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.