On This Day In Boxing History!

1995: Lou Ambers Dies!

Lou Ambers

Born: November 8, 1913

Birth Name: Luigi Giuseppe D'Ambrosio

Place of Birth: Herkimer, New York

Residence: Herkimer, New York

Amateur Record: 12-1-2, 3Ko’s

Pro- Debut: 1932-06-09

Division: Lightweight

Alias: “Herkimer Hurricane”

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 4½″  

Reach: 70″   

Bouts: 104

Rounds: 841

Ko’s: 26.92%

Career: 1932-1941

Record: 89-8-7, 28Ko’s      

Died: April 24th, 1995

World Lightweight Title - September 3rd, 1936 - 15 round unanimous decision over Tony Canzoneri Madison Square Garden, New York

World Lightweight Title - August 22nd, 1939 - 15 round unanimous decision over Henry ArmstrongYankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y. 

Induction International Boxing Hall of Fame - 1992

April 25th

1916: Jack Dillon W15 Battling Levinsky

Harry Wills W8 Sam Langford

1919: Harry Greb NWS10 Leo Houck

Barney Ross TKO7 Bobby Venner

1938: John Henry Lewis KO4 Emilio Martinez

1941: Lou Salica W15 Lou Transporenti

1950: Sugar Ray Robinson knocked out Jose Basora in 48 seconds, a record for a championship fight that stood for 37 years.

Terry Allen W15 Honore Pratesi

1960: Sonny Liston TKO1 Roy Harris

1966: Emile Griffith W15 Dick Tiger

1972: Ben Villaflor W15 Alfredo Marcano

1973: Cornelius Bundrage is born in Detroit, Michigan

1976: Elisha Obed W15 Sea Robinson

1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO9 Murray Sutherland

Thomas Hearns KO13 Randy Shields

1987: Fidel Bassa KO13 Dave McAuley

1992: Yung Kyun Park KO11 Koji Matsumoto

Chris Eubank KO3 John Jarvis

Paul Hodkinson TKO3 Steve Cruz

1994: Julio Cesar Borboa KO4 Jorge Luis Roman

1995: Lou Ambers passes age 81

1998: Roy Jones Jr. KO4 Virgil Hill

Gerry Penalosa Tech Draw2 Joel Luna Zarate

Joe Calzaghe RTD9 Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra

2003: Donnie Nietes age 21 debuts W6 Walter Suaybaguio

2009: Carl Froch KO12 Jermain Taylor

Felix Sturm KO7 Koji Sato

Karoly Balzsay KO12 Maselino Masoe

Juan Manuel Lopez RTD10 Gerry Penalosa     

Lamont Peterson TKO7 Willy Blain

Mary McGee MD10 Kristy Follmar

2015: Fernanda Alegre TKO8 Enis Pacheco

Eva Wahlstrom W10 Natalia Aguirre

Tyron Zeuge W12 Nikola Sjekloca                      

Karo Murat TKO7 Benjamin Simon

Wladimir Klitschko W12 Bryant Jennings

Delfine Persoon TKO9 Nicole Boss