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

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Mikkel Kessler v Anthony Mundine - Sydney, Australia.

Kessler retains his WBA super middleweight title with a 12th and final round stoppage over the Aussie rugby league convert.

 

June 2010 - should be about half way to

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by now according to Choc's predictions immediately after the Geale bout.

Oh, and 2011 is the

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according to Choc's quotes in some recent high quality news articles.


....can't wait!

 

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(nearly 50 years ago - bloody hell!)


Johnny Famechon made his professional debut with a draw against Sammy Lang at Melbourne's 'House of Stoush', Festival Hall.

 

If you are into Boxing Memorabilia this site is about as good as it gets:

http://antekprizering.com/main_copy.html

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...but be warned, you won't want to leave for a long time!

 

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Miguel Cotto v Zab Judah – New York City, USA.

Cotto retains his WBA welterweight title by KO in round 11 of 12.
No Zab chicken walk this time around (unfortunately), but a decisive stoppage none-the-less.

 

Tomorrow:

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Former World heavyweight champion Jack Johnson (see picture in previous post), 68, killed in a car accident.

Moments before, Johnson had been refused service at a roadside diner.

Sports historian Arthur Ashe called Johnson the most significant black athlete of the 20th century.

 

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Former heavyweight contender Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb is awarded $US10.7Mil in a libel suit against Sports Illustrated.

Sports Illustrated had written that Cobb and opponent Sonny Barch had conspired to fix their 1992 bout in Fort Lauderdale.

 

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Bernard Hopkins v Antonio Tarver - Atlantic City, USA.

Hopkins wins the World light heavyweight title on PTS over 12 rounds.

 

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Max Schmeling v Jack Sharkey - Bronx, New York, USA.

Schmeling wins vacant World heavyweight title.

Schmeling is the first ever to be crowned heavyweight champion on a foul after a DQ is awarded to him in round 4.

 

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Kevin McBride v Mike Tyson - MCI Center, Washington DC, USA.

An absolutely shot to bits Tyson quits on his stool after being pushed to the canvas in round 6 of 10.

...nomas.

 

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‘Sugar Ray’ Leonard v Thomas ‘Hitman’ Hearns - Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Leonard perhaps luckily retains his WBC super middleweight title with a draw over 12 rounds.

Scorecards read 113-112 for Leonard, 113-112 for Hearns, and 112-112.

 

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Larry Holmes v Leon Spinks - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Holmes retains his World heavyweight title by KO in round 3 of 12.