This day in boxing. A look back.

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Nov 22


Fight of the day

1996: Roy Jones Jr. vs Mike McCallum




1965: Muhammad Ali KO 12 Floyd Patterson, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1969: Nino Benvenuti KO 11 Luis Rodriguez, Rome. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1973: Wilfred Benitez KO 1 Hiram Santiago, San Juan, PR. Benitez’ (15-years old) pro debut.

1975: Carlos Palomino D 10 Hedgemon Lewis, Los Angeles.

1980: Aaron Pryor KO 6 Gaeton Hart, Cincinnati. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1986: Mike Tyson KO 2 Trevor Berbick, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Bernardo Pinango KO 15 Simon Skosana, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

-Hi Sup Shin KO 13 Henry Brent, Chunchon, S. Korea. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1989: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 2 David Felix, Mexico City. Barrera’s pro debut.

1990: Robert Daniels D 12 Taoufik Belbouli, Madrid. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

1991: Genaro Hernandez KO 9 Daniel Londas, Epernay, France. Wins vacant WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1996: Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Mike McCallum, Tampa FLA. WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Junior Jones W DQ 5 Marco Antonio Barrera, Tampa, FL.

1997: Shannon Briggs W 12 George Foreman, Atlantic City. Robbery.

-Joichiro Tatsuyoshi KO 7 Sirimongkol Singmanassak, Osaka, Japan. Regains WBC Bantamweight Title.

-Jose Bonilla KO 6 Keiji Yamaguchi, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2003: Javier Jauregui KO 11 Leavander Johnson, Los Angeles. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.

-Oscar Larios KO 10 Napapol Kiatisakchokchai, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2008: Hugo Garay W 12 Juergen Braehmer, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Ricky Hatton KO 11 Paulie Malignaggi, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

[Master]

Forgot Ricky stopped Paulie. My memory is going.

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Nov 23


Fight of the day

1974: Alexis Arguello vs Ruben Olivares



1915: Ted Lewis KO 1 Jimmy Duffy, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1943: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Benny Goldberg, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1974: Alexis Arguello KO 13 Ruben Olivares, Inglewood. Wins WBA Featherweight Title. Time: 1:20 | referee: Dick Young 8-3 | judge: Larry Rozadilla 6-5 | judge: George Latka 5-5.

1990: Christophe Tiozzo KO 2 Danny Morgan, Cergy Pontoise, France. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.

1991: Evander Holyfield KO 7 Bert Cooper, Atlanta. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1992: Oscar De La Hoya KO 1 Lamar Williams, Inglewood, CA. Oscars pro debut.

1996: Virgil Hill W 12 Henry Maske, Munich, Germany. Retains WBA/ wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

1997: Gerry Penalosa KO 10 Young-Joo Cho, Songnam, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2007: Ricardo Mayorga W 12 Fernando Vargas, Los Angeles, CA.
-Kermit Cintron KO 10 Jesse Feliciano, Los Angeles, CA. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

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Nov 24


Fight of the day

1990: Julian Jackson vs Herol Graham



1933: Tony Canzoneri KO 2 Kid Chocolate, NYC.

1948: Carmen Basilio KO 3 Jimmy Evans, Binghamton, NY. Basilio’s pro debut.

1976: Dong Kyun Yum W 15 Royal Kobayashi, Seoul. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: Julian Jackson KO 4 Herol Graham, Benalmadena, Spain. Wins vacant WBC Middleweight Title.
-Sot Chitalada W 12 Jung Koo Chang, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1996: Jose Bonilla W 12 Saen Sor Ploenchit, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.
-Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 2 Gustavo Vera, Udorn, Thailand. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2007: Firat Arslan W 12 Virgil Hill, Dresden, Germany. Wins vacant WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Edgar Sosa KO 4 Roberto Carlos Leyva, Veracruz, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

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Nov 25


Fight of the day

1983: Michael Spinks vs Oscar Rivadeneyra



1905: Joe Jeanette WF 2 Jack Johnson, Philadelphia.

1908: Freddie Welsh W 15 Abe Attell, Vernon, CA. Non-title bout.

1927: Mickey Walker W 10 Paul Berlenbach, Chicago. Non-title fight.

1929: Jimmy Slattery W 10 Maxie Rosenbloom, Buffalo.

1940: Sammy Angott W 10 Bob Montgomery, Philadelphia.

1980: Carlos DeLeon W 15 Marvin Camel, New Orleans. Wins WBC Cruiserweight Title.

