July 13
1901: Mickey Walker born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
1901: Peter Jackson dies from tuberculosis at the age of 40 in Roma, Australia .
1909: Los Angeles, CA. Ad Wolgast ND 10 Battling Nelson.
1931: Los Angeles, CA. World Light Welterweight Championship. Tony Canzoneri W 10 Cecil Payne. Retains title.
1931: Brooklyn, New York. New York World Flyweight Championship. Midget Wolgast W 15 Ruby Bradley. Retains title.
1939: Pittsburgh, PA. World Light-heavyweight Championship. Billy Conn W 15 Melio Bettina. Wins title.
1956: Michael Spinks born in St. Louis, Missouri.
1962: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Welterweight Championship. Emile Griffith W 15 Ralph Dupas. Retains title.
1963: Mexico City, Mexico. World Featherweight Championship. Sugar Ramos W 15 Rafiu King. Retains title.
1966: Julio Cesar Vasquez born in Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Argentina.
1966: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Emile Griffith W 15 Joey Archer. Retains title.
1968: Lou Del Valle born in Long Island, New York .
1980: McAfee, NJ. WBC Light-heavyweight Championship. Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 14 Yaqui Lopez. Retains title.
1982: Chad Dawson born in Hartsville, South Carolina.
1990: Annecy, France. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. “Terrible” Terry Norris W 12 Rene Jacquot. Retains title.
1991: Avezzano, Italy. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Glenn Wolfe. Retains title.
1996: Chiang Mai, Thailand. IBF Strawweight Championship. Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 3 Joseph Orgaleza. Retains title.
2001: Hampton Beach, NH. Mickey Ward W 10 Emanuel Augustus, Hampton Beach.
2007: Palacio, Mexico. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Cristian Mijares KO 10 Teppei Kikui, Gomez. Retains title.
2008: Hermosilla, Mexico. IBF Light Flyweight Championship. Ulises Solis W 12 Glenn Donaire. Retains title.
2013: Dresden, Germany. WBO World Super Middleweight Championship. Robert Stieglitz W 10 Yuzo Kiyota. Retains title.
July 14
1925: World Flyweight Champion Pancho Villa, 23, dies from blood poisoning caused by an ulcerated tooth.
1932: Buffalo, NY. World Light-heavyweight Championship. “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Lou Scozza. Retains title.
1965: Lou Savarese born in New York City, NY.
1973: Panama City, Panama. WBA Featherweight Championship. Ernesto Marcel KO 12 Antonio Gomez. Retains title.
1985: Monte Carlo, France. WBC Welterweight Championship. Milton McCrory KO 3 Carlos Trujillo. Retains title.
1994: Monte Carlo, France. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Anaclet Wamba D 12 Adolpho Washington. Retains title.
2005: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Roman Karmazin W 12 Kassim Ouma. Wins title.
2007: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF Welterweight Championship. Kermit Cintron KO 2 Walter Matthyssee, Retains title.
2007: Atlantic City, New Jersey. Alfonso Gomez KO 7 Arturo Gatti.
2007: Orilla, Ontario, Canada. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Steve Molitor KO 9 Takalani Ndlovu. Retains Title.
2007: London, England. Vacant WBO World featherweight Championship. Steve Luevano KO 11 Nicky Cook. Wins title.
2007: Carson, California. WBO World Welterweight Championship. Paul Williams W 12 Antonio Margarito. Wins title.
2009: Kobe, Japan. WBA World Minimumweight Championship. Roman Gonzalez W 12 Katsunari Takayama. Retains title.
2009: Tokyo, Japan. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Elio Rojas W 12 Takahiro Ao, Korakuen Hall. Wins title.
2012: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA-WBC Super Lightweight Championship. Danny Garcia KO 4 Amir Khan, Mandalay Bay. Retains and Wins title.
July 15
1889: San Francisco, CA. James J. Corbett W4 Joe Choynski.
1930: Hartford, Connecticut. World featherweight Championship. Bat Battalino KO 5 Ignacio Fernandez. Retains title.
1931: Philadelphia, PA. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Kid Chocolate KO 7 Benny Bass. Wins title.
1959: James “Quick” Tillis born in Tulsa, OK.
1961: Victor Claudio born in Puerto Rico.
1964: Tom Johnson born in Evansville, Indiana.
1966: Buenos Aires, Argentina. WBA flyweight Championship. Horacio Accavallo W 15 Hiroyuki Ebihara. Retains title.
1970: Emile Griffith W 10 Dick Tiger, NYC. Tiger’s final ring performance.
1975: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Saensak Muangsurin KO 8 Perico Fernandez, Bangkok. Wins title.
1976: Steve Cunningham born in Philadelphia, PA.
1984: Kingston, NY. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Billy Costello W 12 Ronnie Shields. Retains title.
1987: Phoenix, Arizona. WBA Super-bantamweight Championship. Louie Espinosa KO 15 Manuel Vilchez. Retains title.
