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

Duly noted for a listing 14/4/2011, Ippy.

 

...nice segueway to an anniversary for tomorrow:

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You won't get an argument from anybody sensible on that point Josey.

 

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Birth date of one of Australian’s greatest and certainly our strangest ever fighters,

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Griffo, born Albert Griffiths, was nearly as famous for his ability to have a good time as he was for winning boxing matches. Often found in a pub in the morning and a ring delivering someone a sound thrashing in the afternoon.

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Birth date of James J. Jeffries. The ‘Boilermaker’ from California was the turn of the century World heavyweight title holder, and fought the likes of Fitzsimons, Corbett, Sharkey & Jack Johnson.

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Birth date of Arturo Gatti. The former light welterweight champ, who sadly passed away last year, is best remembered for his wars with the likes of Micky Ward, Ivan Robinson etc.

 

I'm just a cub reporter mate. Happy to leave fleshing out the tough or near impossible stuff to you.

 

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Frank Ropis v Laurence 'Baby Cassius’ Austin - Festival Hall, Melbourne.

Ropis wins Cassius’ Australian welterweight title on PTS over 15 rounds, having drawn with him in their previous meeting.

This is the middle fight of impressive consecutive wins for Ropis against Andy Broome (Australian champ), ‘Cassius’ (Commonwealth Champ) and Hec Thompson (Commonwealth Champ)!

 

and for the weekend dates:

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Nino Benvenuti (Italy) v Emile Griffith (USA) – Maddison Square Garden, NYC.
Benvenuti wins Griffith’s WBA & WBC World middleweight titles by UD over 15 rounds.
Ring Magazine’s 1967 fight of the year.

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Paul Ferreri v Junior Thompson – Bruce Stadium, Canberra, ACT.
Ferreri sucessfully defends his Commonwealth bantamweight title against fellow Aussie Thompson winning by TKO in round 5 of 12. It would be Ferreri's second last of a career total 96 bouts.