February 1 1897: Johnny Wolgast born in Cadillac, Michigan. 1900: Chicago, IL. World Featherweight Championship. ‘Terrible’ Terry McGovern KO 5 Eddie Santry. Retains title. 1904: St. Louis, MO. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell KO 5 Harry Forbes. Retains title. 1912: Albert Chalky Wright born in Willcox, Arizona. 1923: Irving Ungerman, boxing promoter, … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History, January 18th – 24th
January 18 1895: Coney Island, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Tommy Ryan KO 3 Jack Dempsey ‘The Nonpareil.’ Retains title. 1907: Los Angeles, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell KO 8 Harry Baker. Retains title. 1924: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Harry Greb W 15 Johnny Wilson. Retains title. 1932: Philadelphia, PA. World … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History January 11th – 17th
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...]