This Month in Boxing
by Sin City Richey
January 1,
1903: Joe Gans W disq 11 Gus Gardner, New Connecticut.
Retains world lightweight title.
1907: Joe Gans KO 8 Kid Herman, Tonopah, NV. Retains
world lightweight title.
1908: Abe Attell Draw 25 Owen Moran, Colma, CA. Retained
world featherweight title.
1914: Waldemar Holberg W 20 Ray Bronson, Melbourne.
Wins vacant world welterweight title
Johnny Dundee ND 10 Freddie Welsh, New Orleans.
1915: Battling Levinsky fought two 10 rounders &
one 12 rounder in three different locations,
all no-decisions. When asked why he fought such a
demanding schedule, Levinsky answered, "I like
money."
1922: Rocky Graziano born Thomas Rocco Barbella.
1934: Freddie Miller W 10 Jack Sharkey, Cincinnati.
Retains NBA featherweight title.
1935: Baby Arizmendi W 12 Henry Armstrong, Mexico
City. Wins vacant Calif. & Mexican world featherweight
title.
1937: Freddie Steele W 10 Gorilla Jones, Milwaukee.
Retains NBA & NY. World middleweight title.
1942: Bruno Acari born.
1943: Manuel Ortiz W 10 Kenny Lindsay, Portland OR.
Retains world bantamweight title.
1977: Guty Espadas KO 7 JiroTakada, Tokyo. Retains
WBA flyweight title.
January 2,
1957: Gene Fullmer W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, NYC.
Wins world middleweight title.
1964: Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker born.
1969: Tommy Morrison born.
1973: Masao Ohba KO 12 Chatchai Chionoi, Tokyo. Retains
WBA flyweight title. 3 weeks later Ohba is killed
as a result of a car accident. Ohba was 23 years old
when he died with a career mark of 35-2-1 (15).
1978: Guty Espadas KO 7 Kimio Furesawa, Tokyo. Retains
WBA flyweight title.
1985: Gabriel Elorde, 49, dies.
2000: In-Joo Cho W 12 Gerry Penalosa, Seoul. Retains
WBC Super flyweight Title.
January 3,
1916: Harry Wills W 20 Sam Langford, New Orleans.
1967: Fighting Harada W 15 Jose Medel, Nagoya. Retains
world bantamweight title
1971: Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Rene Barrientos, Shizuaka,
Japan. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
1976: Jaime Rios W 15 Kazunori Tenryu, Kagoshima.
Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.
1985: Ji Won Kim KO 10 Seung II Suh, Seoul. Retains
IBF super-bantamweight title.
1988: Gianfranco Rosi KO 7 Duane Thomas, Genoa, Italy.
Retains WBC super-welterweight title.
1999: Jerry Quarry, 53, dies.
January 4,
1935: Floyd Patterson born.
1940: Henry Armstrong KO 5 Joe Ghnouly, St. Louis.
Retains world welterweight title.
1964: Eddie Perkins KO 13 Yoshinori Takahashi, Tokyo.
Retains world super-lightweight title.
1965: Ruben Olivares KO 1 Isidro Sotelo, Cuernavaca,
Mexico. Olivares’ pro debut.
1978: Miguel Canto W 15 Shoji Oguma, Koriyama, Japan.
Retains WBC flyweight title.
January 5,
1931: Benny Bass W 10 Lew Massey, Philadelphia. Retains
world super-featherweight title.
1953: Dwight Muhammad Qawi born Dwight Braxton.
1963: Freddie Pendleton born
1968: Andrew Golota born.
2002: Jesse James Leija Tech. Win 5 Mickey Ward,
San Antonio, Texas.
Leonard Dorin W 12 Raul Balbi, San Antonio, Texas.
January 6,
1909: George Dixon, 38, dies.
1910: Kid Chocolate born Eligio Sardinias-Montalbo.
1926: Kid Gavilan born Gerardo Gonzalez.
1928: Tommy Loughran W 15 Leo Lomski, NYC. Retains
world light-heavyweight title.
1947: Jersey Joe Walcott W 10 Joey Maxim, Philadelphia.
Harold Dade W 15 Manuel Ortiz, San Francisco. Wins
World Bantamweight title.
