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