July 20
1887: Mike Gibbons born in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
1928: Rockaway, NY. World Flyweight Championship. Corp. Izzy Schwartz WF 4 Frisco Grande. Retains title.
1955: Manila, Philipines. Flash Elorde W 10 Sandy Saddler. Non-title fight.
1959: Providence, RI. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Harold Gomes W 15 Paul Jorgensen. Wins title.
1974: Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. WBC Flyweight Championship. Betulio Gonzalez KO 10 Franco Udella. Retains title.
1980: McAfee, NJ. WBA Light-heavyweight Championship. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad KO 10 Jerry Martin. Retains title.
1980: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza KO 8 Sa Wang Kim. Retains title.
1982: Kanazawa, Japan. WBC Junior-flyweight Championship. Hilario Zapata W 15 Tadashi Tomori. Regains title.
1984: Pusan, S. Korea. IBF Super-flyweight Championship.Joo Do Chun KO 7 William Develos. Retains title.
1990: Aries, France. WBA Super-middleweight Championship.Christophe Tiozzo KO 8 Paul Whitaker. Retains title.
1991: San Remo, Liguria, Italy .IBF Light-heavyweight Championship. Charles Williams KO 3 Vincent Boulware. Retained title.
1991: Palermo, Italy. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Anaclet Wamba KO 11 Massimiliano Duran. Wins title.
1991: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Super-bantamweight. Championship. Sung Kil Moon KO 5 Ernesto Ford. Retains title.
1991: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Super-bantamweight Championship. Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 David Griman. Retains title.
1996: Osaka, Japan. WBC Super-bantamweight Championship. Daniel Zaragoza KO 7 Tsuyoshi Harada. Retains title.
1997: Indio, CA. IBF Middleweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins KO 11 Glen Johnson. Retains title.
2002: Indianapolis, Indiana. World Welterweight Championship. Vernon Forrest W 12 Shane Mosley. Retains title.
July 21
1905: San Francisco, CA. World lightweight Championship. Jimmy Britt W 20 Kid Sullivan. Retains title.
1927: New York City, NY. Jack Dempsey KO 7 Jack Sharkey.
1930: Tony Canzoneri W 10 Benny Bass, Philadelphia.
1931: Gene Fullmer born in West Jordan, Utah.
1936: Dallas, Texas. World Featherweight Championship. Petey Sarron W 15 Baby Manuel. Retains title.
1941: Philadelphia, PA. Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Sammy Angott.
1949: Los Angeles, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Ike Williams KO 4 Enrique Bolanos. Retains title.
1964: Steve Collins born in Dublin, Ireland.
1968: Kenny Keene born in Emmett, Idaho.
1979: Houston, Texas. WBA Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza KO 12 Ruben Olivares. Retains title.
1982: New York City, NY. WBC Featherweight Championship. Salvador Sanchez KO 15 Azumah Nelson, NYC. Retains title.
1985: Campione d’Italia, Italy. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Ubaldo Sacco KO 9 Gene Hatcher. Wins title.
1989: Atlantic City, NJ. World Heavyweight title Championship. Mike Tyson KO 1 Carl Williams. Retains title.
1990: Marino, Italy. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Darrin Van Horn. Wins title.
2000: Madrid, Spain. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Francisco Castillejo W 12 Tony Marshall. Retains Title.
2001: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Welterweight Championship. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 3 Adrian Stone. Retains title.
2007: Las Vegas World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins W 12 Winky Wright. Retains title.
2007: Cardiff, Wales. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Gavin Rees W 12 Souleymane M’baye, Wins title.
2007: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Featherweight Championship. Jorge Linares KO 10 Oscar Larios. Wins title.
July 22
1903: Bud Taylor born in Terre Haute, Indiana.
1931: Brooklyn, NY. Mickey Walker D 15 Jack Sharkey.
1940: Peter Maher dies in Baltimore, MD, at the age of 71 years old.