1960: Anaclet Wamba born.
1964: Henry Maske born.
1970: Johnny Famechon KO 14 Fighting Harada, Tokyo.
Retains WBC featherweight title.
1991: Virgil Hill W 12 Mike Peak, Bismark, ND. Retains
WBA light-heavyweight title. What an absolute yawner.
1985: Joo Do Chun KO 15 Kwang Gu Park, Ulsan, S.
Korea. Retains IBF super-flyweight
Title.
2001: Joel Casamayor KO 9 Roberto Garcia, Las Vegas.
Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
January 7,
1916: Al Hostak born.
1957: Julian Solis born.
1978: Mate Parlov KO 9 Miguel Angel Cuello, Milan.
Wins WBC light heavyweight title.
1979: Yoko Gushiken KO 7 Rigoberto Marcano, Kawasaki,
Japan. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.
1990: Prince Charles Williams KO 8 Frankie Swindell,
Atlantic City. Retains IBF light-heavyweight title.
1995: Alejandro Gonzalez KO 10 Kevin Kelly, San Antonio.
Wins WBC featherweight title.
Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Orlando Canizales, San Antonio.
Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
2000: Teddy Brenner, 82, one of boxing’s greatest
matchmaker’s dies from Parkinson’s disease.
January 8,
1875: Frank Erne born.
1968: Keith Mullings born.
1975: Miguel Canto W15 Shoji Oguma, Sendai, Japan.
Retains WBC flyweight title.
1995: The Legendary (King) Carlos Monzon is killed
in an automobile accident while returning to prison
after a furlough for good behavior.
2000: Johnny Tapia W 12 Jorge Julio, Albuquerque.
Tapia shines in his first fight since losing to Ayala.
January 9,
1900: (Terrible) Terry McGovern KO 9 George Dixon,
NYC. Wins World Featherweight
Title. McGovern is the first fighter to win a world
title in the 20th century.
1917: Pete Herman W 20 Kid Williams, New Orleans.
Wins world bantamweight title.
1923: Lou Bogash KO 11 Charley Nashert, NYC. Wins
vacant NY. World middleweight title.
1942: Joe Louis KO 1 Buddy Baer (Max’s younger,
but considerably larger (250lbs.) brother), NYC. Retains
world heavyweight title.
1973: Koichi Wajima Draw 15 Miguel De Oliveira, Tokyo.
Retains world super-welterweight title.
1979: Eusebio Pedroza KO 14 Royal Kobayashi, Tokyo.
Retain WBA featherweight title.
1999: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 7 Golden Johnson, Pensacola,
Fla. Retains IBF lightweight title.
Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Rick Frazier, Pensacola, Fla.
Retains world light-heavyweight title. Who’s
the sub-moronic fruitcake that made this Frazier
a mandatory challenger?!?
2000: The WBC strips Featherweight Champion Naseem
Hamed of his title for refusing to relinquish the
WBO Featherweight Title.
January 10,
1939: Henry Armstrong W 10 Baby Arizmendi, Los Angeles.
Retains world welterweight title. The 5th
fight between these two. Hank breaks the tie in this
his 3rd straight win against Arizmendi.
1949: (Big) George Foreman born.
1966: Kennedy McKinney born.
1973: Felix (Tito) Trinidad born.
1987: Patrizio Oliva W 15 Gato Gonzalez, Agrigento,
Italy. Retains WBA super-lightweight title.
1992: Iran Barkley KO 2 Darrin Van Horn, NYC. Wins
IBF super-middleweight title.
1993: Freddie Pendleton W 12 Tracy Spann, Atlantic
City. Wins vacant IBF lightweight title.
1999: In-Joo Cho W 12 Joel Luna Zarate, Seoul. Retains
WBC Super flyweight Title.
January 11,
1904: Joe (The Old Master) Gans W 10 Willie Fitzgerald,
Detroit. Retains world lightweight title.
Sam Langford ND 6-draw Jack Blackburn, Philadelphia.
Blackburn became the trainer of Joe Louis.
1907: Sam Langford D 12 Joe Jeanette, Lawrence.
1908: Mike Gibbons KO 3 Roy Moore, St. Paul, MN.
