Schedule News Current Champs WAIL! Encyclopedia Links Store Home
The Cyber Boxing Zone Newswire

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.
Schedule News Current Champions Boxing Journal Encyclopedia Store Home
© 2000 The Cyber Boxing Zone
[Return to Top]