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They currently have XXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::1913121421645185024/interactions)  - X Week XXXXX -XXXX% - X Month XXXXX +61% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1913121421645185024/posts_active)  - X Week XX -XX% - X Month XXX +14% ### Followers: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::1913121421645185024/followers)  - X Week XXX +8.40% - X Month XXX +30% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1913121421645185024/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1913121421645185024/influence) --- **Social category influence** [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [countries](/list/countries) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [nhl](/list/nhl) **Social topic influence** [unanimous decision](/topic/unanimous-decision), [vegas](/topic/vegas), [london](/topic/london), [larry](/topic/larry), [mike tyson](/topic/mike-tyson), [arena](/topic/arena), [tko](/topic/tko), [toronto](/topic/toronto), [bert](/topic/bert), [milwaukee](/topic/milwaukee) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1913121421645185024/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "Jerome Frazier (pictured) KO's Willie Johnson in the 1st round on July XX 1947 at the Milwaukee Auditorium. Frazier 40-9-0 with XX KO wins good enough to KO O'Neill Bell but not having enough to outgun guys like Bert Lytell was another fine middleweight during the 1940's"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948227174848254167) 2025-07-24 03:42:09 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Lightweight Bobby Hicks (pictured) TKO's Hildo Nunez in the 5th round at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles California on July XX 1958 to run his record to 8-0 as a pro. Hicks was retired by the Washington State Boxing Commission in 1960 due to a detached retina. He was later re-issued a license in 1968 but retired after fighting to a draw in a comeback bout. An amateur sensation managed and trained by George Chemeris (he handled Pete Rademacher Eddie Cotton and Greg Haugen among others) and the 1956 Tacoma Golden Gloves Titlist at Featherweight Hicks entered the 1956 Olympic Trials riding a"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1945760140260429934) 2025-07-17 08:19:02 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Press kit for the July XX 1963 rematch between Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson to be held at the Convention Center in Las Vegas. The bout became official on February 9th of that year. The contract for the first Liston-Patterson fight had stated that Patterson if he should lose had the right to a rematch within a year. It also dictated that Patterson and Liston would each get XX% of the gate and XX% of the closed circuit revenue. This fight was originally set for April 4th of 1963 in Miami Beach Florida but was changed to April 10th when X to X favorite Liston injured his left knee. The match"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947574475496558756) 2025-07-22 08:28:33 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Joe Bugner wins his third straight following decisions over James Tillis and David Bey scoring a 10-round unanimous decision over Greg Page on July XX 1987 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney Australia. The badly faded Page falls to 27-7 with the losswhile Frank Bruno is next up for Bugner in October"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948241258255646881) 2025-07-24 04:38:07 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Gary Bates (pictured) gets TKO'd in the 8th round on July XX 1969 at San Diego Coliseum by undefeated (10-0 coming in) heavyweight prospect Ken Norton. 19-19-4 with X KO wins. Gary Bates would end his career getting KO'd in the 4th round by another undefeated (then 9-0) heavyweight named Gerry Cooney in 1978. Bates had also been KO'd by Ron Lyle (then 2-0) in Stateline Nevada in June of 1971. ---------------------------------------------------------- From The Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2014 on Gary Bates: There was no quit in Gary Bates. As a heavyweight fighter Gary Bates lacked great"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948663979733037181) 2025-07-25 08:37:51 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Program for the Jack Sharkey-Mickey Walker bout held on July XX 1921 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn New York. Sharkey hasn't fought since his controversial DQ loss to Max Schmeling thirteen months earlier for the vacant Heavyweight Championship. "The Toy Bulldog" who had vacated the Middleweight Championship in 1929 comes in having won twenty two in a row since his 15-round split decision loss in a bid to capture the Light Heavyweight Championship from Tommy Loughran in March of 1929. Sharkey outweighed Walker by nearly thirty pounds and stood a full five inches taller. Still the determined"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947554180760997945) 2025-07-22 07:07:55 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Primo