August 24
1900: Coney Island, NY. Bob Fitzsimmons KO 2 “Sailor” Tom Sharkey.
1901: Denver, CO. George Dixon D 10 Abe Attell.
1908: Sydney, Australia. Tommy Burns KO 13 Bill Squires. Retains World Heavyweight Title.
1922: Philadelphia, PA.Gene Tunney ND 8 Tommy Loughran.
1928: Chicago, Illinois. Billy Petrolle KO 5 Jackie “Kid” Berg.
1931: Hartford, Connecticut. Louis “Kid” Kaplan W 10 Sammy Mandell.
1943: Dave Wolf born in Manhattan, NY .
1956: New Orleans, LA. World Lightweight Championship. Joe “Old Bones” Brown W 15 Wallace “Bud” Smith. Wins title.
1966: New Orleans, LA. World Welterweight Championship. Curtis Cokes W 15 Manuel Gonzalez. Wins title.
1968: James Toney born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1974: Honolulu, HI. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Ben Villaflor KO 2 Yasutsune Uehara. Retains title.
1978: Philadelphia. PA .Marvin Hagler W 10 Bennie Briscoe.
1986: Juan les Pins, France. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Buster Drayton KO 10 Davey Moore. Retains title.
1991: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Chun Huh. Retains title.
1992: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Lightweight Championship. Miguel Angel Gonzalez KO 10 Wilfrido Rocha. Wins vacant title.
1996: Kamphaeng, Thailand. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Yokthai Sithoar KO 8 Alimi Goitia. Wins title.
1996: Albuquerque, NY. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Danny Romero KO 2 Harold Grey. Wins title.
2002: Leipzig, Germany. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Sven Ottke KO 9 Joe Gatti. Retains title.
2002: Tokyo, Japan.WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Sirimongkol Singmanassak KO 2 Kengo Nagashima. Wins vacant title.
2002: Carolina, Puerto Rico. WBA Featherweight Championship. Derrick Gainer TD 2 Daniel Seda. Retains title.
2005: Sydney, Australia. IBF Flyweight Championship. Vic Darchinyan KO 5 Jair Jiminez. Retains title.
2013: Chubut, Argentina. WBO World Super Flyweight Championship. Omar Narvaez KO 10 Hiroyuki Hisataka. Retains title.
2013: Carson, California. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Jhonny Gonzalez W KO 1 Abner Mares. Wins title.
August 25
1904: Jimmy Slattery born in Buffalo, NY.
1931: Montreal, Canada. World Bantamweight Championship. Panama Al Brown W 15 Pete Sanstol, Montreal. Retains title.
1950: Scranton, PA. Pennsylvania World Middleweight. Sugar Ray Robinson KO 1 Jose Basora. Retains title.
1959: Sepp Iten born in Windisch, Switzerland
1977: Diego Corrales born in Sacramento, California.
1979: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Antonio Cervantes W 15 Kwang Min Kim. Retains title.
1985: Djakarta, Indonesia. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Elly Pical KO 3 Wayne Mulholland. Retains title.
1998: Two-time World Lightweight Champion Bob Montgomery, 79, dies in the Coatsville, Pennsylvania.
2001: Yokohama, Japan. WBA Strawweight Championship. Yutaka Niida W 12 Chana Porpaoin. Wins title.
2007: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. World Junior Flyweight Championship. Ivan Calderon W 12 Hugo Cazares. Wins title.
2012: Berlin, Germany. WBO World Super Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham W 12 Robert Stieglitz. Wins title.
August 26
1879: Joe Jeannette born in North Bergen, New Jersey.
1901: Frankie Genaro born in New York, New York.
1904: San Francisco, CA. World Heavyweight Championship. James J. Jeffries KO 2 Jack Munroe. Retains title.
1906: Ceferino Garcia born in Los Angeles, California .
1935: Bronx, NY. NBA Bantamweight Championship. Lou Salica W 15 Sixto Escobar. Wins title.
1941: New York City, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Gus Lesnevich W 15 Tami Mauriello. Retains title.
1965: Los Angeles, CA. Luis Rodriguez W 10 Ruben “Hurricane” Carter.
1966: Silvio Branco born in Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy.
1978: Mmbatho, Bophuthatswana. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Antonio Cervantes KO 9 Norman Sekgapane. Retains title.
1983: Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Leonardo Cruz W 15 Cleo Garcia. Retains title.
