It's amazing to think that we have genuinely struggled to find much in terms of stuff that has had happened on February 6th. We have however come up with 2 things of note.
The most notable of those happened in 2001 when Kazakh fighter Vassiliy Jirov stopped Alex Gonzales to make his third defense of the IBF Cruiserweight title. The bout lasted just 95 seconds, with Gonzalez being counted out whilst rising to his feet, following a brutal uppercut from the Kazakh. Sadly whilst this fight is available the quality of footage is poor Whilst Jirov Vs Gonzales isn't a highly remembered bout it is notable, and was Jirov's first, and only, professional bout in Kazakhstan. We also believe this was the first ever world title fight in Almaty, Kazakhtan. Gonzales was 18-2 (8) after this bout, but never really recovered and would finish his career 20-9 (10). Jirov on the other hand was 27-0 (25) following this win, and would go on to retire with a career record of 38-3-1 (32) fighting for the final time in 2009. The only other thing we could find was that Ryo Akaho made his debut on this day in 2005.
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November 24th 2012 is one of the most important dates in Chinese boxing history. That was the day they crowned their first ever male world champion, Xiong Zhao Zhong, who claimed the WBC Minimumweight title. He would make 2 defenses beting Denver Cuello and Lookrak Kiatmungmee, both in 2013, before coming up against Mexican challenger Oswaldo Novoa on this day in 2014. Coming in to bout Zhong was the WBC Minimumweight champion, with a record of 22-4-1 (12) and he was riding a 4 fight winning run, following a 2012 loss to Shin Ono. Novoa on the other hand was 12-4-1 (7), although riding a 5 fight winning run he was 6-4 in his previous 10 bouts and had certainly done any massive to earn a world title fight, though at the time there was a lack of notable fighters at 105lbs. Sadly for Zhong it was not to be his day, as Novoa would dominate him, then stop him in the 5th round, to give us the first ever loss of a world title by a Chinese fighter. Interestingly Novoa would only defend the title once before losing to Wanheng Menayothin in 2014. What's really interesting is, at the time of writing, Novoa has gone 0-4-3 in his 7 bouts since losing to Wanheng. Zhong on the other has had mixed success since losing to Novoa, going 5-3 (2). Also on this day
2011-Nobuo Nashiro Vs Tomas Rojas 2002-Willie Jorrin v Osamu Sato 2000-Sompoch Harnvichachai v SangIk Yang 1996-Yuri Arbachakov v Raul Juarez 1988-Marlon Starling v Fujio Ozaki During the 1980's Korean fighters really were among the most entertaining and the most notable, with a host of top fighters coming from the country. One who wasn't elite was Seung Soon Lee who managed to get his biggest fight on this day in 1989, and was unfortunately taken out in one of the shortest Welterweight title fights in history. The then 27 year old Lee travelled to the US, for his second bout in the country, to fight in the legendary Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. At the time Lee was 31-2 (23) and on paper had a respectable record with a notable win over former world title challenger Jun-Suk Hwang and had been the Korean and OPBF champion. Unfortunately for Lee he was being matched with Mark Breland, who was then 22-1-1 (15). Breland had been one of the greatest amateurs of all time, was a former world champion and was looking to become a 2-time champion. Breland was a man looking to prove a point and it showed. Within seconds Breland was finding Lee with power shots and although Lee was firing back Breland wasn't letting off. Lee was down incredibly early on and despite getting back to his feet a follow up from Breland forced the referee to half the contest. Sadly for Lee he would fight just once more after this bout, losing to losing in a rematch to Jun-Suk Hwang, before retiring with a record of 31-4 (23). Breland on the other hand would defend the belt 4 times before losing to Aaron Davis in 1990. He would fight through until losing to Jorge Vaca in 1991 before retiring. He would then go on to have a 5 fight comeback in 1996-1997, before hanging up the gloves with a record of 35-3-1 (25) Also on this day:
2016-Knockout CP Freshmart Vs Carlos Buitrago II 2012-Nonito Donaire Vs Wilfredo Vazquez Jr 1995-Hi Yong Choi Vs Leo Gamez 1963-Jug Koo Chang's birthday We've had a lot of world title fights, featuring Asian fighters, fall on February 3rd, so it was hard to pick one as a standout to feature as our main fight, however we settled on the 1991 war between Japan's Kiyoshi Hatanaka (then 21-1-1, 14), and Argentina's Pedro Ruben Decima (then 26-2, 18). The bout took place at the Rainbow Hall in Nagoya and saw both men being dropped in a brilliant war! Decima entered the bout as the WBC Super Bantamweight champion, having ripped the title away from Paul Banke 3 months earlier. Hatanaka had previously come up short in a WBC Super Flyweight title bout, but had moved up in weight following his loss and certainly seemed to be better suited to a higher weight. Sadly Hatanaka would fight only once more after this before retiring. He is now a promoter in Japan, who promotes Kosei Tanaka and his own son, Kento Hatanaka. As mentioned we have had other world title fights on this day
2018-Jerwin Ancajas v Israel Gonzalez 2001-Andy Tabanas v Fahlan Sakkreerin II 1981-Shoji Oguma v Chan-Hee Park III February 2nd isn't a date that really stands out for boxing, at least not in recent years, but it did give us an excellent IBF Super Flyweight eliminator back in 2008. The bout should have been a launchpad for a Filipino hopeful, though sadly the Filipino fighter in question would be forced to retire less than 2 years later. The eliminator in question saw 25 year old Filipino Z Gorres, (then 27-2-1, 15) taking on former world champion Vic Darchinyan (then 29-1, 23), at the Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino. Interestingly both men had suffered a notable loss just 2 fights earlier, with Gorres coming up short against Fernando Montiel and Darchinyan losing in spectacular fashion to Nonito Donaire. Both men were looking to get back into the title picture, and a win here would set them up with an IBF title fight. The fight was brilliantly matched, though was marred badly by referee Lance Revill, who seemed to lose control very early and had the crowd on his case from the opening round, with fans throwing things into ring from round 1. Sadly Gorres' career came to end in 2009 following a win over Luis Melendez. The Filipino would suffer a brain injury. Thankfully he has recovered pretty well since then. Other events on this day include:
2014-Reymart Gaballo's debut 2002-Shin Ono's debut 1993-Shohei Omori's birthday One again we're keeping with the same format we've used the last few days of "On this Day", with a main fight and video, along with some other events underneath. February 1st has given us some pretty notable events over the year, including a huge upset in 2014 and the birthday of a currently highly regarded contender. Our pick for the day however takes us back to 1997 and takes us to the Songnam Gymnasium in Seoul. It was on February 1st 1997 that we saw Yong Soo Choi (then 21-2, 13), making his 4th defense of the WBA Super Featherweight title, and taking on Mongolian challenger Lakva Sim (then 5-0, 4). Choi had been the champion since travelling to Argentina and stopping Victor Hugo Paz in October 1995. As a champion he had twice scraped past the insanely tough Yamato Mitani, and stopped Orlando Soto. He may well have been expecting an easy win here against the inexperienced Sim. Instead the Mongolia would give him absolute hell. Although we might be wrong, we believe this was the first time a Mongolian fighter had fought for a world title, and what a fight it was! If you've never seen this one before we can't recommend this brutally damaging war enough! 2014-Rey Loreto Vs Nkosinathi Joyi - A huge upset win for Loreto!
2014-Gennady Golovkin Vs Osumanu Adama (These were on the same card) 2002-Artur Grigorian vs Rocky Martinez 1988-Kenichi Ogawa's birthday |
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