On This Day In Boxing History!
2000: The Makers of the Motion Picture
The Hurricane Settle a Lawsuit
With Former World Middleweight Champion Joey Giardello!
Giardello, age 70 claimed he was defamed in the film's depiction of his 1964 fight with Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
Note: The terms of the settlement was not disclosed. For the whole true story (click here)! For more (click here) and for a list of the fallacies in Bob Dylans song Hurricane" (click here)
September 26th
1929: Jack Sharkey KO3 Tommy Loughran
1932: Max Schmeling KO8 Mickey Walker
1945: Sugar Ray Robinson W12 Jake LaMotta
1951: Sandy Saddler KO10 Willie Pep
1964: Eder Jofre KO7 Bernardo Caraballo
1970: Ken Buchanan W15 Ismael Laguna
1972: Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan
1976: Luis Estaba KO11 Valentin Martinez
1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO11 Jerry Martin
Juan Herrera KO11 Luis Ibarra
1986: Edwin Rosario KO2 Livingstone Bramble
Hector Camacho W12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards
1988: Jose Sanabria KO10 Fabrice Benichou
1992: Aquiles Guzman W12 Yong Kang Kim
1995: Vuyani Bungu W12 Laureano Ramirez
1998: Lennox Lewis W12 Zeljko Mavrovic
Herbie Hide KO2 Willi Fischer
2000: The makers of the motion picture The Hurricane settle a lawsuit with former world middleweight champion Joey Giardello, 70, who claimed he was defamed in the film's depiction of his 1964 fight with Rubin (Hurricane) Carter. Term of the settlement was not disclosed. (click here) for the whole story!
(click here) for more and (click here) for the falicies in bob Dylans song Hurricane".
2003: Chris John WSD12 Oscar Leon
2009: Vitali Klitschko RTD10 Chris Arreola
Prakorb Udomna KO3 Bernard Dunne
2014: Juan Carlos Payano WTD6 Anselmo Moreno
2015: Deontay Wilder TKO11 Johann Duhaupas
Juan Francisco Estrada KO10 Hernan Marquez
Eva Voraberger TKO8 Teeraporn Pannimit
Fedor Chudinov W12 Frank Buglioni