History Hop Tags - Boxing

1681-01-06

1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)

1733-05-06

1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni

1743-08-16

Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)

1810-12-10

Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds)

1853-10-12

John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans

1863-05-05

Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round

1873-09-23

Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title

1876-03-16

Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)

1884-08-30

Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey wins middleweight title in 1st fight with boxing gloves

1885-08-29

Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey

1888-03-10

HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds

1888-12-22

Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain

1890-06-27

George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight)

1892-02-02

Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby

1892-09-07

James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title

1894-01-25

James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title

1897-03-17

Bob Fitzsimmons KOs James J Corbett in 14 for heavyweight boxing title

1899-06-09

james j jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1899-11-03

james j jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title

1900-04-06

james j jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1900-04-30

165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match

1900-05-11

james j jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title

1901-11-15

james j jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in San Francisco

1902-07-25

james j jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1903-08-14

james j jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1904-08-25

james j jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1905-05-13

james j jeffries retires as boxing champion

1905-07-03

Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1906-02-23

Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title

1906-10-02

Tommy Burns KOs Jim Burns in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1906-11-28

Tommy Burns & Jack O'Brien fight to a draw in 20 for hw boxing title

1907-05-08

Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title

1907-07-04

Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1907-12-02

Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1907-12-07

Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring

1908-02-10

Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title

1908-03-17

Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1908-04-18

Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1908-06-13

Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1908-08-24

Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1908-09-02

Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1908-12-26

Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title, becomes 1st black heavyweight champion

1909-05-19

Jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title

1909-06-30

Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to no decision in 6 for hw boxing title

1909-09-09

Jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title

1909-10-16

Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1910-07-04

Jack Johnson KOs james j jeffries in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1912-07-04

Jack Johnson TKOs Jim Flynn in 9 for heavyweight boxing title

1913-12-19

Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1914-06-27

Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title

1915-04-05

Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title

1915-12-14

Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion

1916-03-25

Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for boxing title

1916-03-25

Women are allowed to attend a boxing match

1920-09-06

Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight

1920-12-14

Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC

1921-04-11

KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)

1921-07-02

Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier)

1922-05-23

Harry Greb gave Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat

1923-07-04

Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1923-09-14

Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1923-10-04

Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hrs). Referee overturns decision

1923-10-19

Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks

1924-11-04

California legalizes professional boxing (illegal since 1914)

1926-09-23

Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1927-09-22

Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1928-07-26

Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1930-06-12

Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a foul in 4 for heavyweight boxing title

1931-07-03

Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1932-02-15

US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)

1932-06-21

Jack Sharkey beats Max Schmeling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1933-06-29

Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1933-08-23

1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton & Laurie Raiteri in London

1933-10-22

Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1934-03-01

Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1935-06-13

James J Braddock beats Max Baer in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1935-07-02

Great Britain boxing team beat US team in 1st international Golden Gloves

1936-04-03

Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds

1937-06-22

Joe Louis KOs James J Braddock in 18 for heavyweight boxing title

1937-08-30

Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1938-02-23

Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann in 3 for heavyweight boxing title

1938-04-01

Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1938-08-17

Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship

1939-01-25

Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1939-04-17

Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1939-06-01

1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer

1939-06-28

Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title

1939-09-20

Joe Louis KOs Bob Pastor in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1940-02-09

Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1940-03-29

Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title

1940-06-20

Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1940-12-16

Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago

1941-01-31

Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1941-02-17

Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1941-03-21

Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1941-04-08

Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title

1941-05-23

Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

1941-06-18

Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1941-09-29

Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1942-01-09

Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1942-03-27

Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (NYC)

1942-10-16

Natl Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services

1946-06-09

Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1946-06-19

1st TV sports/boxing spectacular-Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn

1946-09-18

Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1947-12-05

Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1948-06-25

Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1949-02-11

Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title

1949-03-01

Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ

1949-06-22

Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title

1949-08-10

Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1949-10-14

Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1949-12-05

Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title

1950-08-05

Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title

1950-08-15

Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title

1950-08-25

Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title

1950-09-27

Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1950-12-05

Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1951-01-12

Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1951-03-07

Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title

1951-05-30

Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1952-01-09

Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title

1952-03-09

Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title

1952-06-05

1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing

1952-06-05

Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavy weight boxing title

1952-09-23

Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1953-01-11

J. Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club

1953-09-15

Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner)

1953-09-24

Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1954-06-17

Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1954-08-05

Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers

1954-09-17

Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1955-05-16

Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title

1955-09-21

Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title

1955-12-06

NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing

1956-04-27

Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing

1956-08-06

After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena.

