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.