Gibbons pro debut.
1951: Ezzard Charles KO 10 Lee Oma, NYC. Retains
world heavyweight title.
1956: Pascual Perez W 15 Leo Espinosa, Buenos Aires.
Retains world flyweight title.
1981: Rafael (Bazooka) Limon KO 15 Ildefonso Bethelmy,
Los Angeles. Wins Vacant WBC super-lightweight title.
1991: (Merciless) Ray Mercer KO 9 Francesco Damiani,
Atlantic City.
1997: Daniel Zaragoza (age 39) W 12 Wayne McCullough,
Boston. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title. Larry
Merchant forced to use strong-arm tactics against
McCullough handler during post fight interview.
Felix (Tito) Trinidad KO 3 Kevin Lueshing, Nashville.
Retains IBF welterweight title.
(Terrible) Terry Norris KO 10 Nick Rupa, Nashville.
Retains WBC/IBF super-welterweight title.
Khalid Rahilou KO 11 Frankie (The Surgeon) Randall,
Nashville. Wins WBA super-lightweight title.
Rosendo Alvarez KO 11 Songkram Porpaoin, Sa Kaew
Thail. Retains WBA strawweight title.
2002: Veerapol Saphrom W 12 Sergio Perez, Thanyaburi,
Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
January 12,
1894: Georges Carpentier born
1900: Kid McCoy KO 4 Joe Choynski, NYC.
1944: (Smokin’) Joe Frazier born Joseph William
Frazier.
1953: Carmen Basilio W 10 Ike Williams, Syracuse.
1956: The great Sam Langford (The Boston Tar Baby)
dies at age 72. Langford retired in 1926 at the age
of 43, with a career mark of 167-38-37 (117 KO’s)
48 ND 3 NC. Langford not only could predict the round
he’d stop his opponent, but also the spot on
the canvas where he’d deposit his rival in an
unconscious heep.
1963: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Fighting Harada, Bangkok.
Wins flyweight title for the 3rd time.
1969: Wolfgramm born
1976: Ben Villaflor KO 13 Morito Kashiwaba, Tokyo.
Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1980: Alexis Arguello KO 11 Ruben Castillo, Tucson.
Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
1985: Harry Arroyo KO 11 Terrance Alli, Atlantic
City. Retains IBF lightweight title.
1991: Prince Charles Williams W 12 Mwehu Beya, St.
Vincent, Italy. Retains IBF light-heavyweight title.
1996: Tim Witherspoon W 10 Al (Ice) Cole, NYC.
Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Merqui Sosa, NYC. Non-title fight.
2002: Acelino Freitas W 12 Joel Casamayor, Las Vegas.
Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.
January 13,
1921: Pete Herman KO 17 Jimmy Wilde, London. NYC.
Non-title fight.
1922: Gene Tunney W 12 Battling Levinsky, NYC. Wins
US light-heavyweight title.
1933: Ben Jeby KO 12 Frank Battaglia, NYC. Wins
NY. World middleweight title.
Freddie Miller W 10 Tommy Paul, Chicago. Wins NBA
featherweight title.
1941: Anton Christoforidis W 15 Melio Bettina, Cleveland.
Wins vacant NBA light-heavyweight title.
Lou Salica W 15 Tommy Forte, Philadelphia. Retains
world bantamweight title.
1948: Ezzard Charles KO 8 Archie Moore, Cleveland.
1976: Bobby (Boogaloo) Watts W 10 Marvelous Marvin
Hagler, Philadelphia. Haglers first loss after a 25-0-1(19)
start
1990: In Chul Baek KO 7 Yoshiaki Tajima, Ulsan, S.
Korea. Retains WBA super-middleweight title.
1997: Jackie McCoy, 73, dies.
2001: Zab Judah KO 10 Reggie Green, Uncasville, CT.
Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.
January 14,
1887: Jack McAuliffe (The Napoleon of the prize ring)
KO 28 Harry Gilmore, Lawrence.
Retained world lightweight title
1891: Bob Fitzsimmons KO 13 Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil),
New Orleans. Wins world middleweight title.
1903: Young Corbett KO 18 Austin Rice, Hot Springs
Ark. Retains world featherweight title.
