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.