September 21
1897: Philadelphia, PA. Joe Gans D 15 Young Griffo.
1925: Bronx, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Mickey Walker W 15 Dave Shade. Retains title.
1926: Vernon, CA. World Light Welterweight Championship. Mushy Callahan W 10 Pinkey Mitchell. Retains title.
1932: San Francisco, CA. John Henry Lewis W 10 James J.Braddock.
1948: Jersey City, NJ. World Middleweight Championship. Marcel Cerdan KO 12 Tony Zale. Wins title.
1955: Bronx, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Rocky Marciano KO 9 Archie Moore. Retains title.
1966: New York City, NY. “Smokin’” Joe Frazier W 10 Oscar Bonavena.
1974: Rome, Italy. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Perico Fernandez W 15 Lion Furuyama. Wins vacant title.
1975: Acelino Freitas born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
1983: San Jose, CA. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Carlos DeLeon KO 4 Yaqui Lopez. Retains title.
1985: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes, Las Vegas. Wins title.
1985: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Bernard Benton W 12 Alfonzo Ratliff. Wins title.
1985: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Dwight Pratchett. Retains title.
1986: Hugo Ruiz born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico.
1989: Jakarta, Indonesia. IBF Strawweight Championship. Eric Chavez KO 5 Nico Thomas.Wins title.
1996: Berlin, Germany. WBO Lightweight Championship. Arthur Grigorian KO 2 Gene Reed. Retains title.
September 22
1927: Chicago, Illinois. World Heavyweight Championship. Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey. Retains title.
1933: Houston, Texas.Young Stribling W 10 “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom.
1938: Liverpool, England. World Flyweight Championship. Peter Kane W 15 Jackie Jurich. Wins vacant title.
1960: Los Angeles, CA. World Flyweight Championship. Pone Kingpetch KO 8 Pascuel Perez. Retains title
1964: Wembley, England. World Welterweight Championship. Emile Griffith W 15 Brian Curvis. Retains title.
1973: Toronto, Canada. World Welterweight Championship. Jose Napoles W 15 Clyde Gray. Retains title.
1977: Adonis Stevenson born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
1981: Nagoya, Japan. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Lupe Pintor KO 15 Hurricane Teru. Retains title.
1983: Monte Carlo, France. WBA Welterweight Championship. Donald Curry KO 6 Nino LaRocca. Retains title.
1984: Monte Carlo, France. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Richard Sandoval W 15 Edgar Roman. Retains title.
1988: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Roger Mayweather KO 12 Gato Gonzalez. Retains title.
1989: Mexacali, Mexico. WBA Featherweight Championship. Antonio Esparragoza KO 5 Fili Montoya. Retains title.
1990: Sacramento, CA. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. Tony Lopez W 12 Jorge Paez. Retains title.
1991: Indio, CA. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Orlando Canizales W 12 Fernie Morales. Retains title.
1998: New York City, NY. IBF Lightweight Championship. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 5 Eduardo Morales. Retains title.
1998: York City, NY. Angel Manfredy W 12 John Brown.
1978: Tokyo, Japan. Freddy Norwood KO 10 Koji Matsumoto.
2001: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Fernando Vargas KO 7 Shibata Flores. Wins vacant title.
2010: Alan Rudkin dies in Liverpool, England.
2012: Wroclaw, Poland. WBC World Cruiserweight Championship. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk W12 Francisco Palacios. Retains title.
2012: Glasgow, Scotland. WBO Lightweight Championship. Ricky Burns KO 4 Kevin Mitchell. Retains title.
2012: Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico . IBF World Super Flyweight Championship. Juan Carlos Sanchez WKO 9 Rodel Mayol. Retains title.
September 23
1901: Ft. Erie, Ontario World Welterweight Championship. James “Rube” Ferns KO 9 Frank Erne. Retains title.
1918: Newark, NY. Benny Leonard ND 8 Ted “Kid” Lewis.
1921: New York City, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Johnny Buff W 15 Pete Herman. Wins title.
1926: Philadelphia, PA. World Heavyweight Championship. Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey. Wins title.
1929: Hartford, Conn. World Featherweight Championship. Bat Battalino W 15 Andre Routis. Wins title.
1936: Packey McFarland, 47, dies in Joliet, Illinois, after he had contracted an strepococcus infection (strep throat that attacked his heart).
1937: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Fred Apostoli KO 10 Marcel Thil. Wins title.
1937: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Barney Ross W 15 Ceferino Garcia. Retains title.
1937: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Lou Ambers W 15 Pedro Montanez. Retains title.
1937: New York City, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Harry Jeffra W 15 Sixto Escobar, NYC. Wins title.
