May 18:
1916: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. Ted “Kid” Lewis ND 10 Mike Gibbons.
1946: Hollywood, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Manuel Ortiz KO 5 Kenny Lindsay. Retains title.
1951: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Kid Gavilan W 15 Johnny Bratton. Wins title.
1953: Tokyo, Japan. World Flyweight Championship. Yoshio Shirai W 15 Tanny Campo. Retains title.
1956: Los Angeles, CA. World Middleweight Championship. Sugar Ray Robinson KO 4 Carl (Bobo) Olson. Retains title.
1963: Quezon City, The Phillipines. World Bantamweight Championship.Eder Jofre KO 12 Johnny Jamito. Retains title.
1973: Marvin Hagler makes his professional debut at Brockton High School Gymnasium, Brockton, MA. Marvin Hagler KO 2 Terry Ryan.
1976: Tokyo, Japan. World Super Welterweight Championship. Jose Duran KO 14 Koichi Wajima. Wins title.
1980: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Flyweight Championship. Shoji Oguma KO 9 Chan Hee Park. Regains title.
1983: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Super Lightweight Championship. Bruce Curry W 12 Leroy Haley. Wins title.
1986: Taegu, South Korea. IBF Featherweight Championship. Ki Yung Chung W 15 Richard Savage. Retains title.
1991: Verbania, Italy. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Darrin Van Horn KO 11 Lindell Holmes. Wins title.
1991: Reno, NV. WBO World Super Lightweight Championship. Hector Camacho W 12 Greg Haugen. Regains title.
1991: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Flyweight Championship. Muangchai Kittikasem KO 12 Jung Koo Chan. Retains title.
1996: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Welterweight Championship. Felix “Tito” Trinidad KO 5 Fred Pendleton. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.
1996: Melbourne, Australia. Retains IBF Lightweight Championship. Phillip Holiday KO 2 Jeff Fenech. Retains title.
1996: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Featherweight Championship. Wilfredo Vasquez KO 11 Eloy Rojas, Las Vegas. Wins title.
1996: Yala, Thailand. IBF Strawweight Championship. Ratanapol Sow Voraphin W 12 Jun Arlos. Wins title.
2002: Las Vegas, NV. World Super Lightweight Championship. Kostya Tszyu W 12 Ben Tackie. Retains title.
2002: Uncasville, Connecticut. Mickey Ward W 10 Arturo Gatti, Uncasville, CT. Fight of the year!
— 2002 Boxing Writers Association of America Fight of the Year —
— 2002 Ring Magazine Fight of the Year —
— 2002 Ring Magazine Round of the Year – Round 9 —
— 2002 USA Today Round of the Year – Round 9 —
2002: Saitama, Japan. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Osamu Sato KO 8 Yoddamrong Sithyodthong. Wins title.
May 19:
1909: Philadelphia, PA. Jack Johnson ND 6 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien.
1933: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Kid Chocolate W 15 Seaman Tom Watson. Retains title.
1941: Milwaukee, WI. NBA Featherweight Championship. Petey Scalzo D 15 Phil Zwick. Retains title.
1952: Tokyo, Japan. World Flyweight Championship. Yoshio Shirai W 15 Dado Marino. Wins title.
1957: Cologne, Germany. Laszlo Papp’s pro dubut W 4 Alois Brand.
1967: Dallas, TX. World Welterweight Championship. Curtis Cokes KO 10 Francois Pavilla. Retains title.
1972: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Featherweight Championship. Clemente Sanchez KO 3 Kuniaki Shibata. Wins title.
1973: Panama City, Panama. World Super Lightweight Championship. Antonio “Kid Pambele” Cervantes KO 5 Alfonzo “Peppermint” Frazer. Retains title.
1984: Daejon, South Korea. IBF Flyweight Championship. Soon Chun Kwon W 15 Ian Clyde.Retains title.
1984: Maracaibo, Venezuela. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Francisco Quiroz KO 9 Lupe Madera. Wins title.
1985: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBA Super Featherweight Championship. Wilfredo Gomez W 15 Rocky Lockridge. Wins title.
1990: Las Vegas, NV. WBC-IBF Lightweight Championship. Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker W 12 Azumah Nelson. Retains title.
1991: Shizuoka, Japan. WBC Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Kimio Hirano. Retains title.
2000: Udon Thani, Thailand. Wins WBC Flyweight Championship. Malcolm Tunacao KO 7 Medgoen Singsurat. Wins title.
2007: Memphis, TN. World Middleweight Championship. Jermain Taylor W 12 Cory Spinks. Retains title.
2007: Memphis, TN. Kelly Pavlik KO 7 Edison Miranda.
2007: Guadalajara, Mexico. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Ulises Solis KO 9 Jose Aguirre. Retains title.
