FEBRUARY 6th

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February 6, 1967-

Astrodome, Houston, Texas-

Muhammad Ali unified the world heavyweight title by outpointing WBA champion Ernie Terrell over 15 rounds. Ali won by margins of 11, 15, and 11 points on the respective officials' cards.

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Former Light Heavyweight Champion Tommy Loughran continued his quest for the Heavyweight Title by facing Max Baer in a 10-round bout at New York's Madison Square Garden on this day in 1931. Jack Dempsey was the referee.

A couple of years before, Loughran had relinquished his 175-pound title to campaign as a heavyweight, and in Max Baer he faced his toughest test to date at the new weight. He passed the test with flying colors, scoring a unanimous decision against the future champ.

In 1934, Tommy would get his big chance against the Italian giant Primo Carnera in Miami. Loughran spotted champ Primo 86 pounds in the fight. But Carnera's size proved to be too big an obstacle. Loughran lasted the 15-round distance but could not take the championship. Carnera won the unanimous decision, defended his title, and broke one of Tommy's toes by stepping on it - or so the story goes.

Loughran fought until 1937 and even won the Pennsylvania Heavyweight Title in a bout against Al Ettore in 1935.

Info from PBH.

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Carlos Monzon makes pro debut

Carlos Monzon On this day in 1963, Carlos Monzón made his professional boxing debut, knocking out Ramón Montenegro in the second round in Santa Fe, Argentina.

Monzón did not begin his boxing career with much ballyhoo. Following his stoppage of Montenegro, who entered the ring with a 7-6-1 record, Monzón went on to lose 3 of his next 20 bouts.

However, his third loss would be his last. From November of 1964 to his retirement in 1977, Monzón remained unbeaten. He won the WBC and WBA Middleweight titles in 1970 with a 12th-round TKO of Nino Benvenuti, and then successfully defended his championship 14 times before hanging up his gloves. Montenegro continued fighting until 1964, finishing his career with a record of 9-10-3.



On this day in 1993 Riddick Bowe knocked out former WBA Heavyweight champion Michael Dokes in the first round, in his first title defense.


Hans Nielsen Dies
Hans Jacob Nielsen (September 2, 1899 – February 6, 1967) was an Danish lightweight amateur boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was reigning amateur world champion between 1924 and 1928 after winning the gold medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the lightweight category, defeating Alfredo Copello in the final.

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In this day February, 6, 1976 French boxer Robert Roselia
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer
was born.

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Passed Away On This Day

1967- Hans Jacob (born Hans Jacob Nielsen in Denmark September 2 1899 – February 6 1967)
Danish featherweight and lightweight boxer who competed in the 1920s.
He was the reigning amateur world champion between 1924 and 1928 after winning the gold medal in boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the lightweight category, defeating Alfredo Copello in the final.
His first Olympic appearance was in 1920 when he was eliminated in the second round of the featherweight class after losing his fight to James Cater.
In 1928 he tried to defend his Olympic title in the lightweight division but lost in the semifinal to the eventual gold medalist Carlo Orlandi. He also lost the bronze medal bout to Gunnar Berggren and finished fourth.

1931- Tommy Loughran W 10 Max Baer, NYC. Heavyweight Bout.

1963- Carlos Monzon KO 2 Ramon Montenegro, Rafaela, Argentina. Junior Middleweight Bout. Monzon’s pro debut.

1967- Muhammad Ali W 15 Ernie Terrell, Houston. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Ali tortures the over matched Terrell for refusing to acknowledge his Muslim name.

1982- Amado Ursua KO 2 Hilario Zapata, Panama City. Wins WBC World Junior Flyweight Title.

1987- Mark Breland KO 7 Harold Volbrecht, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA World Welterweight Title.

1988- Greg Haugen W 15 Vinny Pazienza, Atlantic City. Regains IBF World Lightweight Title.

1988- Kelvin Seabrooks KO 2 Fernando Beltran, Paris. Retains IBF World Bantamweight Title.

1992- Mauro Galvano W 12 Juan Carlos Gimenez, Marchino, Italy. Retains WBC World Super Middleweight Title.

1993- Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe KO 1 Michael Dokes, NYC. Retains Lineal, WBA, and IBF World Heavyweight Titles.

1994- Leo Gamez KO 7 Juan Torres, Panama City. Retains WBA World Junior Flyweight Title.

1998- Reggie Johnson KO 5 William Guthrie, Uncasville, CT. Wins IBF World Light Heavyweight Title.

1998- Sugar Shane Mosley KO 8 Demetrio Ceballos, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF World Lightweight Title.

1999- Bernard Hopkins KO 7 Robert Allen, Washington, D.C. Retains IBF World Middleweight Title.

1999- Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Pedro Saiz, Washington D.C. Retains WBA World Super Lightweight Title.

1999- Vuyani Bungu KO 7 Victor Lierena, Temba, North-West, South Africa. Retains IBF World Junior Featherweight Title.

1999- Lehlohonolo Ledwaba KO 2 Maxim Pugachev (Pougatchev), Temba, North-West, South Africa. Junior Featherweight Bout.

