December 2nd

straycat · Post by **straycat** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:14 am

1895- George "Kid" Lavigne W 15 Joe Walcott, Maspeth, NY. Billed as for American 133lb title (Lightweight)

1905- Jack Johnson ND 6 Joe Jeanette, Philadelphia.

1907- Tommy Burns KO 10 Gunner Moir, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1925- Tod Morgan KO 10 Mike Ballerino, Los Angeles. Wins World Super Featherweight Title.

1935- Lew Jenkins W 8 Lee "Moon" Mullins, Phoenix. Jenkins’ pro debut.

1950- Vic Toweel KO 11 Danny O’Sullivan, Johannesburg. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1959- Joe "Old Bones" Brown KO 6 Dave Charnley, Houston. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1963- Sandro Mazzinghi KO 13 Ralph Dupas, Sydney. Retains World Junior Middleweight Title.

1965- Salvatore Burruni KO 13 Rocky Gattellari, Sydney. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1972- Bruno Acari W 15 Everaldo Costa Azevedo, Turin, Italy. Retains WBC Junior Welterweight Title.

1972- Ernesto Marcel KO 6 Enrique Garcia, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1977- Carlos Zarate KO 5 Juan F. Rodriguez, Madrid. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1978- Marvin Johnson KO 10 Mate Parlov, Marsala, Italy. Wins WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

1985- Jeff Fenech W 15 Jerome Coffee, Sydney. Retains IBF Bantamweight Title.

1986- Tsuyoshi Hamada W 12 Ronnie Shields, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1992- Kennedy McKinney KO 11 Welcome Ncita, Tortoli, Sardina. Wins IBF Junior Featherweight Title.

1995- Wayne McCullough KO 8 Johnny Bredahl, Belfast. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1995- Rosendo Alvarez W 12 Chana Porpaoin, Bangkok. Wins WBA Minimumweight Title.

1997- Charles Brewer W 12 Joey DeGrandis, Philadelphia. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

2000- William Joppy KO 4 Jonathan Reid, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

2000- Felix "Tito" Trinidad KO 12 Fernando Vargas, Las Vegas. Retains WBASuper Welterweight Title/wins IBF Junior Middleweight Title. Time: 1:33 | Referee: Jay Nady | Judge: Duane Ford 103-100 | Judge: Stanley Christodoulou 104-100 | Judge: Glen Hamada 104-99

2000- Ricardo Lopez KO 3 Ratanapol Vorapin, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

2006- Mariano Carrera KO 11 Javier Castillejo, Berlin. Wins WBA Middleweight Title. Carrera tests positive for a banned substance. The result is changed to a no contest (NC 11) and the WBA reinstates Catillejo as champion.

2006- Antonio Margarito W 12 Joshua Clottey, Atlantic City. Retains WBO Welterweight Title. Referee: Benjy Esteves Jr. | judge: Paul Venti 116-112 | judge: John Stewart 116-112 | judge: Eugene Grant 118-109.

2006- Miguel Cotto KO 5 Carlos Quintana, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA Welterweight Title.

Born On This Day

1941- Sugar Ramos (born Ultiminio Ramos Zaqueira in Matanzas, Cuba)
Cuban-Mexican boxer. Ramos fought out of Mexico where he was adopted as a national hero. He is a former featherweight champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
He won the Cuban Featherweight championship belt in 1960 and then fled to Mexico City when Fidel Castro came into power.
In Mexico, Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos built his historical career. On March 21, 1963, Ramos had a bout scheduled at Dodger Stadium. On that day, Ramos severely beat Davey Moore. In the 10th round, Moore was knocked down. His head bounced off the bottom rope, and then hit the canvas. Four days later, Moore died from injuries sustained to his brain stem.
This was similar to Ramos' twelfth professional fight in which Jose Blanco died from injuries sustained in the fight. Ramos was criticized.
Ramos lost his featherweight title in 1964 to Vicente Saldivar. He did challenge twice for the world lightweight championiship against Carlos Ortiz in '66 and '67 but came up short, after that he continued to box until 1972.
His record was 55 wins (40 KO's). 7 loses, and 4 draws.

* He was elected into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992 as both "Ultiminio Ramos" and "Sugar Ramos"--apparently as two different boxers.

Cultural references
Bob Dylan wrote a song about the event where Davey Moore succumbed to death while posing the question of public responsibility. It is titled "Who Killed Davey Moore?" and was also sung by Pete Seeger. Phil Ochs wrote a song titled "Davey Moore" which told the story of Davey Moore's death and placed the guilt on the managers and the boxing "money men" as well as boxing fans.
A tribute to Davey Moore is also made by the New Zealander and French writer and singer Graeme Allwright wikipedia via his song Qui a tué Davy Moore

KSTAT124 · Post by **KSTAT124** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:21 am

A YEAR AGO:

December 2, 2010-

Paris, France-

Former two-time WBC/WBA cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck outpointed Timur Ibragimov over 12 rounds to win the vacant WBA International heavyweight title.

DBO · Post by **DBO** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:23 am

1997- Charles Brewer W 12 Joey DeGrandis, Philadelphia. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

One of the most TV friendly fighters of his era. Brewer was a decent puncher with a brittle chin. Scully told me that when he sparred he ALWAYS used full face protective headgear, the kind used by fighters protecting a busted nose.

KSTAT124 · Post by **KSTAT124** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:13 am

FIFTY YEARS AGO:

December 2, 1961-

Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina-

Future WBA flyweight champion Horacio Accavallo, then the reigning Argentine and South American flyweight champ, outpointed Jesus Hernandez in a ten-round, non-title bout.

Accavallo went on to hold the WBA title from March 1, 1966 until his retirement on October 1, 1968. He compiled a record of 75-2-6 with 34 KOs during his career which started in 1956.

Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany-

Three-time Olympic gold medalist and future EBU European middleweight champion Laszlo Papp stopped Michel Francois in the 2nd round of a 10-round bout.

Papp compiled a career record of 27-0-2 with 15 KOs and was inducted into the InternationalBoxing Hall Of Fame in 2001.

Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico-

Future lineal and WBC flyweight champion Efren "Alacran" Torres knocked out Chocolate Barrera in the 4th round of a scheduled 10-rounder.

Torres reigned as champion from February 23, 1969 until March 20, 1970. He retired in 1972 with a record of 53-9-1 with 35 KOs and was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2007.

Tunis, Tunisia-

Alphonse Halimi, who held the lineal world bantamweight champion from April 1, 1957 until July 8, 1959 and the European version of the world bantamweight title from October 25, 1960 until May 30, 1961, stopped Joe Buck in the 7th round of a scheduled 10.

Miami Beach, Florida, USA-

Heavyweight contender Eddie Machen, weighing 197 1/2, scored a 10-round, unanimous decision over the light heavyweight contender Doug Jones, who weighed in at 184 3/4. Jones went on to fight for the vacant world light heavyweight title in his next bout. Both he and Machen later challenged for the WBA heavyweight title, Machen in 1965, Jones in 1966.

In the co-main event, a bout between future world welterweight champions, Luis Rodriguez unanimously outpointed Curtis Cokes over 10 rounds.

Rodriguez held the lineal, WBA, and WBC titles from March 21, 1963 until June 8, 1963 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 1997.

Cokes held the lineal, WBA, and WBC titles from August 24, 1966 until April 18, 1969. He was inducted into the IBHOF in 2003 and has also ben inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.