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1985- Howard Brooks Dies

24 year old Howard Brooks was a promising amateur heavyweight from Pennsylvania, who came to South Florida to make his mark in the ring.
The 6 feet 4 inch., 228 pound, former high-school football player, had compiled a 9-1 record, prior to coming to Florida, for his match at the 1985 South Florida Golden Gloves Championships in North Miami, Florida.
On February 28, 1985, 700 fans saw Brooks fight veteran Hank Williams in a scheduled 3-round Super-Heavyweight match. All five judges had Brooks ahead on points going into the 3rd and last round. Suddenly, Brooks was sent to the canvas, when a "light left" thrown by Hank Williams caught him on the chin.
Brooks attempted to rise, but collapsed. Brooks was in a coma and was rushed Thursday night to Miami General Hospital.
Two days later, on Saturday, March 2nd, the 24 year old college graduate, with a degree in chemical engineering was dead.
Miami General Hospital spokeswoman Lynne Farber reported that Brooks had been in a coma since his Thursday night fight, and had died late Friday evening
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1896- Kid McCoy KO 15 Tommy Ryan, Maspeth, NY. Billed as being for the American and World Middleweight Titles. McCoy claimed the world title was not universally recognized.

1915- Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Dundee, NYC. Lightweight Bout

1929- Emile "Spider" Pladner KO 1 Frankie Genaro, Paris. Retains British & California World Flyweight Titles/Wins NBA World Flyweight Title. (On March 20, 1929, the IBU proclaimed Pladner as the world flyweight champion also.)

1929- Fidel LaBarba W 15 Billy Grime, Melbourne, Australia. Featherweight Bout.

1936- Freddie Miller W 15 Petey Sarron, Coral Gables, FL. Retains NBA and Ring Magazine World Featherweight Titles.

1936- Tony Canzoneri KO 2 Steve Halaiko, NYC. Lightweight Bout.

1936- Ken Overlin W 10 Tony Fisher, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Middleweight Bout.

1936- Ceferino Garcia Draw 10 Jackie Burke, Ogden, Utah. Welterweight Bout.

1971- Bob Foster KO 4 Hal Carroll, Scranton. Retains Lineal, WBC, and Ring Magazine World Light Heavyweight Titles.

1971- Jimmy Ellis KO 10 Tony Doyle, Miami Beach, Florida. Heavyweight Bout.

1971- Brian Kelly W 12 Alonzo Harris, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Light Heavyweight Bout.

1975- Roberto Duran KO 14 Ray Lampkin, Panama City. Retains Lineal, WBA, and Ring Magazine World Lightweight Titles. Duran, remaining true to his public personna, remarked as Lampkin was being carried from the ring on a stretcher that had he (Duran) been in shape they would have been taking Lampkin to the morgue. Lampkin was hospitalized at the Caja del Seguro Social Clinic, where he remained unconscious for some 30-minutes. Later that evening Duran, showing his humane side, visited Lampkin and kissed him on the cheek while he was sleeping.

1975- Joe Frazier KO 9 Jimmy Ellis, Melbourne, Australia. Heavyweight Bout.

1980- Hilmer Kenty KO 9 Ernesto Espana, Detroit. Wins WBA World Lightweight Title. Kenty becomes the first fighter from The Kronk to win a professional world title.

1985- Aaron Pryor W 15 Gary Hinton, Atlantic City. Retains IBF World Junior Welterweight Title. (Richey S. Jones: "Pryor’s downward spiral into the world of crack cocaine is all too evident in this bout.")

1996- Tom "Boom Boom" Johnson KO 12 Ever Beleno, Newcastle, England. Retains IBF World Featherweight Title.

1996- Thulani "Sugarboy" Malinga W 12 Nigel Benn, Newcastle, England. Wins WBC World Super Middleweight Title.

2001- Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 1 Malcolm Tunacao, Pichit, Thailand. Wins Lineal and WBC World Flyweight Titles.

