FEBRUARY 8th

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FEBRUARY 8th

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2003
February 8
Shane Mosley (38-2-0-1) NC 3 Raul Marquez (34-2-0-1)
Antonio Margarito (28-3) TKO 2 Andrew Lewis (22-2-1)
Kelly Pavlik TKO 2 Eduardo Gutierrez
Jose Celaya W 8 Norberto Bravo
Audley Harrison (9-0) TKO 4 Rob Calloway (44-4-1)
Nicky Cook TKO 12 Misheck Kondwani
Esham Pickering TKO 5 Duncan Koranja
Adrian Stone TKO 4 Dondon Sultan
Spencer Fearon W 6 Leigh Wicks
Andrew Lowe W 6 Clint Johnson
Lee Hodgkins W 4 Dean Powell
Jamie McKeever TKO 6 Tony Mulholland
Michael Jones W 6 Howard Clarke
Gary Hibbert D 6 Anthony Maynard
Stipe Drews W 12 Silvio Branco
Sinan Samil Sam (17-0) TKO 6 Danny Williams (27-2)
Alexander Petkovic TKO 2 Valery Semishkur
Youssef El-Award W 4 Raul Asensio
Luan Krasniqi W 8 Sedrick Fields
Juan Gerardo Cabrera KO 4 Remigio Molina
Javier Mamani TKO 8 Martin Federico Tulian
Marcos Carlos Alegre KO 4 Carlos David Fernadez
Hector Martin Heredia W 4 Alberto Marin Mansilla
Valentin Antonio Ochoa W 4 Carlos Molinas
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Once again Harold Johnson is involved Scapp and others.

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1950 0n this day.

Jersey Joe Walcott knocked out Manyunk's Harold Johnson on this day in 1950 at the Philadelphia Arena. The strange ending to the fight came in the third round when Johnson collapsed without being hit by a punch. After looking good and out-boxing Jersey Joe at the beginning of the bout, Johnson was knocked down at the end of the second round by some hard shots. He was able to continue for the next round, but eventually toppled as he pursued Walcott, seemingly still dizzy from the knockdown. There was much concern, speculation of a fix, delayed payment of the purses, and talk of revoking Johnson's license. But in the end there was no scandal or misconduct found.

In an interesting note, Walcott scored a previous knockout over Phil Johnson, Harold's father, in 1936.


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The great Bennie Briscoe celebrates his birthday today (1943). This Philly legend of the middleweight division had a long and exciting career - from 1962 to 1982. He fought for the title three times and compiled a record of 66-24-5 with 53 knockouts and 1 No Contest. Happy Birthday Bad Bennie!

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From thesweetscience.com:



Wolgast NelsonOn this day in 1888, Ad Wolgast was born in Cadillac, Michigan.

Wolgast became a professional fighter in 1906 and spent the first two years of his career boxing in Michigan and Wisconsin. His relentless, but defenseless attack earned him many accolades.

In 1909, he faced world lightweight champion Battling Nelson in a non-title bout. While both men pummeled each other for 10 rounds, they were standing at end, and the fight resulted in a no-decision. However, many ringside observers felt that Wolgast had won. Because of the controversy and excitement of their first bout, a rematch with the title on the line was scheduled for February of 1910.

This fight was more brutal than their first bout. W.O. McGeehan of the New York Herald Tribune covered the match, writing, “for concentrated viciousness… the most savage bout I have ever seen.” The two battered each other for more than 40 rounds. At the beginning of the 42nd round, Nelson’s vision was so impaired that he could not tell Wolgast from a ring post. The bout was then stopped.

As champion, Wolgast defended his title eight times. One of his title bouts was a 13th-round knockout of Owen Moran in 1911. Wolgast lost the title in 1912 when was disqualified in the 16th round for throwing excessive low blows at Willie Ritchie. The two met again in 1914 for a rematch, which resulted in a no-decision.

Wolgast continued fighting until 1920, but never won another world title. Unfortunately, the punishment he endured in the ring caused excessive brain damage. He was committed to an institution in the 1920s, where he remained until his death in 1955.

The International Boxing Hall of Fame enshrined Wolgast in 2000.
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More February 8 highlights:

1924- Pancho Villa outpointed Georgie Marks over 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden in New York. Villa's world flyweight title was to have been on the line but Marks weighed in 4 1/2 pounds over the flyweight limit.

1930- Panama Al Brown retained the world bantamweight title when Johnny Erickson was disqualified in the 4th round for repeated low blows.

