This Day in Boxing -- October 24
by Sin City Richey
1894: Ted (Kid) Lewis born, London, England
1910: Abe Attell W 10 Johnny Kilbane, Kansas City. Retains World
Featherweight Title.
1916: Battling Levinsky W 12 Jack Dillon, Boston. Wins World Light
Heavyweight Title.
1927: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Johnny Dundee, NYC. Wins vacant World
Featherweight Title.
1939: Henry Armstrong W 10 Jimmy Garrison, Los Angeles. Retains World
Welterweight Title. Armstrong won 5 title fights in October 1939!
1979: Ayub Kalule W 15 Masashi Kudo, Akita, Japan. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1987: Baby Sugar Rojas KO 4 Gustavo Ballas, Miami. Retains WBC Super
Flyweight Title.
1988: Henry Armstrong, 75, dies, Los Angeles, CA
1989: Virgil Hill KO 1 James Kinchen, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light
Heavyweight Title.
Jeff Harding KO 2 Tom Collins, Brisbane. Retains WBC Light
Heavyweight Title.
1992: Tony Lopez KO 11 Joey Gamache, Portland, ME. Wins WBA Lightweight
Title.
1995: Marcelo Dominguez W 12 Sergei Kobozev, Levellois-Perret, France.
1998: Sven Ottke W 12 Charles Brewer, Dusseldorf, Germany. Wins IBF Super
Middleweight Title.
Roberto Garcia KO 5 Ramon Ledon, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super
Featherweight Title.
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