1989: Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Evander (Real Deal) Holyfield KO 2 Adilson Rodriguez.
1989: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Darrin Van Horn. Wins title.
1992: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Genaro Hernandez W 12 Masuaki Takeda. Retains title.
1995: Inglewood, CA. IBF/WBC Junior-flyweight Championships. Saman Sorjaturong KO 7 Humberto “Chiquita” Gonzalez. Wins titles.
2000: London, England. World Heavyweight Championship. Lennox Lewis KO 2 Frans Botha. Retains title.
2001: Nagoya, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 5 Hayato Asai, Retains title.
2004: Khonkaen, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 5 Luis Angel Martinez. Retains title.
2006: Hamburg, Germany. WBA Middleweight Championship. Javier Castijello KO 10 Felix Sturm. Wins Title.
2006: Las Vegas, Nevada. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 6 Fernando Vargas.
2006: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Lightweight Championship. Juan Diaz KO 9 Randy Suico, Retains title.
2006: Hamburg, Germany. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Wladimir Sidorenko W 12 Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym. Retains title.
2011: Liverpool, England. WBO World Super Featherweight Championship. Ricky Burns KO 1 Nicky Cook. Retains title.
2012: Saitama, Japan. WBA World Super Featherweight Championship.Takashi Uchiyama TD 3 Michael Farenas. Retains title.
July 16
1924: Bronx, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Abe Goldstein W 15 Charles Ledoux. Retains title.
1925: Cleveland, Ohio. Harry Greb ND 10 “Slapsie” Maxsie Rosenbloom.
1926: Brooklyn, NY. World Light-heavyweight Championship. Jack Delaney W 15 Paul Berlenbach. Wins title.
1928: Wilkes-Barre, PA. World Light-heavyweight Championship. Tommy Loughran W 10 Pete Latzo. Retains world light-heavyweight title.
1930: Joey Giardello born Carmine Orlando Tilelli in Brooklyn, New York.
1931: N. Adams, MA. NBA Flyweight Championship. Frankie Genaro KO 4 Routier Parra. Retains title.
1947: Chicago, Illinois. World middleweight Rocky Graziano KO 6 Tony Zale. Wins title.
1976: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Featherweight Championship. David Kotey KO 3 Shig Fukuyama. Retain title.
1983: Las Vegas, Nevada. Mustafa Hamsho W 12 Wilfred Benitez.
1988: Kingston, Jamaica. IBF welterweight Championship. Simon Brown KO 3 Jorge Vaca. Retains title.
1993: Moscow, Russia. Retains IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Al Cole W 12 Glenn McCrory. Retains title.
1993: Kobe, Japan, WBC Flyweight Championship Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Ysias Zamudio, Retains title.
1994: Bangkok, WBA Bantamweight title Daorung Chuvatana KO 1 John Michael Johnson, Bangkok. Wins Title.
1995: Former WBA flyweight champion Elvis Alvarez, 30, is shot to death in Medellin, Columbia, by several gunmen who approached him while he was on a motorcycle.
1996: Atlantic City, IBF Middleweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins KO 11 Bo James, Retains title.
1999: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. David Reid W 12 Kevin Kelly. Retains title.
2005: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Middleweight Championship. Jermain Taylor W 12 Bernard Hopkins. Wins Title.
2005: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Oscar Larios KO 10 Wayne McCullough. Retains title.
2011: Cancun, Mexico. WBA Light Flyweight Championship. Roman Gonzalez KO 7 Omar Salado. Retains title.
2011: Honolulu, Hawaii. WBO World Flyweight Championship. Brian Viloria W12 Julio Cesar Miranda. Wins title.
2011: Munich, Germany. WBO World Cruiserweight Championship. Marco Huck KO10 Hugo Hernan Garay. Retains title.
July 17
1907: Philadelphia, PA. Jack Johnson KO 2 Bob Fitzsimmons.
1930: Championship.Al Singer KO 1 Sammy Mandell, Bronx, NY. Wins world lightweight title.
1939: Pittsburgh, PA. Charley Burley W 10 Fritzie Zivic.
1940: New York City, NY. Henry Armstrong KO 6 Lew Jenkins.
1944: Boston, MA. Willie Pep W 10 Manuel Ortiz.
1965: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ismael Laguna D 10 Nicolino Locche.
1966: Richard Duran born in Sacramento, California.
1974: Albuquerque, New Mexico. World Light-heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster D 15 Jorge Ahumada. Retains title.
1976: Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. WBA Welterweight Championship. Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Angel Espada. Wins title.
1977: Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. WBC Junior-flyweight Championship. Luis Estaba W 15 Ricardo Estupian. Retains title.
1982: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Davey Moore KO 10 Ayub Kalule. Retains title.
1983: Marcos Rene Maidana born in Margarita, Santa Fe, Argentina.
1983: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Carlos DeLeon W12 S.T Gordon. Retains title.
1983: Cheju-do, S. Korea. WBA flyweight Championship. Santos Laciar KO1 Hi sup Shin. Retains title.
1985: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Super-flyweight Championship. Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Rafael Orono. Retains title.
1985: Masan, S. Korea. IBF Flyweight Championship. Soon Chun Kwon D 15 Chong Kwan Chung. Retains title.
1993: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Lightweight Championship. Freddie Pendleton W 12 Jorge Paez. Retains title.
1993: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF/WBC Junior-flyweight Championship. Michael Carbajal KO 7 Kwang-Sun Kim. Retains title.
1999: Lake Tahoe, Nevada. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Fernando Vargas KO 11 Raul Marquez. Retains title.
1999: Dusseldorf, Germany. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Juan Carlos Gomez KO 6 Bruce Scott. Retains title.
2004: Houston, TX. WBA Lightweight Championship. Juan Diaz W 12 Lakva Sim. Wins title.
2010: Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. WBC/WBO World Bantamweight Championship. Fernando Montiel KO3 Rafael Concepcion. Retains titles.
July 18
1910: Midget Wolgast born Joseph Loscalzo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1928: Brooklyn, New York. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Tod Morgan W 15 Cannonball Martin. Retains title.
1929: Bronx, NY. World Light-heavyweight Championship. Tommy Loughran W 15 James J. Braddock. Retains title.
1932: Championship. Johnny Jadick W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Philadelphia. Retains world Light-Welterweight title.
1932: Long Island City, NY. Jackie “Kid” Berg W 15 Kid Chocolate.
1948: Jim Watt born in Glasgow, Scotland.
1951: Pittsburgh, PA. World Heavyweight Championship. Jersey Joe Walcott KO 7 Ezzard Charles. Wins title.
1960: Denver, CO. Sonny Liston KO 3 Zora Folley.
1963: Quincy Taylor born in Dallas, Texas,.
1969: Los Angeles. CA. Vicente Saldivar W 10 Jose Legra.
1973: In-Jin Chi born in Seoul, South .
1976: Caracas, Venezuela. WBC Junior-flyweight Championship. Luis Estaba KO 3 Franco Udella. Retains title.
1979: Alejandro Garcia born in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
1981: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA light-heavyweight Championship. Michael Spinks W 15 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. Wins title.
1986: Sydney, Australia. IBF bantamweight Championship. Jeff Fenech KO 14 Steve McCrory. Retains title.
1986: Salta, Argentina. WBC Super-flyweight Championship. Gilberto Roman W 12 Ruben Condori. Retains title.
1987: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Light-middleweight Championship. Mike McCallum KO 5 Donald Curry. Retains title.
1990: Saul Alvarez born in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico
1992: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Light-Welterweight Championship. Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker W 12 Rafael Pineda. Wins title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Johnny Tapia W 12 Danny Romero. Wins title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBA Light-Flyweight Championship “Baby” Jake Matlala KO9 Michael Carbajal. Wins title.
1998: New York City, NY. WBC/WBA Light-heavyweight Championship. Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Lou Del Valle. Unifies titles.
2005: Osaka, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Katsushige Kawashima. Wins title.
2007: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Daisuke Naito W 12 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam. Wins title.
2014: Kobe, Japan. IBF World Super Flyweight Championship. Zolani Tete W 12 Teiru Kinoshita. Wins title.
2009: Manchester, England. WBA Light-welterweight Championship. Amir Khan W 12 Andriy Kotelnyk. Wins title.
July 19
1940: Seattle, Washington. NBA Middleweight Championship. Tony Zale KO 13 Al Hostak. Wins title.
1958: Azumah Nelson born in Accra, Ghana.
1971: Vitali Klitschko born in Belovodskoye, Kyrgyzstan.
1981: Taegu, S. Korea. WBA Junior-flyweight Championship. Hwan Jin Kim KO 13 Pedro Flores. Wins title.
1986: London, England. WBA Heavyweight Championship. “Terrible” Tim Witherspoon KO 11 Frank Bruno. Retains title.
1987: St. Tropez, France. Vacant WBC Lightweight Championship. Jose Luis Ramirez W 12 Terrence Alli. Regains title.
1987: Pohang, S. Korea. IBF Super-bantamweight Championship. Seung Hoon Lee KO 5 Leon Collins, Retains title.
1990: Seattle, Washington. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Robert Daniels W 12 Craig Bodzianowski. Retains title.
1990: Seattle, Washington. IBF Super-middleweight Championship. Lindell Holmes KO 9 Carl Sullivan. Retains title.
1997: Indio, CA. IBF Light-heavyweight Championship. Willam Guthrie KO 3 Darrin Allen. Wins title.
1997: Nashville, TN. IBF bantamweight Championship. Tim Austin KO 8 Mbulelo Botile. Wins title.
1997: Nashville, TN. WBA Super-middleweight Championship. Frankie Liles W 12 Zafarou Ballogou. Retains title.
2014: Macao, SAR China. WBA-WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Guillermo Rigondeaux KO1 Sod Kokietgym. Retains titles.
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