Carnera TKO's Jack Gross (left) in the 7th round on July 201932 at Ebbetts field in Brooklyn New York. Carnera who had KO'd Gross in 4-rounds in September of 1930 was coming off of a 10-round points loss to Larry Gains in May at White City Stadium in London. Southpaw Jack Gross out of Philadelphia had been ranked as high as #9 in the world at heavyweight in 1929. Though he had a decision win over George Godfrey among them he had lost three of his past five fights coming into the fight with Carnera and he would no fight for two plus years following the loss to "The Ambling Alp." Gross"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1946901555099131985) 2025-07-20 11:54:37 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Gene Tunney TKO's Georges Carpentier in the 15th round on July XX 1924 at The Polo Grounds in New York. From boxrec: Tunney had the better of the fight until the tenth when he gave Carpentier a frightful beating knocking him down three times. Georges fought back heroically but near the end of the 14th round he went down and the count was at six when the bell rang. Carpentier came out for the 15th but the referee soon stopped it because the Frenchman was in no condition to continue. There was some question that Tunney landed a low blow to floor Carpentier in the 14th but it was reported that"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948218929072976037) 2025-07-24 03:09:23 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Lightweight Champion Joe Brown (white trunks with black stripe) retains his title on July XX 1958 with a 15-round unanimous decision over southpaw Kenny Lane in a very close bout at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston Texas. UPI which unofficially scored it a (143-143) draw would report: "Lightweight champion Joe Brown's thundering finish in the 15th round probably saved his XXX lb. title on the unanimous decision that snapped Kenny Lane's winning streak at XX. Brown wrapped up a successful 5th defense of the title in the 15th round when he twice staggered the southpaw with right uppercuts"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947922226566549962) 2025-07-23 07:30:24 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Lightweight prospect Bobby Scanlon (pictured) goes to 30-0-1 with a 10-round unanimous decision over Gale Kerwin at Madison Square Garden on July XX 1958. From boxrec on Bobby Scanlon 42-12-1 with XX KO wins active from 1954-66: Bobby Scanlon had a very difficult childhood growing up in Father Baker's orphanage. Possessing choirboy looks Scanlon was frequently the target of tougher kids. Scanlon turned to boxing and became the orphanage champion. He began his pro career in mid 1954. During the first three-and-a-half years of his career he was undefeated in XX fights at 31-0-1. He competed"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1946114542913687855) 2025-07-18 07:47:18 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Cassius Clay a month removed from his 5th round TKO of Henry Cooper gives his opinions on Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston's 1st round KO of former titlist Floyd Patterson on July XX 1963 in Las Vegas. Clay is expected to challenge Liston in September in Philadelphia"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947575088573710741) 2025-07-22 08:30:59 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@AlBernstein Honest question: If he was on that list why didn't Biden or the auto-pen release it"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947908335707296018) 2025-07-23 06:35:12 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "In his 6th pro fight on July XX 1985 Mike Tyson KO's Larry Sims in the 3rd round at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie New York. Sims came into this bout with a 3-16-1 record with XX of those losses via KO. The bout as described by William F. McNeil in "The Rise of Mike Tyson Heavyweight": "Sims a 30-year-old club fighter with a 10-10 record approached Tyson very cautiously and stayed out of harm's way for the first two rounds. At the beginning of round three Mike trapped his man in the corner and delivered a series of crushing body shots. As soon as Sims dropped his hands to protect"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1946779331495084181) 2025-07-20 03:48:56 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements "Live on HBO on July XX 1989 Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson TKO's Carl "The Truth" Williams XX seconds into the 1st round in Atlantic City. This bout was not the first time that Tyson and Williams had faced each other in the ring. The two sparred in late July and early August of 1983 in White Plains New York. Tyson was a 17-year-old amateur and Williams was a 23-year-old pro who was 11-0 at the time. The sparring sessions were filmed and HBO showed a portion of one session before the fight. HBO commentator Jim Lampley said "In most of the video tape footage we've seen from those sparring"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947107350634008999) 2025-07-21 01:32:22 