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1922- Johnny Dundee W 15 "Little" Jack Sharkey, Brooklyn, NY. Retains world junior lightweight title.

1922- Frankie Genaro ND 12 Pancho Villa, Jersey City, NJ.

1925- Mike Ballerino W 15 Pepper Martin, Long Island City, NY. Retains world junior lightweight title.

1933- Lou Brouillard W 10 Mickey Walker, Boston. The crowd of 16,000 broke all Boston Garden boxing attendance records for the previous two years. New York Times.

1979- Betulio Gonzalez KO 12 Shoji Oguma, Utsunomiya, Japan. Retains WBA flyweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/pk8gmvcx



1996- Luisito Espinosa W 12 Cesar Soto, Manila. Retains WBC featherweight title.

1999- Trenton superior court judge Gerald Council revokes the boxing license of cruiserweight Britton (Tiger) Thomas, 10-1 (9), because he had fallen more than $4000 behind in child support payments. Thomas is the first boxer to lose his license under the New Jersey’s “deadbeat dad law.”

2002- Jorge Arce KO 6 Yosam Choi, Seoul, South Korea. Wins WBC Light Flyweight Title. https://uploadir.com/u/ooqisyyf



1952- Danny "Little Red" Lopez (born in Fort Duchesne, Utah)
Lopez is a former American boxer from Fort Duchesne, Utah. Lopez was world Featherweight champion, and a very popular fighter both in television and Southern California, during the 1970s. His nickname is Little Red.
* 26 on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time
Lopez is of Ute Indian, Mexican, and Irish heritage. He had been moved from one foster home to another, and coming off a Ute Indian Reservation in Utah, he finally found a home in Southern California. . He is also the brother of welterweight contender Ernie Lopez. He is married to Bonnie Lopez and has three sons, Bronson, Jeremy, and Dylan.
Lopez began boxing professionally on May 27, 1971, knocking out Steve Flajole in one round at Los Angeles. He won his first 21 fights in a row by knockout, in one of the longest knockout win streaks ever. During that streak, all but one of his fights were in Los Angeles, a fact which could be credited for his popularity in the area. The only one of his fights among those 21 fights outside Los Angeles took place in Honolulu, where he beat Ushiwakamaru Harada by a knockout in three.
On January 17, 1974, Genzo Kurosaw became the first person to go the distance with Lopez, Lopez winning by a ten round decision. His next fight, a month later, in Mexicali, Mexico, was his first fight abroad. He beat Memo Rodriguez by a knockout in nine rounds there.
People in Los Angeles were eager to see Lopez and another up-and-coming Angelino, Bobby Chacon, square off inside a ring. The fight took place on May 24, and Lopez suffered his first professional loss, by a knockout in round nine. After one more win, he lost once again by a knockout in round nine, this time to Shig Furuyama.
After losing to Octavio Gómez to begin 1975, Lopez went into a roll: He began by beating Chucho Castillo by a knockout in two rounds. Two more wins, and he was faced with Rubén Olivares, whom he beat by a knockout in seven rounds, after recovering from a first round knockdown himself.
In 1976, he beat Sean O' Grady by knockout in four, Gómez by knockout in three and Art Hafey by knockout in seven. Finally ranked number one by the WBC, he travelled to Ghana to challenge world Featherweight champion David Kotei in front of an estimated crowd of more than 100,000 Kotei partisans. Lopez became world champion by outpointing Kotey over 15 rounds on November 6. This trip proved to be troublesome for the new champion, however: back in his hotel room, he tried to call his family in the United States to announce the good news, but all communication systems had been cut down in Ghana. Lopez then tried to send them a telegram through the American embassy in Accra, but they too were affected by the system failure and could not get his message through. Lopez's family was finally able to realize that Danny was a world champion when they picked him up at the airport one week later.
Lopez won three fights in 1977, retaining the title once, against José Torres by a knockout in round seven.
He and Kotei had a rematch on February 15 of 1978, as part of the undercard where Leon Spinks dethroned Muhammad Ali of the world Heavyweight title. Lopez knocked Kotey out in round six of their rematch, and then he retained the title against Jose DePaula by knockout in round six, and Juan Malvares (on the undercard where Ali regained the title from Spinks) by knockout in two. On October 21, he had a fight with Fel Clemente, against whom he retained the world title with a four round disqualification in Italy.
By the end of 1978, there was much talk of a super-fight against world Jr. Featherweight champion Wilfredo Gómez, but the bout never materialized.
His fight on March 10 of 1979 against Spain's Roberto Castanon in Salt Lake City, not only marked the first time he defended his world title in his home-state, but the first time he fought in his home-state as a professional period. He retained the crown with a ten round knockout. Then, on June 17, at San Antonio, Lopez and Mike Ayala fought what boxing book The Ring: Boxing in the 20th Century called one of the best fights of 1979. Lopez retained the title with a 15th round knockout, but the fight was marred by the finding afterwards that Ayala had been fighting under the influence of drugs. Nevertheless, this did not affect the fight's result, but left many to speculate about how the fight would have ended had Ayala not been drugged during it. Ayala himself admitted to have been, in his own words, loaded on the day of the fight.
Lopez went on to defend the title once more that year, knocking out Jose Caba in three rounds.
Lopez's reign as world champion came to an end on February 2, 1980, at the Arizona Veterans Coliseum in Phoenix. He met Salvador Sánchez that day, and he lost by knockout in round 13. A rematch was fought on June 21, in Las Vegas, and that time around, Lopez managed to last until the 14th round before succumbing once again by knockout. He announced his retirement after that fight.
In 1985, he talked about a comeback, but decided not to do it. However, in 1991, he did a one fight comeback, losing to Jorge Rodriguez by a knockout in round three.
His record was of 42 wins and 6 losses, with 39 wins by knockout.
On June 2010, Lopez and 12 other boxing personalities were inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Lopez has remained active during his latest retirement in the social sphere: He has been the object of various dedications and been active on the autograph signing circuit. He returned to live in Utah full-time after stepping away from the boxing rings for the last time, then moved to Los Angeles, where he works as a construction worker. Today he lives in San Bernardino.
* Induced into the World Boxing Hall of Fame - 1987
* Inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame - 2005
* Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame - 2010



