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.