SAAD TRULY A PHILADELPHIA FIGHTER Matthew Saad Muhammad San Francisco, CA- Having fought under the name Matthew Franklin before his conversion to Islam, ex-World light heavyweight (175 lb.) Matthew Saad Muhammad, who was born Maxwell Antonio Loach in 1954, passed away Sunday in a hospital in his native Philadelphia, PA after...

November 1, 1886: George Dixon KO 3 Young Johnson, Halifax, N.S. Dixon’s pro debut. 1907: Frank Mantell KO 15 Honey Melody, Dayton, OH. Wins World Welterweight Title. 1908: Georges Carpentier WF 13 Ed Salmon, Mais-Laffitte, France. Carpentier’s pro debut. 1922: Mickey Walker W 15 Jack Britton, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title. 1933: Davey...