1940: Washington, DC. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong KO 4 Phil Furr. Retains title.
1948: Bronx, NY. Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Kid Gavilan.
1948: Bronx, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Ike Williams KO 10 Jesse Flores. Retains title.
1952: Philadelphia, PA. World Heavyweight Championship. Rocky Marciano KO 13 Jersey Joe Walcott. Wins title.
1952: Philadelphia, PA. Cleveland Williams KO 6 Joe McFadden.
1957: Bronx, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Carmen Basilio W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson. Wins title.
1976: Wladimir Sidorenko born in Enerhodar, Ukraine.
1983: Derry Matthews born in Liverpool, England.
1983: WBA Heavyweight Championship. Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes. Wins title.
1995: Sacramento, CA. WBC Featherweight Championship. Manuel Medina W 12 Alejandro Gonzalez. Wins title.
2006: Wetzlar, Germany. IBF Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham W 12 Edison Miranda. Retains title.
September 24
1898: Benny Valger born in Paris, France.
1922: World Light Heavyweight Championship. Battling Siki KO 6 Georges Carpentier, Paris. Wins title.
1923: New York City, NY. Slapsie Rosenbloom’s pro debut. “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom W 6 Nick Scanlon.
1930: Hartford, CT. Louis “Kid” Kaplan W 10 Battling Battalino.
1935: New York City, NY. Joe Louis KO 4 Max Baer.
1940: Bronx, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Lou Salica W 15 Georgie Pace. Wins vacant title.
1951: Philadelphia, PA. Archie Moore W 10 Harold Johnson.
1953: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Rocky Marciano KO 11 Roland La Starza. Retains title.
1989: Suanbo, S. Korea. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Myung Woo Yuh KO 11 Kenbun Taiho. Retains title.
1993: Tucuman, Argentina. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Juan Coggi KO 10 Guillermo Cruz. Retains title.
1993: Rome, Italy. WBO Lightweight Championship Giovanni Parisi W 12 Antonio Rivera. Retains title.
1994: London, England. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Oliver McCall KO 2 Lennox Lewis. Wins title.
1994: Rotterdam, Holland. WBO Junior-Lightweight Championship. Regilio Tuur W 12 Eugene Speed. Wins Vacant title.
1999: WBC Middleweight Championship. Keith Holmes W 12 Andrew Council. Retains title.
1999: Washington, D.C. WBA Middleweight Championship. William Joppy KO 7 Julio Cesar Green. Retains title.
2001: Yokohama, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Gerry Penalosa. Retains title.
2005: Atlantic City, NJ. Wladimir Klitschko W 12 Samuel Peter.
2005: Atlantic City, NJ. WBO Light-Welterweight Championship. Miguel Cotto KO 7 Ricardo Torres, Atlantic City.
2007: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Alexander Munoz W 12 Kuniyuki Aizawa. Retains title.
2011: Mexicali, Mexico. WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Jorge Arce WKO 4 Simphiwe Nongqayi. Retains title.
2011: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC World Light Flyweight Championship. Adrian Hernandez WKO 2 Gideon Buthelezi. Wins title.
September 25
1939: Pittsburgh, PA. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Billy Conn W 15 Melio Bettina. Retains title.
1942: New York City, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Chalky Wright W 15 Lulu Constantino. Retains title.
1950: Rafael Ortega born in Panama.
1961: Frankie Randall born in Birmingham, Alabama.
1962: Chicago, Illinois. World Heavyweight Championship. Sonny Liston KO 1 Floyd Patterson. Wins title.
1971: Buenos Aires, Argentina. World Middleweight Championship. Carlos Monzon KO 14 Emile Griffith. Retains title.
1972: Honolulu, Hawaii. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Ben Villaflor D 15 Victor Echegaray. Retains title.
1979: Wembley, England. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Maurice Hope KO 7 Mike Baker. Retains title.
1979: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Featherweight Championship. Danny “Little Red” Lopez KO 3 Jose Caba. Retains title.
1994: Kanchanaburi, Thailand. WBA Flyweight Championship. Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Yong-Kang Kim. Retains title.
1995: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Chatchai Elite-Gym. Retains title.
1999: Temecula, CA. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 10 Wilfredo Rivera.
1999: Temecula, CA. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Lehlo Ledwaba KO 5 Edison Valencia. Retains title.
2004: Memphis, TN. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones Jr. Retains title.
2004: Memphis, TN. WBO Super-Flyweight Championship. Ivan Hernandez KO 8 Mark Johnson. Wins title.
2005: Yokohama, Japan. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Hozumi Hasegawa KO 7 Gerardo Martinez. Retains title.