1989: Talcahueno, Chile. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Raul Perez KO 8 Cardenio Ulloa. Retains title.
1990: Cancun, Mexico. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Humberto “Chiquita” Gonzalez KO 8 Jorge Rivera. Retains title.
1994: Atlantic City, NJ. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Hector Acero Sanchez W 12 Tracy Harris Patterson. Wins title.
1995: Atlantic City, NJ. WBC Welterweight Championship. Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker W 12 Gary Jacobs. Retains title.
1996: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Yuri Arbachakov KO 9 Takato Toguchi. Retains title.
2000: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Fernando Vargas KO 4 Ross Thompson. Retains title.
2000: Las Vegas, Nevada. Vacant IBF Welterweight Championship. Vernon Forrest NC 3 Raul Frank. Fight ends due to severe cut caused by an accidental head butt. Title remains vacant.
2002: Saitama, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Masamori Tokuyama KO 6 Erik Lopez. Retains title.
2005: Hollywood, Fla. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. O’Neil Bell KO 11 Sebastian Rothmann. Retains title.
August 27
1894: Coney Island, NY. Jack McAuliffe W 10 Young Griffo.
1924: New York City, NY. Paul Berlenbach D 6 Young Stribling.
1925: Waterbury, CT. World Featherweight Championship. Louis “Kid” Kaplan D 15 Babe Herman. Retains title.
1943: New York City, NY. Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Henry Armstrong.
1951: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Paddy DeMarco W 10 Sandy Saddler.
1964: Tracy Byrd born Flint, Michigan.
1964: Frank Tate born Detroit, Michigan.
1967: Todd Foster born in Great Falls, Montana.
1968: Johnny Bredahl born in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1970: Sharmba Mitchell born in Takoma Park, Maryland.
1971: Herbie Hide born in Amauzari, Nigeria.
1977: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Samuel Serrano W 15 Apollo Yoshio. Retains title.
1985: Lowell, MA. Mickey Ward’s pro debut. Mickey Ward KO 4 Greg Young.
1994: Cardiff, Wales. Chris Eubank KO 7 Sam Storey.
1994: Bushkill, PA. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Jake Rodriguez KO 9 George Scott. Retains title.
2000: Osaka, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Masamori Tokuyama W 12 In Joo Cho. Wins title. Tokuyama becomes the first North Korean to win a professional boxing world title.
2011: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. WBO World Minimumweight Championship. Moises Fuentes W 12 Raul Garcia. Wins title.
2011: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. IBF World Light Flyweight Championship. Ulises Solis W 12 Jether Oliva. Retains title.
August 28
1922: New York City, NY. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Johnny Dundee W 15 Pepper Martin. Retains title.
1940: Pittsburgh, PA. Fritzie Zivic W10 Sammy Angott.
1946: Camden, NJ. Joey Maxim W 10 Jersey Joe Walcott.
1948: Baltimore, Maryland. Archie Moore W 10 Jimmy Bivins.
1958: Antonio Avelar born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
1959: San Francisco, CA. NBA Middleweight Championship.Gene Fullmer KO 14 Carmen Basilio. Wins vacant title.
1963: Ibadan, Nigeria. World Middleweight Championship. Dick Tiger KO 7 Gene Fullmer. Retains title.
1966: Reggie Johnson born in Houston, Texas.
1971: Raul Marquez born in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
1976: Inglewood, CA. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Carlos Zarate KO 12 Paul Ferreri. Retains title.
1981: Ulises Solis born.
1988: WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Myung Woo Yuh KO 6 Putt Ohyuthanakom, Pusan, South Korea. Retains title.
1992: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Welterweight Championship. Maurice Blocker W 12 Luis Garcia. Retains title.
1998: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Middleweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins NC 4 Robert Allen. Retains title.
1998: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Middleweight Championship.William Joppy KO 3 Roberto Duran. Retains title.
1999: Bremen, Germany. WBO Light-Heavyweaight Championship. Dariusz Michalczewski KO 4 Montell Griffin. Retains title.
1999: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Light Middleweight Championship.David Reid W 12 Keith Mullings. Retains title.
2009: Coconut Creek, Florida. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Tavoris Cloud W 12 Clinton Woods. Wins vacant title.
2009: Coconut Creek, Florida. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Juan Urango KO 11 Randall Bailey. Retains title.