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Welterweight Gene Poirer (left) wins a 10-round unanimous decision over Danny Jo Perez on July XX 1955 at St. Nicholas Arena in New York City. The New York Times reports: Poirier used his right hand effectively during the bout cutting Perez over the right eye with the punch in the 4th round. The cut would bleed for all but two of the remaining rounds. Perez had been a substitute for Christian Christensen who was not permitted to fight because his manager Charles Bauer had been suspended by the commission"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948655753914400988) 2025-07-25 08:05:10 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Light Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore (left) and James J. Parker weigh in on July XX 1956 for their 15-round heavyweight bout at Maple Leaf Stadium in Toronto Ontario Canada. Maple Leaf Stadium was the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs (baseball team) of the International League from 1926-67. "The Ole Mongoose" prevails via 9th round TKO. Moore would face Floyd Patterson in November for the Heavyweight Ttile vacated by the retiring Rocky Marciano"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948657641653178548) 2025-07-25 08:12:40 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Benny Leonard defends his World Lightweight Championship on July XX 1923 with a 15-round unanimous decision win over Lew Tendler before a record crowd at Yankee Stadium in Bronx New York. Yankee Stadium (the first one) had only opened three months earlier on April 18th of 1923. Former heavyweight titlist Jess Willard met Floyd Johnson there in the stadium's first boxing match on May 12th as well. The stadium once a routine host to world title fights went from 1976 (Ali-Norton III) to 2010 (Miguel Cotto- Yuri Foreman WBA Super Welterweight title fight) between title fights and (check me on"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947910447543321073) 2025-07-23 06:43:35 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Denmark's Christian "Chris" Christensen wins a 10-round split decision over Billy Graham at Eastern Parkway Arena in Brooklyn New York. "Gentleman Chris" competed for Denmark in the 1948 London Olympiad and was eliminated in the first round of the Welterweight class he went 56-19-4 (16 KO's) as a pro and fought for the (Australian recognized version) Junior Middleweight Title against Emile Griffith in 1963 getting TKO'd in the 9th round. Although the match was announced as a world title fight in the light-middleweight division only Australia recognized it as such as Griffith was never"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1946756534568095998) 2025-07-20 02:18:21 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements ""The Toy Bulldog" Mickey Walker (left) gives future Heavyweight Champion Jack Sharkey everything he can handle on July XX 1931 as they battle to a 15-round draw at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn New York. ---------------------------------------------------------- From The Fight City on "The Boston Gob" Jack Sharkey: In boxing history there are the champions and there are those who fight among them. For every Muhammad Ali Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey there were hundreds of pugilists who aspired to that kind of greatness and renown but fell far short. Of course a fighter cant help it if theyre toiling"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947559224722022810) 2025-07-22 07:27:57 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Why Pete Rademacher other than for the payday would choose to fight highly regarded Zora Folley 40-2-2 at the time in his second pro fight on July XX 1958 is hard to figure. Perhaps it was because Rademacher and Folley had met twice as amateurs with both winning a decision. Rademacher was also already 29-years-old by this date with no time to waste before age would catch up with him. The experienced and skilled Folley who already had wins over Wayne bethea and Nino Valdes along with a draw against Eddie Machen would KO the 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 4th round at the Olympic Auditorium"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948660071979716874) 2025-07-25 08:22:20 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Campaigning at heavyweight Archie Moore TKO's James J. Parker (white trunks) in the 9th round at Maple Leaf Stadium on July XX 1956. The Associated Press reports: "Archie Moore San Diego Calif. chopped up James J. Parker with the greatest of ease last night. Referee Billy Burke called a TKO in 2:02 of the 9th. The outclassed lanky Toronto heavyweight dripped blood from cuts around the left eye and was absorbing heavy punishment while pinned against the ropes when the end came. Parker was in way over his head with the old master. Moore at XXX 1/2 gave away XX 3/4 pounds almost X inches in"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948659216291393657) 2025-07-25 08:18:56 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Carmen Basilio (White trunks in