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1953- Eusebio Pedroza (born in Panama City, Panama)
Native of Panama who holds two records in boxing: His 19 defenses as world featherweight champion are a record for that division, and his seven years as world champion non-stop are a division record too. His cousin, Rafael Pedroza, was a world champion also, in the junior bantamweight division, although Rafael's reign as world champion was short lived.
Pedroza started out as a professional boxer on December 1, 1973, with a four round knockout win over Julio Garcia. His first 15 bouts were all in Panama. He went 14-1 over that span of fights, including a win over Jacinto Fuentes, a boxer who would later draw and lose to Wilfredo Gómez. His one defeat over that period of his career came to Alfonso Pérez by a knockout in three.
For fight number 16, Pedroza traveled on the last week of March 1976, to Mexicali, Mexico, to challenge WBA world bantamweight champion Alfonso Zamora for the world title. In his first championship try, Pedroza suffered his second loss, being knocked out in two rounds. After returning to Panama, he beat Pablo Jimenez by a decision in ten, then lost to Oscar Arnal in Venezuela by a knockout in six. He would not lose again for nine years.
Pedroza won three fights in 1977, two by knockout, and then, on April 1978, the WBA featherweight champion, Cecilio Lastra of Spain, travelled to Panama to defend his title on April 18 against Pedroza, who knocked him out in round 13 to become world featherweight champion.
Pedroza, during the next seven years, traveled the world to defend his title. Among his 19 defenses were one against Enrique Solis in Puerto Rico, a 15 round decision win, one in Japan against former world champion Royal Kobayashi, knocked out in 14, one in South Korea against Sa Wang Kim, knocked out in 8, one in Houston against the former three time world champion and fellow Hall of Famer Rubén Olivares, who lasted 12, one in Papua New Guinea versus Johnny Aba, who lost in 11, two against future world junior lightweight champion Rocky Lockridge, who went the distance with Pedroza in New Jersey and in Italy but lost by decision both times, a return to Venezuela to knock Carlos Pinango out in seven, a return to New Jersey to defeat Juan Laporte by decision, a return to Italy to beat Jose Caba, also by decision, and a fight in North Carolina in which he retained the title with a draw against Bernard Taylor. He also defended in his home country many times during that span, and became a household name in Latin America, his face appearing on the cover and posters of Ring En Español and Guantes magazines multiple times.
Pedroza rose off the canvas in 1984 to knock out Gerald Hayes in ten, and he tied the record for division defenses with a win over Angel Levi Mayor, once again in Venezuela. On February 1985, he made history by beating the former world bantamweight champion Jorge Luján to defend his title for the nineteenth time. Pedroza finally lost his title in England, being defeated by Ireland's Barry McGuigan at London by a 15 round decision on his 20th defense.
Between 1986 and 1992, Pedroza tried various comebacks, going 3-2 in total on those comeback attempts.
He retired with a record of 42 wins, 6 losses and one draw, with one no contest, and 25 wins by knockout. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.

1953- Buster Drayton (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Professional boxer in the Light Middleweight (154lb) division. Drayton turned pro in 1978 and won the Vacant IBF Light Middleweight Title with a decision win over Carlos Santos in 1986. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Matthew Hilton the following year. In 1988 he took on WBA Light Middleweight Title holder Julian Jackson, but was TKO'd in the 3rd. He retired in 1995 at the age of 43.

1969- Oleg Maskaev (born Oleg Alexandrovich Maskaev in Zhambyl, Soviet Union)
Russian professional boxer and a former WBC heavyweight champion. He is an ethnic Mordvin.
Maskaev, a former mine worker, began his career in the 1980s as an amateur boxer in the Soviet Union, where he held a victory over world champion Vitali Klitschko. He was the champion of the Soviet Army and later the national cup winner. His professional boxing career began in 1993.
Oleg is known for his powerful right-hand punch: he has knocked out former WBO heavyweight challenger Derrick Jefferson, contender Alex Stewart, and twice knocked out former WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman. However, he is also noted for a weak chin that was evident in his knockout losses to contenders Oliver McCall, David Tua, Kirk Johnson, Lance Whitaker, Corey Sanders and journeyman Nagy Aguilera.
His most famous victories have been his two wins over Hasim Rahman. Maskaev knocked Rahman off balance, sending his rival out of the ring in the 8th round on November 6, 1999. This fight is also notable for the famous "chair incident", in which noted referee, Steve Smoger, who was backup referee for this fight, was struck in the head by a chair thrown by a fan who was later arrested.
He later fought Rahman again and defeated him for the WBC heavyweight title by knocking him out in the 12th round on August 12 2006. His second win over Rahman was preceded by a streak of victories that helped rejuvenate Maskaev's career and earned him the "Comeback fighter of the Year" award in The Ring magazine in 2006.
Maskaev won his first title defense against Peter Okhello on December 10 2006 by unanimous decision.
Maskaev fought against Samuel Peter for the WBC Heavyweight title on March 8 2008 and was doing well in the early rounds, despite Peter's repeated rabbit punching and the referee's warnings. In the 5th round Maskaev landed some of his best shots on his opponents chin, but to no avail: Peter was seemingly unaffected, visibly shaking Oleg. He lost 5 of the 6 rounds, with Peter winning by TKO with 3 seconds remaining in the sixth round.
In late 2008 he beat Robert "Big Philly" Hawkins by UD after 10 rounds and then undefeated but unheralded Rich Boruff on March 14, 2009 via first round KO, giving him mandatory contender status to the WBC Heavyweight Championship held by Vitali Klitschko. He fought Nagy Aguilera on December 11 in Sacramento, California at the Memorial Auditorium in a tune up, but was shockingly knocked out in the first round. Getting stunned with a overhand right-left hook combo and knocked down soon after, another barrage by Aquilera hit Maskaev hard knocking him out. Maskaev did not land a punch in the fight, and has since stated that he may retire following the loss.
Maskaev was born in Taraz to Mordvin parents. He has lived in the U.S. since 1999 with his wife, Svetlana, and four daughters. He acquired US citizenship in 2004. He currently resides in West Sacramento, California. Before his first encounter with Hasim Rahman in 2006, he said "I would say I'm a proud Russian-American. So right now, I'm a citizen of America, of the United States... Whoever is going to win is going to be American." In the run-up to his title defense against Peter Okhello, he stated regarding his citizenship: "Russian. I don't want to talk about that anymore. I will walk to the ring under the Russian flag and Russian anthem as I'm now a Russian citizen." Russian president Vladimir Putin granted him Russian citizenship on December 9, 2006.
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Additional March 2 results:

