JANUARY 16th

[Astor]

January 16, 1928 - Joe Dundee 68-13-8 (Baltimore) defeated Jean Mangeot on a 9th round TKO

January 16, 1933 - Eddie Ran 18-8-1 (Latvia) won a 10 round decision over Jay Macedon 8-4-4 (Orange)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Roy Jones Jr

In 2000, Roy Jones Jr was celebrating the first minutes of his birthday by finishing kicking the ass of loud mouth david telesco!

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January 16, 1950 - In the first world title fight of the decade, Willie Pep retains his world Featherweight title, with a fifth round knockout of Charley Riley, St. Louis.

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Canadian heavyweight, The Little Giant of Hanover, Tommy Burns made his pro debut on January 16, 1902 vs. Fred Thorton. The fight took place in Detroit, Michigan and lasted five rounds as Thorton succumbed to the powerful punches of the 5' 7" Burns, who won via 5th round Knockout.

Four years later, Burns (43-6-8, 34 KO's) would win the Heavyweight Title (February 23, 1906) by defeating Marvin Hart in 20 rounds via PTS.

**Hart won the title over Jack Root to fill the championship left vacant by the retirement of James J. Jeffries (who had retired undefeated as champion).

Upon winning the heavyweight title, Burns would rattle off 13 straight victories, 11 of them title defenses (including two victories over boxing great Philadelphia Jack O'Brien), before meeting Jack Johnson in Sydney, Australia. On December 26, 1908, Jack Johnson would brutally punish Burns over 14 rounds. Before Johnson could batter Burns further, the fight was stopped (the rare footage will show the stoppage by ringside police....legend states no one wanted to see a white man beaten by a black man so the fight was stopped, and film crew was halted) giving Johnson the victory via points.

TOMMY BURNS vs JACK JOHNSON FOOTAGE


Burns vs. Johnson, 12/26/1908


Tommy Burns

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Good stuff Woo.

Keeping to my Philly theme.



North Philly featherweight Harry Blitman kicked off the most eventful year of his entire career on this day in 1928. The lefty decisioned Pete Nebo over 10 rounds at the Arena to run his record to 29-0. Later on in the year, Blitman would experience his biggest-ever win as well as his very first loss. It was a tumultuous 12 months.

That June, Blitman faced champion Tony Canzoneri, in an outdoor non-title bout at Philadelphia's Baker Bowl. Canzoneri was the clear favorite but Blitman pulled a shocker, winning a 10-round decision in the highlight of his 8 years in the ring.

Later the same year, Blitman fought fellow Philadelphian Benny Bass at Shibe Park in another high-profile outdoor bout. Bass, who lost an earlier title war to Canzoneri, was looking for a second shot, while Blitman needed the win to secure his own rematch with Canzoneri. In one of the all-time great Philly slugfests, Bass KO'd Blitman in 6 to knock him out of title contention.

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Rasta, NICE work. (Gotta love the Philly fighters!!!). I enjoyed the link to Tony Canzoneri....damn, did not realize Blitman defeated Canzoneri.

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January 16, 1999- Mike Tyson KO'd Frans Botha in the 5th round.



1930 - Jackie "Kid" Berg, "The Whitechapel Whirlwind", began the year by outpointing the immortal Tony Canzoneri on January 16 (W-10), in which he dealt Tony one of his most ferocious beatings.

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originally posted by straycat on Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:26 am

Today in Boxing History: Roy Jones Jr. born in Pensacola, Fla.

On this day in 1969, Roy Jones Jr. was born in Pensacola, Florida. Jones went on to win world titles in four weight classes and become one of the most exciting fighters of the past 20 years.

After winning a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Jones turned professional. He won his first title, the IBF middleweight belt, in 1993 with a decision over Bernard Hopkins. In 1994, Jones picked up the IBF super middleweight title by decisioning James Toney. Jones made headlines in 1996 when he played a semi-pro basketball game and defended his super middleweight title against Eric Lucas in the same day.

He then won the WBC light heavyweight championship with a decision over Mike McCallum in November of 1996. In his first defense of the belt, he lost it via disqualification to Montell Griffin when one of his flurried punches landed while Griffin was down on one knee. Jones then knocked out Griffin in the first round in their rematch in August of 1997.