2012: TKT Box Tour Arena, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. IBF Junior Bantamweight Championship. Juan Carlos Sanchez W 12 Juan Alberto Rosas. Retains title.
May 20
1926: Scranton, PA. World Welterweight Championship. Pete Latzo W 10 Mickey Walker. Wins title.
1929: Los Angeles, CA. World Super Featherweight Championship. Tod Morgan W 10 Baby Sal Sorio. Retains title.
1932: Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois. Billy Petrolle W 10 Battling Battalino.
1940: Baltimore, Maryland. World Featherweight Championship. Harry Jeffra W 15 Joey Archibald. Wins title.
1946: Pittsburgh, PA. Ezzard Charles W 10 Archie Moore.
1978: Inglewood, CA. WBA Welterweight Championship. Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Billy Backus. Retains title.
1979: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Flyweight Championship. Chan Hee Park W 15 Riki Igarishi. Retains title.
1983: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Heavyweight Championship. Michael Dokes D 15 Mike Weaver. Retains title.
1983: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes W 12 Tim Witherspoon. Retains title.
1983: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Randy Stephens. Retains title.
1985: Reno, NV. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes W 15 Carl Williams Retains title.
1988: Bucaramanga, Columbia, IBF Super Bantamweight Jose Sanabria KO 6 Moises Fuentes. Wins title.
1990: Reno, NV. IBF Super Featherweight Championship. Tony “The Tiger” Lopez W 12 John-John Molina. Regains title.
1991: Inglewood, CA. Greg Richardson W 12 Victor Rabanales. Retains title.
1995: Atlantic City, NJ. Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield W 10 Ray Mercer.
1995: Hamburg, Germany. Dariusz Michalczewski KO 4 Paul Carlo.
1995: Chiang Mai, Thailand. IBF Strawweight Championship. Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 2 Oscar Flores. Retains title.
2000: Tunica, Mississippi. WBA Middleweight Championship. William Joppy KO 1 Rito Ruvalcaba. Retains title.
2000: Tunica, Mississippi. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Julio Gamboa D 12 Felix Machado.
2001: Seoul, South Korea. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Masamori Tokuyama KO 5 In Joo Cho. Retains title.
2005: Hollywood, FL. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. O’Neil Bell W 12 Dale Brown. Wins title.
2006: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Super Featherweight Championship. Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Rocky Juarez. Retains title.
2006: Los Angeles, CA. Jorge Barrios KO 1 Janos Nagy.
2006: Panama City, Panama. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Roberto Vasquez W 12 Noel Arambulet. Retains title.
May 21
1891: San Francisco, CA. James J. Corbett D 61 Peter Jackson.
1912: Boston, Mass. World Featherweight Championship. Johnny Kilbane D 12 Jimmy Walsh. Retains title.
1925: London, England. Jack “Kid” Berg KO 10 Kid Lewis.
1933: New Orleans, Louisiana. World Super Lightweight Championship. Tony Canzoneri W 10 Battling Shaw. Regains title.
1943: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. New York World Lightweight Championship. Bob Montgomery W 15 Beau Jack. Wins title.
1966: London, England. World Heavyweight Championship. Muhammad Ali KO 6 Henry Cooper. Retains title.
1966: Flushing, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Jose Torres W 15 Wayne Thornton. Retains title.
1977: Monte Carlo, France. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Miguel Angel Cuello KO 9 Jesse Burnett. Wins vacant title.
1977: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Gomez KO 12 Dong Kyun Yum. Wins title.
1989: Phoenix, Arizona. IBF Featherweight Championship. Jorge Paez D 12 Louie Espinosa. Retains title.
1993: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Jae-Shin Lim. Retains title.
1994: Belfast, Ireland. WBO World Super-Middleweight Championship Chris Eubank W 12 Ray Close. Retains title.
1994: Belfast, Ireland. WBA Super Welterweight Championship. Julio Cesar Vasquez KO 10 Ahmet Dottuev. Retains title.
1994: Hammanskraal, South Africa. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Julio Cesar Borboa KO 9 Jaji Sibali. Retains title.
1996: Osaka, Japan. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Keiji Yamaguchi W 12 Carlos Murillo. Wins title.
1999: Sara Buri, Thailand. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Veerapol Sahaprom KO 5 Mauro Blanc. Retains title.
2000: Kansas City, Missouri. WBA Super Featherweight Championship. Joel Casamayor KO 5 Jong-Kwon Baek. Wins title.
2005: Chicago, IL. Lamon Brewster KO 1 Andrew Golota.
2005: Chicago, IL. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Tomasz Adamek W 12 Paul Briggs. Wins vacant title.
2011: Bell Centre , Montreal, Canada. WBC World Light Heavyweight. Bernard Hopkins W12 Jean Pascal. Wins title.
