January 11 1904: Detroit, Michigan. World Lightweight Championship. Joe ‘The Old Master’ Gans W 10 Willie Fitzgerald. Retains title. 1904: Philadelphia, PA. Sam Langford ND 6-draw Jack Blackburn. Blackburn would go on to train Sammy Mandell, Bud Taylor, and most famously Joe Louis. 1907: Lawrence, Massachusetts. Sam Langford D 12 Joe Jeanette. 1908: St. Paul, MN. … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: January 4th – January 10th
January 4 1935: Floyd Patterson born in Waco, North Carolina. 1940: St. Louis, Missouri. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong KO 5 Joe Ghnouly. Retains title. 1948: Alfonso “Peppermint” Frazer born in Panama City, Panama. 1964: Tokyo, Japan. World Light Welterweight Championship. Eddie Perkins KO 13 Yoshinori Takahashi. Retains title. 1965: Ruben … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: December 28th – January 3rd
December 28 1936: Pittsburgh, PA. Billy Conn W 10 Fritzie Zivic. 2004: El Cojon, CA. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Israel Vasquez KO 5 Art Simonyan. Retains title. December 29 1881: Jess Willard born in St. Clere, Kansas. 1926: Former Heavyweight contender, and Pennsylvania Champion, Dominick McCaffrey, dies in Pittsburgh, PA. 1963: Graciano … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History (Week of 12/21-12/27)
December 21 1908: San Francisco, CA. Sam Langford KO 1 ‘Fireman’ Jim Flynn. 1920: New York City, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Joe Lynch W 15 Pete Herman. Wins title. 1922: Bronx, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Joe Lynch KO 14 Johnny Buff. Regains title. 1958: Harry Wills, 69, dies in New York City. 1963: Razor Ruddock born in Jamaica. 1966: Eddie … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: December 14th – December 20th
December 14 1920: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Jack Dempsey KO 12 Bill Brennen. Retains title. 1964: Philadelphia, PA. World Middleweight Championship. Joey Giardello W 15 Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter. Retains title. 1965: Lawrence Clay-Bey born in Bloomfield, Connecticut. 1967: Numata, Tokyo. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Hiroshi Kobayashi KO … [Read more...]