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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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