This Day in Boxing -- October 20
by Sin City Richey
1902: Jack Johnson KO 12 Frank Childs, Los Angeles. Payback is a bitch!
For a brief period Childs shared an apartment with Johnson. That arrangement ended during the
wee hours of a bitterly cold winter night due to the unexpected arrival of
Childs's cousin. Despite Johnson's pleads, Childs pointed to the door.
1930: (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom KO 11 Abie Bain, NYC. Retains World Light
Heavyweight Title.
1933: Primo Carnera W 15 Paolino Uzcudun, Rome. Retains World Heavyweight
Title.
1953: Bobo Olson W 15 Randy Turpin, NYC. Wins vacant World Middleweight
Title.
1961: Duilio Loi D 15 Eddie Perkins, Milan. Retains World Super Lightweight
Title.
1965: Dick Tiger W 15 Joey Giardello, NYC. Regains World Middleweight Title.
Welcome Ncita born.
1966: Sandro Lopopolo KO 8 Vicente Rivas, Rome. Retains World Super
Lightweight Title.
1968: Curtis Cokes W 15 Ramon LaCruz, New Orleans. Retains World
Welterweight Title.
1972: Koichi Wajima KO 3 Matt Donovan, Tokyo. Retains World Super
Welterweight Title.
1973: Eder Jofre KO 4 Vicente Saldivar, Salvador, Brazil. Retains WBC
Featherweight Title.
1978: Danny Lopez DQ 4 Fel Clemente, Pesaro, Italy. Retains WBC
Featherweight Title.
1979: Sung Jun Kim W 15 Rey Melendez, Seoul. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight
Title.
1988: Charles Williams KO 3 Rufino Angulo, Villenave d' Omon, France.
Retains IBF Light Heavyweight Title.
1989: Glen McCrory KO 11 Siza Makhatini, Langbourgh, England. Retains IBF
Cruiserweight Title.
1993: Leo Gamez KO 9 Shiro Yahiro, Tokyo, Japan. Wins vacant WBA Junior
Flyweight Title.
1995: Yong Soo Choi KO 10 Victor Hugo Paz, Salta, Argentina. Wins vacant WBA
Super Featherweight Title.
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