This Day in Boxing -- October 31
by Sin City Richey
1895: Future Middleweight Title Claimant Les Darcy born.
1904: Joe Gans DQ 5 Jimmy Britt, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight
Title.
1935: John Henry Lewis W 15 Bob Olin, St. Louis. Wins World Light
Heavyweight Title.
1941: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Fritzie Zivic, NYC.
1962: Glen Thomas born.
1970: Bruno Arcari KO 3 Raymundo Dias, Genoa. Retains WBC Super lightweight
Title.
1971: Koichi Wajima W 15 Carmelo Bossi, Tokyo. Wins World Super Welterweight
Title.
1973: Byron Mitchell born.
1989: Khaosai Galaxy KO 12 Kenji Matsumura, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBA Super
Flyweight Title. Galaxy's 12th successful defense.
1992: Lennox Lewis KO 2 Razor Ruddock, London.
Crisanto Espana KO 8 Meldrick Taylor, London. Wins WBA
Welterweight Title.
Sung Kil Moon W 12 Greg Richardson, Seoul. Retains WBC Super
Flyweight Title.
1998: Naseem Hamed W 12 Wayne McCullogh, Atlantic City.
Vuyani Bungu W 12 Danny Romero, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Super
Bantamweight Title.
Marco Antonio Barrera KO 3 Richie Wenton, Atlantic City.
1999: Jongkwon Baek W 12 Lakva Sim, Pusan, S. Korea. Wins WBA Super
Featherweight Title.
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