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1976- "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, leight heavy weight boxing champ (1930-34), dies at 71
Born in Leonard's Bridge, Connecticut, Rosenbloom was nicknamed "Slapsie Maxie" by a journalist due to his open gloved style of boxing. In 1932, he won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World. He held and defended the title until November 1934, when he lost it to Bob Olin. As a professional boxer, Rosenbloom relied on hitting and moving to score points. He was very difficult to hit cleanly with a power punch and his fights often went the full number of required rounds. In his boxing matches he suffered thousands of head punches, which eventually led to the deterioration of his motor functions.
In 1937, he accepted a role in a Hollywood film. He became a character actor, portraying comical "big guys," in movies that included Each Dawn I Die. After retiring from boxing in 1939 he operated nightclubs in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He continued acting on radio, television, and in a number of films, usually playing comedy roles as a big, clumsy, punch-drunk -- but lovable -- lout. Rosenbloom played an important part in television's first 90-minute drama, Requiem for a Heavyweight, written by Rod Serling, and starring Jack Palance as a boxer at the end of his career. Rosenbloom played an ex pug, whose life revolved around retelling old boxing stories night after night to other ex-pugs in a down and out bar. It is the fate that looms for Palance (as "Mountain McClintock") if he cannot adjust to a new life outside the ring. In "The Honeymooners" episode, "TV Or Not TV," Jackie Gleason's character, Ralph Kramden, reads aloud a TV listing from the newspaper, "Fights Of The World: Maxie Rosenbloom vs. Kingfish Levinsky."
Rosenbloom died of Paget's disease, and was interred in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.

1985- Future Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson turns pro at 18 years of age. Tyson made his professional debut in Albany, New York. He defeated Hector Mercedes via a first round knockout. He had 15 bouts in his first year as a professional.

1989- The WBO's first world championship bout, as Héctor Camacho defeats Ray Mancini who had a record of 29-3 with 23 knockouts coming into this fight. Camacho won the WBO's vacant world Jr. Welterweight at Las Vegas. Camacho was the fresher of the two and ended up winning a unanimous twelve round decision, joining that exclusive group of world champion boxers who have become three time world champions.
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"Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom (born Max Everitt Rosenbloom in Leonard's Bridge, Connecticut, November 1, 1907 – March 6, 1976)
American boxer, actor, and television personality.
Rosenbloom was nicknamed "Slapsie Maxie" by a journalist due to his open gloved style of boxing. In 1930, he won the New York light heavyweight title.[1] In 1932, he won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World. He held and defended the title until November 1934, when he lost it to Bob Olin. As a professional boxer, Rosenbloom relied on hitting and moving to score points. He was very difficult to hit cleanly with a power punch and his fights often went the full number of required rounds. In his boxing matches he suffered thousands of head punches, which eventually led to the deterioration of his motor functions.
In 1937, he accepted a role in a Hollywood film. He became a character actor, portraying comical "big guys," in movies that included Each Dawn I Die. After retiring from boxing in 1939 he operated nightclubs in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He continued acting on radio, television, and in a number of films, usually playing comedy roles as a big, clumsy, punch-drunk—but lovable—lout. Rosenbloom played an important part in television's first 90-minute drama, Requiem for a Heavyweight, written by Rod Serling, and starring Jack Palance as a boxer at the end of his career. Rosenbloom played an ex pug, whose life revolved around retelling old boxing stories night after night to other ex-pugs in a down and out bar. It is the fate that looms for Palance (as "Mountain McClintock") if he cannot adjust to a new life outside the ring.
In The Honeymooners episode "TV Or Not TV," Jackie Gleason's character, Ralph Kramden, reads aloud a TV listing from the newspaper, "Fights Of The World: Maxie Rosenbloom vs. Kingfish Levinsky."
Rosenbloom died of Paget's disease of bone in 1976 at the age of 72, and was interred in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.
Halls of Fame
Rosenbloom was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1972.
In 1984 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In 1929, he had fought with four other Jewish boxers in a benefit at Madison Square Garden to raise relief funds for Palestine. During 1935, he postponed a scheduled fight with Tiger Jack Fox that was scheduled to fall between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur so that they could take place after the Jewish holidays.
Rosenbloom was also inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1985.
In 1993 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

1916- World Lightweight champion Freddie Welsh ND 10 Ad Wolgast, Milwaukee. (Non-title; the Milwaukee Free Press had Welsh as the unofficial winner.)

