May 20th

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1926- Pete Latzo W 10 Mickey Walker, Scranton, PA. Wins World Welterweight Title.
Upset of the year.
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1929- Tod Morgan W 10 Baby Sal Sorio, Los Angeles. Retains World Super Featherweight Title.
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1932- Billy Petrolle W 10 Battling Battalino, Chicago.
Referee: Dave Barry. "Battalino dropped Petrolle for a count of nine with a left hook to the chin in the first round, but thereafter the Fargo Express came thundering along to victory." New York Times.
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1940- Harry Jeffra W 15 Joey Archibald, Baltimore. Wins World Featherweight Title.
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1946- Ezzard Charles W 10 Archie Moore, Pittsburgh.
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1960- Eddie Machen UD 10 Alex Miteff at the Madison Square Garden
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1965- Dick Tiger UD 10 Rubin Carter at the Madison Square Garden

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1969- Al Jones TKO 8 Cleveland Williams in Florida



1978- Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Billy Backus, Inglewood. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.
At the start of the first round the Mexican champion began a fearsome blitz. There was one knockdown, and before the round ended Backus, 35, was bleeding from cuts above and below his swollen right eye. Before the start of round two, referee Carlos Berrocal, acting on the advice of Dr. Roger Thill, called a halt.

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1979- Chan Hee Park W 15 Riki Igarishi, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

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1979- Ray Leonard UD 10 Marcos Geraldo in Louisiana

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1979- Thomas Hearns TKO 7 Harold Weston in Las Vegas

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1981- Tony Mundine TKO 10 Bunny Johnson in Australia https://uploadir.com/u/9ftytud0



1983- Michael Dokes D 15 Mike Weaver, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.
A majority draw retains Dokes title, 143-143, 144-144, and 145-141 for Dokes.

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1983- Larry Holmes W 12 (Terrible) Tim Witherspoon, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
Holmes is lucky to escape with a split decision victory, 118-111, 115-113, and 114-115.

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1983- Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Randy Stephens, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Junior Heavyweight (Cruiserweight) Title.



1984- Hector Camacho TKO 7 Rafael Williams in Texas

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1985- Larry Holmes W 15 Carl Williams, Reno. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.
Holmes improves to 48-0 (34). One win shy of tying Rocky Marciano’s record of 49-0.
Holmes was also 5-defenses away from tying Joe Louis’ all-time record of 25.

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1985- Eddie Gregg UD 10 Randall Cobb in Reno https://uploadir.com/u/u98kfa4l



1985- Marvis Frazier UD 10 James Tillis in Reno

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1986- Lloyd Honeyghan TKO 8 Horace Shufford in London https://uploadir.com/u/ciuiki0c



1986- Duke McKenzie TKO 6 Charlie Magri for the EBU European Title in London https://uploadir.com/u/33ozcrgs



1986- Mike Tyson UD 10 Mitch Green at the Madison Square Garden

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1986- Julian Jackson TKO 2 Derrick Drane at the Madison Square Garden https://uploadir.com/u/u1t9d1y5



1986- Matthew Hilton KO 1 Bobby McCorvey at the Madison Square Garden https://uploadir.com/u/zxsmfgyx



1988- Jose Sanabria KO 6 Moises Fuentes, Bucaramanga, Columbia. Wins vacant IBF Junior Featherweight Title.



1990- Lennox Lewis TKO 6 Dan Murphy in UK https://uploadir.com/u/q4oog5m1


1990- Tony "The Tiger" Lopez W 12 John-John Molina, Reno. Regains IBF Junior Lightweight Title.

1991- Greg Richardson W 12 Victor Rabanales, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1995- Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield W 10 Ray Mercer, Atlantic City. The 32-year old Holyfield’s first fight since losing the title to Michael Moorer on 4/22/1994.

1995- Dariusz Michalczewski KO 4 Paul Carlo, Hamburg, Germany. Retains WBO Light Heavyweight Title.

1995- Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 2 Oscar Flores, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Retains IBF Mini-Flyweight Title.

2000- William Joppy KO 1 Rito Ruvalcaba, Tunica, Mississippi. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

2000- Julio Gamboa D 12 Felix Machado, Tunica, Mississippi. For vacant IBF Junior Bantamweight Title.

2001- Masamori Tokuyama KO 5 In Joo Cho, Seoul, South Korea. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2005- O’Neil Bell W 12 Dale Brown, Hollywood, FL. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.

2006- Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Rocky Juarez, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

2006- Jorge Barrios KO 1 Janos Nagy, Los Angeles. Retains WBO Junior Lightweight Title. One left-hook to the liver ends matters in just 49 seconds.

2006- Roberto Vasquez W 12 Noel Arambulet, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Light Flyweight Title.
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1929- Tod Morgan W 10 Baby Sal Sorio, Los Angeles. Retains World Junior Lightweight Title.

1988- Jose Sanabria KO 6 Moises Fuentes, Bucaramanga, Columbia. Wins vacant IBF Junior Featherweight Title.

1990- Tony "The Tiger" Lopez W 12 John-John Molina, Reno. Regains IBF Junior Lightweight Title.

1995- Dariusz Michalczewski KO 4 Paul Carlo, Hamburg, Germany. Retains WBO Light Heavyweight Title.

1995- Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 2 Oscar Flores, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Retains IBF Mini-Flyweight Title.

2000- Julio Gamboa D 12 Felix Machado, Tunica, Mississippi. For vacant IBF Junior Bantamweight Title.

2006- Jorge Barrios KO 1 Janos Nagy, Los Angeles. Retains WBO Junior Lightweight Title. One left-hook to the liver ends matters in just 49 seconds.

2006- Roberto Vasquez W 12 Noel Arambulet, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Light Flyweight Title.
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Born On This Day

1966- Joey Gamache (born in Lewiston, Maine)
Gamache turned pro in 1987 and won his first 28 bouts, including victories over Jerry Ngobeni to capture the Vacant WBA Super Featherweight Title in 1991 and Chil-Sung Chun to capture the Vacant WBA Lightweight Title in 1992. Gamache lost the Lightweight belt in his first defense to Tony Lopez via an 11th round TKO. In 1994 he took on Orzubek Nazarov for the WBA Lightweight Title, but suffered a TKO in the 2nd. He never fought for a title again, and retired in 2000 after being brutally knocked out by Arturo Gatti. Gamache allegedly sustained permanent brain damage in the loss, and filed lawsuits against both Gatti and the New York State Athletic Commission. He alleges that Gatti weighed significantly more than the contracted weight at the time of the fight.
Gamache is the only boxer from Maine to capture a world boxing title.
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