1979- Alexander Munoz, the current WBA super flyweight champion, was born in Miranda, Venezuela.

1997- On a super card in Millwall, England, Prince Naseem Hamed unified the WBO and IBF featherweight titles by stopping Tom "Boom Boom" Johnson in the 8th round, Robin Reid retained the WBC super middleweight title by knocking out Giovanni Pretorius in the 7th round, Steve Collins retained the WBO super middleweight title by stopping Frederic Seillier in the 5th round, Jacob Matlala retained the WBO junior flyweight title with a 12-round, split decision over Mickey Cantwell, and future WBO junior middleweight and middleweight champion Harry Simon KOed John Bosco in the 2nd round.
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1924- Pancho Villa W 15 Georgie Marks, NYC. Retains World Flyweight Title.

1930- Panama Al Brown WF 4 Johnny Erickson, NYC. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1950- Jersey Joe Walcott KO 3 Harold Johnson, Philadelphia. Fourteen years prior Walcott stopped Phill Johnson (Harold’s father), in three; also in Philly.

1970- Shozo Saijyo W 15 Godfrey Stevens, Tokyo. Retains WBA World Featherweight Title.

1981- Hilario Zapata KO 13 Joey Olivo, Panama City. Retains WBC World Light Flyweight Title.

1986- Miguel Lora W 12 Wilfredo Vasquez, Miami Beach. Retains WBC World Bantamweight Title.

1992- James "Lights Out" Toney W 12 Dave Tiberi, Atlantic City. Retains IBF World Middleweight Title. Hotly disputed decision.

1997- Steve Collins KO 5 Frederic Seillier, Millwall, England. Retains WBO World Super Middleweight Title.

1997- Robin Reid KO 7 Giovanni Pretorius, Millwall, England. Retains WBC World Super Middleweight Title.

1997- Prince Naseem Hamed KO 8 Tom "Boom Boom" Johnson, Millwall, England. Retains WBO World Featherweight Title and Wins IBF World Featherweight Title.

1998- Enrique Sanchez W 12 Rafael Del Valle, Lake Charles, LA. Wins vacant WBA World Super Bantamweight Title.

2003- Shane Mosley No-Contest 3 Raul Marquez, Las Vegas. Junior Middleweight Bout. An unintentional head butt prematurely ends matters.

2004- Yodsanan 3-K Battery (AKA Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai) KO 7 Ryuhei Sugita, Gifu, Japan. Retains WBA World Super Featherweight Title.

2006- Farhad "Masa" Bakirov Unan. Tech. Dec. 9 Tadashi Yuba, Tokyo, Japan. Welterweight Bout.

2008- Michael Moorer KO 1 Shelby Gross, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Heavyweight Bout. Moorer's last bout; he retired with a record of 52-4-1 with 40 KOs.

2008- BJ Flores W 12 Darnell Wilson, Dover, DE. Wins USBA Cruiserweight Title/Wins IBF Cruiserweight Eliminator for the #2 Spot in the Rankings.

2009- Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 1 Noriyuki Komatsu, Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Flyweight Bout.

2010- Tomonobu Shimizu KO 7 Takayasu Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan. Retains Japanese Flyweight Title.

Born On This Day

1888- Ad Wolgast (born Adolphus Wolgast in Cadillac, Michigan)
Also known as the Michigan Wildcat was a world lightweight boxing champion.
He was born on 8 February 1888, his siblings were, fellow boxers Johnny Wolgast and Al Wolgast.
He turned professional in boxing in 1910 and in 1911 captured the World Lightweight Title with a TKO win over Battling Nelson. After the California bout, both fighters were arrested and charged with violating the anti-prizefight law. Wolgast would later defend the title against Mexican Joe Rivers in 1912, a bout that caused controversy. Delivering simultaneous blows, they knocked each other out. Referee Jack Welch counted to ten and the bout was over. However, he awarded the win to Wolgast, claiming that Ad had started to rise before the fatal ten. Rivers' fans let out a roar, believing he had been fouled. To add to the confusion, the timekeeper insisted the round had ended when Welch reached the count of four. But Welch's ruling became the official verdict. Wolgast ultimately defended the belt five times before losing it to Willie Ritchie in 1912.
Wolgast was declared incompetent in 1917 and a guardianship was established for him. He suffered a nervous breakdown in 1918 and was placed in a sanitarium. He escaped and was later found living in the "North Woods" of California as a "mountain man." In December 1918 a Los Angeles court found him competent to handle his own affairs, and terminated the guardianship.
In the early 1920s, Jack Doyle, owner of a Vernon, California boxing venue, took Wolgast "under his wing," and allowed him to train at his boxing gym, promising Wolgast a bout "tomorrow." Tomorrow never came, yet Wolgast continued to train diligently every day for that bout tomorrow.
In 1927 he was committed to Stockton State Hospital. He was injured by guards trying to restrain him and he had ribs broken. He died April 14, 1955 in Camarillo, California of heart complications.

