FEBRUARY 15th

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FEBRUARY 15th

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2003
February 15
Rafael Marquez (29-3) TKO 8 Tim Austin (25-1-1)
Jose Victor Burgos (40-13-2) TKO 12 Alex Sanchez (29-3-1)
Juan Valenzuela (16-6) W 10 Ricardo Wiliams (8-1)
Rhoshi Wells (17-0-2) TKO 4 Leonard Townsend (37-11-1)
Layla McCarter W 6 Tracy Byrd
Ron Guerrero TKO 5 Josue Blocus (12-2)
Evans Ashira TKO 6 Ruben Perez
Rob Dula W 6 Sandro Haro
Oleg Maskaev (23-5) TKO 1 Errol Sadikoyski (4-11)
Keith Sonley W 6 Francisco Arroche
Adonia Labbe TKO 3 John Webster
Rodney Jones TKO 1 Dave Howell
Russell Jordan W 4 Dennis Burley
Ray Austin D 10 Zuri Lawrence
Anthony Thompson (9-0) TKO 2 James Buggs
Vaia Zaganas W 6 Stephanie Dobbs
Bagrat Ohanyan (4-0) Ko 2 Vernon Woodward
Willie Chapman D 4 Patrice L’Heureux
Lisondro Ezequiel Diaz TKO 3 Heman Ali Gibson
Paolo Roberto (28-3-1) TKO 10 Wayne Martell (20-2)
Terje Arildsen D 4 Markus Huhtala
Thomas Sorensen (9-0) W 6 Rodney McSwain
Soren Englebrecht KO 3 Mohamed El Idrissi
Reider Walstad W Pedro Castanan
Allan Gronfors W 6 Zolton Beres
Amin Asikainen W 10 Kai Kauramaki
Juho Tolpola W 4 Oscar Blanco
Thomas Hansvoll TKO 6 Gabor Halasz
Tomaz Adamek TKO 3 Andrei Kiarsten
Abdel Mehidi TKO 9 Ahmed Zeroual
Carmelo Ballone (11-0-1) W 10 Ivan Pozo (15-2)
Motoki Sasaki (19-4) TKO 9 Tadashi Yuba (20-2-2)
Graham Earl TKO 2 Steven Murray
Wayne Elcock W 10 Youri Tsarenko
John McDermott W 4 Derek McCafferty
Keith Long KO 1 Alvin Miller
Gavin Rees W 6 Andrei Devyataykin
Fabio Moli (28-2) TKO 5 Edgar Da Silva (13-3)
Fernando Aguilera W 4 Gustavo Romero
Sergio Benitez D 4 Carlos Roberto Rodriguez
Hugo Hernan Garay W 8 Hector Ricardo Sotelo
Miguel Angel Aguirre TKO 3 Oscar Alfredo Gonzalez
Julio Cesar Medina W 10 Sergio Santillan
Yoshimitsu Yashiro W 8 Kota Suzuno
Motoki Sasaki TKO 9 Tadashi Yuba
Jun Toriumi TKO 8 Michiaki Takemoto
Jorge Linares W Chawarn Sor Vorapin
Hideki Imanishi W 8 Chaloemchat
Adel Gutierrez W 10 Gregorio Garcia
Luis Couch KO 5 Dalmasio Cervantes
Jorge Cordova TKO 5 Amilcar Alvarado
Manuel Ruiz KO 1 Javier Marquez
Renan Acosta KO 2 Jose Rodriguez
William Gonzalez KO 3 Nester del Cid
Ameth Diaz KO 1 Leonel Jarquin
Vicente Mosquera W 8 Jefferson Rodriguez
Whyber Garcia TKO 6 Raul Alonso
Robert Vasquez KO 10 Marlon Marquez
Celestineo Caballero TKO 2 Leonardo Gonzalez
Armando Cordoba TKO 8 Arcelio Ibarra
Tomasz Bonin (19-0) KO 2 Leon Nkendzap (11-2-1)
Krzysztof Wlodarczyk KO 5 Goodman Kwinana
Matt Zegan KO 5 Mihaly Stan
Jacek Bielski W 6 Virgil Meleg
Kryzysztof Bienias W 6 Frederick Tripp
Robert Milewicz KO 1 Pavel Habr
Mariusz Biskupski W 6 Rafal Jackiewicz
Maurycy Gojko TKO 1 Jaromir Adam
Monelsi Mhikiza Myekeni W 12 Wyndel Janiola
Jeffery Mathebula W 12 Bonani Hlwatika
Lucky Lewele TKO 5 Menzi Matyobeni
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February 15, 1978-

Las Vegas, Nevada-

Leon Spinks upset Muhammad Ali, winning a 15-round, split decision, to annex the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles. He would be stripped of the WBC title for signing to give Ali a rematch rather than defending against Ken Norton.

