May 25
1939: London, England. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong W 15 Ernie Roderick. Retains title.
1942: Pittsburgh, PA. Ezzard Charles W 10 Charley Burley.
1948: Los Angeles, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Ike Williams W 15 Enrique Bolanos. Retains title.
1951: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Jimmy Carter KO 14 Ike Williams. Wins title.
1965: Lewiston, ME. World Heavyweight Championship. Muhammad Ali KO 1 Sonny Liston. Retains title.
1968: Milan, Italy. World Super Welterweight Championship. Sandro Mazzinghi W 15 Ki Soo Kim, Regains title.
1972: Omaha, Nebraska. World Heavyweight Championship. “Smokin” Joe Frazier KO 5 Ron Stander, Omaha. Retains title.
1974: Monte Carlo, France. WBC Middleweight Championship. Rodrigo Valdez KO 7 Bennie Briscoe, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant title.
1974: Mexico City. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Rafael Herrera KO 6 Romeo Anaya, Mexico City. Retains title.
1975: Monterrey, Mexico. WBC Flyweight Championship. Miguel Canto W 15 Betulio Gonzalez. Retains title.
1996: Leipzig, Germany. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Henry Maske W 12 John Scully.. Retains title.
2000: Mendoza, Argentina. WBA Featherweight Championship. Freddy Norwood W 12 Julio Pablo Chacon. Retains title.
2013: London, England. WBA – IBF World Super Middleweight Championships Carl Froch W12 Mikkel Kessler. Retains IBF title and Wins WBA Super Middleweight title.
May 26
1900: Brooklyn, New York. World Bantamweight Championship. Dan Dougherty W 20 Tommy Feltz, Brooklyn. Wins title.
1932: Detroit, Michigan. NBA Featherweight Championship. Tommy Paul W 15 Johnny Pena. Wins title.
1943: Long Beach, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Manuel Ortiz W 15 Joe Robleto. Retains title.
1969: Dick Tiger W 10 Nino Benvenuti, NYC.
1984: Miami Beach, Florida. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Jaime Garza KO 3 Felipe Orozco. Retains title.
1984: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Victor Callejas KO 8 Loris Stecca. Wins Title.
1984: Miami Beach, Florida. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Albert Davila KO 11 Enrique Sanchez. Retains title.
1984: Wonju, South Korea. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Joo Do Chun KO 6 Felix Marquez, Retains title.
1990: Cartagena, Colombia. Vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Luis Mendoza D 12 Ruben Palacios. Draw.
2001: , Grand Rapids, MI. WBC Super Featherweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather W 12 Carlos Hernandez. Retains title.
2007: Slaskie, Poland. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Steve Cunningham W 12 Krzysztof Wlodarcyz. Wins title.
2007: Bamberg, Germany. IBF Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham KO 3 Sebastien Demers. Retains title.
2009: Uttaradit, Thailand. WBA Flyweight Championship. Denkaosan Kaovichit W 12 Hiroyuki Hisataka. Retains title.
2009: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Daisuke Naito W 12 Xiong Zhao Zhong. Retains title.
2014: Macao, SAR, China. IBF Featherweight Championship. Evgeny Gradovich W12 Alexander Miskirtchian, Retains title.
2012: Nottingham, England. IBF World Super Middleweight Championship. Carl Froch W5 Lucian Bute. Wins title.
May 27
1929: Baltimore, Maryland. World Featherweight Championship.Andre Routis KO 3 Buster Brown. Retains title.
1931: New York City. NY. Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Billy Petrolle.
1960: Las Vegas, NV. World Welterweight Championship Benny “Kid” Paret W 15 Don Jordan. Wins title.
1978: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Welterweight Championship. Carlos Palomino W 15 Armando Muniz. Retains title.
1983: Providence, RI. World Middleweight Championship. Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 4 Wilford Scypion. Retains title.
1984: Maracaibo, Venezuela. WBA Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Angel Levy Mayor. Retains title.
1989: Bismark, ND. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship.Virgil Hill KO 7 Joe Lasisi. Retains title.
1994: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Middleweight Championship. Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Thomas Tate. Retains title.
1994: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Lightweight Championship. Rafael Ruelas KO 3 Mike Evgen. Retains title.
1994: Las Vegas, NV. Oscar De La Hoya KO 3 Giorgio Campanella.