In March of 2003, Jones, then 47-1, vacated his undisputed light heavyweight championship to challenge WBA heavyweight titleholder John Ruiz. He easily won a 12-round decision and became the first middleweight champion since Bob Fitzsimmons to also win a heavyweight title.

Following the bout, Jones moved back down to light heavyweight and faced Antonio Tarver. Drained from having to lose too much weight too fast, Jones won an ugly, controversial decision. When the two met for a rematch in May of 2004, Tarver knocked Jones out in the second round. Following the loss, he was knocked out again by IBF light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson.

Jones then took a year off from boxing and returned to the ring in October of 2005 to face Tarver in a rubber match. On this occasion, Jones stayed on his feet while Tarver coasted to an easy decision.

In his next three bouts, Jones won 12-round decisions over Prince Badi Ajamu, Anthony Hanshaw, and former three-divisional world champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad. That led him to a showdown with undefeated Ring Magazine world light heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe in November of 2008. Jones floored Calzaghe in the first round but then lost the next eleven rounds. Calzaghe retained his title by three 118-109 scores.

In 2009, Jones stopped Omar Sheika in five rounds and former IBF and IBO super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy in ten rounds and secured a bout with IBO cruiserweight champ Danny Green. On December 2, 2009, Green shockingly stopped Jones at 2:02 of the opening round.

Despite the loss to Green, Jones will be fighting Bernard Hopkins in their long-awaited rematch in April of this year.

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And you can ring a crown of roses around your cranium
Live and die upon your cross of platnium
Join the crazed institution of the stars
Be the man that you know you really are


(Editor's note, 1/16/11: Jones lost a 12-round, unanimous decision to Hopkins on April 3, 2010.)

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1925- Jack Delaney KO 2 Tiger Flowers, NYC. Middleweight Bout.

1942- Sugar Ray Robinson KO 10 Fritzie Zivic, NYC. Welterweight Bout. Time: 0:31 | Referee: Arthur Donovan.

1950- Willie Pep KO 5 Charley Riley, St. Louis. Retains World Featherweight Title.

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. Heavyweight Bout.

1999- Mike Tyson KO 5 Frans Botha, Las Vegas. Heavyweight Bout. Tyson loses the first four rounds before scoring a one punch KO.

1989- Robert Garcia W 12 John-John Molina, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Lightweight Title

1989- Zab Judah KO 4 Wilfredo Negron, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF Interim Junior Welterweight title.

2004- Matt Vanda W 10 Sam Garr, Minneapolis, MN. Worst decision of the year candidate. As per Richey S. Jones: "'Judges' (what a sick joke!) Jack Hayden & Butch Anderson suck shit!! They should never again be allowed to fuck up another fight with their total ineptness."