-Maurice Hope W 15 Carlos Herrera, Wembley. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Sugar Ray Leonard KO 8 Roberto Duran, New Orleans. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1983: Larry Holmes KO 1 Marvis Frazier, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Michael Spinks KO 10 Oscar Rivadeneyra, Vancouver. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1987: Joseph Walker DQ 1 Terry Norris, Las Vegas. Norris disqualified for hitting Walker while he was down.

1995: Mbuleo Botile KO 2 Reynaldo Hurtado, East London, S. Africa. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

-Alimi Goitia KO 5 Aquiles Guzman, Margarita Island, Venezuela. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1997: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 11 Max Gomez, El Paso, TX. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

-2006: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk W 12 Steve Cunningham, Warsaw, Poland. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title

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Nov 26


Fight of the day


2005: Ricky Hatton vs Carlos Maussa



1903: Bob Fitzsimmons W 20 George Gardner, San Francisco. Wins World light Heavyweight Title. Having won world titles at middleweight and at heavyweight, Fitzsimmons becomes boxing’s first triple title champion.

1906: Jack Johnson D 10 Joe Jeanette, Portland, ME.

1908: Stanley Ketchel KO 11 Billy Papke, Colma, CA. Regains World Middleweight Title.

1910: Owen Moran KO 11 Battling Nelson, San Francisco.

1914: Sam Langford KO 14 Harry Wills, Los Angeles. Referee George Blake.

Langford regains world ‘colored’ heavyweight title claim
“With a left swing to the jaw, Sam Langford of Boston knocked out Harry Wills, the giant New Orleans negro, in the fourteenth round of a scheduled twenty-round fight this afternoon at Vernon. Both men were knocked down repeatedly, Langford himself taking the count four times in the first two rounds. Langford early in the fight hurt his left ankle as he fell to the mat in a vicious breakaway. Wills’ effective straight-arm drives gave him an apparent even break in most of the rounds, but Langford fought with a superior knowledge of the game that gradually wore out Wills. As the soreness left Langford’s injured ankle, his footwork improved and the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth rounds showed Langford winning. His speed, judgment and force then enabled him to play with Wills. The final swing was delivered after a torrent of blows had left Wills staggering.”

(Indianapolis Star)

1920: Benny Leonard KO 14 Joe Welling, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1946: Bob Montgomery KO 8 Wesley Mouzon, Philadelphia. Retains New York World Lightweight Title.

1952: Ezzard Charles W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Chicago. Bivins down in the first.

1954: Pascual Perez W 15 Yoshio Shirai, Tokyo. Wins World flyweight Title.

1977: Soo Hwan Hong KO 3 Hector Carrasquilla, Panama City. Wins vacant WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1982: Larry Holmes W 15 Randall (Tex) Cobb, Houston. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title. The final fight Howard Cosell would ever call.

1988: Daniel Zaragoza KO 5 Valerio Nati, Forti, Italy. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Julio Cesar Barboa KO 5 Rolando Pascua, Hermosillo, MX. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1994: John-John Molina KO 10 Wilson Rodriguez, Bayamon, PR. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1995: Antonio Cermeno W 12 Jesus Salud, Caracas. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1996: Mbulelo Botile W 12 Aristead Clayton, Baton Rouge, LA. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1998: Saman Sorjaturong W 12 Ladislao Vasquez, Pathum Thani, Thailand. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2002: Pongsaklek Wonjonkam W 12 Hidenobu Honda, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2005: Ricky Hatton KO 9 Carlos Maussa, Sheffield, England. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Wladimir Siderenko W 12 Jose Jesus Lopez, Leverkusen, Germany. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

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Nov 28

Fight of the day


1966: Carlos Ortiz vs Flash Elorde



1906: Tommy Burns D 20 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Los Angeles. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1912: Willie Ritchie WF 16 Ad Wolgast, Colma, CA. Wins World Lightweight Title.

1927: Frenchy Belanger W 10 Frankie Genaro, Toronto. Wins vacant NBA Flyweight Title.

1941: Tony Zale W 15 Georgie Abrams, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1966: Curtis Cokes W 15 Jean Josslin, Dallas. Retains World Welterweight Title.
-Carlos Ortiz KO 14 Flash Elorde, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1969: Efren Torres W 15 Susumu Hanagata, Guadalajara. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1974: Ishimatsu Suzuki KO 13 Rodolfo Gonzalez, Osaka. Retains WBC lightweight Title.