On September 15, 1978, Ali regained the WBA title with a 15-round, unanimous decision over Spinks.
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on this day 2008 scappoosejohn wrote:From Max Boxing:

Spinks-Ali I Remembered
By Lee Groves (Feb 12, 2008)
Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: A novice boxer less than two years removed from winning an Olympic gold medal – at 178 pounds no less – getting the chance to fight a living legend for the greatest prize in sports, the heavyweight championship of the world. Then imagine that same novice summoning up the fight of his life and scoring an electrifying upset for the ages.

That is exactly what happened 30 years ago this week when 1976 Olympic champion Leon Spinks defeated Muhammad Ali, perhaps the most towering presence boxing has ever known in terms of worldwide acclaim. It was a result that didn’t just shock the sports world, but also the world in general because of the iconic figure Ali had become in the years since returning from his enforced three-and-a-half year exile in 1970. And even today, more than a generation later, the first encounter between Spinks and Ali remains near the top of any list of earth-shaking sports results.

The Spinks fight was Ali’s 11th defense of his second reign and 20th overall, and the man known as "The Greatest" was looking for a soft touch following a demanding 15 round decision over Earnie Shavers nearly five months earlier. In that fight, Ali was shaken badly and nearly knocked out after tasting Shavers’ famed right cross in the second round and he had to call upon every ounce of guile to emerge with the unanimous decision.

In fact, the 36-year-old Ali’s form had shown definitive signs of slipping ever since the unforgettable "Thrilla in Manila," his third fight against Joe Frazier, on October 1, 1975. Though he scored fifth round knockouts over outgunned foes Jean Pierre Coopman and Richard Dunn, he struggled mightily to get past Jimmy Young, Ken Norton and Shavers. Many observers believed Young and Norton deserved the nod over Ali, hypothesizing that they didn’t because the judges were just as captivated by Ali’s aura as the world at large was.

Despite all that, virtually no one expected Spinks to be the one to topple Ali from the mountaintop. For Ali and his brain trust, Spinks was just what the doctor ordered in terms of low-risk, high-reward assignments. First, no heavyweight aside from 1956 Olympic champion Pete Rademacher (who challenged Floyd Patterson in his pro debut) had ever entered a title fight with so little professional experience. Spinks’ 31 rounds as a pro just exceeded the 30 rounds Ali fought in his last two bouts. His level of opposition was suspect at best and he struggled against his two best opponents in Scott LeDoux (D 10) and Alfio Righetti (W 10), and it was his victory over the latter that ostensibly earned Spinks his date with destiny. Second, Spinks had the name recognition that came from being one of five gold medalists from the 1976 squad that included network TV staples Howard Davis and Sugar Ray Leonard. That notoriety would be helpful in drawing even more viewers to CBS, which aired the fight in prime time. Finally, his crude brawling style was tailor-made for Ali’s sharp-shooting ways. As far as Team Ali was concerned, the Spinks fight was a win-win-win.

But Spinks and his team ignored the army of naysayers and proceeded to give themselves the best chance for victory. For the first time in his life Spinks holed himself away at a training camp in the Catskills. Though he once managed to escape to a billiards room in South Carolina, Spinks mostly stuck with the training regimen and whipped himself into prime condition. Conversely, an unconcerned Ali was going through the motions at his camp in Deer Lake, Pa., logging only 20 rounds of sparring and doing the bare minimum on everything else. He called the gap-toothed Spinks "The Beaver" and "The Vampire," but Ali’s well-worn pre-fight antics had no effect on the affable former Marine, who simply laughed off the barbs and launched a few of his own.

The weights and physiques mirrored the divergent approaches each took during training. Though the 224¼- pound Ali was three-quarters of a pound lighter than he was against Shavers, his body lacked its usual tone. Meanwhile Spinks was a trim and rock-hard 197¼. Spinks came into the ring to "Semper Fi" and he reveled in the atmosphere by smiling at the fans and waving his arms in the air. A somber Ali entered to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," with a seemingly star-struck Spinks joining the audience in applause. Ali engaged in none of the usual pre-fight histrionics as he simply walked to Spinks’ corner and shook hands with everyone. At Ali’s request, ring announcer Chuck Hull introduced the champion as being from Louisville, Kentucky as a nod to his roots.