Born On This Day

1969- Roy Jones Jr. (born in Pensacola, Florida)
As a professional Roy has captured numerous championships in the Middleweight, Super middleweight, Light heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions. He is the only boxer in history to start his career as a junior middleweight, and go on to win a heavyweight title. He is also noted for holding the WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO, NABF, WBF, and IBA light heavyweight championships; a record seven belts at the same time. Jones left his mark in history books when he captured the WBA heavyweight title, becoming the first former middleweight champion to win a Heavyweight title in 106 years. As one of the best pound for pound boxers of all time, Jones is also acknowledged as being one of the most physically gifted athletes in the history of the sport.
Jones was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
Jones had a very successful career as an amateur boxer. He won the 1984 United States National Junior Olympics in the 119 lb (54 kg) weight division, the 1986 United States National Golden Gloves in the 139 lb (63 kg) division and the 1987 United States National Golden Gloves in the 156 lb (71 kg) division. As an amateur, he ended his career with a 121-13 record.
Jones represented the United States at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, where he won the silver medal. He dominated his opponents, never losing a single round en route to the final. His participation in the final proved to be hugely controversial when he lost a 3-2 decision to South Korean fighter Park Si-Hun despite pummeling Park for three rounds, landing 86 punches to Park's 32.[2] Allegedly, Park himself apologized to Jones afterward, and the referee told Jones that he was dumbstruck by the judge's decision. One judge shortly thereafter admitted the decision was a mistake, and all three judges voting against Jones were eventually suspended. An official IOC investigation concluding in 1997 found that three of the judges were wined and dined by South Korean officials. This led to calls for Jones to be awarded a gold medal, but the IOC still officially stands by the decision, despite the allegations. Jones was awarded the Val Barker trophy as the best stylistic boxer of the 1988 games, which was only the third and to this day the last time in the competition's history when the award didn't go to one of the gold medal winners. The incident led Olympic organizers to establish a new scoring system for Olympic boxing.
Jones hopes that the committee will re-open his case and award him the gold medal, but no such action has yet been taken.
By the time he turned professional, he had already sparred with many professional boxers, including NABF champion Ronnie Essett, IBF world champion Lindell Holmes and all-time great Sugar Ray Leonard. Jones began as a pro on May 6, 1989, knocking out Ricky Randall in 2 rounds in Pensacola at the Bayfront Auditorium. For his next fight, he faced the more experienced Stephan Johnson in Atlantic City, beating him by a knockout in round eight.
Jones built a record of 15-0 with 15 knockouts before stepping up in class to meet former world welterweight champion Jorge Vaca in a Pay Per View fight on January 10, 1992. He knocked Vaca out in round one to reach 16 knockout wins in a row. After one more KO, Jones went the distance for the first time against future world champion Jorge Castro, winning a 10-round decision in front of a USA Network national audience.
Jones took his first shot at a world title on May 22, 1993. He beat future undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins by unanimous decision in Washington, D.C. to capture the IBF middleweight championship. Jones had entered the bout with a broken right hand, but still managed to easily outpoint Hopkins and secure a unanimous decision win. Jones reminded the world of this fact on his hit single "Ya'll Must've Forgot" later in his career.
For his next fight, he fought another future world champion Thulane "Sugar Boy" Malinga, in a non-title affair. Jones beat Malinga by knockout in six. Jones finished the year with another win, beating Fermin Chirino by decision. In 1994, Jones beat Danny "Popeye" Garcia by knockout in six, then retained his world title against Thomas Tate in two rounds at Las Vegas on May 27.
By this point in his career, Jones was considered one of boxing's top four "pound for pound" fighters. On November 18, 1994, he was set to face undefeated IBF super middleweight champion James Toney, #1 ranked "pound for pound" contender. Toney had gone undefeated in 46 bouts and was rated the best in the world. The Jones/Toney fight was ultra-hyped, and Jones for the first time in his career was the underdog. The world was eager to see whether he really had what it takes.
Over the course of the 12-round unanimous decision, Jones demonstrated his greatness. He danced circles around Toney, knocked him down hard in the third round, and blasted the big man repeatedly. Ring magazine called Jones' performance the most dominant of any big fight in 20 years.
In 1995, Jones defended his super middleweight title successfully multiple times. He began the year by knocking out Antoine Byrd in round one. He faced former world champion Vinny Pazienza and defeated him in round six with a beautiful, yet vicious combination. He then beat Tony Thornton in round two by KO.
