This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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May 25

Fight of the day

1968: Sandro Mazzinghi vs Ki Soo Kim







1876: Jack Root born.

1939: Henry Armstrong W 15 Ernie Roderick, London. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1942: Ezzard Charles W 10 Charley Burley, Pittsburgh.

1948: Ike Williams W 15 Enrique Bolanos, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1951: Jimmy Carter KO 14 Ike Williams, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1965: Muhammad Ali KO 1 Sonny Liston, Lewiston, ME. Retains World Heavyweight Title. I bet Walcott wished he could ref that all over again.

1968: Sandro Mazzinghi W 15 Ki Soo Kim, Milan. Regains World Super Welterweight Title.

1972:Joe Frazier KO 5 Ron Stander, Omaha. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1974:Rodrigo Valdez KO 7 Bennie Briscoe, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant WBC Middleweight Title.

-Rafael Herrera KO 6 Romeo Anaya, Mexico City. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1975: Miguel Canto W 15 Betulio Gonzalez, Monterrey. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1996: Henry Maske W 12 John Scully, Leipzig, Germany. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

2000: Freddy Norwood W 12 Julio Pablo Chacon, Mendoza, Argentina. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

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May 26

Fight of the day

2007: Steve Cunningham vs Krzysztof Wlodarcyz 2


1900: Dan Dougherty W 20 Tommy Feltz, Brooklyn. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title.

1932: Tommy Paul W 15 Johnny Pena, Detroit. Wins vacant NBA Featherweight Title.

1943: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Joe Robleto, Long Beach, CA. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1969: Dick Tiger W 10 Nino Benvenuti, NYC. Non-title fight.

1972: Joe Frazier KO 5 Ron Stander, Omaha. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1984: Jaime Garza KO 3 Felipe Orozco, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

-Victor Callejas KO 8 Loris Stecca, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

-Albert Davila KO 11 Enrique Sanchez, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Joo Do Chun KO 6 Felix Marquez, Wonju, South Korea. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1990: Luis Mendoza D 12 Ruben Palacios, Cartegena. For the vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2000: President Bill Clinton signs The Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act into law. It is the first federal law passed to reform anti-competitive and corruptive business practices in the professional boxing industry. 15 years later and what has changed?

2001: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Carlos Hernandez, Grand Rapids, MI. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2007: Steve Cunningham W 12 Krzysztof Wlodarcyz, Slaskie, Poland. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Arthur Abraham KO 3 Sebastien Demers, Bamberg, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

2009: Denkaosan Kaovichit W 12 Hiroyuki Hisataka, Uttaradit, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

-Daisuke Naito W 12 Xiong Zhao Zhong, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

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May 27

Fight of the day.

1978: Carlos Palomino vs Armando Muniz 2



1929: Andre Routis KO 3 Buster Brown, Baltimore. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1931: Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Billy Petrolle, NYC.

1960: Benny (Kid) Paret W 15 Don Jordan, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1978: Carlos Palomino W 15 Armando Muniz, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

1983: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 4 Wilford Scypion, Providence. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1984: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Angel Levy Mayor, Maracaibo. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1989: Virgil Hill KO 7 Joe Lasisi, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1994: Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Thomas Tate, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Rafael Ruelas KO 3 Mike Evgen, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Oscar De La Hoya KO 3 Giorgio Campanella, Las Vegas.

1995: Henry Maske W 12 Graciano Rocchigiani, Dortmund, Germany.

-Frankie Liles KO 6 Frederic Seillier, Fort Lauderdale. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

-Jorge Castro KO 12 Anthony Andrews, Fort Lauderdale. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Eloy Rojas W 12 Kyun-Yung Park, Seoul. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Daorung MP Petroleum D 12 Lakhin CP Gym, Bangkok. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

2004: Mahyar Monshipour KO 8 Salim Medjkkoune, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

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May 28

Fight of the day

1995: Tom (Boom Boom) Johnson vs Eddie Croft



1917: Benny Leonard KO 9 Freddie Welsh, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1927: Tod Morgan W 12 Vic Foley, Vancouver. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1929: Mushy Callahan KO 3 Fred Mahan, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1934: Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin, Long Island City, NY. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1935: Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin, NYC. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1941: Tony Zale KO 2 Al Hostak, Chicago. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1942: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Marty Servo, NYC. Referee: Billy Cavanaugh.

