December 7 1906: Los Angeles, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell KO 8 Jimmy Walsh. Retains title. 1925: Buffalo, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Rocky Kansas W 15 Jimmy Goodrich. Wins vacant title. 1927: Young Griffo, 58, dies. It’s rumoured that promoter Tex Rickard paid for Griffo’s funeral. 1929: Paris, France. Young Stribling WDISQ 7 Primo … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: November 30th – December 6th
November 30 1889: Sydney, Australia. Bob Fitzsimmons KO 1 Professor West. 1897: San Francisco, CA. James J. Jeffries D 20 Joe Choynski. 1922: Brooklyn, NY. New York World Middleweight Championship. Mike O’Dowd WF 8 Dave Rosenberg. Wins title. 1955: Boston, Mass. World Welterweight Championship. Carmen Basilio KO 12 Tony DeMarco. Retains title. 1956: Chicago, … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: November 23rd – November 29th
November 23 1915: Boston, Mass. World Welterweight Championship. Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis KO 1 Jimmy Duffy. Retains title. 1943: Los Angeles, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Manuel Ortiz W 15 Benny Goldberg. Retains title. 1967: Xavi Moya born in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain. 1974: Inglewood, CA. WBA Featherweight Championship. Alexis Arguello KO 13 Ruben Olivares. Wins … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: November 16th – November 22nd
November 16 1906: San Diego, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell W 15 Billy DeCousey. Retains title. 1927: While undergoing surgery to remove scar tissue from the area around his eyes, Tiger Flowers, 32, dies in New York City, NY. 1932: San Francisco, CA. ‘Slapsie’ Maxie Rosenbloom W 10 John Henry Lewis. 1934: New York City, NY. Bob Olin W 15 ’Slapsie’ Maxie … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: November 9th – November 15th
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...]