1943- Bennie Briscoe (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Was the quintessential Philadelphia boxer.
"Bad" Bennie fought from 1962 to 1982, and retired with a career record of 66 wins (53 by KO) 24 losses and 5 draws. Briscoe was a top-rated Middleweight contender during the 1970s, unsuccessfully challenging for the World Title on three different occasions. His record reads like a "who's who" list of prominent fighters from his era.
Briscoe had a standout career as an amateur, compiling a record of 70–3 (Source: The Ring, Sept 1963). He won the Middle Atlantic AAU title three times, the last in 1962 at Convention Hall in Philadelphia.
Bennie fought Middleweight champions Marvin Hagler, Vito Antuofermo, Rodrigo Valdez, Emile Griffith and Carlos Monzón. He also fought and defeated future light-heavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Tom Bethea, Carlos Marks, Rafael Gutierrez, Charley Scott, Billy "Dynamite" Douglas, George Benton, Vicente Rondon, Jose Gonzales (twice), Art Hernandez, Tony Mundine, Stanley "Kitten" Hayward, Juarez DeLima, Eugene "Cyclone" Hart and Tony Chiaverini. Briscoe also dropped two decisions to former welterweight champion Luis Rodriguez.
Bennie was known for his toughness, strong punch and body punching. He fought future middleweight champion Monzon to a draw in Buenos Aires on May 6, 1967, but dropped a 15 round decision to the champion in a 1972 title match. Briscoe was outpointed by former welterweight and middleweight king Emile Griffith in their first match, but fought Griffith to a draw in a rematch. He was outpointed by future middleweight champions Marvin Hagler and Vito Antuofermo.
Bennie also fought Rodrigo Valdez three times. He was outpointed twice, but Valdez scored a rare KO over Briscoe in an elimination match to determine the WBC middleweight champion on May 25, 1974 - it was the only time in 96 fights that Briscoe was ever stopped. The WBC had decided to "strip" Monzon of its version of the middleweight crown, although the rest of the world continued to recognize Monzon as champion.
Briscoe was one of the most feared middleweights of his era. In 2003, he was named to the The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. His final record was 66-24-5 with 53 knockouts and one No Contest.
Briscoe fought with the Star of David on his boxing trunks in tribute to his managers, first Jimmy Iselin, whose father Phil owned the New York Jets, and Arnold Weiss.
Bennie Briscoe died on December 28, 2010

1979- Alexander Munoz (born in in Miranda, Venezuela)
rofessional boxer in the super flyweight division, nicknamed "El Explosivo."
Munoz had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a record of 163 wins, 9 loses, and 129 knockouts in 172 bouts. Not to be confused with a former amateur boxer of the same name from Puerto Rico.
Munoz turned professional in 1998 and captured the WBA super flyweight title with an 8th round TKO win over Celes Kobayashi in 2002. He defended the title three times before losing by a split decision to Martín Castillo on December 3, 2004.
He recaptured the belt on May 3, 2007 with a unanimous decision win over Nobuo Nashiro. On January 14, 2008, Muñoz defended his belt by against Katsushige Kawashima, a former WBC super flyweight champion, in a similar way.
On May 17, 2008, Muñoz lost to WBC champion Cristian Mijares via a split decision, Mijares then became WBA super champion.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY:

February 8, 1962-

Tokyo, Japan-

Future two-time world flyweight champion Hiroyuki Ebihara halted Marcel Juban in the 6th round.

Ebihara would hold the lineal, WBA, WBC, and Ring Magazine titles during his first reign (1963-1964) and the WBA title during his second reign (1969).

Copenhagen, Denmark-

Chris Christensen won the European Boxing Union's European middleweight title when defending champion John McCormack was disqualified in the fourth round. McCormack knocked Christensen down with a right to the jaw. After Christensen rose but before referee Rudolf Drust signaled the fighters to resume fighting, McCormack rushed in and clocked Christensen with a left hook, knocking the Danish challenger through the ropes. Chaos ensued until it was anounced that McCormack had been DQ'ed.