Robinson "prevailed by a narrow margin and the crowd of 15000 vociferously disapproved of the decision." The referee gave the bout to Servo, but both judges voted for Robinson.

(New York Times). The official scorecards were 9-1 and 6-3-1 in favor of Robinson and 5-3-2 for Servo.

1962: Archie Moore D 10 Willie Pastrano, Los Angeles.

1988: Juan Jose Estrada W 12 Bernardo Pinango, Tijuana. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1989: In Chul Baek KO 11 Fulgencio Obelmejies, Seoul. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

1993: Jung-Il Byun W 12 Josefino Suarez, Seoul. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1995: Tom Johnson W 12 Eddie Croft, South Padre Island, TX. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

2005: Rafael Marquez W 12 Ricardo Vargas, Los Angeles. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

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May 29

Fight of the day

1982: Rafael Limon vs Rolando Navarette



1900: Kid McCoy W 6 Tommy Ryan, Chicago.

1901:Terry McGovern KO 5 Aurelio Herrera, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1905: Joe Bowker W 20 Pinky Evans, London. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1909: Battling Nelson KO 23 Dick Hyland, Colma, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1913: Harry Greb ND 6 Frank Kirkwood, Pittsburgh. Greb’s pro debut.

1914: Jack Dillon ND 10 Battling Levinsky, Indianapolis.

1933: Jimmy McLarnin KO 1 Young Corbett III, Los Angeles. Wins World Welterweight Title. Referee: George Blake.

The "most spectacular upset the welterweight division has known in many years." After Corbett had been floored twice and had his back to McLarnin, the "Irishman rushed across the ring and punched Corbett in the jaw again and Referee George Blake stopped the contest immediately. Corbett was out on his feet. Corbett was the seventh welterweight champion in succession to lose possession of the title in defending it for the first time."

New York Times.

1977: Rafael Ortega W 15 Yasutsune Uehara, Okinawa. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1982: Rafael Limon KO 12 Rolando Navarette, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1988: Don LaLonde KO 5 Leslie Stewart, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Daniel Zaragoza D 12 Seung Hoon Lee, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1998: Reggie Johnson W 12 Ole Klemetsen, Pesaro, Italy. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Hugo Soto W 12 Jose Bonilla, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1999: Felix Trinidad KO 4 Hugo Pineda, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

-Freddy Norwood W 12 Antonio Cermeno, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Regains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Lehlo Ledwaba W 12 John Michael Johnson, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Wins vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

-Leo Gamez KO 8 Josue Dickie Camacho, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2009: Oleydong Sithsamerchai Tech Dec 11 Muhammad Rachman, Phuket, Thailand. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

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May 30

Fight of the day

1971: Yoshiaki Numata vs Lionel Rose



1889: James J. Corbett NC 4 Joe Choynski, San Francisco.

1910: Packey McFarland D 20 Freddie Welsh, London.

1923: Jack Bernstein W 15 Johnny Dundee, NYC. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1924: Pancho Villa W 15 Frankie Ash, Brooklyn. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1925: Paul Berlenbach W 15 Mike McTigue, Bronx, NY. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1947: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Kui Kong Young, Honolulu. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1951: Ezzard Charles W 15 Joey Maxim, Chicago. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1955: Pascual Perez KO 5 Yoshio Shirai, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1962: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Kyo Noguchi, Tokyo. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1971: Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Lionel Rose, Hiroshima. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1981: Cornelius Boza Edwards KO 14 Bobby Chacon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1990: Luisito Espinosa KO 8 Hurley Snead, Bangkok. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1991: Luis Mendoza KO 7 Joao Cardosa, Madrid. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1998: Michael Grant KO 9 Obed Sullivan, Atlantic City.

-Laurent Boudouani W 12 Guillermo Jones, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Tim Austin KO 3 Andrian Kaspari, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

2009: Andre Berto W 12 Juan Urango, Hollywood, Fla. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.