1909: Abe Attell KO 10 Freddie Weeks, Goldfield,
NV. Retains world featherweight title.
1944: Jake LaMotta W 10 Fritzie Zivic, Detroit.
1947: (Rockabye) Ruben Olivares born.
1961: Paul Pender KO 7 Terry Downes, Boston. Retains
world middleweight title.
1974: Matthew Franklin (a.k.a Saad Muhammad) KO 2
Billy Early, Philadelphia. Franklin’s pro debut.
1979: Wifred Benitez (age 20) W 15 Carlos Palomino,
San Juan, PR. Wins WBC welterweight title. Benitez,
winning his 2nd world title ups his record
to 37-0-1 (25)
1984: Milton McCrory KO 6 Milton Guest, Sterling
Heights, Mi. Retains WBC welterweight title.
Ray (Sob story) Mancini KO 3 Bobby (Schoolboy) Chacon,
Reno. Retains WBA lightweight title.
1995: Vinny Pazienza W 12 Roberto Duran, Atlantic
City.
2000: Irene Pacheco KO 11 Pedro Pena, El Paso, TX.
Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
January 15.
1923: Harry Greb ND 10 Tommy Loughran, Pittsburgh.
1940: Jimmy Bivins KO 1 Emory Morgan, Cleveland.
Bivins’ pro debut.
1965: Bernard (The Executioner) Hopkins born.
1970: Marcelo Dominguez Born.
1972: (Smokin’) Joe Frazier KO 4 Terry Daniels,
New Orleans. Retains world heavyweight title. Frazier,
215 1/2 lbs. First defense since epic 3/8/1971 bout
with Muhammad Ali. First heavyweight title fight in
New Orleans since Corbet-Sullivan (9/7/1892) Daniels,
son of a millionaire businessman.
1977: Sansaek Muangsurin KO 15 Monroe Brooks, Chiang
Mai, Thailand. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.
Sammuel Serrano KO 11 Alberto Herrera, Guayaquil,
Equador. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
Rafael Ortega W 15 Fransisco Coronado, Panama City.
Wins vacant WBA featherweight title.
1982: Sergio Palma W 15 Jorge Lujan, Argentina.
Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
1989: Khaosai Galaxy KO 2 Tae II Chang, Samut Prakarn,
Thailand. Retains WBA super-flyweight title.
1990: (Big) George Foreman KO 2 Gerry Cooney, Atlantic
City.
2000: David Izon KO 9 Derrick Jefferson, NYC. Jefferson
is leading 78-74, 78-72, 78-73 at the time of the
stoppage.
Roy Jones Jr. W 12 David Telesco, NYC. Retains World
Light Heavyweight Title.
Acelino Freitas KO 8 Barry Jones, Doncaster, England.
January 16,
1925: Jack Delaney KO 2 Tiger Flowers, NYC.
1942: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 10 Fritzie Zivic, NYC.
1950: Willie Pep KO 5 Charley Riley, St. Louis. Retains
world featherweight title.
1969: Roy Jones Jr. born.
1982: Rolando Navarette KO 11 Chung ll. Choi, Manila.
Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
1987: Louie Espinoza KO 4 Tommy Valoy, Phoenix. Wins
vacant WBA super-bantamweight title.
1993: George Foreman KO 8 Pierre Coetzer, Reno.
1999: Mike Tyson KO 5 Frans (Scott LeDoux Jr.) Botha,
Las Vegas. Tyson loses the first four rounds before
scoring a one punch KO.
Robert Garcia W 12 John-John Molina, Las Vegas.
Retains IBF super-featherweight title
Zab Judah KO 4 Wilfredo Negron, Las Vegas. For something
called the vacant interim IBF super-lightweight title.
January 17,
1878: Philadelphia Jack O’Brien born James Francis
Hagen.
1899: George Dixon KO 10 Young Pluto, NYC. Retained
world featherweight title.
1905: Cus D’Amato born.
1915: Sammy Angott born Samuel Engotti.
1922: Harry Wills W 10 Sam Langford, Portland.
1930: Jackie (Kid) Berg W 10 Tony Canzoneri, NYC.