Ali opened the fight by dancing and flicking jabs that fell far short of the target while Spinks adopted a hyperkenetic bob and weave. Within seconds Ali backed to the ropes and began to employ the famed "rope-a-dope" that famously ensnared George Foreman in "The Rumble in the Jungle." Ever since the Foreman fight, Ali used his rope trick to not only wear out his opponents but also give his aging body valuable time to rest. Ali’s intentions were crystal clear: He wanted to let the hyped-up challenger burn off his reservoir of nervous energy, after which Ali would use his razor-sharp combinations to shred Spinks’ defenses and render him helpless by the later rounds.

At first, Spinks seemed to fall for the trap as he unloaded a torrent of hooks and crosses to Ali’s ribs and gloves. But Spinks added a savvy twist to the otherwise crude-looking assault by hammering Ali’s arms and shoulders, a tactic advocated by assistant trainer George Benton, who believed it would sap the power from Ali’s blows in the later rounds. In all, Spinks launched 22 unanswered punches before Ali finally clamped on and spun away from the ropes.

Following a few seconds of dancing, Ali again retreated to the ropes and allowed a gleeful Spinks to rip uppercuts through his guard. The buoyant challenger flashed a huge smile as he peered at the crowd over Ali’s shoulder. And why shouldn’t he be enjoying himself; Spinks was winning the round big as Ali granted him unfettered access to all legal parts of his anatomy. Ali managed to land his first good punch – an overhand right to the jaw – with 35 seconds left, and though he tried to rally in the final 10 seconds it couldn’t erase Spinks’ overwhelming dominance in the first three minutes.

Ali refused to sit on his stool between rounds and early in the second the champion tried to overwhelm his young challenger not with punches but with the power of his persona. He alternated between measuring Spinks with his long left arm, using his gloves to press down on Spinks’ head in the clinches and chattering non-stop, both to Spinks and to ringsiders. Meanwhile, Spinks continued to whale away at Ali’s body and piled up points. The challenger crackled with energy even when he wasn’t throwing punches as he rolled his upper body in exaggerated circles, and the tactic worked as he slipped underneath whatever little offense Ali generated.

At one point late in round two, Ali maneuvered Spinks to the corner pad and held him off with his long left arm, talking all the while and trying to look as menacing as possible. But Spinks conjured the perfect answer to Ali’s antics by smacking an overhand right to the face. Spinks was intelligently following the lead of the only two men to defeat Ali – Frazier and Norton – by ignoring the show and fighting the man. When the bell sounded Spinks had another round in the bank.

It was as if a scene from the original "Rocky" was being played out in real life. After Apollo Creed’s trainer viewed a TV account of Rocky Balboa’s rigorous training regimen, he told the champ, "he doesn’t know it’s a damn show; he thinks it’s a damn fight!"

Between rounds Ali asked trainer Angelo Dundee how he was doing. "I think the first round was even; you blew the second round" he said. Then he offered this advice in a calm, throwaway manner: "I’d like to see you box though; (he’s) the perfect guy to box."

For the first 45 seconds of the third the champion looked like a slightly slower version of the vintage Ali, but after 45 seconds he backed to the neutral corner pad and covered up. By doing so he declared open season on his ribs, kidneys and jaw, and Spinks was more than willing to accommodate him. As the challenger launched 38 unanswered blows, Ali told him to "come on" and "keep coming." Ali pushed Spinks off and opened his mouth wide, after which a smiling Spinks responded in kind with a playful glint in his eye.

Not only was Spinks outfighting Ali, he was out-mugging him.

Ali then went to ring center and floated around the ring, landing several hard jabs and one-twos. But Ali couldn’t keep up the pace and Spinks unleashed 37 consecutive punches, ripping several uppercuts through Ali’s gloves before the champion fired a single right. By the end of the round Ali had a slight nosebleed.

Ali finally began fighting more consistently in the fourth as he threw light flurries. But Spinks ducked under most of them and continued to blast away at Ali’s protective shell. Ali again opened his mouth, but this time he revealed a bloody mouthpiece. A few seconds later the champion landed by far his best punch, a chopping overhand right to the button, but all that did was spark a frenetic toe-to-toe exchange that ended with Spinks pounding on Ali. This marked an important psychological victory for Spinks, for he took one of Ali’s best blows and lived to tell about it.

