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This Week in Boxing History: July 27th – August 2nd

July 28, 2015 by Peter Silkov 1 Comment

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Thomas Hearns vs. "Pipino" Cuevas
Thomas Hearns vs. “Pipino” Cuevas

July 27

1918: Harrison, NJ. Jack Dempsey KO 1 Fred Fulton.
1921: World Middleweight Championship. Johnny Wilson WF 7 William Bryan Downey, Cleveland. Retains title.
1922: Jersey City, NJ. Benny Leonard ND 12 Lew Tendler.
1937: Philadelphia, PA. Henry Armstrong KO 4 Benny Bass.
1964: Tokyo, Japan. World Super-Featherweight Championship. Flash Elorde KO 12 Teruo Kosaka. Retains title.
1971: Lehlo Ledwaba born in Soweto, South Africa.
1979: Jorge Arce born in Los Mochis, Mexico.
1980: Daniel Ponce De Leon born in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico.
1981: Paul Williams born in Augusta, Georgia.
1985: Sun City, South Africa. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Dwight Qawi KO 11 Piet Crous. Wins title.
1990: Capo d’Orlando, Italy. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Massimilliano Duran WF 11 Carlos DeLeon. Wins title.
1991: Capo d’Orlando, Italy. WBC Super-middleweight Championship. Mauro Galvano W 12 Ron Essett. Retains title.
1991: Norfolk, Virginia. WBC/IBF Lightweight Championships. Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker W 12 Poli Diaz. Retains titles.
1992: Capo d’Orlando, Italy. IBF Featherweight Championship. Manuel Medina KO 10 Fabrizio Cappai. Retains title.
1992: Tuxtla, Mexico. WBC interim Bantamweight Championship. Victor Rabanales KO 4 Luis Alberto Campo. Retains title.
2002: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Heavyweight Championship. John Ruiz W disq. 10 Kirk Johnson. Retains title.
2002: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Byron Mitchell KO 4 Julio Cesar Green. Retains title.
2002: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Tim Austin KO 10 Adan Vargas. Retains Title.
2013: Macao, SAR China. IBF World Featherweight Championship. Evgeny Gradovich W 12 Mauricio Javier Munoz. Wins title.
2013: Macao, SAR China. WBA Super World Flyweight / WBO World Flyweight Championships. Juan Francisco Estrada W 12 Milan Melindo. Retains titles.

July 28

1931: Braddock, PA. Henry Armstrong’s Pro Debut! Al Iovino KO 3 Henry Armstrong.
1961: Rene Jacquot born in Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1967: John Scully born in Hartford, Connecticut.
1969: Sydney, Australia. WBC Featherweight Championship. Johnny Famechon W 15 Fighting Harada. Retains title.
1974: Cartagena, Colombia World Super-lightweight Championship. Antonio Cervantes KO 2 Victor Ortiz. Retains title.
1975: Takanori Hatakeyama born in Aomori City, Aomori, Japan.
1979: Seoul, South Korea. WBC Junior-flyweight Championship. Sung Jun Kim W 15 Siony Carupo. Retains title.
1980: Mike “Mile High” Alvarado born in Denver, Colorado.
1980: Caracas, Venezuela. WBC Super-flyweight Championship. Rafael Orono D 15 Willie Jensen. Retains title.
1980: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Shoji Oguma W 15 Sung Jun Kim. Retains title.
1985: Miami, Florida. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Mike McCallum KO 8 David Braxton. Retains title.
1985: Seoul, South Korea. WBA Junior-flyweight Championship. Joey Olivo W 15 Moon Jin Choi. Retains title.
1988: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Middleweight Championship. Michael Nunn KO 9 Frank Tate. Wins title.
1989: Adrien “The Problem” Broner born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1990: Melbourne, Australia. WBC Light-Heavyweight Championship. Dennis Andries KO 7 Jeff Harding. Regains title. Becomes three time world Light-Heavyweight champion.
1990: Tokyo, Japan. WBC light Heavyweight Championship. Leopard Tamakuma KO 10 Yul Woo Lee. Wins title.
2001: Los Angeles, California.World Light-Heavyweight Championship. Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Julio Gonzalez. Retains title.
2001: Los Angeles, California.WBA Welterweight Championship. Andrew Lewis NC 2 Ricardo Mayorga. Retains title.
2001: Los Angeles, California.WBC Featherweight Championship. Erik Morales W 12 In Jin Chi. Retains title.
2007: Tacoma, Washington. WBC Light-Middleweight Championship. Vernon Forrest W 12 Carlos Baldomir. Wins vacant title.
2007: Cancun, Mexico. Junior Flyweight Championship. Edgar Sosa W DQ 10 Luis Lazarte. Retains WBC title.