1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 4 Lotte Mwale, San Diego. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1982: Rafael Orono KO 6 Chul Ho Kim, Seoul. Regains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1987: Julio Gervacio W 12 Louie Espinoza, San Juan. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1998: Kostya Tszyu KO 5 Diobelys Hurtado, Indio, CA. Both men got droped in the first. Zu twice.
-Luisito Espinosa KO 2 Kennedy McKinney, Indio, CA. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2009: Lucian Bute KO 4 Librado Andrade, Quebec City, Canada. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Ali Funeka D 12 Joan Guzman, Quebec City, Canada. For vacant IBF Lightweight Title.

[Master]

Spinks was very unconventional and awkward.

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Nov 29


Fight of the day

1984: Jiro Watanabe vs Payao Poontarat Part 1 is part 2.






1906: Honey Mellody KO 12 Joe Walcott, Chelsea, MA. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1935: Maxie Rosenbloom W 10 John Henry Lewis, San Francisco. Non-title fight.

1978: Samuel Serrano W 15 Takao Maruki, Nagoya. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1980: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad KO 4 Rudi Koopmans, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1984: Jiro Watanabe KO 11 Payao Poontarat, Kumamoto, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1985: Ki Yung Chung KO 15 Min Keung Oh, Chonju, S. Korea. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

1988: Orlando Canizales KO 1 Jimmy Navarro, San Antonio. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1990: Luisito Espinosa W 12 Thalerngsak Sithbaobay, Bangkok. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1991: Buddy McGirt W 12 Simon Brown, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1992: Phichit Sithbangprachan KO 3 Rodolfo Blanco, Bangkok. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

1999: Stevie Johnston W 12 Billy Schwer, Wembley. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

2002: Irene Pacheco W 12 Alejandro Montiel, El Paso, TX. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2007: Oleydong Sithsamerchai W 12 Eagle Kyowa, Bankok, Thailand. Wins WBC Strawweight Title.

2008: Edgar Sosa KO 7 Juanito Rubillar, Mexico City. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2009: Koki Kameda W 12 Daisuke Naito, Saitama, Japan. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

2014: Terence Crawford W 12 Raymond Beltran, Omaha, Nebraska. Retains WBO Lightweight title.

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Nov 30


Fight of the day

1979:Sugar Ray Leonard vs Wilfred Benitez



1889: Bob Fitzsimmons KO 1 Professor West, Sydney.

1897: James J. Jeffries D 20 Joe Choynski, San Francisco. Some sources have Jeffries having a 60+pound weight advantage. Second draw in a row for Jeffries.

1922: Mike O’Dowd WF 8 Dave Rosenberg, Brooklyn. Wins New York World Middleweight Title.

1955: Carmen Basilio KO 12 Tony DeMarco, Boston. Retains world Welterweight Title. In the first fight, Tony was stopped at 1:52 of the 12th and in this one,1:54 of the 12th. Two seconds separate two fights.

1956: Floyd Patterson KO 5 Archie Moore, Chicago. Wins vacant World Heavyweight title. Floyd becomes the youngest heavyweight champion to date.

1964: Willie Pastrano KO 11 Terry Downes, Manchester. Retains world Light Heavyweight Title.

1965: Fighting Harada W 15 Alan Rudkin. Tokyo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1976: Alfredo Escalera W 15 Tyrone Everett, Philadelphia. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1979: Marvin Johnson KO 11 Victor Galindez, New Orleans. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title

-Vito Antuofermo D 15 Marvin Hagler, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Sugar Ray Leonard KO 15 Wilfred Benitez, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1982: Hilario Zapata KO 6 Tadashi Tomori, Tokyo. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1986: Myung Woo Yuh W 15 Mario DeMarco, Seoul. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1988: Jeff Fenech KO 5 George Navarro, Melbourne. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1990: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Rene Jacquot, Marsala, France. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1995: Tom Johnson KO 9 Stephane Haccoun, Marseilles, France. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1996: Johnny Tapia W 12 Adonis Cruz, Albuquerque, NM.

1998: Laurent Boudouani KO 9 Terry Norris, Versailles, France. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

2001: Eric Lucas KO 8 Dignaan Thobela, Montreal, Quebec. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

[Master]

What a stare off between Leonard and Benitez before the fight!

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Dec 1


Fight of the day


2007: Vernon Forrest vs Michele Piccirillo



1942: Ezzard Charles W 10 Joey Maxim, Cleveland.
-Sugar Ray Robinson KO 8 Izzy Jannazzo, Cleveland.

1973: Bob Foster W 15 Pierre Fourie, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
-Eusebio Pedroza KO 4 Julio Garcia, Panama City. Pedroza’s pro debut.

