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This Week in Boxing History: November 9th – November 15th

November 9, 2015 by Peter Silkov 8 Comments

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November 9

1910: Philadelphia, PA. Abe Attell ND 6 Owen Moran.
1927: Detroit, MI. Tiger Flowers D 10 ‘Slapsie’ Maxie Rosenbloom.
1932: San Francisco, CA. Lou Scozza KO 6 James J. Braddock.
1936: London, England. World Light Heavyweight Championship. John Henry Lewis W 15 Len Harvey. Retains title.
1953: Gaétan Hart born in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada.
1965: Merqui “El Corombo” Sosa born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic.
1969: Tokyo, Japan. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Hiroshi Kobayashi W 15 Carlos Canete. Retains title.
1984: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes KO 12 ‘Bonecrusher’ Smith. Retains title.
1989: Springfield, MA. IBF Welterweight Championship. Simon Brown W 12 Luis Santana. Retains title.
1993: Bismark, ND. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Virgil Hill KO 10 Saul Montana. Retains title.
1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Heavyweight Championship. Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield KO 11 Mike Tyson. Regains title.
1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Michael Moorer KO 12 Frans Botha. Retains title.
1996: Manchester, England. Steve Collins KO 6 Nigel Benn.
1996: Manchester, England. Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright W 12 Ensley Bingham.
1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Antonio Cermeno KO 5 Eddy Saenz. Retains title.
1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 6 Morgan Ndumo. Retains title.
2001: San Antonio, TX. IBF Flyweight Championship. Irene Pacheco KO 4 Mike Trejo. Retains title.
2002: Newell, WV. IBF Lightweight Championship. Paul Spadafora W 12 Dennis Holbaek. Retains title.
2013: Corpus Christi, Texas. WBO World Junior Lightweight Championship. Mikey Garcia KO8 Roman Martinez. Retains title.
2012: Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore. WBA Super World Featherweight Championship. Chris John W 12 Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo. Retains title.

November 10

1910: Joplin, MO. World ‘Colored’ Heavyweight Championship. Sam Langford KO 2 Jeff Clark. Retain title.
1921: New York City, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Johnny Buff W 15 Jack Sharkey. Retains title.
1931: Minneapolis, Minn. James J. Braddock NC 2 ‘Slapsie’ Maxie Rosenbloom.
1950: Dong-Kyun Yum born in Okcheon, South Korea.
1965: Pittsburgh, PA. Joey Archer W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson.
1968: Bangkok, Thailand. World Flyweight Championship. Chartchai Chinoi W 15 Bernabe Villacampo. Retains title.
1972: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Lightweight Championship. Rodolfo Gonzalez KO 13 Chango Carmona, Wins title.
1978: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes KO 7 Alfredo Evangelista. Retains title.
1978: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Alexis Arguello W 15 Arturo Leon. Retains title.
1981: Emilio Ezequiel “Chiquito” Zarate born in Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1983: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Middleweight Championship. Marvelous Marvin Hagler W 15 Roberto Duran. Retains title.
1985: Daejon, S. Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Jung Koo Chang W 12 Jorge Cano. Retains title.
1987: Danny Butler born in Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom.
1990: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Myung Woo Yuh W 12 Leo Gamez. Retains title.
1996: Province, Thailand. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Yokthai Sith-Oar KO 2 Jack Siahaya. Retains title.
2000: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Flyweight Championship. Irene Pacheco W 12 Hawk Makepula. Retains title.
2001: San Francisco, CA. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO 9 Jesus Chavez. Retains title.
2001: San Francisco, CA. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao Tech. Draw 6 Agapito Sanchez. Retains title.
2006: Hartlepool, England. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Steve Molitor KO 5 Michael Hunter. Wins vacant title.
2007: Paris, France. WBC World Cruiserweight & WBA Super World Cruiserweight Championships. David Haye KO 7 Jean-Marc Mormeck. Wins title.
2007: New York City, NY. WBA Welterweight Championship. Miguel Cotto W 12 Sugar Shane Mosley. Retains title.
2007: New York City, NY. Interim WBC World Lightweight Championship. Joel Casamayor W 12 Jose Armando Santa Cruz. Retains.title.
2012: Los Angeles, California. IBF World Bantamweight Championship. Leo Santa Cruz TKO 9 Victor Zaleta. Retains title.
2012: Los Angeles, California. WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship. Abner Mares W 12 Anselmo Moreno. Retains title.
2013: Tokyo, Japan. WBC World Bantamweight Championship. Shinsuke Yamanaka WKO 9 Alberto Guevara. Retains title.