both pics) and Billy Graham battled twice in Syracuse for the New York State Welterweight Title in 1953; with Basilio winning a 12-round decision on June 6th at Memorial Stadium and then the pair fighting a split decision draw on July 25th at War Memorial Auditorium. The first (June) bout was for the inaugural N.Y. State welterweight championship. Basilio would get his first title shot following this fight dropping a 15-round split decision to Welterweight CHampion Kid Gavilan. Both the United Press (6-4-2) and the AP (6-5-1) would unofficially score the second"  [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/x/20thCentBoxIMM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948654553584263350) 2025-07-25 08:00:24 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
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@20thCentBoxIMM 20th Century Boxing: Icons, Memories & More
20th Century Boxing: Icons, Memories & More posts on X about unanimous decision, vegas, london, larry the most. They currently have XXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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"Jerome Frazier (pictured) KO's Willie Johnson in the 1st round on July XX 1947 at the Milwaukee Auditorium. Frazier 40-9-0 with XX KO wins good enough to KO O'Neill Bell but not having enough to outgun guys like Bert Lytell was another fine middleweight during the 1940's"
@20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-24 03:42:09 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Lightweight Bobby Hicks (pictured) TKO's Hildo Nunez in the 5th round at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles California on July XX 1958 to run his record to 8-0 as a pro. Hicks was retired by the Washington State Boxing Commission in 1960 due to a detached retina. He was later re-issued a license in 1968 but retired after fighting to a draw in a comeback bout. An amateur sensation managed and trained by George Chemeris (he handled Pete Rademacher Eddie Cotton and Greg Haugen among others) and the 1956 Tacoma Golden Gloves Titlist at Featherweight Hicks entered the 1956 Olympic Trials riding a" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-17 08:19:02 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Press kit for the July XX 1963 rematch between Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson to be held at the Convention Center in Las Vegas. The bout became official on February 9th of that year. The contract for the first Liston-Patterson fight had stated that Patterson if he should lose had the right to a rematch within a year. It also dictated that Patterson and Liston would each get XX% of the gate and XX% of the closed circuit revenue. This fight was originally set for April 4th of 1963 in Miami Beach Florida but was changed to April 10th when X to X favorite Liston injured his left knee. The match" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-22 08:28:33 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Joe Bugner wins his third straight following decisions over James Tillis and David Bey scoring a 10-round unanimous decision over Greg Page on July XX 1987 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney Australia. The badly faded Page falls to 27-7 with the losswhile Frank Bruno is next up for Bugner in October" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-24 04:38:07 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Gary Bates (pictured) gets TKO'd in the 8th round on July XX 1969 at San Diego Coliseum by undefeated (10-0 coming in) heavyweight prospect Ken Norton. 19-19-4 with X KO wins. Gary Bates would end his career getting KO'd in the 4th round by another undefeated (then 9-0) heavyweight named Gerry Cooney in 1978. Bates had also been KO'd by Ron Lyle (then 2-0) in Stateline Nevada in June of 1971. ---------------------------------------------------------- From The Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2014 on Gary Bates: There was no quit in Gary Bates. As a heavyweight fighter Gary Bates lacked great" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-25 08:37:51 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Program for the Jack Sharkey-Mickey Walker bout held on July XX 1921 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn New York. Sharkey hasn't fought since his controversial DQ loss to Max Schmeling thirteen months earlier for the vacant Heavyweight Championship. "The Toy Bulldog" who had vacated the Middleweight Championship in 1929 comes in having won twenty two in a row since his 15-round split decision loss in a bid to capture the Light Heavyweight Championship from Tommy Loughran in March of 1929. Sharkey outweighed Walker by nearly thirty pounds and stood a full five inches taller. Still the determined" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-22 07:07:55 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Primo Carnera TKO's Jack Gross (left) in the 7th round on July 201932 at Ebbetts field in Brooklyn New York. Carnera who had KO'd Gross in 4-rounds in September of 1930 was coming off of a 10-round points loss to Larry Gains in May at White