1980: Hilario Zapata W 15 Reinaldo Becerra, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1984: Greg Page KO 8 Gerrie Coetzee, Sun City. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title. Page had lost two fights in a row but King could not find anyone to go to South Africa so Page raised his hand.
-Piet Crous W 15 Osvaldo Ocasio, Sun City. Wins WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Mike McCallum KO 14 Luigi Minchillo, Milan. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1990: Loreto Garza W Disq. 11 Vinny Pazienza, Sacramento. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1995: Azumah Nelson KO 5 Gabriel Ruelas, Indio, CA. Regains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Johnny Tapia KO 9 Willy Salazar, Indio, CA.

1997: Former Super Lightweight and Lightweight Champion Edwin Rosario, 34, dies at his parents’ home in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.

2000: Bernard Hopkins KO 10 Antwun Echols, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.
-Marco Antonio Barrera KO 7 Jesus Salud, Las Vegas.

2001: Sven Ottke KO 10 Anthony Mundine, Dortmund, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2007: Vernon Forrest KO 11 Michele Piccirillo, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Celestino Caballero KO 8 Mauricio Pastrana, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
-Nonito Donaire KO 8 Luis Maldonado, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
-Ivan Calderon W 12 Juan Esquer, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Retains World Junior Flyweight Title.

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Dec 2


Fight of the day


1985: Jeff Fenech vs Jerome Coffee



1895: George Lavigne W 15 Joe Walcott, Maspeth, NY. Billed as for American 133lb title (Lightweight)

1905: Jack Johnson ND 6 Joe Jeanette, Philadelphia.

1907: Tommy Burns KO 10 Gunner Moir, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1925: Tod Morgan KO 10 Mike Ballerino, Los Angeles. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1935: Lew Jenkins W 8 Lee (Moon) Mullins, Phoenix. Jenkins’ pro debut.

1950: Vic Toweel KO 11 Danny O’Sullivan, Johannesburg. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1959: Joe (Old Bones) Brown KO 6 Dave Charnley, Houston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1963: Sandro Mazzinghi KO 13 Ralph Dupas, Sydney. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1965: Salvatore Burruni KO 13 Rocky Gattellari, Sydney. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1972: Bruno Acari W 15 Everaldo Costa Azevedo, Turin, Italy. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Ernesto Marcel KO 6 Enrique Garcia, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1977: Carlos Zarate KO 5 Juan F. Rodriguez, Madrid. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1978: Marvin Johnson KO 10 Mate Parlov, Marsala, Italy. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1985: Jeff Fenech W 15 Jerome Coffee, Sydney. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1986: Tsuyoshi Hamada W 12 Ronnie Shields, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1992: Kennedy McKinney KO 11 Welcome Ncita, Tortoli, Sardina. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1995: Wayne McCullough KO 8 Johnny Bredahl, Belfast. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
-Rosendo Alvarez W 12 Chana Porpaoin, Bangkok. Wins WBA Strawweight Title.

1997: Charles Brewer W 12 Joey DeGrandis, Philadelphia. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

2000: William Joppy KO 4 Jonathan Reid, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
-Felix Trinidad KO 12 Fernando Vargas, Las Vegas. Retains WBA/wins IBF Super Welterweight
-Ricardo Lopez KO 3 Ratanapol Vorapin, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2006: Mariano Carrera KO 11 Javier Castillejo, Berlin. Wins WBA Middleweight Title. Carrera pisses hot and its changed to NC and the belt is given back to Javier.
-Antonio Margarito W 12 Joshua Clottey, Atlantic City.
-Miguel Cotto KO 5 Carlos Quintana, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA Welterweight Title.

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December 3


Fight of the day


1982:Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor



1912: Johnny Kilbane KO 9 Monte Attell, Cleveland. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1915: Sam Langford ND 10 Harry Wills, NYC. Wills easily won the newspaper decision, per the New York Times.

1923: Harry Greb W 10 William Bryan Downey, Pittsburgh. Retains World Middleweight Title.

First card under McBride law that legalized 10-round decisions in Pennsylvania. Greb was conservative at the start, boxing well within the rules. But Downey provoked him in the third round and Harry reverted to his old style and gave Bryan a terrific thrashing. Greb won every round but the first, which went to Downey by a slight margin. Greb won the third and each of the last five rounds by big margins and battered Downey all over the ring, but never floored him. A hook sent Downey through the ropes in round 3. Greb was given the judges decision.

