This Week in Boxing History: June 22nd – June 28th

June 22

1885: Platt’s Hall, San Francisco, California. Word Lightweight Championship. Young Mitchell KO 35 (finish) Jack Keenan.
1894: Boston, Massachusetts. Joe Walcott W6 Mike Harris.
1937: Chicago, Illinois. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 8 James J. Braddock. Wins title.
1938: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 1 Max Schmeling. Retains title.
1942: Cleveland, Ohio. Jimmy Bivins W 12 Joey Maxim.
1972: Paul Ingle born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
1976: Wembley, England. World Welterweight Championship. Carlos Palomino KO 12 John H. Stracey. Wins title.
1979: New York City, NY. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes KO 12 Mike Weaver. Retains title.
1979: New York City, NY. Roberto Duran W 10 Carlos Palomino.
1985: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Sot Chitalada D 12 Gabriel Bernal. Retains title.
1986: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBC Featherweight Championship. Azumah Nelson KO 10 Danilio Cabrera. Retains title.
1989: Inglewood, California. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Paul Banke. Retains title.
1991: London, England. WBO Middleweight Championship. Chris Eubank W12 Michael Watson. Wins title.
1996: Dortmund, Germany. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Michael Moorer W 12 Axel Schulz. Regains title.
1996: Atlantic City, NJ. Hector Camacho W 12 Roberto Duran.
2002: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Featherweight Championship. Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Erik Morales. Retains title.
2002: Las Vegas, Nevada.WBO Super Flyweight Championship. Fernando Montiel KO 6 Pedro Alcazar. Retains title.
2007: Mendoza, Argentina. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Juan Carlos Reveco KO 8 Nethra Sasipara. Wins title.
2013: Brooklyn, New York. WBA Welterweight Championship. Adrien Broner W12 Paul Malignaggi. Wins title.
2013: Brooklyn, New York. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Sakio Bika W12 Marco Antonio Periban. Wins title.

June 23

1899: St. Louis, Billed for Vacant World Bantamweight Championship. Missouri. (115lbs) Clarence Forbes D 12 Casper Leon. Neither man wins title.
1900: Chicago, Illinois. “Terrible” Terry McGovern W 6 George Dixon.
1902: London, England. Billed as for English lightweight (140lbs) Coronation Championship. George Penny w pts 10 Peter Brown. Wins title.
1902: London, England. World Welterweight Championship. Joe Walcott “The Barbados Demon” W 15 Tommy West. Retains title.
1904: St. Louis, Missouri. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell W 15 Johnny Reagan. Retains title.
1919: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Harry Greb ND Mike Gibbons.
1926: Sandy Saddler born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1933: Chicago, Illinois. World Light-Welterweight and World Lightweight Championships. Barney Ross W 10 Tony Canzoneri. Wins titles.
1947: Los Angeles, CA. Jersey Joe Walcott W 10 Joey Maxim.
1962: Berlin, Germany. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Harold Johnson W 15 Gustav Scholz Retains title.
1962: Manila, Philippines. World Junior-Lightweight Championship. Flash Elorde W 15 Auburn Copeland. Retains Title.
1963: Vince Phillips born in Pensacola, Florida,.
1969: New York City, NY. New York World Heavyweight Championship. “Smokin’” Joe Frazier KO 7 Jerry Quarry. Retains title.
1973: Grenoble , France. World Welterweight Championship. Jose Napoles W 15 Roger Menetrey. Retains title.
1979: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Ricardo Cardona W 15 Soon Hyun Chung. Retains title.
1983: Sendai, Japan. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Jiro Watanabe W 15 Roberto Ramirez. Retains title.
1986: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Light-Middleweight Championship. Thomas “Hitman” Hearns KO 8 Mark Medal. Retains title.
1986: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Featherweight Championship. Steve Cruz W 15 Barry McGuigan. Wins title.
1988: Los Angeles, CA. WBA Featherweight Championship.Antonio Esparragoza D 12 Marcos Villasana. Retains title.
1992: Albany, NY. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Championship.Tracy Patterson KO 2 Thierry Jacob. Wins title.
1992: Tokyo, Japan. Wins WBC Flyweight Championship.Yuri Arbachakov KO 8 Muangchai Kittikasem. Wins title.
1993: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Light-Welterweight Championship.Juan Coggi KO 5 Hiroyuki Yoshino. Retains title.
2000: Merida, Mexico. WBC Featherweight Championship. Guty Espadas W 12 Wethya Sakmuangklang. Retains title.
2001: Las Vegas, NV. WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Agapito Sanchez W7 Jorge Monsalvo. Wins title.
2001: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Light-Middleweight Championship. Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Francisco Castillejo. Wins title.
2001: Uncasville, CT. WBC/WBA Super Lightweight Championships. Kostya Tszyu W 12 Oktay Urkal. Retains title.
2001: Uncasville, CT. IBF Light-Welterweight Championship. Zab Judah KO 3 Allan Vester. Retains IBF title.
2001: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao KO 6 Lehlo Ledwaba. Wins title.
2003: Yokohama, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Katsushige Kawashima. Retains title.
2007: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBO Light-Welterweight Championship. Ricky “Hitman” Hatton KO 4 Jose Luis Castillo. Retains title.

