saint0917
April 13th, 2009, 06:07 AM
4/12/81:
Sean O’Grady of Oklahoma City captures the WBA lightweight championship with a unanimous 15-round decision over previously unbeaten title holder Hilmer Kenty of Detroit at Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City. O’Grady (now 75-2 with 65 KOs) scores two knockdowns with punishing right-hand leads and an unrelenting body attack to hand Kenty his first loss in 20 pro fights. Overshadowing the bout is word from Las Vegas that the legendary Brown Bomber, Joe Louis, passed away earlier this afternoon. He was 66.
B I R T H D A Y S
Joe Lapchick b. 1900
Johnny Antonelli b. 1930
Mike Garrett b. 1944
Mike Macfarlane b. 1964
Adam Graves b. 1968
Sean O’Grady of Oklahoma City captures the WBA lightweight championship with a unanimous 15-round decision over previously unbeaten title holder Hilmer Kenty of Detroit at Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City. O’Grady (now 75-2 with 65 KOs) scores two knockdowns with punishing right-hand leads and an unrelenting body attack to hand Kenty his first loss in 20 pro fights. Overshadowing the bout is word from Las Vegas that the legendary Brown Bomber, Joe Louis, passed away earlier this afternoon. He was 66.
B I R T H D A Y S
Joe Lapchick b. 1900
Johnny Antonelli b. 1930
Mike Garrett b. 1944
Mike Macfarlane b. 1964
Adam Graves b. 1968