This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

Briscoe was a tough man but Monzon was greater.

Benny is noticeably absent from the Hall where he should be.

[IamInuit]

Nov 12


Fight of the day

1982: Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello




1904: Dixie Kid ND 6 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Philadelphia.

1919: Pete Herman ND 6 Joe Lynch, Philadelphia.

1925: Jimmy McLarnin KO 2 Jackie Fields, Los Angeles.

1943: Jake LaMotta W 10 Fritzie Zivic, NYC.

-Steve Riggio W 6 Rocky Graziano, NYC.

1946: Ezzard Charles W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Pittsburgh. Charles was knocked down in the 3rd round for a nine-count.

1976: Aaron Pryor KO 2 Larry Smith, Cincinnati. Pryor’s pro debut.

1978: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Soon Hyun Chung, Seoul. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1982: Aaron Pryor KO 14 Alexis Arguello, Miami. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title. A fight of the year candidate!

1987: Roger Mayweather KO 6 Rene Arredondo, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1988: Yong Kang Kim W 12 Emil Matsushima, Chongiu, S. Korea. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1994: Orlin Norris KO 2 James Heath, Mexico City, MX. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Luis Santana W disq. 5 Terry Norris, Mexico City. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Genaro Hernandez W 12 Jimmy Garcia, Mexico City. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Javier Varguez, Mexico City. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1995: Saman Sorjaturong KO 4 Yuichi Hosono, Ratchaburi, Thailand. Retains WBC/IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Chatchai ( Dutchboy Gym) Sasakul W 12 Yuri Arbachakov, Sapporo, Japan. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

2004: Mikkel Kessler KO 8 Manny Siaca, Copenhagen, Denmark. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

[Master]

Norris losing to the worst fighter ever again and again.

Pryor was a tornado but Arguello was a legend to take that fight.

[IamInuit]

Nov 13


Fight of the day

1992: Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1



1886: John L. Sullivan KO 3 Paddy Ryan, San Francisco.

1910: Abe Attell D 15 Frankie Conley, McDonoghville, LA. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1925: Harry Greb W 15 Tony Marullo, New Orleans. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1953: Kid Gavilan W 15 Johnny Bratten, Chicago. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Jimmy Carruthers W 15 Pappy Gault, Sydney. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1961: Davey Moore W 15 Kazuo Yakayama, Tokyo. Retains world Featherweight Title.

1965: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Ismael Laguna, San Juan. Regains World Lightweight Title.

1974: Rodrigo Valdez KO 11 Gratien Tonna, Paris. Retains WBC Middleweight Title.

1975: Elisha Obed KO 11 Miguel de Oliveira, Paris. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1976: Danny (Little Red) Lopez W 15 David Kotey, Accra. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.
-Carlos Zarate KO 4 Waruinge Nakayama, Culiacan, Mexico. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1982: Mike McCallum KO 7 Ayub Kalule, Atlantic City. McCallum moves his record to 17-0 (16).
-Ray Mancini KO 14 Duk Koo Kim, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Lightweight Title. Kim passed 5 days after the fight.
-Leonardo Cruz KO 8 Benito Badilla, San Juan. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1991: Paul Hodkinson W 12 Marcos Villasana, Belfast. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

1992: Riddick Bowe W 12 Evander Holyfield, Las Vegas. Wins World Heavyweight Title. First of three battles for these two.

1993: Jose Luis Bueno W 12 Sung-Il Moon, Seoul. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Ricardo Lopez W 12 Rosendo Alvarez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC/wins WBA Strawweight Title.

1999: Lennox Lewis W 12 Evander Holyfield, Las Vegas. Retains (unifies) World Heavyweight Title.
-Fabrice Tiozzo KO 7 Ken Murphy, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Elio Ortiz, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Gustavo Serrano KO 10 Stefano Zoff, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.
-Paul Ingle W 12 Manuel Medina, Hull, England. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

2004: Chris Byrd W 12 Jameel McCline, NYC. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
-John Ruiz W 12 Andrew Golota, NYC. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
-Larry Donald W 12 Evander Holyfield, NYC.

2006: Eagle Kyowa W 12 Lorenzo Trejo, Tokyo. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

[Master]

Wow watching Bowe v Holyfield again was magic.

