February 17th

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February 17th

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February 17, 1941-

Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-

World heavyweight champion Joe Louis made his 14th successful defense of the title by knocking out Gus Dorazio in the 2nd round.
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Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis wins welterweight title

Boxing Gloves On this day in 2001, Andrew “Six Heads" Lewis won the WBA Welterweight title with a seventh-round TKO of James Page in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Page had initially won the WBA Welterweight belt in 1998 with a second-round knockout of Andrei Pestriaev. He successfully defended the title three times, but was stripped of his championship in 2000 when he refused to defend his title against Lewis on short notice. Lewis was an up-and-coming fighter with a record of 19-0-1.

The title was then made vacant and Lewis and Page were signed to fight for it. While Page was given more time to prepare, his ring rust was apparent. Lewis dropped him in the second round and beat Page to the punch throughout the fight. In the seventh round, Lewis sent Page to the canvas with a right hook. Page made it to his feet by the count of eight, but when he did not respond to referee Kenny Bayless’ questions, the bout was stopped.

Lewis defended the title twice – a decision over Larry Marks and a no-contest with Ricardo Mayorga – before losing it via a fifth-round stoppage to Mayorga in 2002. He has gone 1-2-1 since then. Page retired following his loss to Lewis.



1937 Joe Louis vs Natie Brown, Louis Won by Knockout in Round 4.
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1918- Harry Wills KO 5 Sam McVey, Panama City. Heavyweight Bout.

1922- Jack Britton D 15 Dave Shade, NYC. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1935- Freddie Miller KO 1 Jose Girones, Barcelona. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1941- Joe Louis KO 2 Gus Dorazio, Philadelphia. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1966- World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali’s draft status is mysteriously reclassified from exempt (for failing an aptitude test) to 1A.

1976- Koichi Wajima KO 15 Jae Do Yuh, Tokyo. Regains Lineal, WBA, and Ring Magazine World Junior Middleweight Titles.

1991- Michael Carbajal KO 2 Macario Santos, Las Vegas. Retains IBF World Junior Flyweight Title.

1991- Phillip Holiday KO 10 John Lark, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF World Lightweight Title.

1995- Alfred Kotey KO 4 Drew Docherty, Cumbernauld, Scotland. Retains WBO World Bantamweight Title.

1999- Floyd Mayweather W 12 Carlos Rios, Grand Rapids, MI. Retains Lineal World Junior Lightweight and WBC World Super Featherweight Titles.

2001- Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis KO 7 James Page, Las Vegas. Wins WBA World Welterweight Title.

2001- Takanori Hatakeyama D 12 Rick Roberts, Tokyo. Retains WBA World Lightweight Title.

2001- Erik Morales W 12 Guty Espadas, Las Vegas. Wins WBC World Featherweight Title. (Richey S. Jones: I scored it 115-113 for Espadas. Jerry Roth and Dave Harris favored Morales 116-112, and Dick Flaherty made it unanimous with a 115-113 score for the former WBC World Super Bantamweight Champion.)

2001- Lehlo Ledwaba KO 9 Arnel Barotillo, Carnival City, South Africa. Retains IBF World Junior Featherweight Title.

2007- Michael Katsidis KO 5 Graham Earl, Wembley, London, England. Wins Vacant WBO Interim Lightweight Title.

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1960- Olian Alexander
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FIFTY YEARS AGO-

February 17, 1962-

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic-

Future world lightweight champion Carlos Teo Cruz unanimously outpointed Rafael Acevedo tp win a 12-round, featherweight contest.

New York, New York, USA-

In a middleweight bout held at Madison Square Garden, future world junior middleweight champion Denny Moyer won a 10-round, unanimous decision over former world welterweight champion and former five-time world middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson. With the win, Moyer avenged his 10-round, unanimous decision loss to Robinson in their October 21, 1961 bout also held at the Garden.

On the undercard of Robinson-Moyer II, future WBA world heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis won a six-round middleweight bout with a majority decision over Johnny Alford.
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2001- Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis KO 7 James Page, Las Vegas. Wins WBA World Welterweight Title.


Page had a short reign, but he was pretty entertaining while it lasted. Very nice KO of Andrei Pestraev and his win over Jose Luis Lopez was a scorcher. I was surprised to see Six Heads dethrone him. Page hit the canvas twice throughout. He never fought again.
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Re: February 17th

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SIXTY YEARS AGO:

February 17, 1956-

New York, New York-

Future two-time World middleweight champion Gene Fullmer (34-3) won a 10-round, split decision over Gil Turner (50-11-1).

On the undercard, future World junior welterweight champion and future two-time World lightweight champion Carlos Ortiz (14-0) outpointed Ray Portilla (17-10-2) over 8 rounds.

Both Fullmer and Ortiz would later be inducted into both the International Boxing Hall Of Fame and World Boxing Hall of Fame.

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