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October 29th, 2020 Boxing News

• Bob Foster vs. Tommy Hicks

  

  On October 30th, 1971 at Catholic Youth Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania, WBC light heavyweight champion Bob Foster,(44-4-0) from Albuquerque, New Mexico, defended his title against Lockport, New York’s Tommy Hicks. Foster was 44-4, Hicks was 12-3-2, and as nights as the fights go, it was a relatively short one…

  
  
  

• Riddick Bowe vs. Elijah Tillery

  

  On October 29, 1991 at the Convention Center in Washington, DC, Riddick Bowe, aka Big Daddy, from Brooklyn, New York, fought Elijah Tillery, from Staten Island, for the vacant WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title. Bowe was undefeated at 26-0. Tillery was 23-4. The crazy-ass fight was scheduled for 12 rounds…

  
  
  

• James Toney vs. Tony Thornton

  

  On October 29th, 1993 at the Civic Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, James Lights Out” Toney,  from Grand Rapids, Michigan, fought Tony Thornton from Glassboro, New Jersey, for the IBF super middleweight title. Toney was still undefeated at 39-0-2. Thornton, aka the Punching Postman, was 35-5-1, and like a postage stamp he was about to get licked…