In 1996, Jones maintained his winning ways, defeating Merqui Sosa by knockout in two, and future world champion Eric Lucas in round 11. When he boxed Lucas, he became the first athlete to participate in two paid sports events on the same day. He had played a basketball game in the morning and defended his boxing title in Jacksonville, Florida that evening. He also held a press conference in the ring just before the fight, taking questions from a chair in the middle of the ring. He then defeated Bryant Brannon in a round two TKO.
The former multiple world champion and eventual hall of famer Mike McCallum was defeated by a wide decision in 12 rounds. Jones became a member of boxing's exclusive group of world champions in three weight divisions by winning the WBC light heavyweight championship. After Mike MacCallum lost the World Boxing Council light heavyweight crown to Roy Jones, he called Jones ``the greatest fighter of all time.'`
1997 saw Jones suffer his first professional loss, a disqualification against Montell Griffin. Jones was ahead on the scorecards and had Griffin on the canvas early in round nine. But as Griffin took a knee on the canvas to avoid further punishment, Jones hit him twice. Subsequently, Jones was disqualified and lost his title. Jones sought an immediate rematch and regained the world light heavyweight title easily, knocking Griffin down within the first 2 minutes 31 seconds of the fight, then ending the fight by knocking Griffin out just over two minutes in with a leaping left hand shot.
In 1998, Jones began by knocking out former light heavyweight and future cruiserweight champion Virgil Hill in four rounds at Biloxi, Mississippi with a huge right to the body that broke one of Hill's ribs. He followed that with a win against the WBA light heavyweight champion, Puerto Rico's Lou Del Valle, by a decision in 12 on July 18, to unify the WBC and WBA belts. Jones had to climb off the canvas for the first time in his career, as he was dropped in round eight, but continued to outbox and punish Del Valle throughout the rest of the fight and gained a unanimous decision. Jones then followed with a defense against Otis Grant. He retained the crown by knocking Grant out in ten rounds.
Jones began 1999 by knocking out the WBC number one ranked contender at the time, Rick Frazier. After this, many boxing critics started to criticize Jones for fighting overmatched mandatories who few had ever heard of. Jones answered these calls on June 5 of that year, when he beat the IBF's world champion, Reggie Johnson, by a lop-sided 12-round decision to add that belt to the WBC and WBA belts he already owned in the division.
2000 began with Jones easily beating the hard-punching David Telesco via a 12 round decision on January 15, at Radio City Music Hall to retain the light heavyweight world championship. Jones reportedly fractured his wrist a few weeks before this fight and fought almost exclusively one-handed. He entered the ring surrounded by the famous group of dancers, The Rockettes. His next fight was also a first-time boxing event for a venue, as he traveled to Indianapolis and retained his title with an 11-round TKO over Richard Hall at the Conseco Fieldhouse.
Jones ended the year with a 10-round stoppage of undefeated Eric Harding in New Orleans.
In 2001, Jones released Round One: The Album, a rap CD. That year he retained the title against Derrick Harmon by a knockout in ten, and against future world champion Julio César González of Mexico by a 12-round unanimous decision.
In 2002, Jones retained his title by knocking out Glen Kelly in seven rounds. Jones then defeated future world champion Clinton Woods by technical knockout. He performed a song from his CD during his ring entrance.
On March 1, 2003, in Las Vegas, Roy Jones defeated John Ruiz, the man who defeated Evander Holyfield, for the WBA heavyweight title. Jones officially weighed in at 199 lb (90 kg) and Ruiz at 226 lb (103 kg). Jones became the first former middleweight title holder to win a heavyweight title in 106 years. Jones also became the first fighter to start his career as a junior middleweight and win a heavyweight title.
On November 8, 2003, Jones came back down to the light heavyweight division to fully duplicate Bob Fitzsimmons' feat from 1896. He regained the light heavyweight championship belt by beating Antonio Tarver. And by doing this, he became the second boxer in history to win a heavyweight title, then regain the light heavyweight title. But Jones appeared a lot weaker after coming back down to the light heavyweight division. Losing the muscle he gained for the heavyweight fight seemed to take a great toll on his aging body and his cat-like reflexes seemed diminished. Jones won by majority decision, the judges giving him 117-111,116-112 and 114-114. Jones displayed a lot of heart in this fight, digging deep to secure the win.
On May 15, 2004, Jones faced Tarver in a rematch. Jones was heavily favored to win, but Tarver knocked him down at 1:41 of the second round. Jones had won the first round (Tarver only landed two punches in the first round), but in the second, as Jones tried a combination, he was caught by a big counter left hook from Tarver. Jones got on his feet by the count, but for the first time in his career was ruled unable to continue by referee Jay Nady.
