June 8
1933: New York City, Ny. Max Baer KO 10 Max Schmeling.
1934: El Centro, CA. Freddie Miller W 10 Albert “Chalky” Wright.
1943: Boston, MA. World Featherweight Championship. Willie Pep W 15 Sal Bartolo. Retains title.
1963: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Emile Griffith W 15 Luis Rodriguez. Wins title.
1966: Darroll Wilson born in Danville, Virginia.
1985: London, England. WBA Featherweight Championship. Barry McGuigan W 15 Eusebio Pedroza. Wins title.
1989: The International Hall of Fame in Canastota opens in New York.
1996: Newcastle, England. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Frankie Liles KO 3 Tim Littles. Retains title.
2001: Baraboo, Wisconson. WBA Flyweight Championship. Eric Morel KO 8 Jose DeJesus Lopez. Retains WBA Flyweight title.
2002: Memphis, TN. World Heavyweight Championship. Lennox Lewis KO 8 Mike Tyson. Retains title.
2002: Memphis, TN. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao KO 2 Jorge Eliecer Julio. Retains title.
2005: Sydney, Australia. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Mikkel Kessler W 12 Anthony Mundine. Retains title.
2013: Montreal, Canada. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Adonis Stevenson KO1 Chad Dawson. Wins title.
June 9
1899: Coney Island, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. James J. Jeffries KO 11 Bob Fitzsimmons. Wins title.
1909: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stanley Ketchel KO 3 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien.
1914: New Orleans, Louisiana. Harry Wills ND 10 Joe Jeannette.
1914: Vernon, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Kid Williams KO 3 Johnny Coulon. Retains title.
1924: East Chicago, Indiana. Sammy Mandell ND 10 Johnny Dundee.
1951: Logan, Utah. Gene Fullmer makes pro debut. Gene Fullmer KO 1 Glen Peck.
1959: Davey Moore born in the Bronx, New York.
1978: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes W 15 Ken Norton. Wins title.
1978: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Carlos Zarate KO 4 Emilio Hernandez. Retains title.
1990: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Sung Kil Moon KO 8 Gilberto Roman. Retains title.
2001: Nuremberg, Germany. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Sven Ottke KO 11 Ali Ennebati. Retains title.
2007: Hartford, Connecticut. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Chad Dawson KO 6 Jesus Ruiz. Retains title.
2007: New York City, NY. WBA Welterweight Championship. Miguel Cotto KO 11 Zab Judah. Retains title.
2012: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO Welterweight Championship. Timothy Bradley W 12 Manny Pacquiao. Wins title.
2012: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Welterweight Championship. Randall Bailey KO11 Mike Jones. Wins title.
2014: Brooklyn, New York City. WBO Light-Middleweight Championship. Demetrius Andrade KO7 Brian Rose. Retains title.
June 10
1871: Battling Levinsky born in Philadelphia, PA.
1908: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jack Blackburn ND 6 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien.
1926: Bronx, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Paul Berlenbach W 15 Young Stribling. Retains title.
1930: Toronto, Canada. NBA Flyweight Championship. Frankie Genaro W 10 Frenchy Belanger. Retains title.
1943: Pittsburgh, PA. Jake LaMotta W 10 Fritzie Zivic.
1946: San Francisco, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Manuel Ortiz KO 11 Jackie Jurich. Retains title.
1946: Former World Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson, 68, dies in an automobile accident in Franklinton, North Carolina.
1948: Newark, NJ. World Middleweight Championship. Tony Zale KO 3 Rocky Graziano. Regains title.
1955: Syracuse, Illinois. World Welterweight Championship. Carmen Basilio KO 12 Tony DeMarco. Wins title.
1960: Boston, MA. World Middleweight Championship. Paul Pender W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson, Boston. Retains title.
1961: New York City, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Archie Moore W 15 Guilio Rinaldi. Retains title.
1967: Buenos Aires, Argentina. South American Middleweight Championship. Carlos Monzon W 12 Jorge Fernandez. Wins title.
1972: Monterrey, Mexico. World Welterweight Championship. Jose Napoles KO 2 Adolph Pruitt. Retains title.