1956-11-30

Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1957-07-29

Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1957-08-22

Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1958-03-25

Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times

1958-08-18

Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1959-05-01

Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1959-05-25

US Supreme Courtt rules Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional

1959-06-26

Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavyweight boxing title

1960-01-11

Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts

1960-01-22

Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title

1960-06-20

Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1961-03-13

Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1961-12-04

Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title

1963-07-22

Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1965-03-05

Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1965-05-25

Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title rematch

1965-11-01

Ernie Terrel beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing

1965-11-22

Muhammad Ali TKOs Floyd Patterson in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1966-03-29

Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1966-05-21

Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1966-06-28

Ernie Terrel beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title

1966-08-05

Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title

1966-08-06

Muhammad Ali KOs Brian London in 3 for heavyweight boxing title

1966-09-10

Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1967-02-06

Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1967-03-22

Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

1967-04-28

Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title

1967-05-13

Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries

1968-03-04

Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1968-06-24

Joe Frazier TKOs Manuel Ramos in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1968-09-14

Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1968-10-26

George Foreman wins gold for USA at Mexico Olympic games (Heavyweight boxing)

1968-12-10

Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1969-04-22

Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1969-06-23

Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1970-02-16

Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1970-11-18

Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1971-03-08

Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains heavyweight boxing title at Madison Sq Garden

1972-05-26

Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1973-01-22

George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1973-09-01

George Foreman KOs Jose "King" Roman in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1974-03-26

George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title in Caracas, Venezuela

1975-03-24

Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1975-05-16

Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1975-07-01

Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1975-10-01

Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for heavyweight boxing title in "The Thrilla in Manila"

1976-02-20

Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1976-04-30

Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1976-05-24

Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title in Munich

1976-09-28

Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1977-05-16

Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1977-09-29

Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1978-02-15

Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1978-06-09

Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1978-09-15

Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1978-11-10

Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

1979-03-23

Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

1979-06-22

Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1979-09-28

Larry Holmes TKOs Earnie Shavers in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1979-10-20

John Tate beats Gerrie Coetze in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1980-02-03

Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1980-03-31

Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1980-03-31

Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1980-07-07

Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

1980-09-27

Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.

1980-10-02

Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1980-10-25

Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1981-04-11

Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1981-06-12

Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title

1981-10-03

Mike Weaver beats Quick Tillis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1981-11-06

Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1982-06-11

Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1982-11-13

A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada, ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim. Kim's death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.

1982-11-18

Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.

1983-01-13

AMA urges ban on boxing sites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition

1983-02-13

World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds

1983-03-27

Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1983-05-20

Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1983-05-20

Michael Dokes & Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for hw boxing title

1983-09-10

Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1983-09-23

Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1983-11-25

Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1984-03-09

Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1984-08-31

Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1984-11-09

Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1984-12-01

Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title

1985-03-15

Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1985-04-29

Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1985-05-20

Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1985-06-15

Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1985-09-21

Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion

1986-01-17

Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1986-02-09

Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title

1986-03-22

HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament

1986-03-22

Trevor Berbick beats Pinklon Thomas in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1986-04-19

Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1986-07-19

Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1986-09-06

Michael Spinks TKOs Steffen Tangstad in 4 for heavyweight boxing title

1986-11-22

Mike Tyson KOs Trevor Berbick in 2 for heavyweight WBC boxing title

1987-03-07

Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1987-05-30

Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1987-05-30

Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1987-06-15

Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1987-08-01

Mike Tyson beat Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1987-08-17

Mohammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame

1987-10-16

Mike Tyson TKOs Tyrell Biggs in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

1987-10-29

Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title

1988-01-22

Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4 for heavyweight boxing title

1988-03-20

Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1989-02-25

Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1989-07-21

Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title

1990-02-11

James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 to win heavyweight boxing crown

1990-10-25

Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for heavyweight boxing title

1991-04-19

Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1991-06-08

Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds

1991-11-23

Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

1992-05-13

Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show

1992-06-19

Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1992-11-13

Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1993-02-06

Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1993-05-08

Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1993-05-22

Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1993-10-01

Lennox Lewis TKOs Frank Bruno in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

1993-11-06

Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1994-04-22

Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1994-05-06

Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1994-08-20

Vuyani Bungu, the South African junior feartherweight, wins IBF World Boxing Title

1994-09-25

Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1994-11-05

George Foreman (45) KOs Michael Moorer to win boxing HW championship

1995-03-04

George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker

1995-04-08

Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1995-04-22

George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in Las Vegas

1995-06-29

George Foreman loses IBF boxing title for refusing to re-fight Axel Schulz

1995-08-19

Bruce Seldon TKOs Joe Hipp in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1995-09-02

Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1996-04-08

Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title

1996-06-22

Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavyweight boxing title

1997-07-09

Mike Tyson is banned from boxing for biting Holyfield's ear

2002-06-21

Lennox Lewis retains boxing's WBC world Heavyweight crown with an eight round knockout over Mike Tyson

2005-12-26

Boxing Day shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto.

2013-07-15

18 people are killed and 47 are injured in a riot following a boxing match in Indonesia

2013-10-12

Timothy Bradley defeats Juan Manuel Márquez to win the WBA Welterweight boxing title

2013-11-23

Filipino Manny Pacquiao defeats American Brandon Rios to win the World Boxing Organization International Welterweight title

2014-04-13

Manny Pacquiao defeats Timothy Bradley to regain his WBO welterweight boxing title

1843-02-12

John Graham Chambers, English athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing (d. 1883)

1856-05-13

Tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. 1938)

1858-10-15

John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ (1882-92)

1863-05-26

Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)

1866-03-24

Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer

1866-03-24

Jack McAuliffe, Boxing

1870-04-21

David Craig Montgomery, Dancing Boxing Match, Montgomery and Stone

1876-05-26

Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion

1878-03-31

Jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)

1880-03-10

Michael Jacobs, NYC, boxing promoter

1881-9-10

Ed Martin, Ruhlin Boxing with 'Denver' Ed. Martin

1884-02-22

Abraham "Abe" Attell, boxing hall of famer

1887-09-14

Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ (1908-10)

1889-04-18

John Kilbane, US, featherweight boxing champ (1912-23)

1895-06-24

Jack Dempsey, "Manassa Mauler", heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26)

1896-04-07

Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25)

1898-05-25

Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30)

1901-07-13

Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight boxing champ (1922-26)

1901-08-01

Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (d. 1925)

1904-09-06

Maxie Rosenbloom, NYC, light heavyweight boxing champ (1930-34)

1905-09-28

Max Schmeling, Klein Luckow, Province of Pomerania, German world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32)

1907-09-26

Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, European Boxing Champ (Oly-silver-1928)

1908-01-17

Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager (d. 1985)

1909-02-11

Max Baer, Omaha, Nebraska, American heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35)

1909-12-23

Barney Ross, NYC, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934)

1911-08-09

Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (d. 2001)

1912-12-22

Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles (1938)

1913-12-13

Archie Moore, Benoit, Mississippi, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60), (d. 1998)

1914-01-31

Jersey Joe Walcott, Merchantville New Jersey, heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52)

1914-05-13

Joe Louis, Lafayette Alabama, world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49)

1915-02-22

Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ (1947 fight of year)

