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Philly Boxing History |
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FEBRUARY 01, 1980 |
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On this day in 1980, South Philadelphian Jeff Chandler won the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) bantamweight title by stopping Javier Flores in the 10th round at the Philadelphia Spectrum. Already the USBA titlist, Chandler ran his record to 20-0-1 (9 KOs) and continued to look like a future world champion to everyone who watched on. After three more fights (W12 Andres Hernandez, KO4 Gilberto Villacana, KO8 Gustavo Martinez), Chandler traveled to Miami to take on WBA champ Julian Solis. Of course Jeff would take that world title (by TKO in 14 rounds) and go on to defend it nine times. Chandler ended his Hall of Fame career in 1984 with a 33-2-2 (18 KO) record. |
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| OTHER FIGHT RESULTS ON THIS DATE: | ||||
| 1927 - Harry Blitman W8 Len Brenner at Reading, PA | ||||
| 1945 - George LaRover W8 Eddie Dowl at Convention Hall in Camden, NJ | ||||
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1960 - Len Matthews KO1 Johnny Busso at the Arena in West Philly |
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| 1960 - Von Clay KO7 Art Miller at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1973 - Richie Villanueva W6 Jerome Artis at North Bergen, NJ | ||||
| 1977 - William 'Red' Berry W10 Gerald Hayes at the Blue Horizon in North Philly | ||||
| 1980 - Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts KO3 Fred Johnson at the Spectrum in South Philly | ||||
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CHANDLER ADDS NABF TITLE