February 9th

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February 9, 1940-

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York-

Joe Louis won a 15-round, split decision over Arturo Godoy to retain the world heavyweight title.

In his next defense, Louis stopped Johnny Paychek in the 2nd round, March 29, also at the Garden. He then granted Godoy a rematch.

The two met at Yankee Stadium on June 20, 1940. Louis retained his title by stopping Godoy in the 8th round after flooring the tough Chilean twice.
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Its 1974 and Carlos Monzon has just retained his belt with a 7th round stoppage over welterweight champ Joses Napoles.

Then on this day in 1991 Terry Norris pimp slapped Ray Leonard to defend and retain his junior middleweight crown with a UD.
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From thesweetscience.com:

On this day in 1991, Terry Norris successfully defended his WBC Light Middleweight title with a 12-round decision over Sugar Ray Leonard. For Leonard, it marked the end of an illustrious career.

After returning to the ring in 1987 to win the WBC Middleweight title from Marvin Hagler, Leonard’s focus shifted to mega-fights. His two bouts in 1989 were a draw with Thomas Hearns and a lopsided decision-win over an aging Roberto Duran. Following the Duran fight, Leonard took 14 months off from boxing. He then dropped down to light middleweight to face Norris for his title.

Norris had won the WBC Light Middleweight belt in March of 1990 with a first-round knockout of John Mugabi. He then successfully defended the title once before signing to fight Leonard.

While Norris’s weak chin gave him problems throughout his career, he was one of the most physically gifted fighters of his era, and it definitely showed against a 34-year-old Leonard. Norris dominated the bout, flooring Leonard in both the second and seventh rounds. The final scorecards read 119-113, 120-114, and 116-110, all in favor of Norris.

Leonard announced his retirement following the bout. He did return to the ring in 1997 at the age of 40, was stopped in the fifth round by Hector Camacho, and then retired for good. Norris lost and regained the WBC belt twice between 1990 and 1997.
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1986- Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title

2008- Paul Williams fought Carlos Quintana in his first defense of his WBO welterweight title. Williams lost to Quintana by decision.
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straycat wrote:1986- Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title

2008- Paul Williams fought Carlos Quintana in his first defense of his WBO welterweight title. Williams lost to Quintana by decision.
Knew you would have that one up. LOL!

More on the Joe Louis- Arturo Godoy fight of Feb. 9, 1940- When the 15 round split decision in favor of Louis was announced, the crowd at Madison Square Garden boo'd. Godoy's aggressive style won approval from the 15,000 in attendance, and at least one judge.

2 judges had Louis winning 10-4-1, while the other judge had Godoy winning by 10-5.

As KSTAT wrote above, Louis, 4 months later, knocked out Godoy in 8 rounds at Yankee Stadium.
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1940- Joe Louis W 15 Arturo Godoy, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. This split decision victory is Louis’ toughest title defense to date.

1969- Shozo Saijyo W 15 Pedro Gomez, Tokyo. Retains WBA World Featherweight Title.

1973- Venice Borkorsor W 15 Erbito Salavarria, Bangkok. Retains WBC World Flyweight Title/Wins Ring Magazine World Flyweight Title/Wins recognition as Lineal World Flyweight Champion from those who still recognized Salavarria as the lineal champ.

1974- Carlos Monzon KO 7 Jose Napoles, Paris. Retains Lineal, WBA, WBC, and Ring Magazine World Middleweight Titles. Napoles, the reigning Lineal, WBA, WBC, and Ring Magazine World Welterweight Champion, is no match for the bigger, stronger Monzon.

1980- Lupe Pintor KO 12 Alberto Sandoval, Los Angeles. Retains WBC World Bantamweight Title.

1986- Marvin Johnson KO 7 Leslie Stewart, Indianapolis. Wins vacant WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. This is Johnson’s third reign as Light Heavyweight Champion. Once with the WBC and twice holding the WBA’s belt.

1991- "Terrible" Terry Norris W 12 Sugar Ray Leonard, NYC. Retains WBC World Super Welterweight Title. The sad end to the Sugar Ray Leonard era.

2000- The legendary hall-of-famer Beau Jack, 78, passes away at a nursing home in Miami, Florida from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Beau Jack, who twice held the world lightweight title in the 1940’s, holds the Madison Square Garden record for main events with 21.

2000- Greg Page KO 7 Terrence Lewis, Rosemont, IL. Heavyweight Bout.

2001- Aaron Davis KO 8 Vinny Pazienza, Mashantucket, CT. Super Middleweight Bout.