Spinks continued his assault in the fifth, tasting Ali’s right only to answer with a double jab while driving the champion to the ropes. Ali was still talking to Spinks but now he was accompanying his verbal jabs with real jabs and long rights. For the first time in the bout, Ali strung together effective combinations and because of that he won his first round.

Ali continued to stick and move in the sixth, and his jabs regularly found the mark. But within a minute Ali had to stop and revert to the rope-a-dope, and Spinks seized upon it the way he always had – with volleys of punches. This time, however, Ali quickly escaped and resumed his boxing, occasionally catching the challenger with lead rights and eye-catching flurries. Ali was starting to close the gap on the scorecards, and Dundee assured him between rounds that there was still "plenty of time" to get his man.

By the seventh, Ali had found a winning formula by spending the first minute on his toes, resting during the second minute and coming on strong in the final 60 seconds. Though Spinks had yet to show signs of fatigue, there was good reason for Ali to think that his time would eventually come.

Between rounds seven and eight, Spinks began to show those signs as he stood in the corner and drew in several deep breaths. Plus, Dundee spotted a flaw in Spinks approach.

"It’s all right," he said. "He’s starting to stand up, this kid. That’s his style, you’ll nail him." Dundee knew the bob-and-weave Spinks employed in the early rounds was a direct influence of his time spent in Joe Frazier’s gym in Philadelphia and that it was a tactic intended specifically for this fight. Dundee correctly reasoned that Spinks, once tired, would revert to old habits and reassume the stand-up style that would render him vulnerable to Ali’s attacks.

And, as if on cue, Spinks started the eighth standing arrow straight and Ali stabbed the challenger’s face with jabs and one-twos. At one juncture, an exasperated Spinks dropped his gloves and dared Ali to cease his movement but the champion sagely declined and banked another round. Spinks returned to the bob-and-weave in round nine, and the move paid instant dividends as he backed Ali to the ropes and uncorked a 17-punch salvo. Ali escaped with a clinch and danced circles around the challenger, though his movement was a bit slower and his punches lacked the snap of the previous four rounds. Ali returned to the ropes and covered up, and Spinks made him pay with yet another cluster of hooks and crosses. A late one-two nailed Spinks in the round’s final moments, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Spinks from winning his first round since the fourth.

Though Ali lost the round, Dundee was encouraged by the champion’s late surge.

"He’s ready, he’s ready," Dundee urged. "Let’s go to work. Bury him. The left hook will take him out."

Spinks moved inside at the start of the 10th and peppered him with soft but scoring blows. Ali responded by doing the same, and he did it even better as he spun Spinks into the ropes and flurried hard. Now it was Spinks reclining on the ropes, taking punishment and doing little to avoid the bombardment. He lacked the zip of the first four rounds and one could sense his mind was wandering. Though Spinks put forth a wonderful challenge thus far, there was a growing feeling that Ali would finally swat away this most bothersome fly sometime during rounds of 11 through 15 – a championship causeway that was totally alien to Spinks but was intimately familiar to Ali.

Ali continued his rally through the 11th with his usual flair, though Spinks managed to draw Ali into a spirited exchange in the final minute. The fact that he got slightly the better of the action indicated he was beginning to snap out of his mid-fight funk, and the trend continued throughout a tumultuous 12th that saw each man trade moments of success in second-by-second bursts. Ali was hitting his stride, yet Spinks was proving to everyone that he was nowhere near ready to crumble at Ali’s feet.

But Spinks’ lead trainer Sam Soloman felt that his charge needed an extra boost to get him through the final three rounds. There was no other way to explain what CBS’ cameras captured between rounds 12 and 13 when he had Spinks drink from a mysterious bottle.

"You’re doing it baby! You’re doing it!" Soloman told Spinks. "But I want you to keep that left hand going!" Then he told Spinks to "spit it (water) out while I give him some juice," after which he drank from the bottle.

Meanwhile, Dundee allowed Ali’s brother Rahaman, clad in a gray business suit, to offer some encouraging words.

"Keep punching him good," he said. "He’s out on his feet, I can see it. Show him you’re great. Haul on his ass and show him you’re great. Show him you’re great!"

