This day in boxing. A look back.

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June 10th

My fight of the day:
1955 Carmen Basilio vs Tony DeMarco
-only 1 belt in those days. Carmen becomes the third world champion in less then 3 months.

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Other notables on this day:

1946-Jack Johnson dies at 68 in a car wreck after being refused service at a roadside restaurant.
-Manuel Ortiz stops Jackie Jurich in 11 and retains bantam title.

1948:-Tony Zale stops Rocky Graziano in 3 and retains middle title

1960- Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for the second time in a row retaining the mid title.

1961-Archie Moore beats Guilio Rinaldi over 15 and retains his lh title. Moores last title fight

1972-Jose Napoles knocks out Adolph Pruitt. Retains Welt title.

1988-Prince Charles Williams stops Richard Caramanolis in 11 and keeps lh title

1990-Orlando Canizales cremates Paul Gonzalez and retains his bantam bling.

1995-Tommy Morrison stops Razor Ruddock

2006-Bernard Hopkins destroys Antonio Tarver via clinic after jumping up 2 divisions at age 40 and wins a version of the lh title.
-Israel Vasquez knocks out Ivan Hernandez and retains his super bantam title.

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Thanks mate, did not know most of this. Jack Johnson was a legend.

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June 11th

My fight of the day
1982-Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney The anticipation for this fight at that time almost had its own taste.

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1900-Terry McGovern stops Tommy White. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1922- Georges Carpentier stops Ted Lewis. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title. The Frenchman
turned pro at flyweight.

1930- Max Schmeling W DQ 4 Jack Sharkey, Wins vacant World Heavyweight Title. Max becomes the first fighter to win a title on a dq.

1934-Tony Zale W 4 Eddie Allen. Zale’s first fight.

1935-Freddie Miller W 15 Nel Tarleton, Retains World Featherweight Title.

1943-Henry Armstrong W 10 Sammy Angott

1953-Jimmy Carter ko 13 George Araujo Retains World Lightweight Title.

1980-Lupe Pintor Draw 15 Eijiro Murata Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1982-Larry Holmes KO 13 Gerry Cooney. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
-Wilfredo Gomez KO 10 Juan Antonio Lopez. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1983-Jung Koo Chang KO 2 Masaharu Iha Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1989-Myung Woo Yuh W 12 Mario DeMarco Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1992-Rodolfo Blanco W 12 Dave McAuley Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

1994- Tom Johnson KO 12 Benny Amparo Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
Jake Matlala KO 9 Francis Ampofo

2000-Takanori Hatakeyama KO 8 Gilberto Wins WBA Lightweight Title.

2005-Kevin McBride KO 6 Mike Tyson

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Great thread. Crazy to think how ignorant we are as a species refusing service, slavery, war, our rampant destruction of this planet and its other inhabitants. Intelligent life my ass.

Can’t wait to see the choices for the 12th.

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Remember the Tom Johnson fight he was a warrior a mini Holyfield.

Cooney v Holmes was before my time but do remember the hype on the mainstream news.

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June 12th

My fight for today,

1989-Ray Leonard vs Tommy Hearns. Not only did Tommy have to wait to long for a rematch because of Leonard but he then gets boned. How Leonard got a split draw out of this retaining his 168 title is a mystery to me

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1916: Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Dundee.
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1933: Jackie Brown W 15 Valentin Angelmann. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.
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1964: Emile Griffith W 15 Luis Rodriguez. Retains World Welterweight Title.
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1976: Rigoberto Riasco KO 10 Livio Nolasco. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
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1980: Ayub Kalule W 15 Marijan Benes. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
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1981: Larry Holmes KO 3 Leon Spinks. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
-Saoul Mamby W 15 Jo Kimpuani. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
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1982: Michael Spinks KO 8 Jerry Celestine. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
*-Leonardo Cruz W 15 Sergio Palma. Wins WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
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1984: Rocky Lockridge KO 11 Tae Jin Moon, Anchorage, Alaska. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title. Most likely the farthest north on this continent where a title has ever been contested.
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1988: Sumbu Kalambay W 12 Robbie Sims. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.
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1989: Sugar Ray Leonard D 12 Thomas Hearns. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.
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1992: Joey Gamache KO 8 Chil Sung Chun. Wins vacant WBA Lightweight Title.
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1994: Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Aquiles Guzman Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
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1999: Byron Mitchell KO 11 Frankie Liles Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.
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2008: Edwin Valero KO 7 Takehiro Shimada Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
*-Hozumi Hasegawa KO 2 Cristian Faccio Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

