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.