1926: Mikey (Toy Bulldog) Walker W 10 Tiger Flowers, Chicago.

A very disputable and debatable decision. Referee Benny Yanger. Controversial decision greeted first by boos, then by cheers. Most fight critics believed Flowers had the best of this 10-round “bloody argument,” although Walker came on strong in the closing stanzas, staggering Flowers twice, and once putting him on his back in the ninth, but Flowers made an acrobatic recovery to an upright position. Flowers opened a cut over Walker’s left eye in the fourth stanza, hampering Walker for the remainder of the bout. Referee Yanger rendered the verdict. Attendance: 11,000. Gate revenue: $80,000 to $90,000. Flowers received half of the gate receipts, minus 10% to the state commission, while Walker got 10%. The State Commission immediately investigated Yanger’s decision, which he tried to justify by saying Walker did all the punching. On Dec. 8 the Commission upheld the verdict. It soon joined New York and Pennsylvania in providing for decisions by two judges — with the referee’s help if the judges disagreed.

1928: Tod Morgan D 10 Santiago Zorilla, San Francisco. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

-Frenchy Belanger W 12 Willie Davies, Toronto. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1960: Gene Fullmer D 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, Los Angeles. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1962: Carlos Ortiz KO 5 Terue Kosaka, Tokyo. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1970: Billy Backus KO 4 Jose Napoles, Syracuse, NY. Wins World Welterweight Title. Could have been upset of the year. Napoles was a 10 to 1 favourite.

1981: Joe Frazier D 10 Floyd (Jumbo) Cummings, Chicago. Fraziers first fight in 5-years.

1982: Thomas Hearns W 15 Wilfred Benitez, New Orleans. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

-Wilfredo Gomez KO 14 Lupe Pintor, New Orleans. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1986: Elly Pical KO 10 Dong Chun Lee, Djakarta. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1989: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Chan Yong Park, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1992: Jeff Harding W 12 David Vedder, St-Jean-de-Luz, France. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1994: Riddick Bowe W 12 Larry Donald, Las Vegas.

-Anaclet Wamba W 12 Marcelo Dominguez, Salta, Argentina. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

1996: Pichitnoi C. Siriwat KO 2 Keiji Yamaguchi, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1999: Zolani Petelo W 12 Juanito Rubillar, Peterborough, England. Retains IBF Strawweight Title.

2000: Steve Forbes KO 8 John Brown, Miami, FL. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2004: Matin Castillo W 12 Alexander Munoz, Laredo, TX. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title

2005: Jermain Taylor W 12 Bernard Hopkins, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Israel Vasquez KO 3 Oscar Larios, Las Vegas. Wins WBC, retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

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Dec 4


Fight of the day


1999: Fernando Vargas W 12 Ronald Wright



1933: Kid Chocolate W 10 Frankie Wallace, Cleveland. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1942: Henry Armstrong KO 8 Lew Jenkins, Portland, OR. Happy 26th Birthday Lew!!!

1957: Joe (Old Bones) Brown KO 11 Joey Lopes, Chicago. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1959: Gene Fullmer W 15 Spider Webb, Logan, UT. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.

1961: Floyd Patterson KO 4 Tom McNeeley, Toronto. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1965: Flash Elorde W 15 Kang Il Suh, Quezon City, Philipines. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1975: Ishimatsu Suzuki KO 14 Alvaro Rojas, Tokyo. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1983: Bobby Berna KO 10 Seung In Suh, Seoul. Wins vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Kevin Kelly W 12 Goyo Vargas, Reno. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

-Eloy Rojas W 12 Kyun-Yung Park, Kwangmong. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

-(Baby) Jake Matlala KO 8 Luigi Camputaro, Sun City, BOP.

1994: Yasuei Yakushiji W 12 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1998: Manny Pacquiao KO 8 Chatchai Dutchboy Gym, Phuttamonthon, Thailand. Wins WBC Flyweight Title.

1999: Fernando Vargas W 12 Ronald Wright, Lincoln City, OR. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title. Referee: Joe Cortez | Judge: Debra Barnes 116-112 | Judge: Jim Howard 115-113 | Judge: David Hess 114-114.

-Diego Corrales W 12 John Brown, Lincoln City, OR. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2004: Samuel Peter KO 2 Jeremy Williams, Las Vegas. Vicious, left-hook, one punch knockout.

-Jeff Lacy W 12 Omar Sheika, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

-Jose Luis Castillo W 12 Joel Casamayor, Las Vegas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

2009: Anselmo Moreno KO 11 Frederic Patrac, Agde, France. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.