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This Day in Boxing -- November 6
by Sin City Richey


1908:
Tony Canzoneri born.

1957:
Alphonse Halimi W 15 Raul Macias, Los Angeles. Unifies World Bantamweight Title.

1967:
Paul Fujii KO 4 Willie Quatour, Tokyo. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

1981:
Larry Holmes KO 11 Renaldo Snipes, Pittsburgh. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title. Holmes again shows his grit by getting up from a knockdown in the 7th and surviving the remainder of the round.

Hilario Zapata KO 10 Netmoi S. Vorasingh, Korat, Thailand. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1982:
Eleoncio Mercedes W 15 Freddy Castillo, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1988:
Myung Woo Yuh KO 7 Udin Beharrudin, Seoul. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1993:
Evander (Real Deal) Holyfield W 12 Riddick (Big Daddy) Bowe, Las Vegas. Regains World Heavyweight Title. The infamous fan man fight.

Orlin Norris KO 6 Marcelo Figueroa, Paris. Wins vacant WBA Cruiserweight Title.
1995:
Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Hector Acero-Sanchez, Inglewood. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight for a third time.
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