1972: Genoa, Italy. WBC Light-Welterweight Championship. Bruno Acari KO 12 Joao Henrique. Retains title.
1984: Seoul, S. Korea. IBF Featherweight Championship. Min Keun Oh W 15 Kelvin Lampkins. Retains title.
1988: Annecy, France. IBF Light-Heavyweight Championship. Prince Charles Williams KO 11 Richard Caramanolis, Retains Title.
1990: El Paso, Texas. IBF Bantamweight Championship Orlando Canizales KO 2 Paul Gonzalez. Retains title.
1995: Kansas City, Missouri. Tommy Morrison KO 6 Razor Ruddock.
1995: Manchester, England. WBO Cruiserweight Championship. Ralf Rocchigiani KO 11 Carl Thompson. Wins Vacant Title.
1995: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO Light-Welterweight Championship. Sammy Fuentes W 12 Hector Lopez. Retains Title.
1997: Former WBA Light-Middleweight Champion Ki Soo Kim, 57, dies of liver cancer in Seoul, South Korea.
2006: Atlantic City, New Jersey. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins W 12 Antonio Tarver. Wins title.
2006: Atlantic City, New Jersey. World Super Bantamweight Championship. Israel Vasquez KO 4 Ivan Hernandez. Retains title.
June 11
1900: Brooklyn, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Terry McGovern KO 3 Tommy White. Retains title.
1922: London, England. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Georges Carpentier KO 1 Ted “Kid” Lewis. Retains title.
1930: Bronx, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Max Schmeling W DQ 4 Jack Sharkey, Bronx, NY. Wins title.
1934: Chicago, IL. Tony Zale’s pro debut. Tony Zale W 4 Eddie Allen.
1935: Liverpool, England. World Featherweight Championship. Freddie Miller W 15 Nel Tarleton. Retains title.
1943: New York City, NY. Henry Armstrong W 10 Sammy Angott.
1953: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Jimmy Carter KO 13 George Araujo. Retains title.
1980: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Lupe Pintor D 15 Eijiro Murata. Retains title.
1982: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes KO 13 Gerry Cooney. Retains title.
1982: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Super Bantamweight Wilfredo Gomez KO 10 Juan Antonio Lopez. Retains title.
1983: Taegu, South Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Jung Koo Chang KO 2 Masaharu Iha. Retains title.
1984: Andy Lee born in Bow, London, United Kingdom.
1989: Chunan, South Korea. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Myung Woo Yuh W 12 Mario DeMarco. Retains title.
1992: Bilbao, Spain. IBF Flyweight Championship. Rodolfo Blanco W 12 Dave McAuley. Wins title.
1994: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Featherweight Championship. Tom Johnson KO 12 Benny Amparo. Retains title.
1994: London, England. WBO Flyweight Championship. “Baby” Jake Matlala KO 9 Francis Ampofo. Retains Title.
2000: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Lightweight Championship. Takanori Hatakeyama KO 8 Gilberto Serrano. Wins title.
2005: Washington, D.C. Kevin McBride KO 6 Mike Tyson.
2011: Genaro Hernandez dies from cancer at age 45.
June 12
1916: New York City, NY. Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Dundee.
1933: Manchester, England. NBA Flyweight Championship. Jackie Brown W 15 Valentin Angelmann. Retains title.
1964: Las Vegas, NV. World Welterweight Championship. Emile Griffith W 15 Luis Rodriguez. Retains title.
1968: Christy Martin born.
1976: Panama City, Panama. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Rigoberto Riasco KO 10 Livio Nolasco. Retains title.
1978: Medgoen 3K-Battery born in Roi Et Province, Thailand.
1980: Randers, Denmark. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Ayub Kalule W 15 Marijan Benes, Denmark. Retains title.
1981: Detroit, MI. World Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes KO 3 Leon Spinks. Retains title.
1981: Detroit, MI. WBC Light-Welterweight Championship. Saoul Mamby W 15 Jo Kimpuani. Retains title.
1982: Atlantic City, NJ. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Michael Spinks KO 8 Jerry Celestine. Retains title.
1982: Miami Beach, FL. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Leonardo Cruz W 15 Sergio Palma. Wins title.
