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{{Infobox Boxingmatch
{{Infobox Boxingmatch
|fight date=May 10, 1991
|fight date=March 25, 1989
|Fight Name=Rumble on the Riverbank
|Fight Name=Premier Battle
|location=[[Modern Woodmen Park|John O'Donnell Stadium]], [[Davenport, Iowa]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|location=[[Modern Woodmen Park|John O'Donnell Stadium]], [[Davenport, Iowa]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|image=[[File:230px]]
|image=[[File:230px]]
|fighter1=[[Michael Nunn]]
|fighter1=[[Michael Nunn]]
|nickname1=Second to (Nunn)
|nickname1=Second to (Nunn)
|age1={{age in years and months|April 14, 1963|May 10, 1991}}
|age1={{age in years and months|April 14, 1963|March 25, 1989}}
|record1=36–0
|record1=32–0
|hometown1=[[Davenport, Iowa]], U.S.
|hometown1=[[Davenport, Iowa]], U.S.
|height1= 6 ft 2 in
|height1= 6 ft 2 in
|weight1=160 lb
|weight1=160 lb
|purse1=$500,000
|purse1=$1,100,000
|style1=Southpaw
|style1=Southpaw
|recognition1=[[International Boxing Federation|IBF]]<br />middleweight champion
|recognition1=[[International Boxing Federation|IBF]]<br />middleweight champion
|fighter2=[[James Toney]]
|fighter2=[[Sumbu Kalambay]]
|nickname2=Lights Out
|nickname2=Patrizio
|age2={{age in years and months|August 24, 1968|May 10, 1991}}
|age2={{age in years and months|April 10, 1956|March 25, 1989}}
|record=46–3–1
|record2=25–0–1
|hometown2=[[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], U.S.
|hometown2=[[Chiaravalle, Marche]], [[Italy]]
|height2= 5 ft 9 in
|height2= 5 ft 9 in
|weight2=157 lb
|weight2=159 lb
|purse2=$65,000
|purse2=$400,000
|style2=Orthodox
|style2=Orthodox
|recognition2=IBF<br>No. 5 ranked middleweight
|recognition2=[[World Boxing Association|WBA]]<br />middleweight champion
|titles=[[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] middleweight title
|titles=[[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] middleweight title
|result= '''Toney''' wins via 11th-round TKO
|result= '''Nunn''' wins via 1st-round KO
}}
}}
'''[[Michael Nunn]] vs. [[James Toney]]''', billed as '''''Rumble on the Riverbank''''', was a professional boxing match contested on May 10, 1991, for the [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] middleweight title.
'''[[Michael Nunn]] vs. [[Sumbu Kalambay]]''', billed as '''''Premier Battler''''', was a professional boxing match contested on March 25, 1989, for the [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] middleweight title.


==Background==
==Background==

Revision as of 08:20, 5 September 2024

Premier Battle
File:230px
DateMarch 25, 1989
VenueJohn O'Donnell Stadium, Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineIBF middleweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Michael Nunn Sumbu Kalambay
Nickname Second to (Nunn) Patrizio
Hometown Davenport, Iowa, U.S. Chiaravalle, Marche, Italy
Purse $1,100,000 $400,000
Pre-fight record 32–0
Age 25 years, 11 months 32 years, 11 months
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg) 159 lb (72 kg)
Style Southpaw Orthodox
Recognition IBF
middleweight champion		 WBA
middleweight champion
Result
Nunn wins via 1st-round KO

Michael Nunn vs. Sumbu Kalambay, billed as Premier Battler, was a professional boxing match contested on March 25, 1989, for the IBF middleweight title.

Background

In the midst of a near three-year reign as the IBF middleweight champion, Michael Nunn, with help from his promoter Bob Arum, successfully lobbied for and received a chance to defend his title in his hometown of Davenport, Iowa. Arum had originally declined Nunn's proposal for a hometown fight, but eventually relented when riverboat casino tycoon John E. Connelly, owner of the Davenport, Iowa-based The President riverboat casino, offered to underwrite the fight. When the fight was officially announced, Connelly bought $100,000 worth of tickets as well.[1]

With Nunn in need of an opponent, Arum contacted the then-little-known and undefeated James Toney, the IBF's fifth ranked middleweight contender, and offered him the opportunity to face Nunn, promising him a career-high $45,000 purse and a three-fight contract worth $1,000,000 should he defeat Nunn, which Toney accepted. As Toney had only faced marginal competition up that point, he was installed as a massive 20–1 underdog by oddsmakers.[2] Nunn admitted at the pre-fight press conference that bringing a title fight to his native city "meant the world" to him.[3]

Nunn's team originally eyed Carver–Hawkeye Arena, home to the University of Iowa's basketball teams, as the site for the bout, but the school rejected the offer. Instead, minor league baseball team Quad Cities River Bandits' home ballpark John O'Donnell Stadium was chosen as it was determined to be the only venue big enough to accommodate the fight. The Nunn–Barkley was first world title fight to be held in Iowa in over 90 years, with the Jimmy Barry–Casper Leon fight for the world bantamweight title in 1898 being the last.[4]

The fight

For a large majority of the fight, Nunn thoroughly outboxed Toney, using his jab and elusiveness to keep the pursuing Toney off-balance and countering Toney's punches with rapid combinations of his own, and had built up a sizable lead on the all three scorecards. However, midway through the eleventh, Toney landed a straight right hand that sent the retreating Nunn forcefully into the ropes. A stunned Nunn attempted to trade punches with Toney in the middle of the ring, but was caught with another right hand followed by a huge left hook that immediately sent Nunn down on his back. Nunn barely answered the referee's 10-count, getting back up at the count of nine. After confirming with referee Dennis Nelson that he wanted to continue, Nunn was quickly sent staggering into the ropes after which Toney landed consecutive right hands that sent Nunn down to his knees. After the knockdown, Nelson stopped the fight just as Nunn's trainer Angelo Dundee threw in the white towel to signify surrender.[5]

Fight card

Confirmed bouts:[6]

Weight Class Weight vs. Method Round Notes
Middleweight 160 lbs. James Toney def Michael Nunn (c) TKO 11/12 Note 1
Light Flyweight 108 lbs. Michael Carbajal (c) def Héctor Patri UD 12/12 Note 2
Super Lightweight 140 lbs. Vince Phillips def. David Taylor UD 10/10
Cruiserweight 190 lbs. Frank Lux def. Lon Liebergen TKO 7/10

^Note 1 For IBF middleweight title
^Note 2 For IBF light flyweight title

Broadcasting

Country Broadcaster
 United States HBO

References

  1. ^ Nunn Fight Looks Like an Economic Prize for His Resurgent Hometown, NY Times article, 1991-05-10 Retrieved on 2024-09-04
  2. ^ Nunn Out, Sports Illustrated article, 1991-05-20 Retrieved on 2024-09-04
  3. ^ Ringside in Iowa, NY Times article, 1991-05-09 Retrieved on 2024-09-04
  4. ^ Rumble on the Riverbank was a night to remember, Quad City Times article, 2016-05-10 Retrieved on 2024-09-04
  5. ^ Toney Stops Nunn in 11th to Take Title, NY Times article, 1991-05-11 Retrieved on 2024-09-05
  6. ^ "BoxRec - event".
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