May 22
1905: Philadelphia, PA. Abe Attell ND 6 Battling Nelson.
1929: New York Coliseum, Bronx, NY. Kid Chocolate W 10 Fidel LaBarba.
1931: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Battling Battalino W 15 Fidel LaBarba.. Retains title.
1941: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. NBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Gus Lesnevich W 15 Anton Christoforidis. Wins title.
1976: Johannesburg, South Africa. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship.Victor Galindez KO 15 Richie Kates. Retains title.
1976: Erie, PA. World Lightweight Championship. Roberto Duran KO 14 Lou Bizzarro. Retains title.
1977: Sapporo, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Championship.Yoko Gushiken W 15 Rigoberto Marcano. Retains title.
1982: Las Vegas, NV. World Lightweight Championship. Alexis Arguello KO 5 Andrew Ganigan. Retains title.
1992: Mexico City, Mexico. IBF Super Lightweight Championship. Rafael Pineda KO 7 Clarence Coleman. Retains title.
1993: Washington D.C. World Heavyweight Championship. Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe KO 2 Jesse Ferguson. Retains title.
1993: Washington, D.C. IBF Middleweight Championship. Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Bernard Hopkins.Wins title.
1993: Mexico City, Mexico. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Julio Cesar Borboa W 12 Joel Luna Zarate. Retains title.
1999: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Welterweight Championship. Oscar De La Hoya KO 11 Oba Carr. Retains title.
1999: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Super Featherweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather KO 9 Justin Juuko. Retains title.
2004: Carnival City, South Africa. Jean-Marc Mormeck W 12 Virgil Hill. Retains title.
May 23
1922: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. American Light Heavyweight Championship. Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney. Wins title. Tunney lost nearly two quarts of blood during a bloody battle that opened cuts on his mouth, both eyes, and broken nose.
1940: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Ken Overlin W 15 Ceferino Garcia, NYC. Wins title.
1941: Washington D.C. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis W disq. 7 Buddy Baer. Retains title.
1960: Tokyo, Japan. World Bantamweight Championship. Jose Becerra D 15 Kenji Yonekura. Retains title.
1970: Umag, Yugoslavia. World Middleweight Championship. Nino Benvenuti KO 8 Tom Bethea. Retains title.
1981: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Super Welterweight Championship. Wilfred Benitez KO 12 Maurice Hope. Wins title.
1986: Melbourne, Australia. IBF Super Featherweight Championship. Barry Michael KO 4 Mark Fernandez. Retains title.
1987: Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Leslie Stewart KO 9 Marvin Johnson. Wins title.
1988: Suanbo, South Korea. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Fulgencio Obelmejias W 12 Chong Pal Park, Wins title.
2009: Monterrey, Mexico. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Toshiaki Nishioka KO 3 Jhonny Gonzalez. Retains title.
May 24:
1901: Toronto, Canada. World Welterweight Championship. James “Rube” Ferns KO 10 Matty Matthews. Regains title.
1907: Los Angeles, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell W 20 Kid Solomon. Retains title.
1928: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. World Super Featherweight Championship. Tod Morgan W 15 Cannonball Martin. Retains title.
1940: Boston, MA. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong KO 5 Ralph Zanelli. Retains title.
1954: Tokyo, Japan. World Flyweight Championship.Yoshio Shirai W 15 Leo Espinosa. Retains title.
1958: Brooklyn, New York. Jose Torres’ pro debut KO 1 Gene Hamilton.
1968: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster KO 4 Dick Tiger. Wins title.
1969: West Springfield, MA. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster KO 4 Andy Kendall. Retains title.
1976: Munich, Germany. World Heavyweight Championship. Muhammad Ali KO 5 Richard Dunn. Retains title.
1986: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBA Super Featherweight Championship. Alfredo Layne KO 9 Wilfredo Gomez. Wins title.
1987: Moriguchi, Japan. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Chan Young Park KO 11 Takuya Muguruma. Wins title.
1995: Yokohama, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Yokohama Hiroshi Kawashima W 12 Seung Koo Lee. Retains title.
1996: Sydney, Australia. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Championship. Kostya Tzyu KO 4 Corey Johnson. Retains title.
1997: Suwon, South Korea. WBA Super Featherweight Yong-Soo Choi W 12 Koji Matsumoto, Suwon. Retains title.
2008: Manchester, England. World Super Lightweight Ricky Hatton W 12 Juan Lazcano, Retains title.
2008: Manchester, England. IBF Super Lightweight Paul Malingnaggi W 12 Lovemore Ndou. Retains title.
2014: Acapulco, Mexico. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Jhonny Gonzalez w td 10 Clive Atwell. Retains title.
2014: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada. WBC World Light Heavyweight Championship. Adonis Stevenson W 12 Andrzej Fonfara. Retains title.
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