1995: Dortmund, Germany. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Henry Maske W 12 Graciano Rocchigiani. Wins title.
1995: Fort Lauderdale, Florida. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Frankie Liles KO 6 Frederic Seillier. Retains title.
1995: Fort Lauderdale, Florida. WBA Middleweight Championship. Jorge Castro KO 12 Anthony Andrews. Retains title.
1995: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Featherweight Championship. Eloy Rojas W 12 Kyun-Yung Park. Retains title.
1995: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Bantamweight Championship.Daorung MP Petroleum D 12 Lakhin CP Gym. Retains title.
2004: Clermont-Ferrand, France. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Mahyar Monshipour KO 8 Salim Medjkkoune. Retains title.
May 28
1917: Manhattan, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Benny Leonard KO 9 Freddie Welsh. Wins title.
1927: Vancouver, Canada. World Super Featherweight Championship. Tod Morgan W 12 Vic Foley. Retains title.
1929: Los Angeles, CA. World Super Lightweight Championship. Mushy Callahan KO 3 Fred Mahan. Retains title.
1934: Long Island, NY.World Welterweight Championship. Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin. Wins title.
1935: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin. Regains title.
1941: Chicago, IL. NBA Middleweight Championship. Tony Zale KO 2 Al Hostak. Retains title.
1942: New York City, NY. Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Marty Servo.
1962: Los Angeles, CA. Archie Moore D 10 Willie Pastrano.
1988: Tijuana, Mexico. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Juan Jose Estrada W 12 Bernardo Pinango. Wins title.
1989: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. In Chul Baek KO 11 Fulgencio Obelmejies. Wins title.
1993: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Jung-Il Byun W 12 Josefino Suarez. Retains title.
1995: South Padre Island, TX. IBF Featherweight Championship. Tom “Boom Boom” Johnson W 12 Eddie Croft. Retains title.
2005: Los Angeles, CA. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Rafael Marquez W 12 Ricardo Vargas. Retains title.
May 29
1900: Chicago, Illinois. Kid McCoy W 6 Tommy Ryan.
1901: World Featherweight Championship. “Terrible” Terry McGovern KO 5 Aurelio Herrera, San Francisco. Retains title.
1905: London, England. World Bantamweight Championship. Joe Bowker W 20 Pinky Evans. Retains title.
1909: Colma, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Battling Nelson KO 23 Dick Hyland. Retains title.
1913: Pittsburgh, PA. Harry Greb pro debut: Harry Greb ND 6 Frank Kirkwood.
1914: Indianapolis, Indiana. Jack Dillon ND 10 Battling Levinsky.
1933: Los Angeles, CA. Wins World Welterweight Championship. Jimmy McLarnin KO 1 Young Corbett III. Wins title.
1977: Okinawa, Japan. WBA Featherweight Championship. Rafael Ortega W 15 Yasutsune Uehara. Retains title.
1982: Las Vegas, NV. Regains WBC Super Featherweight Championship. Rafael “Bazooka” Limon KO 12 Rolando Navarette. Regains title.
1988: Port of Spain, Trinidad. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Don LaLonde KO 5 Leslie Stewart. Retains title.
1988: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Daniel Zaragoza D 12 Seung Hoon Lee. Retains title.
1998: Pesaro, Italy. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Reggie Johnson W 12 Ole Klemetsen. Retains title.
1998: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Flyweight Championship. Hugo Soto W 12 Jose Bonilla. Wins title.
1999: San Juan, Puerto Rico. IBF Welterweight Championship. Felix “Tito” Trinidad KO 4 Hugo Pineda. Retains title.
1999: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBA Featherweight Championship. Freddy Norwood W 12 Antonio Cermeno. Regains title.
1999: Hammanskraal, South Africa. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Lehlo Ledwaba W 12 John Michael Johnson. Wins title.
1999: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBA Flyweight Championship. Leo Gamez KO 8 Josue Dickie Camacho. Retains title.
2009: Phuket, Thailand. WBC Strawweight Championship. Oleydong Sithsamerchai W11 Muhammad Rachman, Retains title.
2010: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Vazquez W10 Zsolt Bedak. Retains title.
2010: Gelsenkirchen, Germany. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Vitali Klitschko W10 Albert Sosnowski. Retains title.
May 30
1889: San Francisco, CA. James J. Corbett NC 4 Joe Choynski.
