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

COULDHAVEBEEN · Oct 17, 2010

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Thomas 'Hitman' Hearns, the ''Motor City Cobra', was born on this day in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

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How can you sum up this guy in a few short words?

Lets just look at some facts:

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Hearns was the first boxer to win world titles in 4 weight divisions and also the first boxer to win world titles in 5 weight divisions:

WBA welterweight champion (August 2, 1980) KO 2 vs Cuevas

WBC super Welterweight champion (December 3, 1982) W 15 vs Benitez.

WBC light heavyweight champion (March 7, 1987) KO 10 vs Audries.

WBC middleweight champion (October 29, 1987) KO 4 vs Roldan.

WBC super Middleweight Champion (November 4, 1988 W 12 vs Kinchen.

ipswich express · Oct 17, 2010

War Hearns!!!!!!!!!!!

Bobby Sinn · Oct 17, 2010

War Poof!!!!!!!!!!!

COULDHAVEBEEN · Oct 18, 2010

Warthog

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COULDHAVEBEEN · Oct 18, 2010

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It's the birthday of a very significant and enduring boxing champion today.

Yes it is Ruslan Chagaev's birthday, but he was born in 1978.

Who is celebrating their 48th birthday today??

perfect jet · Oct 18, 2010

Belated bday to the hitman.

ipswich express · Oct 18, 2010

COULDHAVEBEEN said: ↑

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It's the birthday of a very significant and enduring boxing champion today.

Yes it is Ruslan Chagaev's birthday, but he was born in 1978.

Who is celebrating their 48th birthday today??
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Tyson still sends him a card every year, lest this happens again.

COULDHAVEBEEN · Oct 18, 2010

ipswich express said: ↑

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Tyson still sends him a card every year, lest this happens again.
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Knew you'd be all over this one as soon as you saw it Ippy.

As that sinful Bobby Sinn keeps reminding you though, there's a healthy limit to how much you should love another man!

ipswich express · Oct 18, 2010

I've got man love for only a certain number of tough hombres. Duran, Hearns, Morales, Holyness etc. It just so happens that Holyfield is 2 and 0 (2 arse kickings) against someone that the fan boys love so much.

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COULDHAVEBEEN · Oct 19, 2010

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(10 years ago today)

Mike Tyson V Andrew Golota - The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA.

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Officially a no contest.

Golota quits after 2 rounds making Tyson the winner by stoppage. But Tyson subsequently tests positive for marijuana, and the result is ammended to NC (no-contest).

sallywinder · Oct 19, 2010

October 20,

1901: George Dixon D 20 Abe Attell, Cripple Creek, CO.

1939: Henry Armstrong KO 3 Ritchie Fontaine, Seattle. Retains World Welterweight Title. Armstrong bounced Fontaine to the canvas seven times before the towel came in from Richies corner in two minutes and three seconds of the third. (Nevada State Journal). Armstrongs 3rd defense in 11-days.

1947: Rinty Monaghan W 15 Dado Marino, London. Wins vacant NBA Flyweight Title.

1954: Johnny Saxton W 15 Kid Gavilan, Philadelphia. Wins World Welterweight Title. Referee: Pete Pantaleo 9-6 | Judge: Jim Mina 7-6 | Judge: Nate Lopinson 8-6. Dull fight and an even worse decision.

1955: Aaron Pryor born.

1962: Dennis Moyer W 15 Joey Giambra, Portland, OR. Wins vacant World Super Welterweight Title.

1970: Ted (Kid) Lewis, 75, dies.

1979: John Tate W 15 Gerrie Coetzee, Pretoria, S. Africa. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title. Referee: Carlos Berrocal 147-144 | Judge: Ken Morita 147-142 | Judge: Carlos Martinez Cassas 148-145. Attendance: 86,000.

1982: Leroy Haley W 15 Juan Jose Giminez, Cleveland. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Sung Kil Moon W 12 Kenji Matsumura, Seoul. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Yun Un Chin, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2000: Mike Tyson KO 3 Andrew Golota, Auburn Hills, MI Golota quits after just 2-rounds of action. Subsequently when Mike tests positive for marijuana the result is changed to a no-contest.

Zab Judah KO 8 Hector Quiroz, Auburn Hills, MI. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

2007: Felix Sturm D 12 Randy Griffin, Halle, Germany. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

Cristian Mijares KO 1 Franck Gorjux, Cancun, MX. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

sallywinder · Oct 19, 2010

thought id include this article, as it is interesting as to the history of boxing....

