Major Bouts, 1997-98: Featherweights (126 lbs)

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
DateWinnerLoserResultTitleSite
Oct. 11Paul IngleJohnjo IrwinKO 9—Sheffield, ENG
Oct. 11Naseem HamedJose BadilloTKO 7WBOSheffield, ENG
Nov. 8Wilfredo VazquezGenaro RiosWu 12WBALas Vegas
Dec. 6Luisito EspinosaCarlos RiosTKO 6WBCKoronadal, PHI
Dec. 12Freddie NorwoodBenito RodriguezTKO 6—Tijuna, MEX
Dec. 13Hector Lizarraga*Welcome NcitaTKO 11IBFPompano Beach, Fla.
Dec. 19Naseem HamedKevin KelleyKO 4WBONew York City
Mar. 21Mbuelo BotileMustapha HameWu 10—Hammanskraal. S. Afr.
Apr. 3Freddie NorwoodAntonio CermenoWu 12WBABayamon, P.R.
Apr. 18Naseem HamedWilfredo VazquezTKO 7WBOManchester, ENG
Apr. 24Manuel MedinaHector LizarragaWu 12IBFSan Jose, Calif.
May 8Kevin KelleyVincent HowardWu 10—Atlantic City
June 9Paul IngleMoussa SangareWu 12—Hull, York., ENG
June 13Freddie NorwoodGenaro RiosTKO 8WBAAtlantic City
June 20Juan M. MarquezJuan CabreraTKO 4NABOLas Vegas
July 10Freddie NorwoodLuis E. MendozaWu 12WBAMiami, Fla.
Aug. 8Paul IngleRakhim MingaleevKO 4—Scarborough, ENG
Aug. 15Luisito EspinosaJuan Carlos RamirezTWs 11WBCEl Paso, Tex.
Sept. 22Freddie NorwoodKoji MatsumotoTKO 10WBATokyo
Sept. 25Paul IngleBilly HardyKO 8—York, ENG
Oct. 3Antonio CermenoGenaro RiosKO 4WBACaracas, VEN
Note: The WBA featherweight belt was passed around quite a bit in 1998. Wilfredo Vazquez was initially stripped of the belt in April. Freddie Norwood beat Antonio Cermeno for the vacant title on April 3, successfully defended it twice, but then lost the belt when he failed make his weight at the weigh-in of his Sept. 22 fight with Koji Matsumoto. Cermeno then won the vacant WBA title on Oct. 3.
*Lizarraga won the vacant IBF title.

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