March 16th

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March 16th

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1939- Henry Armstrong KO 1 Lew Feldman, St. Louis. Retains World Lightweight and World Welterweight Titles. Armstrong’s second defense in 12-days.

1974- Roberto Durán avenges his loss to Esteban De Jesús, recovering from a first round knockdown to knock out the Puerto Rican in round eleven and retain his world Lightweight championship in Panama City, Panama.

1996- Mike Tyson KO 3 Frank Bruno, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Heavyweight Title.

1996- Bernard Hopkins KO 4 Joe Lipsey, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

1996- Michael Carbajal W 12 Melchor Cob Castro, Las Vegas. Regains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1996- Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Ala Villamor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

Born on this day
1977- Joshua Clottey born.
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1939- Henry Armstrong KO 1 Lew Feldman, St. Louis. Retains World Lightweight and World Welterweight Titles. Armstrong’s second defense of the World Welterweight title in 12-days.

1960- Flash Elorde KO 7 Harold Gomes, Quezon City. Wins World Junior Lightweight Title.

1974- Roberto Duran KO 11 Esteban De Jesus, Panama City. Retains World Lightweight Title. Duran avenges an earlier (a 10-round non-title decision) defeat at the hands of De Jesus.

1980- Alan Minter W 15 Vito Antuofermo, Las Vegas. Wins World Middleweight Title. Extremely debatable decision.

1983- Leonardo Cruz W 15 Soon Hyun Chung, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1991- Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Ron Amundsen, Saint Vincent, Italy. Retains IBF Super Welterweight Title.

1991- Sung Kil Moon KO 4 Nana Konadu, Zaragoza, Spain. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992- Ricardo Lopez W 12 Pretty Boy Lucas, Mexico City. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

1996- Mike Tyson KO 3 Frank Bruno, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Heavyweight Title.

1996- Bernard Hopkins KO 4 Joe Lipsey, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Middleweight Title.

1996- Keith Holmes KO 9 Quincy Taylor, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Middleweight Title.

1996- Michael Carbajal W 12 Melchor Cob Castro, Las Vegas. Regains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

1996- Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Ala Villamor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

2002- Sven Ottke W 12 Rick Thornberry, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2007- Celestino Caballero W DQ 9 Ricardo Castillo, Hollywood, FLA. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1963- Jean Baptiste Mendy (born in Dakar, Senegal)
French former professional boxer of African origin. He's also a former WBC and WBA lightweight champion.
Mendy turned pro in 1983 and captured the vacant WBC lightweight title with a win over Lamar Murphy in 1996. He lost the title in his first defense to Stevie Johnston the following year. In 1998, he captured the WBA lightweight title with a decision win over Orzubek Nazarov. He defended the belt once before losing it to Julien Lorcy in 1999. He retired the following year.

1977- Joshua Clottey (born in Accra, Ghana)
Ghanaian professional boxer. Born in Accra, Ghana, Clottey now lives in the Bronx, New York. He is the former IBF welterweight champion. He's also the brother of veteran boxers Judas Clottey and Emmanuel Clottey.
As a child in his native Ghana, Clottey had a passion for soccer, a sport that was also played by his father. One day, a bully came to his neighborhood and started attacking everyone around, including him. After receiving a bad beating, the young Clottey some how got back. From there, he turned to boxing. Clottey moved and spent a few years in the United Kingdom then later to the United States.
Clottey rose to prominence by winning his first twenty fights, including 14 by knockout. His performance set him up to fight Carlos Baldomir, in a title defense by Baldomir for the WBC international welterweight title. Clottey lost by disqualification in a controversial fight. Clottey was winning until the 10th round, where he was penalized two points for an intentional head butt. He was warned for this but did it again resulting in the referee stopping the fight and disqualifying Clottey.
Clottey rebounded from the loss by winning the African Boxing Union welterweight title in his next fight. He then rolled off a 10 fight winning streak highlighted by his first win on American soil and capture of several minor welterweight and middleweight titles. The streak culminated in an IBF intercontinental welterweight title. On December 2, 2006, Clottey earned his first shot at a world title but broke his hand in the fourth round of his fight against World Boxing Organization champion Antonio Margarito. On April 7, 2007, Clottey earned a unanimous decision over Diego Corrales, in what was Corrales's final fight before his death. In December 2007, Clottey positioned himself for another title shot with a win over prospect Shamone Alvarez. Clottey beat Zab Judah on August 2, 2008, for the IBF welterweight title vacated by Antonio Margarito.
On June 13, 2009 Clottey faced Miguel Cotto in New York at Madison Square Garden for the WBO welterweight title. Cotto dropped Clottey in the first with a jab. Cotto was cut in the third round by an accidental head butt. Clottey's combinations throughout the fight gave Cotto problems. Cotto emerged the winner with a split decision.
Clottey fought eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao on March 13, 2010 in Arlington, Texas, at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium following the disagreement on terms of a proposed boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. which would have been scheduled on the same date in Las Vegas, Nevada. Clottey lost to Pacquiao by unanimous decision.
Fighting style
A tough, orthodox fighter, Clottey has a balanced combination of size, speed, stamina, power, ring savvy, and a solid chin. In addition, he is an accurate, efficient puncher with effective countering ability. His defensive skills are top notch; he stands upright while holding his arms and gloves high to protect himself, which is similar to Winky Wright's defensive stance. As a result of his defensive prowess, has yet to lose via a knockout. His only four losses were: A DQ loss to Carlos Baldomir, unanimous decision loss to Antonio Margarito, split decision loss to Miguel Cotto, and a unanimous decision loss to Manny Pacquiao.
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3/16/77 Marvin Hagler stopped Reggie Ford in the third round.
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2013: Tim Bradley W 12 Ruslan Provodnikov, Carson, CA.
Referee: Pat Russell | judge: Raul Caiz Sr 115-112 | judge: Marty Denkin 114-113 | judge: Jerry Cantu 114-113.
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Re: March 16th

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SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY:

March 16, 1956-

Santa Clara, Cuba-

Future two-time World welterweight champion Benny "Kid" Paret (9-0) knocked out Reinaldo Caballero (34-14-1) in the third round.

Nassau, Bahamas-

Welterweight/middleweight contender Yama Bahama (39-4-2) stopped welterweight Jimmy Ford (21-15-5) in the ninth round.

On the undercard, future British Empire middleweight champion and future WBA World light heavyweight title challenger Gomeo Brennan (4-1-1) outscored Battling Douglas (0-4) over 6 rounds.

Tampa, Florida, USA-

Former two-time World featherweight champion and future Hall of Famer (IBHOF, WBHF) Willie Pep (199-7-1) won a 10-round, unanimous decision over Kid Campeche (8-19-1).

New York, New York, USA-

Isaac Logart (42-5-5) unanimously outpointed fellow welterweight contender and future WBHF inductee Gaspar Ortega (35-5-1) over 10 rounds.

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