THIS DAY
IN BOXING HISTORY
1910: Owen Moran ND 10 Abe Attell, NYC. Non-title fight.
1973: Fres Oquendo born.
2002: Former referee Mills Lane, 64,
is found at his home in
1913: Benny Lynch born Samuel Benjamin John Lynch.
1927: Carmen Basilio born.
1943: Beau Jack W 10 Henry Armstrong, NYC.
1977: Saensak Muangsurin KO 6
Ishimatsu Suzuki,
1980: Jorge Lujan KO 9 Shuichi
Isogami,
1983: Aaron (Hawk) Pryor KO 3 Sang
Hyun Kim,
1988: Rocky Lockridge W 15 Harold
Knight,
1992: Orlando Canizales W 12 Francisco Alvarez, Paris. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
1996: Mbulelo Botile KO 11 Ancee
Gedeon,
2005: Jean – Marc Mormeck W 12 Wayne
Braithwaite,
Luis Collazo W 12 Jose Antonio Rivera,
1911: Freddie Miller born.
1971: Nicolino Locche W 15 Domingo Barrera, Buenos Aires. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
Ruben Olivares W 15 Chucho Castillo, Inglewood. Regains World Bantamweight Title.
1976: Rigoberto Riasco KO 10
1980: Samuel Serrano KO 13 Kiyoshi Kazama, Nara, Japan. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1988: Virgil Hill KO 11 Jean-Marie
Emebe,
1992: Greg Haugen KO 7 Ray Mancini,
1998: Frankie Liles W 12 Andrei
Schkalikov,
Felix (Tito)
Freddie Norwood W 12 Antonio Cermeno,
Erik Morales KO 6 Remigio Molina, Tijuana, MX. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1999: Marco Antonio
Barrera KO 1 Paul Lloyd, Kensington, U.K.
1939: Ernie Terrell born.
1944: Manuel Ortiz W 15 Tony Olivera, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1961: Ray Mercer born.
1963:
1970: Bob Foster KO 4 Roger Rouse,
1974: Vassily Jirov born.
1975: Franco Udella W disq. 12
Valentin
1980: Steve Molitor born.
1982: Kelly Pavlik born.
1981: Sergio Palma W 15 Leonardo Cruz, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1989: Juan Jose Estrada KO 10 Jesus Poll, Inglewood. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1990: Juan Nazario KO 8 Edwin Rosario, NYC. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.
2003: Salim Medjkoune W 12 Vincenzo
Gigliotti,
2005: Katsunari Takayama W 12 Isaac
Bustos,
2009: Timothy Bradley W 12 Kendall Holt, Montreal, Canada. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
Edwin Valero KO 2 Antonio Pitalua, Austin, TX. Wins vacant WBC Lightweight Title.
Edgar Sosa KO 4 Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1896: Harry Harris W 5 Dennis Mahoney, Chicago. Harris’s pro debut.
1906: Sam Langford W 15 Joe Jeanette,
1915: Jess Willard KO 26 Jack
Johnson,
1929: Tod Morgan W 10 Santiago Zorilla, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.
1943: Fighting Harada born Masahito Harada.
1946: Romeo Anaya born.
1949: Rinty Monaghan W 15 Maurice
Sandeyron ,
1970: Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Rene
Barrientos,
1981: Jeff Chandler D 15 Eijiro
Murata,
1987: Seung Hoon Lee KO 10 Jorge
Diaz,
1991: Victor Cordoba KO 9 Christophe Tiozzo, Marseille. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.
1997: Vuyani
Bungu W 12 Kennedy
2003: Markus Beyer W 12 Eric Lucas,
2005: Muhammad Rachman Tech. Draw 3
Fahlan Sakkreerin,
2008: Felix Sturm KO 7 Jamie Pittman, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
Steve Molitor W 12 Fernando Beltran Jr., Rama, Ontario. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
Ivan Calderon W 12 Nelson Dieppa, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retains World Junior Flyweight Title.
1900: James J. Jeffries KO 1 Jack
Finnegan,
1914: Al McCoy KO 1 George Chip,
1969: Hiroshi Kobayashi W 15 Antonio
Amaya,
1978: Luis Perez born.
Lorenzo Parra born.
1980: Pipino Cuevas KO 5 Harold Volbrecht, Houston. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
1985: Jimmy Paul W 15 Harry Arroyo, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.
1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Las Vegas. Wins World Middleweight Title. Referee: Richard Steele | Judge: Jose J. Guerra 118-110 | Judge: Lou Filippo 113-115 | Judge: Dave Moretti 115-113. Leonard scores the upset of the year, fighting for only the second time in 5-years.
1991: Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Jae Suk Park, Samut Songkram, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title. Galaxy’s 17th-title defense, and improves his overall record to 47-1 (42).
1998: Jimmy Bivins, 78, is hospitalized in Cleveland after police find him wasting away in a dark filthy attic.
