This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

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.

[greynotsoold]

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.

[IamInuit]

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.

[IamInuit]

June 2

Fight of the day

Alejandro Gonzalez vs Tony Green



1891: Charles (Kid) McCoy W 4 Pete Jenkins, St. Paul. McCoy’s pro debut.

1894: Jimmy Barry W 11 Jimmy Gorman, New Orleans.

1913: Bill Ladbury KO 11 Sid Smith, London. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1923: Eugene Criqui KO 6 Johnny Kilbane, NYC. Wins World Featherweight Title.

1924: Mickey Walker W 10 Lew Tendler, Philadelphia. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1956: Luis Rodriguez KO 3 Lazaro Hernandez, Havana. Rodriguez’ pro debut.

1958: Emile Griffith W 4 Joe Parham, NYC. Griffith’s pro debut.

1973: Carlos Monzon W 15 Emile Griffith, Monte Carlo. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Roberto Duran KO 8 Hector Thompson, Panama City. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1976: Andy Price W 10 Pipino Cuevas, Los Angeles.

1978: Wilfredo Gomez KO 3 Sakad Porntavee, Korat, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1984: Carlos De Leon W 12 Bash Ali, Oakland. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1989: Antonio Esparragoza KO 6 Jean-Marc Renard, Namur, Belgium. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1990: Marcos Villasana KO 8 Paul Hodkinson, Manchester. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.

-Welcome Ncita KO 7 Ramon Cruz, Rome Retains Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1995: Miguel Angel Gonzalez W 12 Marty Jakubowski, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

-Alejandro Gonzalez KO 9 Tony Green, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Hector Acero-Sanchez D 12 Daniel Zaragoza, Ledyard, CT. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

-Marco Antonio Barrera KO 2 Frankie Toledo, Ledyard, CT.

2000: Zolani Potelo KO 8 Mickey Cantwell, Ashford, England. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

[IamInuit]

June 3

Fight of the day. Who won this fight?

1979:Lupe Pintor vs Carlos Zarate







1909: Jack Johnson ND 6 Tony Ross, Pittsburgh.

1926: Jack Delaney KO 2 Tommy Burns, Brooklyn.

-Tod Morgan KO 6 Kid Sullivan, Brooklyn. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1927: Joe Dundee W 15 Pete Latzo, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1935: Marcel Thil W 15 Ignacio Ara, Madrid. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1937: John Henry Lewis KO 8 Bob Olin, St. Louis. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1947: Sandy Saddler D 10 Jimmy Carter, Washington, DC

1959: Joe (Old Bones) Brown KO 9 Paolo Rosi, Washington, D.C. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1961: Emile Griffith KO 12 Gasper Ortega, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1971: Kuniaki Shibata KO 1 Raul Cruz, Tokyo. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1972: Betulio Gonzalez KO 4 Socrates Batoto, Caracas. Wins vacant WBC Flyweight Title.

1974: Oscar Albarado KO 15 Koichi Wajima, Tokyo. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

1978: Alexis Arguello KO 1 Diego Alcala, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1979: Sang Hyun Kim W 15 Fitzroy Guisseppi, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

-Lupe Pintor W 15 Carlos Zarate, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title. Carlos was seriously boned up the ass in this one.

1982: Lupe Pintor KO 11 Seung Hoon Lee, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1988: Graciano Rocchigiani W 15 Nicky Walker, Berlin. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

1989: Glenn McCrory W 12 Patrick Lumumba, Stanley, England. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Sot Chitalada W 12 Yong Kang Kim, Trang Thailand. Thailand. Wins Regains WBC Flyweight Title.

1991: Thomas Hearns W 12 Virgil Hill, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Troy Dorsey KO 1 Alfred Rangel, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Featherweight Title.

2000: Sven Ottke W 12 Tucker Pudwill, Karlsruhe, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2006: Nikolay Valuev KO 3 Owen Beck, Hannover, Germany. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Vic Darchinyan KO 8 Luis Maldonado, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

[Master]

Information overload. I need time to watch these fighters as I know they were very good.