Boxing On This Day in Boxing...

[Dan Cooper]

14th June 1934 -
Max Bear Knocks Out Primo Carnera

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  It is often reported that Baer floored Carnera eleven times, and had him wobbly on his legs, before Referee Donovan stopped the bout to protect Carnera from further punishment. However, there has been a long debate about exactly how many knockdowns Carnera suffered in this bout. Some say as few as seven, others say ten, and still others claim there were 12. Nat Fleischer stated in the August 1934 The Ringmagazine that Carnera was down twelve times and one was a slip. He gave Baer three knockdowns in the first, three in the second, one in the third, three in the tenth and two in the eleventh. He said that Carnera slipped in the eighth after missing a punch. Apparently, Fleischer had attended the bout.

 

[Dan Cooper]

15th June 1984 -
Tommy Hearns Knocks Out Robert Duran

• The fight was scheduled to take place in the Bahamas, but was moved to Las Vegas because of a shortage of available hotel rooms.
• Both fighters were guaranteed $1.85 million.
• Duran was stripped of the WBA junior middleweight title for fighting Hearns and not Mike McCallum, the mandatory challenger.
• The fight was shown on closed circuit television in over 200 locations and on pay-per-view in up to 2.1 million homes.
• Hearns was a 2 to 1 favorite.
• There was a crowd of 14,824 at Caesars Palace.
• Hearns dropped Duran twice in the first round. At the end of the round, a confused Duran went to a neutral corner and one of his handlers had to go get him. After nailing Duran with a devastating right to the jaw in the second round, Hearns stepped back and Duran fell face first to the canvas. The fight was over.

 

[NMFC 1811]

Watched the Duran vs Hearns fight many times. Sickening KO. He went down swinging though. Wish I was a bit older to have seen these two, Hagler and Sugar Ray.

 

[Dan Cooper]

Watched the Duran vs Hearns fight many times. Sickening KO. He went down swinging though. Wish I was a bit older to have seen these two, Hagler and Sugar Ray.

The Leonard / Hagler / Duran / Hearns era was one of the most exciting in boxing history. Some great fights between them.

There's a fabulous book called Four Kings by George Kimball which covers that era in great detail, and with some insights not found elsewhere.

I trust you have watched Hagler vs Hearns? Very possibly the greatest short fight ever.

 

[Dan Cooper]

Just in case there is anyone amongst us who hasn't seen this fight. Do yourself a favour. Here is the most enjoyable 10 minutes you can spend still wearing your clothes >

 

[NMFC 1811]

The Leonard / Hagler / Duran / Hearns era was one of the most exciting in boxing history. Some great fights between them.

There's a fabulous book called Four Kings by George Kimball which covers that era in great detail, and with some insights not found
elsewhere.
Will do.

I trust you have watched Hagler vs Hearns? Very possibly the greatest short fight ever.

Certainly have mate. Greatest 8 or so minutes of boxing. Thank god for youtube.

 

[Dan Cooper]

Certainly have mate. Greatest 8 or so minutes of boxing. Thank god for youtube.

Youtube is the best thing since sliced bread. In particular for boxing. There are numerous other websites about with many of the fights that don't appear on Youtube too. Some of them might even be legal

 

[the_interloper]

Just in case there is anyone amongst us who hasn't seen this fight. Do yourself a favour. Here is the most enjoyable 10 minutes you can spend still wearing your clothes >

I can only second what this man says, the closest thing to a street fight you'll ever see in a boxing title match, unbelievable, like watching a Rocky movie.

 

[Dan Cooper]

16th June 1990 -
Mike Tyson destroys Henry Tillman

• Interestingly Henry Tillman had previously beaten Mike Tyson twice in the amateurs.

 

[Dan Cooper]

17th June 1974 -
Joe Frazier stops Jerry Quarry

• Frazier made $400,000, and Quarry got $225,000.
• A crowd of 14,611 produced a gate of $517,006.
• Late in the first round, Quarry hit Frazier with a hard low blow. Frazier grimaced in pain and walked to a corner. Quarry quickly apologized and referee Joe Louis motioned for the fighters to continue. Frazier dropped Quarry with a left hook to the body in the fourth round. Frazier opened a cut over Quarry's left eye in the fifth round. After he cut Quarry, Frazier motioned for Louis to stop the fight and Louis waved him on. Less than a minute later, Louis stepped in and stopped the fight.
• Referee Joe Louis and Judge Jack Gordon had the fight scored 4-0 for Frazier, while Judge Artie Aidala had it 3-0-1.
• This was Frazier and Quarry's second meeting. The previous fight in 1969, also won by Frazier, was named Fight of the Year by Ring Magazine.

 

[bkozican]

16th June 1990 -
Mike Tyson destroys Henry Tillman

• Interestingly Henry Tillman had previously beaten Mike Tyson twice in the amateurs.

That right tho.......


