This Day in Boxing -- November 11
by Sin City Richey
1901: Harry Forbes KO 2 Dan Dougherty, Wins World Bantamweight Title.
1924: Jimmy McLarnin D 4 Fidel LaBarba, Vernon, CA.
1953:
Jimmy Carter KO 5 Armando Savoie, Montreal. Retains World Lightweight Title
1959: Carl "The Truth" Williams born.
1971: Kuniaki Shibata D 15 Ernesto Marcel, Matsuyama, Japan. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1972: Carlos Monzon W 15 Bennie Briscoe, Buenos Aires. Retains World Middleweight title. The fight was slightly closer than the scorecards revealed, 150-139, 149-139, and 149-143. Monzon avenges a draw he fought with Briscoe on 5/6/1967.
1975: Jae Do Yuh KO 6 Masahiro Misako, Shizuoka, Japan. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
1978: Hugo Corro W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, Buenos Aires. Retains World middleweight Title.
1982: Jiro Watanabe KO 12 Shoji Oguma, Hamanatsu, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.
1988: Virgil Hill KO 10 Willie Featherstone, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Jose Sanabria KO 6 Thierry Jacob, Gravelines, France. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
1994: Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Tony Marshall, Tucuman, Argentina. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.
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