This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

May 21

Fight of the day

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Ray Close



1891: James J. Corbett D 61 Peter Jackson, San Francisco.

1912: Johnny Kilbane D 12 Jimmy Walsh, Boston. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1925: Jack (Kid) Berg KO 10 Ted (Kid) Lewis, London.

1933: Tony Canzoneri W 10 Battling Shaw, New Orleans. Regains World Super Lightweight Title.

1943: Bob Montgomery W 15 Beau Jack, NYC. Wins New York World Lightweight Title.

1966: Muhammad Ali KO 6 Henry Cooper, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title. 46,000 spectators turned out for England’s first Heavyweight Championship bout in 58 years.

-Jose Torres W 15 Wayne Thornton, Flushing, NY. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1977: Miguel Angel Cuello KO 9 Jesse Burnett, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Wilfredo Gomez KO 12 Dong Kyun Yum, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1989: Jorge Paez D 12 Louie Espinosa, Phoenix. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1993: Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Jae-Shin Lim, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Ray Close, Belfast, Ireland.

-Julio Cesar Vasquez KO 10 Ahmet Dottuev, Belfast. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Borboa KO 9 Jaji Sibali, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super flyweight Title.

1996: Keiji Yamaguchi W 12 Carlos Murillo, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1999: Veerapol Sahaprom KO 5 Mauro Blanc, Sara Buri, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2000: Joel Casamayor KO 5 Jong-Kwon Baek, Kansas City. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2005: Lamon Brewster KO 1 Andrew Golota, Chicago, IL.

-Tomasz Adamek W 12 Paul Briggs, Chicago, IL Wins vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

May 22

Fight of the day.

Roberto Duran vs Lou Bizzarro



1905: Abe Attell ND 6 Battling Nelson, Philadelphia.

1929: Kid Chocolate W 10 Fidel LaBarba, NYC

1931: Bat Battalino W 15 Fidel LaBarba, NYC. Retains world Featherweight Title.

1941: Gus Lesnevich W 15 Anton Christoforidis, NYC. Wins NBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1976: Victor Galindez KO 15 Richie Kates, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Roberto Duran KO 14 Lou Bizzarro, Erie, PA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1977: Yoko Gushiken W 15 Rigoberto Marcano, Sapporo, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1982: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Andrew Ganigan, Las Vegas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1992: Rafael Pineda KO 7 Clarence Coleman, Mexico City. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1993: Riddick Bowe KO 2 Jesse Ferguson, Washington D.C. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

-Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Bernard Hopkins, Washington D.C. Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Borboa W 12 Joel Luna Zarate, Mexico City. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1999: Oscar De La Hoya KO 11 Oba Carr, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

-Floyd Mayweather KO 9 Justin Juuko, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2004: Jean-Marc Mormeck W 12 Virgil Hill, Carnival City, South Africa. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

[IamInuit]

May 23

Fight of the day

1981: Wilfred Benitez vs Maurice Hope



1922: Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney, NYC. Wins U.S. Light Heavyweight Title.

Ten seconds into the first round Greb breaks Tunney’s nose. Later in the round Greb opened a huge gash over Tunney’s left eye. In the third round, Greb busts up Tunney’s right eye. Over the course of 15-rounds, Tunney lost an estimated 2-quarts of blood. The gore was so thick on Greb’s gloves that he had to step back and hold them out so referee, Kid Partland could wipe them off with a towel,

wrote ringside observer James R. Fair.

1940: Ken Overlin W 15 Ceferino Garcia, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1941: Joe Louis W disq. 7 Buddy Baer, Washington D.C. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1960: Jose Becerra D 15 Kenji Yonekura, Tokyo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1970: Nino Benvenuti KO 8 Tom Bethea, Umag, Yugoslavia. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1981: Wilfred Benitez KO 12 Maurice Hope, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title. Benitez becomes boxing’s fifth 3-division champion.

1986: Barry Michael KO 4 Mark Fernandez, Melbourne. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1987: Leslie Stewart KO 9 Marvin Johnson, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1988: Fulgencio Obelmejias W 12 Chong Pal Park, Suanbo, South Korea. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

2009: Toshiaki Nishioka KO 3 Jhonny Gonzalez, Monterrey, Mexico. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

[TitoFan]

May 23

Fight of the day

1981: Wilfred Benitez vs Maurice Hope

Stuff of legends.

Benitez wasn't exactly known for power, being instead one of the greatest defensive wizards ever (thus earning the nickname "The Radar of St. Just"). But that right hand KO was a thing of beauty.

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May 24

Fight of the day

1986:Alfredo Layne vs Wilfredo Gomez





1901: James (Rube) Ferns KO 10 Matty Matthews, Toronto. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1907: Abe Attell W 20 Kid Solomon, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1928: Tod Morgan W 15 Cannonball Martin, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 5 Ralph Zanelli, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1954: Yoshio Shirai W 15 Leo Espinosa, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1958: Jose Torres KO 1 Gene Hamilton, Brooklyn. Torres’ pro debut.

1968: Bob Foster KO 4 Dick Tiger, NYC. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.


And a year later, how to land 15 unanswered uppercuts in 15 seconds

1969: Bob Foster KO 4 Andy Kendall, West Springfield, MA. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.


1976: Muhammad Ali KO 5 Richard Dunn, Munich, Germany. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Ali’s last knockout victory.

1986: Alfredo Layne KO 9 Wilfredo Gomez, Puerto Rico. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1987: Chan Young Park KO 11 Takuya Muguruma, Moriguchi, Japan. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1995: Hiroshi Kawashima W 12 Seung Koo Lee, Japan. Retains WBC Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1996: Kostya Tzyu KO 4 Corey Johnson, Sydney, Australia. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

1997: Yong-Soo Choi W 12 Koji Matsumoto, South Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2008: Ricky Hatton W 12 Juan Lazcano, Manchester, England. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Paul Malingnaggi W 12 Lovemore Ndou, Manchester. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.