2001: Frankie Toledo W 12 Mbulelo Botile, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Featherweight Title.
2007: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 7 Tomonobu, Saraburi, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1896: Benny Leonard born Benjamin Leiner.
1960: James Douglas born.
1962: Paul Pender W 15 Terry Downes, Boston. Regains World Middleweight Title.
1963: Carlos Ortiz KO 13 Doug Vaillant, San Juan. Retains World Lightweight Title.
Tracy Spann born.
1967: Aaron Davis born.
1972: Bob Foster KO 2 Vicente Rondon, Miami Beach. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1975: Victor Galindez W 15 Pierre Fourie, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
1984: Richard Sandoval KO 15 Jeff Chandler, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.
1985: Min Keun Oh W 15 Irving Mitchell, Pusan, South Korea. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
1986: Hilario Zapata W 15 Shuichi Hozumi, Nirasaki, Japan. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1990: Jorge Paez W 12 Louie Espinoza,
1998: Veteran amateur boxing coach
Rolly Schwartz, 84, dies in
2000: Lehlo Ledwaba KO 8 Ernesto Grey, Bristol, England. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
2001: Marco Antonio
Barrera W 12 Prince Naseem Hamed, Las Vegas. Wins
World Featherweight Title. Referee: Joe Cortez | Judge: Chuck Giampa 116-111 |
Judge: Patricia Morse Jarman 115-112 | Judge: Duane Ford 115-112.
2007: Joe Calzaghe KO 3 Peter Manfredo Jr., Cardiff, Wales.
Retains World Super Middleweight Title.
Yutaka Kiida W 12 Katsunari Takayama, Tokyo, Japan. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.
1941: Joe Louis KO 9 Tony Musto, St. Louis. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1961: Davey Moore KO 1 Danny Valdez, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1978: Saensak Muangsurin KO 13 Francisco Moreno, Hat Yai, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
Wilfredo Gomez KO 7 Juan Antonio
Lopez,
1979: Eusebio Pedroza KO 11 Hector Carrasquilla, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
Jorge Lujan KO 15 Cleo Garcia, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
Yoko Gushiken KO 7 Alfonso Lopez, Tokyo. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
1982: Jiro Watanabe W 15 Rafael Pedroza, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1988: Gilberto Roman W 12 Baby Sugar Rojas, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1989: Jeff Fenech W 12 Marcos Villasana, Melbourne. Retains WBC Featherweight Title. Villasana is now 0-3-1 in world featherweight title attempts.
Khaosai Galaxy W 12 Kenji Matsumura,
1995: Oliver McCall W 12 Larry Holmes, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title. Referee: Richard Steele | Judge: Chuck Giampa 115-112 | Judge: Tamotsu Tomihara 115-114 | Judge: Barbara Perez 114-113.
Bruce Seldon KO 7 Tony Tucker,
Luis Santana W DQ 3 (Terrible) Terry Norris, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title. Sanatana’s second straight DQ victory over Norris.
Felix (Tito) Trinidad KO 2 Roger Turner, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.
Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Giovanni Parisi, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
2000: Fabrice Tiozzo KO 6 Valery Vikhor, Paris. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.
Bruno Girard W 12 Byron Mitchell, Paris. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.
Sornpichai Singwangcha, KO 5 Gilberto
Gonzalez,
2006: Floyd
Mayweather W 12 Zab
Juan Diaz W 12
Jose Miguel Cotto,
Jorge Arce KO 6 Rosendo Alvarez,
1928: Corp. Izzy Schwartz W 15 Routier Parra, NYC. Retains New York World Flyweight Title.
1955: Ike Williams D 10 Beau Jack, Augusta, GA.
1981: Samuel Serrano W 15 Yasutsune Uehara, Wakayama, Japan. Regains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1988: Evander (Real Deal) Holyfield KO 8 Carlos DeLeon, Las Vegas. Unifies World Cruiserweight Title.
1992: Gianfranco Rosi KO 6 Angel Hernandez, Celano, Italy. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
1994: Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker W 12 Santos Cardona, Norfolk, VA. Retains World Welterweight Title.
Tracy Harris Patterson W 12 Richard
Duran,
1998: Former WBA Heavyweight Champion and 1976 Olympic bronze medalist John Tate, 43, dies in an auto accident, resulting from a stroke caused by a brain tumor in Knoxville, Tenn.
2000: The
2005: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 2 Mzonke
Fana,
1931: Jack (Kid) Berg W 10 Billy Wallace, Detroit. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
1954: Murray Sutherland born.
1956: Sumbu Kalambay born.
Billy Costello born.
1964: Willie Pastrano KO 6 Gregorio Peralta, New Orleans. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1965: Ismael Laguna W 15 Carlos Ortiz, Panama City. Wins World Lightweight Title.