1999- Edgar Barcenas W12 Miguel Casillas, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Retrains WBC Contininental Americas Featherweight Title.

1999- Jose Lopez Bueno KO 2 Morgan Ndumo, Oviedo, Principado de Asturias, Spain. Flyweight Bout.

2000- Mzonke Fana W 12 Irvin Buhlalu, Khayelista, Western Cape, South Africa. Retains South African Junior Lightweight Title.

2000- Robert Koon KO 5 Chris Mills, Scranton, PA. Retains NABA Light Heavyweight Title.

2000- Hector Camacho, Jr. KO 1 Harold Warren, Elgin, IL. Retains NABA Super Lightweight Title.

2001- Vassiliy Jirov KO 1 Alex Gonzales, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Retains IBF World Cruiserweight Title.

2001- Serhiy Dzinziruk W 8 Mike Algoet, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Non-title; Algoet's Belgian Middleweight Title was not on the line.

2001- Samuel Peter KO 1 Georgi Hristov, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Heavyweight Bout. Peter's pro debut.

2001- Ratanachai Sor Vorapin KO 2 Agus Ekajaya, Cilandak, Indonesia. Junior Bantamweight Bout.

2002- Jeffrey Mathebula KO 4 Molefe Benzane, Temba, North-West, South Africa. Junior Featherweight Bout.

2002- Takalani Ndlovu KO 3 Mpho Mothiba, Temba, North-West, South Africa. Featherweight Bout.

2004- Carl Thompson KO 9 Sebastiaan Rothman, Sheffield, England. Wins IBO Cruiserweight Title. Thompson dropped in the first round, Rothman down in the 5th & 9th.

2004- Glencoffe Johnson W 12 Clinton Woods, Sheffield, England. Wins vacant IBF World Light Heavyweight Title.

2005- Sonny Boy Jaro KO 2 Jojo Bardon, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Retains Philippines Games and Amusement Board Light Flyweight Title.

2005- Hussein Hussein KO 3 Federico Catubay, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. Wins vacant OPBF Flyweight Title.

2006- Pornsawan Porpramook KO 10 Johan Wahyudi, Minburi, Thailand. Retains PABA Minimumweight Title.

2006- Kompayak Porpramook KO 4 Ongkaraknoi Jiittigym, Minburi, Thailand. Light Flyweight Bout.

2009- Andre Ward W 12 Henry Buchanan, Lemoore, CA. Retains WBO NABO and Wins vacant NABF Super Middleweight Titles.

2009- Francois Botha W 12 Ron Guerrero, Potchefstroom, North-West, South Africa. Wins vacant World Boxing Foundation Heavyweight Title.

2009- Yusaf Mack W 12 Chris Henry, Salisbury, MD. Retains NABA and Wins NABF Light Heavyweight Titles.

2010- Edwin Valero KO 9 Antonio DeMarco, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Retains WBC World Lightweight Title.

2010- Ryol Li Lee W 10 Kazunori Takayama, Tokyo, Japan. Wins vacant Japanese Featherweight title.

2010- Malcolm Tunacao W 12 Seung-Suk Chae, Mungyeong, South Korea. Wins vacant OPBF Bantamweight Title.

2010- Jorge Solis KO 7 Likar Ramos, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Wins WBA Interim Super Featherweight Title.

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1998, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico:
Jorge Arce won a 12 round UD over Miguel Martinez - Vacant WBO NABO Light Flyweight Title.

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2000- Hector Camacho, Jr. KO 1 Harold Warren, Elgin, IL. Retains NABA Super Lightweight Title.

I remember the boxing magazines getting all excited about the "power punching" Hector Camasho Jr. after this one.

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FIFTY YEARS AGO:

February 6, 1962-

Boston, Massachusetts-

"The Boston Bomber," former world welterweight champion Tony DeMarco, in his last bout, won a 10-round, unanimous decision over Stefan Redl.

DeMarco won the world welterweight title by stopping defending champion Johnny Saxton in the 14th round on April 1, 1955 but lost it to Carmen Basilio in his first defense.

DeMarco retired after the Redl fight with a record of 58 wins, 12 losses, and 1 draw with 32 wins by knockout. Others he defeated included Terry Young, Paddy DeMarco, Teddy "Red Top" Davis, Carlos Chavez, Johnny Cesario, George Araujo, Chris Christensen, Chico Vejar, Wallace "Bud" Smith, Arhur Persley, Vince Martinez, Kid Gavilan, Gaspar Ortega, Larry Boardman, and Don Jordan. He has been inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

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Article posted on 06.02.2011

47 Years Ago Today: “What’s My Name?!!” Ali Taunts Ernie Terrell In Houston
By James Slater


Exactly 47 years ago today, at the huge Astrodome in Houston Texas, world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali engaged in one of the more controversial fights of his illustrious career. The performance Ali gave in this fight, against reigning WBA champ Ernie Terrell of Chicago, gave us more than a glimpse of his cruel side; his ability to be both ruthless and punishing.