1923- Jackie Nichols ND 10 Billy Petrolle, Jamestown, North Dakota. Featherweight Bout- Nichols weighed in at 119; Petrolle at 126 1/2. (The Jamestown Daily Alert and the Fargo Forum had Nichols as the unofficial winner.)

1950- Carmen Basilio W MD 10 Lew Jenkins, Syracuse, NY. Basilio weighed in at 142; Jenkins at 140.

1950- Kid Gavilan W SD 10 Otis Graham, Philadelphia. Welterweight Bout.

1950- Randy Turpin W TKO 6 Richard Armah, Croydon, London, England. Middleweight Bout.

1950- Lauro Salas W TKO 5 Rocky Lucero, Santa Monica, California. Lightweight Bout.

1950- Rocky Graziano W KO 1 Joe Curcio, Miami, Florida. Middleweight Bout.

1953- Ingemar Johansson W PTS. 8 Lloyd Barnett. Heavyweight Bout. Johansson improves to 3-0.

1953- Billy Graham W UD 12 Joey Giardello, NYC. Graham weighed in at 149 1/2; Giardello at 155 1/2. This was their third meeting. Giardello had won each of the first two by SD 10.

1971- Bruno Arcari W UD 15 Joao Henrique, Rome. Retains WBC World Junior Welterweight Title.

1971- Lineal, WBC, WBA, and Ring Magazine World Middleweight champion Carlos Monzon W TKO 2 Roy Lee, Santa Fe, Argentina. Non-title.

1971- Ismael Laguna W UD 10 Lloyd Marshall, Panama City, Panama. Lightweight Bout.

1973- Ricardo Arredondo W UD 15 Apollo Yoshio, Fukuoka, Japan. Retains WBC World Junior Lightweight Title.

1976- Wilfred Benitez W SD 15 Antonio (Kid Pambele) Cervantes, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Wins Lineal, WBA, and Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight Titles. Benitez, at 17 1/2 years old, becomes the youngest man in boxing history to win a world title.

1976- David Kotey W TKO 12 Yasutsune Uehara, Accra, Ghana. Retains WBC World Featherweight Title.

1985- Mike Tyson W TKO 1 Hector Mercedes, Albany, NY. Heavyweight Bout- Tyson’s pro debut. (Rickey S. Jones: "We better make sure our seats are back and our tray tables are in the upright position because we’re in for one hell of a ride.")

1985- Khaosai Galaxy W KO 7 Dong Chun Lee, Bangkok. Retains WBA World Super Flyweight Title.

1985- Lloyd Honeyghan W TKO 9 Roger Stafford, Kensington, London. Welterweight Bout.

1987- Antonio Esparragoza TKO 12 Stevie Cruz, Fort Worth, TX. Wins Lineal, WBA, and Ring Magazine World Featherweight Titles.

1993- Anaclet Wamba W UD 12 David Webber, Levallois-Perret, France.. Retains WBC World Cruiserweight Title.

1993- Wilfredo Vazquez W UD 12 Luis Mendoza, Levallois-Perret, France. Retains WBA World Super Bantamweight Title.

1993- Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker W UD 12 James (Buddy) McGirt, NYC. Wins Lineal and WBC World Welterweight Titles. This is the third weight class in which Whitaker has won a world title.

1999- Lou Savarese W SD 10 Lance "Mount" Whitaker, Atlantic City. Heavyweight Bout (Richey S. Jones: "Savarese dropped in the 6th-round, benefits from an extremely long count from referee Steve Smoger.")

1999- David Reid W UD 12 Laurent Boudouani, Atlantic City. Wins WBA World Super Welterweight Title.

1999- Will Grigsby W UD 12 Carmelo Caceres, Minneapolis. Retains IBF World Junior Flyweight Title.

1999- Dingaan Thobela W TKO 7 Adrian Waler Daneff, Johannesburg, South Africa. Vacant IBO World Welterweight Title. (Ken Pollitt: "Thobela can not claim the belt because he weighed in a whopping 20 pounds over the welterweight limit and outweighed Daneff by 22 pounds!")

1999- Jorge Fernando Castro Draw 10 Miguel Angel Robledo, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Cruiserweight Bout.

1999- Omar Gonzalez W UD 10 Roberto Duran, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Light Heavyweight Bout.

2000- The Manhattan District Attorney’s office seizes the New York State Athletic Commission's records from the February 26, 2000 boxing card at Madison Square Garden. The D.A. is investigating claims by Joey Gamache and Derrell Coley that the weigh-in was rigged.

