This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

Jan 30

Fight of the day

1982: Wilfred Benitez vs Roberto Duran



1923: Harry Greb W 15 Tommy Loughran, NYC. Retains US Light Heavyweight Title.

1976: Rodolfo Martinez W 15 Venice Borkorsor, Bangkok. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

1982: Arturo Frias Tech. Win 9 Ernesto Espana, Los Angeles. Retains WBA lightweight title.

-Wilfred Benitez W 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains WBC super-welterweight title. Duran was pretty much schooled here regardless of the ridiculous score cards.

1984: Charlie Brown W 15 Melvin Paul, Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF lightweight title.

1987: Gilberto Roman KO 9 Antoine Montero, Montpellier, France. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.

2000: Jong-Kwon Baek D 12 Choi Kyu-Chul, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Freddie Norwood KO 9 Takashi Koshimoto, Fukuoka, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2001: Yosam Choi KO 7 Saman Sorjaturong, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2005: Injin Chi W 12 Tommy Browne, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2010: Sebastian Sylvester KO 10 Billy Lyell, Neubrandenburg, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Jan 31

Fight of the day

1988: Sot Chitalada vs Hideaki Kamishiro



1914: Jersey Joe Walcott born Arnold Raymond Cream.

1941: Joe Louis KO 5 Red Burman, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title.

1983: Rafael Orono KO 4 Pedro Romero, Caracas. Retains WBC Super-flyweight title.

1988: Sot Chitalada TKO 7 Hideaki Kamishiro, Osaka. Retains WBC flyweight title.

-Hiroki Ioka KO 12 Kyung Yun Lee, Osaka. Retains WBC strawweight title.

1998: Bernard Hopkins KO 6 Simon Brown, Atlantic City. Retains IBF middleweight title.

-William Joppy W 12 Julio Cesar Green, Tampa, Fla. Regains WBA middleweight title.

2004: Antonio Margarito KO 2 Hercules Kyvelos, Phoenix, AZ.

-Rafael Marquez KO 2 Pete Frissina, Phoenix. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

[Master]

Sot Chitalada was the bomb, he beat up our Charlie Magri with ease over here.

[IamInuit]

February 1

Fight of the day




1900:Terry McGovern KO 5 Eddie Santry, Chicago. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1904: Abe Attell KO 5 Harry Forbes, St. Louis. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1938: Henry Armstrong KO 3 Albert (Chalky) Wright. Los Angeles.

1946: Marty Servo KO 4 Freddie Cochrane, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1965: Floyd Patterson W 12 George Chuvalo, NYC. 1965 Fight of the Year – Ring Magazine With a live gate of $ 166,423.00 and $ 600,000.00 from theater TV, this, to date, was the richest non-title fight in history.

1970: Bruno Acari W 15 Pedro Adigue, Rome. Wins WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1978: Soo Hwan Hong W 15 Yu Kasahara, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1980: Rafael Orono W 15 Seung Hoon Lee, Caracas. Wins newly created WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1997: Yong Soo Choi W 12 Lakva Kim, Songnam, South Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2002: Vassiliy Jirov W 12 Jorge Castro, Phoenix, AZ. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Title.

2003: Carlos Hernandez KO 8 David Santos, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title.

Juan Manuel Marquez KO 7 Manuel Medina, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.

[TitoFan]

Jan 30

Fight of the day

1982: Wilfred Benitez vs Roberto Duran



1923: Harry Greb W 15 Tommy Loughran, NYC. Retains US Light Heavyweight Title.

1976: Rodolfo Martinez W 15 Venice Borkorsor, Bangkok. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

1982: Arturo Frias Tech. Win 9 Ernesto Espana, Los Angeles. Retains WBA lightweight title.

-Wilfred Benitez W 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains WBC super-welterweight title. Duran was pretty much schooled here regardless of the ridiculous score cards.

1984: Charlie Brown W 15 Melvin Paul, Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF lightweight title.

1987: Gilberto Roman KO 9 Antoine Montero, Montpellier, France. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.

2000: Jong-Kwon Baek D 12 Choi Kyu-Chul, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

-Freddie Norwood KO 9 Takashi Koshimoto, Fukuoka, Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2001: Yosam Choi KO 7 Saman Sorjaturong, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

2005: Injin Chi W 12 Tommy Browne, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

2010: Sebastian Sylvester KO 10 Billy Lyell, Neubrandenburg, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

Thanks for that trip down memory lane.


Duran is an ATG, but he was always such a jerk.
Only his devastating KO loss to Hearns later on seemed to humanize him a little bit.

[IamInuit]

Thanks for that trip down memory lane.