1974: Victor Burgos born.
1992: Julian Jackson KO 5 Ron Collins,
Akinobu Hiranaka KO 1 Edwin Rosario, México City. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
Julio Cesar Chavez KO 5 Angel
Hernandez,
Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Thalerngsak
Sithbaobay,
1999: Naseem Hamed KO 11 Paul Ingle,
2004: Lamon Brewster KO 5 Wladimir
Klitschko,
Cory Spinks W 12 Zab
Lakva Sim KO 5 Miguel Callist,
In Jin Chi KO 7 Michael Brodie,
Daniel Reyes KO 3 Roberto
Leyva, Cartagena, Columbia. Retains
IBF Strawweight
Title.
1902: Joe Walcott ND 6 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Philadelphia.
1912: Sam Langford W 20 Sam McVey, Sydney.
1913: Sid Smith W 20 Eugene Criqui, Paris. Wins vacant World Flyweight Title.
1949: Archie Moore KO 8 Jimmy Bivins, Toledo, OH.
1951: Former World Bantamweight Champion Panama Al Brown, 48, dies.
1964: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Kenny Lane, San Juan. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1974: Ishimatsu Suzuki KO 9 Rodolfo Gonzalez, Tokyo. Wins WBC Lightweight Title. Six months earlier Suzuki was KO’d in 10 rounds by World Lightweight Champion Roberto Duran.
1981: Larry Holmes W 15 Trevor Berbick, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title. Holmes is forced to go the distance for the first time since his epic title-winning bid against Ken Norton on 6/9/1978.
1982: Michael Spinks KO 8 Murray Sutherland, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
1988: Greg Haugen Tech. Dec. 11 Miguel Santana, Tacoma, Washington. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
1991: Marcos Villasana KO 6 Rafael Zuniga, Mexico City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1992: George
Foreman W 10 Alex Stewart,
James (Lights Out) Toney W 12 Glenn
Wolfe,
2009: Paul Williams W 12 Winky Wright, Las Vegas. Referee:
Joe Cortez | judge: Adalaide Byrd 120-108 | judge: Robert Hoyle 119-109 | judge:
Jerry Roth 119-109.
Raul Garcia KO 6 Ronald Barrera, La
Paz, Mexico. Retains IBF Strawweight Flyweight Title.
1902: Sam McVey KO 6 George Sullivan, Oxnard, CA. McVey’s pro debut.
1954: Marvin Johnson born.
1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Ruben Castillo, Tucson. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1981: Joe Louis, 66, dies.
Sean O’Grady W
15 Hilmer Kenty,
1989: Sugar Ray Robinson, 67, dies.
1996: Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker W 12 Wilfredo Rivera, St. Maarten. Retains WBC Welterweight Title. Referee: Larry O'Connell | Judge: Tamotsu Tomihara 116-111 | Judge: George St.Aude 115-113 | Judge: Barbara Perez 112-115.
Ike Quartey KO 3 Vince Phillips, St. Maarten. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
1997: Raul Marquez KO 9 Anthony Stephens, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Super Welterweight Title.
Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker, Las Vegas. Wins World Welterweight Title. I had it 115-113 Whitaker.
2003: Marco Antonio Barrera KO 4 Kevin Kelly, Las Vegas. Retains World Featherweight Title.
Derrick Gainer W 12 Oscar Leon, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
2008: Antonio Tarver W 12 Clinton Woods, Tampa, FL. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
Chad Dawson W 12 Glen Johnson, Tampa. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title. Controversial verdict.
Antonio Margarito KO 6 Kermit Cintron, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Welterweight Title.
Miguel Cotto KO 5 Alfonso Gomez, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
Cassius Baloyi W 12 Mzonke Fana, Mafikeng, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
1914: Jeff Smith KO 16 Pat Bradley, Sydney. Retains Australian World Middleweight Title.
1915: Joe Jeanette W 12 Sam Langford, Boston.
1940: Jose Napoles born.
1955: Carl Bobo Olson W 10 Joey Maxim, San Francisco.
Lupe Pintor born.
1973: Two-time bantamweight Champion Pete Herman, 77, dies.
1980: Chan Hee Park W 15 Alberto Morales, Taegu, South Korea. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1997: Saman Sorjaturong KO 7 Julio Coronell, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
2002: Michele Piccirillo W 12 Cory Spinks, Campione D’Italia, Italy. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title. Controversial decision.
Yodsanan Nanthachai W 12 Lakva Sim,
1914: Jack Dillon W 12 Battling Levinsky, Butte, MT. Wins vacant World Light Heavyweight Title. Dillon reigns as the first Light Heavyweight Champion since 1905.
1918: Harry Wills KO 6 Sam Langford, Panama City.
1926: James J. Braddock ND 4 Al Settle, West Hoboken, NJ. Braddock’s pro debut.
