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

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Michael Moorer v Evander Holyfield – Caeser’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Moorer wins World heavyweight title by majority decision over 12 rounds.
Holyfield would avenge this loss 3 years later winning back the titles via stoppage.

 

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Tony Mundine (Snr) v Billy Choules - South Sydney Rugby League Club, NSW.
Mundine (Snr) won the first of his many Australian titles (this one at middleweight), against English born Choules by KO in round 4 of 12.

 

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Feel free, like anyone else, to bung some stuff on here. It's not my thread, it's for anyone who can be bothered.

 

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Vitali Klitschko v Corrie Sanders - Los Angeles.
Klitschko wins by KO in round 8 of 12, winning the vacant World heavyweight title.

 

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(25 years ago today)

Brian Janssen v Russell Sands for Aust welterweight title - Chandler Sports Complex, Brisbane.
Janseen defeated Sands on pts over 12 rounds.

 

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(25 years ago today)

Jeff Fenech v Satoshi Shingaki for IBF World bantamweight title - Hordern Pavillion, Sydney.

Fenech defeated Shingaki by TKO in round 9 of 15.
This was Fenech's first world title, and won in only his 7th pro fight!
Fenech would go on to win three world titles, and only be stopped from winning a 4th by a controversial draw against Azumah Nelson, in the USA.

 

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Danny Green v Anthony van Niekerk - Challenge Stadium, Perth.
Green won by KO in round 2 of 10 in his comeback fight after a year and a half out of the ring.

 

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(85 years ago today - one for you Flamengo)

Ted Monson (WA) v Pud Segar (SA) - Adelaide, South Australia.

Monson successfully defends his Australian middleweight title by stopping Segar in round 12 of 20.
This was only Segar's second pro fight of a career total of 11. However this same pair meet 3 times, each resulting in stoppage wins to Monson. One of Segar's other career losses was to the great Ambrose Palmer.

 

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Jimmy Ellis v Jerry Quarry – Oakland, California.
Ellis wins vacant WBA World heavyweight title on pts over 15 rounds.
It is later revealed that Quarry fought with a broken bone in his back! Ouch!

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Johnny Tapia v Manuel Medina – New York City.
Tapia wins IBF World featherweight title over 12 rounds in what some rate as the worst decision of 2002.

 

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Sam Langford v Stanley Ketchel - National Athletic Club, Philadelphia.

No official decision from the referee in this non-title fight fought over 6 rounds. Though Langford was later granted a ‘newpaper’ win.
Langford & Ketchel went hard for all 6 rounds and were both on their feet, able to continue, with plenty of strength and aggressiveness when the battle ended. No knockdowns were scored in spite of the terrific hitting power of both men.
Sadly Ketchel wouldn’t get the chance to settle the question of supremacy with Langford, as he was dead inside the same year, at only 24.