1974: Clarence "Bones" Adams Jr (born in Henderson, Kentucky)
Adams is a former boxer. He has won a world title in the Super Bantamweight weight division.
Known as "Bones", Adams turned pro in 1990 and in 2000 defeated Nestor Garza for the WBA super bantamweight title by unanimous decision. In his first defense he beat Andres Fernandez by 6th round TKO. The fight ended when the referee stopped the fight and the ringside physician, Dr. Armando Sanchez, determined that Fernandez could not continue due to cuts.
Adams defended the title one more time before vacating to fight Paulie Ayala. He lost the bout by split decision in 2001, and also lost a rematch in 2002. Adams retired in 2003 after drawing with journeyman Manuel Sepeda, but returned to boxing in 2006.
On June 12, 2009, Adams defeated veteran Alex "Ali" Baba in an 8th round TKO.
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June 6th in Boxing History

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Floyd Patterson KO 7 Archie McBride
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Oscar Bonavena MDecision 12 Zora Folley
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Sonny Liston TKO 7 Henry Clark
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Steve Collins TKO 4 Nigel Benn
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Andre Purlette TKO 2 Jimmy Thunder
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DaVarryl Williamson TKO 1 Antonio Colbert
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Dominick Guinn TKO 1 Marvin Hill
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Jorge Arce TKO 6 Yo-Sam Choi
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Courtney Burton SD 10 Emanuel Augustus
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Yuriorkis Gamboa TKO 2 Joel Mayo
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Javier Fortuna TKO 2 Cristobal Cruz
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Ronald Gavril TKO 1 Kenneth Taylor Schmitz
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Felix Sturm TKO 4 Predrag Radosevic
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Maurice Weber TKO 1 Aliaksandr Abramenka
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Juan Alberto Rosas UD 10 Fernando Vargas
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Tony Thompson TKO 5 David Price
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