This Day in Boxing
This Day in Boxing History: August
by Guest Writer on Aug.02, 2011, under Guest Columnists, This Day in Boxing
Compiled by Richey S. Jones
August 1,
1901: Pancho Villa born Francisco Guilledo.
1950: Dado Marino W 15 Terry Allen, Honlulu. Wins World Flyweight Title.
1954: Trevor Berbick born. (continue reading…)
This Day in Boxing: April
by Guest Writer on Apr.02, 2011, under Guest Columnists, This Day in Boxing
Compiled by Richey S. Jones
April 1,
1903: Joe Walcott D 20 Billy Woods, Los Angeles. Retains World Welterweight Title.
1910: Owen Moran ND 10 Abe Attell, NYC. Non-title fight.
1921: Beau Jack born Sidney Walker. (continue reading…)
This Day in Boxing History: February
by Guest Writer on Jan.31, 2011, under This Day in Boxing
Compiled by Richey S. Jones
February 1,
1900: (Terrible) Terry McGovern KO 5 Eddie Santry, Chicago. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1904: Abe Attell KO 5 Harry Forbes, St. Louis. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1923: Irving Ungerman born. (continue reading…)
On this Day in Boxing: January
by Guest Writer on Jan.02, 2011, under Guest Columnists, This Day in Boxing
Compiled by Richey S. Jones
January 1,
1903: Joe Gans DQ 11 Gus Gardner, New Connecticut. Retains world lightweight title.
1907: Joe Gans KO 8 Kid Herman, Tonopah, NV. Retains world lightweight title.
1908: Abe Attell Draw 25 Owen Moran, Colma, CA. Retained world featherweight title. (continue reading…)
This Day in Boxing History: December
by Guest Writer on Dec.02, 2010, under Guest Columnists, This Day in Boxing
Compiled by Richey S. Jones
December 1,
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.
1976: Tomasz Adamek born. (continue reading…)
