June 5

Fight of the day

Moore is the champ and comes in first, gets introduced first and booed while the challenger from Trinidad gets an ovation and comes in second and introduced second in London.

Good ole Commonwealth lol

1956: Archie Moore vs Yolande Pompey





1889: James J. Corbett KO 27 Joe Choynski, Benecia, CA.

1900: Eddie Connolly W 25 Matty Matthews, Brooklyn. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1922: Sam Langford KO 2 Tiger Flowers, Atlanta.

1925: Gene Tunney KO 12 Tommy Gibbons, NYC.

1940: Billy Conn W 15 Gus Lesnevich, Detroit. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1943: Kid Gavilan W 4 Antonio Diaz, Havana. Gavilan’s pro debut.

1950: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Robert Villemain, Philadelphia. Wins vacant Pennsylvania World Middleweight Title.

1952: Jersey Joe Walcott W 15 Ezzard Charles, Philadelphia. So ended their rivalry 2-2

1956: Archie Moore KO 10 Yolande Pompey, London. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1958: Virgil Akins KO 4 Vince Martinez, St. Louis. Wins vacant World Welterweight Title.

1965: Flash Elorde KO 15 Teruo Kosaka, Quezon City. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1971: Vicente Rondon KO 1 Piero Del Papa, Caracas. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1975: Ishimatsu Suzuki W 15 Tury Pineda, Osaka. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1982: Samuel Serrano W tech. 10 Benedicto Villablanca, Santiago, Chile. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Gilberto Roman W 12 Juan Carazo, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Jeff Harding KO 8 Chris Tiozzo, Marseille. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1998: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 6 Guy Waters, Hamburg, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Yory Boy Campas KO 11 Pedro Ortega, Tijuana, MX. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1999: Vassily Jirov KO 7 Arthur Williams, Biloxi, MS. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Reggie Johnson, Biloxi. Retains WBC/WBA and wins Johnson’s IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

2001: Camille Ewald, 96, the woman Mike Tyson considered his adopted mother, dies at her home in Catskill, New York.

2004: Cristian Sanavia W 12 Markus Beyer, Chemnitz, Germany. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

-Bernard Hopkins W 12 Robert Allen, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title. Hopkins 18th title defense.

-Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Felix Sturm, Las Vegas. Definitely not Oscar’s best night.

-Verno Phillips KO 6 Carlos Bojorquez, Joplin, MO. Wins vacant IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Jose Luis Castillo W 12 Juan Lazcano, Las Vegas. Wins vacant World Lightweight Title.

2010: Steve Cunningham KO 5 Troy Ross, Neubrandenburg, Germany. Regains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

-Sebastian Sylvester D 12 Roman Karmazin, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Miguel Cotto KO 9 Yuri Foreman, NYC. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.