WBA Today in History

1933: John Henry Lewis W 10 (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom, San Francisco.
1942: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Sammy Angott, NYC. Non-title fight. Robinson ups his record to 33-0 (25). Robinson’s second consecutive victory over the reigning world lightweight champion. Robinson hasn’t even been a pro for two years!
1982: Alexis Arguello KO 2 Kevin Rooney, Atlantic City. Non-title fight.
1987: Brian Mitchell KO 14 Francisco Fernandez, Panama City. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1988: Buddy McGirt KO 1 Howard Davis, NYC. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.
1999: Erik Morales KO 6 Reynante Jamili, Tijuana, MX. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title. Hideki Todaka W 12 Jesus Rojas, Nagoya, Japan. Wins WBA super-flyweight title.

July 30

1931: Frankie Genaro KO 6 Jackie Harmon, Waterbury, CT. Retains NBA flyweight title.
1972: Enrique Pinder W 15 Rafael Herrera, Panama City. Wins world bantamweight title.
1977: Carlos Monzon W 15 Rodrigo Valdez, Monte Carlo. Retains world middleweight title. In round two Monzon is knocked down for the first time in thirteen years. Having twice decisively defeated Valdez twice, this time by scores of 144-141,147-144 and 145-143 the 34-year old Monzon announces his retirement. Jerson Ravelo born. Dominican Republic Representative at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
1979: Pipino Cuevas W 15 Randy Shields, Chicago. Retains WBA welterweight title.
1988: Julian Jackson KO 3 Buster Drayton, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.
1989: Julian Jackson KO 2 Terry Norris, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.
1992: Al Cole W 12 James Warring, Stanhope, NJ. Wins IBF cruiserweight title.
1994: Alfred Kotey W 12 Rafael Del Valle, London.
1995: Wayne (Pocket Rocket) McCullough W 12 Yasuei Yakushiji, Nagoya. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

July 29

1927: Freddie Welsh, 41, dies.
1941: Freddy Cochrane W 15 Fritzie Zivic, Newark, NJ. Wins world welterweight title.
1956: Teddy Atlas born.
1957: Floyd Patterson KO 10 Tommy Jackson, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title.
1971: Alfredo Marcano KO 10 Hiroshi Kobayashi, Aomori, Japan. Wins WBA super-featherweight title.
1978: Netmoi Vorasingh KO 5 Luis Estaba, Caracas. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.
1979: Yoko Gushiken W 15 Rafael Pedroza, Kitakyushu, Japan. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.
1981: Chul Ho Kim KO13 Willie Jensen, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
1982: Jiro Watanabe KO 10 Gustavo Ballas, Osaka. Retains WBA super-flyweight title.
1988: Lloyd Honeyghan KO 5 Yung Kil Chung, Atlantic City. Retains WBC welterweight title. Molinares’ KO punch clearly lands after the bell ending the 6th round.
1989: Khaosai Galaxy KO 10 Alberto Castro, Surin, Thailand. Retains WBA super-flyweight title.
1990: Jeff Lampkin KO 8 Siza Makhathini, St. Petersburg, FL. Retains IBF cruiserweight title. Michael Carbajal KO 7 Muangchai Kittikasem, Phoenix. Wins IBF junior-flyweight title.
1994: James Toney KO 12 Charles Williams, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-middleweight title. Oscar DeLaHoya KO 2 Jorge Paez, Las Vegas.
2000: Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Julio Cesar Chavez, Phoenix, AZ. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

July 28

1931: Al Iovino KO 3 Henry Armstrong, Braddock, PA. Armstrong’s pro debut.
1969: Johnny Famechon W 15 Fighting Harada, Sydney. Retains WBC featherweight title.
1974: Antonio Cervantes KO 2 Victor Ortiz, Cartagena. Retains world super-lightweight title.
1975: Takanori Hatakeyama born.
1979: Sung Jun Kim W 15 Siony Carupo, Seoul. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.
1980: Rafael Orono D 15 Willie Jensen, Caracas. Retains WBC super-flyweight title. Shoji Oguma W 15 Sung Jun Kim, Tokyo. Retains WBC flyweight title.
1985: Mike McCallum KO 8 David Braxton, Miami. Retains WBA super-welterweight title. Joey Olivo W 15 Moon Jin Choi, Seoul. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title.
1988: Michael Nunn KO 9 Frank Tate, Las Vegas. Wins IBF middleweight title.
1990: Dennis Andries KO 7 Jeff Harding, Melbourne. Wins WBC light heavyweight title for a 3rd time. Leopard Tamakuma KO 10 Yul Woo Lee, Tokyo. Wins WBA flyweight title.
1996: Amateur boxer Reginaldo Tavares Da Silva Jr., 18, dies if internal injuries suffered during a bout in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
2001: Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Julio Gonzalez, Los Angeles. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title. Andrew Lewis NC 2 Ricardo Mayorga, Los Angeles. Retains WBA Welterweight Title. Erik Morales W 12 In Jin Chi, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

July 27

1921: Johnny Wilson WF 7 William Bryan Downey, Cleveland. Retains world middleweight title.
1961: Rene Jacquot born.
1964: Flash Elorde KO 12 Teruo Kosaka, Tokyo. Retains world super-featherweight title.
1967: John Scully born.
1971: Lehlo Ledwaba born.
1973: Juan Carlos Gomez born.
1985: Dwight Qawi KO 11 Piet Crous, Sun City, SA. Wins WBA cruiserweight title.
1990: Massimilliano Duran WF 11 Carlos DeLeon, Capo d’Orlando, Italy. Wins WBC cruiserweight title.
1991: Mauro Galvano W 12 Ron Essett, Capo d’Orlando, Italy. Retains WBC super-middleweight title. Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker W 12 Poli Diaz, Norfolk. Retains WBC/IBF lightweight title.
1992: Manuel Medina KO 10 Fabrizio Cappai, Capo d’Orlando, Italy. Retains IBF featherweight title. Victor Rabanales KO 4 Luis Alberto Campo, Tuxtla, Mexico. Retains WBC interim bantamweight title.

July 26

1923: Johnny Dundee W 15 Eugene Criqui, NYC. Wins world featherweight title. Dundee ends Criqui’s 24-day reign as world featherweight champ.
1928: Gene Tunney KO 11 Tom Heeney, NYC. Retains world heavyweight title. Tunneys’ final fight.
1933: Barney Ross KO 6 Johnny Farr, Kansas City. World super-lightweight title.
1938: Al Hostak KO 1 Freddie Steele, Seattle. Wins NBA middleweight title.
1948: Freddie Mills W 15 Gus Lesnevich, London. Wins world light-heavyweight title.
1967: Chartchai Chionoi KO 3 Puntip Keosuriya, Bangkok. Retains WBC flyweight title.
1971: Muhammad Ali KO 12 Jimmy Ellis, Houston. Wins vacant NABF heavyweight title.
1977: Matthew (Franklin) Saad Muhammad KO 12 Marvin Johnson, Philadelphia. Wins vacant NABF light heavyweight title. A quintessential Philly war!
1978: Vilomar Fernandez W 10 Alexis Arguello, NYC. Non-title fight. Upset of the year!
1981: Lupe Pintor KO 8 Jovito Rengifo, Las Vegas. Retains WBC bantamweight title.
1987: Chong Pal Park KO 4 Emmanuel Otti, Kwangiu, S. Korea. Retains IBF super-middleweight title. Antonio Esparragoza KO 10 Pascual Aranda, Houston. Retains WBA featherweight title.
1997: Antonio Cermeno KO 12 Yuichi Kasai, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title. Stevie Johnston W 12 Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC lightweight title.
1998: Mark (Too Sharp) Johnson W 12 Luis Rolon, Verona, NY. Retains IBF flyweight title. Satoshi Iida W 12 Joma Gamboa, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBA super-flyweight title.
1999: Mateo Baring, 31, dies from a brain injury suffered in his seventh-round knockout loss at the hands of Fabio Marfa in the Philippines. IBF super-welterweight champion Fernando Vargas, 21, is arrested in Summerland, California, for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon and burglary.

July 25

1921: Pete Herman W 15 Joe Lynch, Brooklyn. Wins world bantamweight title
1929: Jackie Fields WF 2 Joe Dundee, Detroit. Retains world welterweight title.
1953: Carmen Basilio D 12 Billy Graham, Syracuse. Retains NY State welterweight title.
1967: Glenwood Brown born. Ricardo Lopez born.
1981: Jeff Chandler KO 7 Julian Solis, Atlantic City. Retains WBA bantamweight title.
1987: Miguel Lora KO 4 Antonio Avelar, Key Biscayne, FL. Retains WBC bantamweight title.

July 24

1925: Tony Canzoneri KO 1 Jack Gardner, Rockaway, NY. Canzoneri’s pro debut.
1968: Jose Legra KO 5 Howard Winstone, Porthcawl. Wins vacant WBC featherweight title.
1982: Freddie Castillo W 15 Prudencio Cardona, Merida, MX. Wins WBC flyweight title. Ray Mancini KO 6 Ernesto Espana, Warren, OH. Retains WBA lightweight title.
1986: Tsuyoshi Hamada KO 1 Rene Arredondo, Tokyo. Wins WBC super-lightweight title.
1988: Yong Kang Kim W 12 Sot Chitalada, Pohang, S. Korea. Wins WBC flyweight title.
1993: Charles Murray W 12 Juan LaPorte, Atlantic City. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.
1994: Zach Padilla KO 10 Juan LaPorte, Los Angeles.
1999: James Page KO 11 Freddie Pendleton, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Welterweight Title. Terron Millett KO 12 Virgil McClendon, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.

July 23

1923: Benny Leonard W 15 Lew Tendler, Bronx, NY. Retains world lightweight title.
1925: Charley Phil Rosenberg KO 4 Eddie Shea, Bronx, NY. Retains world bantamweight title.
1931: Bat Battalino W 10 Freddie Miller, Cincinnati. Retains world featherweight title.
1963: Vincent Phillips born.
1958: Joe Brown W 15 Kenny Lane, Houston. Retains world lightweight title. Lane is the first southpaw to challenge for the lightweight honors since Lew Tendler 35-years prior.
1964: Two-time middleweight champion Gene Fullmer announces his retirement. Fullmer concludes his career with a 55-6-3 (24).
1970: Gabriel Ruelas born.
1972: Mbulelo Botile born.
1988: Tony Lopez W 12 Rocky Lockridge, Sacramento. Wins IBF super-featherweight title.
1990: Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez KO 5 Jung Keun Lim, Inglewood. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.
1994: Virgil Hill W 12 Frank Tate, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA light-heavyweight title. Mike McCallum W 12 Jeff Harding, Bismark, ND. Wins WBC light heavyweight title. Al Cole W 12 Nate Miller, Bismark, ND. Retains IBF cruiserweight title.
2000: IBF Super Featherweight Champion Diego Corrales is arrested in Sacramento on charges of spousal abuse, assault, and possession of a sawed-off shotgun. Corrales’ pregnant wife was hospitalized with a broken jaw, collarbone, and ribs.

July 22

1931: Mickey Walker D 15 Jack Sharkey, Brooklyn.
1955: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Rocky Castellani, San Francisco.
1963: Sonny Liston KO 1 Floyd Patterson, Las Vegas. Retains world heavyweight title. Listons’ 2nd consecutive first round KO over Patterson.
1987: Rene Arredondo KO 6 Tsuyoshi Hamada, Tokyo. Regains WBC super-lightweight title.
1995: Nate Miller KO 8 Orlin Norris, England. Wins WBA cruiserweight title. Nigel Benn KO 8 Vincenzo Nardiello, London. Retains WBC super-middleweight title. Alimi Goitia KO 4 Hyung Chul Lee, Seoul, S. Korea. Wins WBA super-flyweight title.
1998: Broadcaster Don Dunphy, 90, dies of heart failure.
1999: Undefeated heavyweight contender Ike Ibeabuchi, 26, is arrested in Las Vegas on charges he sexually assaulted a women (an exotic dancer) in his hotel room.
2000: Felix (Tito) Trinidad KO 3 Mamadou Thiam, Miami. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title. Felix Machado W 12 Julio Gamboa, Miami, FL. Wins vacant IBF Super Flyweight Title.

July 21

1927: Jack Dempsey KO 7 Jack Sharkey, NYC. When asked why he struck Sharkey (with the knockout blow) while Sharkey was complaining to the referee, Dempsey replied, “What was I supposed to do, write him a letter?”
1931: Gene Fullmer born.
1936: Petey Sarron W 15 Baby Manuel, Dallas. Retains world featherweight title.
1941: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Sammy Angott, Philadelphia. Non-title fight. Robinson, a pro for only nine months easily defeats the reigning NBA lightweight champion.
1949: Ike Williams KO 4 Enrique Bolanos, Los Angeles. Retains world lightweight title.
1964: Steve Collins born.
1968: Kenny Keene born.
1979: Eusebio Pedroza KO 12 Ruben Olivares, Houston. Retains WBA featherweight title.
1982: Salvador Sanchez KO 15 Azumah Nelson, NYC. Retains WBC featherweight title. Sanchez’ final defense before his untimely death on 8/12/1982.
1985: Ubaldo Sacco KO 9 Gene Hatcher, Campione d’Italia, Italy. Wins WBA super-lightweight title.
1989: Mike Tyson KO 1 Carl Williams, Atlantic City. Retains world heavyweight title. 93-seconds is all Iron Mike needed to finish off Williams.
1990: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Darrin Van Horn, Marino, Italy. Wins IBF super-welterweight title.
2000: Francisco Castillejo W 12 Tony Marshall, Madrid, Spain. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.
2001: Sugar Shane Mosley KO 3 Adrian Stone, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

July 20

1928: Corp. Izzy Schwartz WF 4 Frisco Grande, Rockaway, NY. Retains world flyweight title.
1953: Rocky Mattoli born.
1955: Flash Elorde W 10 Sandy Saddler, Manila. Non-title fight.
1959: Harold Gomes W 15 Paul Jorgensen, Providence, RI. Wins vacant world super-featherweight title.
1974: Betulio Gonzalez KO 10 Franco Udella, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. Retains WBC flyweight title.
1980: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad KO 10 Jerry Martin, McAfee, NJ. Retains WBA light-heavyweight title. Eusebio Pedroza KO 8 Sa Wang Kim, Seoul. Retains WBA featherweight title.
1982: Hilario Zapata W 15 Tadashi Tomori, Kanazawa, Japan. Regains WBC junior-flyweight title.
1984: Joo Do Chun KO 7 William Develos, Pusan, S. Korea. Retains IBF super-flyweight title.
1990: Christophe Tiozzo KO 8 Paul Whitaker, Aries, France. Retains WBA super-middleweight title.
1991: Charles Williams KO 3 Vincent Boulware, Italy. Retained IBF light-heavyweight title. Anaclet Wamba KO 11 Massimiliano Duran, Palermo, Italy. Wins WBC cruiserweight title. Sung Kil Moon KO 5 Ernesto Ford, Seoul. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title. Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 David Griman, Bangkok. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
1996: Daniel Zaragoza KO 7 Tsuyoshi Harada, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.
1997: Bernard Hopkins KO 11 Glen Johnson, Indio, CA. Retains IBF middleweight title.

July 19

1940: Tony Zale KO 13 Al Hostak, Seattle. Wins NBA middleweight title.
1981: Hwan Jin Kim KO 13 Pedro Flores, Taegu, S. Korea. Wins WBA junior-flyweight title.
1986: (Terrible) Tim Witherspoon KO 11 Frank Bruno, London. Retains WBA heavyweight title.
1987: Jose Luis Ramirez W 12 Terrence Alli, St. Tropez. Regains vacant WBC lightweight title. Seung Hoon Lee KO 5 Leon Collins, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains IBF super-bantamweight title.
1990: Robert Daniels W 12 Craig Bodzianowski, Seattle. Retains WBA cruiserweight title. Lindell Holmes KO 9 Carl Sullivan, Seattle. Retains IBF super-middleweight title.
1997: Willam Guthrie KO 3 Darrin Allen, Indio, CA. Wins vacant IBF light-heavyweight title. Tim Austin KO 8 Mbulelo Botile, Nashville, TN. Wins IBF bantamweight title. Frankie Liles W 12 Zafarou Ballogou, Nashville, TN. Retains WBA super-middleweight title.

July 18

1928: Tod Morgan W 15 Cannonball Martin, Brooklyn. Retains world super-featherweight title.
1929: Tommy Loughran W 15 James J. Braddock, Bronx, NY. Retains world light-heavyweight title.
1932: Johnny Jadick W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Philadelphia. Retains world super-lightweight title. Jackie (Kid) Berg W 15 Kid Chocolate, Long Island City, NY. Non-title fight.
1948: Jim Watt born.
1951: Arnie Rosenthal born. Jersey Joe Walcott KO 7 Ezzard Charles, Pittsburgh. Wins world heavyweight title. Walcott’s (37 years old) 5th try at the heavyweight title.
1960: Sonny Liston KO 3 Zora Folley, Denver.
1963: Quincy Taylor born.
1969: Vicente Saldivar W 10 Jose Legra, Los Angeles. Saldivar’s first fight in 2-years.
1976: Luis Estaba KO 3 Franco Udella, Caracas. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.
1981: Michael Spinks W 15 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Las Vegas. Wins WBA light-heavyweight title.
1986: Jeff Fenech KO 14 Steve McCrory, Sydney. Retains IBF bantamweight title. Gilberto Roman W 12 Ruben Condori, Salta, Argentina. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
1987: Mike McCallum KO 5 Donald Curry, Las Vegas. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.
1992: Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker W 12 Rafael Pineda, Las Vegas. Wins IBF super-lightweight title.
1996: Promoter Babe Griffin, 88, dies in a nursing home in Los Gatos, CA. Bobby Chacon and Pete Ranzany were among the fighters Griffin built into major drawing cards.
1997: Johnny Tapia W 12 Danny Romero, Las Vegas. Wins IBF super flyweight title. (Baby) Jake Matlala KO 9 Michael Carbajal, Las Vegas.
1998: Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Lou Del Valle, NYC. Unifies WBC/WBA light-heavyweight titles.
2000: The Nevada State Athletic Commission files a complaint against Bob Arum, based on the testimony the promoter gave at the racketeering trial of IBF President Bob Lee. Arum admitted under oath that he paid Lee a $100,000 bribe.

July 17

1930: Al Singer KO 1 Sammy Mandell, Bronx, NY. Wins world lightweight title.
1939: Charley Burley W 10 Fritzie Zivic, Pittsburgh.
1940: Henry Armstrong KO 6 Lew Jenkins, NYC. Non-title fight.
1944: Willie Pep W 10 Manuel Ortiz, Boston, MA. Non-title fight.
1965: Ismael Laguna D 10 Nicolino Locche, Buenos Aires. Non-title fight.
1966: Richard Duran born.
1974: Bob Foster D 15 Jorge Ahumada, Albuquerque. Retains world light-heavyweight title. Foster's final title defense.
1976: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Angel Espada, Mexico. Wins WBA welterweight title.
1977: Luis Estaba W 15 Ricardo Estupian, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. Retains WBC junior-flyweight title.
1982: Davey Moore KO 10 Ayub Kalule, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.
1983: Carlos DeLeon W 12 S.T Gordon, Las Vegas. Regains WBC cruiserweight title. Santos Laciar KO 1 Hi sup Shin, Cheju-do, S. Korea. Retains WBA flyweight title.
1985: Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Rafael Orono, Bangkok. Retains WBA super-flyweight title. Soon Chun Kwon D 15 Chong Kwan Chung, Masan, S. Korea. Retains IBF flyweight title.
1993: Freddie Pendleton W 12 Jorge Paez, Las Vegas. Retains IBF lightweight title. Michael Carbajal KO 7 Kwang-Sun Kim, Las Vegas. Retains IBF/WBC junior-flyweight title.
1995: 1984 Olympic gold medalist Henry Tillman, 34, pleads guilty to credit card forgery in Torrence, CA. Superior Court.
1999: Fernando Vargas KO 11 Raul Marquez, Lake Tahoe, NV. Retains IBF super-welterweight title. Juan Carlos Gomez KO 6 Bruce Scott, Dusseldorf, Germany. Retains WBC cruiserweight title.
2001: WBC Super Welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya settles out of court with a woman who alleged in a civil suit that the boxer raped her in 1996 at the Mexican resort of Cabo San Lucas. The terms of the settlement were not announced. Former IBF Super Middleweight titleholder Graciano Rocchigiani, 37, is sent to prison for 12-months for violating probation.

July 16

1924: Age Goldstein W 15 Charles Ledoux, Bronx, NY. Retains world bantamweight title.
1925: Harry Greb ND 10 (Slapsie) Maxsie Rosenbloom, Cleveland.
1926: Jack Delaney W 15 Paul Berlenbach, Brooklyn. Wins world light-heavyweight title.
1928: Tommy Loughran W 10 Pete Latzo, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Retains world light-heavyweight title.
1930: Joey Giardello born Carmine Orlando Tilelli.
1931: Frankie Genaro KO 4 Routier Parra, N. Adams, MA. Retains NBA flyweight title.
1947: Rocky Graziano KO 6 Tony Zale, Chicago. Wins world middleweight title. Graziano’s only win in their 3-fight series.
1948: Cedric Kushner born.
1976: David Kotey KO 3 Shig Fukuyama, Tokyo. Retains WBC featherweight title.
1983: Mustafa Hamsho W 12 Wilfred Benitez, Las Vegas. Hamsho earns a second shot at middleweight champ, Marvelous Marvin Hagler with this one-sided drubbing of the three-division champion.
1988: Simon Brown KO 3 Jorge Vaca, Kingston, Jamaica. Retains IBF welterweight title.
1993: Al Cole W 12 Glenn McCrory, Moscow, RUS. Retains IBF cruiserweight title. Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Ysias Zamudio, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBC flyweight title.
1994: Daorung Chuvatana KO 1 John Michael Johnson, Bangkok. Wins WBA bantamweight title.
1995: Former WBA flyweight champion Elvis Alvarez, 30, is shot to death in Medellin, Columbia, by several gunmen who approached him while he was on a motorcycle.
1996: Bernard Hopkins KO 11 Bo James, Atlantic City. Retains IBF middleweight title.
1999: David Reid W 12 Kevin Kelly, Atlantic City. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.

July 15

1930: Bat Battalino KO 5 Ignacio Fernandez, Hartford. Retains world featherweight title.
1931: Kid Chocolate KO 7 Benny Bass, Philadelphia. Wins world super-featherweight title.
1959: James (Quick) Tillis born.
1961: Victor Claudio born.
1964: Tom Johnson born.
1966: Horacio Accavallo W 15 Hiroyuki Ebihara, Buenos Aires. Retains WBA flyweight title.
1970: Emile Griffith W 10 Dick Tiger, NYC. Tiger’s final ring performance.
1975: Saensak Muangsurin KO 8 Perico Fernandez, Bangkok. Wins WBC super-lightweight title. Muangsurin raises his log to 3-0. That’s right three wins no losses.
1984: Billy Costello W 12 Ronnie Shields, Kingston, NY. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.
1987: Louie Espinosa KO 15 Manuel Vilchez, Phoenix. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
1989: Evander (Real Deal) Holyfield KO 2 Adilson Rodriguez, Lake Tahoe. Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Darrin Van Horn, Atlantic City. Wins IBF super-welterweight title.
1992: Genaro Hernandez W 12 Masuaki Takeda, Tokyo. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1995: Saman Sorjaturong KO 7 Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez, Inglewood. Wins IBF/WBC junior-flyweight title.
2000: Lennox Lewis KO 2 Frans Botha, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
2001: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 5 Hayato Asai, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

July 14

1925: World Flyweight Champion Pancho Villa, 23, dies from blood poisoning caused by an ulcerated tooth.
1932: (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Lou Scozza, Buffalo. Retains world light-heavyweight title.
1965: Lou Savarese born.
1973: Ernesto Marcel KO 12 Antonio Gomez, Panama City. Retains WBA featherweight title.
1985: Milton McCrory KO 3 Carlos Trujillo, Monte Carlo. Retains WBC welterweight title.
1994: Anaclet Wamba D 12 Adolpho Washington, Monte Carlo. Retains WBC cruiserweight title.

July 13

1931: Tony Canzoneri W 10 Cecil Payne, Los Angeles. Retains world super-lightweight title. Midget Wolgast W 15 Ruby Bradley, Brooklyn. Retains New York world flyweight title.
1939: Billy Conn W 15 Melio Bettina, Pittsburgh. Wins world light-heavyweight title.
1956: Michael Spinks born.
1962: Emile Griffith W 15 Ralph Dupas, Las Vegas. Retains world welterweight title.
1963: Sugar Ramos W 15 Rafiu King, Mexico City. Retains world featherweight title.
1966: Julio Cesar Vasquez born. Emile Griffith W 15 Joey Archer, NYC. Retains world middleweight title.
1968: Lou Del Valle born.
1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 14 Yaqui Lopez, McAfee, NJ. Retains WBC light-heavyweight title. One of the all-time greatest fights.
1990: (Terrible) Terry Norris W 12 Rene Jacquot, Annecy, France. Retains WBC super-welterweight title.
1991: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Glenn Wolfe, Avezzano, Italy. Retains IBF super-welterweight title.
1996: Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 3 Joseph Orgaleza, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Retains IBF strawweight title.

July 12

1943: Fritzie Zivic W 15 Jake LaMotta, Pittsburgh. The 2nd of 4-fights between these two hall-of-famers. The only one scheduled for 15-rounds and the only one Zivic would emerge triumphant.
1962: Julio Cesar Chavez born.
1971: Joel Casamayor born.
1974: Danny Romero born.
1975: Jose Napoles W 15 Armando Muniz, Mexico City. Retains world welterweight title.
1980: Maurice Hope KO 11 Rocky Mattioli, Wembley. Retains WBC super-welterweight title.
1985: Barry Michael W 15 Lester Ellis, Melbourne. Wins IBF super-featherweight title.
1986: Evander (Real Deal) Holyfield W 15 Dwight Qawi, Atlanta, GA. Wins WBA cruiserweight title. Holyfield improves his record to 12-0 (8).
1987: Lupe Aquino W 12 Duane Thomas, Bordeaux, France. Wins WBC super-welterweight title.
1991: Tony Lopez KO 6 Lupe Gutierrez, Lake Tahoe. Retains IBF super-featherweight title.
1997: Lennox Lewis W disq. 5 Henry Akinwande, Stateline, NV. Retains WBC heavyweight title. Akinwande totally disgraces himself.

July 11

1928: Carl (Bobo) Olson born.
1936: Freddie Steele W 15 Babe Risko, Seattle. Wins NBA & New York world middleweight titles.
1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 7 Joe Robleto, Seattle. Retains world bantamweight title.
1948: Ike Williams KO 6 Beau Jack, Philadelphia. Retains world lightweight title.
1949: Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Kid Gavilan, Philadelphia. Retains world welterweight title.
1950: Jake LaMotta W 15 Tiberio Mitri, NYC. Retains world middleweight title. Mitri, a substitute for Rocky Graziano makes for a very boring fight.
1953: Leon Spinks born.
1961: Terry Downes KO 10 Paul Pender, London. Wins world middleweight title.
1977: Wifredo Gomez KO 5 Raul Tirado, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.
1992: Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Gilbert Dele, Monte Carlo. Retains IBF super-welterweight title. Robert Quiroga W 12 Jose Ruiz, Las Vegas. Retains IBF super-flyweight title.
1996: Riddick (Big Daddy) Bowe WF 7 Andrew Golota, NYC. A riot erupts at Madison Square Garden after the fight.

July 10

1922: Jake LaMotta born Giacobe LaMotta. Joe Lynch KO 14 Johnny Buff, Bronx, NY. Retains world bantamweight title.
1932: Panama Al Brown W 15 Kid Francis, Marseilles. Retains world bantamweight title.
1933: Ben Jeby W 15 Young Terry, Newark, NJ. Retains New York world middleweight title.
1951: Randy Turpin W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, London. Wins world middleweight title.
1955: Vinnie Curto born.
1959: Don Jordan W 15 Denny Moyer, Portland. Retains world welterweight title.
1965: Carlos Hernandez KO 3 Percy Hayles, Kingston. Retains world super-lightweight title.
1970: Bruno Acari WF 6 Rene Roque, Lignano Sabaiadoro, Italy. Retains world super-lightweight title.
1976: Alfonso Zamora KO 3 Gilberto Illueca, Juarez, Mexico. Retains WBA bantamweight title.
1978: Clarence Vinson born. U.S Bronze Medalist in the bantamweight division at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
1983: Lupe Madera TW 4 Katsuo Tokashiki, Tokyo. Wins WBA junior-flyweight title.
1987: Jeff Fenech KO 5 Greg Richardson, Sydney. Retains WBC super-bantamweight title.
1989: Juan Jose Estrada W 12 Luis Mendoza, Tijuana. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
1993: Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Alejandro Ugueto, Tucuman, Arg. Retains WBA super-welterweight title.
1998: Freddie Norwood W 12 Luis Mendoza, Miami FL. Retains WBA featherweight title.
2001: Eric Lucas KO 7 Glenn Catley, Montreal, Quebec. Wins vacant WBC Super Middleweight Title.

July 09

1926: Pete Latzo WF 4 George Levine, NYC. Retains world welterweight title.
1963: Roger Turner born.
1970: Carmelo Bossi W 15 Freddie Little, Monza, Italy. Wins world super-welterweight title.
1974: Ruben Olivares KO 7 Zensuke Utagawa, Inglewood. Wins vacant WBA featherweight title.
1988: Orlando Canizales KO 15 Kelvin Seabrooks, Atlantic City. Wins IBF bantamweight title. Gilberto Roman KO 5 Yoshiyuki Uchida, Kawagoe, Japan. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
1989: Edwin Rosario KO 6 Anthony Jones, Atlantic City. Regains vacant WBA lightweight title. Kaokor Galaxy W 12 Sung Kil Moon, Bangkok. Regains WBA bantamweight title.
1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Mauricio Amaral, London.
1995: Tracey Patterson KO 2 Eddie Hopson, Reno. Wins IBF super-featherweight title.
1997: The Nevada Athletic Commission revokes Mike Tyson’s boxing license and fines him $3-million for twice biting WBA heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield on the ears during their 6/28/19997 bout in Las Vegas. Tyson can reapply for his license one year from that date.
1998: A federal jury in New York City acquits promoter Don King, 66, of all charges at his second insurance fraud trial.

July 08

1959: Jose Becerra KO 8 Alphonse Halimi, Los Angeles. Wins world bantamweight title.
1963: Fredia Gibbs born.
1964: Kenny Snow born.
1966: Jesse James Leija born.
1978: Samuel Serrano KO 9 Oh Young Ho, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1979: Alexis Arguello KO 11 Rafael Limon, NYC. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
1984: Seung In Suh KO 4 Cleo Garcia, Seoul. Retains IBF super-bantamweight title.
1988: Donald Curry KO 9 Gianfranco Rosi, San Remo, Italy. Wins WBC super-welterweight title.
1989: John Mugabi KO 1 Rene Jacquot, Cergy-Pointoise, France. Wins WBC super-welterweight title.
1990: Aaron Davis KO 9 Mark Breland, Reno. Wins WBA welterweight title. Jorge Paez D 12 Troy Dorsey, Las Vegas. Retains IBF featherweight title.
1996: Former welterweight champion Luis Rodriguez, 59, dies in Miami Beach. He had undergone kidney dialysis for the past 2-years.
2000: Former Lightweight Champion Livingstone Bramble, 39, is suspended by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission for failing a prefight drug test.

July 07

1921: Ezzard Charles born.
1944: Emanuel Steward born.
1952: Kid Gavilan KO 11 Gil Turner, Havana. Retains world welterweight title.
1970: Wayne McCullough born.
1980: Larry Holmes KO 7 Scott LeDoux, Bloomington, MN. Retains WBC heavyweight title. Saoul Mamby KO 13 Esteban DeJesus, Bloomington, MN. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.
1982: Katsuo Tokashiki KO 8 Masaharu Inami, Tokyo. Retains WBA junior-flyweight title. Tommy Loughran died.
1983: Bruce Curry KO 7 Hidekazu Akai, Osaka. Retains WBC super-lightweight title.
1985: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 2 Roger Mayweather, Las Vegas. Retains WBC super-featherweight title.
1990: Virgil Hill W 12 Tyrone Frazier, Bismark, ND. Retains WBA light-heavyweight title.
2000: Jose Aguirre KO 5 Jose Luis Zepeda, Tabasco, Mexico. Retains WBC Strawweight Title.

July 06

1922: Johnny Dundee W 15 Jack Sharkey, Brooklyn. Retains world super-featherweight title. Frankie Genaro ND 12 Pancho Villa, Jersey City, NJ.
1925: Mike Ballerino W 15 Pepper Martin, Long Island City, NY. Retains world super-featherweight title.
1952: Danny (Little Red) Lopez born.
1974: Clarence (Bones) Adams Jr. born.
1979: Betulio Gonzalez KO 12 Shoji Oguma, Utsunomiya, Japan. Retains WBA flyweight title.
1996: Luisito Espinosa W 12 Cesar Soto, Manila. Retains WBC featherweight title.
1999: Trenton superior court judge Gerald Council revokes the boxing license of cruiserweight Britton (Tiger) Thomas, 10-1 (9), because he had fallen more than $4000 behind in child support payments. Thomas is the first boxer to lose his license under the New Jersey’s “deadbeat dad law.”

July 05

1902: Panama Al Brown born Alfonso Teofilo Brown.
1909: Stanley Ketchel W 20 Billy Papke, Colma, CA. Retains world middleweight title.
1929: Jimmy Carruthers born.
1970: Shozo Saijyo W 15 Frankie Crawford, Sendai, Japan. Retains WBA featherweight title.
1975: Alfredo Escalera KO 2 Kuniaki Shibata, Mito, Japan. Wins WBC super-featherweight title. Jose Antonio Aguirre born.
1984: Jiro Watanabe W 12 Payao Poontarat, Osaka. Wins WBC super-flyweight title.
1986: Elly Pical KO 3 Cesar Polanco, Djakarta. Regains IBF super-flyweight title. Hilario Zapata W 15 Dodie Penalosa, Manila. Retains WBA flyweight title.
1996: Marcelo Dominguez KO 10 Patrick Aouissi, Hyeres, France. Retains WBC cruiserweight title.
1997: Veteran manager and trainer Al Braverman, 78, dies in Yonkers, NY. From complications of diabetes. Raul Marquez KO 4 Romallis Ellis, Lake Charles, LA. Retains IBF super-welterweight title. Khalid Rahilou KO 7 Marty Jakubowski, Casablanca, Morocco. Retains WBA super-lightweight title.

July 04

1923: Jack Dempsey W 15 Tommy Gibbons, Shelby, MT. Retains world heavyweight title. After Doc Kearns (Dempsey’s manager) collected a little more than $200,000 of the $300,000 Dempsey was guaranteed, the two got the hell out of town, Gibbons went unpaid, and the town of Shelby went bankrupt.
1927: Tiger Flowers D 10 (Slapsie) Maxie Rosenbloom, Chicago.
1932: Marcel Thil W 15 Len Harvey, London. Retains world middleweight title.
1934: Joe Louis KO 1 Jack Kracken, Chicago. Louis’ pro debut.
1948: Manuel Ortiz KO 8 Memo Valero, Baja, CA. Retains world bantamweight title.
1982: Aaron Pryor KO 6 Akio Kameda, Cincinnati. Retains WBA super-lightweight title. Chul Ho Kim D 15 Raul Valdez, Taejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
1987: Juan Coggi KO 3 Patrizio Oliva, Ribera, Italy. Wins WBA super-lightweight title. Kelvin Seabrooks KO 9 Thierry Jacob, Calais, France. Retains IBF bantamweight title.
1992: Sung Kil Moon KO 8 Armando Salazar, Seoul. Retains WBC super-flyweight title.
1995: Mblulelo Botile W 12 Sam Stewart, Hammanskraal. SA. Retains IBF bantamweight title.
1997: Sirimongkol Singmanassuk W 12 Victor Rabanales, Bangkok. Retains WBC bantamweight title.
1998: Zolani Petelo KO 7 Carmelo Caceres, Hammanskraal, SA. Retains IBF strawweight title.
2001: Five men in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn rob IBF Super Lightweight Champion Zab Judah at gunpoint. Judah lost a gold necklace, two gold chains, and a watch, altogether valued at $32,000.

July 03

1926: Sammy Mandell W 10 Rocky Kansas, Chicago. Wins world lightweight title.
1931: Max Schmeling KO 15 Young Stribling, Cleveland. Retains world heavyweight title.
1933: Panama Al Brown W 15 Johnny King, Manchester. Retains world bantamweight title.
1940: Willie Pep W 4 James McGovern, Hartford, CT. Pep’s pro debut. Pep would win his first 63-fights before suffering his first defeat at the hands of lightweight champ Sammy Angott.
1963: Chris Pyatt born.
1965: John John Molina born.
1974: Soo Hwan Hong W 15 Arnold Taylor, Durban. Wins WBA bantamweight title.
1993: Sung-II Moon W 12 Carlos Salazar, Seoul, S. Korea. Retains WBC super-flyweight title. Ricardo Lopez KO 2 Saman Sorjaturong, Nuevo Laredo, MX. Retains WBC strawweight title.

July 02

1921: Jack Dempsey KO 4 Georges Carpentier, Jersey City. Retains world heavyweight title. The first million dollar gate.
1925: Harry Greb W 15 Mickey Walker, NYC. Retains world middleweight title. After the fight the two met up at Big Bill Duffy’s Silver Slipper, a Broadway speakeasy. Feeling no pain, Walker suggested that had Greb not repeatedly thumbed him in the eyes, the outcome would’ve been different. As an infuriated Greb began to take off his jacket, Walker landed a sucker punch that began a brief gutter brawl. Eyewitness observers scored unanimously for Walker.
1940: Max Baer KO 8 (Two-Ton) Tony Galento, Jersey City, NJ.
1958: Joe Jennette, 78, died.
1968: Lionel Rose W 15 Takao Sakurai, Tokyo. Retains world bantamweight title.
1970: Jose Luis Garcia KO 8 Ken Norton, Los Angeles. Norton’s first defeat against 16 wins, including 15-KO’s.
1973: (Smokin’) Joe Frazier W 12 Joe Bugner, London.
1978: Eusebio Pedroza KO 12 Ernesto Herrera, Panama City. Retains WBA featherweight title.
1989: Brian Mitchell Tech. Dec. 9 Jackie Beard, Crotone, Italy. Retains WBA super-featherweight title.
1994: Orlin Norris KO 3 Arthur Williams, Las Vegas. Retains WBA cruiserweight title. Wilfredo Vasquez KO 2 Jae-Won Choi, Las Vegas. Retains WBA super-bantamweight title.
2001: Light heavyweight Beethavean Scottland, 26, dies of brain injuries suffered in a June 26 bout with George Jones in New York City. Scottland was knocked out in the 10^th-round and never regained consciousness, despite two operations to relieve the pressure on his brain.

July 01

1935: Lou Ambers W 10 Fritzie Zivic, Pittsburgh.
1956: Mike Rossman born.
1967: Carlos Ortiz KO 1 Sugar Ramos, San Juan. Retains World Lightweight Title.
1975: Muhammad Ali W 15 Joe Bugner, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Retains world heavyweight title.
1976: Alfredo Escalera W 15 Buzzsaw Yamabe, Nara, Japan. Retains WBC super-featherweight title. Juan Guzman W 15 Jaime Rios, Santo Domingo. Wins WBA junior-flyweight title.
1987: Terry Marsh KO 6 Akio Kameda, London. Retains IBF super-lightweight title.
2001: Julien Lorcy W 12 Takanori Hatakeyama, Saitama, Japan. Regains WBA Lightweight Title.

Contribution from "Sincity" Richey