Fueled by the possibility of achieving his greatest dream – and perhaps also by the contents of the bottle – Spinks showed more energy and bounce in the 13th as he popped Ali with a dizzying array of blows. For a while Ali was able to keep apace but as the round wore on, the champion initiated more clinches. A big overhand right drove Ali to the ropes and had him hanging on. Worried expressions creased the faces of Ali’s corner men when it became clear that Spinks not only was going to last the championship distance but was a serious threat to win the fight.

As a weary Ali stood hunched in his corner, Dundee told him what he already knew: "You’ve got to go like hell, Muhammad." Along with Dundee, longtime sidekick/self-styled witch doctor Drew "Bundini" Brown and former sparring partner/opponent Jimmy Ellis was offering encouragement.

And just like he did in the final rounds against Frazier in Manila, Ali drew upon his special reservoir of courage in the 14th as he motored around the ring at top speed behind jabs that caught Spinks cleanly. But Spinks was a man possessed as he chased ferociously after Ali, driving him back with a pair of lefts and forcing Ali to clinch after fielding a follow-up one-two. Moments later, Spinks rocked Ali with a right-left-right to the jaw and he continued to pour on the pressure for the remainder of the round.

Spinks had won his second consecutive round in a segment of the fight that had become known as "Ali’s Alley," and because of that, the prospect of crowning a new champion had become something other than a mind-boggling improbability. All that separated Spinks from his ultimate moment of glory was three more minutes against a living legend.

Both men began the 15th round strongly – Ali due to desperation and championship pride and Spinks due to youthful ambition and the fire that comes from impending ascension. The moment of truth had arrived for the combatants and they willingly expended every drop of fuel left in their respective tanks for 180 extraordinary seconds.

Ali unloaded his one-twos with conviction and strength, but Spinks’ punches were cutting and pinpoint-accurate. The crowd roared as the fighters exchanged non-stop blows, but as the round proceeded Ali came to the fore. A big right briefly knocked Spinks off balance but the challenger fired back with his own two-fisted assault. Ali spun off the ropes and rained one-twos on Spinks again and again. But the challenger backed Ali off with a right-left followed by two hard lefts to the face. Ali was trying his hardest to knock Spinks out, showing the challenger that the road to glory was paved with pain. But Spinks absorbed every punch Ali threw and dished out plenty of punishment of his own as he surged in the final seconds. A left-right, two uppercuts and a final left-right by Spinks ended the fight, and at the bell a tired and respectful Ali patted Spinks’ shoulder with his glove.

Art Lurie scored the bout 143-142 for Ali, a card that brought vociferous boos from the crowd. But judges Lou Tabat and Harold Buck overruled Lurie as they turned in scorecards of 145-140 and 144-141 for the winner and new undisputed heavyweight champion, Leon Spinks.

When ring announcer Chuck Hull uttered the word "new," an electrified Spinks contingent leaped in the air and hoisted the new champion onto their shoulders. Spinks wore a smile as big as the Hilton as he rejoiced, and Ali, ever the sportsman, made his way through the throng to offer his congratulations.

"Naturally you want to go out with the title," Ali told CBS’ Bob Halloran. "It was a close fight. He was the most aggressive, so I imagine he won. For whatever reason he took it and you can’t take it from him. I did the best I could. He proved all the reporters wrong. They said he didn’t have a chance, but I knew he was a good fighter and that’s why I fought him. It’s just another experience in life."

When he was asked whether this would be his last fight, Ali said no.

"I would like to do something that’s never been done before; to be the only man to win the title a third time," Ali said. "It would be a good fight and I’m sure the public would want it, but I have to decide if I want it."

"I trained hard and I tried hard (because) I knew it would be a hard fight," Spinks said. "I had to really suffer and dedicate myself to training. I had a big opportunity to beat my man Ali. Me and Ali both knew what our job was. We knew what to do."

When asked whether he would give Ali a rematch, Spinks said, "I’m going to give him another shot." But when asked whether he would bypass top contender Norton to give Ali an immediate rematch, he said, "I haven’t decided yet."

The bout was declared Ring’s Fight of the Year and the final round garnered Round of the Year honors, probably due to the dramatic nature of Spinks’ upset. Most experts these days would say that James "Buster" Douglas’ 10th round knockout of Mike Tyson is now the standard by which heavyweight championship upsets are measured, but Spinks-Ali I has stood the test of time because of the massive gulf in status and experience between the two fighters. It is one thing for an icon to be dethroned, but for "The Greatest" to be knocked off by "The Latest" is another universe entirely.

