This day in boxing. A look back.

[TitoFan]

Me too, @Master

Trinidad was moving up from 154 and I was a bit apprehensive. But the way he handled Joppy, a previous MW champion in his own right, I thought he would take BHop easily. The muscled Joppy probably saw the slight build on Trinidad and underestimated his power.

[Master]

Me too, @Master

Trinidad was moving up from 154 and I was a bit apprehensive. But the way he handled Joppy, a previous MW champion in his own right, I thought he would take BHop easily. The muscled Joppy probably saw the slight build on Trinidad and underestimated his power.

That was crazy tactics by Joppy in hindsight. That left hook of Tito is a thing of beauty.

B Hop had gone the distance in his semi, so almost everyone thought he would struggle with Tito.

[Alpha]

Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward I

[TitoFan]

5/18/96: Wilfredo Vazquez KO's Eloy Rojas to win WBA world featherweight title

[Spicoli]

This day in 1922 Harry Grab would hand Tunney his one and only professional defeat in superbly brutal fashion. Midway Tunney was leaking from busted nose, torn lip and badly gashed eye. Somewhere along the 10th the Commissioner was hear to say that it's a bad match and should have never been made. Tunney was lt heavyweight champ. They would meet 4 more times with Tunney officially winning next ( highly disputed), Tunney decision, a draw and the last meeting Tunney returned the beating in 1925.

[Beanz]

May 24 1976

Ali v Dunn

The last time Ali scored a stoppage victory

[Master]

This day in 1922 Harry Grab would hand Tunney his one and only professional defeat in superbly brutal fashion. Midway Tunney was leaking from busted nose, torn lip and badly gashed eye. Somewhere along the 10th the Commissioner was hear to say that it's a bad match and should have never been made. Tunney was lt heavyweight champ. They would meet 4 more times with Tunney officially winning next ( highly disputed), Tunney decision, a draw and the last meeting Tunney returned the beating in 1925.

Nearly 100 years ago amazing.

Tunney was battered by Harry with illegal blows and dirty tactics. Gene got his revenge.

[Britkid]

5/18/96: Wilfredo Vazquez KO's Eloy Rojas to win WBA world featherweight title

Vazquez was an excellent fighter. I fought Rojas was the real deal; Wilfredo showed otherwise and it turned out Eloy was not even the best in Venezuela in the era eh Antonio?!

[TitoFan]

5/18/96: Wilfredo Vazquez KO's Eloy Rojas to win WBA world featherweight title

Vazquez was an excellent fighter. I fought Rojas was the real deal; Wilfredo showed otherwise and it turned out Eloy was not even the best in Venezuela in the era eh Antonio?!

I'll be honest I never knew that much about Rojas, and Venezuela isn't exactly a world hotbed of boxing champions, is it. I do know, however, that it was a pretty good fight, and Vazquez was a great champion. Unfortunately he ran into Naseem later on, but so did a lot of other good featherweights.

[Beanz]

June 20th 1980 - Leonard v Duran 1