The Mighty Atoms - All time Flyweight Championship

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Louis Skena (#44) V Peter Kane (#53)

Cirque d'hiver, Paris

Skena (left) was the French and European Flyweight Champion. He fought 56 times in an 8 year career, all in Europe. He won his European title in 1953 and retired as Champion.

2009-03-01 Paris Won KO 7 Katsuyoshi Takayama (0-0-0)
2009-04-01 Mexico City, DF Won KO 9 Humberto Gonzalez (0-0-0)

Kane held both the British and 'World' titles at Flyweight. In 1938 the Liverpool born slugger decked Jackie Jurich 5 times before going on win the World title on points. He immediately relinquished the belt to move up to Bantamweight where he won the European title.

2009-02-01 London Won TKO 7 Lupe Madera (1-0-1)
2009-03-01 London Won UD 10 Hi-Yong Choi (0-0-0)
2009-04-01 Buenos Aires Won UD 10 Santos Laciar (0-0-0)

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Kane over the Frenchman in 8.

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Kane over the Frenchman in 8.

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Is that Figg btw.

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Peter Kane (#53) SD12 Louis Skena (#44)

Referee Schmidt ultimately held the key in this scrap. He deducted two points for low blows from the home fighter.

Kane appeared to hold the upper hand from the outset. He enjoyed his best moment of the fight in the third round, when after a savage flurry of body punches Skena was forced to the ropes.

Skena had his moments but Kane had much the better of the first half of the fight which forced the Frenchman onto the offensive.

Without the foul deductions Skena would have prevailed which would have been an injustice.

Next fight ......

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Saman Sorjaturong (#11) V Newsboy Brown (#22)

National Arena, Bangkok

Sorjaturong (left) held the IBF and WBC Light Flyweight titles. He failed in his first attempt at World honours when challenging Ricardo Lopez for his Minimumweight title, the Mexican stopped him in two rounds. Two years later he won the Light Flyweight belt, in the 1995 Ring Magazine fight of the year he stopped Humberto Gonzalez in 7 rounds. He made 10 defences before dropping a points decision to Yo Sam Choi. Sorjaturong was a murderous puncher, achieving 35 of his 45 victories through stoppages.

Bangkok Won MD 10 Johnny Hill (2-0-0)

The Russian born Brown (left) won the Californian version of the World Flyweight title after stopping Speedy Dado in 1928. He beat the likes of Midget Wolgast and Frankie Genaro before stepping up to Bantamweight.

Los Angeles, CA Won UD 10 German Torres (1-0-0)

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Saman Sorjaturong (#11) TKO9(Cuts) Newboy Brown (#22)

Sorjaturong got out of jail!

Newsboy Brown totally dominated this bout. He picked off his Thai opponent with a crisp left jab and set him up for right crosses and hooks. Brown won the first five rounds comfortably.

The turning point of the fight came in the sixth stanza, Sorjaturong landed a right hook which split open Brown's right eyelid. The claret poured but his corner patched it up. Brown continued to dominate the fight and by the ninth round Sorjaturong appeared to be out on his feet.

The Thai landed another right hook at the end of the ninth round and once again blood poured down Brown's face, the fight was stopped immediately.

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Midget Wolgast (#10) V Yuri Arbachakov (#23)

Olympia Athletic Club, Philadelphia

Wolgast (left) was an extremely quick individual who utilized nature's gift to earn a version of the Flyweight Championship of the World. He was a talented boxer with ring "savvy" who truly made a living at fighting - over 200 bouts during his career; His boxing skills, fast hands and fast feet made him a very elusive and dangerous adversary in the ring. Nat Fleischer rated him as the 8th all-time greatest Flyweight. Along the way he defeated Izzy Schwartz, Johnny McCoy, Black Bill, Speedy Dado, Little Pancho, Pete Sanstol and Small Montana.

Philadelphia Won UD 10 Jesus Chong (2-0-0)

Although Russian by birth, Arbachakov fought almost entirely out of Japan. He became the unbeaten WBC Flyweight Champion in 1992 after defeating Muangchai Kittikasem. He made ten successful defences in a five year reign before lsoing on points to Chatchai Sasakul, this was his last fight.

Tokyo Won TKO 9 Sadao Yaoita (1-0-0)

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Originally Posted by Tosti

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Is that Figg btw.

Figg was up for some time but that's Broughton now.

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Yuri by decision. I'll get one eventually!

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Midget Wolgast (#10) TKO2(Cuts) Yuri Arbachakov (#23)

Arbachakov's evening was over after the first punch of the fight.

Wolgast stuck a characteristic left jab to the face of Arbachakov which opened a huge gash over his left eye. It must have been tempting for the ringside doctor to end the fight there and then. There was however three minutes respite for the pre fight underdog, in the second round Wolgast landed another jab which split the cut further. The doctor at ringside waved the fight over immediately.

Next fight ........

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Terry Allen (#41) V Johnny Buff (#56)

Royal Albert Hall, London

Allen (left) was a light hitting technician. He held British, European and World titles at Flyweight. He outpointed Honore Pratesi to lift the world title, but was unable to defend it after dropping a decision to Dado Marino.

Essex Won MD 10 Pierre Rossi (3-0-0)
Mexico City, DF Won UD 10 Candido Tellez (0-0-0)

Buff stopped Abe Goldstein to win the American Flyweight title before going onto win the World Bantamweight title. In an 89 fight career he defeated amongst others Charles LeDoux, Pete Herman and Frankie Mason.

Brownsville, TX Won UD 10 Fritz Chervet (2-0-0)
Cleveland, OH Won UD 10 Prudencio Cardona (1-0-0)
San Antonio, TX Won SD 10 Myung-Woo Yuh (0-0-0)

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Yuri by decision. I'll get one eventually!