On September 25, 2004, Jones attempted to win the IBF light heavyweight title from Glen Johnson in a match in Memphis, Tennessee. Johnson knocked out a dehydrated Jones 49 seconds into the ninth round. Jones lay on the canvas for three minutes after being counted out. This bout was an indication that Roy Jones had yet to recover from the damage his body took when he came back down to the light heavyweight division. Johnson was ahead on all three judges’ scorecards at the time of the knockout (77-75, 77-75, 78-74) and had landed 118 punches to Jones's 75. Jones used the ring's canvas that night as a billboard for his upcoming rap CD, which came out on November the 1st. Ringside announcer and famous trainer Emmanual Steward concurs that Jones took this fight too soon, without giving himself time to recover.
After almost a year away from the ring, focusing on training and working as an analyst for HBO Boxing, Jones scheduled a third fight with Antonio Tarver, on October 1, 2005, at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, which aired on HBO PPV. For only the second time in his career, Jones was considered an underdog going into the fight. Tarver won by unanimous decision (117-111, 116-112, 116-112). Jones had to walk through fire in the later rounds and demonstrated lots of courage to finish the fight on his feet.
After the loss in the third Tarver bout, Jones resumed his duties as a commentator for HBO World Championship Boxing, calling the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Sharmba Mitchell fight on November 19, 2005, and the Jermain Taylor-Bernard Hopkins rematch on December 3, 2005. His return to the network was short lived, as Jones was let go from his ringside analyst role in January 2006. HBO cited his reported lack of commitment to attending the network's production meetings.
Jones took on Prince Badi Ajamu on July 29, 2006, at the Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. Jones defeated Ajamu by a unanimous decision, winning the NABO light heavyweight title.
Next up for Jones was the undefeated Anthony Hanshaw, on July 14, 2007, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Hanshaw was knocked down in the 11th round. Jones won the bout by unanimous decision and in doing so won the IBC light heavyweight title.
On January 19, 2008, Jones faced five-time world champion Félix Trinidad at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout was fought at a catchweight of 170 lbs. Jones had a noticeable speed advantage, and in round seven, a short right hand to the temple dropped Trinidad to his knees. Jones fired a combination in the tenth round to send Trinidad down once more. Jones won the fight by scores of 117-109 and 116-110 (twice). Never before had a former heavyweight champion returned to fight successfully at 170lbs; a testimony to Jones' greatness.
After Joe Calzaghe's split from promotor Frank Warren, it was officially announced that Roy Jones Jr. and Joe Calzaghe had reached an agreement to fight for the The Ring light heavyweight championship in New York City at Madison Square Garden on September 20, 2008 on HBO PPV. However, Calzaghe claimed injury to his right hand in training, so the fight had to be postponed a couple of weeks, with November 8 being set as the new date. Calzaghe was knocked down by a perfectly timed shot, and cut on the bridge of the nose in the first round. Boxing judge and analyst Harold Lederman had Jones ahead on the scorecard midway through the fight. But in round seven, the Welshman opened a cut over Jones' left eye. Jones' corner, who had never seen Roy cut before, didn't know how to properly handle the situation. Blood covered the left side of Jones' face, impairing his vision. But he still went on, and fought the remaining five rounds with one good eye. Ultimately Jones lost by unanimous decision.
Jones defeated Omar Sheika on March 21, 2009, via fifth-round technical knockout. Despite Sheika having won 27 of his 35 professional bouts, including a defeat of Glen Johnson, who had knocked out Jones in 2004. This main event attraction will go down in history as the first joint Boxing/MMA card at this level of competition.
On August 15, 2009, Jones demolished former super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy in 10 rounds after Lacy's corner mercifully stopped the fight. Lacy had never been knocked out or stopped before.
In December 2009, Roy Jones was set to face Australian boxer Danny Green in Sydney, Australia. In the weeks leading up to this fight, there were reports in the papers indicating difficulties getting Roy's sparring partners into Australia.[18] Then on December 2, 2009, following an extensive pre-fight delay due to hand wrap protests, Danny Green defeated Jones in a greatly controversial first round TKO. Danny Green refused to remove his gloves on camera after the bout and during the post fight interview. A lawsuit over the illegal hand wraps soon followed in 2010 after Square Ring obtained samples of the wrapping materials.
Roy Jones Jr and Bernard Hopkins met in a rematch bout, on April 3, 2010 in Las Vegas. After 12 grueling, yet uneventful rounds, Hopkins was awarded with a unanimous decision. The fight was roundly criticized in the media.
Roy Jones, Jr., was born in Pensacola, Florida,[22] to two very different parents. His mother, Carol, was warm and easy-going, whereas his father, Roy Sr., was much like a Marine Drill Instructor with respect to his son. A decorated Vietnam veteran, ex-club fighter, and retired aircraft engineer who had taken up hog farming, Roy Sr. was hard on his son from early on, taunting the child, ``sparring'` with him, enraging Roy Jr., yelling at him, and beating the child, often for 20 minutes at a time. This behavior never really changed; if anything it became more brutal as Roy Jr. grew up. Many people would call the father's treatment out-and-out abuse, but he believed he had a good reason for it: to make Roy Jr. tough enough to be a champion. In this pursuit, he was relentless, and Roy Jr. lived in constant fear of his father's verbal and physical violence against him.
