On This Day

In Boxing History!

2001: Hall of Fame Trainer Eddie Futch Passes!

Futch was born August 9, 1911 in Hillsboro, Mississippi, moved with his family to Detroit, Michiganat age five. Living in the Black Bottom section of the town Futch training at the same gym as Joe Louis, (the Brewster Recreation Center Gym) won the Detroit Athletic Association Lightweight Championship in 1932, and adding a Detroit Golden Gloves Championship in 1993.

This while playing semi-professional basketball with the Moreland YMCA Flashes only to have his plan to attend the YMCA College School at the University of Chicago squashed by the Great Depression. A heart murmur prevented Futch from turning pro working at the Wolverine Hotel to support his family began training boxers.

An outstanding trainer Futch prepared fighters to perform at the highest levels for several decades. Champions. Notable fighters who trained under Futch's tutelage include his first world champion Don Jordan, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Riddick Bowe, Michael Spinks, Alexis Arguello, Marlon Starling, Wayne McCullough, Montell Griffin and Ken Norton who recalls in his autobiography that Futch's master plan for his first Ali fight was for Norton to try and out-jab Ali. Futch believing it would play mind games with Ali, who was so proud of his own jab just fell short breaking Ali’s jaw losing a controversial split decision March 31st, 1973. World class trainer Freddie Roach was trained and mentored by Futch.

October 10th

1930: Jackie (Kid) Berg W10 Billy Petrolle

1942: Chartchai Chionoi was born Bangkok, Thailand

1953: Mustafa Hamsho was born Latakia, Syria

1962: Fighting Harada KO11 Pone Kingpetch

1966: Bennie Briscoe KO6 C.L. Lewis

1971: Bruno Arcari KO10 Domingo Corpas

Ricardo Arredondo KO10 Yoshiaki Numata

1975: Daniel Santos was born Bayamon, Puerto Rico

1976: Royal Kobayashi, KO8 Rigoberto Riasco

Yoko Gushiken KO7 Juan Guzman

1982: Katsuo Tokashiki W15 Sung Nam Kim

1987: Frank Tate W15 Michael Olajide

Jose Luis Ramirez KO5 Cornelius Boza Edwards

1990: Dennis Andries KO4 Sergio Merani

1992: Jorge Eliecer Julio W12 Eddie Cook

1997: Carlos Gabriel Salazar W12 Everardo Morales

1998: James Page KO2 Andrei Pestriav

Sharmba Mitchell W12 Khalid Rahilou

2000: Elena “Baby Doll” Reid TKO1 Brandy Leon

2001: Hall of Fame trainer Eddie Futch, 90, dies in Las Vegas.

2003: Silvio Branco KO11 Mehdi Sahnoune

2005: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam WTD7 Daisuke Naito

2008: Kaizer Mabuza W12 Samuel Malinga

2009: Juan Manuel Lopez W12 Rogers Mtagwa

Yuriorkis Gamboa TKO4 Whyber Garcia

Odlanier Solis TKO2 Monte Barrett

Toshiaki Nishioka RTD3 Ivan Hernandez

Juan Carlos Salgado TKO1 Jorge Linares

Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer TKO6 Oksana Romanova

Ina Menzer WMD10 Esther Schouten    

Susi Kentikian W10 Julia Sahin

Satoshi Hosono W12 Hiroyuki Enoki
Israel Vazquez KO9 Angel Antonio Priolo
2010: Gerry Penalosa KO4 Yodsaenkeng Kietmangmee

2015: Terry Flanagan TKO2 Diego Magdaleno

Liam Smith TKO7 John Thompson

Jorge Linares KO4 Ivan Cano

Alfonso Blanco W12 Siarhei Khamitski

Mariana Juarez DSD10 Vanesa Lorena Taborda

2020: Robin Krasniqi TKO3 Dominic Boesel