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1997 Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight), dies at 72
1995 George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz 1995 George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker 1995 Ecuador and Peru involve in boundary fight 1994 Rossano Brazzi, It resistance fight/actor (Final Justice), dies at 78 1992 Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him 1991 Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds 1990 Henry Lauter, actor (Tarzan's Fight), dies 1990 Pistons and 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record) 1989 Soviet-U.S. agreement allows Soviets to fight U.S. pros 1985 Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight 1984 NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th 1984 Lebanese army fight in Beirut 1983 Michael Dokes and Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for hw boxing title 1982 Roy Webb, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar', dies at 94 1982 Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch 1982 Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war 1982 Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76 1981 Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick 1981 Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies 1977 Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight 1977 Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight 1975 Kurds end fight against Iraqi army 1974 A's Reggie Jackson and Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit 1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out 1973 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman) 1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali and Marciano 1969 Chinese-Russian borders fight (approx 70 die) 1968 Israeli-Jordan border fight 1966 Ad-Rock, Adam Horowitz, rocker, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight 1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die 1965 Mike Diamond, born in New York City, New York, rap vocalist, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight 1965 Phillies Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice 1965 U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam 1965 India and Pakistan engage in border fight 1964 MCA, Adam Yauch, rock vocalist, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight 1962 Benny "Kid" Paret, U.S. welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24 1962 U.S. advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight 1960 Muhammad Ali's 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6 1954 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City 1953 Dave Amato, rocker for REO Speedwagon, Can't Fight this Feeling 1951 Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office 1950 Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight 1950 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) 1948 Ruben Blades, salsa singer and actor, Critical Condition, Last Fight 1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism 1944 Rotterdam Passage fight frees 46 prisoners 1944 John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed 1943 Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death 1942 Hitler orders Rommels African corps to fight to last man 1942 Fight at Matanikau, Guadalcanal (John Hersey-Into the Valley) 1940 1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain 1940 Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas and oceans" 1939 Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II 1938 British leaders and Arabians fight in Palestine 1938 March of Dimes established to fight polio 1932 Don King, fight promoter, Mike Tyson 1927 Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney) 1925 Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor, Hell Fight 1925 Spain and France fight Morocco 1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in New York City 1915 German and French fight Battle of Artois 1915 Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine 1915 Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ, 1947 fight of year 1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 1913 Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris 1908 Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds) 1906 Tommy Burns and Jack O'Brien fight to a draw in 20 for hw boxing title 1906 Johannes Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter, passage fight 1905 Red Smith, Green Bay Wisconsin, sportscaster/columnist, Fight Talk 1902 Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) and Christy Williams (42) 1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt 1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado) 1891 Boxers Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds 1888 Roy Webb, born in New York City, New York, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar' 1887 Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw 1885 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey 1879 Longest championship fight (136 rounds) 1876 Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) 1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia 1863 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War 1856 James Kelly and Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne 1849 1st U.S. prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) 1836 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight 1781 George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis 1775 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) 1747 John Paul Jones, naval hero, "I have not yet begun to fight" 1746 John Peter Zenger, journalist, involved in 1st amendment fight, dies 1688 Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet, Fight of Kings and Mice |
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