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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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