City Stadium in London. Southpaw Jack Gross out of Philadelphia had been ranked as high as #9 in the world at heavyweight in 1929. Though he had a decision win over George Godfrey among them he had lost three of his past five fights coming into the fight with Carnera and he would no fight for two plus years following the loss to "The Ambling Alp." Gross" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-20 11:54:37 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Gene Tunney TKO's Georges Carpentier in the 15th round on July XX 1924 at The Polo Grounds in New York. From boxrec: Tunney had the better of the fight until the tenth when he gave Carpentier a frightful beating knocking him down three times. Georges fought back heroically but near the end of the 14th round he went down and the count was at six when the bell rang. Carpentier came out for the 15th but the referee soon stopped it because the Frenchman was in no condition to continue. There was some question that Tunney landed a low blow to floor Carpentier in the 14th but it was reported that" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-24 03:09:23 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Lightweight Champion Joe Brown (white trunks with black stripe) retains his title on July XX 1958 with a 15-round unanimous decision over southpaw Kenny Lane in a very close bout at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston Texas. UPI which unofficially scored it a (143-143) draw would report: "Lightweight champion Joe Brown's thundering finish in the 15th round probably saved his XXX lb. title on the unanimous decision that snapped Kenny Lane's winning streak at XX. Brown wrapped up a successful 5th defense of the title in the 15th round when he twice staggered the southpaw with right uppercuts" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-23 07:30:24 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Lightweight prospect Bobby Scanlon (pictured) goes to 30-0-1 with a 10-round unanimous decision over Gale Kerwin at Madison Square Garden on July XX 1958. From boxrec on Bobby Scanlon 42-12-1 with XX KO wins active from 1954-66: Bobby Scanlon had a very difficult childhood growing up in Father Baker's orphanage. Possessing choirboy looks Scanlon was frequently the target of tougher kids. Scanlon turned to boxing and became the orphanage champion. He began his pro career in mid 1954. During the first three-and-a-half years of his career he was undefeated in XX fights at 31-0-1. He competed" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-18 07:47:18 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Cassius Clay a month removed from his 5th round TKO of Henry Cooper gives his opinions on Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston's 1st round KO of former titlist Floyd Patterson on July XX 1963 in Las Vegas. Clay is expected to challenge Liston in September in Philadelphia" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-22 08:30:59 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@AlBernstein Honest question: If he was on that list why didn't Biden or the auto-pen release it" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-23 06:35:12 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"In his 6th pro fight on July XX 1985 Mike Tyson KO's Larry Sims in the 3rd round at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie New York. Sims came into this bout with a 3-16-1 record with XX of those losses via KO. The bout as described by William F. McNeil in "The Rise of Mike Tyson Heavyweight": "Sims a 30-year-old club fighter with a 10-10 record approached Tyson very cautiously and stayed out of harm's way for the first two rounds. At the beginning of round three Mike trapped his man in the corner and delivered a series of crushing body shots. As soon as Sims dropped his hands to protect" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-20 03:48:56 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements
"Live on HBO on July XX 1989 Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson TKO's Carl "The Truth" Williams XX seconds into the 1st round in Atlantic City. This bout was not the first time that Tyson and Williams had faced each other in the ring. The two sparred in late July and early August of 1983 in White Plains New York. Tyson was a 17-year-old amateur and Williams was a 23-year-old pro who was 11-0 at the time. The sparring sessions were filmed and HBO showed a portion of one session before the fight. HBO commentator Jim Lampley said "In most of the video tape footage we've seen from those sparring" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-21 01:32:22 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Welterweight Gene Poirer (left) wins a 10-round unanimous decision over Danny Jo Perez on July XX 1955 at St. Nicholas Arena in New York City. The New York Times reports: Poirier used his right hand effectively during the bout cutting Perez over the right eye with the punch in the 4th round. The cut would bleed for all but two of the remaining rounds. Perez had been a substitute for Christian Christensen who was not permitted