DAMMMM

 

[Dan Cooper]

18th June 1963 -
Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali stops Henry Cooper



Cassius Clay (Ali) and Henry Cooper fought before a crowd of 35,000 at Wembley Stadium. Clay, a 4 to 1 favorite, entered the ring wearing a purple-and-gold crown. At the weigh-in, Clay said, "You got a Queen, you need a King. I am King!"

The 3rd round saw Clay moving gracefully as Cooper pursued. As Cooper moved in closer, Clay threw a chopping right hand that opened a gash on Cooper's left eyebrow. It seemed only a matter of time before eye trouble would once again thwart Cooper.

Before round 4, one of Clay's managers, William Faversham, shouted to his man to stop messing about and to get down to work. This Clay did, though he still would not go all out. He had predicted a fifth-round win and appeared to carry Cooper until he decided enough was enough. But wth seconds remaining at the end of the fourth round, Cooper unleashed a savage left hook, "Enry's 'Ammer". The punch landed bang on Clay's jaw and he fell, backwards on to the ropes and then down. He got up at the count of 4, then the bell sounded. There was pandemonium in Wembley Stadium.

What happened next became ring folklore. Clay was in a bad way and was helped to his stool by trainer Angelo Dundee, who slapped his legs and gave him smelling salts in the corner. Clay looked in shock: wide eyes staring in bewilderment. Dundee called the referee over to the corner and told him Clay had a torn right glove. Some have accused Dundee of tearing the glove to get Clay more time to clear his head, but the films of the fight prove that the glove had been split in the fourth round. However, Dundee later admitted that he stuck his finger in split glove, causing a slightly bigger split.

At the beginning of round 5, Clay came out and stood flatfooted. His punching was fast, furious and deadly accurate. The punches bounced off Cooper's head before he could even set himself to punch back. Cooper's left eye began to pour blood like a burst pipe. Although not dazed or seriously hurt, Cooper could not possibly go on. He looked like a man who had put his head in a shredder.

Referee Tommy Little had no option but to stop the fight. Clay's prediction of a fifth-round win had come to fruition, though not without a mighty scare.

 

[Dan Cooper]

That right tho.......

DAMMMM

Early Tyson was a beast. His accuracy was as impressive as his power. Took him a little while to find the mark with Tillman. But when he did it was brutal and delivered right on the off button.

 

[Dan Cooper]

19th June 1936 -
Max Schmeling shocked the world KOing Joe Louis

This was the first meeting between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling that took place at theYankee Stadium, New York. Referee was the legendary Arthur Donovan, and the stadium's seats were sold out, and the bout was scheduled for 15 rounds.

Schmeling had studied Louis' style, and prior to the fight he claimed to have found the key to victory. Fight fans thought he was just trying to raise interest in the fight. Nevertheless, the fans still wanted to see the rising star against the famed former world champion.

Schmeling spent the first three rounds using his jab, and sneaking his right cross in behind his jab. Louis was stunned by his rival's style. In the fourth round, a snapping right landed on Louis' chin, and Louis was sent to the canvas for the first time in his twenty eight professional fights.

As rounds went by, Louis suffered various injuries, including one to the eye. Louis remained busy, trying to land a punch that would give him a knockout victory, but, with eyesight trouble and Schmeling's jab constantly in his face, this proved impossible.

By round twelve, Schmeling was far ahead on the judges' scorecards. Finally, he landed a right to Louis' body, followed by another right hand, this one to the jaw. Louis fell near his own corner, and was counted out by Donovan.

 

[Dan Cooper]

20th June 1980 -
Robert Duran beats 'Sugar' Ray Leonard

• Duran eared $1.5 million, by far his biggest payday. Leonard stood to make $7.5 million to $10 million, the biggest purse in boxing history.

• Duran's health caused concern when, three days before the fight, he was forced to spend two hours having his heart checked.

• Leonard was a 9 to 5 favourite.

• 46,317 fans attended the fight at Montreal Olympic Stadium.

• Duran averaged 60 thrown punches per round and 21 connects, while Leonard averaged 50 thrown punches and 18 connects.

 

[Dan Cooper]

21st June 1932 -
Jack Sharkey beats Max Schmeling

• This was the second meeting between the pair and at stake were the NYSAC World Heavyweight & NBA World Heavyweight Titles.

• Held at Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA

• Referee Ed Smith 7-3 and judge George Kelly 8-7 both had Sharkey winning. Yet judge Charles F. Mathison had it 10-5 for Schmeling!

• As a result of the controversial decision of this bout, the NYSAC barred all but "boxing experts" (sports writers, referees, judges) from broadcasting descriptions of future matches.

 

[Dan Cooper]

22nd June 1938 -
Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling II



Two years and 3 days after Scheling shocked Louis in their initial meeting came the sequel.

Louis was a 3-to-1 favorite.

Gross attendance was 72,000, and paid attendance was 66,227.

