This marked the first time in over five years and 133 races that Nurmi had been defeated at a distance over 1, 000 m. In 1927, Finnish officials barred him from international competition for refusing to run against Eklöf at the Finland-Sweden international, cancelling the Peltzer rematch scheduled for Vienna.

The game then became a rematch of Super Bowl VII, also played in the Los Angeles area at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ten years before, where the Dolphins completed their 17 – 0 perfect season at the Redskins ' expense by a score of 14 – 7.

When on June 22, 1938, Louis knocked Schmelling out in the first few seconds of the first round during their rematch at Yankee Stadium, his sensational comeback victory riveted the entire nation.

* May 25 – Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in the first round of their championship rematch with the " Phantom Punch " at the Central Maine Civic Center in Lewiston.

In April 1809 he fought and lost the Battle of Sacile against the Austrian army of the Archduke John, but Eugène's troops decisively won the rematch at the Battle of Raab that June.

His reign at Junior Lightweight saw him fend off the challenges of Escalera in a rematch held at Rimini, Italy, as well as former and future world champion Bobby Chacon, future two time world champion Rafael " Bazooka " Limón, Ruben Castillo, future champion Rolando Navarrete, and Diego Alcalá, beaten in only one round.

This time, however, he didn't last long ; he gave Nazario a rematch, and Nazario stopped him on cuts in 1990 at Madison Square Garden in the 8th round.

On May 3, 2008, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, De La Hoya fought Steve Forbes ( 33 – 5 ) in a tuneup for a possible rematch with Mayweather.

On February 20, 1938, Escobar faced Jeffra in a rematch organized at the El Escambrón baseball park in Puerta de Tierra.

1966 saw Ortiz draw with world Jr Welterweight champion Nicolino Locche in a ten round non-title affair in Argentina, and retain his title vs Johnny Bizarro ( KO in 12 in Pittsburgh ), Cuban Sugar Ramos ( another International Boxing Hall Of Fame Member, ko in 5 rounds in Mexico City ) and Filipino Flash Elorde, also by ko in 14 at a New York rematch.

The Ramos fight proved controversial, because the WBC's president proclaimed at first that the punch with which Ortiz had beaten Ramos with had been illegal, but he later reconsidered and gave Ortiz the title, and the knockout victory, back, with the condition that a rematch be fought in the future.

He defeated former world champion Betulio González in Maracaibo, Venezuela by a decision in 15, Steve Muchoki in Copenhagen, Denmark by a knockout in 13, Ramon Neri ( a deaf-mute boxer ) by a knockout in 9 at Córdoba, Shuichi Hozumi by a knockout in 2 in Japan, Hee Sup Chin, by a knockout in one in South Korea, Juan Herrera, in a rematch at Marsala, Italy, by a decision in 15, former world champion Prudencio Cardona by a knockout in 10 in Córdoba, former two-time world Junior Flyweight champion Hilario Zapata by a decision in 15 at Buenos Aires, and Antoine Monteiro, beaten by a knockout in 11 at Paris, France.

Three months later in a rematch in front of 60, 000 fans at the Polo Grounds, he knocked Turpin out in ten rounds to recover the title.

Later that year, he lost his title to Basilio in a rugged 15 round fight in front of 38, 000 at Yankee Stadium, but regained it for a record fifth time when he beat Basilio in the rematch.

He continued to press for a chance at a rematch with Louis and in the meantime padded his record against overmatched fighters Ben Foord and Steve Dudas.

After Pintor beat Zarate for the WBC title, Dávila was given a second chance at that belt in a 1980 rematch with the Mexican world champion, and lost by a 15-round decision.

The rematch versus Lora was scheduled at the Great Western Forum for August 1.

Martin announced on January 19, 2011 that she will be fighting again for her 50th career win on the undercard of the Ricardo Mayorga vs Miguel Cotto Fight at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 12, 2011 against Dakota Stone in a rematch of their 2009 Fight.

The rescheduled rematch took place June 4, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles on the Julio Ceasr Chavez Jr. vs Sebastian Zbik undercard.

