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

Reno did train both Kelly boys, Kevin & Glen. So he more than likely was in the corner when Kevin fought Reid.

Reno has 3 'wins' over Sammy Soliman, having trained Kevin, Glen and Choc to wins over him.

(Mundine obviously has 3 wins over Sammy of his own)

 

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Rocky Lockridge v Barry Michael - Blazers Night Club, Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom.

Lockridge wins the IBF super featherweight title by KO in round 8 of 15.

After 3 successful defences of the title he won from Lester Ellis, Michael is unable to answer the bell for the 9th round. End of title and into retirement for one of Australia's all-time greats.

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...Barry Michael - 48 wins (15 by KO), 9 losses, 3 draws and never off his feet.

 

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Riddick Bowe born.

Riddick 'Big Daddy' Bowe won the World heavyweight tiltle in Nov 1992 from Evander Holyfeld, and is best know for the wars he shared with Holly.

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The trilogy ended 2 to 1 in favour of Bowe, but could just as easily have ended the other way around.

 

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(20 years ago today)


Pernell Whitaker v Juan Nazario - Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada, USA.

'Sweet Pea' Whitaker wins by KO in round 1 of 12, unifying the World lightweight title.

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Jeff Fenech v Tyrone Downes - National Tennis Centre, Melbourne.

Fenech retains his WBC featherweight title by TKO in round 5 of 12.

The 1st defence of Fenech's featherweight title, and his 6th stoppage win in a row.

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The thing you notice when looking back at Fenech's fights is his intensity & work rate - unbelieveable!

Though he lacked a bit of power, due somewhat to the damaged hands, the guy was a full-on wrecker.

 

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(5 years ago today)

Hassim Rahman v Monte Barrett - United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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Rahman wins the interim WBC heavyweight title by UD pts decision over 12 rounds.

Barrett's previous bout was against Owen Beck whom Alex Leapai fought last night. Barrett winning by TKO in 9.

 

...worthy of a look:


Memories of a sport's heyday go on the block

from Sydney Morning Herald - August 13, 2010


An editor's trove of treasures shows boxing was once widely loved here, writes Daniel Lewis.

Tom Thompson has seen a few good boxing collections over the years, but nothing that can rival the Bill O'Loughlin collection that will go up for auction today.

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O'Loughlin, now 80 and in a nursing home, used to edit Australian Ring magazine and came to accumulate a treasure trove that is expected to attract plenty of interest.

''This is certainly the supreme [boxing collection] in Australia,'' said Thompson, a sports memorabilia expert who curated O'Loughlin's material. ''There's just a massive amount of historical material. It's an embarrassment of riches.''

There are rare boxing books going back to the 1850s, posters, 19th- and 20th-century magazines from around the world, glass negatives, artwork, fight programs, photographs and correspondence.

The collection boasts something for anyone who is a fan of any of boxing's greats.

The jewels are items linked to the greatest boxing match held in Australia and what Thompson reckons is still the world's most famous fight - between Tommy Burns and Jack Johnson at the old Sydney Stadium in Rushcutters Bay on Boxing Day, 1908.

It was the first fight between a black man and a white man for the world heavyweight title and the world was watching.

''Suddenly Sydney was on the map and boxing was on the map, too,'' Thompson said. ''[There were] 20,000 inside the stadium and 40,000 outside.''

His favourite item is a rare, intact ticket to the fight. ''The reason there's so few is they were torn in half at the door. … It could go for anything.''

Thompson expects the 600 lots will comfortably fetch more than $50,000 at the Lawson Menzies auction in Annandale. ''If Americans get involved, the sky's the limit really.''

The collection plots O'Loughlin's declining interest as the sport declines. ''[The collection] represents what you would call the golden age of boxing, the great fighters like Dempsey, Clay, Frazier. From the 1980s there's this movement away and there's only a handful of Australian boxers who interest this man. There's [Jeff] Fenech … up to Kostya Tszyu, and he's not particularly interested after Kostya Tszyu. [O'Loughlin is saying], 'boxing has changed, I've moved on'.''

The collection shows just how popular and widespread boxing once was in Sydney.

''You are reminded … that there were [boxing] stadiums all over Sydney. There was one at Leichhardt, there was one at Bankstown, one at Parramatta. In the 20s, 30s and 40s boxing was just everywhere. It was one of the centrepieces of sport.''

 

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(90 years ago - yesterday)


Sam Langford v Sam McVea - East Chicago, Indiana, USA.

Langford won the last meeting between these two great adversaries over 10 rounds by the method of the times - 'newspaper decision'.

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Altogether these two met on no less than 15 occasions. Unbelievably McVea wasn't Langford 'The Boston Tar Baby's' most frequent opponent. That gong belonged to Harry Wills whom he met on 18 occasions.

 

....whilst on Sam Langford:

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Sam Langford v 'Philadelphia' Jack O’Brien - Twentieth Century A.C., New York, USA.


Langford defeated O'Brien, a white Irish/American, by stoppage in round 5 of 10.

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...'Philadelphia' Jack O’Brien


"Sam Langford, of Boston, with an advantage of about ten pounds in weight, fought 'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien to a standstill in four and one-half rounds at the Twentieth Century Club in New York. Referee White prevented a knockout when he stopped the bout in the middle of the fifth round. O'Brien was practically out from the effects of a hard left hook to the jaw and had to be helped to his corner." (San Juan Prospector)

 

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Kevin Kelly v Sam Soliman – Marrickville RSL Club, Sydney, New South Wales.


'Bones' Kelly wins the vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) light middleweight title from fellow Aussie Soliman by UD over 12 rounds.

Soliman's third pro fight, after winning the Australian cruiserweight title in his second.

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...Sammy Soliman and Sylvester 'Rocky' Stallone.

 

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Markus Beyer v Danny Green - Nuerburgring race track, Nuerburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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Beyer somewhat controversially retains his WBC super middleweight title by DQ in round 5 of 12.

Beyer was down in rounds 1 and 2. Green incurred point deduction for an albeit accidental headbutt (WBC rules) in round 2. Green subsequently worsens Beyer's cut with an intentional headbutt, and Beyer cannot continue (doctor's ruling) & wins by DQ.

A golden opportunity goes begging for Australia's Danny Green.