1918-11-21

Dannie Mac Grant, Boxing Gloves

1920-04-09

F Don Miller, Racine Wisc, Boxing coach (Olympic-1956)

1921-07-07

Ezzard Charles, Lawrenceville Georgia, world heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51)

1921-07-10

Jake LaMotta, Bronx New York, middleweight boxing champ (1949-51) (Raging Bull)

1921-08-30

Angelo Dundee [Angelo Mirena], Philadelphia, boxing trainer and cornerman (Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman), (d. 2012)

1922-05-28

Lou Duva, American boxing trainer

1923-10-12

Goody Petronelli, American boxing trainer and manager

1926-03-04

Pascual Pérez (boxing), Argentine flyweight boxer (d. 1977)

1931-02-11

Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator (Showtime)

1931-08-20

Don King, boxing promoter best known for his association with Mike Tyson and for his unusual hairstyles

1932-09-22

Ingemar Johansson, Sweden, world heavyweight boxing champ (1952)

1934-06-26

John V Tunney, heavyweight boxing champion/(Rep/Sen-D-California)

1936-05-09

Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ (1961-62)

1936-11-12

Mills Lane, American judge and boxing referee

1940-02-24

Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ (1968-70)

1942-01-17

Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], Louisville Kentucky, heavyweight boxing champion (1964-7 74-8)

1944-06-05

Chris Finnegan, UK, middleweight boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1968)

1944-11-02

Michael Buffer, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2

1945-05-26

Larry Sugar, Boxing Helena

1945-08-09

Ken Norton, heavyweight boxing champ/TV panelist (Gong Show)

1947-11-16

Ebby Thust, German boxing promoter and writer

1949-01-10

George Foreman, Marshall Texas, American World Heavyweight boxing champ (1973-74, 95)

1949-11-03

Larry Holmes, Cuthbert Georgia, heavyweight boxing champ (1978-85)

1951-11-07

Dan Duva, boxing promoter/producer (Howard Stern New Years Party)

1952-05-23

"Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, NJ, middleweight boxing champ (1982-83)

1953-07-11

Leon Spinks, St. Louis Missouri, heavyweight boxing champ (1978, Olympic-gold-1976)

1955-05-16

Olga Korbut, Celebrity Boxing 2

1956-07-29

Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator

1957-02-15

Steve Farhood, American boxing historian and analyst

1960-04-22

Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ (1986)

1960-05-17

Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter

1962-04-16

Kevin Lazzari, The Boxing Day Classic

1962-10-16

Manute Bol, Celebrity Boxing 2

1965-09-02

Lennox Lewis, London England, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1988, WBC boxing champ)

1966-05-03

M-16 [Ernest Mateen], Brooklyn New York, Cruiserweight boxing champion, (d. 2012)

1966-06-30

"Iron" Mike Tyson, NY, youngest heavyweight boxing champ (1986-90)

1967-08-10

Riddick Bowe, Brooklyn New York, HW boxing champ (Olympic-silver-1988)

1967-11-12

Michael Moorer, Brooklyn New York, boxing heavyweight champ (defeated Holyfield-1994)

1968-02-03

Marque Henri, Boxing

1971-01-27

Chris Rose, Celebrity Boxing

1971-04-26

Julian Walker, Chess Boxing

1972-02-28

Tarick Salmaci, Celebrity Boxing

1973-05-28

Temple Brown, Boxing's Been Good to Me

1975-03-07

Edo Walker, Shadow Boxing

1975-11-23

Wendy Augustine, Perfect 10 Model Boxing

1976-02-15

Mike Gargiulo, Boxing's Been Good to Me

1976-10-16

Freeda Foreman, Boxing Luanne

1979-07-15

Ashley Degenford, Perfect 10 Model Boxing

1983-01-23

George Foreman III, Boxing

1984-9-06

Adam Perly, Boxing Will

1987-01-16

Matt Berry, Boxing Helena

1916-10-09

Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (21) weds Maxine Gates in Farmington, Utah

