March 11th

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1947- In their rematch, Manuel Ortiz regains the world Bantamweight title with a fifteen round decision over Harold Dade, in Los Angeles.
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1903- Joe Gans KO 11 Steve Crosby, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1917- Jimmy Wilde KO 4 George Clark, London. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1947- Manuel Ortiz W 15 Harold Dade, Los Angeles. Regains World Bantamweight Title.

1975- John Conteh KO 5 Lonnie Bennett, London. Retains WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1977- Eddie Gregory W 10 Matthew Franklin, Philadelphia.

1978- Rocky Mattioli KO 7 Elisha Obed, Melbourne. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1984- Mark Medal KO 5 Earl Hargrove, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1988- Graciano Rocchigiani KO 8 Vincent Boulware, Dusseldorf. Wins vacant Super Middleweight Title.

1989- Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield KO 10 Michael Dokes, Las Vegas. Great fight!!!

1995- Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe KO 6 Herbie Hide, Las Vegas.

1995- Dariusz Michalczewski KO 2 Roberto Dominguez, Colonge, Germany.

1995- Hector Acero-Sanchez W 12 Julio Gervacio, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2000- Juan Carlos Gomez KO 2 Mohamed Siluvangi, Hansehalle, Luebeck, Germany. Retains WBC Cruiserweight Title.

2000- Sven Ottke W 12 Lloyd Bryan, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2000- Naseem Hamed KO 4 Vuyani Bungu, London. Retains World Featherweight Title.

2000- Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Adan Vargas, Sa Kaew, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2001- Celes Kobayashi KO 10 Leo Gamez, Tokyo, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

2005- Eric Ortiz KO 7 Jose Antonio Aguirre, Mexico City. Wins vacant Junior Flyweight Title.

2006- Felix Sturm W 12 Maselino Masoe, Hamburg, Germany.

2006- Wladimir Sidorenko Draw 12 Ricardo Cordoba, Hamburg, Germany. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

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1928- Virgil Akins (born in St. Louis, Missouri)
American boxer who won the undisputed Welterweight Championship of the World in 1958. Nicknamed ‘Honeybear’, Akins was the first World Champion boxer from St. Louis.
Akins was considered lanky, but proved nevertheless to be a powerful hitter with either hand. He began his career as a Lightweight in 1948, continuing to fight in that division for 6 years before finally growing into the Welterweight class. He was long considered to be an effective operator and boasted wins over future World Champions Joe Brown and Wallace ‘Bud’ Smith, as well as ending the incredible forty-seven fight winning streak of Ronnie Delaney, by way of knock-out in 1955.
Akins had powered his way up the rankings in both divisions and finally got his chance of a World title once Carmen Basilio relinquished the Welterweight Championship to concentrate on defending his new Middleweight crown. An elimination tournament including six of the World’s top-rated Welterweights was swiftly established in an effort to find Basilio’s successor. Akins emerged the victor and new World Champion on 6 June 1958 by pounding favourite Vince Martinez to a fourth round destruction. All told, Martinez went down nine times, having never seriously recovered from a shattering right delivered early in the First.
Akins's reign would not last long however. Six months later, he lost his title to Don Jordan by way of unanimous decision and in only his first defense. Akins disputed the result but fared no better in the return, held the following Spring. From that moment on, it was downhill all the way for the former champion, who would win just ten of his last twenty-three fights before hanging up his gloves in 1962.
Akins died at the age of 82 on January 22nd of 2011.
Honors
* Named The Ring magazine Progress of the Year fighter for 1958.
* Elected to the Gateway Classic Walk of Fame
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SIXTY YEARS AGO:

March 11, 1956-

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France-

French middleweight prospect Louis Trochon/b] (19-2) outpointed French veteran Jean Ruellet (42-22-10) over 10 rounds.

Saint-Lo, Manche, France-

French middleweights Marcel Tirel and Tino Albanese fought each other for the third time with Tirel (27-8-5) defeating Albanese (35-8-5) on points after 10 rounds.

Albanese had won their first two matches, outpointing Tirel over 10 rounds on July 4, 1953 and stopping him in the 3rd round on June 26, 1954.

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