1941: Fritzie Zivic KO 12 Henry Armstrong, NYC. Retains
world welterweight title.
1942: Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
1952: Dong-Kyun Yum born.
1964: James (Buddy) McGirt born.
1974: Marco Antonio Barrera born.
1981: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 8 Fulgencio Obelmeijas,
Boston. Retains world middleweight title.
1986: (Terrible) Tim Witherspoon W 15 Tony Tubbs,
Atlanta. Wins WBA heavyweight title. Witherspoon’s
post fight urinalysis tests positive for THC.
1988: Wifredo Vasquez Draw 12 Takuya Muguruma, Osaka.
Retains WBA bantamweight title.
1998: Angel Manfredy KO 8 Arturo Gatti, Atlantic
City.
Michael Grant KO 5 David Izon, Atlantic City.
January 18,
1895: Tommy Ryan KO 3 Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil),
Coney Island. Retains world welterweight title.
1907: Abe Attell KO 8 Harry Baker, Los Angeles.
Retains world featherweight title.
1924: Harry Greb W 15 Johnny Wilson, Retains world
middleweight title.
1932: Johnny Jadick W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Philadelphia.
Wins world super-lightweight title.
1956: Sandy Saddler KO 13 Flash Elorde, San Francisco.
Retains world featherweight title.
1962: Eder Joffre KO 10 Johnny Caldwell, Sao Paulo.
Retains world bantamweight title.
1964: Virgil Hill born.
1965: Carlos Hernandez W 15 Eddie Perkins, Caracas.
Wins world super-lightweight title.
1986: Samart Payakaroon KO 5 Lupe Pintor, Bangkok.
Wins WBC super-bantamweight title.
1992: Meldrick Taylor W 12 Glenwood Brown, Philadelphia.
Retains WBA welterweight title.
Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker W 10 Harold Brazier,
Philadelphia.
1997: Kostya Tszyu Tech. Draw 1 Leonardo Mas, Las
Vegas. Retains IBF super-lightweight title. Funny,
it looked like a 1st-round KO to me!
Oscar DeLaHoya W 12 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Las Vegas.
Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
Maurcio Pastrana W 12 Michael Carbajal, Las Vegas.
Wins IBF junior-flyweight title.
January 19,
1895: George Dixon Draw 25 Young Griffo, Coney Island.
1930: Frankie Genaro KO 12 Yvon Trevidic, Paris.
Retains NBA flyweight title.
1937: Benny Lynch W 15 Small Montana, Wembley. Retains
world flyweight title.
1955: Ralph (Tiger) Jones W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson,
Chicago.
1965: Kevin Pompey born.
1978: Wilfredo Gomez KO 3 Royal Kobayashi, Kitakyushu,
Japan. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.
1983: Roger (The Black Mamba) Mayweather KO 8 Samuel
Serrano, San Juan. Wins WBA super-featherweight title.
1985: Donald Curry KO 4 Colin Jones, Birmingham,
England. Retains WBA welterweight title.
1991: Dennis Andries W 12 Guy Waters, Adelaide, Australia.
Retains WBC light-heavyweight title.
Meldrick Taylor W 12 Aaron Davis, Atlantic City.
Wins WBA welterweight title.
1997: Former super welterweight contender, of the
early to mid sixties, Stan Harrington, 63, dies. Harrington,
64-18-3 (26), held two 10-round decision wins over
a faded Sugar Ray Robinson.
1998: Hipolito Saucedo, 30, is found dead near his
home in Houston, Texas.
2001: Willie Jorrin W 12 Oscar Larios, Sacramento.
Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.
2002: Rosendo Alvarez KO 12 Pichit Siriwat, Miami,
Fla. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.
January 20,
1916: Jack Britton ND 10 Ted (Kid) Lewis, Buffalo.
1919: Benny Leonard ND 6 Johnny Dundee, Newark.
1936: Marcel Thil W disq. 4 Lou Brouillard, Paris.
Retains world middleweight title.
1973: Roberto Duran KO 5 Jimmy Robertson, Panama
City. Retains world lightweight title.
Romeo Anaya KO 3 Enrique Pinder, Panama City. Wins
world bantamweight title.