1925-02-07

Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (29) weds actress Estelle Taylor (30)

1933-07-18

Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (38) weds broadway singer Hannah Williams (22)

1944-05-29

Boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson (23) weds Edna Mae Holly

1950-12-31

Heavyweight boxing champ Rocky Marciano (27) weds Barbara Cousins in Brockton

1956-08-21

Boxing champ Archie Moore (42) weds model Joan Hardy in Ensenada, Mexico

1965-05-25

Boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson (44) weds Millie Bruce in Los Angeles

1986-11-19

Hall of Famer boxing champ Muhammad Ali (44) weds Yolanda Williams

1988-02-07

Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens

1996-10-04

Former undisputed boxing heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield (34) weds Janice Itson (34) at Glynn Wedding Chapel in nearby Fayetteville

2005-07-15

Heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis (39) weds former Miss Jamaica runner-up Violet Chang at William Knibb Memorial Baptist Church in Falmouth, Jamaica

2009-06-09

Boxing legend Mike Tyson (43) weds Lakiha Spicer (32) at La Bella Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada

1919-04-02

Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (23) divorces Maxine Gates after 2 years of marriage

1943-07-07

Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (48) divorces broadway singer Hannah Williams (32) after 10 years of marriage

1910-10-15

Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavy weight boxing champ, shot & killed

1917-04-20

David Craig Montgomery, Dancing Boxing Match, Montgomery and Stone

1918-02-02

John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59

1925-07-14

Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (b. 1901)

1930-12-19

Johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns

1933-06-03

William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88

1937-11-05

Jack McAuliffe, Boxing

1947-04-18

Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51

1954-11-22

Roderick McMahon, Professional Wrestling/Boxing Booker (b. 1882)

1959-11-21

Max Baer, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49

1963-04-04

Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18

1967-01-18

Barney Ross, welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57

1968-12-15

Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86

1970-12-30

Sonny Liston, World heavyweight boxing champion (1962-64), dies at 38

1975-05-27

Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies of ALS at 53

1976-03-06

"Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, leight heavy weight boxing champ (1930-34), dies at 71

1978-11-07

Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80

1978-11-17

James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80

1981-04-12

Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], US heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49), dies of cardiac arrest at 66

1983-05-31

Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86

1989-04-12

Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer

1992-02-12

Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies

1993-11-15

Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93

1995-01-08

Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Argentine medium weight boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52

1996-01-28

Dan Duva, boxing promoter, dies at 44

1996-09-14

Joe Elsby Martin, boxing coach, dies at 80

2001-10-10

Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (b. 1911)

2006-08-21

Dannie Mac Grant, Boxing Gloves

2008-10-23

Kevin Finnegan, British Middleweight Boxing Champion (b. 1948)

2009-01-24

Reg Gutteridge, British Boxing Journalist (b. 1924)

2009-01-30

Ingemar Johansson, Swedish heavyweight professional boxing champion of the world (b. 1932)

2009-03-02

Chris Finnegan, British Olympic Boxing Gold Medallist (b. 1944)

2010-06-19

Manute Bol, Celebrity Boxing 2

2012-02-01

Angelo Dundee, American boxing trainer and cornerman, dies at 90

2012-11-06

M-16 [Ernest Mateen], American cruiserweight boxing champion, dies at 46

2012-11-07

Carmen Basilio [Carmine], American world welter and middleweight boxing champion, dies from pneumonia at 85

2013-09-01

Tommy Morrison, American heavyweight boxing champion and actor, dies from multiple organ failure at 44

2016-03-04

Boxing Scotland chairman Richard Thomas dies, aged 45

2016-07-23

Former British boxing champion Des Rea dies aged 72

2017-06-13

British boxing legend Errol Christie dies, aged 53

2017-06-19

Former UFC fighter Tim Hague dies aged 34 after knockout in boxing fight