Jones described his childhood in Sports Illustrated: ``After a while I didn't care about gettin' hurt or dyin' anymore. I was in pain all day, every day, I was so scared of my father. He'd pull up in his truck and start lookin' for something I'd done wrong. There was no escape, no excuse, no way out of nothin'. ... Getting' hurt or dyin' might've been better than the life I was livin'. ... Used to think about killin' myself anyway.'` There's no way to know whether or not Jones would have become a world champion fighter without this extremely punitive upbringing, but there's little question it toughened the young man.
Roy Sr. ran his own boxing gym, to which he devoted all his available time and financial resources. He offered direction and useful discipline to numerous youths, and steered many of them away from trouble. Roy Sr. did everything possible to expand the program and help more kids. But towards his own son he was merciless, driving Roy Jr. to the brink of exhaustion, screaming at him in front of all the other fighters, assaulting him. Roy Sr.'s father had been a hard-working laborer, and had been tough on him the way he was on Roy Jr. But Jones, the world champion boxer, will not continue this line of treatment. He is very attuned to others' anguish; on his web site, he says, ``What gets[me down?'` is watching other people be hurt and mistreated.'` It is a feeling he has known very well.
Using his birds as an image for his own predicament, Jones said in the same Sports Illustrated piece: ``I spent all my life in my dad's cage. I could never be 100 percent of who I am until I left it. But because of him, nothing bothers me. I'll never face anything stronger and harder than what I already have.'` Jones' father, with his overbearing and overwhelming personality, had created a powerful craving in the boxer—the need to become his own man.
Roy Jones Jr and Roy Jones Sr mended their relationship as both father and son, and in the ring as Jones got older.
Roy Jones refused to play the game by rules established by the media and starmakers such as Don King. Roy Jones Jr was self promoted throughout his career.
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman said Jones "hits like a heavyweight and moves like a lightweight"
Boxer Montell Griffin who faced Jones twice at 175lbs, and sparred with Floyd Mayweather Jr at 140lbs said, "Floyd was no comparison as far as speed. Roy was much faster".
In 1996, High Frequency Boxing's John DiMaio wrote ``The early evidence points toward the real possibility that Jones is the greatest talent this sport has ever seen. His skill so dwarfs that of his nearest ranked opposition...that providing competitive opponents is a more challenging dilemma than the fights themselves.'` The expert opinion of Boxing magazine's editor, Bert Sugar, is provided on Jones' website: ``He possesses the fastest hands in boxing with lightning fast moves and explosive power in both hands.'` After Mike MacCallum lost the World Boxing Council light heavyweight crown to Roy Jones in a 1996 unanimous decision, he called Jones ``the greatest fighter of all time.'`
Jones is one boxer who has provided a positive role model for young people. He is totally disciplined in his approach to training, avoids drugs and drinks completely, is highly involved in his hometown community, and dedicates much of his time to charitable organizations and projects. Jones has been especially involved in working with teenagers: by speaking in public to many groups, warning young people about taking drugs, and providing a training program and facility for local youths. A man with strong religious convictions—which he expresses without any self-righteousness—Jones never bothers with the trash-talking so many boxers use to ``psyche out'` opponents.
Awards
Selected Awards: Ring Sports Magazine—1993 Fighter of the Year; 1995 Man of the Year; 1996 Sportsman of the Year. Ring, Boxing Illustrated, and Boxing Scene magazines—1994 Fighter of the Year. International Boxing Federation—1995 Fighter of the Year and 1995 Fighter of Unlimited Potential. ESPN ESPY Award—1995 Boxer of the Year. The Sports Network-Boxer of the Decade. Boxing Illustrated's Budweiser ratings, June 1995 onward—Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World. March of Dimes—1995 Honorary Chairman. KO—1996 Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World and 1996 Best Fighter in the World. Congress of Racial Equality—1996 Outstanding Achievement Award. American Association for the Improvement of Boxing (the Marciano Foundation)--1996 Humanitarian of the Year. Boxing 1996—Best Pound-for Pound Fighter in the World. Harlem Globetrotters—Honorary Ambassador of Goodwill (1997). Escambia-Pensacola Human Relations Commission—1997 Olive Branch Award, for humanitarianism.
Jones started his rap music career in 2001 with his album, titled Round One: The Album and the debut single, "You all Must've Forgot". In 2004, Jones formed a group - Body Head Bangerz and released an album. The album, Body Head Bangerz: Volume One, featured B.G., Juvenile, Bun B of UGK, Petey Pablo, Lil' Flip, and Mike Jones among others