1990: Sung Kil Moon Tech. Decision 9 Nana Konadu,
Seoul. Wins WBC super-flyweight title.
1993: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Gilbert Dele, France.
Retains IBF super-welterweight title.
2001: Jose Luis Castillo KO 6 Cesar Bazan, Las Vegas.
Retains WBC Lightweight Title.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO 10 Diego Corrales, Las Vegas.
Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.
January 21, Dr. Martin Luther King Day
1927: Fidel LaBarba W 12 Elky Clark, NYC. Wins vacant
world flyweight title.
1958: Virgil Akins KO 12 Tony DeMarco, Boston. Retains
Mass. World welterweight title.
1962: Uriah Grant born.
1969: Johnny Famechon W 15 Jose Legra, London. Wins
WBC featherweight title.
1975: Koichi Wajima W 15 Oscar Albarado, Tokyo. Regains
world super-welterweight title.
1978: Roberto Duran KO 12 Esteban DeJesus, Las Vegas.
Retains world lightweight title. Duran’s 12 successful
title defense.
1989: Meldrick Taylor KO 7 John Meekins, Atlantic
City. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.
Juan Coggi W 12 Harold Brazier, Vasto, Italy. Retains
WBA super-lightweight title.
January 22,
1960: Paul Pender W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, Boston.
Wins world middleweight title.
1964: Nigel Benn born.
1973: George Foreman KO 2 Joe Frazier, Kingston,
Jamaica. Wins world heavyweight title. Foreman, 4-1
underdog, drops Frazier 6 times and ups his record
to 38-0 (36).
1977: Carlos Palomino KO 15 Armando Muniz, Los Angeles.
Retains WBC welterweight title. The fight was even
after 14 rounds. Palomino drops Muniz in the 15th
and continues his onslaught until referee John Thomas
stops the fight with 34 seconds remaining.
Pascual Perez, 50, dies.
1980: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Spider Nemoto, Tokyo.
Retains WBA featherweight title. 6th defense
of a record 19 successful title defenses.
1984: Johnny (Bump City) Bumphus W 15 Lorenzo Garcia,
Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA super-lightweight title.
1988: Mike Tyson KO 4 Larry Holmes, Atlantic City.
Retains world heavyweight title.
Carlos DeLeon W 12 Jose Maria Burlon, Atlantic City.
Retains WBC cruiserweight title.
1990: Raul Perez W 12 Gaby Canizales, Los Angeles.
Retains WBC bantamweight title.
1992: Billy Graham, 69, dies.
2000: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 3 Willie Wise, Las Vegas.
Mosley’s second fight as a welterweight.
January 23,
1908: Harry Lewis KO 3 Frank Mantell, New Haven,
CT. Wins world welterweight title.
1915: Jeff Smith W disq. 5 Les Darcy, Sydney. Retains
Australia world middleweight title.
1931: Jack (Kid) Berg W 10 Goldie Hess, Chicago.
Retains world super-lightweight title.
1953: Frank Maloney born.
1963: Lupe Aquino born.
1964: Pone Kingpetch W 15 Hiroyuki Ebihara, Bankok.
Wins world flyweight title for the 3rd
time.
1967: Emile Griffith W 15 Joey Archer, NYC. Retains
world middleweight title.
1968: Howard Winstone KO 9 Mitsunori Seki, London.
Wins vacant British world featherweight title.
1969: Bob Foster KO 1 Frankie DePaula, NYC. Retains
world light-heavyweight title.
Seconds into the fight Foster is dropped by a left
to the body. Foster rebounds to drop DePaula 3 times
and the fight is stopped at 2:17 of the first.
1988: Calvin Grove KO 4 Antonio Rivera, Gamaches,
France. Wins vacant IBF featherweight title.
January 24,
1903: George Dixon D 6 Jem Driscoll, London.
1914: Tom McCormick W disq. 6 Waldemar Holberg, Melbourne.
Wins world welterweight title.
1940: Henry Armstrong KO 9 Pedro Montanez, NYC. Retains
world welterweight title. Armstrong’s 2nd
defense in 20 days.
1943: Joe Choynski, 74, dies.
1950: Joey Maxim KO 10 Freddie Mills, London. Wins
world light-heavyweight title.
