October 12
1895: Masbeth, NY. Kid Lavigne D 20 Young Griffo.
1926: Brooklyn, NY. Jack Sharkey WDisq 12 Harry Wills.
1965: Henry Akinwande born in London, England.
1969: Inglewood, CA. World Welterweight Championship. Jose Napoles W 15 Emile Griffith. Retains title.
1975: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Featherweight Championship. Alexis Arguello KO 5 Royal Kobayashi. Retains title.
1980: Kanazawa, Japan. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Yoko Gushiken W 15 Pedro Flores. Retains title.
1981: Nobuo Nashiro born in Nara, Nara, Japan.
1984: Marrickville, Australia. Jeff Fenech’s pro debut. Jeff Fenech KO 2 Bobby Williams.
1985: Birmingham, England. WBC Featherweight Championship. Azumah Nelson KO 1 Pat Cowdell. Retains title.
1985: Jakarta, Indonesia. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Dodie Penalosa KO 3 Yani Dokolamo. Retains title.
1987: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Khaosai Galaxy KO 3 Byung Kwan Chung. Retains title.
1991: Monte Carlo, France. IBF Middleweight Championship. James Toney KO 4 Francesco Dell’Aquila. Retains title.
1994: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Johnny Tapia KO 11 Henry Martinez.
1996: Milan, Italy. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Robin Reid KO 7 Vincenzo Nardiello. Wins title.
1996: Anaheim, California. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 8 Joey Gamache.
1996: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Hiroshi Kawashima KO 2 Domingo Sosa. Retains title.
1996: Anaheim, California. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Michael Carbajal KO 5 Tomas Rivera, Anaheim. Retains title.
2001: Indio, CA. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Winky Wright W 12 Robert Frazier. Wins vacant title.
2002: Anaheim, California. WBA Flyweight Championship. Eric Morel KO 11 Denkaosaen Kaowichit. Retains title.
2013: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Welterweight Championship. Timothy Bradley W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez. Retains title.
2013: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Featherweight Championship. Orlando Salido KO 7 Orlando Cruz.
October 13
1872: Charles ‘Kid’ McCoy born in Warsaw, Indiana.
1902: Ft. Erie, Ontario. World Lightweight Championship. Joe Gans KO 5 Kid McFarland. Retains title.
1904: St. Louis, Missouri. World Featherweight Championship. Tommy Sullivan KO 5 Abe Attell. Wins title.
1913: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Battling Nelson ND 10 Ad Wolgast.
1924: Philadelphia, PA. Harry Greb D 10 Tommy Loughran.
1932: New York City, NY. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Kid Chocolate KO 12 Lew Feldman. Retains title.
1936: New York City, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Sixto Escobar KO 1 Indian Quintana. Retains title.
1937: Glasgow, Scotland. World Flyweight Championship. Benny Lynch KO 13 Peter Kane. Retains title.
1939: Minneapolis, Minnesota. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong KO 2 Howard Scott. Retains title.
1960: Harold Petty born in Saint Louis, Missouri .
1973: Inglewood, CA. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Rafael Herrera W 15 Venice Borkorsor. Retains title.
1980: David Haye born in Bermondsey, London.
1989: Geneva, Switzerland. WBA Welterweight Championship. Mark Breland KO 2 Mauro Martelli. Retains title.
1990: Sydney, Australia. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Azumah Nelson W 12 Juan LaPorte. Retains title.
1994: Paris, France. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Vasquez W 12 Juan Polo-Perez. Retains title.
1996: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Yong Soo Choi W 12 Yamato Mitani. Retains title.
2001: Copenhagen, Denmark.Mike Tyson KO 7 Brian Nielson.
2001: Copenhagen, Denmark.Joe Calzaghe KO 4 Will McIntyre.
2007: Chicago, Illinois. Retains WBA & IBF Lightweight Championship. Juan Diaz KO 9 Julio Diaz. Retains WBA & wins IBF Lightweight title.
2007: Moscow, Russia. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Dimitri Kirilov W 12 Jose Navarro. Wins vacant title.
2007: Buenos Aires, Argentina. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Juan Carlos Reveco KO 5 Humberto Pool. Retains title.
2007: Moscow, Russia. WBO World Heavyweight Championship. Sultan Ibragimov W 12 Evander Holyfield. Retains title.
2012: WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Nonito Donaire WTKO 9 Toshiaki Nishioka. Retains title.
October 14
1885: Jack Britton born in Clinton, New York.
1912: Cleveland, Ohio. World Featherweight Championship. Johnny Kilbane W 12 Ed O’Keefe. Retains title.
1934: Horacio Accavallo born in Villa Diamante, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1935: Ralph Dupas born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1949: San Francisco, CA. NBA Heavyweight Championship. Ezzard Charles KO 8 Pat Valentino. Retains title.
1949: Chicago, Illinois. Kid Gavilan W 10 Beau Jack.
1967: Mexico City, Mexico. World Featherweight Championship. Vicente Saldivar KO 12 Howard Winstone. Retains title.
1988: Lausanne, Switzerland. IBF Welterweight Championship. Simon Brown W 12 Mauro Martelli. Retains title.
1989: Roanoke, VA. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Juan Polo Perez W 12 Elly Pical. Wins title.
1995: IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Henry Maske W 12 Graciano Rocchigiani, Munich. Retains title.
1995: Comodoro Rivadavoa, Argentina. WBA Middleweight Championship. Jorge Castro W 12 Reggie Johnson. Retains title.
2001: McAllen, TX. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Eidy Moya KO 11 Adan Vargas. Wins vacant title.
2006: Manchester, England. World Super Middleweight Championship. Joe Calzaghe W 12 Sakio Bika. Retains title.
