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.