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 … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2015
Tim Bradley Attacks! Lomachenko Dazzles And Rios Retires: The Sunday Brunch
Hola amigos y enemigos, welcome to a cilantro, lime and quesocotija flavored edition of Panamá City’s highest rated, most money-spinning proper pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch – We are in your taqueria, eating your tacos, drinking your cerveza and taking full advantage of your free guacamole program. This week we’re going to chat a bit about Timothy Bradley and his big win … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Kid Gavilan vs. Jose Napoles
by Fox Doucette Irresistible Force vs. Immovable Object is the oldest and greatest rivalry in sports and in life. Sometimes the irresistible force wins, like the Germans against France in the first part of World War II and the combined Soviet and Allied armies in the second part. Sometimes the immovable object wins, like the trench warfare of World War I. Other times, nobody … [Read more...]
Fallen Warriors (Part Six)
Greg Page (58-17-1, 48 KO’s) Born: 10-25-1958, Died: 4-27-2009 Page is a former USBA and WBA world heavyweight title holder who faced many of the top contenders of the late 80’s and early 90’s. As an amateur he had boxed in an exhibition with Muhammad Ali, and showed great promise as pro early on, but his run as world champ only lasted until his first defense. He had … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: November 2nd – November 8th
November 2 1895: Nonpareil Jack Dempsey dies in Portland, Oregon, from tuberculosis. 1900: Louisville, Kentucky. World Featherweight Championship. ‘Terrible’ Terry McGovern KO 7 Joe Bernstein. Retains title. 1903: Baltimore, Maryland. Joe Gans ND 6 Jack Blackburn. 1915: Boston, Mass. World Welterweight Championship. Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis W 12 Milburn Saylor. Retains … [Read more...]