson ND 6 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Philadelphia.

1933: Kid Chocolate W 15 Seaman Tom Watson, NYC. Retains New York World Featherweight Title.

1941: Petey Scalzo D 15 Phil Zwick, Milwaukee. Retains NBA Featherweight Title.

1952: Yoshio Shirai W 15 Dado Marino, Tokyo. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1957: Laszlo Papp W 4 Alois Brand, Cologne, Germany. Papp’s pro debut.

1967: Curtis Cokes KO 10 Francois Pavilla, Dallas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1972: Clemente Sanchez KO 3 Kuniaki Shibata, Tokyo. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

1973: Antonio Cervantes KO 5 Alfonzo Frazer, Panama City. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1984: Soon Chun Kwon W 15 Ian Clyde, Daejon, South Korea. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

-Francisco Quiroz KO 9 Lupe Madera, Maracaibo. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1985: Wilfredo Gomez W 15 Rocky Lockridge, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title. The wrong man won in my opinion.

1990: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Azumah Nelson, Las Vegas. Retains WBC/IBF Lightweight Title. Prior to the fight, Whitaker’s trainer, George Benton, instructed him to “box him like you got bad breath.”

1991: Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Kimio Hirano, Shizuoka, Japan. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2000: Malcolm Tunacao KO 7 Medgoen Toyota-Thailand., Udon Thani, Thailand. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

2007: Jermain Taylor W 12 Cory Spinks, Memphis, TN. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Kelly Pavlik KO 7 Edison Miranda, Memphis, TN.

-Ulises Solis KO 9 Jose Aguirre, Guadalajara, Mexico. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

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May 20

Fight of the day. Another wrong guy winning moment

1983:Larry Holmes vs Tim Witherspoon



1926: Pete Latzo W 10 Mickey Walker, Scranton, PA. Wins World Welterweight Title. Upset of the year.

1929: Tod Morgan W 10 Baby Sal Sorio, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1932: Billy Petrolle W 10 Battling Battalino, Chicago. Referee: Dave Barry.

"Battalino dropped Petrolle for a count of nine with a left hook to the chin in the first round, but thereafter the Fargo Express came thundering along to victory."

New York Times.

1940: Harry Jeffra W 15 Joey Archibald, Baltimore. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1946: Ezzard Charles W 10 Archie Moore, Pittsburgh.

1978: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Billy Backus, Inglewood. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1979: Chan Hee Park W 15 Riki Igarishi, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1983: Michael Dokes D 15 Mike Weaver, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Larry Holmes W 12 Tim Witherspoon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Randy Stephens, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1985: Larry Holmes W 15 Carl Williams, Reno. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

1988: Jose Sanabria KO 6 Moises Fuentes, Bucaramanga, Columbia. Wins vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: Tony Lopez W 12 John-John Molina, Reno. Regains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1991: Greg Richardson W 12 Victor Rabanales, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1995: Evander Holyfield W 10 Ray Mercer, Atlantic City.

-Dariusz Michalczewski KO 4 Paul Carlo, Hamburg, Germany.

-Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 2 Oscar Flores, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2000: William Joppy KO 1 Rito Ruvalcaba, Tunica, Mississippi. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Julio Gamboa D 12 Felix Machado, Tunica, Mississippi. For vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2001: Masamori Tokuyama KO 5 In Joo Cho, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2005: O’Neil Bell W 12 Dale Brown, Hollywood, FL. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.

2006: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Rocky Juarez, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Jorge Barrios KO 1 Janos Nagy, Los Angeles.

-Roberto Vasquez W 12 Noel Arambulet, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.