saint0917
October 29th, 2009, 10:01 AM
10/29/48:
Sandy Saddler (85-6-2) wastes no time dethroning featherweight champion Willie Pep at Madison Square Garden. Saddler scores two knockdowns in the third round and knocks Pep out at 2:38 of the fourth. Pep held the featherweight belt for six years, entered this bout at 134-1-1 and was a prohibitive betting favorite, but he was never in this fight. Embarrassed by his poor showing, he’ll turn things around four months from now by changing his boxing style to go more on the attack and regain his title from Saddler with a 15-round unanimous decision, also at the Garden.
B I R T H D A Y S
Frank Sedgman b. 1927
Pete Richert b. 1939
Denis Potvin b. 1953
Jesse Barfield b. 1959
Mike Gartner b. 1959
Sandy Saddler (85-6-2) wastes no time dethroning featherweight champion Willie Pep at Madison Square Garden. Saddler scores two knockdowns in the third round and knocks Pep out at 2:38 of the fourth. Pep held the featherweight belt for six years, entered this bout at 134-1-1 and was a prohibitive betting favorite, but he was never in this fight. Embarrassed by his poor showing, he’ll turn things around four months from now by changing his boxing style to go more on the attack and regain his title from Saddler with a 15-round unanimous decision, also at the Garden.
B I R T H D A Y S
Frank Sedgman b. 1927
Pete Richert b. 1939
Denis Potvin b. 1953
Jesse Barfield b. 1959
Mike Gartner b. 1959