Originally Posted by Tosti

Midget Wolgast (#10) TKO2(Cuts) Yuri Arbachakov (#23)

I suck

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Buff SD over Allen

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Buff SD over Allen

Ooooooh..... very close!

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Terry Allen (#41) Maj Draw Johnny Buff (#56)

These two will have to go at it again.

Allen started the better of the two men but Buff controlled the latter pert of the fight. The two were evenly matched both in terms of style and ability.

Allen's corner must take some share of the blame for the result. Inexplicably Allen chose to cover up for the last three minutes anf handed the round to Buff on a plate.

Two of the judges had it a draw whilst the third gave it to Allen by a point.

Buff will enjoy home advantage in the rematch.

Up next .......

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Sot Chitalada (#40) V Kobi Kobayashi (#57)

National Arena, Bangkok

Chitalada (left) stopped Charlie Magri in only his ninth pro contest to win the WBC version of the Flyweight title. He held the title for over three years before travelling to Japan and dropping a points decision to Yong Kan Kim. Chitalada won back the crown from Kim on home soil and defended it for another two years before being stopped for the first time in his career by Muangchai Kittikasem.

Erie, PA Won UD 10 Frankie Mason (0-0-0)
New York, NY Won UD 10 Izzy Schwartz (0-0-0)

Kobayashi was a talented left-handed fighter who had a short career but won the WBC Flyweight Championship of the World during his ring tenure. Koji defeated such men as Frank Cedeno, Jiro Takada, Allan Makitoki, Flash Jagdon, Jackal Maruyama and Rord Mitsuru.

Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche Won TKO 9 Melchor Cob Castro (2-0-0)
Osaka Won UD 10 Miguel Barrera (0-0-0)
Las Vegas, NV Won MD 10 Michael Carbajal (0-0-0)

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Sot Chitalada (#40) KO11 Koji Kobayashi (#57)

A wild right hook from Chitalada halfway through the penultimate round ended Kobayashi's tournament.

The fight had been evenly matched throughout, with neither man being able to gain the upperhand. Kobayashi marginally outworked Chitalada but the Thai's punches appeared to have more power.

Kobayashi scored the fight's first knockdown in the tenth round after catching Chitalada witha right cross. The hometown boxer got to his feet quickly and saw the round out.

With the contest now totally square on the scorecards, Chitalada exploded his right hand onto Kobayashi's chin. The Japanese fighter was unable to get to his feet and was counted out by referee Lane.

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Fidel LaBarba (#7) V Little Dado (#39)

Madison Square Garden, New York

LaBarba (left) was fast on his feet and hit accurately. He was a converted left-hander and a great defensive fighter who used a weaving style. LaBarba won the Flyweight Championship of the World in 1927 and retired from boxing at the end of that year to attend Stanford University. He returned to the ring in 1928 and and fought for six years but never regained the title.During his career, LaBarba defeated such men as Kid Chocolate, Charles "Bud" Taylor, Pedro Villa, Frankie Genaro, Elky Clark, Petey Sarron, Santiago Zorilla, Young Montreal, Willie LaMorte, "Memphis" Pal Moore, Bushy Graham, Tommy Paul, Young Nationalista, Willie Smith, Georgie Rivers, Clever Sencio, "California" Joe Lynch and Melvin "Happy" Atherton.

New York, NY Won TKO 9 Alberto Jimenez (4-0-0)

Dado won the Californian version of the World Title at both Bantamweight and Flyweight. He defeated the likes of Small Montana, Lou Salica, Jackie Jurich and Tony Olivera during a short but active career.

Yokohama Won SD 10 Hiroyuki Ebihara (1-0-0)
Bangkok Won MD 10 Chana Porpaoin (0-0-0)

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Fidel LaBarba (#7) SD12 Little Dado (#39)

They say style's make fight's and they were spot on with this one.

LaBarba seemed to find the measure of his opponent from the outset and he appeared to win comfortably, even going to the ropes in the last round and covering up. However when the scorecard's were read out by Joe Humphries there was little in it, with one judge making it even.

The fight itself was a yawn. The defensive nature of both fighters meant that very little leather was thrown and very little damage was done.

LaBarba goes through to the next round.

Next fight ......

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Panama Al Brown (#6) V Guty Espadas (#38)

Madison Square Garden, New York


Brown (left) was tall and slender, quick and slippery and a fine boxer. He moved well, had a long reach and hit with stiff punches. In nearly 170 bouts, he lost only 19. During his career, he won the NBA Bantamweight Championship of the World, the Bantamweight Championship of the World (as recognized by New York state), the Bantamweight Championship of the World (as recognized by Canada), the IBU Bantamweight Championship of the World and the Bantamweight Championship of Isthmus. He defeated such men as Pete Sanstol, Emile "Spider" Pladner, Teddy Baldock, Johnny McCoy, Valentin Angelmann, Victor "Young" Perez, Baltazar Sangchili, Eugene Criqui, Knud Larsen, Kid Francis, Johnny King, Eugene Huat, Domenico Bernasconi, Benny Schwartz, Eddie O'Dowd, Henri Scillie, Maurice Dubois, Johnny Cuthbert, Dave Crowley, Dick Burke, Tommy Hyams, Joe Colletti, Frankie Ash, Kid Socks and Alf Pattenden.

New York, NY Won TKO 5 Rocky Gattellari (4-0-0)

Espadas stopped Alfonso Lopez in 1976 to win the WBA Flyweight title. He held onto it for two years before dropping a close points decision to Betulio Gonzalez.

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Won SD 10 Mimoun Ben Ali (1-0-0)
Paris Draw D(m) 10 Emile Pladner (0-0-0)
Mexico City, DF Won UD 10 Emile Pladner (0-0-1)