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TWO YEARS AGO TODAY:

January 16, 2010-

Tokyo, Japan-

Ryuji Migaki, in his first bout since losing the Japanese lightweight title to Akihiro Kondo, won the OPBF lightweight title by stopping defending champion and former WBC super featherweight title challenger Kengo Nakashima in the 10th round.

Since defeating Nagashima, Migaki, now 17-1 with 13 KOs, has successfully defended the OPBF title three times.

Nagashima fought only once after losing to Migaki, winning an 8-round, unanimous decision in a welterweight contest, before retiring with a 39-4-2 record which included 18 wins by jnockout.

Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico-

Former world middleweight title challenger Marco Antonio Rubio stopped future WBA interim super welterweight champion Rigoberto Alvarez in the 9th round to retain the WBC Latino middleweight title.

Rubio has since won all eight of his subsequent bouts and his record stands at 53-5-1 with 46 KOs. He is scheduled for his second shot at a world title. He'll be fighting defending WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. on February 4, 2012.

Alvarez, an older brother of current WBC super welterweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, is now 27-4 with 20 KOs, having gone 3-2 since the Rubio bout. He won three in a row. including dethroning then WBA interim champ Nobuhiro Ishida by split decision, but has since lost by unanimous decision to Austin Trout in a bout contested for the vacant WBA super welterweight title and to Anthony Mundine in an attempt to regain the vacant WBA interim title.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-

Surviving a ninth round knockdown, Vanes Martirosyan successfully defended the NABF super welterweight and WBO NABO junior middleweight titles by unanimously outpointing former IBF junior middleweight champion Kassim Ouma over 10 rounds.

Martirosyan has since won another four bouts to improve to 31-0 with 19 KOs.

In his next bout, Ouma, by stopping Joey Gilbert in the 6th round to win the WBA-affiliated NABA middleweight title, earned a shot at the WBA middleweight title. On June 17, 2011, he fought defending WBA champ Gennady Golovkin. Golovkin won by 10th round TKO, dropping Ouma's record to 27-8-1 with one No Decision and 17 wins by knockout.

San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora,Mexico-

Victor Zaleta stopped Alfredo Montano in the 2nd round of a scheduled 12-rounder.

Zaleta has since gone 6-1 with his only loss being by 12-round, unanimous decision to defending Omar Narvaez. His current record is 19-2 with 10 KOs.

Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico-

Multi-time world title challenger Everardo Morales stopped overmatched Ramon Pena in the 2nd round of a scheluded 10-round super flyweight bout.

Morales had had three shots at world flyweight titles [WBO- L UD 12- Carlos Salazar (1997), WBO- L- TKO 5- Omar Narvaez (2003), and lineal and WBC- L TKO 4- Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (2006)] and one at an interim world title [WBC- L TKO-9- Tomas Rojas (2009)]. He would go on, after winning the vacant NABA super flyweight title, to challenge for the WBA super flyweight championship later in 2010, losing by TKO in the 7th round to defending champion Hugo Cazares. Fading rapidly, Morales has been stopped twice since his loss to Cazares and has dropped to 34-17-2 with one No Contest and 23 KOs.

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY:

January 16, 2007-

Bangkok, Thailand-

Future WBA minimumweight title challenger Pigmy Muangchaiyaphum won the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council strawweight title by unanimously outpointing Pit Anacaya of the Philippines over 12 rounds.

Now fighting as Pigmy Kokietgym, the 30-year-old native of Chaiyapum, Thailand has since won 20 of 21 bouts, improving to 46-6-2 with 20 KOs. His only loss was a 12-round, split decision to then unbeaten Kwanthai Sithmorseng for the vacant WBA title in 2010.

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1993- George Foreman KO 8 Pierre Coetzer, Reno. Heavyweight Bout.


Coetzer was a tough dude and not completely without skill. He had the greatest mustache in boxing history too. He fought both Bowe and Foreman bravely. His nose was beaten and bloodied terribly in his loss to Big George. I recommend watchin both of those fights.

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01/16/2014

Hall of Famer Jose Sulaiman dies

Jose Sulaiman, one of the most powerful people in professional boxing -- and also one of the most reviled -- died on Thursday in Los Angeles after a lengthy illness. He was 82.