Spinks’ monumental surprise would prove to be his one shining moment as a boxer as Ali regained the title seven months later in New Orleans. But because of what he did on February 15, 1978, Spinks’ name will live on in the hearts and minds of boxing fans forever.
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1932- US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)

Edward "Eddie" Patrick Francis Eagan (April 26, 1897 – June 14, 1967) was an American sportsman. He is to date the only person to have won a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

Eagan was born into a poor family in Denver. He studied law at Harvard University and later at the University of Oxford. In 1920, Eagan competed as a boxer at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and won the gold medal in the light-heavyweight division. Eagan's other boxing awards include the 1919 AAU title and a British amateur title. He also competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics, but failed to medal, having lost in the first round to Arthur Clifton (see Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's heavyweight).

Eagan returned to the Olympics eight years later, this time as a member of the bobsleigh crew of Billy Fiske, who steered to victory at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Eagan became the first of four Olympians to medal in both Winter and Summer Games, followed by Jacob Tullin Thams (Norway), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (East Germany), and Clara Hughes (Canada). He remains the only competitor to win gold medals in both seasons.

Later, Eagan became a lawyer, and served in the army as a colonel during World War II. He died at age 70, in Rye, New York.



The Ring magazine publishes first issue

Nat FleischerOn this day in 1922, The Ring published its first issue.

The first issue was 24 pages long and cost 20 cents. On its cover were black and white photographs of Tex Rickard and Lord Lonsdale. At the time, Rickard was the top boxing promoter in the United States and Lonsdale was England’s greatest boxing supporter.

The magazine’s original focus was boxing and wrestling, but as interest in wrestling waned, the coverage shifted solely to boxing.

Nat Fleischer founded the magazine and since his long run as editor, The Ring has only had five other editors-in-chief. While the magazine is often referred to as the “Bible of Boxing,�? it has had its share of difficulties, including allegations of falsifying fighter records and ratings in 1977, and financial troubles in the late 1980s.

However, through it all, the magazine has persevered, and after 85 years, it is boxing’s longest-running publication.




1957- Steven Farhood (born in Brooklyn, New York, New York) is an American boxing historian and analyst.

Farhood served as editor-in-chief of The Ring and KO Magazine. He also served as First Vice President of the Boxing Writers Association of America.

Farhood has been an on-air analyst for ESPN, CNN, SportsChannel and USA Network's "Tuesday Night Fights". He currently serves as a commentator on Showtime's ShoBox: The New Generation.

In 2002 Farhood won the Sam Taub Award, which is given for "Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism".




1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard, the welterweight boxing champion, knocked out Bruce Finch in the third round of a fight in Reno, NV. Leonard was injured in the second round and underwent retinal surgery in May. He retired -- for the first time -- in November 1982. He returned to the ring in 1984.
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1916- Jack Britton ND 10 Ted "Kid" Lewis, Brooklyn. Non-title fight.

1937- Marcel Thil W Disq. 6 Lou Brouillard, Paris. Retains IBU and Ring Magazine World Middleweight Titles. Thil’s second consecutive title defense by DQ over Brouillard.

1964- Carlos Ortiz KO 14 Flash Elorde, Manila. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1969- Rene Barrientos W 15 Ruben Navarro, Quezon City. Wins vacant WBC World Junior Lightweight Title.

1970- Jose Napoles KO 15 Ernie Lopez, Inglewood. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1977- Marvin Hagler KO 12 Willie Monroe, Boston. Hagler avenges a point’s defeat at the hands of Monroe from 11-monthes earlier.

1978- Leon Spinks W 15 Muhammad Ali, Las Vegas. Wins World Heavyweight Title. One of the five to bring home gold from the Montreal Games, Spinks upsets the 8-1 odds and improves his pro log to 7-0-1 (5).

1978- Danny "Little Red" Lopez KO 6 David Kotey, Las Vegas. Retains WBC World Featherweight Title.

1982- Sugar Ray Leonard KO 3 Bruce Finch, Reno. Retains World Welterweight Title. Leonard’s final fight as the World Welterweight Champion.

1985- Lester Ellis W 15 Hwan Kil Yuh, Melbourne. Wins IBF World Junior Lightweight Title.