August 29
1885: Cincinnati, Ohio. Marquis of Queensberry World Heavyweight Championship .John L. Sullivan W 6 Dominick McCaffrey. Wins vacant title.
1911: Trouville, France. Dixie Kid KO 5 Georges Carpentier.
1951: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Kid Gavilan W 15 Billy Graham, NYC. Retains title.
1958: Marlon Starling born in Hartford, Connecticut.
1960: Tokyo, Japan. World Featherweight Championship. Davey Moore W 15 Kazuo Takayama. Retains title.
1961: Seattle, Washington. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Harold Johnson W 15 Eddie Cotton. Retains title.
1980: Miami Beach, Florida. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Julian Solis W 15 Jorge Lujan. Wins title.
1981: Djakarta, Indonesia. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Saoul Mamby W 15 Thomas Americo. Retains title.
1981: Via Reggio, Italy.Rolando Navarette KO 5 Cornelius Boza-Edwards.
1983: Timothy Bradley born in Cathedral City, California.
1987: Los Angeles. WBC Featherweight Championship. Azumah Nelson W 12 Marcos Villasana. Retains title.
1992: Reno, Nevada. IBF Middleweight Championship. James Toney W 12 Mike McCallum. Retains title.
1992: Reno, Nevada. IBF Lightweight Championship. Freddie Pendleton TD 2 Tracy Spann.
1992: Kyongiu, South Korea. WBA Featherweight Championship. Yung Kyun Park W 12 Giovanni Nieves. Retains title.
1993: San Jose, Costa Rica. Ricardo Mayorga’s pro debut. Humberto Aranda KO 6 Ricardo Mayorga.
1994: Inglewood. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Harold Grey W 12 Julio Cesar Borboa. Wins title.
1998: Seoul. South Korea. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. In Joo Cho W 12 Gerry Penalosa. Wins title.
1999: WBC Bantamweight Championship. Veerapol Sahaprom KO 7 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka, Japan. Retains title.
2008: Rama, Ontario. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Steve Molitor KO 10 Ceferino Dario Labarda. Retains title.
2009: Mexicali, Mexico. WBA/IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Celestino Caballero KO 7 Francisco Leal. Retains title.
2009: Honolulu, Hawaii. IBF Light Flyweight Championship. Brian Viloria W 12 Jesus Iribe. Retains title.
August 30
1899: Ray Arcel born in Terre Haute, IN.
1900: New York City, NY. James J. Corbett KO 5 Charles (Kid) McCoy.
1921: Angelo Dundee born in Philadelphia, PA.
1927: Hartford, Connecticut. NBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Jimmy Slattery W 10 “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom. Wins vacant title.
1937: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis W 15 Tommy Farr, NYC. Retains title.
1961: Brian Mitchell born in Kensington, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
1966: Orzubek Nazarov born in Kant, Kyrgyzstan.
1968: Robert Daniels in Miami, Florida.
1974: Daisuke Naito born in Hokkaido, Japan .
1975: WBA Bantamweight Championship. Alfonso Zamora KO 4 Thanomjit Sukhothai, Anaheim. Retains title.
1981: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Flyweight Championship. Antonio Avelar KO 2 Tae Shik Kim. Retains title.
1986: Pusan, South Korea. IBF Featherweight Championship. Ki Yung Chung KO 10 Antonio Rivera. Retains title.
1986: Cordoba, Argentina. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Gilberto Roman D 12 Santos Laciar. Retains title.
1987: Marbella, Spain. World Welterweight Championship. Lloyd Honeyghan KO 1 Gene Hatcher. Retains title.
1996: Reading, PA. Lonnie Bradley W 12 Simon Brown.
1996: 34 year old, Former WBC Heavyweight Champion Frank Bruno, announces his retirement.
2008: Berlin, Germany. WBA Heavyweight Championship. Nicolay Valuev W 12 John Ruiz. Wins vacant title.
2008: Monterrey, Mexico. WBC/WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Cristian Mijares KO 3 Chatchai Sasakul Retains title.
2008: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. World Junior Flyweight Championship. Ivan Calderon TD 7 Hugo Cazares. Retains title.
2008: Cebu, Philippines WBO World Minimumweight Championship. Donnie Nietes KO 2 Eddy Castro. Retains title.
2014: Halle, Germany. WBO World Cruiserweight Championship. Marco Huck W 12 Mirko Larghetti. Retains title.
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