2001- Salim Medjkoune W TKO 7 Vladislav Antonov, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Retains EBU European Super Bantamweight Title.

2001- Muhammad Rachman KO 1 Angky Angkotta, Jakarta, Indonesia. Minimumweight Bout.

2003- Henry Bruseles W UD 12 Hicklet Lau, Miami, Florida. Wins Vacant WBO NABO Junior Welterweight Title.

2004- Omar Narvaez W TKO 3 Reginaldo Martins Carvalho, Buenos Aires. Retains WBO World Flyweight Title.

2004- Oscar Larios W UD 12 Shigeru Nakazato, Saitama, Japan. Retains WBC World Super Bantamweight Title.

2004-Veeraphol Sahaprom (AKA Veeraphol Nakornluang) W UD 12 Toshiaki Nishioka, Saitama, Japan. Retains WBC World Bantamweight Title. (Ken Pollitt: "This was the fourth and final bout between Veeraphol and Nishioka. All were for Veeraphol's WBC title. The first was a 12-round, unanimous decision for the champ; the next two resulted in 12-round, split decision draws.")

2004- Julio Zarate W SD 12 Hideki Todaka, Saitama, Japan. Wins WBA Interim Bantamweight Title.

2004- Scott Harrison W TKO 5 Walter Estrada, Glasgow, Scotland. Retains WBO World Featherweight Title.

2004- Diego Corrales W SD 12 Joel Casamayor, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Wins IBA and Vacant WBO World Junior Lightweight Titles.

2004- Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson W KO 4 Luis Bolano, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Retains WBO World Junior Bantamweight Title.

2006- Pungluang Sor Singyu W TKO 3 Sornrak Mor Chamkasem, Bangkok. Super Flyweight Bout. Pungluang improves to 8-0.

2008- Mike Arnaoutis W UD 12 Harrison Cuello, New York, NY. Wins Vacant USBA Junior Welterweight Title.

2009- Selcuk Aydin W TKO 1 Luis Hernandez, Cuxhaven, Germany. Retains WBC International Welterweight Title.

2009- Delvin Rodriguez W UD 12 Shamone Alvarez, Uncasvile, Connecticut. Retains USBA Welterweight Title/Wins IBF World Welterweight Title Eliminator.

2010- Devon Alexander W TKO 8 Juan Urango, Uncasville, Connecticut. Unifies WBC World Super Lightweight and IBF World Junior Welterweight Titles.

2010- Vic Darchinyan W UD 12 Rodrigo Guerrero, Rancho Mirage, CA. Retains Lineal, WBA, and WBC World Super Flyweight Titles. Referee: Ray Corona | judge: Max DeLuca 120-108 | judge: C.J. Ross 118-110 | judge: Marty Denkin 117-111.
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On this day in 1976, Wilfred "El Radar" Benitez beat Antonio "Kid Pambele" Cervantes for the WBA World Junior Welterweight championship. With this victory, he became the youngest fighter to win a world title at the age of 17 years and 5 months old.
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Also on March 6, 2010:

Lenny Zappavigna W UD 12 Fernando Angulo, Rancho Mirage, CA. Wins Vacant IBO World Lightweight Title.

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez W KO 3 Brian Camechis, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. Retains NABF Welerweight Title.
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SIXTY YEARS AGO:

March 6, 1956-

Marylebone, London, England-

Future British, British Empire, and European lightweight champion Dave Charnley, who would challenge for the World lightweight title on two occasions, stopped Johnny Butterworth in the 5th round of a scheduled ten-round bout.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA-

Future World heavyweight champion and future Hall of Famer (IBHOF, WBHF) Sonny Liston won the rubber match of his trilogy with Marty Marshall. Liston unanimously outpointed Marshall, who was a late substitute for future World light heavyweight champion and future Hall of Famer (IBHOF, WBHF) Harold Johnson, over 10 rounds.

Miami Beach, Florida, USA-

Holly Mims stopped Jimmy Morris in the 9th round of a scheduled 10-round middleweight bout.

Sacramento, California, USA-

Future World lightweight title challenger Joey Lopes halted Reuben Smith in the 6th round of a scheduled 10-round contest.

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA-

Veteran Brooklyn, New York welterweight Joe Miceli upset local star Stan Harrington by outpointing the previously undefeated Hawaiian over 10 rounds.

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