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DECEMBER 03, 2005 |
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JERMAIN TAYLOR REPEATS DECISION OVER BERNARD HOPKINS, RETAINS TITLE On this day in 2005, middleweight champion Jermain Taylor squeaked out another extremely close 12-round decision over Bernard Hopkins. The win gave Taylor his first title defense, but the reviews were weak. Both fights left much question regarding who was the real winner. Taylor remained champ although seemed to still have much to prove. After two consecutive losses, Bernard Hopkins seemed to be left with few options other than retirement. After the bout, Bernard discussed a possible 'farewell' fight against Roy Jones. However, Hopkins' retirement or rematch with Jones hasn't happened yet. (Note: Hopkins and Jones finally fought their rematch in 2010). Instead, he moved up to light-heavyweight, took the linear title from Antonio Tarver in June 2006, and further shocked the boxing world with another jaw-dropper in 2008 by easily defeating middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik in an over the weight match. Once again Bernard Hopkins proved to everyone just how much of an all-time great he really is. |
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| OTHER FIGHT RESULTS ON THIS DATE: | ||||
| 1926 - George Godfrey TKO8 Bill 'Cowboy' Owens at the Chicago Coliseum | ||||
| 1928 - George Godfrey KO3 Clem Johnson at Richmond, VA | ||||
| 1928 - Harry Blitman W8 Wilbur Cohen at Atlantic City, NJ | ||||
| 1928 - Battling Griffin W6 Dick Welsh at Philadelphia, PA | ||||
| 1943 - Billy Fox KO2 Johnny Ferrara at the Cambria A.C. in Northeast Philly (Kensington) | ||||
| 1949 - Johnny Forte KO2 Benny Smith at Brooklyn, NY | ||||
| 1951 - Gil Turner W10 Mario Trigo at the Arena in North Philly | ||||
| 1951 - Henry 'Toothpick' Brown KO1 Howard Curry at the Arena in North Philly | ||||
| 1954 - Slim Jim Robinson W6 James Carter at the Cambria A.C. in Northeast Philly (Kensington) | ||||
| 1958 - Harold Johnson W10 Howard King at Chicago Stadium | ||||
| 1973 - Tyrone Everett KO9 Richie Villanueva at the Spectrum in South Philly | ||||
| 1973 - Stanley 'Kitten' Hayward KO3 Jose Anglada at the Spectrum in South Philly | ||||
| 1973 - Baby Kid Chocolate (Ronnie Walker) W6 Billy Wade at the Spectrum in South Philly | ||||
| 1976 - Rocky Mattioli KO10 Alfonso Hayman at Milan, Italy | ||||
| 1976 - Matthew Saad Muhammad D10 Mate Parlov at Trieste, Italy | ||||
| 1976 - Willie 'The Worm' Monroe TKO7 Angel Garcia at Rochester, NY | ||||
| 1981 - Joe Frazier D10 Floyd 'Jumbo' Cummings at the Chicago International Amphitheater | ||||
| BIRTHDAYS: | ||||
| 1927 - Dan Bucceroni | ||||
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