1955: San Francisco, CA. Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Rocky Castellani.
1963: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Heavyweight Championship. Sonny Liston KO 1 Floyd Patterson. Retains title.
1987: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Rene Arredondo KO 6 Tsuyoshi Hamada. Regains title.
1995: London, England. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Nate Miller KO 8 Orlin Norris. Wins title.
1995: London, England. WBC Super-middleweight Championship. Nigel Benn KO 8 Vincenzo Nardiello. Retains title.
1995: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Super-flyweight Championship. Alimi Goitia KO 4 Hyung Chul Lee. Wins title.
1998: Broadcaster Don Dunphy, 90, dies of heart failure.
2000: Miami, Florida. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Felix “Tito” Trinidad KO 3 Mamadou Thiam. Retains title.
2000: Miami, FL. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Felix Machado W 12 Julio Gamboa. Wins title.
2006: Atlantic City, NJ. World Welterweight Championship. Carlos Baldomir KO 9 Arturo Gatti. Retains title.
2006: Osaka, Japan. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Nobuo Nashiro KO 10 Martin Castillo. Wins title.
July 23
1923: Bronx, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Benny Leonard W 15 Lew Tendler. Retains Title.
1925: Bronx, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Charley Phil Rosenberg KO 4 Eddie Shea. Retains title.
1931: Cincinnati, Ohio. World featherweight Championship. Bat Battalino W 10 Freddie Miller. Retains title.
1963: Vincent Phillips born in Pensacola, Florida.
1958: Houston, TX. World Lightweight Championship. Joe Brown W 15 Kenny Lane. Retains title.
1970: Gabriel Ruelas born in Yerbabuena, Jalisco, Mexico.
1972: Mbulelo Botile born in Duncan Village, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
1988: Sacramento, CA. IBF Super-featherweight Championship. Tony Lopez W 12 Rocky Lockridge, Wins title.
1990: Inglewood, CA. WBC Junior-flyweight Championship. Humberto “Chiquita” Gonzalez KO 5 Jung Keun Lim. Retains title.
1994: Bismark, ND. WBA Light-heavyweight Championship. Virgil Hill W 12 Frank Tate, Retains title.
1994: Bismark, ND. WBA Light-heavyweight Championship. Mike McCallum W 12 Jeff Harding. Wins title.
1994: Bismark, ND. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Al Cole W 12 Nate Miller. Retains title.
2011: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA and IBF world Light-Welterweight championships. Amir Khan W co 5 Zab Judah. Wins titles.
2013: Emile Griffith in Town of Hempstead, New York, at the age of 75 years old.
July 24
1902: Oakland, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Joe Gans KO 15 Rufe Turner. Retains title.
1925: Tony Canzoneri pro debut in Rockaway, NY. Tony Canzoneri KO 1 Jack Gardner.
1968: Porthcawl, Wales. WBC Featherweight Championship. Jose Legra KO 5 Howard Winstone. Wins title.
1982: Merida, Mexico. WBC Flyweight Championship. Freddie Castillo W 15 Prudencio Cardona. Wins title.
1982: Warren, Ohio. WBA Lightweight Championship. Ray Mancini KO 6 Ernesto Espana. Retains title.
1986: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Tsuyoshi Hamada KO 1 Rene Arredondo. Wins title.
1988: Pohang, S. Korea. WBC Flyweight Championship. Yong Kang Kim W 12 Sot Chitalada. Wins title.
1993: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Charles Murray W 12 Juan LaPorte. Retains title.
1994: Los Angeles, CA. Zach Padilla KO 10 Juan LaPorte.
1999: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Welterweight Championship. James Page KO 11 Freddie Pendleton. Retains title.
1999: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Terron Millett KO 12 Virgil McClendon, Retains title.
2004: Atlantic City, NJ. Arturo Gatti KO 2 Leonard Dorin.
