This day in boxing. A look back.

[Beanz]

A day late but back on 12 April 1997

[greynotsoold]

A day late but back on 12 April 1997

Chuck Bodak worked as a cut man in that fight, for Oscar I believe. Chuck was the guy that trained Ali as an amateur.

[Beanz]

On this day April 14 1955 Sugar Ray Robinson fought Ted Olla.

Can't find any footage of it unsurprisingly so with no excuse ever needed for it here is a nice little Sugar Ray Robinson video anyway

[Beanz]

Victor Galindez vs Mike Rossman

April 14 1979

[Master]

Sugar Ray Robinson had a beautiful and lethal left hook. Thanks for sharing Beanz.

[Beanz]

What a day

April 15 1985

Hagler v Hearns

[Master]

That was interesting, Hagler and Hearns were due to fight in 1982 but Hearns injured his hand. Hagler teased him about it and for turning down $2 million. So this fight was 2/3 years in the making.

For the press conference Hearns said he would become the greatest/victorious after 3 rounds which may show that he did originally intend to attack Hagler as his strategy. The story that came out after was that, because Hearn's legs were weak after a massage, Manny Steward told Tommy to just go and attack Hagler when the real plan was to box early.

First round is just a crazy war with Hagler badly cut!!!!

2nd round tons of body shots from Hagler and Hearns legs are unsteady.

3rd round Hearns boxing and using his feet because he probably injured his right hand and his jab could damage the cut of Hagler even further. Marvin was just would not be denied.

[Spicoli]

Victor Galindez vs Mike Rossman

April 14 1979

Forgot about this one. Another from a Lt heavyweight golden era. Tough times for Rossman and I forgot all about his brother jumping in trying to fight Galindez between rounds . Oops on him.

[NoSavingByTheBell]

Can also put in refs, trainers, commentators, for "On this day in Boxing". Who played their part in our memory. On this day, that some hate, some love, Howard Cosell helped make Muhammad Ali who he is died, April 23, 1997. A little more about him.1995: Howard Cosell, U.S. sports broadcaster who was known for “Monday Night Football” and for announcing premier boxing matches, especially bouts featuring Muhammad Ali, dies at 77.

TV Guide named Cosell the all-time greatest sportscaster. Yet he notably never won the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, the highest honor in sports broadcasting. The omission may be in part because as much as his fans loved his frank style, colleagues were sometimes put off by his unabashed arrogance. Cosell didn’t need TV Guide to tell him he was the best – he already knew it. Read more

[Master]

Wladimir Klitschko jokes that he 'let Anthony Joshua win' epic heavyweight title clash

Wladimir Klitschko has joked that he let Anthony Joshua win the duo's classic title unification clash in 2017.

It was on this day (April 29) three years ago that a titanic heavyweight tussle played out in thrilling fashion in front of a record 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium.



Joshua emerged the victor from an epic bout in which momentum swung agonisingly back and fourth, recovering from a first career knockdown to stop the Ukrainian in a dramatic 11th round and add the WBA (Super) and IBO belts to his IBF title.

While it has perhaps now been surpassed by December's rematch defeat of Andy Ruiz Jr as his most important result in terms of future trajectory, such a famous victory remains the high point of 2012 Olympic gold medallist Joshua's 24-fight professional career.

For Klitschko, the bout ultimately proved to be his last, with a subsequent retirement announcement ending any chance of a rematch that would have been very keenly anticipated.

Social media was awash with memories of that contest on Wednesday, with Klitschko looking back at only his fifth-ever loss - one that came 17 months after a shock defeat to Tyson Fury - in light-hearted fashion.

3 years ago today, I let @anthonyfjoshua win. Felt sorry for the little guy, lol 😂. Joke. Great Champion, classic fight, we both grew tremendously since this match. Thanks fans for supporting both of us! #obsessed

"Thanks fans for supporting both of us! #obsessed."

In response, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn said: "As a team we learnt so much from you during this experience! You two put on a fight we will never forget. You are all class Wlad!"

Since coming out on top against Klitschko, Joshua has recorded victories over Carlos Takam, Joseph Parker and Alexander Povetkin, before relinquishing his heavyweight titles in a shock defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr that occurred on his US debut at Madison Square Garden in June 2019.

The Briton successfully regained those belts with a comfortable points victory in the rematch in Saudi Arabia in December and was due to face the first defence of his second championship reign against Bulgaria's Kubrat Pulev on June 20 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, only for that fight to be delayed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/wla...142500845.html