Total gross receipts were $1,015,096.17. Gross ticket sales totaled $940,096.17, and the net gate was $803,113.

Louis received 40 percent of the net gate, and Schmeling got 20 percent.

Louis floored Schmeling 3 times and Schmeling was hospitalized after suffering vertebra fractures and internal hemorrhaging.

On the 3rd knockdown Schmeling's corner hurled a towel into the ring, admitting defeat for his man.

 

[Dan Cooper]

also on 22nd June 1979 -
Larry Holmes stops Mike Weaver

• 14,136 fans attended the fight at Madison Square Garden.
• The fight was shown on closed circuit television in 45 locations and on Home Box Office. HBO paid $150,000 to televise the fight after the three major networks turned it down.
• Weaver, a heavy underdog, gave Holmes a much tougher fight than expected.
• Holmes, pinned in his corner, dropped Weaver with a right uppercut late in the eleventh round. Weaver struggled to his feet at the count of eight and the bell rang.
• Early in round twelve, Holmes backed Weaver into the ropes and hit him with numerous unanswered punches. Forty-four seconds in the round, the referee stopped the fight.

 

[bkozican]

22nd June 1938 -
Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling II

That last right is murder.

 

[Dan Cooper]

That last right is murder.

Particularly on top of all the other punishment Schmeling had already received. They were hard days indeed when as soon as you reached your feet after a knockdown your opponent was all over you again.

 

[Dan Cooper]

23rd June 2007 -
Ricky Hatton stops José Luis Castillo

• Hatton entered the ring as a 2-to-1 betting favorite. and defended his Ring Magazine jr. welterweight title.

• This was the first time in Castillo's career that he was knocked down.

• Referee Joe Cortez paused the action at 1:22 into round 1 and warned both fighters for excessive clinching. Castillo was bleeding from the nose after round 1. Hatton's left-eye was swollen after round 3. Castillo was warned twice in round three for low blows. Cortez took a point from Castillo for a low blow during the 4th round. At 2:16 into round four, Castillo was hurt badly by a left hook to the body. He turned his back to Hatton and took a knee. The referee reached the count of ten.

• Hatton dedicated his performance to the late Diego Corrales and widow Michelle, whom he hugged in the ring after the fight.

 

[Dan Cooper]

23rd June 1969 -
Joe Frazier stops Jerry Quarry

• This was the first meeting between Frazier & Quarry.
• The fight was recognized as a world title fight by New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, and Texas, as well as Mexico and Argentina.
• Frazier was a 2-1 favorite.
• Attendance at Madison Square Garden was 16,570, and the gate was $502,518.
• Frazier was guaranteed $250,000 against 35% of the gate and 40% of closed circuit television. Quarry got 25% of each.
• Quarry was cut and puffed under the right eye in the third round, which led to the fight being stopped after the seventh. Quarry told the referee that he couldn't see out of his right eye.
• Referee Arthur Mercante and judge Tony Castellano had Frazier ahead 6-1, while judge Bill Recht had him in front 5-1-1.
• Named Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine.

 

[bkozican]

23rd June 2007 -
Ricky Hatton stops José Luis Castillo

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  • Hatton entered the ring as a 2-to-1 betting favorite. and defended his Ring Magazine jr. welterweight title.

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  • This was the first time in Castillo's career that he was knocked down.

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  • Referee Joe Cortez paused the action at 1:22 into round 1 and warned both fighters for excessive clinching. Castillo was bleeding from the nose after round 1. Hatton's left-eye was swollen after round 3. Castillo was warned twice in round three for low blows. Cortez took a point from Castillo for a low blow during the 4th round. At 2:16 into round four, Castillo was hurt badly by a left hook to the body. He turned his back to Hatton and took a knee. The referee reached the count of ten.

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  • Hatton dedicated his performance to the late Diego Corrales and widow Michelle, whom he hugged in the ring after the fight.

Just didnt see it coming, wasnt ready it for it and Hatton hit him with a perfect body shot..../fight

 

[Dan Cooper]

Just didnt see it coming, wasnt ready it for it and Hatton hit him with a perfect body shot..../fight

Hatton dug Castillo's ribs with a left rip when he was on the ropes and then just after, prior to the liver shot that ended precedings. But to end it like that did come as some surprise.

It had the makings of a frustrating fight to watch due to Hatton's hook and hold tactics which the referee was letting him get away with.

 

[Dan Cooper]

24th June 2012 -
Josesito Lopez stopped Victor Ortiz



(sincere apologies for the background music - best watched without sound)

• Victor Ortiz 29-3-2 and Josesito Lopez 29-4 contested the vacant WBC Silver welterweight title over 12 rounds in USA.
• Josesito Lopez scored an upset win after Ortiz suffered a broken jaw in the 9th round and could not continue.
• Victor Ortiz has fought in a total of 9 title fights. Josesito Lopez has had 11 title fights.