[IamInuit]

Nov 14

Fight of the day-Looked for Chandler/Solis 1 to no avail then Pong/Hussein and no dice. Man the little guys really get boned on the coverage. If you don't happen to catch them live on a broadcast they can be gone forever. I'm sure everyone has seen Manny/Cotto a gazillion times especially the small crew that pay attention to this thread.


1998: Roy Jones Jr. vs Otis Grant




1888: Joe Choynski KO 2 George W Bush, San Francisco. Choynski’s pro debut. The W is a joke.

1916: Jack Britton D 12 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1917: Mike O’Dowd KO 6 Al McCoy, Brooklyn. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1930: Tony Canzoneri KO 1 Al Singer, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title. Was a 135 quick ko record of 66 seconds. Don't know if it still is.

1944: Manuel Ortiz KO 9 Luis Castillo, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1951: Jimmy Carter W 15 Art Aragon, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1966: Muhammad Ali KO 3 Cleveland Williams, Houston. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1967: Ken Norton KO 9 Grady Brazell, San Diego. Norton’s pro debut.

1971: Al Castro KO 2 Pipino Cuevas, Mexico City. Cuevas’ pro debut.

1980: Jeff Chandler KO 14 Julian Solis, Miami. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1981: Aaron Pryor KO 7 Dujuan Johnson, Cleveland. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1995: Orzubek Nazarov W 12 Dindo Canoy, Iwaki City, Japan. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1998: Fabrice Tiozzo KO 2 Ezequiel Paixao, Mont-de-Marsan, France. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

-Roy Jones Jr. KO 10 Otis Grant, Masnantucket, Conn. Retains WBC/WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 9 Jesse James Leija, Mashantucket, Conn. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

2003: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Hussein Hussein, Bangkok, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2009: Yuri Forman W 12 Daniel Santos, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Manny Pacquiao KO 12 Miguel Cotto, Las Vegas.

[IamInuit]

Nov 15


Fight of the day


1962: Cassius Clay vs Archie Moore


1888: Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil) D 6 Mike Donovan, Brooklyn.

1901: James J. Jeffries KO 6 Gus Ruhlin, San Francisco. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1916: Benny Leonard ND 6 Johnny Dundee, Philadelphia.

1929: (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom W 10 James J. Braddock, NYC.

1935: Sixto Escobar W 15 Lou Salica, NYC. Regains NBA Bantamweight Title.

1952: Jimmy Carruthers KO 1 Vic Toweel, Johannesburg, Wins World Bantamweight Title.

1962: Cassius Clay KO 4 Archie Moore, Los Angeles.

1975: Antonio Cervantes KO 8 Hector Thompson, Panama City. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1984: Evander Holyfield, Pernell Whitaker, Meldrick Taylor, Mark Breland, and Virgil Hill make successful pro debuts at Madison Square Garden.

1986: Miguel Lora W 12 Albert Davila, Barranquilla. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1991: James Warring KO 5 Donnell Wingfield, Roanoke, VA. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

1997: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Arnel Barotillo, Hammanskraal, SA. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2003: Manny Pacquiao KO 11 Marco Antonio Barrera, San Antonio, TX. Wins World Featherweight Title.

[IamInuit]

November 16,

Fight of the day- Not sure how Ayala remained standing

2002: Erik Morales vs Paulie Ayala



1906: Abe Attell W 15 Billy DeCousey, San Diego. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1927: Tiger Flowers, 32, dies while undergoing surgery to remove scar tissue from around his eyes.

1932: (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom W 10 John Henry Lewis, San Francisco.

1934: Bob Olin W 15 (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom, NYC. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.
-James J. Braddock W 10 John Henry Lewis, NYC.
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1963: Flash Elorde W Disq. 11 Love Allotey, Quezon City. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1974: Wilfredo Gomez D 6 Jacinto Fuentes, Panama City. Gomez’ pro debut. Gomez would go undefeated, scoring all knockouts in his next 32-outings.

1979: Alexis Arguello KO 8 Bobby Chacon, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
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1984: Dodie Penalosa W 15 Chum Hwan Choi, Quezon City, Phillipines. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1996: Vitali Klitschko KO 2 Tony Bradham, Hamburg, Germany. Klitschko’s pro debut.
-Wladimir Klitschko KO 1 Fabian Meza, Hamburg, Germany. Klitschko’s pro debut.

