This day in boxing. A look back.

[IamInuit]

June 18th

Fight of the day

1963: Cassius Clay KO 5 Henry Cooper. Lots of urban legend surrounds this fight even going as far to say that Angelo tore a glove in order to get extra time in the corner for Ali to recoup. Its even been suggested that Ali's one minute rest time was delayed for “several minutes.” Sir Henry caught him good but that simply didn’t happen.




1923: Pancho Villa KO 7 Jimmy Wilde. Wins World Flyweight Title. A little bias disease if I may. Mr Wilde could have had as many as 500 fights by then and had 140 or so officially registered. Jimmy was stopped 3 times in 140+ fights. Two were his last two and the other way back and in the 17th round.

1929: Panama Al Brown W 15 Gregorio Vidal. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title. Brown would go on to own the title for another 6 years. He was also gay.

1934: Jackie Brown D 15 Valentin Angelmann. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1941: Joe Louis KO 13 Billy Conn. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Billy fell asleep at the wheel and while being up on the cards he all of a sudden went for the ko and got ko'd himself.

1958: Yama Bahama W 10 Kid Gavilan. The Kid would retire after this fight and today remains one of the best Cuban fighters that ever lived. Probably rolling in his grave at today’s crop of overall underachievers.

1963: Cassius Clay KO 5 Henry Cooper.

1965: Nino Benvenuti KO 6 Sandro Mazzinghi. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

1976: Eckhard Dagge KO 10 Elisha Obed. Wins WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1977: Victor Galindez W 15 Richie Kates. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

1989: Tony Lopez KO 8 Tyrone Jackson. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

2005: Antonio Tarver W 12 Glen Johnson. Regains World Light Heavyweight Title.

2008: Oleydong Sithsamerchai KO 9 Junichi Ebisuoka. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2011: Saul Alvarez KO 12 Ryan Rhodes. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Adrien Broner KO 1 Jason Litzau.

[walrus]

Very interesting. Thanks for putting this together and keeping it going. Must take a fair minute of your time.

[IamInuit]

June 19th

Fight of the day

2009: Jean Pascal vs Adrian Diaconu for WBC crown.







1909: Monte Attell KO 18 Frankie Neil. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title.

1919: Tommy Gibbons ND 10 Billy Miske. Referee: George Barton

1936: Max Schmeling KO 12 Joe Louis. Joe was 27 and 0 with 23 ko's when this happened.

1942: Albert Wright KO 10 Harry Jeffra. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1943: Jackie Peterson KO 1 Peter Kane. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1946: Joe Louis KO 8 Billy Conn. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1957: Joe Brown KO 15 Orlando Zulueta. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1973: Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Victor Echegaray. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1976: Alexis Arguello KO 3 Salvatore Torres. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1992: Evander Holyfield W 12 Larry Holmes Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1993: Terry Norris KO 3 Troy Waters. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
-Felix Trinidad KO 2 Maurice Blocker. Wins IBF Welterweight Title.
-Orlando Canizales NC 3 Derrick Whiteboy. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

2009: Jean Pascal W 12 Adrian Diaconu. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

2010: Andre Ward W 12 Allan Green. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Omar Nino W 12 Rodel Mayol. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

June 20th

2 fights of the day

1980: Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Leonard 1. Either man could have got that one on the cards



1981: Alexis Arguello vs Jim Watt



1902: Jack Johnson Draw 20 Hank Griffin.

1924: Steve Sullivan W 10 Johnny Dundee. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1940: Joe Louis KO 8 Arturo Godoy. Retains World Heavyweight Title. These two fought about 4 months earlier and the Chilean demon crowded and disrupted Louis all night losing a narrow decision.

1960: Floyd Patterson KO 5 Ingemar Johansson. Becomes the first man to regain the World Heavyweight Title.

1966: Carlos Ortiz KO 12 Johnny Bizarro. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1972: Masao Ohba KO 5 Orland Amores. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

1975: Ruben Olivares KO 2 Bobby Chacon.Wins WBC Featherweight Title. Chacon had to lose close to 8 pounds in 2 days.

1979: Masashi Kudo KO 12 Manuel R. Gonzalez. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1980: Roberto Duran W 15 Sugar Ray Leonard. Wins World Welterweight Title..

1981: Alexis Arguello W 15 Jim Watt. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

2009: Wladimir Klitschko KO 10 Ruslan Chagaev. Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title.
-Gabriel Campillo W 12 Hugo Garay. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

-Edgar Sosa KO 5 Carlos Melo. Retains WBC Light Flyweight Title.

[IamInuit]

June 21st

Fight of the day

1980: Salvador Sanchez vs Danny (Little Red) Lopez



1915: Jack Britton W 12 Mike Glover. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1928: Mickey Walker W 10 Ace Hudkins. Retains World Middleweight Title.
-Sammy Mandell W 15 Jimmy McLarnin. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1932: Jack Sharkey W 15 Max Schmeling. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Controversial decision.

1940: Henry Armstrong KO 3 Paul Junior. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1949: Ezzard Charles W 15 Jersey Joe Walcott. Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title.

1955: Archie Moore KO 3 Carl Olson. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1980: Salvador Sanchez KO 14 Danny (Little Red) Lopez. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1997: Uriah Grant W 12 Adolpho. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Charles Brewer KO 5 Gary Ballard. Wins vacant IBF Super Middleweight Title.
-Nana Konadu KO 7 Daorung C. Siriwat. Regains WBA Bantamweight Title.

2003: Lennox Lewis KO 6 Vitali Klitschko. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

2008: Arthur Abraham KO 4 Edison Miranda. Non-title fight.
-Mikkel Kessler KO 12 Dimitri Sartison. Wins vacant WBA Super Middleweight Title.
-Andre Berto KO 7 Miguel Angel Rodriguez. Wins vacant WBC Welterweight Title.

2013: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk KO 8 Rakim Chakhkiev Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

[frasd]

This day in boxing history I lost an amateur bout for the first time. I was 14. I remember the winner got a gold medal and I got a silver. I recall saying "Thanks, does the ref get a bronze?"
Guess I was a smartass even then.

[IamInuit]

June 22

Fight of the day


2002: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Erik Morales



1937: Joe Louis KO 8 James J. Braddock, Chicago. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1938: Joe Louis KO 1 Max Schmeling, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1942: Jimmy Bivins W 12 Joey Maxim, Cleveland.

1976: Carlos Palomino KO 12 John H. Stracey, Wembley. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1979: Larry Holmes KO 12 Mike Weaver, NYC. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Roberto Duran W 10 Carlos Palomino, NYC.

1985: Sot Chitalada D 12 Gabriel Bernal, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1986: Azumah Nelson KO 10 Danilio Cabrera, San Juan. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1989: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Paul Banke, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1996: Michael Moorer W 12 Axel Schulz, Dortmund, Germany. Regains the vacant IBF Heavyweight
-Hector Camacho W 12 Roberto Duran, Atlantic City. Bit of a jobbing.

2002: Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Erik Morales, Las Vegas. Retains World Featherweight Title.
I've always called this the even Steven fight. Imo Mab won the first fight and missed out and in this one the reverse.

2007: Juan Carlos Reveco KO 8 Nethra Sasipara, Mendoza, Argentina. Wins vacant WBA Junior Flyweight Title.