1907- Jack Johnson KO 2 Bob Fitzsimmons, Philadelphia.
1930- Al Singer KO 1 Sammy Mandell, Bronx, NY. Wins world lightweight title.
1939- Charley Burley W 10 Fritzie Zivic, Pittsburgh.
1940- Henry Armstrong KO 6 Lew Jenkins, NYC. Non-title fight.
1944- Willie Pep W 10 Manuel Ortiz, Boston, MA. Non-title fight.
1965- Ismael Laguna D 10 Nicolino Locche, Buenos Aires. Non-title fight.
1974- Bob Foster D 15 Jorge Ahumada, Albuquerque. Retains world light heavyweight title. Foster's final title defense.
1976- Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Angel Espada, Mexico. Wins WBA welterweight title.
1977- Luis Estaba W 15 Ricardo Estupian, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. Retains WBC junior flyweight title.
1982- Davey Moore KO 10 Ayub Kalule, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super welterweight title.
1983- Carlos DeLeon W 12 S.T Gordon, Las Vegas. Regains WBC cruiserweight title.
1983- Santos Laciar KO 1 Hi Sup Shin, Cheju-do, S. Korea. Retains WBA flyweight title.
1985- Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Rafael Orono, Bangkok. Retains WBA super flyweight title.
1985- Soon Chun Kwon D 15 Chong Kwan Chung, Masan, S. Korea. Retains IBF flyweight title.
1993- Freddie Pendleton W 12 Jorge Paez, Las Vegas. Retains IBF lightweight title.
1993- Michael Carbajal KO 7 Kwang-Sun Kim, Las Vegas. Retains IBF junior flyweight/WBC light flyweight titles.
1995- 1984 Olympic gold medalist Henry Tillman, 34, pleads guilty to credit card forgery in Torrence, CA. Superior Court.
1999- Fernando Vargas KO 11 Raul Marquez, Lake Tahoe, NV. Retains IBF junior middleweight title.
1999- Juan Carlos Gomez KO 6 Bruce Scott, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains WBC cruiserweight title.
2001- WBC Super Welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya settles out of court with a woman who alleged in a civil suit that the boxer raped her in 1996 at the Mexican resort of Cabo San Lucas. The terms of the settlement were not announced.
2001- Former IBF Super Middleweight titleholder Graciano Rocchigiani, 37, is sent to prison for 12-months for violating probation.
2004- Juan Diaz W 12 Lakva Sim, Houston, TX. Wins WBA Lightweight Title.
Born On This Day
1985- Oleydong Sithamerchai (born in Bangkok, Thailand)
Known as "The Deadly Candy". He fights in the strawweight division and is the reigning WBC Strawweight World champion. He captured the title on November 29, 2007 by defeating Eagle Den Janlaphan. Sithsamerchai won his third title defense on November 28, 2009 by a majority decision over Juan Palacios.
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ScapposeJohn commenting on Shane Mosely possibly being unaware he was taking PED's wrote: Likewise. It reminds me of President Clinton saying that he smoked weed in college but never inhaled. Yeah..........right.
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2010- Timothy Bradley W 12 Luis Carlos Abregu, Rancho Mirage, CA. Non-title fight. Referee: Jack Reiss | judge: Fritz Werner 118-110 | judge: Barry Druxman 117-111 | judge: Jonathan Davis 116-112.
2010- Fernando Montiel KO 3 Rafael Concepcion, Tuxla Gutierrez, Mexico. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
2010- Fernando Montiel KO 3 Rafael Concepcion, Tuxla Gutierrez, Mexico. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.
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ScapposeJohn commenting on Shane Mosely possibly being unaware he was taking PED's wrote: Likewise. It reminds me of President Clinton saying that he smoked weed in college but never inhaled. Yeah..........right.