This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

June 7

Fight of the day x 2

1977: Eddie Gazo vs Koichi Wajima


1992: Zack Padilla vs Carlos Gonzalez



1938: Lou Ambers D 10 Baby Arizmendi, Los Angeles.

“Baby Arizmendi upset many an apple from the cart last night when he battled lightweight champion Lou Ambers to a draw in a wild 10 round non-title fight before 10,000 screaming fans at the Olympic Auditorium. After eight rounds of fighting, with seldom a let up, Arizmendi tore into the champ in the 9th and carried on as they fought after the bell. Again in the 10th he was crowding the weaving, hooking New Yorker when he suddenly pulled up with the left side of his face covered with blood. He claimed Ambers had butted him and the bout was halted momentarily for examination. Ambers, a 3-1 favorite over the Baby, said after the fight he felt sluggish and couldn’t get started. “Referee Jack Kennedy had a habit after eight rounds of a contest of announcing his scorecard up to that point in the bout, which was 4-3-1 in favor of Ambers. Unofficial AP scorecard – 5-4-1 Ambers

1944: Ike Williams W 10 Sammy Angott, Philadelphia.

1946: Willie Pep KO 12 Sal Bartolo, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1954: Joey Maxim W 8 Floyd Patterson, Brooklyn. Floyd, 19, drops to 12-1

1970: Ismael Laguna KO 13 Ishimatsu Suzuki, Panama City. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1975: Jae Do Yuh KO 7 Koichi Wajima, Kitakyushu, Japan. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1977: Eddie Gazo KO 11 Koichi Wajima, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1980: Jim Watt W 15 Howard Davis, Glasgow. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

-Hilario Zapata W 15 Chi Bok Kim, Seoul. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1987: Vinny Pazienza W 15 Greg Haugen, Providence. Wins IBF Lightweight Title

-Myung Woo Yuh KO 15 Benedicto Murillo, Pusan, South Korea. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Dave McAuley W 12 Duke McKenzie, Wembley. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

1992: Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez KO 12 Kwang Sun Kim, Seoul. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

-Zack Padilla W 12 Carlos Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Some Stats suggest over 3000 punches were thrown

1993: Tommy Morrison W 12 George Foreman, Las Vegas

1994: Orlando Canizales KO 5 Rolando Bohol, South Padre Island, TX. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1996: Oscar DeLaHoya KO 4 Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

2000: Former heavyweight contender Rex Layne, 72, dies in Utah.

2008: Kelly Pavlik KO 3 Gary Lockett, Atlantic City. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Sergio Mora W 12 Vernon Forrest, Uncasville, CT. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Celestino Caballero KO 12 Lorenzo Parra, San Juan De Los Morros, Venezuela.

[IamInuit]

June 8

Fight of the day

1963: Emile Griffith vs Luis Rodriguez 3



1933: Max Baer KO 10 Max Schmeling, NYC.

1934: Freddie Miller W 10 Albert (Chalky) Wright, El Centro, CA.

1943: Willie Pep W 15 Sal Bartolo, Boston. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1963: Emile Griffith W 15 Luis Rodriguez, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title for a third time.

1985: Barry McGuigan W 15 Eusebio Pedroza, London. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1989: The International Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York officially opens.

1996: Frankie Liles KO 3 Tim Littles, Newcastle, England. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

2001: Eric Morel KO 8 Jose DeJesus Lopez, Baraboo, WI. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2002: Lennox Lewis KO 8 Mike Tyson, Memphis, TN. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

-Manny Pacquiao KO 2 Jorge Eliecer Julio, Memphis, TN. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2005: Mikkel Kessler W 12 Anthony Mundine, Sydney, Australia. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

[greynotsoold]

Harold Brazier is a testament to the value of mastering basic technique. A late starter, self taught, not physical advantages, he did very well for himself by being fundamentally sound.

[IamInuit]

Well one year done. Lots to add that I missed along the way. I never even entered Cotto/Geale.

June 9

Fight of the day

2007:Miguel Cotto vs Zab Judah



1899: James J. Jeffries KO 11 Bob Fitzsimmons, Coney Island. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1909: Stanley Ketchel KO 3 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien.

1914: Harry Wills ND 10 Joe Jeannette, New Orleans.

-Kid Williams KO 3 Johnny Coulon, Vernon, CA. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1924: Sammy Mandell ND 10 Johnny Dundee, East Chicago.

1932: Lou Ambers KO 2 Frankie Curry, Brooklyn, NY. Ambers’ pro debut.

1951: Gene Fullmer KO 1 Glen Peck, Logan, UT. Fullmer’s pro debut.

1978: Larry Holmes W 15 Ken Norton, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title. Fight of the Year!!

-Carlos Zarate KO 4 Emilio Hernandez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1990: Sung Kil Moon KO 8 Gilberto Roman, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2001: Sven Ottke KO 11 Ali Ennebati, Nuremberg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2007: Chad Dawson KO 6 Jesus Ruiz, Hartford, Connecticut. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Miguel Cotto KO 11 Zab Judah, NYC. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

2012: Timothy Bradley W 12 Manny Pacquiao, Las Vegas. No need to say anything

-Randall Bailey KO 11 Mike Jones, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.

-Guillermo Rigondeaux KO 5 Teon Kennedy, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

[Master]

Forgot how brilliant Cotto is.

[Spicoli]

It may have been mentioned but I ran across some Regilio Tuur the other night. You don't hear a lot about him at all and remember him with solid speed and one punch power. Hard pressed to even name another fighter from Holland. I thought he beat Grove and after this devastating KO he just up and retired as champion Launched a comeback years later..most do and got in trouble with the law. Ramos looked like he was hit with a bat!
https://youtu.be/Nsz6AC6e_6Y

[Master]

It may have been mentioned but I ran across some Regilio Tuur the other night. You don't hear a lot about him at all and remember him with solid speed and one punch power. Hard pressed to even name another fighter from Holland. I thought he beat Grove and after this devastating KO he just up and retired as champion Launched a comeback years later..most do and got in trouble with the law. Ramos looked like he was hit with a bat!
https://youtu.be/Nsz6AC6e_6Y

I remember him and was a fan of his. Tuur was a business man and an excellent boxer. I did not realise he made a comeback.