Entries tagged with "1999":
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On January 16, 1999 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Zab Judah, from Brooklyn, New York, fought Wilfredo Negron, from Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, for the interim IBF light welterweight title. Judah was undefeated at 18-0 going in. Negron was 17-3. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds...
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On January 9, 1999 at the Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida, IBF lightweight champion Sugar Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, defended his title against Golden Johnson, from Wichita Falls, Texas. Mosley was undefeated at 30-0. Johnson was 15-2-2. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds...
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On December 11, 1999 at the Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany, WBO heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, born in Belovodskoye, Kyrgyzstan, but raised in Kiev, Ukraine, defended his title against Obed "The Fighting Marine" Sullivan, from Gulfport, Mississippi. Dr. Ironfist was undefeated at 26-0. Sullivan…
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On October 22, 1999 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, WBC super bantamweight champion Erik Morales, aka El Terrible, from Tijuana, Mexico, fought former WBC bantamweight champion Wayne McCullough from Belfast, Ireland. Morales was undefeated at 34-0 at the time. McCullough was 23-2. Both men…
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On September 4, 1999 at Bordelandhalle in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, IBF super middleweight Sven Ottke, from Berlin-Spandau, Germany, defended his title against NABF super middleweight champion Thomas Tate, from Detroit, Michigan. Ottke was undefeated at 15-0 coming in. Tate was 36-5. The fight…
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On May 8, 1999 at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC super bantamweight champion Erik Morales, from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, defended his title against Juan Carlos Ramirez, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Morales was undefeated at 32-0 coming in. Ramirez was 17-1. The fight was scheduled…
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On April 17, 1999 at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, defended his title against John Brown, from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Mosley was undefeated at 31-0 coming in. Brown was 19-5. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds...
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On February 13, 1999 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya, from Los Angeles, California, defended his title against Ike Quartey, from Bukom, Ghana. Both fighters were undefeated coming in. De La Hoya was 29-0. Quartey was 34-0-1. The fight was scheduled…
