This day in boxing. A look back.

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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.

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May 31

Fight of the day

1997: Vince Phillips vs Kostya Tszyu



1920: Jack Britton W 15 Johnny Griffiths, Akron, OH. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1924: Tommy Gibbons ND 10 Georges Carpentier, Michigan City, IN.

1927: Mushy Callahan W 10 Spug Myers, Chicago. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1938: Henry Armstrong W 15 Barney Ross, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title. Armstrong captures the welterweight title just seven months after capturing the World Featherweight Title.

1950: Vic Toweel W 15 Manuel Ortiz, Johannesburg, South Africa. Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1975: Rodrigo Valdez KO 8 Ramon Mendez, Cali, Columbia. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

-Alexis Arguello KO 2 Rigoberto Riasco, Managua. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

-Rodolfo Martinez KO 8 Nestor Jimenez, Bogota. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1976: Wilfred Benitez W 15 Emiliano Villa, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1987: Mike Tyson KO 6 Pinklon Thomas, Las Vegas. Retains WBC/WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Tony Tucker KO 10 James Douglas, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Heavyweight Title.

1997: Vince Phillips KO 10 Kostya Tszyu, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Saman Sor Jaturong KO 4 Mzukisi Marall, Petchaboon, Thailand.

2002: Leonard Dorin W 12 Raul Balbi, Bucharest, Romania. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

2003: Edgar Carddenas KO 10 Miguel Barrera, Tijuana. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2005: Israel Vasquez W 12 Armando Guerrero, Lynwood, IL. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2006: Cassius Baloyi KO 11 Manuel Medina, Spokane, WA. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2008: Anselmo Moreno W 12 Wladimir Sidorenko, Düsseldorf, Germany. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

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June 1

Fight of the day

1963: Willie Pastrano vs Harold Johnson


1984: Livingstone Bramble vs Ray Mancini



1915: Mike Glover W 12 Matt Wells, Boston. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1928: Tommy Loughran W 15 Pete Latzo, Brooklyn. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1935: Baltazar Sangchili W 15 Panama Al Brown, Valencia, Spain. Wins World Bantamweight Title. Browns first loss in 6 years.

1963: Willie Pastrano W 15 Harold Johnson, Las Vegas. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1964: Vicente Saldivar W 10 Ismael Laguna, Tijuana, MX.

1966: Fighting Harada W 15 Eder Jofre, Tokyo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1980: Yoko Gushiken KO 8 Martin Vargas, Kochi, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1984: Gene Hatcher KO 11 Johnny Bumphus, Buffalo. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Livingstone Bramble KO 14 Ray Mancini, Buffalo. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

1984: Gabriel Bernal KO 11 Antoine Montero, Nimes, France. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1985: Carlos Santos W 15 Louis Acaries, Paris. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1986: Ji Won Kim KO 2 Rudy Casicas, Inchon, South Korea.Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Terry Norris KO 8 Donald Curry, Palm Springs, CA. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Meldrick Taylor W 12 Luis Garcia, Palm Springs. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

-Humberto Gonzalez W 12 Melchor Cob Castro, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1996: Azumah Nelson KO 6 Jesse James Leija, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1997: Mark (Too Sharp) Johnson KO 2 Cecilio Espino, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2002: Sven Ottke W 12 Thomas Tate, Nuremberg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

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Melchior Cob Castro is training fighters in Texas now. He and Gonzalez were close friends and trained together often; they had sparring sessions that were wars. Knowing that Mancini/Bramble was 31 years ago makes me feel ancient.

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Melchior Cob Castro is training fighters in Texas now. He and Gonzalez were close friends and trained together often; they had sparring sessions that were wars. Knowing that Mancini/Bramble was 31 years ago makes me feel ancient.

You just had to say something eh. I have spoken that very thing to myself several times in the process of making this thread. On several occasions I've actually had flashbacks of the florescent orange or lime green shag rug on the living room floor which depending on the time of year could also double as a ghillie suit.


I always liked Bramble and if he was not such a Rasta he may have done a lot more then he did. Way better fighter then his regard suggests.