November 11

1901: St. Louis, MO. World Bantamweight Championship. Harry Forbes KO 2 Dan Dougherty. Wins title.
1904: Milwaukee, WI. Jack Britton W 6 Jack Nelson. Britton’s pro debut.
1924: Vernon, CA. Jimmy McLarnin D 4 Fidel LaBarba.
1944: Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts born in Sumter, South Carolina.
1953: Montreal, Canada. World Lightweight Championship. Jimmy Carter KO 5 Armando Savoie. Retains title.
1959: Carl Williams born in Belle Glade, Florida.
1971: Matsuyama, Japan. WBC Featherweight Championship. Kuniaki Shibata D 15 Ernesto Marcel. Retains title.
1972: Buenos Aires, Argentina. World Middleweight Championship. Carlos Monzon W 15 Bennie Briscoe. Retains title.
1973: Robbie Peden born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
1974: Freddy Curiel born in La Vega, Dominican Republic.
1975: Shizuoka, Japan. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Jae Do Yuh KO 6 Masahiro Misako. Retains title.
1978: Jack Gardner dies in Market Harborough, United Kingdom.
1978: Buenos Aires, Argentina. World Middleweight Championship. Hugo Corro W 15 Rodrigo Valdez.
1981: Emiliano Casal born in San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1982: Hamanatsu, Japan. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Jiro Watanabe KO 12 Shoji Oguma. Retains title.
1984: Guzman Castillo born in El Prat de Llobregat, Cataluña, Spain.
1984: Keith ‘No Holds’ Barr born in Glenville, West Virginia.
1984: Marco Huck born in Ugao, Serbia.
1988: Bismark, ND. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Virgil Hill KO 10 Willie Featherstone. Retains title.
1988: Gravelines, France. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Jose Sanabria KO 6 Thierry Jacob. Retains title.
1994: Tucuman, Argentina. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Tony Marshall. Retains title.
2000: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Heavyweight Championship. Lennox Lewis W 12 David Tua. Retains title.
2001: Okayama, Japan. WBC Strawweight Championship. Jose Antonio Aguirre KO 3 Wolf Tokimitsu. Retains title.
2006: New York City, NY. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Wladimir Klitschko KO 7 Calvin Brock. Retains title.
2006: Tokyo, JWBC Bantamweight Championship. Hozumi Hasegawa W 12 Genaro Garcia. Retains title.
2012: Hamburg, Germany. WBO-IBF-IBO- & WBA Super World Heavyweight Championships. Wladimir Klitschko W 12 Mariusz Wach. Retains title.
2012: Los Angeles, California. WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Nathan Cleverley TKO 8 Shawn Hawk. Retains title.

November 12

1864: Paddy Duffy born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1904: Philadelphia, PA. Dixie Kid ND 6 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien.
1919: Philadelphia, PA. Pete Herman ND 6 Joe Lynch.
1925: Los Angeles, CA. Jimmy McLarnin KO 2 Jackie Fields.
1936: Mills Lane born in Savannah, Georgia.
1942: Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, 64, dies New York City, NY.
1943: New York City, NY. Jake LaMotta W 10 Fritzie Zivic.
1943: New York City, NY. Steve Riggio W 6 Rocky Graziano.
1946: Pittsburgh, PA. Ezzard Charles W 10 Jimmy Bivins.
1967: Michael Moorer born in Brooklyn, New York.
1972: Jesus Chavez born in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico.
1976: Cincinnati, Ohio. Aaron Pryor’s pro debut. Aaron Pryor KO 2 Larry Smith.
1978: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Ricardo Cardona W 15 Soon Hyun Chung. Retains title.
1982: Hector Martin Trinidad born in Curuzu Cuatia, Corrientes, Argentina.
1982: Miami, Florida. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Aaron Pryor KO 14 Alexis Arguello. Retains title.
1987: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Roger Mayweather KO 6 Rene Arredondo. Wins title.
1988: Chongiu, S. Korea. WBC Flyweight Championship. Yong Kang Kim W 12 Emil Matsushima. Retains title.
1994: Mexico City, Mexico. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Orlin Norris KO 2 James Heath. Retains title.
1994: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Light-Middleweight Championship. Luis Santana W disq. 5 ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris. Wins title.
1994: Mexico City, Mexico. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Genaro Hernandez W 12 Jimmy Garcia. Retains title.
1994: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Javier Varguez. Retains title.
1995: Ratchaburi, Thailand. WBC/IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Saman Sorjaturong KO 4 Yuichi Hosono. Retains title.
1997: Sapporo, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Chatchai ‘Dutchboy Gym’ Sasakul W 12 Yuri Arbachakov. Wins Title.
2004: Copenhagen, Denmark. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Mikkel Kessler KO 8 Manny Siaca. Wins title.
2011: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Welterweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez. Retains title.

