This Day in Boxing -- January 13
by Sin City Ritchey
1921:
Pete Herman KO 17 Jimmy Wilde, London. NYC,
Non-title fight.
1922:
Gene Tunney W 12 Battling Levinsky, NYC.
Wins US light-heavyweight title.
1933:
Ben Jeby KO 12 Frank Battaglia, NYC
Wins NY State version of World middleweight title.
Freddie Miller W 10 Tommy Paul, Chicago,
Wins NBA featherweight title.
1941:
Anton Christoforidis W 15 Melio Bettina, Cleveland
Wins vacant NBA light-heavyweight title.
Lou Salica W 15 Tommy Forte, Philadelphia.
Retains world bantamweight title.
1948:
Ezzard Charles KO 8 Archie Moore, Cleveland.
1976:
Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts W 10 Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Philadelphia,
Hagler's first loss after a 25-0-1(19 kayos) start
1990:
In Chul Baek KO 7 Yoshiaki Tajima, Ulsan, S. Korea.
Retains WBA super-middleweight title.
1997:
Jackie McCoy, 73, dies.
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