2001: Manuel Medina KO 6 Frankie Toledo, Las Vegas. Regains IBF Featherweight Title.

2002: Sven Ottke W 12 Rudy Markussen, Nurnberg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Erik Morales W 12 Paulie Ayala, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.
-Jorge Arce KO 3 Agustin Luna, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

November 17


Fight of the day

1972: Esteban DeJesus vs Roberto Duran



1913: Gunboat Smith W 12 Sam Langford, Boston. (This “mixed bout” had previously been banned by the state of New York.). By all accounts Sammy was jobbed.

1933: Barney Ross W 10 Sammy Fuller, Chicago. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1939: Billy Conn W 15 Gus Lesnevich, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1950: Kid Gavilan W 10 Billy Graham, NYC.

1954: Jimmy Carter KO 15 Paddy DeMarco, San Francisco. Regains World Lightweight Title.

1967: Dick Tiger KO 12 Roger Rouse, Las Vegas. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1971: Muhammad Ali W 12 Buster Mathis, Houston. Retains NABF Heavyweight Title.

1972: Esteban DeJesus W 10 Roberto Duran, NYC. Non-title fight. 1979: Eusebio Pedroza KO 11 -Johnny Aba, Papua, New Guinea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
-Luis Ibarra W 15 Betulio Gonzalez, Maracay. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1993: Al Cole KO 5 Vince Boulware, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title

1995: Don King’s trial for insurance fraud ends in a mistrial when the jury informs Federal Judge Lawrence McKenna that it is irretrievably deadlocked.

2000: Larry Holmes KO 6 Mike Weaver, Biloxi, Mississippi. Twenty-one years after their first fight.

2001: Lennox Lewis KO 4 Hasim Rahman, Las Vegas. Regains World Heavyweight Title.

I would like to thank Lennox for providing the best boxing picture to ever grace the face of thee earth.


-William Joppy W 12 Howard Eastman, Las Vegas.
-Yober Ortega KO 4 Jose Rojas, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2006: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Moneliso Mhikza Myekeni, Nakhon Ratchassima, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

November 18


Fight of the day

1994: Roy Jones Jr. vs James Toney


And this bonus visual track,

1970: Joe Frazier vs Bob Foster


1895: Joe Gans D 10 Young Griffo, Baltimore.

1921: Johnny Dundee WF 5 George (KO) Chaney, NYC. Wins vacant World Super Featherweight Title.

1938: Fred Apostoli KO 8 Young Corbett, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1941: Jackie Wilson W 12 Richie Lemos, Los Angeles. Wins NBA Featherweight Title.

1960: Eder Jofre KO 6 Eloy Sanchez, Los Angeles. Wins vacant NBA Bantamweight Title.

1970: Joe Frazier KO 2 Bob Foster, Detroit. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1973: Betulio Gonzalez KO 11 Alberto Morales, Caracas. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1981: Chul Ho Kim KO 9 Jackal Maruyama, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1983: Hector Camacho KO 5 Rafael Solis, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1987: Kelvin Seabrooks KO 4 Ernie Cataluna, San Cataldo, Italy. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1989: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 10 Sammy Fuentes, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1991: Manuel Medina Tech. Dec. 9 Tom Johnson, Inglewood. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1992: Myung Woo Yuh W 12 Hiroki Ioka, Osaka. Regains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1994: Roy Jones Jr. W 12 James Toney, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super Middleweight Title. On the matchup graph this was supposed to be a fight for the ages but was a complete drubbing.
-Oscar De La Hoya KO 3 Carl Griffith, Las Vegas.

1995: Pernell Whitaker KO 6 Jake Rodriguez, Atlantic City. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Felix Trinidad KO 4 Larry Barnes, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

1997: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Andrew Council, Upper Marlboro, MD. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

2006: Manny Pacquiao KO 3 Erik Morales, Las Vegas.
-Omar Nino Romero D 12 Brian Viloria, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Nov 19


Fight of the day


1977: Pipino Cuevas vs Angel Espada 2




1916: Jack Dillon ND 10 Mike Gibbons, St. Paul, MN.

1926: Tod Morgan W 15 Carl Duane, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1940: Tony Zale W 10 Fred Apostoli, Seattle.