Sulaiman rose to power as the president of the World Boxing Council, one of the sport's major sanctioning organizations, whose champions are immediately recognizable by their green and gold world title belts. Sulaiman was elected president of the WBC in 1975 and ruled with an iron grip.

Most figured he would remain president until his death before the organization made it official, voting him president for life at its annual convention in November in Bangkok. But Sulaiman was unable to attend the convention because he was hospitalized with heart problems and in intensive care since October at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he died.


Jose Sulaiman, who reigned over the WBC for almost 40 years and championed several legendary fighters and key boxing safety rules, has died. He was 82.
His death was confirmed by his son, Mauricio Sulaiman, who was his chief lieutenant with the WBC and is expected to take the reins of the organization.

"He certainly treated all fighters as his sons and daughters, he suffered from their problems and worked every single day of his life to try to make boxing better and safer," the WBC said in a statement. "Regardless if the boxer was an amateur or if he was Mike Tyson or (Julio Cesar) Chavez, he would treat them the same and would relentlessly try to help each one at all times."

Born May 30, 1931, in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Sulaiman spent most of his life involved in boxing. He boxed as an amateur and worked as a trainer, promoter, referee and judge before being elected president of the WBC. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2007.

During his tenure as WBC president, Sulaiman was one of the driving forces behind the reduction of championship fights from 15 rounds to 12 in the name of boxer safety. This came about in 1983, shortly after the death of Deuk-Koo Kim in a nationally televised WBA lightweight world title fight with Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini. All of the other sanctioning organizations eventually followed the WBC's lead on the issue.

In another change for safety reasons, Sulaiman also championed the switch of official weigh-ins from the morning of a fight to the day before in order to give the fighters time to rehydrate. Under Sulaiman's watch, the WBC also instituted gloves with thumbs attached, another move made for boxer safety reasons.

For all of the positives, however, there was as much negative. For decades, the WBC, under Sulaiman's direction, often ignored its own rules, put out rankings that showed overt favoritism to those Sulaiman was close to and rewarded fighters with title shots who had not earned them but were in the personal good graces of Sulaiman. He was heavily criticized for his extremely close relationship to promoter Don King, who was often the beneficiary of generous rankings for his fighters.

Sulaiman also was a driving force in the proliferation of numerous championships within the organization, including the regular use of interim titles.

He was also accused of regularly showing favoritism toward Mexican fighters and was documented to have forced fighters to give him personal memorabilia, such as fight-worn trunks, robes and gloves.

Sulaiman had grown so used to doing as he pleased with the WBC that it nearly bankrupted the organization. In 1998, then-light heavyweight champion Roy Jones vacated the WBC title and Graciano Rocchigiani outpointed Michael Nunn a few months later to win the vacant title. Rocchigiani was announced as the new champion, given a belt in the ring and listed in subsequent official rankings as the organization's world champion.

However, when Jones changed his mind and asked the WBC to reinstate him as light heavyweight champion, Sulaiman granted his request, breaking the rules. The WBC informed Rocchigiani that listing him as champion was a "typographical error." Rocchigiani sued the WBC in U.S. federal court, claiming the WBC had broken its rules and damaged his earning power by taking away the title. He won the case and a $30 million judgment. The WBC and Rocchigiani eventually reached a settlement under which the organization had to pay him regular installments of the settlement. In order to raise money to go toward the payments, Sulaiman began to create more and more titles so the WBC could collect additional sanctioning fees.

Sulaiman is survived by his wife, six children and 14 grandchildren

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SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY:

January 16, 1956-

Cardiff, Wales-

Welsh heavyweight contender Joe Erskine remained unbeaten as he improved to 26-0-1 by outpointing Marcel Limage (33-8-1) of Belgium over 10 rounds.

New Orleans, Louisiana-

Middleweight contender Charley Joseph of New Orleans upped his record to 30-1-1 by stopping veteran Moses Ward (22-13-2) of Detroit in the 5th round of a scheduled 10-rounder.

Ernest Burford of Memphis, Tennessee made his professional debut on the undercard by knocking out Solis Scott (8-8) in the first round.

Joseph and Burford would fight each other on July 27, 1959. Burford won their ten round match by split decision.