March 14th

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March 14th

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1956- Johnny Saxton regains the World Welterweight title with a fifteen round unanimous decision over Carmen Basilio, at Chicago. Johnny would lose the title in a rematch with Basilio later in the year.

1979- Larry Holmes retains his WBC world Heavyweight title with a seventh round knockout of future WBA world Cruiserweight champion Ossie Ocasio in Las Vegas.

1998- Vince Phillips KO 1 Alfonso Sanchez, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Junior Welterweight Title.

2009- Amir Khan defeats Marco Antonio Barrera after the fight was stopped towards the end of the 5th round due to Barrera suffering a severe cut reopened from his previous fight. This was caused by a clash of heads late in the opening round. With Barrera deemed in no position to fight on by the ringside doctor, the fight went to the scorecards where Khan was ahead on all three anyway.
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1906- Jack Johnson W 15 Joe Jeanette, Baltimore. The third of 8-fights between these two.

1911- Owen Moran ND 10 Packy McFarland, NYC.

1924- Jack Delaney KO 4 Paul Berlenbach, NYC.

1927- Mushy Callahan KO 2 Andy DiVodi, NYC. Retains World Junior Welterweight Title.

1944- Manuel Ortiz W 15 Ernesto Aguilar, Los Angeles. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1946- Jimmy Carter W 4 Clifton Bordies, Newark. Carter’s pro debut.

1951- Johnny Batten W 15 Charlie Fusari, Chicago. Wins vacant NBA Welterweight Title.

1956- Johnny Saxton W 15 Carmen Basilio, Chicago. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1974- Ben Villaflor D 15 Apollo Yoshio, Toyama, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Lightweight Title.

1975- Alfonso Zamora KO 4 Soo Hwan Hong, Inglewood. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1980- Jim Watt KO 4 Charlie Nash, Glasgow. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1990- Brian Mitchell W 12 Jackie Beard, Grosseto, Italy. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1991- Elvis Alvares W 12 Leopard Tamakuma, Tokyo. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

1992- Manuel Medina W 12 Fabrice Benichou, Antibes, France. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1998- Keith Mullings KO 5 Davide Ciarlante, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

1998- Vince Phillips KO 1 Alfonso Sanchez, Atlantic City. Retains IBF Junior Welterweight Title.

2009- Arthur Abraham W 12 Lajuan Simon, Kiel, Germany. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

2009- Giovanni Segura KO 4 Casar Canchila, Baja, Mexico. Wins WBA Light Flyweight Title.

Born On This Day

1937- Benny Paret (born Bernardo Paret in Santa Clara Cuba)
Cuban welterweight boxer.
Paret won the welterweight title for the first time in 1960, but lost it seven months later when Emile Griffith knocked him out. However, half a year later, Paret defeated Griffith when he captured a split decision over Griffith to recapture the crown.
He also attempted to win the middleweight title against Gene Fullmer, but was knocked out again.
Paret had a lifetime record of 35 wins (11 knockouts), 12 losses and 3 draws.
His third fight against Emile Griffith occurred on March 24, 1962 at Madison Square Garden and was televised live by NBC. In round six Paret nearly knocked out Griffith with a multi punch combination but Griffith was saved by the bell.[4] In the twelfth round of the fight, Griffith hit Paret twenty-nine times in a row, and eighteen times in six seconds, when Paret was lying against the ropes before referee Ruby Goldstein stopped the fight. Paret went into a coma after the fight, and died ten days later.
The last fight was the subject of controversies. It is theorized that one of the reasons Paret died was that he was vulnerable due to the beatings he took in his previous three fights. New York State boxing authorities were criticized for giving Paret clearance to fight just several months after he was knocked out by Gene Fullmer in his second to last bout. The actions of Paret at the weigh in before his final fight have come under scrutiny. It is alleged that Paret taunted Griffith by calling him Maricón (Spanish slang for "faggot"). Griffith wanted to fight Paret on the spot but was restrained. Allegations of homosexuality in 1962 were considered fatal to an athlete's career and a particularly grievous insult in the culture both fighters came from. The referee Ruby Goldstein, a respected veteran, came under criticism for not stopping the fight sooner. It has been argued that Goldstein hesitated because of Paret’s reputation of feigning injury and Griffith’s reputation as a poor finisher. Another theory is that Goldstein was afraid that Paret’s supporters would riot. The incident, combined with the death of Davey Moore a year later for a different injury in the ring, would cause debate as to whether boxing should be considered a sport. Boxing would not be televised on a regular basis again until the 1970’s. Goldstein would never be the referee for a fight again as a result of the controversy from this fight.
The fight was the centerpiece of a 2005 documentary entitled Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story. At the end of the documentary Griffith who has harbored guilt over the incident over the years is introduced to Paret's son. The son embraced Griffith and told him he was forgiven.
Paret's death was chronicled in the 1962 protest song by folksinger Gil Turner. The song, "Benny 'Kid' Paret", was published in Broadside magazine that same month and was recorded later in the year by Turner's group, The New World Singers, for the 1963 Folkways album Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1.
Paret is also one of many boxers named in the lyrics of Sun Kil Moon's album Ghosts Of The Great Highway. The album builds several songs around the stories of boxers who died young deaths.
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Re: March 14th

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SIXTY YEARS AGO:

March 14, 1956-

Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina-

Future World welterweight title challenger Jorge Fernandez improved to 34-0 by stopping Manuel Contreras in the third round of a scheduled 10-round bout.

Chicago, Illinois, USA-

As reported in previous posts in this thread, future WBHF inductee Johnny Saxton (51-4-2) regained the World welterweight title from future Hall of Famer (IBHOF, WBHF) Carmen Basilio (48-12-7) via a 15-round, unanimous decision. The scores were 144-142, 145-138, and 147-140.

Saxton had dethroned Kid Gavilan (IBHOF, WBHF) in 1954 but lost the title to Tony DeMarco (WBHF) in 1955. DeMarco lost the title to Basilio later in 1955.

Basilio would regain the title from Saxton later in 1956.

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