1943: Beau Jack W 15 Bob Montgomery, NYC. Regains New York World Lightweight Title.

1977: Pipino Cuevas KO 11 Angel Espada, San Juan. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

-Samuel Serrano KO 10 Tao Ho Kim, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Jorge Lujan KO 10 Alfonso Zamora, Los Angeles. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title. Upset of the year candidate.

-Guty Espadas KO 8 Alex Santana, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1993: Charles Murray KO 5 Courtney Hooper, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

-Zack Padilla KO 7 Efrem Calamati, Arezzo, Italy

1994: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Felix Camacho, Hammanskraal, SA. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1999: Mark Johnson No-Contest 4 Raul Juarez, Washington, D.C. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2005: Roberto Vasquez W 12 Nerys Espinoza, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

[greynotsoold]

The fight on the 17th, Roger Rouse v Dick Tiger. Rouse was from Anaconda Montana, which is the next town west of here, about 25 miles. He died years after that fight but I think it was a body punch in the 6th that killed him. Though it could have been two fights with Bob Foster. He fought Andy Kendall here in Butte.
The fight I would most have liked to have seen live would have been Zale and Apostoli.

[IamInuit]

November 20


Fight of the day

1982: Dwight Qawi vs Eddie Davis





1912: Johnny Coulon ND 10 Charley Goldman, Brooklyn. Charley would go on to train Marciano.

1931: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Kid Chocolate, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight & Lightweight Titles. Had Tony made 130, Kid Chocolates Jr Lightweight title would have also been in this mix.

1936: Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Lou Ambers, NYC.

1942: Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright, NYC. Wins World Featherweight Title. Chalky actually died by drowning in his bathtub.

1976: Miguel Canto W 15 Orlando Javierto, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1977: Victor Galindez W 15 Eddie Gregory, Turin, Italy. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title. Controversial decision

1978: Miguel Canto W 15 Tacommon Vibonchai, Houston. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1980: Yasutsune Uehara W 15 Leonel Hernandez, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1982: Dwight Qawi KO 11 Eddie Davis, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1992: Genaro Hernandez KO 6 Yuji Watanabe, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1993: Orlando Canizales W 12 Juvenal Berrio, Hammanskraal, SA. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1997: Genaro Hernandez W 12 Carlos Hernandez, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2004: Winky Wright W 12 Sugar Shane Mosley, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

2009: Moruti Mthalane W 12 Julio Cesar Miranda, Johannesburg, South Africa. Wins vacant IBF Flyweight Title.

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Nov 21


Fight of the day

1987:Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario




1916: Jack Britton W 12 Charley White, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1929: Willie LaMorte KO 7 Frisco Grande, Patterson, NJ. Retains New York World Flyweight Title.

1930: Billy Petrolle W 10 Jimmy McLarnin, NYC.

1940: Lew Jenkins KO 2 Pete Lello, NYC Retains World Lightweight Title.

1972: Muhammad Ali KO 8 Bob Foster, Stateline, NV. Retains NABF Heavyweight Title.

1976: Luis Estaba KO 11 Valentin Martinez, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1981: Alexis Arguello KO 7 Roberto Elizondo, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1984: Khaosai Galaxy KO 6 Eusebio Espinal, Bangkok. Wins vacant WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Virgil Hill W 12 Rufino Angulo, Paris. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
-Julian Jackson KO 3 In Chul Baek, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 11 Edwin Rosario, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

1991: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Gilbert Baptist, Perugia, Italy. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1997: Cory Spinks W 4 Hector Leguillow, Kansas City, MO. Spinks’ pro debut.

1999: Nestor Garza KO 12 Kozo Ishii, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

2008: Celestino Caballero KO 4 Steve Molitor, Rama, Ontario, Canada. Retains WBA (wins IBF) Super Bantamweight Title. I was a little saddened by this.

2009: Zsolt Erdei W 12 Giacobbe Fragomeni, Kiel, Germany. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.
-Andre Ward Tech Win 11 Mikkel Kessler, Oakland, CA. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Giovanni Segura KO 1 Sonny Boy Jaro, Merida, Mexico. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
-Rodel Mayol KO 2 Edgar Sosa, Chiapas, Mexico. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

[Master]

Amazing will and desire from Quawi who was very short for his weight but still world class.