1976: George Foreman KO 5 Ron Lyle, Las Vegas. The
fourth round wins Round of the Year honors as Foreman
is down twice and Lyle once.
1981: Chul Ho Kim KO 9 Rafael Orono, San Cristobal,
Venezuela. Wins WBC super-flyweight title.
1982: Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Juan LaPorte, Atlantic
City. Retains WBA featherweight title. After watching
a tape of the fight, Howie Albert, LaPorte’s
manager, says Pedroza landed over 50 low blows.
1990: Orlando Canizales W 12 Billy Hardy, Sunderland,
England. Retains IBF bantamweight title.
1997: Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker KO 11 Diobelys
Hurtado, Atlantic City. Retains World welterweight
title. Whitaker scores a come-from-behind KO.
January 25,
1894: James J. Corrbett KO 3 Charley Mitchell, Jacksonville,
Fla. Retains world heavyweight title.
1932: Gorilla Jones KO 6 Oddone Piazza, Milwaukee.
Wins vacant world middleweight title.
1939: Joe Louis KO 1 John Henry Lewis, NYC. Retains
world heavyweight title.
1944: Bob Montgomery KO 12 Ike Williams, Philadelphia.
1964: Guy Waters born.
1976: Saensak Muangsurin W 15 Lion Furuyama, Tokyo.
Retains WBC super-lightweight title.
1987: Chong Pal Park KO 15 Doug Sam, Seoul. Retains
IBF super-middleweight title.
1999: Jean-Baptiste Mendy W 12 Alberto Sicurella,
Versailles, France. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
January 26,
1947: Miguel Angel Castellini born.
1952: Vic Toweel W 15 Peter Keenan, Johannesburg.
Retains world bantamweight title.
1959: Salvador Sanchez born.
1972: Dana Rosenblatt born.
1991: Robert Quiroga W 12 Vicenzo Belcastro, Capo
d’Orlando. Retains IBF super-flyweight title.
1998: Former World Featherweight Champion Hogan (Kid)
Bassey, 65, dies.
2002: Vernon Forrest W 12 Sugar Shane Mosley, NYC.
Wins World Welterweight Title.
Arturo Gatti KO 4 Terron Millett, NYC. Gatti re-establishes
himself as a top contender.
January 27,
1913: Jim Driscoll Draw 20 Owen Moran, London. Retains
world British featherweight title.
1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 11 George Freitas, Oakland.
Retains world bantamweight title. Ortiz’ 2nd
defense in 26 days. All-together Ortiz’ record
for bantamweight title bouts: 21-2 (11).
1954: Archie (Ol’ Mongoose) Moore W 15 Joey
Maxim, Miami. Retains world Light-heavyweight title.
1980: Yoko Gushiken W 15 Yong Hyun Kim, Osaka. Retains
WBA junior-flyweight title.
1985: Rocky Lockridge KO 6 Kamel Bou-All, Riva del
Garda, Italy. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1989: Graciano Rocchigiani W 12 Thulane (Sugarboy)
Malinga, Berlin. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.
1990: Lindell Holmes W 12 Frank Tate, New Orleans.
Wins vacant IBF super-middleweight title.
1992: Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez W 12 Domingo
Sosa, Inglewood. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title
January 28,
1944: Beau Jack D 10 Sammy Angott, NYC.
1945: Ken Buchanan born.
1949: Kid Gavilan W 10 Ike Williams, NYC.
1959: Tiger Jones W 10 Joey Giardello, Louisville.
1974: Muhammad Ali W 12 (Smokin’) Joe Frazier,
NYC. Referee Tony Perez saves Frazier from an almost
certain knock out in the 2nd round. Just
seconds after Ali hurts Joe with a hook, Perez separates
the fighters, "thinking" he heard the bell.
Ali wins unanimously, 7-4-1, 8-4, 6-5-1.
1978: Alexis Arguello KO 13 Alfredo Escalera, Bayamon.
Wins WBC super-featherweight title. Arguello’s
2nd world title.
1984: Santos Laciar W 15 Juan Herrera, Marsala,
Italy. Retains WBA flyweight title.