2004: Atlantic City, NJ. Jesse James Leija W 10 Francisco Bojado.
2004: Seoul, South Korea. WBC Featherweight Championship. In Jin Chi KO 10 Eiichi Sugama. Retains title.
July 25
1902: San Francisco. World Heavyweight Championship. James J. Jefferies KO 8 Bob Fitzsimmons. Retains title.
1921: Brooklyn, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Pete Herman W 15 Joe Lynch. Wins title.
1929: Detroit, Michigan. World Welterweight Championship. Jackie Fields WF 2 Joe Dundee. Retains title.
1953: NY State Welterweight Championship. Carmen Basilio D 12 Billy Graham, Syracuse. Retains title.
1967: Glenwood Brown born in Plainfield, NJ.
1967: Ricardo Lopez born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
1976: Toshiaki Nishioka born in Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan.
1981: Atlantic City, NJ. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Jeff Chandler KO 7 Julian Solis. Retains title.
1987: Key Biscayne, FL. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Miguel Lora KO 4 Antonio Avelar. Retains title.
2009: Vernon Forrest dies in Atlanta, Georgia, shot to death while in pursuit of armed robbers.
July 26
1923: World Featherweight Championship. Johnny Dundee W 15 Eugene Criqui, NYC. Wins title. Dundee ends Criqui’s 24-day reign as world featherweight champ.
1928: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Gene Tunney KO 11 Tom Heeney. Retains title. Tunney’s final fight.
1928: Chicago, Illinois. Billy Petrolle D 10 Jack “Kid” Berg.
1933: Kansas City, Missouri. World Light Welterweight Championship. Barney Ross KO 6 Johnny Farr.
1938: Seattle, Washington. NBA Middleweight Championship. Al Hostak KO 1 Freddie Steele. Wins title.
1948: London, England. World Light-heavyweight Championship. Freddie Mills W 15 Gus Lesnevich. Wins title.
1967: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Chartchai Chionoi KO 3 Puntip Keosuriya. Retains title.
1971: Houston, TX. NABF Heavyweight Championship. Muhammad Ali KO 12 Jimmy Ellis. Wins title.
1973: Juan Carlos Gomez born in Havana, Cuba.
1977: Philadelphia, PA. NABF Light heavyweight Championship. Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 12 Marvin Johnson. Wins title.
1978: New York City, NY. Vilomar Fernandez W 10 Alexis Arguello.
1981: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Lupe Pintor KO 8 Jovito Rengifo. Retains title.
1983: Larry Gains dies at the age of 81 years old.
1986: Glen Falls, NY. Mike Tyson KO 1 Marvis Frazier.
1987: Kwangiu, S. Korea. IBF Super-middleweight Championship. Chong Pal Park KO 4 Emmanuel Otti. Retains title.
1987: Houston, TX. WBA Featherweight Championship. Antonio Esparragoza KO 10 Pascual Aranda. Retains title.
1997: Yokohama, Japan. WBA Super-bantamweight Championship. Antonio Cermeno KO 12 Yuichi Kasai. Retains title.
1997: Yokohama, Japan. WBC lightweight Championship. Stevie Johnston W 12 Hiroyuki Sakamoto. Retains title.
1998: Verona, NY. IBF flyweight Championship. Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson W 12 Luis Rolon. Retains title.
1998: Nagoya, Japan. WBA Super-flyweight Championship. Satoshi Iida W 12 Joma Gamboa. Retains title.
1999: Mateo Baring, 31, dies from a brain injury suffered in his seventh-round knockout loss at the hands of Fabio Marfa in the Philippines.
2003: Los Angeles, CA. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao KO 3 Emmanuel Lucero. Retains title.
2008: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Welterweight Championship. Antonio Margarito KO 11 Miguel Cotto. Wins title.
2014: NYC, New York. IBO and WBAWorld Middleweight Championships. Gennady Golovkin W KO 3 Daniel Geale. Retains titles.
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