July 29

1870: George “Little Chocolate” Dixon born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1927 Freddie Welsh, 41, dies in Manhattan, in New York City.
1941: Newark, NJ. World Welterweight Championship. Freddy Cochrane W 15 Fritzie Zivic. Wins title.
1956: Teddy Atlas born on Staten Island, New York City, NY.
1957: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Floyd Patterson KO 10 Tommy Jackson. Retains title.
1971: Aomori, Japan. WBA Junior-Lightweight Championship. Alfredo Marcano KO 10 Hiroshi Kobayashi. Wins title.
1978: Caracas, Venezuela. WBC Junior-flyweight Championship. Netmoi Vorasingh KO 5 Luis Estaba. Retains WBC title.
1979: Kitakyushu, Japan. WBA Junior-flyweight Championship. Yoko Gushiken W 15 Rafael Pedroza. Retains title.
1981: Pusan, S. Korea. WBC Super-flyweight Championship. Chul Ho Kim KO13 Willie Jensen. Retains title.
1982: Osaka, Japan. WBA Super-flyweight Championship. Jiro Watanabe KO 10 Gustavo Ballas. Retains title.
1988: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC Welterweight Championship. Lloyd Honeyghan KO 5 Yung Kil Chung. Retains title.
1988: WBA Welterweight Championship. Tomas Molinares KO 6 Marlon Starling, Atlantic City. Wins title.
1989: Surin, Thailand. WBA Super-flyweight Championship. Khaosai Galaxy KO 10 Alberto Castro. Retains title.
1990: Petersburg, FL. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Jeff Lampkin KO 8 Siza Makhathini, St. Retains title.
1990: Phoenix, Arizona. IBF Junior-flyweight Championship. Michael Carbajal KO 7 Muangchai Kittikasem. Wins title.
1994: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Super-middleweight Championship. James Toney KO 12 Charles Williams. Retains title.
1994: Las Vegas, Nevada. Oscar De La Hoya KO 2 Jorge Paez.
1995: San Antonio, Texas. IBF Flyweight Championship. Danny Romero KO 6 Miguel Martinez. Retains title.
2000: Phoenix, AZ. WBC Light-Welterweight Championship. Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Julio Cesar Chavez. Retains title.
2002: Yokohama, Japan. WBA Strawweight Championship. Noel Arambulet W 12 Keitaro Hoshino. Regains title.
2006: Johannesburg, South Africa. IBF Junior-Lightweight Championship. Gary St. Clair W 12 Cassius Baloyi. Wins title.
2011: Homebush, NSW, Australia. IBF World Featherweight Championship. Billy Dib W 12 Jorge Lacierva. Wins title.
2011: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA World Light Heavyweight/ IBA Light Heavyweight Championships. Beibut Shumenov KO 9 Danny Santiago. Retains titles.