Ali was the world ruler, no-one disputed that, despite the WBA strap Terrell held. Yet the capable Terrell - who held good wins over Cleveland Williams (a revenge win, coming after Ernie had been stopped for the only time in his career by Williams in a previous encounter), Zora Folley, Eddie Machen and George Chuvalo - disputed the fact that Ali was so great. Terrell, a tall fighter with a fine left jab, truly felt he would beat the man he continued to call Cassius Clay, Ali’s “slave” name.

During the build-up to the fight, Terrell so angered Ali that the 25-year-old, at his peak champion completely lost his cool. Refusing to refer to Ali by his still-recently acquired Muslim name, Terrell was promised a sustained beating by Ali. And, boy, did “The Greatest” keep his promise!

Terrell, 39-4 and probably at his own peak at age 28, tried as best as he could, but almost from the very beginning it was obvious that he, like every other heavyweight of the day, had nowhere near enough speed to be able to deal with Ali. But Ali wasn’t content with merely out-classing Ernie; he wanted to humiliate him for the name slur. Ali dropped his hands and left them dangling at his sides for long periods (“Oh, the chances he takes!” said British commentator Harry Carpenter. “Clay is just using his feet to stay out of range.”) and he also lashed out with stinging blows. At other times, while literally daring Terrell to hit him, Ali bellowed out “What’s my name?!” Ernie never uttered a word in reply, later claiming he never even heard anything that Ali was saying to him. “I was concentrating on surviving,” Terrell said.

Terrell was game, but he was falling hopelessly behind on the judges’ score-cards. Also of a serious concern for “The Octopus,” as Ali dubbed his latest challenger, was the damage Ali had inflicted on his left eye. Swelling up and closing fast, Ernie’s eye had a fractured bone underneath it and it was later revealed how Terrell had a damaged retina. Later, the loser claimed Ali had purposely rubbed his eye along the top rope as the two had been in a clinch. Ali vehemently denied this claim (“I’m a clean fighter,” he insisted), but Terrell still feels he would have won had his eye not been so horrifically damaged.


Due to a combination of Terrell’s bravery and Ali’s willingness to prolong the beating of his over-matched adversary, the fight dragged on for all 15-rounds. Maybe Ali could have closed the show and got the stoppage, who knows for sure? In any case, Ali won by a lopsided margin on each of the three cards - by a whopping 148-133 score in the case of one judge. However, Ali was given no rave reviews by the experts after the fight.

Instead, almost every single writer chose to focus on the mean-spirited side of Ali’s nature. Condemned as a cruel bully, just as he was two years ago when he brutalised and tormented former champ Floyd Patterson, another fighter who insisted on calling Ali Clay, Ali was all-but hated by the media. No-one could deny his boxing brilliance, but the champion’s taunting and “carrying” of an opponent was seen as being in terribly bad taste. For sure, the Ali of the late 1960s was a million miles from the beloved global hero he would become in the mid-70s and still is today.

Now 28-0 and with seemingly no-one out there capable of defeating him (Ali never ducked anybody, taking on all comers at a rapid rate, correctly sensing as he was that his days of freedom were numbered), Ali may have been disliked at home but he was popular in Europe and in other places. But after just one more fight (a stoppage win over Folley that March), Ali fell foul of the United States government. Stripped of his title and his passport for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces, Ali was made redundant, unable to fight for a living. The government had done what no fighter was even close to doing: defeating him.

Millions of Americans, the same ones who were appalled by Ali’s showing against Terrell, failed to have a shred of sympathy for the former champion. It would be three years and seven months before Ali would have his license reinstated by the supreme Court. By then, Ali’s peak years had passed, and never again would we see the blinding speed he had against Terrell.

That Ali had gone for good.

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SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY:

February 6, 1956-

New Orleans, Louisiana-

Overcoming a second round knockdown, future world lightweight champion Joe "Old Bones" Brown improved to 71-19-10 by knocking out highly ranked Arhur Persley (50-7-2) in the 9th round of a scheduled 10-rounder.

Brown won the world lightweight title on August 24, 1956 and held it until April 21, 1962. He was later inducted into both the IBHOF and the WBHF.

Providence, Rhode Island-

Future world junior lightweight champion Harold Gomes upped his record to 33-3 by halting Pat Marcune (38-19-3) in the ninth stanza of their scheduled ten-round bout.

Tokyo, Japan-

OPBF featherweight champion Shigeji Kaneko (42-8-1) outpointed Jiro Sawada (19-4) over 12 rounds. Kaneko is best known for defeating future Hall of Famer (IBHOF, WBHF) Flash Elorde in each of their four matches.

New York, New York-

Featherweight contender Miguel Berrios (28-7-1) knocked out Bobby Courchesne (43-5-2) in the 5th round of a scheduled 10-round contest held at the St. Nicholas Arena. By doing so, Berrios avenged the 10-round, majority decision he lost to Courchesne on November 14, 1955.

Berrios also did well against Elorde, going 2-0 in his bouts with the future world junior lightweight champion.