1941: Izzy Janazzo W 15 Jimmy Leto, Baltimore. Retains Maryland World Welterweight Title.
1958: Frankie Baltazar born.
1963: Michael Nunn born.
1971: Tim Austin born.
1979: Victor Galindez KO 10 Mike Rossman, New Orleans. Regains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Samuel Serrano KO 8 Nkosana Mgxaji,
1980: Rafael Orono W 15 Ramon Soria, Caracas. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.
1990: Mike (The Body Snatcher) McCallum KO 11 Michael Watson, London. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
Michael Nunn W 12 Marlon Starling,
Gianfranco Rosi KO 7 Kevin Daigle, Monte Carlo. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.
1997: Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
2000: Guty Espadas Tech Dec. 11 Luisito Espinosa, Merida, MX. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.
2001: Bernard (The Executioner) Hopkins W 12 Keith Holmes, NYC. Unifies IBF/WBC Middleweight Title.
2007: Ruslan Chagaev W 12 Nicolay
Valuev,
Manny Pacquiao KO 8 Jorge Solis,
Cristian Mijares W 12 Jorge Arce,
Edgar Sosa W 12 Brian Viloria,
2009: Oscar De La Hoya, 36, announces
his retirement from boxing at a Los Angeles press conference held in front of
the Staples Center.
1869: Young Griffo born Albert Griffiths.
1875: James J. Jeffries born James Jackson Jeffries.
1959: Sonny Liston KO 3 Cleveland Williams, Miami Beach.
1972: Arturo Gatti born.
1973: Rafael Herrera KO 12 Rodolfo Martinez, Monterrey. Wins vacant WBC Bantamweight Title.
1978: Eusbio Pedroza KO 13 Cecilio Lastra, Panama City. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.
1980: Rocky Juarez born. U.S Silver Medalist at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
1984: Milton McCrory KO 6 Gilles Elbilia, Detroit. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
Harry Arroyo KO 14 Charlie (Choo
Choo) Brown,
1985: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 3 Thomas (Hit Man) Hearns, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title. The greatest 7-minutes and 52-seconds in boxing history.
1989: Fidel Bassa KO 6 Julio Gudino, Barranquilla. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1996:
Orzubek Nazarov KO 4 Adrianus Taroreh,
Vuyani Bungu KO 2 Pablo Osuna,
2000: Fernando Vargas W 12 Ike
Quartey,
1951: Gil Turner W 10 Beau Jack, Philadelphia.
1952: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 3 Rocky Graziano, Chicago. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1960: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Pascual Perez, Bangkok. Wins World Flyweight Title.
1968: Curtis Cokes KO 5 Willie Ludick, Dallas. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1988: Marlon Starling D 12 Mark Breland, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Welterweight Title. Breland fights as if he’s scared and the judges reward him with an undeserved draw.
Julio Cesar Chavez KO 6 Rodolfo Aguilar, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
1994: Kennedy McKinney W 12 Welcome Ncita, South Padre Island, TX. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
2001: Chana Porpaoin W 12 Keitaro Hoshino, Yokohama, Japan. Regains WBA Strawweight Title.
2005: Hozumi Hasegawa W 12 Veerapol
Sahaprom,
Yutaka Niida W 12 Jae Won Kim,
1900: Matty Matthews KO 19 Mysterious Billy Smith, NYC. Wins World Welterweight Title.
1909: Joe Jeanette KO 50 Sam McVey, Paris. McVey had Jeanette down 27 times during the course of the fight.
1913: Jack Dillon ND 10 Battling Levinsky, Rochester, NY.
1914: Willie Ritchie W 20 Tommy Murphy, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1917: Battling Nelson ND 12 Freddie Welsh, St. Louis.
1967: Nino Benvenuti W 15 Emile Griffith, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.
1968: Richie Woodhall born.
1979: Jim Watt KO 12 Alfredo Pitalua, Glascow, Scotland. Wins vacant WBC Lightweight Title.
1980: Ayub Kalule KO 12 Emiliano Villa, Copenhagen. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1999: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 9 John Brown, Indio, CA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title. Mosley’s 8th and final defense of his lightweight crown.
Angel Manfredy W 10 Ivan
Robinson, Indio, CA.
2004: Chris Byrd Draw 12 Andrew Golota, NYC. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
John Ruiz KO 11 Fres Oquendo, NYC. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
Wayne Braithwaite W 12 Louis Azille, NYC. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.
Vivian Harris W 12
1889: Johnny Kilbane born John Patrick Kilbane.
1908: Tommy Burns KO 5 Jewey Smith, Paris. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1929: Frankie Genaro W disq. 5 Spider Pladner, Paris. Regains NBA Flyweight Title.
1940: Charles (Kid) McCoy, 67, born Norman Selby, dies from suicide.
1945: Ike Williams KO 2 Juan Zurita, Mexico City. Wins NBA Lightweight Title.