June 24

1891: London, England. Billed for world and English 90lbs Championship. Harry Munro KO10 Jim Collins. Retained title.
1895: Jack Dempsey born in Manassa, Colorado.
1902: Londond, England. (138lbs) Frank Erne KO7 Jim Maloney.
1910: Los Angeles, CA. Owen Moran ND 10 Abe Attell.
1927: Chicago, Illinois. NBA Featherweight Championship. Bud Taylor W 10 Tony Canzoneri. Wins title.
1947: Cleveland, Ohio. World Welterweight Championship. Sugar Ray Robinson KO 9 Jimmy Doyle. Retains title. Doyle dies a day after this fight due to a blood clot on the brain.
1953: Ogden, Utah. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Archie Moore W 15 Joey Maxim. Retains title.
1957: Paris, France. World Featherweight Championship. Hogan (Kid) Bassey KO 10 Cherif Hamia. Wins title.
1963: Philadelphia, PA.. Joey Giardello W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson.
1968: New York City, NY. New York World Heavyweight Championship. “Smokin’” Joe Frazier KO 2 Manuel Ramos. Retains title.
1989: Atlantic City, NJ. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Jeff Harding KO 12 Dennis Andries. Wins title.
1989: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Orlando Canizales KO 11 Kelvin Seabrooks. Retains title.
1993: Paris, France. Wilfredo Vasquez KO 10 Thierry Jacob, Paris. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
1995: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Al Cole W 12 Uriah Grant. Retains title.
1995: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Roy Jones Jr. KO 6 Vinny Pazienza, Atlantic City. Retains title.
1995: Cartagena, Columbia. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Harold Grey W 12 Julio Cesar Borboa. Retains title.
1996: Yokohama, Japan. WBA Middleweight Championship. William Joppy KO 9 Shinji Takehara. Wins title.
2000: Glasgow, Scotland. Mike Tyson KO 1 Lou Savarese.
2000: Glasgow, Scotland. Retains IBF Light-Welterweight Championship. Zab Judah W 12 Junior Witter. Retains title.