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Good on you dude, love the mix. Ploenchit v Guzman was a battle. Today in 94’ I had Junior Jones losing by one point to Orlando Fernandez :cwm13: Mitchells ko of Liles while squinting thru busted eyes had to be one of the top ‘come from behind’ kos of that year!

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Thanks bud. Agree on the Liles fight. Nice grab on Junior. He sure had Mabs number eh. Glad you enjoy man.

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Yes indeed Hearns got robbed of the victory against Leonard – redemption should have been his.

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June 13th

My fight for this day,

1986: Hector Camacho v Edwin Rosario. Neither man would be the same even though Hector went on to reasonable success. It took a lot out of him. He was lucky to squeak this one out.

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1908-Tommy Burns KO 8 Bill Squires. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1935- James J. Braddock W 15 Max Baer. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Scoring: Referee McAvoy scored 9-5-1; Lynch 11-4; Kelly 7-7-1. One of the biggest upsets in boxing history and the fight in which the movie Cinderella Man is based.

1938- Charley Burley W 10 Fritzie Zivic.

1981- Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 5 Vito Antuofermo. Retains World Middleweight Title. Fitting. I thought Marvin won the first fight and apparently so did Mills Lane. He told him to turn and face the camera so he could raise his arms when they made the call.

1986- Hector Camacho W 12 Edwin Rosario. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Julio Cesar Chavez KO 7 Refugio Rojas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1997- Dariusz Michalczewski W 12 Virgil Hill. Wins IBF & WBA Light Heavyweight Title. Out of all the guys that I wished could have been sorted out with Roy this guy was number 1.

1998:-Oscar DeLaHoya KO 3 Patrick Charpentier. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
-Cesar Bazan W 12 Stevie Johnston.Wins WBC Lightweight Title.
-Freddie Norwood KO 8 Genaro Rios. Retains WBA Featherweight Title

1999- In Joo Cho KO 8 Pone Saengmorakot Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2000- Former WBC Super Welterweight Champion Duane Thomas is shot and killed outside a convenience store.

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I was sure just by some unworldly coincidence you’d pick the Hagler fight on my birthday. Great choice though, that fight took a bit out of Hector.

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Had it been November 30th my friend.:wink:

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Had it been November 30th my friend.;)[/QUOTE]

You bastid! That one still stings haha

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Had it been November 30th my friend.;)[/QUOTE]

You bastid! That one still stings haha[/QUOTE]

Leonard/Benitez on the same date?

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Arguably the left hooks that changed Camacho in approach and career, they cut the last two rounds off of scrap there? Damn shame how Thomas went out so young

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Not seen Camacho v Rosario but heard Macho Man was very defensive in his career after getting hurt in that fight.

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June 14th.

Fight of the day

1966-Walter McGovern vs Salvatore Burruni for flyweight crown

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1934: Max Baer KO 11 Primo Carnera, Long Island. Wins World Heavyweight Title. Depending on the source Carnera went down somewhere between 10 and 15 times.
-James J. Braddock KO 3 Corn Griffin.

