BOXING - What Happened On This Day???????

Good article by KMA & a nice addition to the thread no doubt.

 

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Diego Coralles v Jose Luis Castillo - Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Coralles added the WBC lightweight title to his WBO lightweight title by TKO in round 10 of 12.
Castillo would win the rematch 5 months later by TKO in round 4 of 12.

 

7th May 1965

Vicente Saldivar defeated Raul Rojas by TKO 15
successfully defending his WBA & WBC Feather titles in LA California.

Saldivar was to make 6 more successful defences of these titles.

 

Best fight I have ever seen....:good

 

...for saturday:

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100th anniversary of the birth of the great Ron Richards.

Career record: 95 wins (KO 57) + lost 26 losses (KO 8) and 10 draws.

There was an excellent interview on DSS' radio show earlier this week with Ron's nephew, and an equally good article appears in the May edition of FIST magazine.

See also the ESB thread about the ceremony for Ron at Ipswitch at the weekend.

 

...and for sunday:

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Johnny Famechon’s final bout.

Fammo loses his WBC featherweight title to Vincente Saldivar in Rome.
Famechon’s final career numbers reading the impressive 56 wins (20 by KO), 5 losses, 6 draws, and never stopped inside the distance.

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Dave Russell v Chisandra Mutti

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Hall, Melbourne, Victoria.

Russell fails in his tilt at the Commonwealth cruiserweight title, being stopped in round 11 of 12.
Russell was another of my personal favourites. Never ever seen a boxer without a jab go further up the ranks than big Dave!

 

Great thread CHB. :good

 

Cheers mate...

...and it's here for anyone who feels like adding anything relevant.

 

8th May 1899

Joe Walcott Vs Charley Johnson

Walcott wins by TKO in the tenth round.

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Good get Riser....love those old articles.

 

9th May 1904

Jack Johnson fights a 3 round draw with Joe Jeanette then knocks out Walter Johnson the same night in 3 rounds.

 

Flamengo will be pleased with some of these older anniversary posts - Sydney Smutt maintains Flamengo actually attended some of them!

 

May 9 was the birthdate of the last Australian to win 100 professional boxing contests. And he is a personal friend of Flamengo. In fact he could possibly be his only friend.

 

...and that same guy, born in Cowra in 1956, had his 100th and final win on May 11th 2002 - watch this space.

Happy birthday young fella!