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Philly Boxing History |
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MARCH 29, 1971 |
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PATTERSON STOPS RUSSELL AT ARENA Former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson continued his comeback on this day in 1971, making his only career-appearance in Philadelphia. Patterson took on Roger Russell in a scheduled ten rounder before an Arena crowd of 5,812. Floyd won the fight going away and ultimately scored a TKO at 1:29 of round nine when referee Zack Clayton stepped in to save Russell's swollen left eye from further punishment. However, Floyd experienced some difficult moments when the light-punching South Philadelphian landed punches that hurt the former champ on more than one occasion. Patterson survived to land hard shots of his own and pile up a ton of points, but had a few tense moments along the way. The victory for Floyd was his third straight. His streak would run another six bouts before finally ending in his last career bout - a loss to Muhammad Ali in 1972. For Russell it was his eighth consecutive loss over a three-year stretch and occurred in the final chapter of his ring days which ended for good in 1978. |
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| OTHER RESULTS ON THIS DATE: | ||||
| 1927 - George Godfrey KO2 Tony Fuente at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| 1948 - Harold Johnson W10 Kenny Harris at Philadelphia | ||||
| 1951 - Joey Giardello W8 Primos Cutler at the Met in North Philly | ||||
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1952 - Jimmy Carlini W8 Elwood Davis at the Cambria in Northeast Philly (Kensinghton) |
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| 1957 - Slim Jim Robinson KO5 Phil Saxton at Madison Square Garden in New York | ||||
| 1965 - Percy Manning W10 Bennie Briscoe at the Philadelphia Athletic Club in North Philly | ||||
| 1965 - Gypsy Joe Harris W6 Royden Collins at the Philadelphia Athletic Club in North Philly | ||||
| 1965 - Leotis Martin KO3 Earl Battles at the Philadelphia Athletic Club in North Philly | ||||
| 1971 - Sammy Goss W10 Bill Wittenburg at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1971 - Roy 'Tiger' Williams KO4 Paul Wright at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1980 - Matthew Saad Muhammad TKO4 John Conteh II at Resorts International in Atlantic City | ||||
| 1980 - Jeff Chandler W12 Andres Hernandez at Resorts International in Atlantic City | ||||
| 1980 - Rolando Navarette TKO7 Jerome Artis at the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, HI | ||||
| BIRTHDAYS: | ||||
| 1969 - Joey Eye | ||||
| 1982 - Eddie Chambers | ||||
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