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This Week in Boxing History: August 17th – August 23rd

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August 17

1914: Ramona, Colorado. Jack Dempsey pro debut. Jack Dempsey D 6 Young Herman.
1938: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Henry Armstrong W 15 Lou. Wins title.
1951: Alan Minter born in Crawley, England .
1960: Johnny Bumphus born in Tacoma, Washington.
1960: San Francisco, CA. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Flash Elorde KO 1 Harold Gomes. Retains title.
1962: Helsinki. World Featherweight Championship. Davey Moore KO 2 Olli Maeki. Retains title.
1974: Yodsanan Nanthachai born in Si Sa Ket, Thailand.
1983: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Roger Mayweather KO 1 Benedicto Villablanca, Retains title.
1990: Nice. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Loreto Garza W 12 Juan Coggi, Wins title.
1990: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Paul Banke KO 12 Ki Jun Lee. Retains title.
1991: Irvine, CA. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Darrin Van Horn KO 3 John Jarvis. Retains title.
1991: San Diego, CA. Light Middleweight Championship. “Terrible” Terry Norris KO 1 Brett Lally. Retains title.
1994: Jack Sharkey, 91, dies in Beverly, MA .
1996: Albuquerque, NM. WBO Super-Flyweight Championship. Johnny Tapia W 12 Hugo Soto, Retains title.
2013: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship. Kiko Martinez KO 6 Jhonatan Romero. Wins title
2013: Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. WBC World Junior Lightweight Championship. Takashi Miura W 12 Sergio Thompson. Retains title.
2013: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF World Middleweight Championship. Darren Barker W 12 Daniel Geale. Wins title.
2013: Cardiff, Wales. WBO Light Heavyweight Championship. Sergey Kovalev KO4 Nathan Cleverly. Wins title.

August 18

1908: San Francisco, CA. World Middleweight Championship. Stanley Ketchel KO 2 Joe Thomas. Retains title.
1924: Brooklyn, NY. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Steve “Kid” Sullivan W 10 Johnny Dundee. Wins title.
1930: Hartford, CT.Battling Battalino W 10 Charles “Bud” Taylor.
1958: Los Angeles, CA. World Heavyweight Championship. Floyd Patterson KO 13 Roy Harris. Retains title.
1968: Charles Murray born in South Orange, New Jersey.
1973: Inglewood, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Romeo Anaya KO 3 Enrique Pinder. Retains title.
1975: Philadelphia, PA. Bennie Briscoe W 10 Eddie Gregory.
1979: Atlantic City, NJ. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Matthew Saad Muhammad W 15 John Conteh. Retains title.
1982: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Gomez KO 8 Roberto Rubaldino. Retains title.
1984: Pohang, South Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Jung Koo Chang KO 9 Katsuo Tokashiki. Retains title.
1984: Panama City, Panama. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Francisco Quiroz KO 2 Victor Sierra. Retains title.
1985: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Lupe Pintor W 12 Juan “Kid” Meza. Wins title.
2007: Berlin, Germany. IBF Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham KO 11 Khoren Gevor. Retains title.
2012: Puebla, Mexico. IBF World Junior Lightweight Championship. Juan Carlos Salgado W12 Jonathan Victor Barros. Retains title.

August 19

1900: San Francisco, CA. Abe Attell pro debut. Abe Attell KO 2 Kid Lennett.
1926: New York City. World Middleweight Championship. Tiger Flowers W 15 Harry Greb. Retains title.
1944: Honolulu, Hawaii. Carl “Bobo” Olson pro debut . Carl Olson KO 2 Bob Correa.
1958: Hilario Zapata born in Panama City, Panama.
1959: Los Angeles, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Davey Moore KO 11 Hogan “Kid” Bassey. Retains title.
1961: Caracas, Venezuela.World Featherweight NBA Bantamweight Championship. Eder Jofre KO 7 Ramon Arias. Retains title.
1972: Jeremy Williams born in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
1972: Copenhagen, Denmark. World Middleweight Championship. Carlos Monzon KO 5 Tom Boggs. Retains title.
1972: Maracay, Venezuela. WBA Featherweight Championship. Ernesto Marcel W 15 Antonio Gomez. Wins title.
1978: Lorenzo Parra born in Machiques, Venezuela.
1983:Beibut Shumenov born in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
1990: Reno, Nevada. World Welterweight Championship. Maurice Blocker W 12 Marlon Starling. Wins title.
1995: Mike Tyson WDQ 1 Peter McNeeley.
1995: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Heavyweight Championship. Bruce Seldon KO 10 Joe Hipp. Retains title.
1995: Dusseldorf, Germany. Dariusz Michalczewski KO 5 Everardo Armenta.
1995: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Middleweight Championship. Quincy Taylor KO 6 Julian Jackson. Wins title.
1995: Las Vegas, Nevada. Light Middleweight Championship. “Terrible” Terry Norris KO 2 Luis Santana. Regains title.
1995: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Lightweight Championship. Miguel Angel Gonzalez W 12 Lamar Murphy. Retains title.
1995: Sun City, Bophuthatswana. IBF Lightweight Championship. Philip Holiday KO 11 Miguel Julio. Wins title.
2000: Mashantuckett, Mass. World Featherweight Championship. Prince Naseem Hamed KO 4 Augie Sanchez, Retains title.
2000: Mashantuckett, Mass. Antonio Diaz W 10 Mickey Ward.
2007: Kobe, Japan. WBA Featherweight Championship. Chris John KO 9 Zaiki Takemoto. Retains title.
2011: Srisaket, Bangkok WBC World Super Flyweight Championship. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai W12 Tomas Rojas. Retains title.

