March 17th

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1897- Bob Fizsimmons KO 14 James J. Corbett, Carson City, NV. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1908- Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 1 to retain World heavyweight title

1923- Mike McTigue of Ireland wins the world Light-Heavyweight title with a twenty round decision over Battling Siki, in Dublin, Ireland.

1947- Rocky Marciano KO 3 Lee Epperson, Holyoke, MA. Marciano’s pro debut. Fights under the name of Rocky Mack to protect his amateur status.

1969- High school teacher Freddie Little becomes the world's Jr. Middleweight champion, defeating Stanley Hayward for the vacant world title, Las Vegas.

1976- Wilfred Benítez becomes, at age 17, the youngest world champion in boxing history and wins his first of three world titles, defeating lineal, WBA , and ring Magazine world Jr. Welterweight champion Antonio Cervantes by a fifteen round split decision in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1977-Jimmy Young defeats George Foreman by a twelve round unanimous decision at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Yet Ali still refused to give Young a title fight rematch. Immediately after the fight, Foreman has a religious experience, becomes a new-born Christian and retires from boxing.

1990- Julio Cesar Chavez KO 12 Meldrick Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC World Super Lightweight Title, wins IBF World Junior Welterweight Title, and wins vacant Lineal World Junior Welterweight Title. Great fight. Controversial stoppage with only 2-seconds left in the fight. But very justifiable considering Taylor’s condition.

2007- Juan Manuel Márquez defeats Marco Antonio Barrera by unanimous decision, to become the WBC World Super Featherweight champion. In the seventh round there was controversy as Marquez thoroughly dominated the round then gets knocked down by Barrera, in which referee Jay Nady ruled a slip. Nady then penalized Barrera for hitting while Marquez was on the canvas.
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1897- Bob Fitzsimmons KO 14 James J. Corbett, Carson City, NV. Wins World Heavyweight Title.

1908- Tommy Burns KO 1 Jem Roche, Dublin. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1911- Ad Wolgast KO 9 George Memsic, Vernon, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1919- Jack Britton KO 9 Ted "Kid" Lewis, Canton, OH. Wins World Welterweight Title for a third time.

1921- Johnny Wilson W 15 Mike O’ Dowd, NYC. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1923- Mike McTigue W 20 Battling Siki, Dublin. Wins World Light Heavyweight Title.

1927- Young Stribling W 10 "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, Boston. Light Heavyweight Bout.

1933- Ben Jeby D 15 Vince Dundee, NYC. Retains New York State Athletic Commission World Middleweight Title.

1947- Rocky Marciano KO 3 Lee Epperson, Holyoke, MA. Marciano’s pro debut. Fights under the name of Rocky Mack to protect his amateur status.

1950- Willie Pep W 15 Ray Famechon, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1969- Freddie Little W 15 Stanley Hayward, Las Vegas. Wins Vacant Lineal, WBA, and WBC World Junior Middleweight Titles.

1973- Antonio Cervantes KO 10 Nicolino Locche, Maracay, Venezuela. Retains Lineal, WBA, and Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight Title.

1973- Rodolfo Gonzalez KO 9 Ruben Navarro, Los Angeles. Retains WBC World Lightweight Title.

1977- Jimmy Young W 12 George Foreman, San Juan, Puerto Rico. George would not fight again for 10-years. 1977’s Fight of the Year!!

1977- Alfredo Escalera KO 6 Ronnie McGarvey, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBC World Junior Lightweight Title.

1984- Edwin Rosario KO 1 Roberto Elizondo, San Juan. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1984- Joo Do Chun KO 1 Diego De Villa, Kwangiu, South Korea. Retains IBF World Junior Bantamweight Title.

1990- Julio Cesar Chavez KO 12 Meldrick Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC World Super Lightweight Title, wins IBF World Junior Welterweight Title, and wins vacant lineal World Junior Welterweight title. Great fight. Controversial stoppage with only 2-seconds left in the fight. But very justifiable considering Taylor’s condition.

1991- Michael Carbajal W 12 Javier Varguez, Las Vegas. Retains IBF World Junior Flyweight Title.

2000- Stevie Johnston KO 2 Julio Alvarez, Denver. Retains WBC World Lightweight Title.

2001- Johnny Tapia KO 6 Cuauhtemoc "Famasito" Gomez, Albuquerque. Featherweight Bout.

2002- Corey "T-Rex" Sanders KO 8 Oleg Maskaev, Orovile, California. Heavyweight Bout.

2003- Anthony Mundine KO 1 Rogerio Cacciatore, Carrara, Australia. Super Middleweight Bout.

2006- Lucas Matthysse TKO-3 Hernan Abraham Valenzuela, Junin, Argentina. Super Lightweight Bout.