1947: Joe Brown W 10 Jimmy Carter, New Orleans.
Former World Lightweight Champion Benny Leonard, 51, dies from a heart attack while refereeing a match at the St. Nicholas Arena in NYC.
1950: Sandy Sandler KO 9 Lauro Salas, Cleveland. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.
1961: Joe (Old Bones) Brown W 15 Dave Charnley, London. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1964: Eddie Perkins W 15 Dave Charnley, London. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
1969: Jose (Mantequilla) Napoles KO 14 Curtis Cokes, Inglewood. Wins World Welterweight Title.
1970: Ruben Olivares W 15 Chucho Castillo, Inglewood. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1974: Former World Light Heavyweight Champion John Henry Lewis, 59, dies.
1978: Miguel Canto W 15 Shoji Oguma, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1987: Lloyd Honeyghan W 12 Maurice Blocker, London. Retains WBC/IBF Welterweight Title.
Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Tomas DaCruz, Nimes, France. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1992: Welcome Ncita W 12 Jesus Salud, Trevilo, Italy. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
1994: Zack Padilla KO 6 Harold Miller, Rotterdam, Holland.
1997: Ike Quartey KO 5 Ralph (Tiger) Jones, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
Junior Jones W 12 Marco
Antonio Barrera, Las Vegas. Referee: Mills Lane |
Judge: Duane Ford 116-111 | Judge: Jerry Roth 114-113 | Judge: Chuck Giampa
114-112.
1998: Carl Thompson W 12 Chris Eubank,
Prince Naseem Hamed KO 7 Wilfredo
Vasquez,
2009: Malcolm Klassen KO 7 Cassius Baloyi, Mafikeng, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
Nonito Donaire KO 4 Raul Martinez, Quezon City, Philippines. Retains IBF FlyweightTitle.
Brian Viloria KO 11 Ulises Solis, Quezon City, Philippnes. Wins IBF Junior FlyweightTitle.
1920: Harry Wills W 15 Sam Langford, Denver.
1952: Alexis Arguello born.
1972: Imamu Mayfield born.
1973: Koichi Wajima W 15 Ryu Sorimachi, Osaka. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
1975: Perico Fernandez KO 9 Joao Henrique, Barcelona. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
1985: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 6 Ruben Castillo, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
Juan (Kid) Meza KO 6 Mike Ayala,
1986: Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title. Awful decision!
Leroy Murphy KO 9 Dorcey Gaymon,
1987: Mike McCallum KO 10 Milton McCrory, Phoenix. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1991: Evander (Real Deal) Holyfield W 12 (Big) George Foreman, Atlantic City. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Referee: Rudy Battle | Judge: Eugene Grant 116-111 | Judge: Jerry Roth 117-110 | Judge: Tom Kaczmarek 115-112. Foreman, 42, gives a surprisingly strong showing. Well, surprising to everybody but Big George.
1996: Veteran cutman Eddie Aliano, 77, dies in Philadelphia after a long illness.
1997: Frankie Liles KO 5 Segundo Mercado, Shreveport, LA. Retains WBA Super Middleweight Title.
Bernard Hopkins KO 7 John David
Jackson,
2002: Johnny Bredahl KO 9 Eidy Moya, Copenhagen, Denmark. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 1 Daisuke
Naito,
2003: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Victoriano Sosa, Fresno, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title. Referee: Raúl Caíz | Judge: Chuck Hassett 118-110 | Judge: Lou Filippo 119-109 | Judge: Jack Woodburn 118-110.
2008: Joe Calzaghe W 12 Bernard Hopkins, Las Vegas. Wins
World Light Heavyweight Title Referee: Joe Cortez | judge: Ted Gimza 115-112 |
judge: Adalaide Byrd 113-114 | judge: Chuck Giampa 116-111. Calzaghe down from a
right-hand in the first.
Adrian Diaconu W 12 Chris Henry,
Bucharest, Romania.
1903: Joe Walcott D 10 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, Boston.
1960: Gene Fullmer D 15 Joey Giardello, Bozeman, Montana. Retains NBA Middleweight Title.
1983: Roger Mayweather KO 8 Jorge Alvarado, San Jose, CA. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1991: Prince Charles Williams KO 2 James Kinchen, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
1996: Virgil Hill W 12 Lou Del Valle, Grand Forks, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title. Del Valle was robbed!!
1999: Former # 1 super welterweight contender Tony Ayala Jr., 36, is released from Bayside State Prison after serving 16-years for aggravated sexual assault.
2002: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Jose Luis Castillo, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title. Referee: Vic Drakulich | Judge: Anek Hongtongkam 116-111 | Judge: John Keane 115-111 | Judge: Jerry Roth 115-111. Controversial decision.
2007: Mzonke Fana W 12 Malcolm Klassen, Khayelitsha, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Featherweight Title.
