Oct 14
Fight of the day 1
1949: Ezzard Charles vs Pat Valentino. I have to say there is something very unique about old boxing footage. It just seems so much more raw and real. For those who watch these fights I hope you enjoy this one.
Fight of the day 2
1967: Vicente Saldivar vs Howard Winstone 3
1912: Johnny Kilbane W 12 Ed O’Keefe, Cleveland. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1949: Ezzard Charles KO 8 Pat Valentino, San Francisco. Retains NBA Heavyweight Title
-Kid Gavilan W 10 Beau Jack, Chicago. Referee: Frank Sikora.(AP)Scoring: 55-45, 58-42, 54-46 “Gavilan, with superior boxing skill, punished the rushing, wild-swinging Beau Jack with jolting left hooks to the head and body and mixed these punches with sharp right crosses. Beau Jack, the one time Augusta, Ga., bootblack, fought five rounds with his left eye swollen nearly shut. Gavilan popped a hard right into the eye in the fourth round and it started swelling immediately. The squat Beau Jack always rushed into close quarters with swinging fists, but failed to land effectively. Gavilan kept his foe tied up after Beau Jack’s swings landed harmlessly, and retaliated with sharp punches. He had Beau Jack on the ropes in the third round under heavy, accurate blows to the head and the Georgia Negro was unable to fight back.”
1967: Vicente Saldivar KO 12 Howard Winstone, Mexico City. Retains World Featherweight Title. Saldivar announced retirement shortly afterwards
1988: Simon Brown W 12 Mauro Martelli, Lausanne, Switzerland. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.
1989: Juan Polo Perez W 12 Elly Pical, Roanoke, VA. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.
1995: Henry Maske W 12 Graciano Rocchigiani, Munich. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
-Jorge Castro W 12 Reggie Johnson, Comodoro Rivadavoa, Argentina. Retains WBA Middleweight Title
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2001: Eidy Moya KO 11 Adan Vargas, McAllen, TX. Wins vacant WBA Bantamweight Title.
2006: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Sakio Bika, Manchester, England. Retains World Super Middleweight Title.
-Mikkel Kessler KO 3 Markus Beyer, Copenhagen, Denmark. Retains WBA, Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.
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