2006- Oleydong Sithsamerchai UD 10 Tommy Terado, Sara Buri, Thailand. Retains WBC Youth World Strawweight Title.

2006- Chatchai Sasakul KO 2 Bernardo Oclos, Sara Buri, Thailand. Super Flyweight Bout.

2007- Jean Marc Mormeck W 12 O’Neil Bell, Levallois-Perret, France. Regains Lineal, WBC, and Ring Magazine World Cruiserweight Titles/Regains WBA World Cruiserweight super Championship.

2007- Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera, Las Vegas. Wins WBC World Super Featherweight Title.

2007- Wladimir Sidorenko D 12 Ricardo Cordoba, Stuttgart, Germany. Retains WBA World Bantamweight Title.

2008- Pungluang Sor Singyu UD 10 Javier Malulan, Lat Bua Luang, Thailand. Retains WBC Youth World Bantamweight Title.

2008- Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo KO 3 Elpher Paganpan, Lat Bua Luang, Thailand. Featherweight Bout.

2009- Akira Yaegashi KO 3 Worawut Wor Por Srisaket (later known as Srisaket Sor Rungvisai), Tokyo, Japan. Light Flyweight Bout. Srisaket's pro debut.

2010- Koki Eto KO 5 Naoki Shisawa, Tokyo. Flyweight Bout. Eto avenges an earlier decision loss to Shiosawa.

2011- Chris Algieri TKO 4 Julias Edmonds, Franklin Square, New York. Junior Welterweight Bout.

2011- Kamil Laszczyk KO 2 Laquan Lewis, Franklin Square, New York. Lightweight Bout.


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1914- Alberto "Baby" Arizmendi (born in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico)
Professional boxer and featherweight world title holder. He also competed in the bantamweight and welterweight divisions. Arizmendi is famous for being the youngest boxer to turn pro. Arizmendi turned pro at the age of 13.
Baby used a charging, bruising style, making him a very strong two-fisted fighter. He won his first title in November 1931 when he won the Mexican bantamweight title. With victories over such names as Fidel LaBarba, Baby established himself as a worthy contender for the featherweight crown.
On September 16, 1932, at the age of 19, he defeated reigning NBA World featherweight champion Tommy Paul in a ten round non-title fight, dropping him once in the process. The NBA world title was not at stake because Paul came in over the weight limit. After that win, Arizmendi requested that the NBA recognize his status as champion. In support of his claim to the NBA title, the California boxing commission gave him the opportunity to fight for their world title. The following month, Arizmendi defeated Newsboy Brown to claim the California World Featherweight Title. He retained his title with a draw against Varias Milling then defended it against Archie Bell and Speedy Dado. Unfortunately, he lost the title to NBA World featherweight champion Freddie Miller in a 10-round unification bout. However, Arizmendi didn't give up, as he rematched Miller later that year and defeated him in a non-title fight. In his following bouts, Arizmendi won 9 and lost 2. On August 30, 1934, he defeated Mike Belloise for the New York state featherweight crown. After the win, Arizmendi attempted to secure a third fight with NBA champion Miller in a title bout, however, Miller refused to face him.
On November 4, 1934, he defeated Henry Armstrong in their first of five meetings, winning almost every round despite suffering a broken wrist in the second round. He defeated Armstrong once again on January 2, 1935, to claim the California-Mexican World featherweight title. Following those victories, he defeated future world title holder Chalky Wright by fourth round knockout. During the next year and a half, Arizmendi posted a record of 9 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws (including a second win over Wright). He subsequently lost the California-Mexico World title in his third bout with Armstrong. In his following 7 fights, Arizmendi combined wins and losses before facing Armstrong for a fourth time. Despite losing the fight on points, Arizmendi ended Armstrong's 27 fight knockout streak by going the distance with him. In his following 6 fights, Arizmendi won 5 and had a draw against reigning world lightweight champion Lou Ambers. His last bout with Armstrong was his last shot for a World title, where he dropped a grueling 10-round decision for the World Welterweight title. He continued boxing up until 1942, with occasional bouts with Lou Ambers, Sammy Angott, and George Latka, but never again went for a title. After retiring from boxing, Arizmendi would serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He died of natural causes in a veterans hospital at the age of 48. Arizmendi was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004.
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straycat wrote:1977-Jimmy Young defeats George Foreman by a twelve round unanimous decision at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Yet Ali still refused to give Young a title fight rematch. Immediately after the fight, Foreman has a religious experience, becomes a new-born Christian and retires from boxing.
At the time of the Foreman-Young fight, Ali was under contract to defend against Alfredo Evangelista and committed to fighting the winner of the Earnie Shavers-Howard Smith bout. After defeating Evangelista, Ali defended against Shavers, who was 1-0-1 versus Young and who had KOed Smith in two rounds.
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From TTR's Archives:

