This Day in Boxing -- October 28
by Sin City Richey
1895: George Dixon D 10 Young Griffo, Brooklyn, NY
1901: Abe Attell W 15 George Dixon, St. Louis.
1924: Jimmy McLarnin W 4 Fidel LaBarba, Vernon, CA.
1938: John Henry Lewis KO 4 Emilio Martinez, Minneapolis. Retains World
Light Heavyweight Title.
1960: Joe (Old Bones) Brown W 15 Cisco Andrade, Los Angeles. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1961: Joe (Old Bones) Brown W 15 Bert Somodio, Quezon City. Retains World
Lightweight Title.
1972: Antonio Cervantes KO 10 Alfonzo (Pepermint) Frazer, Panama City. Wins
World Super Lightweight Title.
1975: Former World Light Heavyweight Champion Georges Carpentier, 81, dies
in Paris.
1978: Wilfredo Gomez KO 5 Carlos Zarate, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Retains WBC
Super Bantamweight Title. Gomez improves his record to 22-0-1 (22) while
Zarate, still the WBC Bantamweight Champion, falls to a reported 54-1.
1979: Yoko Gushiken KO 7 Tito Abella, Tokyo. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight
Title.
1987: Jorge Vaca Tech. Dec. 8 Lloyd Honeyghan, Wembley. Wins World
Welterweight Title.
1988: Greg Haugen KO 10 Gert Bo Jacobson, Copenhagen. Retains IBF
Lightweight Title.
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