In a WrestleMania rematch, The Undertaker defeated Edge once again at Backlash to retain the World Heavyweight championship.

At Backlash, Los Guerreros lost to Team Angle in a rematch.

Austin faced The Rock in a rematch at Backlash, in which Shane McMahon was the referee.

Batista and Triple H's feud would continue to Backlash where Batista and Triple H had a rematch for the World Heavyweight Title.

In April 1999 at Backlash, The Rock and Steve Austin fought in a WrestleMania XV rematch with Steve Austin retaining the Championship.

He got a rematch at Backlash where Shane was the Special Guest Referee but lost that match as well.

The rematch however, proved unable to live up to the original, as Arguello seemed spent and as if he did not have his heart in the fight.

They had a rematch six months later at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indiana and Mosley once again lost by a unanimous decision in a very closely contested bout that saw Mosley land far more power shots and Forrest land far more unsignificant shots as well as an even level of aggression between the two competitors, however Forrest was utilizing far more effective ring general-ship ( in comparison to Mosley ) which would ultimately prove to be the difference in terms of the outcome being scored.

The decision, however, was voided and a rematch ordered because Muhammad's cornermen used an illegal substance to stop the bleeding from a cut.

He did, however, fight in many countries around the world between the moment he lost the rematch to Qawi and the moment he retired for good.

The following night on Raw, Rey Mysterio received a rematch for the WWE Championship against new champion Del Rio, however Del Rio would retain.

Sacco, however, won their July 1985 rematch ( and title ) with a ninth round knockout win in Italy ( the fight was stopped by the referee because of a Hatcher cut ).

The Tigers reached the 2010 / 11 final for a rematch with Saracens having again topped the table above them despite winning fewer games, however after a nailbiting finish which saw a record breaking 7 minutes overtime played during which the Tigers went through 32 phases camped on the Saracens try line before conceding a penalty which awarded Saracens their revenge for the previous years defeat.

In a rematch, however, Ross defeated Coachman, winning Lawler and Ross their position back.

In a rematch five days later, however, the Canucks were more active in physically pursuing Moore.

Taft, however, lost six years later in a rematch against Metzenbaum.

Rock was awarded the WWF Intercontinental Championship, however, after Austin forfeited him the title instead of defending the title in a rematch.

It is however implied the Phantom Limbs, unwilling to see Stone's offer as a sign of good will, are trying to get back their weaponized prosthetics and wait for a rematch.

She, however, defeated Moolah in a rematch on the October 25 episode of Raw to win her second Women's Championship.

Lausche defeated Herbert in a 1948 rematch, however, serving from 1949 to 1957.

In 1976, however, Metzenbaum sought a rematch against Taft.

With the loss to Dawson, it was speculated that Tarver may choose to retire ; however, he later announced that he and Dawson would meet in a rematch in March 2009.

His drastically improved performance led to speculation that he was Detroit's leading candidate for the Conn Smythe Trophy in the event of a Red Wings victory in the Stanley Cup Finals, however in the end, Detroit was defeated in a rematch with the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games.

In a rematch with Callejas, held in November 1985 in Rimini, Italy, however, he lost by a sixth round knockout.

Pat Morita guest starred near the end of the episode to teach Greg karate for a rematch ; however, as in The Karate Kid, Part II, even the crane kick did not work.

Peter would win by split decision ; however, the WBC would find adequate cause to order a rematch.

She suffered, however, a three fight losing streak after those three wins, being defeated by " Downtown Leona Brown " on points, by Trevino in a rematch which saw both women go down, by Tko in five rounds, when referee, the late Mitch Halpern stepped in for no apparent reason.

Vovchanchyn won by knockout via soccer kick 56 seconds into the fight, however Lima's cornerman ( Renzo Gracie ) argued to the tournament organisers, complaining that kicks to a downed opponent were unfair and demanded an instant rematch.

He lured Captain America into a rematch, in which he insisted Hydra not intervene, and again lost ; however, when Hydra agents prepared to kill both Cap and himself, Batroc, incensed at such " men wizout honair ," switched sides to help Cap against Hydra.