November 13

1886: San Francisco, CA. John L. Sullivan KO 3 Paddy Ryan.
1910: McDonoghville, LA. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell D 15 Frankie Conley. Retains title.
1925: New Orleans, LA. World Middleweight Championship. Harry Greb W 15 Tony Marullo. Retains title.
1953: Chicago, Illinois. World Welterweight Championship. Kid Gavilan W 15 Johnny Bratton. Retains title.
1953: Sydney, Australia. World Bantamweight Championship. Jimmy Carruthers W 15 Pappy Gault. Retains title.
1961: Tokyo, Japan. World Featherweight Championship. Davey Moore W 15 Kazuo Yakayama. Retains title.
1965: San Juan, Puerto Rico. World Lightweight Championship. Carlos Ortiz W 15 Ismael Laguna. Regains title.
1974: Paris, France. WBC Middleweight Championship. Rodrigo Valdez KO 11 Gratien Tonna. Retains title.
1975: Paris, France. WBC Super Welterweight Championship. Elisha Obed KO 11 Miguel de Oliveira. Wins title.
1976: Accra, Ghana. WBC Featherweight Championship. Danny ‘Little Red’ Lopez W 15 David Kotey. Wins title.
1976: Culiacan, Mexico. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Carlos Zarate KO 4 Waruinge Nakayama. Retains title.
1982: Atlantic City, NJ. Mike McCallum KO 7 Ayub Kalule.
1982: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Lightweight Championship. Ray Mancini KO 14 Duk Koo Kim. Retains title.
1982: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Leonardo Cruz KO 8 Benito Badilla. Retains title.
1991: Belfast, N. Ireland. WBC Featherweight Championship. Paul Hodkinson W 12 Marcos Villasana. Wins title.
1992: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Heavyweight Championship. Riddick ‘Big Daddy’ Bowe W 12 Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield. Wins title.
1993: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Jose Luis Bueno W 12 Sung-Il Moon. Wins title.
1998: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC & WBA Strawweight Championships. Ricardo Lopez W 12 Rosendo Alvarez. Retains WBA title and wins WBC title.
1999: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Heavyweight Championship. Lennox Lewis W 12 Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield. Retains and unifies title.
1999: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Fabrice Tiozzo KO 7 Ken Murphy. Retains title.
1999: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Elio Ortiz. Retains title.
1999: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Lightweight Championship. Gustavo Serrano KO 10 Stefano Zoff. Wins title.
1999: Hull, England. IBF Featherweight Championship. Paul Ingle W 12 Manuel Medina. Wins title.
2004: New York City, NY. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Chris Byrd W 12 Jameel McCline. Retains title.
2004: New York City, NY. WBA Heavyweight Championship. John Ruiz W 12 Andrew Golota. Retains title.
2004: New York City, NY. Larry Donald W 12 Evander Holyfield.
2006: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Strawweight Championship. Eagle Kyowa W 12 Lorenzo Trejo. Retains title.
2010: Manchester, England. WBA World Heavyweight Championship. David Haye KO 3 Audley Harrison. Retains title.
2010: Arlington, Texas. WBC World Light Middleweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao W 12 Antonio Margarito. Wins title.
2011: Guyanese featherweight boxer, Patrick Ford dies age 55, from a heart attack in Brooklyn, New York City. In the early 80s Ford had unsuccessfully challenged both Salvadore Sanchez and Euesbio Pedrosa for the world featherweight title.
2014: Washington DC. WBC World Super Flyweight Championship. Carlos Cuadras TKO 6 Marvin Mabait. Retains title.

