This Day in Boxing -- October 13
by Sin City Richey
1872: Charles (Kid) McCoy born.
1902: Joe Gans KO 5 Kid McFarland, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Retains World
Lightweight Title.
1904:Tommy Sullivan KO 5 Abe Attell, St. Louis. Wins Claim to Vacant World Featherweight
Title.
1924: Harry Greb D 10 Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia.
1932: Kid Chocolate KO 12 Lew Feldman, NYC. Retains World 130-lb Title.
1936: Sixto Escobar KO 1 Indian Quintana, NYC. Retains World Bantamweight
Title.
1937: Benny Lynch KO 13 Peter Kane, Glasgow. Retains World Flyweight Title.
1939: Henry Armstrong KO 2 Howard Scott, Minneapolis. Retains World
Welterweight Title. Armstrong's 2nd defense in 4-days.
1960: Harold Petty born.
1973: Rafael Herrera W 15 Venice Borkorsor, Inglewood. Retains WBC
Bantamweight Title.
1989: Mark Breland KO 2 Mauro Martelli, Geneva. Retains WBA Welterweight
Title.
1990: Azumah Nelson W 12 Juan LaPorte, Sydney. Retains WBC Featherweight
Title.
1994: Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Juan Polo-Perez, Paris, France. Retains WBA
Super Bantamweight Title.
1996: Yong Soo Choi W 12 Yamato Mitani, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super
Featherweight Title.
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