1920: Johnny Kilbane KO 7 Alvie Miller, Lorain, OH. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1944: Charley Burley W 10 Archie Moore, Hollywood.
1962: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Joe (Old Bones) Brown, Las Vegas. Wins World Lightweight Title.
1963: Ingemar Johansson W 12 Brian London, Stockholm. Johansson is out cold on the canvas when the bell ending the fight saves him from certain knockout defeat.
1964: Al Cole born.
1965: Oliver McCall born.
1976: Alfonso Lopez W 15 Shoji Oguma, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1984: Donald Curry KO 8 Elio Diaz, Ft. Worth, TX. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
1990: Robert Quiroga W 12 Juan Polo Perez, Sunderland, England. Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title.
1991: Luis Mendoza W 12 Carlos Uribe, Cartegena. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
2001: Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis, Johannesburg, South, Africa. Wins World Heavyweight Title.
Lehlo Ledwaba W 12 Carlos Contreras,
1903: Jack Root W 10 Charles (Kid) McCoy, Detroit. Wins newly created World Light Heavyweight Title.
1904: Jack Johnson KO 20 Sam McVey, San Francisco.
1907: Owen Moran W 20 Al Delmont, London. Wins vacant World Bantamweight Title.
1961: Paul Pender W 15 Carmen Basilio, Boston. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1965: Former World Featherweight and Super Featherweight Champion Johnny Dundee, 71, dies.
1969: (Smokin’) Joe Frazier KO 1 Dave Zyglewicz, Houston. Retains New York World Heavyweight Title.
1970: Paulie Ayala born.
1972: Ricardo Arredondo KO 5 William Martinez, Mexico City. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1978: Hugo Corro W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, San Remo. Wins World Middleweight Title.
Carlos Zarate KO 13 Andres Hernandez, San Juan. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
1979: Matthew Franklin KO 8 Marvin Johnson, Indianapolis. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title. Fight of the year!. After the bout, the newly crowned champion changes his name to Matthew Saad Muhammad.
1989: Mark Breland KO 5 Rafael Pineda, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
1991: Former World Super Lightweight Champion Jack (Kid) Berg, 81, dies.
1992: Reggie Johnson W 12 Steve Collins, East Rutherford, NJ. Wins vacant WBA Middleweight Title.
1994: Michael Moorer W 12 Evander (Real Deal) Holyfield, Las Vegas. Wins World Heavyweight Title.
John John Molina W 12 Gregorio
Vargas,
John Michael Johnson KO 11 Junior
Jones,
1995: George Foreman W 12 Axel Schulz, Las Vegas. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
Danny Romero W 12 Francisco Tejedor, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Flyweight Title. Romero is the first American to win a Flyweight world title in 60-years.
2006: Wladimir Klitschko KO 7 Chris
Byrd,
1907: Mike (Twin) Sullivan W 20 Honey Mellody, Los Angeles. Wins California World Welterweight Title.
1977: Carlos Zarate KO 4 Alfonso Zamora, Inglewood. A non-title fight between the WBC (Zarate) and WBA (Zamora) Bantamweight Champions. Zarate improves his record to 41-0 (40)
1978: Danny (Little Red) Lopez KO 6 Jose DePaula, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1988: Simon Brown KO 14 Tyrone Trice, Berk-Ser-Mer, France. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title. An awesome fight and a strong candidate for fight of the year.
1990: Paul Banke KO 9 Daniel Zaragoza, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
1993: Michael (Second to) Nunn KO 6 Crawford Ashley, Memphis. Retains WBA Super middleweight Title. A brutal body attack spells doom for Ashley.
1995: Howard Cosell, 77, dies of a heart embolism at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Manhattan.
2000: Hideki Todaka KO 11 Yokthai Sithoar, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1916: Jack Britton W 20 Ted (Kid) Lewis, New Orleans. Regains World Welterweight Title.
Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Johnny Rosner,
1931: Tony Canzoneri KO 3 Jack (Kid) Berg, Chicago. Retains World Lightweight Title and wins World Super Lightweight Title.
1953: Jimmy Carter KO 4 Tommy Collins, Boston. Retains World Lightweight Title. Collins was dropped 7-times in round 3. Round 4 saw Collins dropped 3-more times before his handlers rushed into the ring to rescue their dazed fighter. Meeting the press after the bout, referee Tommy Rawson was asked why he hadn’t called a halt. “Carter never hit him flush,” he responded.
1959: Don Jordan W 15 Virgil Akins, St Louis. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1961: Harold Johnson KO 2 Von Clay, Philadelphia. The first title fight in which both the mandatory 8-count and the 3-knockdown rule are applied.
Roger Mayweather born.
