This Day in Boxing -- October 20
by Sin City Richey
1901: George Dixon D 20 Abe Attell, Cripple Creek, CO.
1939: Henry Armstrong KO 3 Ritchie Fontaine, Seattle. Retains World
Welterweight Title. Armstrong's 3rd defense in 11 days.
1947: Rinty Monaghan W 15 Dado Marino, London. Wins vacant NBA Flyweight
Title.
1954: Johnny Saxton W 15 Kid Gavilan, Philadelphia. Wins World Welterweight
Title. Dull fight, and an even worse decision.
1955: Aaron Pryor born.
1962: Dennis Moyer W 15 Joey Giambra, Portland, OR. Wins vacant World Junior Middleweight (154 lbs.) Title.
1970: Ted "Kid" Lewis, 75, dies.
1979: John Tate W 15 Gerrie Coetzee, Pretoria, S. Africa. Wins vacant WBA
Heavyweight Title.
1982: Leroy Haley W 15 Juan Jose Giminez, Cleveland. Retains WBC Super
Lightweight Title.
1990: Sung Kil Moon W 12 Kenji Matsumura, Seoul. Retains Lineal & WBC Junior bantamweight Title
Title.
1992: Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Yun Un Chin, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
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