to fight because his manager Charles Bauer had been suspended by the commission" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-25 08:05:10 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Light Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore (left) and James J. Parker weigh in on July XX 1956 for their 15-round heavyweight bout at Maple Leaf Stadium in Toronto Ontario Canada. Maple Leaf Stadium was the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs (baseball team) of the International League from 1926-67. "The Ole Mongoose" prevails via 9th round TKO. Moore would face Floyd Patterson in November for the Heavyweight Ttile vacated by the retiring Rocky Marciano" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-25 08:12:40 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Benny Leonard defends his World Lightweight Championship on July XX 1923 with a 15-round unanimous decision win over Lew Tendler before a record crowd at Yankee Stadium in Bronx New York. Yankee Stadium (the first one) had only opened three months earlier on April 18th of 1923. Former heavyweight titlist Jess Willard met Floyd Johnson there in the stadium's first boxing match on May 12th as well. The stadium once a routine host to world title fights went from 1976 (Ali-Norton III) to 2010 (Miguel Cotto- Yuri Foreman WBA Super Welterweight title fight) between title fights and (check me on" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-23 06:43:35 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Denmark's Christian "Chris" Christensen wins a 10-round split decision over Billy Graham at Eastern Parkway Arena in Brooklyn New York. "Gentleman Chris" competed for Denmark in the 1948 London Olympiad and was eliminated in the first round of the Welterweight class he went 56-19-4 (16 KO's) as a pro and fought for the (Australian recognized version) Junior Middleweight Title against Emile Griffith in 1963 getting TKO'd in the 9th round. Although the match was announced as a world title fight in the light-middleweight division only Australia recognized it as such as Griffith was never" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-20 02:18:21 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements
""The Toy Bulldog" Mickey Walker (left) gives future Heavyweight Champion Jack Sharkey everything he can handle on July XX 1931 as they battle to a 15-round draw at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn New York. ---------------------------------------------------------- From The Fight City on "The Boston Gob" Jack Sharkey: In boxing history there are the champions and there are those who fight among them. For every Muhammad Ali Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey there were hundreds of pugilists who aspired to that kind of greatness and renown but fell far short. Of course a fighter cant help it if theyre toiling" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-22 07:27:57 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Why Pete Rademacher other than for the payday would choose to fight highly regarded Zora Folley 40-2-2 at the time in his second pro fight on July XX 1958 is hard to figure. Perhaps it was because Rademacher and Folley had met twice as amateurs with both winning a decision. Rademacher was also already 29-years-old by this date with no time to waste before age would catch up with him. The experienced and skilled Folley who already had wins over Wayne bethea and Nino Valdes along with a draw against Eddie Machen would KO the 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 4th round at the Olympic Auditorium" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-25 08:22:20 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Campaigning at heavyweight Archie Moore TKO's James J. Parker (white trunks) in the 9th round at Maple Leaf Stadium on July XX 1956. The Associated Press reports: "Archie Moore San Diego Calif. chopped up James J. Parker with the greatest of ease last night. Referee Billy Burke called a TKO in 2:02 of the 9th. The outclassed lanky Toronto heavyweight dripped blood from cuts around the left eye and was absorbing heavy punishment while pinned against the ropes when the end came. Parker was in way over his head with the old master. Moore at XXX 1/2 gave away XX 3/4 pounds almost X inches in" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-25 08:18:56 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Carmen Basilio (White trunks in both pics) and Billy Graham battled twice in Syracuse for the New York State Welterweight Title in 1953; with Basilio winning a 12-round decision on June 6th at Memorial Stadium and then the pair fighting a split decision draw on July 25th at War Memorial Auditorium. The first (June) bout was for the inaugural N.Y. State welterweight championship. Basilio would get his first title shot following this fight dropping a 15-round split decision to Welterweight CHampion Kid Gavilan. Both the United Press (6-4-2) and the AP (6-5-1) would unofficially score the second" @20thCentBoxIMM on X 2025-07-25 08:00:24 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements