MARCH 1st

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Busy month in the history of boxing. Big day this one:

1934 Primo Carnera retains his world heavyweight title via a 15 round decision over former light heavyweight champ Tommy Loughran in Miami.

1940 Henry Armstrong in an attempt to become the first world champion in history to capture four different weight classes is held to a ten round draw against world middleweight champ Ceferino Garcia who retained his title at L.A.
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1949 It was on this day that Joe Louis hung up the leather, leaving the title vacant after owning it for 11 years and eight months (6/22/37-3/1/49) and 25 defenses.





Same day and year that Manuel Ortiz keeps his world Bantamweight title with a 15 round UD over Dado Marino. (Moderator's Note: It was Ortiz' fourth and last successful title defense of his second reign as the world champion. He had made a then record fifteen consecutive successful defenses during his first reign. In 1988-1994, Orlando Canizales would set a new division record by making 16 consecutive successful defenses of the IBF world bantamweight title.)
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1966 Horacio Accavallo beats Katsuyoshi Takayama via a 15 round decision in Tokyo to win the vacant WBA Flyweight title making Salvatore Burruni, the champion stripped by the WBA, the last man to be be undisputed champ in the Flyweight division. (The WBA stripped Burruni for failure to defend against Accavallo who had beaten Burruni in two of their three meetings including their third match, a non-title bout held 3/1/2 months after Burruni won the world championship. Like Accavallo, Takayama also owned a victory over Burruni in a non-title bout.)

(Moderator's Note: Burruni, the lineal champion, continued to be recognized as the world champ by the WBC and by Ring Magazine until he was dethroned by Scotland's Walter McGowan via a 15-round decision on June 14, 1966.)
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1949- Joe Louis retires from boxing as the Heavyweight champ leaving the world Heavyweight title vacant after 11 years, eight months, and a world record 25 defenses as world champion.
At the time of Louis's initial retirement, the IRS was still completing its investigation of his prior tax returns, which had always been handled by Mike Jacobs's personal accountant. In May 1950, the IRS finished a full audit of Louis's past returns and announced that, with interest and penalties, he owed the government more than $500,000. Louis had no choice but to return to the ring.
On this same day Manuel Ortiz retains his world Bantamweight title with a fifteen round unanimous decision over future world flyweight champion Dado Marino in their Honolulu match.


1966- Horacio Accavallo won the vacant WBA World Flyweight title by outpointing Katsuyoshi Takayama on a 15 round split decision in Tokyo, Japan. Accavallo had been the number one contender for the title held by Salvatore Burruni, but Burruni chose to defend the title against Rocky Gattellari rather than Accavallo. Since the WBA had mandated that Burruni fight Accavallo, it stripped the champion of his crown and sanctioned the Accavallo-Takayama match for its version of the title. (Also see above post regarding this bout).

1997- Sugar Ray Leonard returns to the ring after a six-year layoff at the age of 40, but loses against Héctor Camacho and retires for good after the fight. Years past his prime, Leonard was stopped by the smaller, usually light-hitting Camacho in 5 rounds.

2008- Israel Vázquez successfully defends the WBC and Ring Magazine titles as he defeats Rafael Márquez, rising from a fourth round knockdown to prevail by split decision and end up 2-1 verses Marquez. This fight was named 2008's Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine. The Vázquez vs Márquez trilogy has been widely heralded as one of the best boxing trilogies in recent years.
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Here is one I missed from yesterday.

2003- Roy Jones Jr beats John Ruiz for the WBA Heavyweight Championship,
Jones left his mark firmly in boxing history by becoming the first former middleweight champ to win a heavyweight title since Bob Fitzsimmons turned the trick in 1897. Giving away almost 30 pounds to John Ruiz, Jones earned $10 million to score a remarkably easy 12-round decision. He won eight rounds on one scorecard, nine on a second and an amazing ten on the third.

"I know what people are going to say, but there is nothing wrong with John Ruiz," said Jones. "Like a lot of other guys I fought, he was just slower than me. And I kind of out thought him."
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1916- Ted "Kid" Lewis W 20 Harry Stone, New Orleans. Retains World Welterweight Title.

1923- Frankie Genaro W 15 Pancho Villa, NYC. Wins American Flyweight Title.

1929- Jim Maloney W 10 Tom Heeney, Boston. Heavyweight Bout.

1929- Lou Brouillard KO 2 Al Sacco, Worcester, Massachusetts. Welterweight Bout.

1929- Billy Petrolle KO 4 Tony Ross, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Lightweight Bout.

1929- Jimmy McLarnin KO 2 Joe Glick, NYC. Junior Welterweight Bout.

1930- Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Sammy Mandell, Chicago. Non-title Welterweight Bout. Mandell's World Lightweight title was not on the line.

1933- Bob Godwin W 10 Joe Knight, West Palm Beach, FL. Wins NBA Light Heavyweight Title. (Defending champion Knight had been awarded the title by the NBA.)

1933- Al Ettore DQ 4 James J. Braddock, Philadelphia. Heavyweight Bout.

1934- Primo Carnera W 15 Tommy Loughran, Miami. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Carnera enjoys an 86-pound weight advantage, 270 lbs. to Loughran’s 184 lbs.

1934- Tony Canzoneri W 12 Pete Nebo, Kansas City, Missouri. Lightweight Bout.

1940- Ceferino Garcia Draw 10 Henry Armstrong, Los Angeles. Retains California version of World Middleweight Title. Referee: George Blake. This is Blake's last assignment as a referee, according to his obituary in the Dec. 21, 1952 New York Times.
(Moderator's Note: Garcia's New York State Athletic Commission World Middleweight Title was not on the line because the bout was scheduled for 10, not 15, rounds. Armstrong weighed in at 142; Garcia at 153 1/2. Armstrong's World Welterweight title, also, was not on the line.)

1940- Sammy Angott W 10 Quentin "Baby" Breese, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lightweight Bout.

1949- Manuel Ortiz W 15 Dado Marino, Honolulu. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1955- Willie Pastrano W 10 Tony Johnson, Miami Beach. Light Heavyweight Bout.

1955- Sonny Liston W 8 Neal Welch, St. Louis. Heavyweight Bout.

1955- Joey Giardello KO 2 Peter Mueller, Milwaukee. Middleweight Bout.

1966- Horacio Accavallo W 15 Katsuyoshi Takayama, Tokyo. Wins vacant WBA World Flyweight Title.

1975- Bobby "School Boy" Chacon KO 2 Jesus Estrada, Los Angeles. Retains WBC World Featherweight Title.

1987- Myung Woo Yuh KO 1 Eduardo Tunon, Seoul. Retains WBA World Junior Flyweight Title.

1987- Jorge "Maromero" Paez W 10 Alejandro Mayorga, Mexicali, Mexico. Featherweight Bout.

1987- Thanomsak Sithbaobay W 12 Soon-Jung Kang, Bangkok. Retained OPBF Flyweight Title.

1987- Kelvin Seabrooks W 12 Louis Curtis, Alexandria, VA. Won Vacant USBA Bantamweight Title.

1988- Chong Pal Park KO 5 Polly Pasireron, Chongju, South Korea. Retains Lineal and WBA World Super Middleweight Titles.

1989- Jeff Harding W 10 Art Jimmerson, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Light Heavyweight Bout.

1990- Hector Acero-Sanchez KO 4 Mario Gomez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Super Bantamweight Bout.

1990- James "The Heat" Kinchen W 10 Jorge Amparo, Palm Springs, CA. Light Heavyweight Bout.

1990- Jemal Hinton KO 7 Fred Hernandez, Auburn Hills, Michigan. Retains WBC Continental Americas Super Bantamweight Title.

1990- James "Lights Out" Toney KO 1 Philip Morefield, Auburn Hills. Won Vacant Michigan State Middleweight Title.

1991- Gerald McClellan KO 1 Ken Hulsey, Duluth, Minnesota. Middleweight Bout.

1991- Junior Jones W 10 Juan Carazo, Atlantic City. Bantamweight Bout.

1992- Azumah Nelson KO 8 Jeff Fenech, Melbourne, Australia. Retains WBC World Super Featherweight Title. (This was a rematch. Nelson and Fenech had fought to a controversial draw on June 28, 1991. Many observers thought Fenech had done more than enough to win.)

1992- Virgil Hill W 10 Aundrey Nelson, Melbourne. Light Heavyweight Bout.

1992- Kostya Tszyu KO 1 Darrell Hiles, Melbourne. Junior Welterweight Bout. Tszyu's professional debut.

1993- Marco Antonio Barrera W 10 Ivan Salazar, Inglewood, California. Super Bantamweight Bout.

1996- Luisito Espinosa KO 4 Alejandro Gonzalez, Guadalajara, Mexico. Retains WBC World Featherweight Title.

1996- Bronco McKart KO 9 Santos Cardona, Indio, California. Wins Vacant WBO World Junior Middleweight Title.

1997- Hector Camacho KO 5 Sugar Ray Leonard (age 40), Atlantic City. Retains International Boxing Council Middleweight Title. Leonard, who had not fought in over six years, is a mere ghost of what he once was.

1997- Stevie Johnston W 12 Jean-Baptiste Mendy, Paris, France. Wins WBC World Lightweight Title.

1997- Julien Lorcy Draw 12 Arnulfo Castillo, Paris. For Vacant WBO World Junior Lightweight Title.

1997- Yokthai Sithoar W 12 Aquiles Guzman, Chachoengsao, Thailand. Retains WBA World Super Flyweight Title.

1998- Pichit Chor Siriwat (AKA Pichitnoi Sithbanprachan) W 12 Kaaj Chartbandit (AKA Pornchai Techasinchai), Ratchaburi, Thailand. Retains WBA World Light Flyweight Title.

2002- Eric Lucas W 12 Vinny Pazienza, Mashantucket, CT. Retains WBC World Super Middleweight Title.

2003- Roy Jones Jr. W 12 John Ruiz, Las Vegas, NV. Wins WBA World Heavyweight Title.

2003- Jean-Marc Mormeck KO 8 Alexander Gurov, Las Vegas. Retains WBA World Cruiserweight Title.

2003- Winky Wright W 12 J. C. Candelo, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Junior Middleweight Title.

2003- Alejandro "Terra" Garcia KO 3 Santiago Samaniego, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Welterweight Title.

2008- Israel Vasquez W 12 Rafael Marquez, Carson, CA. Retains Lineal and Ring Magazine World Junior Featherweight Titles/Retains WBC World Super Bantamweight Title. Referee: Pat Russell | judge: Max DeLuca 114-111 | judge: James Jen-Kin 113-112 | judge: Tom Kaczmarek 111-114.

2008- Yutaka Niida KO 6 Jose Varela, Tokyo. Retains WBA World Minimumweight Title.

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1979- Mikkel Kessler (born in Copenhagen, Denmark)
Danish professional boxer and former WBA & WBC Super Middleweight champion the latter he won against the previously undefeated Carl Froch on the 24th of April 2010. In his professional career he has a record of 43-2 and 32 knockouts. With his win over unbeaten Carl Froch, bagging the WBC Super Middleweight title, Kessler became a three time world champion.
Kessler was born to a Danish father and an English mother, Ann, who hails from Salisbury, Wiltshire.[2] He began his vocation early, training in boxing gyms at age 13.
Kessler fought three years as an amateur. He finished his amateur career with a record of 44 wins, and three losses. He has won the Danish Championship five times in addition to the Norwegian Championship and the Scandinavian Championship.
He originally started campaigning as a light middleweight and then middleweight for the first 22 fights of his career. He won 16 of his first 22 fights by knockout (KO).
After 3 years and 22 fights, Kessler settled in the super middleweight division. Kessler continued his hard hitting streak, dispatching 6 of his first 7 opponents by KO, thereby improving his record to 29-0 with 22 KO.
On November 29, 2002, Kessler fought for his first championship and defeated former World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Dingaan Thobela over twelve rounds to become International Boxing Association champion. He gave up this belt to fight for the more recognized WBC International title on April 11, 2003, versus Craig Cummings. Kessler won by a knockout in the third round.
He defended his title on three occasions before finally hitting it big on November 12, 2004. His stablemate, Mads Larsen, another Danish World Class fighter, was set to challenge Manny Siaca for the World Boxing Association championship in Copenhagen. Larsen was injured in training and Kessler took the fight on short notice, winning the title.
Kessler defended his title against Anthony Mundine in Sydney in June 2005 and Eric Lucas in January 2006.
On October 14, 2006, Kessler was elevated to WBA "super champion" status after winning the WBC title in a unification battle against WBC World Champion Markus Beyer, at the Parken Stadium. He won by knockout at 2:58 in round 3.
Kessler defended his WBA super/WBC titles on March 24, 2007, at the Parken Stadium against WBC mandatory challenger Librado Andrade. The fight was scored as a shutout (120-108) by all three judges.
Kessler then met fellow undefeated champion Joe Calzaghe. The bout took place at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on November 3, 2007, in front of over 50,000 fans (then the largest indoor boxing event in European history) and was a unification bout for the WBO/WBA/WBC/Ring Magazine super middleweight titles. Kessler lost the unification bout via unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the fight: 117-111, 116-112, 116-112.
Kessler faced Dimitri Sartison on June 21, 2008, for the vacant WBA Super Middleweight regular title. Kessler won the match by knockout in the 12th round.
Kessler successfully defended his title against Danilo Häussler, KO3 on October 25, and against Gusmyl Perdomo (16-2, 10KOs), KO4 on 12 September 2009, one minute into the round.
In November 2009 the WBA once again promoted him to Super Champion, this time prior to unifying any Super Middleweight titles.
His first fight was against Andre Ward on November 21, 2009 for Kessler's WBA Super Middleweight Championship in the Super Six World Boxing Classic. On November 21, 2009 Kessler lost his championship to Andre Ward. The fight was stopped in the eleventh round due to cuts on Kessler's face caused by what was deemed unintentional headbutts by Ward. The fight went to the scorecards and Ward was far ahead by scores of 98-92, 98-92, and 97-93 at the time of the stoppage. Many observers were disappointed with Kesslers performance against Ward, the ways in which he was exposed in his defence, movement and the ability to fight on the inside were evident in the fight, questions rose about his retirement from boxing after the loss, however Kessler wanted to prove his worth with a huge test against Carl Froch then the current WBC world champ.
On April 24. 2010 Kessler showed the world that his skills and durability had not gone anywhere with a tough yet fair unanimous decision against Britain's undefeated world champion Carl Froch, a match that was called "a classic" and "one of the best matches in Danish boxing ever."[5] The match lasted all 12 rounds and Kessler bagged the decision with scores of 117-111, 115-113 and 116-112. With the win Kessler became WBC World Champion and the first to break Froch's undefeated winning streak in 26 fights.
Andre Ward later praised Kessler tremendously in an interview with fightnews.com, calling Kessler "skill wise...the toughest I’ve fought so far". Ward went on to express admiration over Kessler's career and dispelling any criticism after his own victory over Kessler. "People want to put down Mikkel Kessler because of our fight but he’s proven himself. He’s proven that if he loses a title he can come back and become champion again, he did that after our fight so now he’s a three time world champion. Anybody that can win a world title three times and only have two losses in the process says a lot. He’s a great fighter and I give him a lot of credit and I have a lot of respect for him."
On August 25, Kessler announced he was withdrawing from the Super Six tournament due to the worsening of the eye injury he suffered in his fight against Ward. According to Ekstra Bladet newspaper, Kessler stated he was seeing double. Doctors told him he must take a nine month break from boxing.
On Volbeat's album Beyond Hell/ Above Heaven there is a song dedicated to Mikkel Kessler named "A Warrior's Call" which contains the lyrics "The viking warrior Mikkel Kessler".
Kessler is sponsored by Jack&Jones clothing and can often be seen wearing the brand whilst training and as well on his underwear and shorts at weigh-ins and fights.
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Other March 1 highlights:

1962- Mitsunori Seki KO 5 Katsuzo Nakamura, Tokyo. Featherweight Bout.

1965- Hiroshi Kobayashi KO 7 Soo Bok Kwon, Tokyo. Featherweight Bout.

1968- Kuniaki Shibata PTS. 10 Ramiro "Yaqui" Nides, Agana, Guam. Shibata weighed in at 130; Nides at 125 1/2.

1970- Masao Ohba PTS. 10 Rudy Billones, Tokyo. Flyweight Bout.

1970- Flash Elorde TKO 5 Munchai Rorfortor, Metro Manila. Junior Welterweight Bout.

1971- Jean-Claude Bouttier KO 5 Lonnie Harris, Paris. Middleweight Bout. Bouttier avenged a 10/29/70 SD 10 loss to Harris.

1972- Vilomar Fernandez PTS. 6 Jose Resto, Sunnyside, New York. Junior Lightweight Bout. Fernandez improved to 5-1.

1972- Vito Antuofermo PTS. 4 Ivelaw Eastman, Sunnyside. Junior Middleweight Bout. Antuofermo improved to 3-0-1.

1980- Manning Galloway PTS. 10 Tony Taylor (Akbar Muhammad), Columbus, Ohio. Junior Welterweight Bout.

1980- Rafael Pedroza UD 12 Javier Gonzales, Panama City Panama. Junior Bantamweight Bout.

1986- Darryl Tyson UD 12 Freddie Roach, Washington, D. C. Retained WBC Continental Americas Lightweight Title.

1986- Evander Holyfield TKO 3 Chisanda Mutti, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Cruiserweight Bout.

1994- Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson KO 2 Eduardo Ramirez, Inglewood, California. Retained World Boxing Board Flyweight Title.

1994- Marco Antonio Barrera KO 3 Justo Zuniga, Inglewood. Bantamweight Bout.

1994- Joe Hipp UD 12 Alex Garcia, Atlantic City. Won NABF Heavyweight Title.

1994- Muhammad Rachman KO 3 Tono Balon, Indonesia. Minimumweight Bout.

1994- Richie Woodhall TKO 7 Heath Todd, Dudley, West Midlands, England. Non-title Middleweight Bout. Woodhall's Commonwealth title was not on the line.

1994- Joe Calzaghe TKO 1 Darren Littlewood, Dudley. Super Middleweight Bout. Calzaghe improved to 5-0 with 5 KOs.

1995- Frans Botha TKO 1 Bill Corrigan, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Heavyweight Bout.

1995- Freddie Pendleton KO 2 Clarence Coleman, Fort Lauderdale. Welterweight Bout.

1995- William Joppy KO 3 Tony McCrimmion, Fort Lauderdale. Middleweight Bout.

1995- Darrin Morris TKO 4 Tim Dendy, Fort Lauderdale. Middleweight Bout.

1995- Lionel Butler TKO 1 James Flowers, Fort Lauderdale. Heavyweight Bout.

1995- Lamar Murphy TKO 1 Alvin Patten, Fort Lauderdale. Lightweight Bout.

1995- Tim Austin TKO 3 Travis Gregory, Fort Lauderdale. Bantamweight Bout.

1995- Antwun Echols KO 2 Abdullah Rmadan, Fort Lauderdale. Middleweight Bout.

2000- Hasim Rahman UD 10 Marion Wilson, Woodlawn, Maryland. Heavyweight Bout.

2002- Miguel Cotto TKO 2 Sammy Sparkman, Carolina, Puerto Rico. Junior Welterweight Bout.

2002- Ivan Calderon TKO 4 Jorge Romano, Carolina, Puerto Rico. Flyweight Bout.

2012- Bahodir Mamadjonov SD 8 Michael "Cold Blood" Clark, Columbus, Ohio. Won WBC USNBC Super Lightweight Title Eliminator.
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1996- Luisito Espinosa KO 4 Alejandro Gonzalez, Guadalajara, Mexico. Retains WBC World Featherweight Title.


These two men swapped early rounds KOs of each other. I would have liked to have seen a rubber match immediately after. Espinosa is my favorite Filipino fighter of all-time.
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2013:
Evgeny Gradovich W 12 Billy Dib, Mashantucket, Conn. Wins Wins IBF Featherweight Title.
Referee: Eddie Claudio | judge: Don Trella 114-112 | judge: Don Ackerman 112-114 | judge: Glenn Feldman 114-112.
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SIXTY YEARS AGO:

March 1, 1956-

Blackpool, Lancashire, England-

Future two-time World middleweight champion and future World light heavyweight champion Dick Tiger was outpointed over 8 rounds by Jimmy Lynas. This was the first of three matches between Tiger and Lynas. Tiger, a future Hall of Famer (IBHOF and WBHF), would outpoint Lynas over 8 rounds in their July 2, 1956 rematch and knock Lynas out in the seventh round of their February 3, 1958 rubber match.

Los Angeles, California, USA-

Bantamweight contender and future WBHF inductee Billy Peacock stopped Pimi Barajas in the 4th round of a bout slated for 10.

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