1971: Bob Foster W 15 Ray Anderson, Tampa. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1977: Miguel Canto W 15 Reyes Arnal, Caracas. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
1981: Hilario Zapata W 15 Rudy Crawford, San Francisco. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
1983: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Rocky Lockridge, Liguiria, Italy. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
1995: Lou Ambers, 81, dies.
1998: Manuel Medina W 12 Hector Lizarraga, San Jose, CA. Regains IBF Featherweight Title.
1999: Keith Holmes KO 7 Hassine Cherifi, Washington D.C. Regains WBC Middleweight Title.
Sharmba Mithell W 12 Reggie Green,
Mark (Too Sharp) Johnson W 12 Ratanachai Sow Voraphin, Washington D.C. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.
2004: Vitali Klitschko KO 8 Corrie Sanders, Los Angeles. Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title.
Jorge Arce KO 5 Melchor Cob-Castro, Chiapas, México. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
2009: Cory Spinks W 12 Deandre Latimore, St. Louis, MO. Wins
vacant IBF Super Welterweight Title.
1916: Jack Dillon W 15 Battling Levinsky, Kansas City. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
Harry Wills W 8 Sam Langford,
1938: John Henry Lewis KO 4 Emilio Martinez, Minneapois. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.
1941: Lou Salica W 15 Lou Transporenti, Baltimore. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1950: Terry Allen W 15 Honore Pratesi, London. Wins vacant World Flyweight Title.
1966: Emile Griffith W 15 Dick Tiger, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.
1972: Ben Villaflor W 15 Alfredo Marcano, Honolulu. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1976: Elisha Obed W 15 Sea Robinson, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 9 Murray Sutherland, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
Thomas (Hitman) Hearns KO 13 Randy
Shields,
1987: Fidel Bassa KO 13 Dave McAuley, Belfast. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1992: Paul Hodkinson KO 3 Steve Cruz, Belfast. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1994: Julio Cesar Borboa KO 4 Jorge Luis Roman, Inglewood. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.
1998: Roy Jones Jr. KO 4 Virgil Hill, Biloxi, Mississippi. Non-title fight. Roy ends matters with one perfectly timed, debilitating body shot!!
Gerry Penalosa Tech. Draw 2 Joel Luna
Zarate,
2009: Carl Froch KO 12 Jermain Taylor, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
Felix Sturm KO 7 Koji Sato, Krefeld, Germany. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
1906: Jack Johnson W 15 Sam Langford, Chelsea, MA.
1932: Gorilla Jones W 12 Young Terry, Trenton, NJ. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1938: Nino Benvenuti born Giovanni Benvenuti.
1940: Henry Armstrong KO 7 Paul Junior, Boston. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1971: Rafael Ruelas born.
1975: George Foreman fights 5-exhibition fights in one night.
1982: Davey Moore KO 5 Charlie Weir, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title. From round two through round five, Moore dropped Weir 5-times.
1985: Lester Ellis KO 13 Rod Sequenan, Melbourne. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.
Jeff Fenech KO 9 Satoshi Shingaki,
1986: Gary Hinton W 15 Reyes Cruz, Lucca, Italy. Wins vacant IBF Super Lightweight Title.
1988: Brian Mitchell W 12 Jose Rivera, Madrid. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
1997: George Foreman W 12 Lou Savarese, Atlantic City. Slight upset.
2003: James (Lights Out) Toney W 12 Vassiliy Jirov, Ledyard, CT. Wins IBF Cruiserweight Title.
Antonio Tarver W 12 Montell Griffin, Ledyard, CT. Wins vacant IBF & WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
Oscar Larios W 12 Shigeru Nakazato, Tokyo, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
2009: The Brockton, Massachusetts, Post Office is renamed the Rocky Marciano Post Office in honor of the former heavyweight champion.
1910: Sam Langford ND 6 Stanley
Ketchel, Philadelphia. Non-title fight.
Ketchel and Langford will have to fight again to settle the question of
supremacy. They went a hard six-round bout at the National athletic club here
and were both on their feet, able to continue, with plenty of strength and
aggressiveness when the battle ended, with no decision by the referee. No
knockdowns were scored in spite of the terrific hitting power of both men, and
while there seems to be no doubt that they tried to do their best, they will
probably come together in a longer fight in California next July for a large
purse."(Marion Daily Star)
Using a poll of 13 NY and Philadelphia newspapers, 7 had Langford ahead, 4
Ketchel, and 2 had it a draw. Thus, the mark of a Langford newspaper win.
1956: Undefeated World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano, 32, announces his retirement from the ring with a career log of 49-0 (43).
1968: Jimmy Ellis W 15 Jerry Quarry, Oakland. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title. Later, it is revealed that Quarry fought with a broken bone in his back.
1980: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Rolando Navarette, San Juan. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1989: Simon Brown KO 7 Al Long, Washington DC Retains IBF Welterweight Title.
2002: Johnny Tapia W 12 Manuel Medina, NYC. Wins IBF Featherweight Title. Worst decision of 2002.