August 20

1931: New York City, NY. Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Billy Petrolle.
1931: Don King born in Cleveland, OH.
1952: Chicago, Illinois. Billy Graham W 10 Carmen Basilio.
1954: San Francisco. World Middleweight Championship. Carl “Bobo” Olson W 15 Rocky Castellani. Retains title.
1972: Yong Soo Choi born in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea .
1977: Roi-et, Thailand. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Saensak Muangsurin KO 6 Mike Everett. Retains title.
1977: Inglewood, CA. Bobby Chacon W 10 Ruben Olivares.
1978: Dante Craig born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1989: Norfolk, Virginia. IBF and WBC Lightweight Championship. Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker W 12 Jose Luis Ramirez. Retains and wins title.
1994: Hammanskraal, South Africa. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Vuyani Bungu W 12 Kennedy McKinney. Wins title.
1996: Hammanskraal, South Africa. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Vuyani Bungu W 12 Jesus Salud. Retains title.
1999: Chester, W. Virginia. IBF Lightweight Championship. Paul Spadafora W 12 Israel Cardona. Wins title.
2000: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Malcolm Tunacao D 12 Celes Kobayashi. Retains title.
2000: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Strawweight Joma Gamboa W 12 Noel Arambulet. Wins title.
2005: Panama City, Panama. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Roberto Vasquez KO 4 Jose Antonio Aguirre. Retains title.

August 21

1910: Calgary. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell KO 3 Eddie Marino. Retains title.
1915: Joe Lynch ND 10 Jack Wagner, NYC. Lynch’s pro debut.
1924: Harry Greb ND 10 Tiger Flowers, Fremont, OH. Non-title fight.
1929: Newark, NJ. New York World Flyweight Championship. Willie LaMorte W 15 Corp. Izzy Schwartz. Wins title.
1947: World Featherweight Championship. Willie Pep KO12 Jock Leslie, Flint, Mich. Retains title.
1951: World Light Heavyweight Championship. Joey Maxim W 15 Bob Murphy, NYC. Retains title.
1957: Seattle, Washington. World Heavyweight Championship. Floyd Patterson KO 6 Pete Rademacher. Retains title.
1970: Paolo Vidoz born in Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
1971: Caracas, Venezuela. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Vicente Rondon W 15 Eddie Jones, Retains title.
1973: Albuquerque. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster W 15 Pierre Fourie. Retains title.
1973: Nicolay Valuev born in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1977: Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Luis Estaba KO 11 Juan Alvarez. Retains title.
1979:Gogi Knezevic born in Vienna, Austria.
1981: Seanie Monaghan born in Mineola, New York.
1981: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Featherweight Championship. Salvador Sanchez KO 8 Wilfredo Gomez. Retains title.
1985: New York City, NY. Light Welterweight Championship. Lonnie Smith KO 8 Billy Costello. Wins title.
1987: Tijuana, Mexico. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Danilio Cabrera. Retains title.
1988: Capo D’ Orlando, Italy. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Jose Sanabria W 12 Vincenzo Belcastro. Retains title.
1993: Monte Carlo, France. Championship. Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Aaron Davis. Retains title.
1993: Kalispell, MT. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Julio Cesar Borboa KO 3 Carlos Mercardo. Retains title.
1994: St-Jean-de-Luz, France. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Julio Cesar Vasquez W 12 Ronald “Winky” Wright. Retains title.
1996: Le Cannet, France. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Laurent Boudouani KO 5 Julio Cesar Vasquez. Wins title.
1999: Miami, FL. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Kostya Tszyu KO 10 Miguel Angel Gonzalez. Wins title.
2010: Erfurt, Germany. WBO Cruiserweight Championship. Marco Huck W 5 Matt Godfrey. Retains title.