July 30

1884: The first match under the Marquis of Queensberry rules. Jack Dempsey “The Nonpareil” is recognized as the first World middleweight champion. Jack Dempsey “The Nonpareil” KO 22 George Fulljames.
1917: Pittsburgh, PA.Harry Greb ND 10 Jack Dillon.
1931: Waterbury, CT. NBA Flyweight Championship. Frankie Genaro KO 6 Jackie Harmon. Retains title.
1972: Panama City, Panama. World Bantamweight Championship. Enrique Pinder W 15 Rafael Herrera. Wins title.
1977: Monte Carlo, France. World Middleweight Championship. Carlos Monzon W 15 Rodrigo Valdez. Retains title.
1979: Chicago, Illinois. WBA Welterweight Championship. Pipino Cuevas W 15 Randy Shields. Retains title.
1988: Atlantic City, NJ. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Julian Jackson KO 3 Buster Drayton. Retains title.
1989: WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Julian Jackson KO 2 Terry Norris, Atlantic City. Retains title.
1992: London, England. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Al Cole W 12 James Warring. Wins title.
1994: York Hall, Bethnal Green, London. WBO World Bantamweight Championship. Alfred Kotey W 12 Rafael Del Valle. Wins title.
1995: Nagoya, Japan.. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Wayne “Pocket Rocket” McCullough W 12 Yasuei Yakushiji. Retains title.
2004: Louisville, KY. Danny Williams KO 4 Mike Tyson.
2006: Fukuoka, Japan. WBC Featherweight Championship. Rudy Lopez KO 7 Takashi Koshimoto. Wins title.
2008: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Daisuke Naito KO 10 Tomonobu Shimizu. Retains title.
2008: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Flyweight Championship. Takefumi Sakata W 12 Hiroyuki Hisataka. Retains title.
2011: West Jakarta, Indonesia. WBA World Minimumweight Championship. Pornsawan Porpramook W 12 Muhammad Rachman. Wins title.

July 31

1908: San Francisco World Middleweight Championship. Stanley Ketchel KO 3 Hugo Kelly, Retains title.
1915: Sydney, Australia. Australian World Middleweight Championship. Les Darcy KO 15 Eddie McGoorty. Retains title.
1916: London, England. World Flyweight Championship. Jimmy Wilde KO 10 Johnny Hughes. Retains title.
1920: Pittsburgh, PA. Harry Greb ND 10 Tommy Gibbons.
1933: San Francisco, CA. John Henry Lewis W 10 “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom.
1942: New York City, NY. Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Sammy Angott. Non-title fight. 1982: Atlantic City, NJ. Alexis Arguello KO 2 Kevin Rooney. Non-title fight.
1987: Panama City, Panama. WBA Junior-Lightweight Championship. Brian Mitchell KO 14 Francisco Fernandez. Retains title.
1988: New York City, NY. IBF Light-Welterweight Championship. Buddy McGirt KO 1 Howard Davis. Retains title.
1999: Tijuana, Mexico. WBC Super-bantamweight Championship. Erik Morales KO 6 Reynante Jamili. Retains title.
1999: Nagoya, Japan. WBA Super-flyweight Championship. Hideki Todaka W 12 Jesus Rojas. Wins title.
2002: Osaka, Japan. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Alexander Munoz KO 2 Eiji Kojima. Retains title.
2004: Las Vegas, NV. WBC-IBF Junior-Lightweight Championship. Erik Morales W 12 Carlos Hernandez. Retains wins titles.
2004: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Rafael Marquez KO 3 Heriberto Ruiz. Retains title.
2010: Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. IBF World Super Flyweight Championship. Juan Alberto Rosas KO6 Simphiwe Nongqayi. Wins title.
2010: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World lightweight/ WBA Super World lightweight Championships. Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Juan Diaz. – Retains WBA & wins WBO titles.
2010: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Middleweight Championship. Dmitry Pirog KO5 Daniel Jacobs. Wins title.