Saturday, March 17, 2012-

Pavia, Lombardia, Italy-

Vacant WBC Silver Cruiserwight Title-
Giacobbe Fragomeni (WBC #2, The Ring #7, TTR #11; 29-3-1, 12 KOs)
Maj. Dec. Draw 12
Silvio Branco (WBC #3; 62-10-2, 37 KOs)
- After four rounds, the 45-year-old former two-time WBA world light heavyweight champion led 40-36 and 39-37 on two cards while the third judge had it even, 38-38.
- After eight rounds, Branco led 77-75 on all three cards.
- The 42-year-old Fragomeni, a former WBC world cruiserweight champion, outpointed Branco over the last four rounds on two cards to salvage the majority decision stalemate. The final scores were 114-114, 115-115, and 115-113 for Branco.

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England-

WBA Inter-Continental and IBF International Welterweight Titles-
WBA Inter-Continental champion Kell Brook (WBO #3, TTR #5, The Ring #6, WBC #6, WBA #6, IBF #6; 27-0, 18 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
IBF International champion Matthew Hatton (WBA #9, WBC #11, IBF #11; 42-6-2, 16 KOs)
- The scores were 118-109, 119-108, and 119-107.

EBU European Middleweight Title-
Kerry Hope (17-3, 1 KO)
Maj. Dec. 12
Champion Grzegorz Proksa (The Ring #4, WBA #5, WBO #5, WBC #6, IBF #7, TTR #8; 26-1, 19 KOs)
- Huge upset!
- One judge scored the bout as a draw, 114-114, but he was overruled by his two associates who had the unheralded Hope as the victor, 115-112 and 114-113.

Krynica Zdroj, Poland-

IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title-
Pawel Kolodziej (WBA #3, IBF #4, WBC #6, WBO #7, TTR #12; 30-0, 17 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Champion Giulian Ilie (IBF #15; 18-5-2, 5 KOs)
- The scores were 120-107, 117-110, and 118-110.

New York, New York, USA-

Lineal and Ring Magazine World Middleweight Titles/WBC Diamond Belt Middleweight Title-
Champion Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez (TTR #1, IBF #3; The Ring #3 P4P, TTR #6 P4P; 49-2-2, 28 KOs)
TKO-11 3:00
Matthew "Mack The Knife" Macklin (WBC #1, The Ring #3, TTR #7, WBA #8, WBO #11; 28-4, 19 KOs)
- Macklin got credit for scoring a knockdown in the seventh round.
- Martinez floored Macklin twice in the eleventh.
- The official scores were 105-101 for Martinez, 105-101 for Martinez, and 103-103 at the time of the stoppage. TTR also had Martinez leading, 105-101.

Super Middleweight Bout-
Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez (IBF #3, WBC #5, WBA #8, TTR #11, WBO #13; 21-0, 14 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Donovan "Don Da Bomb" George (IBF #11; 22-2-1, 19 KOs)
- The judges had Rodriguez winning by the scores of 96-94, 99-91, and 97-93. Harold Lederman, scoring the bout for HBO, had Rodriguez as the winner, 99-91, while TTR had it 98-92 for Rodriguez.

Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico-

WBC Lightweight Title-
Champion Antonio "Tony" DeMarco (TTR #3, The Ring #3; 27-2-1, 20 KOs)
KO-5
Miguel "Mickey" Roman (WBC #15; 37-10, 28 KOs)

Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico-

Non-title Light Flyweight Bout-
WBA World champion Roman Gonzalez (TTR #1, The Ring #2; TTR #10 P4P; 31-0, 25 KOs)
KO-1 2:58
Manuel Jimenez (IBF #11, WBC #18- both at 105; 11-3-1, 5 KOs)

Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic-

Super Bantamweight Bout-
Cesar Seda, Jr. (WBO #4, TTR #5, The Ring #8, IBF #10, WBC #11- all at 115; 22-1, 16 KOs)
TKO-1 2:30
Domingo Guillen (38-13-1, 34 KOs)
- Seda weighed in at 121; Guillen at 118.
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SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY:

March 17, 1956-

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico-

Rising featherweight Kid Anahuac (25-7-4) knocked out Americo Rivera (6-12-1) in the 7th round of a scheduled 10-rounder.

Hollywood, California, USA-

World light heavyweight champion Archie Moore (152-20-8) won a non-title heavyweight bout by unanimously outpointing Frankie Daniels (28-12-1) over 10 rounds.

Besides being the reigning light heavyweight champ, future Hall of Famer (IBHOF, WBHF) Moore was ranked by The Ring as the #1 heavyweight contender.

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