Huachinango, Puebla, Mexico-

Future two-time world featherweight champion and future Hall of Famer Vicente Saldivar halted Rosendo Martinez in the fifth round.

Saldivar went on to hold the lineal, WBA, WBC, and Ring Magazine titles from 1964 until 1967 and the lineal, WBC, and Ring Magazine titles in 1970. He's been inducted into both the IBHOF and the WBHF.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA-

Perennial middleweight contender George Benton knocked out Joe Louis Adair in the fourth round. Benton, who never got the world title shot he deserved, had great success after his career as a boxer was over. For his superb work as a trainer, he was inducted into both the IBHOF and the WBHF.
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1992- James "Lights Out" Toney W 12 Dave Tiberi, Atlantic City. Retains IBF World Middleweight Title. Hotly disputed decision.



Without a doubt one of the most heinous decisions I have seen. Toney was woefully weight drained and burned out from a tough middleweight tenure.
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2012-

Moscw, Russia-

Vacant WBA FEDELATIN Super Lightweight Title-
Khabib Allakhverdiev (16-0, 7 KOs)
TKO-7 0:22
Ignacio Mendoza (WBA #10; 33-7-2, 21 KOs)

Cruiserweight Bout-
Grigory Drozd (WBA #13; 34-1, 24 KOs)
TKO-8 3:00
Richard Hall (WBC #22; 30-9, 28 KOs)

2013-

Boondall, Queensland, Australia-

Billed as being for the Vacant WBA International Heavyweight Title-
Sonny Bill Williams (6-0, 3 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Frans Botha (48-9-3, 1 NC, 29 KOs)
- The scores were 97-91, 98-94, and 97-91 in favor of the "moonlighting" pro rugby star.

Heavyweight Bout (Non-title)-
WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental champion Alex Leapai (WBO #10; 27-4-3, 22 KOs)
KO-1
Matt "Hurricane" Hicks (13-9, 12 KOs)
- It was Hicks' 7th straight loss.

Super Middleweight Bout (Non-title)-
PABA middleweight champion Jarrod Fletcher (WBA #7 at 160; 14-1, 8 KOs)
TKO-7
Kiatchai Singwancha (32-9, 21 KOs)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-

NABA and Vacant IBF Intercontinental Welterweight Titles-
Champion Kevin Bizier (WBA #6, WBC #33; 20-0, 14 KOs)
TKO-8 3:00
Nate Campbell (IBF #9 at 140; 36-10-1, 1 NC, 26 KOs)
- Bizier weighed in at 146 1/2; Campbell at 146 1/4.

Prachuchuen, Bangkok, Thailand-

OPBF Super Featherweight Title-
Champion Jomthong Chuwatana (WBC #14; 4-0, 3 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Ronald Pontillas (15-5-3, 7 KOs)
- Former OPBF champion Pontillas was ranked #1 by the OPBF and was the Official Challenger for Jomthong's belt.
- The scores were 118-110, 117-11, and 119-109 in favor of Jomthong who also holds the WBC's Muay Thai world lightweight title.

Vacant PABA Super Bantamweight Title-
Sod Kokietgym (AKA Sod Looknongyangtoy; WBC #6, WBO #6, WBA #11; 61-2-1, 28 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Randy Megrino (12-13-2, 7 KOs)
- Sod and Megrino came into the bout ranked #2 and #13 respectively by the WBA-affiliated PABA.
- Sod's WBC Asian Boxing Council title was not on the line.

Wilmington, Delaware, USA-

Vacant NABA Interim Welterweight Title-
Ray Robinson (15-2, 6 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Alberto Morales (11-2-1, 1 NC, 8 KOs)
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SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY:

February 8, 1956-

Washington, D.C.-

Ralph "Tiger" Jones (38-15-3), best known for his 10-round, unanimous decision win over Sugar Ray Robinson on January 19, 1955, knocked out Tony Baldoni (27-6-1) in the sixth round of a scheduled 10-round middleweight bout.

During his 89-bout career, Jones also scored wins over, among others, Johnny Bratton, Bobby Dykes, Ernie Durando, Chris Christensen, Al Andrews, Charley Humez, Wilf Greaves, Chico Vejar, Kid Gavilan, Rory Calhoun, Joey Giardello, Willie Greene, Joe DeNucci, and Duane Horsman.

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