August 1

1901: Pancho Villa (Francisco Guilledo) born in Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines .
1950: Honlulu, Hawaii. World Flyweight Championship. Dado Marino W 15 Terry Allen. Wins title.
1954: Trevor Berbick born in Port Antonio, Jamaica.
1962: Jake Matlala born.
1968: Managua, Nicaragua. Cachorro Amaya KO 1 Alexis Arguello.
1976: Pusan, South Korea. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Rigoberto Riasco W 15 Dong Kyun Yum. Retains title.
1981: Caracas, Venezuela. WBA Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza KO 7 Carlos Pinango. Retains title.
1987: Las Vegas, NV. Retains Unified World Heavyweight Championship. Mike Tyson W 12 Tony Tucker. Retains title.
1988: Buchanan, Inglewood. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Vernon. Non-title fight.
1988: Inglewood, CA. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Miguel Lora W 12 Albert Davila. Retains title.
1992: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Middleweight Championship. Julian Jackson W 12 Thomas Tate. Retains title.
1992: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Light-Welterweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 4 Frankie Mitchell. Retains title.
1994: Nagoya, Japan. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Yasuei Yakushiji KO 11 Jung-Il Byun. Retains title.
1994: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Yuri Arbachakov KO 8 Hugo Rafael Soto. Retains title.
1997: Bangkok. WBC “interim” Flyweight Championship. Chatchai Dutchboy Gym KO 7 Juan Domingo Cordoba. Retains title.
1997: Veteran trainer Johnny Tocco, 87, dies after a lengthy illness in Las Vegas where he ran Johnny Tocco’s Ringside Gym for 41-years.
2009: Uncasville, Connecticut. IBF Welterweight Championship. Isaac Hlatshwayo W 12 Delvin Rodriguez. Wins vacant title.
2009: Rancho Mirage, CA. WBC Light-Welterweight Championship. Devon Alexander KO 8 Junior Witter. Wins title.
2009: Rancho Mirage, CA. WBO World Light-Welterweight Championship. Timothy Bradley NC 3 Nate Campbell. Retains title.
2013: Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. WBO World Bantamweight Championship. Tomoki Kameda W 12 Paulus Ambunda. Wins title.

August 2

1923: Ike Williams born Isiah Williams in Brunswick, Georgia,.
1924: Dusseldorf, Germany. Max Schmeling’s pro debut. Max Schmeling KO 6 Hans Czapp.
1929: Chicago, Illinois. World Lightweight Championship. Sammy Mandell W 10 Tony Canzoneri. Retains title.
1951: Esteban DeJesus born in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
1958: Havana, Cuba. Jose Napoles’ pro debut. Jose Napoles KO 1 Julio Rojas..
1960: Wilfredo Vasquez born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
1969: Saman Sorjaturong born in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand.
1974: San Diego, CA. Andy Price W 10 Carlos Palomino.
1980: Detroit, Michigan. WBA Welterweight Championship. Thomas “Hitman” Hearns KO 2 Pipino Cuevas. Wins title.
1980: Cincinnati, Ohio. WBA Super Lightweight Championship. Aaron Pryor KO 4 Antonio Cervantes. Wins title.
1980: Detroit, Michigan. WBA Lightweight Championship. Hilmer Kenty KO 9 Young Ho Oh. Retains Title.
1980: Detroit, Michigan. WBA Junior-Lightweight Championship. Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Samuel Serrano. Wins title.
1986: San Jose, CA. Terry Norris pro debut. Terry Norris KO 1 Jose Luis Cordova.
1986: Inchon, South Korea. IBF Flyweight Championship. Hi Sup Shin KO 15 Bi Won Chun. Wins title.
1997: Uncasville, CT. IBF Lightweight Championship. Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Philip Holiday. Wins title.
1997: Uncasville, CT. Angel Manfredy KO 8 Jorge Paez.
2008: Las Vegas. IBF Welterweight Championship. Joshua Clottey WTD 9 Zab Judah. Wins vacant title.
2008: Tacoma, Washington. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Vic Darchinyan KO 5 Dimitri Kirilov. Wins title.
2014: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Sergey Kovalev KO 2 Blake Caparello. Retains title.

Peter Silkov
Peter Silkov

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