1910: London. Packey McFarland D 20 Freddie Welsh.
1923: New York City, NY. World Super Featherweight Championship. Jack Bernstein W 15 Johnny Dundee. Wins title.
1924: Brooklyn, NY. World Flyweight Championship. Pancho Villa W 15 Frankie Ash. Retains title.
1925: Bronx, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Paul Berlenbach W 15 Mike McTigue,. Wins title.
1947: Honolulu, HI. World Bantamweight Championship. Manuel Ortiz W 15 Kui Kong Young. Retains title.
1951: Chicago, IL. World Heavyweight Championship. Ezzard Charles W 15 Joey Maxim. Retains title.
1955: Tokyo, Japan. World Flyweight Championship. Pascual Perez KO 5 Yoshio Shirai. Retains title.
1962: Tokyo, Japan. World Flyweight Championship. Pone Kingpetch W 15 Kyo Noguchi. Retains title.
1971: Hiroshima, Japan. WBC Super Featherweight Championship. Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Lionel Rose. Retains title.
1981: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Super Featherweight Championship. Cornelius Boza Edwards KO 14 Bobby Chacon. Retains title.
1990: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Luisito Espinosa KO 8 Hurley Snead. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.
1991: Madrid, Spain. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Luis Mendoza KO 7 Joao Cardosa. Retains title.
1998: Atlantic City, NJ. Michael Grant KO 9 Obed Sullivan.
1998: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Super Welterweight Championship. Laurent Boudouani W 12 Guillermo Jones. Retains title.
1998: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Tim Austin KO 3 Andrian Kaspari. Retains title.
2009: Hollywood, Fla. WBC Welterweight Championship. Andre Berto W 12 Juan Urango. Retains title.
May 31
1920: Akron, Ohio. World Welterweight Championship. Jack Britton W 15 Johnny Griffiths. Retains title.
1924: Michigan City, IN. Tommy Gibbons ND 10 Georges Carpentier.
1927: Chicago, Illinois. World Super Lightweight Championship. Mushy Callahan W 10 Spug Myers. Retains title.
1938: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong W 15 Barney Ross. Wins title.
1950: Johannesburg, South Africa. World Bantamweight Championship. Vic Toweel W 15 Manuel Ortiz. Wins title.
1975: Cali, Columbia. WBC Middleweight Championship. Rodrigo Valdez KO 8 Ramon Mendez. Retains title.
1975: Granada, Nicaragua. WBA Featherweight Championship. Alexis Arguello KO 2 Rigoberto Riasco. Retains title.
1975: Bogota, Colombia. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Rodolfo Martinez KO 8 Nestor Jimenez, Bogota. Retains title.
1976: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. World Super Lightweight Championship Wilfred Benitez W 15 Emiliano Villa. Retains title.
1987: Las Vegas, NV. WBC-WBA Heavyweight Championship. Mike Tyson KO 6 Pinklon Thomas. Retains title.
1987: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Tony Tucker KO 10 James “Buster” Douglas. Wins vacant title.
1997: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Super Lightweight Championship “Cool” Vince Phillips KO 10 Kostya Tszyu. Wins title.
1997:Saman Sor Jaturong KO 4 Mzukisi Marall, Petchaboon, Thailand.
2002: Bucharest, Romania. WBA Lightweight Championship. Leonard Dorin W 12 Raul Balbi. Retains title.
2003: Tijuana, Mexico. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Edgar Carddenas KO 10 Miguel Barrera, Tijuana. Wins title.
2005: Lynwood, Illinois. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Israel Vasquez W 12 Armando. Retains title.
2006: Spokane, Washington. IBF Super Featherweight Championship. Cassius Baloyi KO 11 Manuel Medina. Wins title.
2008: Düsseldorf, Germany. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Anselmo Moreno W 12 Wladimir Sidorenko. Wins title.
2014: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC World Super Flyweight Championship. Carlos Cuadras WTD 8 Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Wins title.
2014: Macao, SAR, China. WBA Super World Featherweight Championship. Nonito Donaire WTD 4 Simpiwe Vetyeka. Wins title.
2014: Krefeld, Germany. IBF World Middleweight Championhip. Sam Soliman W12 Felix Sturm. Wins title.
2014: Wembley, London, England. WBA – IBF World Super Middleweight Championships. Carl Froch KO8 George Groves. Retains title.
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