April 23rd

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April 23rd

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1907: Mike (Twin) Sullivan W 20 Honey Mellody, Los Angeles. Wins California World Welterweight Title.



1965: Salvatore Burruni UD 15 Pone Kingpetch for the WBC/WBA Titles in Italy

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1977: Carlos Zarate KO 4 Alfonso Zamora, Inglewood.
A non-title fight between the WBC (Zarate) and WBA (Zamora) Bantamweight Champions.
Zarate improves his record to 41-0 (40)
Zamora Sr. climbed onto the ring apron and charged Hernandez
because he believed an irritating substance was placed on Zarate’s gloves.
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1978: Danny (Little Red) Lopez KO 6 Jose DePaula, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title. https://uploadir.com/u/alqohe00



1983- Marlon Starling UD 12 Kevin Howard in Hartford

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1988- Simon Brown KO 14 Tyrone Trice, Berk-Ser-Mer, France. Wins vacant IBF Welterweight Title.
Candidate for fight of the year with both fighters down.
How did Trice get up from that 3rd KD in round 12? WOW

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1990- Paul Banke KO 9 Daniel Zaragoza, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title. https://uploadir.com/u/iz9pa7rq



1992- Orlando Canizales UD 12 Francisco Alvarez for the IBF Title in Paris

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1992- Ricky Meyers SD 10 Ray Oliveira in Connecticut

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1992- Tommy Morrison TKO 3 Kimmuel Odum in Connecticut https://uploadir.com/u/zrw0mc0y



1992- Peter McNeeley TKO 1 Jerry Arentzen in Connecticut https://uploadir.com/u/81dokc93




1993: Michael (Second to) Nunn KO 6 Crawford Ashley, Memphis. Retains WBA Super middleweight Title.
A brutal body attack spells doom for Ashley. https://uploadir.com/u/wbki6lx9



1993- Oliver McCall TKO 8 Francesco Damiani in Memphis. https://uploadir.com/u/myn6v6jb



1995:
Howard Cosell, 77, dies of a heart embolism at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Manhattan.

2000:
Hideki Todaka KO 11 Yokthai Sithoar, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.[/size]
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ScapposeJohn commenting on Shane Mosely possibly being unaware he was taking PED's wrote: Likewise. It reminds me of President Clinton saying that he smoked weed in college but never inhaled. Yeah..........right.
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Re: April 23rd

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Howard Cosell, 77, dies of a heart embolism at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Manhattan.

The infamous "DOWN GOES Frazier" Call. The most notable fight phrase in this sport.

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ScapposeJohn commenting on Shane Mosely possibly being unaware he was taking PED's wrote: Likewise. It reminds me of President Clinton saying that he smoked weed in college but never inhaled. Yeah..........right.

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