Sugar Ray Robinson KO 3 Rocky Graziano in Chicago. Retains World Middleweight Title (1952)
Pone Kingpetch W 15 Pascual Perez, in Bangkok. Wins World Flyweight Title (1960)
Julio Cesar Chavez KO 6 Rodolfo Aguilar in Las Vegas. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.
June 1 1984 i turned 18 years of age. This day in boxing history the following happened. In Buffalo New York Livingstone Bramble defeated Ray Mancini in 14 rounds to win the WBA Lightweight title. Also on the undercard Gene Hatcher stopped Johnny Bumphus for the WBA Jr Welterweight title. These were 2 major upsets resulting in title changes.
Dec 2
Trinidad KO 12 Vargas in 2000
May 6 1994
Lennox Lewis vs. Phil Jackson, WBC Heavyweight Title
Lewis w. KO in the 8th round
Arturo Gatti vs. Darrell Singleton, Super Featherweight Division
Gatti w. TKO in the 1st round
I have picked out three of the most historic.
Young Stribling died in a motorcycle crash.
Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta had the first of their six fight series.
Larry Holmes beat a past prime Ali.
shannon briggs was born (1971)
max baer jr, son of the former heavyweight champ was born (1937). he went on to star in the tv show 'the beverly hillbillies'.
joe 'old bones' brown died (1997).
manny pacquiao wins his first world title (1998).
Dec 21,1994
Roberto Duran won his first lightweight title thus starting his historic reign(1971)
On my birthday in boxing history ......
.Emile Griffith was born (1938)
.Kostya Tyzsu unified the Light Welterweight title when he defeated and stopped Sharmba Mitchell in 7 rounds (2001)
.Chad Dawson won the Light Heavyweight title when he decisively beat Thomas Adamek by unanimous decision (2007)