2002- Gerry Penalosa W Tech. Dec. 8 Joel Avila, Makati City, Philippines. Retains WBC International Super Flyweight Title.

2003- Hozumi Hasegawa W 10 Naphdetsh Soonkilanoyani, Akashi, Japan. Bantamweight Bout.

2004- Mario Veit W 10 Siarhei Karanevich, Wandsbek, Germany. Light Heavyweight Bout.

2004- Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym KO 2 Oscar Chacin, Samut Sakhon, Thailand. Retains PABA and WBA FEDELATIN Bantamweight Titles.

2006- Lubos Suda KO 3 Edson Cesar Antonio, Prague, Czech Republic. Wins Vacant IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight title.

2007- Nate Campbell W 12 Ricky Quiles, Tampa, Florida. Wins IBF Lightweight Title Eliminator.

2007- Richard Abril KO 1 Derrick Samuels, Tampa, FL. Lightweight Bout.

2007- Abner Mares KO 8 Robert Allanic, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bantamweight Bout.

2007- Saul "Canelo" Alvarez KO 8 Javier Martinez, Tepic, Mexico. Welterweight Bout.

2007- Cesar Canchila KO 12 Miguel Tellez, Barranquilla, Colombia. Retains WBO Junior Flyweight Title/Wins Vacant WBA FEDELATIN Light Flyweight Title.

2007- Elio Rojas W 10 Johnnie Edwards, Belterra, Indiana. Featherweight Bout.

2007- Devon Alexander KO 7 Scott Ball, Belterra, Indiana. Super Lightweight Bout.

2007- BJ Flores W 12 Patrick Nwamu, Boise, Idaho. Wins IBA Super Cruiserweight Title.

2008- Macbute Sinyabi KO 1 Tshepo Mofokeng, East London, South Africa. Wins Vacant South African Junior Featherweight Title.

2010- Edrin Dapudong KO 2 Nelson Llanos, Digos City, Philippines. Flyweight Bout.

2012- Sonny Boy Jaro KO 6 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Chonburi, Thailand. Wins Lineal, WBC, and Ring Magazine World Flyweight Titles.

2012- Joan Guzman KO 8 Jesus Pabon, Hollywood, Florida. Wins Vacant WBC FECARBOX Super Lightweight Title.
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1996- Thulani "Sugarboy" Malinga W 12 Nigel Benn, Newcastle, England. Wins WBC World Super Middleweight Title.


Malinga is among the most underrated super middleweights of all-time. He should probably have two wins over Benn. He really thumped him in the second clash. Benn had an emotional retirement speech and then asked his girl to marry him. Not too long later, he fought Collins.
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2013:
Richard Abril W 12 Sharif Bogere, Las Vegas. Abril, who the WBA had upgraded from interim champion to world champion on February 28, 2013, retains WBA World Lightweight Title.
Referee: Russell Mora | judge: Chris Wilson 116-110 | judge: Robert Hoyle 115-111 | judge: Patricia Morse Jarman 116-110.
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SIXTY YEARS AGO:

New York, New York, USA-

World ranked Brooklyn, New York featherweight Carmelo Costa won a 10-round, split decision over world ranked lightweight Baby Vasquez of Mexico City.

Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina-

Miguel Rodriguez outpointed Andres Antonio Selpa over 10 rounds fought in the middleweight division.

Santiago de Chile, Chile-

Undefeated Ubaldo Francisco Sacco of Argentina knocked out Pacifico Campos of Chile in the 7th round of a scheduled 10-round, middleweight bout.

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