1984: Anchorage, Alaska. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Rocky Lockridge KO 11 Tae Jin Moon. Retains title.
1988: Ravenna, Italy. WBA Middleweight Championship. Sumbu Kalambay W 12 Robbie Sims. Retains title.
1989: Las Vegas, NV. WBO and WBC Super Middleweight Championships. Sugar Ray Leonard D 12 Thomas “Hitman” Hearns. Unification match, Leonard retains WBC title and Hearns retains WBO Title.
1992: Portland, ME. WBA Lightweight Championship. Joey Gamache KO 8 Chil Sung Chun. Wins title.
1994: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Flyweight Championship. Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Aquiles Guzman. Retains title.
1999: Wilmington, MA. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Byron Mitchell KO 11 Frankie Liles. Wins title.
2008: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Edwin Valero KO 7 Takehiro Shimada. Retains title.
2008: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Hozumi Hasegawa KO 2 Cristian Faccio. Retains title.
June 13
1908: Paris, France. World Heavyweight Championship. Tommy Burns KO 8 Bill Squires. Retains title.
1935: Long Island, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. James J. Braddock W 15 Max Baer. Wins title.
1938: Pittsburgh, PA. Charley Burley W 10 Fritzie Zivic.
1981: Boston, MA. World Middleweight Championship. Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 5 Vito Antuofermo. Retains title.
1986: New York City, NY. WBC Lightweight Championship. Hector Camacho W 12 Edwin Rosario. Retains title.
1982: Larry Ekundayo born in Lagos, Nigeria.
1986: New York City, NY. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 7 Refugio Rojas. Retains title.
1997: Oberhausen, Germany. IBF-WBA Light Heavyweight Championships. Dariusz Michalczewski W 12 Virgil Hill. Wins titles.
1998: El Paso, TX. WBC Welterweight Championship. Oscar DeLaHoya KO 3 Patrick Charpentier. Retains title.
1998: El Paso, TX. WBC Lightweight Championship. Cesar Bazan W 12 Stevie Johnston. Wins title.
1998: Atlantic City, NJ. WBA Featherweight Championship. Freddie Norwood KO 8 Genaro Rios. Retains title.
1999: Seoul, South Korea. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. In Joo Cho KO 8 Pone Saengmorakot. Retains title.
2000: Former WBC Light Middleweight Champion Duane Thomas, 39, is shot to death outside of a store in Detroit.
June 14
1934: Long Island, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Max Baer KO 11 Primo Carnera, Long Island. Wins title.
1934: Long Island, NY. James J. Braddock KO 3 Corn Griffin.
1952: Mike Weaver born in Gatesville, Texas.
1966: Wembley, England. World Flyweight Championship. Walter McGowan W 15 Salvatore Burruni. Wins title.
1977: Wembley, England. WBC Welterweight Championship. Carlos Palomino KO 11 Davey “Boy” Green. Retains title.
1986: Inchon, South Korea. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Myung Woo Yuh KO 12 Tomohiro Kiyuna. Retains title.
1991: Sacramento, CA. WBA Light-Welterweight Championship. Edwin Rosario KO 3 Loreto Garza. Wins title.
1991: Nagoya, Japan. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Kiyoshi Hatanaka. Wins title.
1997: San Antonio, Texas. WBC Welterweight Championship. Oscar DeLaHoya KO 2 David Kamau, San Antonio. Retains title.
1997: San Antonio, Texas. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Genaro Hernandez W 12 Anatoly Alexandrov. Retains title.
1997: Lapulapu City, Philippines. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Gerry Penalosa KO 9 Seung Koo Lee. Retains title.
2003: Magdeburg, Germany. WBA-IBF Super Middleweight Championships Sven Ottke W 12 Davis Starie. Retains titles.
2008: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Edgar Sosa KO 8 Takashi Kunishige. Retains title.
2008: La Paz, Mexico. IBF Strawweight Championship. Raul Garcia W 12 Florante Condes, La Paz, Mexico. Wins title.
2014: Brooklyn, New York City, New York. WBO Light-Welterweight Championship. Chris Algieri W 12 Ruslan Provodnikov. Wins title.
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