2010: Tokyo, Japan. WBA World Flyweight Championship. Daiki Kameda w pts 12 Takefumi Sakata. Retains title.
2010: Warsaw, Poland. WBC World Cruiserweight Championship. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk W12 Jason Robinson. Retains title.
2005: Yokohama, Japan. WBA Strawweight Championship. Yutaka Niida TD 10 Eriberto Gejon. Retains title.
2011: Krasnodar, Russia. WBO World Middleweight Championship. Dmitry Pirog WKO 9 Gennady Martirosyan. Retains title.
2014: Mesquite, Texas. WBA Super World Bantamweight Championship. Juan Carlos Payano WTD 6 Anselmo Moreno. Wins title.
September 26
1929: New York Jack Sharkey KO 3 Tommy Loughran,
1932: Long Island, NY. Max Schmeling KO 8 Mickey Walker.
1945: Chicago, Illinois. Sugar Ray Robinson W 12 Jake LaMotta.
1951: New York City, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Sandy Saddler KO 10 Willie Pep. Retains title.
1964: Boogota, Colombia. World Bantamweight Championship. Eder Jofre KO 7 Bernardo Caraballo. Retains title.
1966: Engels Pedroza born in San Carlos, Venezuela.
1970: San Juan, Puerto Rico. World Lightweight Championship. Ken Buchanan W 15 Ismael Laguna. Wins title.
1972: London, England. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan. Retains title.
1976: Caracas, Venezuela. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Luis Estaba KO 11 Valentin Martinez. Retains title.
1981: Atlantic City, NJ. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 11 Jerry Martin. Retains title.
1981: Merida, Mexico. WBA Flyweight Championship. Juan Herrera KO 11 Luis Ibarra. Wins title.
1986: Miami Beach, Florida. WBA Lightweight Championship. Edwin Rosario KO 2 Livingstone Bramble. Wins title.
1986: Miami Beach, Florida. WBC Lightweight Championship. Hector Camacho W 12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Miami Beach. Retains title.
1988: Nogent-Sur Mame, France. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Jose Sanabria KO 10 Fabrice Benichou. Retains title.
1992: Pohang, South Korea. WBA Flyweight Championship. Aquiles Guzman W 12 Yong Kang Kim. Wins title.
1995: Hammanskraal, S. Africa. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Vuyani Bungu W 12 Laureano Ramirez. Retains title.
1998: Uncasville, Conn. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Lennox Lewis W 12 Zeljko Mavrovic. Retains title.
1998: Norwich, England. WBO Heavyweight Championship. Herbie Hide KO 2 Willi Fischer. Retains title.
2009: Los Angeles, California. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Vitali Klitschko WKO 10 Chris Arreola. Retains title.
September 27
1847: Professor Mike Donovan born in Chicago, Illinois.
1907: Los Angeles, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Joe Gans W 20 George Memsic. Retains title.
1915: Boston, Mass. World Welterweight Championship. Ted “Kid” Lewis W 12 Jack Britton. Retains title.
1933: Philadelphia, PA. Tommy Loughran W 15 Jack Sharkey.
1946: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Tony Zale KO 6 Rocky Graziano. Retains title.
1950: Bronx, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Ezzard Charles W 15 Joe Louis. Retains title.
1970: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Yoshiaki Numata KO 5 Raul Rojas. Retains title.
1980: London, England. World Middleweight Championship. Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 3 Alan Minter. Wins title.
1982: Lucas Martin Matthysse born in Trelew, Chubut, Argentina.
1983: Wembley, England.WBC Flyweight Championship. Frank Cedeno KO 6 Charlie Magri. Wins title.
1986: Atlantic City, NJ. World Welterweight Championship. Lloyd Honeyghan KO 7 Donald Curry. Wins title.
1986: Sun City, S. Africa. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Brian Mitchell KO 10 Alfredo Layne. Wins title.
1997: Caracas, WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Antonio Cermeno W 12 Jose (Cheo) Rojas. Retains title.
2003: Barranquilla, Colombia. IBF Flyweight Championship. Irene Pacheco KO 6 Damaen Kelly. Retains title.
2008: Hamburg, Germany. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Guillermo Jones KO 10 Firat Arslan. Wins title.
2008: Carson City, CA. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 12 Ricardo Mayorga.
2008: Carson City, CA. WBC Welterweight Championship. Andre Berto W 12 Steve Forbes. Retains title.
2008: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Edgar Sosa W 12 Sonny Boy Jaro. Retains title.
2014: Moscow, Russia. WBA World Cruiserweight Championship. Denis Lebedev KO 2 Pawel Kolodziej. Wins title.
2014: Kiel, Germany. WBO World Super Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham W 12 Paul Smith. Retains title.
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