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...]
This Week in Boxing History: December 7th – December 13th
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...]