1966: Walter McGowan W 15 Salvatore Burruni. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1977: Carlos Palomino KO 11 Davey Green. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1986: Myung Woo Yuh KO 12 Tomohiro Kiyuna. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1991: Edwin Rosario KO 3 Loreto Garza. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.
-Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Kiyoshi Hatanaka. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1997: Oscar DeLaHoya KO 2 David Kamau. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.
-Genaro Hernandez W 12 Anatoly Alexandrov. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
-Gerry Penalosa KO 9 Seung Koo Lee. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2003: Sven Ottke W 12 Davis Starie. Retains WBA/IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2008: Edgar Sosa KO 8 Takashi Kunishige. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
-Raul Garcia W 12 Florante Condes, La Paz, Mexico. Wins IBF Strawweight Title.
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(2014) Rip Gabriel Bernal 58 who died Friday

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June 15th

Fight of the day

1991-Robert Quiroga vs Akeem Anifowoshi

A FOTY candidate but sadly Akeem 22 started vomiting blood shortly after the verdict and was rushed to hospital where had the pressure relieved from his brain. He would never fight again and died in his shower at home in Nigeria three years later.
-Quiroga would never be the same either and lost his finishing instinct. He to had a sad end being stabbed to death outside a bar in 2004.

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1914: Jack Dillon W 12 Bob Moha, Butte, MT. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1957: Raul Macias KO 11 Dommy Ursua. Retains NBA Bantamweight Title.

1960: Carlos Ortiz W 15 Duilio Loi. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.
-Loi arguably won this fight and he won the next two against Ortiz. He only lost 3 fights in 126 contests. One at the start of his career and one prior to retirement along with the disputed first fight with Ortiz.

1963: Eddie Perkins W 15 Roberto Cruz,. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1967: Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Flash Elorde. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1977: Miguel Canto W 15 Kimio Furesawa. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1983: Jaime Garza KO 2 Bobby Berna,. Wins vacant WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1984: Thomas Hearns KO 2 Roberto Duran. Retains World Super Welterweight Title. One day shy of his 33rd birthday Hearns came close to removing his head and offering it to him as a present.

1985: Pinklon Thomas KO 8 Mike Weaver. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

1991: Yung Kyun Park KO 6 Masuaki Takedal. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
-Welcome Ncita W 12 Hurley Snead. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
-Robert Quiroga W 12 Akeem Anifowoshe, San Antonio. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Hiroki Ioka W 12 Bong Jun Kim. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1996: Roy Jones Jr. KO 11 Eric Lucas,. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title. Jones played a game of semi-pro basketball the afternoon of the fight.
-Rosendo Alvarez W 12 Eric Chavez. Retains WBA Strawweight Title.

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Quiroga vs Anifowoshi was a memorable war both showed amazing heart and courage.

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June 16th.

Fight pick of the day

1983- Roberto Duran vs Davey Moore

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1919: Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Dundee.

1932: Lou Ambers KO 2 Frankie Curry. Ambers pro debut. Boxrec says June 6

1941: Lou Salica W 15 Tommy Forte. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1949: Jake LaMotta KO 10 Marcel Cerdan. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1951: Flash Elorde KO 4 Kid Gonzaga.

1979: Ernesto Espana KO 13 Claude Noel. Wins vacant WBA Lightweight Title.
-Wilfredo Gomez KO 5 Jesus Hernandez. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1983: Roberto Duran KO 8 Davey Moore. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1995: Fabrice Tiozzo W 12 Mike McCallum. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.
-Carl Daniels W 12 Julio Cesar Green, Wins vacant WBA Super Welterweight Title.
-Frankie Randall W 12 Jose Barboza,. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

2000: Yosam Choi KO 5 Chart Kiatpetch. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
-Sergio Martinez KO 4 Adrian Walter .
-Hector Camacho TKO 5 Tim Bryan.

2001: Jose Luis Castillo KO 1 Sungho Yuh. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
-Tim Austin KO 6 Steve Dotse Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.
-Felix Machado W 12 Mauricio Pastrana. Retains IBF Super Flyweight Title.

2007: Paulie Malinaggi W 12 Lovemore N’dou. Wins IBF Super Lightweight Title.

2007-Firat Arslan SD 12 Valery Brudov.

2012-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr TKO 7 Andy Lee. Jr. Retains the WBC middleweight title.