Duran is an ATG, but he was always such a jerk.
Only his devastating KO loss to Hearns later on seemed to humanize him a little bit.

I always thought him a real dick but he was just a bad ass and it worked for years. Seemed the same guy both in and out of the ring. I enjoyed that fight immensely. He changed later as we all do with age.

It was touching that he visited Dejesus on his death bed and hugged and kissed him when he was dieing of Aids. I'll never forget this photo.

[TitoFan]

I think Duran once said De Jesus was one of the few opponents he really respected. De Jesus dropped him a couple of times, I think, including a fight De Jesus actually won. That was extremely rare during Duran's heyday. Still... Duran's penchant for not giving his opponents their due early on was pretty grating on the nerves.

[Master]

De Jesus was extremely fast and surprised Duran with the knock downs. Very underrated fighter.

[IamInuit]

Feb 2

Fight of the day


1980: Salvador Sanchez vs Danny (Little Red) Lopez



1923: Johnny Dundee W 15 Elino Flores, NYC. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.

1970: Carlos Monzon KO 6 Antonio Aguilar, Rosario, Argentina. Retains Argentina Middleweight Title.

-Carlos Zarate KO 3 Luis Castaneda, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Zarate’s pro debut.

1980: Salvador Sanchez KO 13 Danny (Little Red) Lopez, Phoenix. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

-Azumah Nelson KO 3 Nii Nuer, Accra. Nelson’s 2nd pro fight.

1982: Davey Moore KO 6 Tadashi Mihara, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Welterweight

1985: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Jorge Lujan, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight title

-Victor Callejas W 15 Seung Hoon Lee, Hato Rey, PR. .

2002: Roy Jones Jr. KO 7 Glenn Kelly, Miami. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

-Bernard Hopkins KO 10 Carl Daniels, Reading, PA. Retains World Middleweight Title.

-Ronald Wright KO 5 Jason Papillion, Miami. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Feb 3

Fight of the day x 2


1990: Mike McCallum vs Steve Collins


1996: Marco Antonio Barrera vs Kennedy McKinney



1912: Johnny Coulon W 20 Frankie Conley, Vernon, CA.

1939: Melio Bettina KO 9 Tiger Jack Fox, NYC. Wins vacant New York World Light Heavyweight Title.

1980: Larry Holmes KO 6 Lorenzo Zanon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

-Wilfredo Gomez KO 7 Ruben Valdez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1981: Shoji Oguma W 15 Chan Hee Park, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1987: Bernardo Pinango W 15 Frankie Duarte, Inglewood. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1990: Mike McCallum W 12 Steve Collins, Boston. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

-Pernell Whitaker W 12 Freddie Pendleton, Atlantic City. Retains WBC/IBF Lightweight Title.

1991: Kiyoshi Hatanaka KO 8 Pedro Decima, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1993: Paul Hodkinson KO 4 Ricardo Cepeda, London. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1996: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 12 Kennedy McKinney, Inglewood. The debut event of HBO’s Boxing After Dark.

2001: Kostya Tszyu KO 7 Sharmba Mitchell, Las Vegas. Retains WBC, wins WBA, Super Lightweight Title.

2007: Chad Dawson W 12 Tomasz Adamek, Kissimmee, FLA. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Corey Spinks W 12 Rodney Jones, Kissimmee, FLA. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

-Julio Diaz KO 3 Jesus Chavez. Kissimmee, FLA. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Feb 4

Fight of the day


1979: Alexis Arguello vs Alfredo Escalera 2



1909: Abe Attell KO 7 Eddie Kelly, New Orleans. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1927: Charley Phil Rosenberg W 15 Bushy Graham, NYC. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1952: Kid Gavilan W 15 Bobby Dykes, Miami. Retains World Welterweight Title. First racially mixed fight in Florida.

1960: Carlos Ortiz KO 10 Battling Torres, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

-Jose Becerra KO 9 Alphonse Halimi, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1979: Alexis Arguello KO 13 Alfredo Escalera, Rimini, Italy. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1984: Donald Curry W 15 Marlon Starling, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1989: Marlon Starling KO 9 Lloyd Honeyghan, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title.

-Mark Breland KO 1 Seung Soon Lee, Las Vegas. Regains (vacant) WBA Welterweight Title.

1990: Jorge Paez W 12 Troy Dorsey, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

-Hiyong Choi W 12 Leo Gamez, Ulsan, South Korea. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: Don King is carjacked in Mexico City for a 100,000 dollar rolex

2007: Lovemore N’dou KO 11 Naoufel Ben Rabah, Sydney, Australia. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.