1986- Barry McGuigan KO 14 Danilio Cabrera, Dublin. Retains Lineal, WBA, and Ring Magazine World Featherweight Titles.

1986- Cesar Polanco W 15 Elly Pical, Djakarta. Wins IBF World Junior Bantamweight Title.

1991- Muangchai Kittikasem KO 6 Sot Chitalada, Ayuthaya, Thailand. Wins Lineal and WBC World Flyweight Titles.

1991- Manning Galloway KO 9 Gert Bo Jacobsen, Randers, Denmark. Retains WBO World Welterweight Title.

1992- Julian Jackson KO 1 Ismael Negron, Las Vegas. Retains WBC World Middleweight Title.

1992- Michael Carbajal W 12 Marcos Pacheco, Phoenix. Retains IBF World Junior Flyweight Title.

1997- Sirimongkol Singmanasak W 12 Jesus Sarabia, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Retains WBC World Bantamweight Title.

2000- Ring announcer Chuck Hull, 75, dies at his home in Las Vegas.

2003- Rafael Marquez KO 8 Tim Austin, Las Vegas. Wins IBF World Bantamweight Title.

2003- Victor Burgos KO 12 Alex Sanchez, Las Vegas. Wins vacant IBF World Junior Flyweight Title.

2004- Noriyuki Komatsu W Tech. Dec. 8 Edgar Rodrigo, Osaka, Japan. Retains OPBF Flyweight Title.

2004- Hozumi Hasegawa W 10 Dechsayarm Sithpordam, Osaka, Japan. Non-title Bantamweight Bout. Hasegawa's OPBF Bantamweight Title was not on the line.

2005- Muhammad Abdullaev KO 3 Juan Alberto Godoy, Stuttgart, Germany. Retains WBO Inter-Continental Junior Welterweight Title.

2005- Andreas Kotelnik W 8 Marcelo Gonzalo Saucedo, Stuttgart, Germany. Junior Welterweight Bout.

2008- Julio Cesar Miranda KO Giovanny Urbina, Pueblo Viejo, Veracruz, Mexico. Flyweight Bout. (Miranda tunes up for his WBC world title eliminator versus unbeaten Omar Salado. On May 17, 2008, Miranda stops the favored Salado in the fifth round.)

