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1910: Midget Wolgast Was Born!

Midget Wolgast   

Born: July 18th, 1910

Birth Name: Joseph Robert Loscalzo

Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pro-Debut: October 8th, 1925

Division: Flyweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 3½″ 

Record: 143-36-15, 17Ko’s

Bouts: 195

Rounds:1707

Ko’s: 9%

Died: Age 45, October 19th, 1955

Career

International Boxing Hall of Fame – Class of 1991

July 18th

1910: Midget Wolgast was born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1928: Tod Morgan W15 Cannonball Martin

1929: Tommy Loughran W15 James J. Braddock

1932: Johnny Jadick W10 Tony Canzoneri

Jackie “Kid” Berg W15 Kid Chocolate

1948: Jim Watt was born Glasgow, United Kingdom

1949: Rocky Marciano KO3 Harry Haft

1951: Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles

Walcott’s (37 years old) 5th try at the heavyweight title.

Arnie Rosenthal born.

1960: Sonny Liston KO3 Zora Folley

1963: Quincy Taylor born in Dallas, Texas

1969: Vicente Saldivar W10 Jose Legra

1973: In Jin Chi born.

1975: Alexis Argüello TKO2 Rosalio Muro

1976: Luis Estaba KO3 Franco Udella

1979: Alejandro Garcia born.

1981: Michael Spinks W15 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad

1985: Vicente Saldívar passes age of 42

1986: Jeff Fenech KO14 Steve McCrory

Gilberto Roman W12 Ruben Condori

1987: Mike McCallum KO5 Donald Curry

1990: Saul Alvarez born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

1991: Fernando Martínez is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina

1992: Pernell Whitaker W12 Rafael Pineda

1996: Promoter Babe Griffin, 88, dies in a nursing home in Los Gatos, CA.

Bobby Chacon and Pete Ranzany were among the fighters Griffin built into major drawing cards.

1997: Johnny Tapia W12 Danny Romero

Baby Jake Matlala KO9 Michael Carbajal

1998: Roy Jones Jr. W12 Lou Del Valle

Carl Thompson RTD9 Chris Eubank

2000: The Nevada State Athletic Commission files a complaint against Bob Arum, based on the testimony the promoter gave at the racketeering trial of IBF President Bob Lee. Arum admitted under oath that he paid Lee a $100,000 bribe.

2003: In the first round of an immediate rematch with 11-4-1 Billy Zumbrun, Cincinnati, Ohio’s 7-43-3 heavyweight Brad Rone turned around to walk to his corner following the 1st round when he collapsed, dying instantly. An autopsy later revealed Rone had died of a heart attack.

2005: Masamori Tokuyama W12 Katsushige Kawashima

2007: Daisuke Naito W12 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam

2008: Marlon Tapales debuts TKO1 Nestor Gamolo

2009: Down in the first round Marco Antonio Nazareth collapsed in the ring in the fourth round against Omar Chavez and had to be taken to the local hospital where he underwent a three-hour surgery to treat a cerebral hemorrhage. He died four days later.

Tomas Rojas RTD9 Everardo Morales

Denis Lebedev TKO3 Enzo Maccarinelli

Amir Khan W12 Andriy Kotelnik   

2014: Carolina Raquel Duer W10 Ana Maria Lozano

Zolani Tete W12 Teiru Kinoshita

Lusanda Komanisi TKO5 Macbute Sinyabi       

Lwandile Sityatha WSD12 Edrin Dapudong      

Zolani Marali WSD12 Kaizer Mabuza

Luyanda Kwankwa W12 Sibusiso Twani

2015: Josh Taylor age 25 debuts TKO2 Archie Weah

Arthur Abraham TKO6 Robert Stieglitz   

Vincent Feigenbutz TKO3 Mauricio Reynoso

Cesar Rene Cuenca W12 Ik Yang

Scott Quigg TKO2 Kiko Martinez 

Darleys Perez DMD12 Anthony Crolla

McJoe Arroyo WTD10 Arthur Villanueva

2019: Maïva Hamadouche TKO6 Janeth Perez