On this day in fistiana... Santana vs. Norris 2 4/8/95

Luis Santana vs. Terry Norris 2
April 8, 1995

Before there was Bowe-Golota there was Terry Norris getting disqualified, again, versus Luis Santana. This peculiar bout was part of a 12 bout Don King mega-card that also included McCall vs. Holmes and Trinidad vs. Turner.

Saturday 8 April 1995

Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

commission: Nevada Athletic Commission

promoter: Don King (Don King Productions)

division         boxer          Lb     W-L-D              opponent       Lb      W-L-D                    

welter    Felix Trinidad  147  25(21)-0-0  W  Roger Turner  147  29(17)-2-0   TKO2 

time: 2:28 | referee: Mitch Halpern | judge: Samuel Conde Lopez 10-9 | judge: Bill Graham 9-10 | judge: William James 10-9 
IBF welterweight title

heavy   Oliver McCall  231  25(18)-5-0   W   Larry Holmes   236   61(40)-4(1)-0 UD12 

referee: Richard Steele | judge: Chuck Giampa 115-112 | judge: Tamotsu Tomihara 115-114 | judge: Barbara Perez 114-113 
WBC heavyweight title

jr middle   Terry Norris  153  38(23)-5(2)-0   L   Luis Santana 153  39(29)-15(3)-2  DQ3

referee: Kenny Bayless | judge: Cliff Heaver 29-27 | judge: Dave Moretti 30-25 | judge: Omar Mintun 30-25 
WBC light middleweight title

Norris DQ'd for hitting Santana after the bell to end Round 3 had sounded.

Heavy  Tony Tucker  243  52(43)-2-0   L  Bruce Seldon   236  31(27)-3(2)-0   RTD7   

time: 3:00 | referee: Mills Lane | judge: Art Lurie 65-68 | judge: Jerry Roth 66-67 | judge: Duane Ford 66-67 
vacant WBA World heavyweight title
Bout stopped after the 7th due to swelling of Tucker's eyes.

jr welter Giovanni Parisi 139 29(21)-1(1)-0  L  Julio Cesar Chavez 140 92(77)-1-1 UD12 

referee: Joe Cortez | judge: Terry Smith 107-120 | judge: Lou Filippo 109-118 | judge: Carol Castellano 109-118 
WBC light welterweight title

heavy   Frans Botha  230  34(21)-0-0   W   Willie Jake   205  10(4)-7(4)-2      UD8

80-72 | 79-73 | 78-74

Heavy Henry Akinwande 230¾  24(14)-0-1 W Calvin Jones 266  17(11)-11(9)-0  KO2

time: 1:38 | referee: Jay Nady

jr feather  Nana Yaw Konadu 121 33(26)-2(1)-1 W Robert Parra 125 0-1-0 KO1          

time: 1:23 | referee: Toby Gibson

bantam   Tim Austin   117  10(10)-0-0    D   Javier Diaz 119 44(10)-33(9)-3    TD1   

time: 1:12 | referee: Carlos Padilla

heavy    James Stanton 222 13(7)-0-0   W   John Kiser 195 7(3)-6-3      PTS6      

referee: Carlos Padilla | 59-54 | 58-55 | 58-55 
Stanton penalised one point for low blows.

   

Middle    Carl Daniels 158 33(21)-1(1)-0   W   James Mason 156 14(7)-8(3)-1 TKO2