1990: John-John Molina KO 6 Lupe Suarez, Atlantic
City. Retains IBF super-featherweight.
January 29,
1952: Archie Moore W 10 Harold Johnson, Toledo, OH.
1955: (Big) John Tate born.
1967: Vicente Saldivar KO 7 Mitsunori Seki, Mexico
City. Retains world featherweight title.
1972: Ricardo Arredondo W 15 Jose Isaac Marin, San
Jose, Costa Rica. Retains WBC super-featherweight
title.
1975: Robert Garcia born.
1977: Roberto Duran KO 13 Vilomar Fernandez, Miami
Beach. Retains world lightweight title. Durans’
10th straight KO in as many title defenses.
1978: Yoko Gushiken KO 14 Anaceto Vargas, Nagoya.
Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.
1979: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Scott Clark, Inglewood.
Retains WBA welterweight title. Cuevas’ 8th
title defense all KO’s.
Betulio Gonzalez Draw 15 Shoji Oguma, Hamamatsu,
Japan. Retains WBA flyweight title.
1983: Davey Moore KO 4 Gary Guiden, Atlantic City.
Retains WBA super-welterweight title.
1984: Billy Costello KO 10 Bruce Curry, Beaumont,
Texas. Wins WBC super-lightweight title. Two days
later Curry, having blamed his trainer Jesse Reid,
challenges his longtime trainer to a fist fight. Immediately
after Reid re-opens a 15-stitch cut, Curry retrieves
a gun from his car and takes 1 shot at Reid. Missing
by inches, Curry abruptly leaves.
1994: Felix (Tito) Trinidad W 12 Hector Camacho,
Las Vegas. Retains IBF welterweight title.
Frankie (The Surgeon) Randall W 12 Julio Cesar Chavez,
Las Vegas. Wins WBC super-lightweight title. Chavez’
first "official" defeat in 91 fights.
2000: Mike Tyson KO 2 Julius Francis, Manchester,
England.
Joe Calzaghe W 12 David Starie, Manchester. Calzaghe
extremely unimpressive in his American TV debut.
Markus Beyer KO 7 Leif Keiski, Riesa, Germany. Retains
WBC Super Middleweight Title.
January 30,
1923: Harry Greb W 15 Tommy Loughran, NYC. Retains
US Light Heavyweight Title.
1949: Miguel Canto born Miguel Angel Canto Solis.
1967: Bruce Seldon born.
1976: Rodolfo Martinez W 15 Venice Borkorsor, Bangkok.
Retains WBC bantamweight title.
1982: Arturo Frias Tech. Win 9 Ernesto Espana, Los
Angeles. Retains WBA lightweight title.
Wilfred Benitez W 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains
WBC super-welterweight title. The fight was not nearly
as close as the scorecards: 144-141, 143-142, and
145-141.
1984: Charlie (Choo-Choo) Brown W 15 Melvin Paul,
Atlantic City. Wins vacant IBF lightweight title.
1987: Gilberto Roman KO 9 Antoine Montero, Montpellier,
France. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
2000: Jong-Kwon Baek D 12 Choi Kyu-Chul, Pohang,
S. Korea. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.
Freddie Norwood KO 9 Takashi Koshimoto, Fukuoka,
Japan. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.
2001: Yosam Choi KO 7 Saman Sorjaturong, Seoul, South
Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.
January 31,
1914: Jersey Joe Walcott born Arnold Raymond Cream.
1925: Jem Driscoll, 44, dies.
1941: Joe Louis KO 5 Red Burman, NYC. Retains world
heavyweight title.
1959: Santos Laciar born.
1983: Rafael Orono KO 4 Pedro Romero, Caracas. Retains
WBC Super-flyweight title.
1988: Sot Chitalada KO 6 Hideaki Kamishiro, Osaka.
Retains WBC flyweight title. 6th defense
for Chitalada.
Hiroki Ioka KO 12 Kyung Yun Lee, Osaka. Retains
WBC strawweight title.
1998: William Joppy W 12 Julio Cesar Green, Tampa,
Fla. Regains WBA middleweight title.
Bernard Hopkins KO 6 Simon Brown, Atlantic City.
Retains IBF middleweight title.