June 25

1872: George Byers born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
1894-06-25 NSC, Convent Garden, London. Billed for English Bantamweight Championship (106lbs) Pedlar Palmer WTKO 5 (20) Bill Mortimer. Retained title.
1900: Galveston, Texas. Jack Johnson Draw 20 John “Klondike” Haines.
1902-06-25 Adelphi Club, The Strand, London. Billed for World and Empire Flyweight Championship (108lbs) Johnny Hughes W15 Tibby Watson. Wins title.
1902: NSC, Convent Garden, London, Denver Ed Martin WTKO 5 Sandy Ferguson,
1902: Adelphi Club, The Strand, London. Billed for English Heavyweight championship. Jack Scales W10 Ben Taylor. Wins Title.
1904: The Circus, West Hartlepool, England. Billed as for English Flyweight Championship (108lbs) Harry Slough KO 14 Charlie Exall. Wins Title.
1917: Dayton, OH. World Welterweight Championship. Ted “Kid” Lewis W 20 Jack Britton. Regains title.
1930: Buffalo, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Jimmy Slattery. Wins title.
1931: New Haven, Connecticut. Tony Canzoneri W10 Herman Perlick.
1948: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 11 Jersey Joe Walcott. Retains title.
1952: New York City, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Joey Maxim KO 14 Sugar Ray Robinson. Retains title.
1966: Seoul, S. Korea. World Light-Middleweight Championship. Ki Soo Kim W 15 Nino Benvenuti. Wins title.
1967: Cardiff, Wales. World Featherweight Championship. Vicente Saldivar W 15 Howard Winstone. Retains title.
1977: Maracaibo, Venezuela .Vacant WBA World Light-Welterweight Championship. Antonio “Kid Pambele” Cervantes KO 6 Carlos M. Gimenez. Regains title.
1977: Bayamon. Puerto Rico. WBC Lightweight Championship. Esteban De Jesus KO 11 Vicente S. Mijares. Retains title.
1981: Houston, TX. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Sugar Ray Leonard KO 9 Ayub Kalule. Wins title.
1981: Houston, TX. WBA Welterweight Championship. Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns KO 4 Pablo Baez. Retains title.
1981: Ricardo Williams born Cincinnati, Ohio,
1983: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBC Featherweight Championship. Juan LaPorte W 12 Johnny de la Rosa. Retains title.
1988: Atlantic City, NJ. WBC Featherweight Championship. Azumah Nelson KO 9 Lupe Suarez. Retains title.
1989: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Michael Moorer W8 Leslie Stewart.
1989: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Prince Charles Williams KO 10 Bobby Czyz. Retains title.
1989: Chongiu, South Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Humberto “Chiquita” W 12 Yul Woo Lee. Wins title.
1992: Campania, Italy. WBC Welterweight Championship. James “Buddy” McGirt W 12 Patrizio Oliva. Retains title.
1994: Utrera, Spain.WBO Super Bantamweight Championship. Daniel Jimenez W12 Cristobal Pascual. Retains title.
1995: Newcastle, Australia. IBF Super Lightweight Championship. Kostya Tszyu W 12 Roger Mayweather. Retains title.
1998: Ledyard, CT. Lou Savarese KO 1 Buster Douglas.
2000: Takasago, Japan. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Toshiaki Nishioka. Retains title.
2005: Atlantic City, NJ. WBO Minimumweight Championship. Ivan Calderon W12 Gerardo Verde. Retains title.
2005: Atlantic City, NJ. WBC Super Lightweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather KO 6 Arturo Gatti. Wins title.
2005: Atlantic City, NJ. WBA Super Lightweight Championship. Carlos Maussa KO 7 Vivian Harris. Wins title.
2005: Poiters, France.WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Mahyar Monshipour KO 9 Julio Zarate. Retains title.
2011: Cologne, Germany. WBA Middleweight Championship Felix Sturm W12 Matthew Macklin. Retains title.
2011: St. Charles, Missoui. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Tavoris Cloud W8 Yusaf Mack. Retains title.