2001- Ulises Solis W 8 Jaime Parga, Mexico. Light Flyweight Bout. Solis improves to 6-0-1 with 4 wins by KO.

2002- Ricky Hatton KO 9 Mikhail Krivolapov, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Retains WBU Light Welterweight Title.

2002- Eamonn Magee KO 6 Jonathan Thaxton, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Retains Commonwealth Light Welterweight Title.

2002- Silvio Branco KO 1 Juergen Hartenstein, Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy. Wins Vacant IBF Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title.

2005- Sammy Gutierrez KO 7 Branni Guerrero, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Light Flyweight Bout.

2006- Florante Condes KO 5 Elmer Gejon, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Retains Philippines Games and Amusement Board Mimimumweight Title.

2007- Denkaosan Kaovichit W 12 Alfred Nagal, Tanamnon, Thailand. Retains PABA Flyweight Title.

2007- Czar Amonsot W 12 Do-Woon Jung, Seoul, South Korea. Wins Vacant WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight Title.

2007- Yong-Sung Kim KO 7 Mark Melligen, Seoul, South Korea. Wins Vacant WBO Asia Pacific Interim Junior Welterweight Title.

2007- Dean Francis KO 1 Ovill McKenzie, Bristol, Avon, England. Wins Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title.

2007- Carl Johanneson W 12 Ricky Burns, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Retains BBBofC British Super Featherweight Title.

2007- Rocky Juarez KO 5 Emmanuel Lucero, Tucson. AZ. Super Featherweight Bout.

2007- Eddie Chambers KO 7 Derric Rossy, Selden, NY. Wins Vacant USBA Heavyweight Title.

2007- Chris Arreola KO 3 Zakeem Graham, Selden, NY. Heavyweight Bout.

2008- Carlos Quintana W 12 Paul Williams, Temecula, CA. Wins WBO World Welterweight Title. Huge upset!

2008- Chris Arreola KO 1 Cliff Couser, Temecula, CA. Heavyweight Bout.

2008- Andre Berto KO 6 Michel Trabant, Temecula, CA. Retains NABF Welterweight Title.

2008- Edgar Sosa W 12 Jesus Iribe, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Retains WBC World Light Flyweight Title.

2008- Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. KO 8 Jose Celaya, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Wins Vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight Title.

2008- Marco Antonio Rubio KO 7 Jose Luis Zertuche, Leon., Guanajuato, Mexico. Wins Vacant WBC FECOMBOX Middleweight Title.

2008- Adrian Hernandez KO 4 Rodel Mayol, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Light Flyweight Bout.

2008- Tommy Morrison KO 3 Matt Weishaar, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Heavyweight Bout.

2008- Krzysztof Wlodarczyk KO 4 Gabor Halasz, Lublin, Poland. Cruiserweight Bout.

Born On This Day

1908- Jackie Fields (born Jacob Finkelstein in Chicago, Illinois)
American professional boxer who won two world championship titles.
Jackie Fields was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on February 9, 1908 under the name Jacob Finkelstein. He was married on August 12, 1931. The couple separated in December 1940 and his wife, Martha, was granted a divorce in May 1944. Fields died in 1984 at the age of 79 in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States. At the time he was part owner of the Tropicana Hotel.
Over the course of Field's amateur career, he participated in 54 fights, winning 51 of them. During the 1924 Summer Olympics, Fields won a gold medal in the featherweight division. He was 16 years old.
Competing as a welterweight, Fields won the 1929 and 1932 championship titles.
On July 25, 1929 Fields faced Joe Dundee in a match for the welterweight championship. Fields was awarded the fight in the second round after Dundee, having been knocked down twice, delivered a foul blow which left Fields incapable of continuing the fight. Dundee, who had taken a $50,000 advance to participate in the fight, claimed that the foul was unintentional Fields stated he believed Dundee, but noted that it was the only bout he had ever won on a foul.
In 1972 he was inducted into the United Savings-Helms Hall of Boxing Fame during a ceremony in Las Vegas