November 14

1888: San Francisco, CA. Choynski’s pro debut. Joe Choynski KO 2 George Bush.
1916: Boston, Mass. World Welterweight Championship. Jack Britton D 12 Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis. Retains title.
1917: Brooklyn, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Mike O’Dowd KO 6 Al McCoy. Wins title.
1923: Bob Foxworth born in Port Clinton, Ohio.
1930: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Tony Canzoneri KO 1 Al Singer. Wins title.
1944: Los Angeles, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Manuel Ortiz KO 9 Luis Castillo. Retains title.
1948: Jimmy Young born in Baltimore, Maryland.
1951: Los Angeles, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Jimmy Carter W 15 Art Aragon. Retains title.
1966: Houston, Texas. World Heavyweight Championship. Muhammad Ali KO 3 Cleveland Williams. Retains title.
1967: San Diego, CA. Norton’s pro debut. Ken Norton KO 9 Grady Brazell.
1971: Mexico City, Mexico. Cuevas’ pro debut. Al Castro KO 2 Pipino Cuevas.
1980: Miami, Florida. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Jeff Chandler KO 14 Julian Solis. Wins title.
1981: Cleveland, Ohio. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Aaron Pryor KO 7 Dujuan Johnson. Retains title.
1990: Josh Warrington born in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
1995: Iwaki City, Japan. WBA Lightweight Championship. Orzubek Nazarov W 12 Dindo Canoy. Retains title.
1998: Mont-de-Marsan, France. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Fabrice Tiozzo KO 2 Ezequiel Paixao. Retains title.
1998: Masnantucket, Conn. WBC & WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Roy Jones Jr. KO 10 Otis Grant. Retains title.
1998: Mashantucket, Conn. IBF Lightweight Championship. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 9 Jesse James Leija. Retains title.
2003: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Hussein Hussein. Retains title.

November 15

1888: Brooklyn, NY. Jack Dempsey ‘The Nonpareil’ D 6 Mike Donovan.
1901: San Francisco, CA. World Heavyweight Championship. James J. Jeffries KO 6 Gus Ruhlin. Retains title.
1916: Philadelphia, PA. Benny Leonard ND 6 Johnny Dundee.
1929: New York City, NY. ‘Slapsie’ Maxie Rosenbloom W 10 James J. Braddock.
1935: New York City, NY. NBA Bantamweight Championship. Sixto Escobar W 15 Lou Salica, NYC. Regains title.
1952: Johannesburg, S.A. World Bantamweight Championship. Jimmy Carruthers KO 1 Vic Toweel. Wins title.
1962: Los Angeles, CA. Cassius Clay KO 4 Archie Moore.
1967: Danell Nicholson born in Chicago, Illinois.
1968: Rudy Zavala born in Rosemead, California.
1970: Miguel Angel Gonzalez born in Mexico City, Mexico.
1975: Panama City, Panama. World Light Welterweight Championship. Antonio Cervantes KO 8 Hector Thompson. Retains title.
1978: Miguel Barrera born in San Jose de Canalete, Colombia.
1984: New York City, NY. Multiple title winners, Evander Holyfield, Pernell Whitaker, Meldrick Taylor, Mark Breland, and Virgil Hill make pro debuts.
1986: Barranquilla, Colombia. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Miguel Lora W 12 Albert Davila. Retains title.
1991: Roanoke, VA. IBF Cruiserweight Title Championship. James Warring KO 5 Donnell Wingfield. Retains title.
1993: Jackie Callura dies in Hamilton, Canada.
1997: Hammanskraal, SA. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Vuyani Bungu W 12 Arnel Barotillo. Retains title.
2003: San Antonio, TX. World Featherweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao KO 11 Marco Antonio Barrera. Wins title.
2013: Rakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. WBC World Super Flyweight Championship. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai TKO 9 Hirofumi. Retains title.
2014: Cebu City, Philippines. WBO World Light Flyweight Championship. Donnie Nietes KO 7 Carlos Velarde. Retains title.
2014: Hamburg, Germany. IBF World Heavyweight Championship. Wladimir Klitschko WKO 5 Kubrat Pulev. Retains title.

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