Born On This Day

1958- Tony Tubbs (born in Cincinnati, Ohio)
Held the WBA Heavyweight Championship from 1985 to 1986. Tubbs had a professional record of 47-10 (25 KOs).
Tubbs compiled an amateur record of 240-13. In 1978, he lost in the quarterfinals of the World Championships to the great Cuban Teofilo Stevenson. The following year, Tubbs won the National AAU title and the World Cup Championships.
In February 1980, the Muhammad Ali Amateur Boxing Club competed against the Joe Frazier Amateur Boxing Club in Houston, Texas. Tubbs, boxing for the Ali team, defeated Marvis Frazier (son of Joe Frazier) by decision, avenging an earlier defeat.
Tubbs also was a sparring partner for Ali. He helped Ali prepare for his rematch with Leon Spinks, which Ali won by a unanimous decision to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.
Tubbs, nicknamed TNT, made his professional debut on June 14, 1980 with a first-round knockout of Bruce Scott.
After 11 fights, he fought fellow undefeated prospect Clarence Hill on August 7, 1982 and won by a ten-round unanimous decision. After outpointing slick stylist Jimmy Young (who had defeated George Foreman) on April 10, 1983, he was signed by Don King and began rising quickly up the rankings while appearing on several King undercards.
On March 15, 1985, he faced future WBA Heavyweight Champ James "Bonecrusher" Smith in a WBA title Eliminator. Tubbs won by a unanimous decision, taking his record to 20-0 (15 knockouts).
On April 29, 1985, Tubbs challenged Greg Page for the WBA Heavyweight Championship. Page and Tubbs fought seven times as amateurs, with Page winning six of them, but for their one and only meeting as professionals, Tubbs won by a fifteen-round unanimous decision.
On January 17, 1986, Tubbs made his first title defense against former WBC Heavyweight Champion Tim Witherspoon. Tubbs weighed-in at 244 lbs, 15 more than he weighed for the Page fight, and lost the title by a fifteen-round majority decision.
Tubbs and Witherspoon had a rematch scheduled for December 12, 1986, but Tubbs pulled out of the fight. Tubbs claimed that he had an injured shoulder, but promoter Don King accused Tubbs of trying to finagle more money.
On March 21, 1988, Tubbs fought Mike Tyson for the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship. Tubbs was offered an additional $50,000 if he weighed no more than 235 lbs for the fight, but he came in at 238¼. Mike Tyson's camp were peturbed with his failure to make the weight and called his conduct "unprofessional". Tubbs had a good first round showing good hand speed and foot work as well as being willing to fight on this inside with Tyson where he landed some effective punches. One judge scored the round for Tubbs while the second scored the round for Tyson and the third gave the round even. Tubbs's competitiveness was short lived as he was knocked out late in the second round after several left hooks stunned the ex-champion before being felled with another flush left hook that also opened a cut on his right eye. This marked the first occasion the durable Tubbs was knocked down in his professional career.
On November 21, 1989, Tubbs outpointed top contender Orlin Norris, winning the North American Boxing Federation title. However, Tubbs tested positive for cocaine. Tubbs was stripped of the title and the victory was changed to a "no contest."
On April 20, 1991, Tubbs fought rising prospect and future Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe. The crafty and experienced Tubbs gave the young Bowe a lot of trouble, but Bowe was awarded a ten-round unanimous decision. Many onlookers thought that Tubbs had done enough to win.
On August 8, 1992, Tubbs was surprisingly knocked out in the first round by journeyman Lionel Butler. Tubbs came back to outpoint future WBA Heavyweight Champion Bruce Seldon and the undefeated Alexander Zolkin, but then suffered another surprising first-round knockout, losing to the lightly regarded Jimmy Ellis.
In December 1993, Tubbs took part in the one-night People's Choice Heavyweight Tournament in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi. He knocked out Willie Jackson in the first round and won three-round decisions over 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist Tyrell Biggs, Jose Ribalta, and Daniel Dancuta to win the tournament. Depending on pay-per-view revenue, he had a chance to win $1 million. He ended up with $170,000.
From 1994 to 1997, Tubbs went 3-3 with one no-contest. He retired but came back in 2002. He lost two of his first three comeback fights, but then won his next five, including a win over 18-0 Brian Minto. His last fight was a six-round unanimous decision over clubfighter Adam Smith on November 4, 2006.
Tubbs has been to prison for cocaine-related crimes and failure to pay child support for some of the 16 children he says he has. On November 30, 2009, Tubbs pleaded guilty to cocaine possession. At his sentencing on January 14, 2010, The judge gave him a choice: four-to-six months in a locked-down drug facility, followed by a year or more of aftercare in a residential facility, or six months in prison. Tubbs chose six months prison.

1958- James "Hard Rock" Green (born in Irvington, New Jersey)
Member of the New Jersey Boxing Hall Of Fame.
Green was a pressure in-fighter who enjoyed success early in his career with wins over Scypion, Singletary and Teddy Mann. He then suffered setbacks against David Braxton, Mugabi and Frank "the Animal" Fletcher. He won a couple of fights against some softer competition, but followed them with losses against an undefeated Donald Curry, Watts and finally a loss against Michael Olajide that sent him into retirement. After a nine-year hiatus he came back as a super middleweight with little success. He finally hung his gloves up in 1996.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY-

February 15, 1962-

Denver, Colorado, USA-

In a bout between perennial top ten heavyweight contenders, Zora Folley knocked out Mike De John in the third round of a scheduled 10-round bout.
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2005- Muhammad Abdullaev KO 3 Juan Alberto Godoy, Stuttgart, Germany. Retains WBO Inter-Continental Junior Welterweight Title.


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For those who wish to revisit Spinks/Ali here is a post fight article.
http://nymag.com/news/sports/48897/
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SIXTY YEARS AGO:

February 15, 1956-

Chicago, Illinois-

Bobby Boyd won a split decision over Eduardo Lausse after ten hard-fought rounds between the two highly ranked middleweight contenders. The scores were 94-93 for Lausse and 95-88 and 94-91 for Boyd. Boyd improved to 38-6-2 while Lausse, whose 35-bout unbeaten streak (34-0-1) was snapped, slipped to 65-7-2.

Lausse's previous loss came on September 13, 1952 when he lost a 10-rounder on points to future Hall of Famer (IBHOF, WBHF) Kid Gavilan. Lausse avenged his loss to "The Cuban Hawk" by outpointing him over 12 rounds on September 3, 1955.

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