1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 6 Lupe Cardoza, Ft. Worth, TX. Retains World Bantamweight Title.
1971: Markus Beyer born.
1978: Antonio Cervantes KO 6 Tonga Kiatvayupakdi, Udon Thani, Thailand. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1981: Hall of Famer and former World Welterweight and Middleweight Champion Mickey Walker, 80, dies.
1993: Gregorio Vargas KO 7 Paul Hodkinson, Dublin, Ireland. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.
1995: Tim (Doc) Anderson, 36, shoots his former promoter, Rick (Elvis) Parker, 39, to death inside a Lake Buena Vista, FL. hotel room.
2001: Joe Calzaghe KO 1 Mario Veit, Cardiff, Wales.
Andrew (Six-Heads) Lewis W 12 Larry Marks, NYC. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
2007: Stipe Drews W 12 Silvio Branco, Stuttgart, Germany. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Felix Sturm W 12 Javier Castillejo, Oberhausen, Germany.
Regains WBA Middleweight Title.
Juan Diaz KO 8 Acelino Freitas,
1904: Dixie Kid W disq. 20 Joe Walcott, San Francisco. Wins World Welterweight Title. Referee “Duck” Sullivan is lucky to escape the ring with his life. Walcott’s manager, Tom O’Rourke and promoter Alex Greggains rushed the ring and attacked Sullivan, knocking out 2 of his teeth, immediately after he awarded Dixie Kid the title.
1913: Johnny Kilbane D 20 Joe Dundee, Vernon, CA. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1915: Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Kilbane, NYC.
1917: Jimmy Wilde KO 2 Dick Heasman, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.
1932: Mickey Walker W 10 King Levinsky, Chicago.
1946: Tippy Larkin W 12 Willie Joyce, Boston. Wins vacant World Super Lightweight Title.
1963: Ralph Dupas W 15 Denny Moyer, New Orleans. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.
1971: Camelo Bossi D 15 Jose Hernandez, Madrid. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.
1978: Alexis Arguello KO 5 Rey Tam, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
1985: Tony Tubbs W 15 Greg Page, Buffalo. Wins WBA Heavyweight Title. Quite possibly the worst heavyweight “title” fight of all-time.
1989: Juan Coggi W 12 Akinobu Hiranaka, Vasto, Italy. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.
1995: Bernard Hopkins KO 7 Segundo Mercado, Landover, MD. Wins vacant IBF Middleweight Title.
Vincent Pettway KO 6 Simon Brown, Landover, MD. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title. Great fight! Brown is counted out, while unconsciously throwing punches, flat on his back.
Vuyani Bungu W 12 Victor Llerena,
Mbulelo Botile KO 2 Harold Mestre,
2000: Lennox Lewis KO 2 Michael Grant, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
Keith Holmes KO 11 Robert McCracken,
Paul Ingle KO 11 Junior Jones, NYC. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
2005: Mahyar Monshipour KO 6 Shigeru
Nakazato,
Roberto Vasquez KO 10
1901: (Terrible) Terry McGovern KO 4 Oscar Gardner, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1908: Abe Attell KO 4 Tommy Sullivan, San Francisco. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1928: Jack Sharkey KO 1 Jack Delaney, NYC.
1946: Ike Williams KO 8 Enrique Bolanos, Los Angeles. Retains NBA Lightweight Title.
1952: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad born Eddie Gregory.
1966: Sandro Lopopolo W 15 Carlos Hernandez, Rome. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.
1967: Paul Fujii KO 2 Sandro Lopopolo, Tokyo. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.
1971: Erbito Salavarria W 15 Susumu Hanagata, Quezon City. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
Carlos Baldomir born.
1976: Muhammad Ali W 15 Jimmy Young, Landover, MD. Incredibly boring fight and a gift decision for the 230lb. Ali.
1977: Guty Espadas KO 13 Alfonso Lopez, Merida, Mexico. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1986: Dennis Andries W 15 J.B. Williamson, Edmonton, England. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
1988: Miguel (Happy) Lora W 12 Lucio Lopez, Cartagena. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
1989: Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker KO 3 Louie Lomeli, Norfolk, VA. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
1998: Mauricio Pastrana KO 4 Anis Roga,
2005: James Toney No-Contest 12 John Ruiz, NYC. Referee:
Steve Smoger | Judge: Don Ackerman 116-111 | Judge: Guy Jutras 116-111 | Judge:
Tom Schreck 115-112. Unanimous decision in favor of Toney changed to a
no-contest after he tests positive for a banned substance.
Vicente Mosquera W 12 Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai, NYC. Wins WBA
Super Featherweight Title.
Luis Perez KO 6 Luis Bolano, NYC. Retains IBF Super
Flyweight Title.
2009: Celestino Caballero W 12 Jeffrey Mathebula, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA/IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
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