[Master]

First time I have seen the Collins v Mike McCallum fight. Very entertaining.

[IamInuit]

Feb 5

Fight of the day

1967: Dick Tiger vs Jose Torres



1934:Maxie Rosenbloom D 15 Joe Knight, Miami. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1943: Jake LaMotta W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson, Detroit. Robinson suffers his first defeat.

-Beau Jack W 10 Fritzie Zivic, NYC.

1967: Dick Tiger W 15 Jose Torres, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title. All three judges score the fight 8-7 in rounds. Two for Tiger, and one for Torres.

1972: Antonio Gomez KO 7 Raul Martinez, Maracay. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1974: Koichi Wajima W 15 Miguel de Oliveria, Tokyo. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

1977: Carlos Zarate KO 3 Fernando Cabenela, Mexico City. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

Sugar Ray Leonard W 6 Luis Vega, Baltimore. Leonard’s pro debut.

1988: Marlin Starling W 12 Fujio Ozaki, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

1989: Darrin Van Horn W 12 Robert Hines, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Graciano Rocchigiani, Berlin.

1996: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Raul Juarez, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1998: Two-time former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, 31, files a $100-million lawsuit against Don King in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Alleging that his longtime promoter systematically defrauded him of tens of millions of dollars over a 10-year period.

-Middleweight Reuben Bell, 24, is shot to death by an unknown assailant in the lobby of Washington Hospital Center’s Cancer Institute, where he was being treated for colon cancer.

1999: Antonio Cermeno KO 2 Eddie Saenz, Miami. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

2002: Willie Jorrin D 12 Osamu Sato, Tokyo, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2005: Zab Judah KO 9 Cory Spinks, St. Louis, MO. Wins World Welterweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Feb 6

Fight of the day

1988: Greg Haugen vs Vinny Pazienza



1931: Tommy Loughran W 10 Max Baer, NYC.

1963: Carlos Monzon KO 2 Ramon Montenegro, Rafaela, Argentina. Monzon’s pro debut.

1967: Muhammad Ali W 15 Ernie Terrell, Houston. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1982: Amado Urzua KO 2 Hilario Zapata, Panama City. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1987: Mark Breland KO 7 Harold Volbrecht, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA Welterweight Title.

1988: Greg Haugen W 15 Vinny Pazienza, Atlantic City. Regains IBF Lightweight Title.

-Kelvin Seabrooks KO 2 Fernando Beltran, Paris. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1992: Mauro Galvano W 12 Juan Carlos Gimenez, Marchino, Italy. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

1993: Riddick Bowe KO 1 Michael Dokes, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1994: Leo Gamez KO 7 Juan Torres, Panama City. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: Reggie Johnson KO 5 William Guthrie, Uncasville, CT. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

-Sugar Shane Mosley KO 8 Demetrio Ceballos, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

1999: Bernard Hopkins KO 7 Robert Allen, Washington D.C. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Pedro Saiz, Washington D.C. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

-Vuyani Bungu KO 7 Victor Lierena, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2004: Carl Thompson KO 9 Sebastian Rothman. Thompson dropped in the first round, Rothman down in the 5th & 9th.

-Glencoffe Johnson W 12 Clinton Woods, Sheffield, England. Wins vacant IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

2010: Edwin Valero KO 9 Antonio DeMarco, Monterrey, Mexico. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

[IamInuit]

Feb 7

Fight of the day

2009: Vic Darchinyan vs Jorge Arce



1882: John L. Sullivan KO 9 Paddy Ryan, Mississippi City. Wins bare-knuckle Heavyweight Title. History has noted that Jessie James may have been in attendance.

1916: Kid Williams D 20 Pete Herman, New Orleans. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1921: Jack Britton W 15 Ted Lewis, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title. The last of their 20-meetings.

1934: Barney Ross W 12 Polo Nebo, New Orleans. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1961: Harold Johnson KO 9 Jesse Bowdry, Philadelphia. Wins vacant NBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1988: Frank Tate KO 10 Tony Sibson, Staffordshire, England. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

-Myung Woo Yuh W 12 Willy Salazar, Seoul. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Lennox Lewis W Disq. 5 Oliver McCall, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Heavyweight Title

2009: Ruslan Chagaev W tech. dec. 6 Carl Davis Drumond, Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

-Andres Kotelnik W 12 Marcos Rene Maidana, Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

-Vic Darchinyan KO 12 Jorge Arce, Anaheim, CA. Retains WBA/WBA/IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2010: Daiki Kameda W 12 Denkaosen Kaovichit, Kobe, Japan. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.