June 26

1890: Manhattan, New York City, NY. (107lbs) Tommy Spider Kelly KO 3 Benny Murphy.
1890: London, England. Billed English Bantamweight (110lbs) Championship. Bill Moore KO 4 Albert Gates. Wins title.
1908: Plymouth, England. (108lbs) Tibby Watson KO9 Frank Morcombe.
1908: (116/118lbs)Dreamland Rink, San Francisco, California. Jimmy Walsh KO11 (15) Jimmy Carroll.
1916: London, England. World Flyweight Championship. Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Tancy Lee. Retains title.
1919: Freddie Mills born in Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom.
1922: Pittsburgh, PA. Harry Greb ND 10 Hugh Walker.
1922: Bronx, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Jack Britton W DQ. 13 Benny Leonard, Bronx, NY. Retains title.
1924: Bronx, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Harry Greb W 15 Ted Moore. Retains title.
1924: New York City, NY. Young Stribling W 6 Tommy Loughran.
1925: Baltimore, Maryland. Frankie Genaro W 12 Kid Williams.
1934: Montreal, Canada. NBA Bantamweight Championship. Sixto Escobar KO 9 Baby Casanova. Wins title.
1959: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Ingemar Johannson KO 3 Floyd Patterson. Wins title.
1963: Eddie Morgan born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom.
1967: Luisito Espinosa born in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
1971: Palermo, Italy. WBC Light-Middleweight Championship. Bruno Acari KO 9 Enrique Jana. Retains title.
1972: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Roberto Duran KO 14 Ken Buchanan. Retains title.
1976: Monte Carlo, France. World Middleweight Championship. Carlos Monzon W 15 Rodrigo Valdez. Retains titles.
1977: Puerta La Cruz, Venezuela. WBA Junior-Lightweight Championship. Samuel Serrano W 15 Leonel Hernandez. Retains title.
1982: Highland Heights, OH. WBC Light-Welterweight Championship. “Irish” Leroy Haley W 15 Saoul Mamby. Wins title.
1993: London, England. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Nigel Benn KO 4 Lou Gent. Retains title.
1993: Hamburg Germany. WBO Cruiserweight Championship. Nestor Giovannini W12 Markus Bott. Wins title.
1993: Sun City, South Africa. WBA Lightweight Championship. Dingaan Thobela W 12 Tony Lopez. Wins title.
1993: Atlantic City, NJ.. IBF Junior-Lightweight Championship. John-John Molina W 12 Manuel Medina. Retains title.
1999: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Lightweight Championship. Steve Johnston W 12 Aldo Rios. Retains title.
1999: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Paulie Ayala W 12 Johnny Tapia. Wins title.
1999: Alfredo Layne, a former WBA Super Featherweight Champion, dies at the age of 39 when he is shot and killed by robbers outside of his home in Panama City.
2005: Nagoya, Japan. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Martin Castillo W 12 Hideyasu Ishihara. Retains title.
2009: Buenos, Argentina. WBO Flyweight Championship. Omar Narvaez W11 Omar Soto. Retains title.

June 27

1892: London, England. (146lbs) Dick Burge KO 2 Lachie Thomson. Burge claimed English Welterweight title.
1894: London, England. English Featherweight championship. Harry Spurden KO 22 Darkey Barton. Retained title.
1898: Sheffield, England. (106lbs) Bob Bailey KO 4 Jack Hare.
1890: New Pelican Club, Soho, London. Billed as for World Bantamweight Championship (114lbs) George Dixon KO 18 (30) Nunc Wallace.
1900: Newcastle, England. Billed as for English Flyweight (98lbs) Championship. Joe Williams W13 (20) Frank Exall. Wins Title.
1902: San Francisco, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Joe Gans KO 3 George McFadden. Retains title.
1902: Woodwards Pavillion, San Francisco, California. World Lightweight Championship. Joe Gans KO 3 (20) George Elbows McFadden. Retains title.
1914: Paris, France. World Heavyweight Championship. Jack Johnson W 20 Frank Moran. Retains title.
1909: Jackie “Kid” Berg born in Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom.
2009: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Juan Manuel Lopez W9 Olivier Lontchi. Retains title.
1910: London, England. World Welterweight Championship. Harry Lewis KO 8 Young Joseph. Retains title.
1911: San Francisco, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Ad Wolgast KO 17 Frankie Burns. Retains title.
1914: Paris, France. World Heavyweight Championship. Jack Johnson W 20 Frank Moran. Retains title.
1939: Seattle, Washington. NBA Middleweight Championship. Al Hostak KO 4 Solly Krieger. Retains title.
1944: Shelly Finkel born in White Plains, New York.
1961: Tokyo, Japan. World Flyweight Championship. Pone Kingpetch W 15 Mitsunori Seki. Retains title.
1970: Baltimore, Maryland. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster KO 10 Mark Tessman. Retains title.
1972: Las Vegas, NV. Muhammad Ali KO 7 Jerry Quarry.
1972: Las Vegas, NV. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster KO 4 Mike Quarry. Retains title.
1974: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Junior-Lightweight Championship. Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Antonio Amaya. Retains title.
1981: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Light-Welterweight Championship. Aaron “Hawk” Pryor KO 2 Lennox Blackmoore. Retains title.
1982: Highland Heights, OH. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. S. T. Gordon KO 2 Carlos DeLeon. Wins title.
1987: Montreal, Canada. IBF Light-Middleweight Championship. Matthew Hilton W 15 Buster Drayton. Wins title.
1988: Atlantic City, NJ. World Heavyweight Championship. Mike Tyson KO 1 Michael Spinks. Retains wins.
1988: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Jung Koo Chang KO 8 Hideyuki Ohashi, Tokyo. Retains title.
1989: London, England. Lennox Lewis makes pro debut. Lennox Lewis KO 2 Al Malcolm.
1992: Gorie, Italy. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Freddy Cruz. Retains title.
1992: Quinta Do Lago, Portugal. WBO Super Middleweight Championship. Chris Eubank W12 Ron Essett. Retains title.
1993: Bangkok, Thailand. IBF Minimumweight Championship. Ratanapol Sor Vorapin W7 Ala Villamor. Retains title.
1994: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Leo Gamez D 12 Kaj Ratchabandit. Retains title.
1998: Philadelphia, PA. David Reid KO 4 Simon Brown.
1998: Philadelphia, PA. IBF Lightweight Championship. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 5 Wilfrido Ruiz. Retains title.
1999: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Junior-Lightweight Championship. Lakva Sim KO 5 Takanori Hatakeyama. Wins title.

June 28

1901: Wilmington, Delaware. (138lbs) George Elbows McFadden KO 8 Wilmington Jack Daly.
1901: San Francisco, California (165lbs) Jack Root WDISQ15 Kid Carter. Root claimed a foul.
1909: Jackie “Kid” Berg born in Whitechapel, London.
1939: Bronx, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 4 “Two-Ton” Tony Galento. Retains title.
1943: Ismael Laguna born in Santa Isabel, Panama.
1945: Ken Buchanan born in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
1946: New York City, NY. New York World Lightweight Championship. Bob Montgomery KO 13 Allie Stolz. Retains title.
1948: Chicago, Illinos. World Welterweight Championship.Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Bernard Docusen. Retains title.
1955: New Orleans, Louisiana. Willie Pastrano W 10 Joey Maxim.
1968: Terronn Millett born in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1972: Mardrid, Spain. WBC Lightweight Championship. Mando Ramos W 15 Pedro Carrasco. Retains title.
1980: London, England. World Middleweight Championship. Alan Minter KO 9 Vito Antuofermo. Retains title.
1985: Pusan, South Korea. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Ji Won Kim KO 4 Bobby Berna. Retains title.
1985: Anselmo Moreno born in San Miguelito, Panama.
1991: Las Vegas, Nevada. Mike Tyson W 12 Razor Ruddock.
1991: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Junior-Lightweight Championship. Azumah Nelson D 12 Jeff Fenech. Retains title.
1991: Lewiston, Maine. WBA Junior-Lightweight Championship. Joey Gamache KO 10 Jerry Ngobeni. Wins title.
1993: Los Angeles, CA. Retains WBA Junior-Lightweight Championship. Genaro Hernandez KO 8 Raul Perez. Retains title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Heavyweight Championship. Evander Holyfield W DQ. 3 Mike Tyson. Retains title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Middleweight Championsip. Lonnie Bradley W8 John Williams. Retains title.
2003: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. WBA Flyweight Championship. Eric Morel W 12 Isidro Garcia. Retains title.
2004: Yokohama, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Title.Championship. Katsushige Kawashima KO 1 Masamori Tokuyama. Wins title.
2004: Yokohama, Japan. WBC Strawweight Championship. Eagle Kyowa Tech. W 8 Satoshi Kogumazaka. Retains title.
2008: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO Featherweight Championship. Steve Luevano D12 Mario Santiago. Retains title.
2008: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Lightweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao KO 9 David Diaz. Wins title.
2013: Dubai, UAE. WBC World Minimumweight Championship. Xiong Zhao Zhong W12 Denver Cuello. Retained title.
2014: Omaha, Nebraska. WBO Lightweight Championship. Terence Crawford W 9 Yuriorkis Gamboa. Retains title.