1953- Vito Antuofermo (born in Bari Italy) An actor who is also a former world Middleweight boxing champion.
Antuofermo was born in Italy, town of Palo del Colle is located about 15 km inland from the city of Bari. but his family moved to the United States when he was 17 years old. Antuofermo learned how to fight in the tough areas of New York City, and by his teens he had made up his mind that he wanted to be a professional boxer.
Antuofermo won the 1970 147 lb New York Golden Gloves Championship, defeating Thomas Chestnut in the finals. In 1971 Antuofermo was defeated by future Light Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gregory in the finals of the 147 lb Open division. Antuofermo trained at the Police Athletic Leagues Sweeney Center in Brooklyn, New York.
One of the things for which Antuofermo was known was his propensity to bleed easily, especially around the eyebrows, after taking a head butt there. In between rounds in his fights, as much attention (if not more) was given to Vito patching up cuts on his face as it was giving him advice and instructions. In fact, 'cuts' seemed to be the operative word in what determined his fate in his title matches against Alan Minter and Marvin Hagler.
In 1979, Antuofermo became world's Middleweight champion by beating defending champ Hugo Corro by a decision in 15 rounds at Monte Carlo. According to an article on Ring Magazine, Howard Cosell, who was working on that fight's live broadcast to the USA, was telling viewers that Corro was, in his opinion, way ahead on the judges' cards. When someone on the American television crew found out it was Antuofermo who was actually leading on the cards, Cosell then began to say he had Antuofermo ahead.
On the morning after winning the title, Antuofermo and his crew were driving to a small vacation in Italy, when he saw a car fly off a bridge under which they were passing. The car landed right in front of his, but luckily the accident did not injure any occupants in Antuofermo's car. He was so shocked that he kept driving, and never found out what happened to the occupants of that car. He came back to his senses about 20 minutes later.
Antuofermo defended his title against Marvelous Marvin Hagler in Las Vegas, Nevada, the fight resulting in a controversial 15-round draw. In his next defense, against Alan Minter, also in Las Vegas, he lost the title by a 15-round split decision. They had a rematch, in London, and Minter retained the crown by a TKO (on cuts) in eight.In the second Minter fight, his management argued against the use of any substance by Vito to stop any bleeding that might occur. Knowing they had to try to beat him on cuts.
Antuofermo kept fighting and winning, and, after Hagler won the title from Minter in 1980, Antuofermo was given another chance to regain the world Middleweight crown. In front of an HBO Boxing audience and a full house at Hagler's native Boston's Boston Garden, Antuofermo this time lost by a TKO on cuts in the fourth round. Following Minter's lead, the Hagler camp also fought against the use of coagulants. Another controversial bout, as Hagler very blatantly head butted Antuofermo to cause cuts.
After several attempts at becoming a top Middleweight again, Antuofermo in 1984 retired from boxing.
Apart from Corro, other boxers he beat included world champions
Eckhard Dagge, Denny Moyer, and Emile Griffith.
After retirement Antuofermo began to pursue an acting career, and in 1990 he landed a small speaking role in The Godfather Part III. He has landed several small speaking roles in movies and television shows since, included the critically acclaimed television show The Sopranos as a mobster. He has also done many theater plays.
Antuofermo's record reads 50 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, with 21 wins by knockout.
Vito Antuofermo's second oldest son Pasquale Antuofermo is currently fighting as an amateur.
He now owns a successful landscaping company that operates in Long Island, New York.

1954- Alfonso Zamora (born Alfonso Zamora Quiroz in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico)
Former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career. He was the WBA Bantamweight Championship and make ten title defences.
Amateur career
Bantamweight silver medalist at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.[2] Results were:
* Defeated Ricardo Fortaleza (Philippines) KO 2
* Defeated Stefan Forster (West Germany) points
* Defeated Juan Francisco Rodriguez (Spain) KO 3
* Defeated Ricardo Carreras (United States) points
* Lost to Orlando Martinez (Cuba) points
Pro career
He won the WBA Bantamweight Championship on 14 March 1975 when he knocked out Soo-Hwan Hong in four rounds, two years after turning pro. Zamora defended his title twice that year via knockout, against Thanomchit Sukhothai and Socrates Batoto. On April 3, 1976, he knocked out future hall-of-famer Eusebio Pedroza in the second round. Later that year, he successfully defended his title via knockout against Gilberto Illueca and a rematch with Soo-Hwan Hong.
Fighting contemporaneously, and holding the WBC crown, was the fellow-Mexican legend, Carlos Zarate. A showdown between the two was inevitable and they met in a non-title match on 23 April 1977. Zamora went into the bout sporting a record of 29 wins in 29 fights, all by knockout. Zarate's record was an equally impressive 45 fights, 45 wins, with 44 KOs. In an eargely anticipated fight Zarate scored a technical knockout over Zamora in the fourth round.
Zamora never seemed to recover from this loss. In his next fight he lost his WBA Bantamweight title to Jorge Luján by knockout in the tenth round. His record thereafter was spotty, and he even was stopped on 16 November 1979 by Eddie Logan, who sported a record of 5 wins and 7 losses. He retired after losing, again by knockout, to Rigoberto Estrada on 19 September 1980. In 1983, Zamora was to fight Wilfredo Gomez, the fight ultimately was canceled.
Zamora was a knockout seeker, but he seemed to lose confidence after his devastating loss to Zarate. Nevertheless, he was selected at Number 47 on the The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. His final career record included 33 wins, with 32 KOs, and 5 losses.
Zamora was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame (2005).
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YESTERDAY:

February 9, 2012-

At the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City, Panama, former WBA world super featherweight champion Vicente Mosquera won a 10-round, split decision over Walter Castillo to win the vacant WBC interim Latino super lightweight title and highly ranked Luis Alberto Rios won the vacant WBC interim Latino light flyweight title by stopping Arnoldo Solano in the 9th round.

On the same card, Panamanian national featherweight champion Jhonatan Arenas stopped Jose Gutierrez in the 6th round of a non-title, super bantamweight bout and former WBA world lightweight title challenger Miguel Callist halted Carlos Guevara in the 2nd round of a super lightweight contest.

While in Bucharest, Romania, undefeated Viorel Simion retained the WBC International featherweight title with a 12-round, unanimous decision over Mexican national featherweight champ Edgar Riovalle.
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2001- Aaron Davis KO 8 Vinny Pazienza, Mashantucket, CT. Super Middleweight Bout.


Even a spent Davis was able to torture Pazienza at this stage of the game. Paz' nose was so swollen, busted, and bloody that he looked like a clown.
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2013-

Esbjerg, Denmark-
WBA Inter-Continental Middleweight Title-
Champion Patrick Nielsen (WBA #4; 18-0, 8 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Patrick Mendy (14-6, 1 KO)
- The scores were 117-110, 117-110, and 117-111.

EBU European Featherweight Title-
Champion Alexander Miskirtchian (IBF #6, WBC #9, WBA #14; 22-2-1, 8 KOs)
TKO-12 2:23
Andreas Evensen (WBA #8; 17-3-1, 6 KOs)

Belfast, Northern Ireland-

EBU European and IBF Intercontinental Super Bantamweight Titles-
IBF Intercontinental champion Carl Frampton (The Ring #5, WBC #8, IBF #9, TTR #10; 16-0, 11 KOs)
TKO-9 2:46
EBU European champion Kiko Martinez (IBF #6, WBC #7, WBA #8; 27-4, 19 KOs)
- Frampton's Commonwealth title was not on the line.
- In the ninth round, the 25-year-old Irishman dropped Martinez with a devastating right. The 26-year-old Spaniard beat referee Anssi Perajoka's count but was too wobbly to be allowed to continue.
- TTR had Frampton ahead, 78-75, going into the ninth canto.

BBBofC British and Commonwealth Featherweight Titles-
Champion Lee Selby (WBO #13, WBC #21; 14-1, 5 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Martin Lindsay (20-2, 7 KOs)
- The scores were 118-110, 117-111, and 118-109.

Middleweight Bout-
Andy Lee (WBC #7, WBA #9; 29-2, 20 KOs)
PTS. 10
Anthony Fitzgerald (13-4, 1 NC, 4 KOs)
- Lee won by the score of 98-94.

Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico-

World Boxing Federation World Welterweight Title/Vacant WBC International Silver Super Lightweight Title-
WBFed champion Humberto Soto (WBC #8 at 140; 60-8-2, 1 NC, 34 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Silverio Ortiz (26-14, 12 KOs)
- Both fighters weighed in at 139.
- The scores were 118-108, 117-110, and 117-110.
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SIXTY YEARS AGO:

February 9, 1956-

Los Angeles, California-

Veteran Ruben Salazar of San Antonio, Texas upset former World lightweight champion and future World Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Lauro Salas. Salazar improved to 41-34-6 by winning a 10-round, split decision. Salas, of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, slipped to 71-41-8.

Traverse City, Michigan-

Marty Marshall (22-10-2) won the vacant Michigan State light heavyweight title via a 10-round, majority decision over John Riggins (9-1-1).

Marshall is best known for upsetting Sonny Liston via SD 8 on September 7, 1954. Liston won their two later matches by TKO-6 on April 21, 1955 and by UD 10 on March 6, 1956.

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