August 22

1922: Brooklyn, NY. Frankie Genaro W 10 Pancho Villa.
1925: Los Angeles, CA. Fidel LaBarba W 10 Frankie Genaro.
1933: Boxing’s first televised fight, an exhibition between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri, is broadcast in London.
1939: Bronx, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Lou Ambers W 15 Henry Armstrong. Regains title.
1945: Cleveland, Ohio. Jimmy Bivins KO 6 Archie Moore.
1966: Reynosa, Mexico. L.C. Morgan KO 4 Jose Napoles.
1969: Inglewood, CA.World Bantamweight Championship. Ruben Olivares KO 5 Lionel Rose. Wins title.
1972: Derrick Gainer born in Pensacola, Florida, USA .
1972: Felix Machado born in Bolivar, Venezuela .
1980: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Gomez KO 5 Derrick Holmes. Retains title.
1985: Jorge Linares born in Barinas, Venezuela .
1987: Columbia, SC. WBA Welterweight Championship. Marlon Starling KO 11 Mark Breland. Wins title.
1992: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. John-John Molina KO 4 Fernando Caiceda. Retains title.
1992: Ciudad Madero, Mexico. WBC Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 5 Singprasert Kittikasem. Retains title.
1993: Sandor Martin born in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.
1995: South Padre Island, Texas. Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Agapito Sanchez.
1998: Leipzig, Germany. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Charles Brewer KO 3 Antoine Byrd. Retains title.
1998: Leipzig, Germany.Sven Ottke W 10 Wilhelmus Krijnen.
1998: Hammanskraal, South Africa. WBO World Light-Middleweight Championship. Harry Simon W 12 Ronald “Winky” Wright, Wins title.
1998: Atlantic City, NJ. Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo “Thunder” Gatti.
2009: Houston, TX. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. Robert Guerrero W 12 Malcolm Klassen. Wins title.
2009: Los Cabos, Mexico. IBF Mini Flyweight Championship. Raul Garcia W 12 Sammy Gutierrez. Retains title.

August 23

1920: Bridgeport, CT. World Welterweight Championship. Jack Britton D 12 Lou Bogash. Retains title.
1943: Philadelphia, PA.Bob Montgomery W 10 Fritzie Zivic.
1944: Hiroshi Kobayashi born in Isesaki, Gunma, Japan.
1961: Dennis Milton born in The Bronx, New York.
1970: Tokyo, Japan. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Hiroshi Kobayashi W 15 Antonio Amaya. Retains title.
1973: Juan Manuel Marquez born Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
1975: Merida, Mexico. WBC Flyweight Championship. Miguel Canto KO 11 Jiro Takada. Retains title.
1975: Panama City. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Jaime Rios W 15 Rigoberto Marcano.
1976: Denkaosan Kaovichit born in Ko Samui, Thailand.
1979: Edgar Sosa born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
1985: Sydney, Australia. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Jeff Fenech KO 4 Satoshi Shingaki. Retains title.
1986: Miami Beach, Florida. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Mike McCallum KO 2 Julian Jackson. Retains title.
1986: Manchester, England. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. Barry Michael W 15 Najib Daho. Retains title.
1986: Miami Beach, Florida. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Miguel “Happy” Lora KO 6 Enrique Sanchez. Retains title.
1995: Le Cannet, France. WBA Welterweight Championship. Ike Quartey KO 6 Andrew Murray. Retains title.
1996: Atlantic City, NJ. Vinny Pazienza KO 4 Dana Rosenblatt.
1997: New York City, NY. WBA Middleweight Championship. Julio Cesar Green W 12 William Joppy. Wins title.
1997: New York City, NY. WBA Featherweight Championship. Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Roque Cassiani. Retains title.
1997: Cumana, Venezuela. WBA Flyweight Championship. Jose Bonilla W 12 Evangelico Perez. Retains title.
1997: New York City, NY. WBA Flyweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 5 Alex Sanchez. Retains title.
1998: Yokohama, Japan. WBC Lightweight Championship. Cesar Bazan W 12 Hiroyuki Sakamoto. Retains title.
1998: Yokohama, Japan. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi W Tech Dec. 6 Paulie Ayala. Retains title.
2013: Verona, New York. IBF World Junior Lightweight Championship. Argenis Mendez D12 Arash Usmanee. Retains title.

Peter Silkov
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