Boxing gloves have been around in one form or another almost since the beginning of boxing 3000 years ago. The ancient Greeks used to wrap their hands in leather strips in an attempt to protect their hands. But there was no padding in these early boxing gloves, just leather to protect the boxer's hands. Most people mistakenly assume that boxing gloves have always existed to protect the person being hit. But the bones in your hand are very small and fragile. The padding provided by boxing gloves is as much to protect the person swinging as to protect the person on the other end of the swing.

When the Romans picked up boxing as a sport from the Greeks they unfortunately turned it into a life or death type gladiator event. They continued to use Greek style leather strips as gloves. However, they hardened the leather and attached metal studs and spikes to the strips. As a result, in many ancient Roman boxing matches the loser ended up dead or permanently maimed.

This was too brutal for even the ancient Romans. They made boxing illegal in all Roman cities and provinces in 30 B.C. This distaste for boxing was so great in the Roman Empire that the ban continued in the entire Western civilization for over 1500 years.

When boxing finally reappeared in the late 1600s it was of the bare-knuckled variety. However, because of the more civilized approach taken to boxing it was not long before boxing gloves resurfaced as well. This time, padding was added. Jack Broughton, who was a British boxing champ in the early 1700s, is widely considered to be the inventor of the modern padded boxing gloves. However, these padded leather boxing gloves of the 1600s and 1700s were only used in practice and for informal boxing matches. The major public boxing matches were still bare-knuckle events.

But people were dying in these bare-knuckle matches, so something had to be done. Strangely, however, the boxing rules established in the 1700s and much of the 1800s did not require or even mention the use of boxing gloves. Boxers were very reluctant to give up the purity of bare knuckles fisticuffs. As a result, in many parts of the world boxing was banned in the 1800s and picked up its seedy reputation that continues today.

The beginning of the end for bare-knuckle boxing started in 1866 when John Graham Chambers in London published the now famous Queensbury Rules. Among other things, these rules required the use of padded boxing gloves for all boxing matches. By the beginning of the 20th century the Queensbury rules were used everywhere and bare-knuckles boxing was gone from established boxing events.

The last of the bare-knuckle boxing champions was John L. Sullivan. He lost his championship in 1892 to the first of the Marquise of Queensbury rules champions, "Gentleman Jim" Corbett. Not too surprisingly, the match was held under the Queensbury rules and both combatants wore padded boxing gloves.

Today boxing gloves are defined by weight. The heavier the boxing gloves, the safer they are for both contestants. This is not just because they are padded more. The higher weight means the boxers can't swing as fast as they can with lighter gloves.

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COULDHAVEBEEN · Oct 20, 2010

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Primo Carnera v Paolino Uzcudun - Piazza de Siena, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

The 265lb Carnera retains the World heavyweight title on PTS over 15 rounds.

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...Primo 'Ambling Ape' Carnera.

This was the second meeting between Carnera & Uzcudun. The first one 3 years earlier also resulted in a Carnera win.

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....ticket from their first meeting.

COULDHAVEBEEN · Oct 21, 2010

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Harry Greb (Edward Henry Greb) died age 32.

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Greb dies whilst undergoing surgery to repair facial injuries, including a badly damaged eye, caused by nearly 300 fights and a recent car accident.

Greb, 'The Pittsburg Windmill', had a handful of amateur fights in early 1913. He turned pro in mid 1913, having his first pro fight at age 18. He had his final bout in mid 1926, only two months before his death.

During his 13 year pro career Greb logged a staggering 2500 plus ring rounds!

Bollox · Oct 21, 2010

COULDHAVEBEEN said: ↑

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Primo Carnera v Paolino Uzcudun - Piazza de Siena, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

The 265lb Carnera retains the World heavyweight title on PTS over 15 rounds.

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...Primo 'Ambling Ape' Carnera.

This was the second meeting between Carnera & Uzcudun. The first one 3 years earlier also resulted in a Carnera win.

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....ticket from their first meeting.
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I once read a great writeup on the Carnera - Louis fight. Afterwards you couldn't help but feel incredibly for Primo considering the beating he took. In the dressing room afterwards he had his head in his hands and was repeating "he hits so hard. my god he hits so hard" over and over

He probably wasn't cut out to be a fighter and ended his days in the little place in Italy whence he came from :good

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