2006: Copenhagen, Denmark. WBA and WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Mikkel Kessler KO 3 Markus Beyer. Retains WBA, and wins WBC title.
2014: Carson, California. WBA Super World Featherweight Championship. Nicholas Walters KO 6 Nonito Donaire.
October 15
1858: John L. Sullivan born in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
1901: Louis ‘Kid’ Kaplan born Gershon Mendeloff in Kiev, Russia.
1910: World Middleweight Champion Stanley Ketchel, 24, is shot by Walter A. Dipley and dies. Ketchel was between fights and camping out a Missouri ranch and was shot in the back after a disagreement with Dipley over a woman.
1920: New York City, NY. Frankie Genaro’ pro debut. Frankie Genaro WDisq 3 Joe Colletti.
1924: New York City, NY. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Steve “Kid” Sullivan KO 5 Mike Ballerino. Retains title.
1926: Boston, Massachusetts. ‘Slapsie’ Maxie Rosenbloom WDisq 9 Tiger Flowers.
1934: Paris, France. World Middleweight Championship. Marcel Thil D 15 Carmelo Candel. Retains title.
1939: Carmelo Bossi born in Milan, Lombardia, Italy.
1952: Chicago, Illinois. World Lightweight Championship. Jimmy Carter W 15 Lauro Salas. Regains title.
1966: San Juan, Puerto Rico. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Jose Torres KO 2 Chic Calderwood. Retains title.
1969: Charles Brewer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
1976: Hollywood, FL. George Foreman KO 4 John Dino Denis.
1976: Hollywood, FL. World Lightweight Championship. Roberto Duran KO 1 Alvaro Rojas. Retains title.
1978: WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Yoko Gushiken KO 5 Sang Il Chung, Tokyo. Retains title.
1994: Laredo, Texas. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Orlando Canizales W 12 Sergio Reyes. Retains title.
2005: Dusseldorf, Germany. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Tomasz Adamek KO 6 Thomas Ulrich, Retains title.
2010: Montreal, Quebec, Canada. IBF World Super Middleweight Championship. Lucian Bute KO 9 Jesse Brinkley. Retains title.
2011: Los Angeles, California. WBC World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins TD 3 Chad Dawson. Retains title.
2011: Liverpool, England. WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Nathan Cleverly W 12 Tony Bellew. Retains title.
2011: Los Angeles, California. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Antonio DeMarco WTKO 11 Jorge Linares. Wins title.
October 16
1900: Detroit, Michigan. World Welterweight Championship. Matty Matthews W 15 James ‘Rube’ Ferns. Regains title.
1902: Baltimore, Maryland. World Featherweight Championship. Young Corbett KO 8 Joe Berstein. Retains title.
1903: Los Angeles, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Frankie Neil D 20 Johnny Reagan. Retains title.
1906: Chelsea, MA. World Welterweight Championship. Honey Mellody W 15 Joe Walcott. Wins vacant title.
1909: Colma, CA. World Heavyweight Championship. Jack Johnson KO 12 Stanley Ketchel. Retains title.
1970: Inglewood, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Chucho Castillo KO 14 Ruben Olivares. Wins title.
1976: San Juan, Puerto Rico. World Light Welterweight Championship. Wilfred Benitez KO 3 Tony Petronelli. Retains title.
1976: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Samuel Serrano W 15 Ben Villaflor. Wins title.
1976: Inchon, S. Korea. WBA Bantamweight Alfonso Zamora KO 12 Soo Hwan Hong. Retains title.
1980:Malik Scott born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1982: Charlotte, North Carolina. WBA Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza D 15 Bernard Taylor. Retains title.
1982: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Matthew Hilton KO 2 Jack Callahan. Retains title.
1982: Sydney, Australia. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Jeff Fenech Tech. Dec. 4 Carlos Zarate. Retains title.
1987: Atlantic City, New Jersey. World Heavyweight Championship. Mike Tyson KO 7 Tyrell Biggs. Retains title.
1988: Moriguchi, Japan. WBA Super Bantamweight Juan Jose Estrada KO 11 Takuya Muguruma. Retains title.
1990: Tampa, FL. James ‘Lights Out’ Toney W 10 Sanderline Williams.
1990: Winky Wright W 4 Anthony Salerno, Tampa, FL. Wright’s pro debut.
1992: Paris, France. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Anaclet Wamba W 12 Andrew Maynard. Retains title.
1992: Charley Burley, 75, dies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1993: Paris, France. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Anaclet Wamba KO 7 Akim Tafer, Paris. Retains title.
1999: Barranquilla, Columbia. IBF Flyweight Championship. Irene Pacheco KO 4 Ferid Ben Jeddou. Retains title.
2008: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Featherweight Championship. Oscar Larios W 12 Takahiro Aoh. Wins vacant title.
2008: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Hozumi Hasegawa KO 2 Alejandro Valdez. Retains title.
2008: Tokyo, Japan WBC World Bantamweight Championship. Hozumi Hasegawa KO 2 Alejandro Valdez. Retains title.
2010: Hamburg, Germany. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Vitali Klitschko W 12 Shannon Briggs. Retains title.
2010: Kissimmee, Florida. WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Vazquez WTKO 11 Ivan Hernandez. Retains title.
October 17
1886: Mike McCoole dies in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1904: London, England. World Bantamweight Championship. Joe Bowker W 20 Frankie Neil. Wins title.
1904: London, England. Owen Moran W 6 George Dixon.
1910: London, England. British World Bantamweight Championship. Digger Stanley KO 8 Joe Bowker. Wins vacant title.
1916: Boston, Mass. World Welterweight Championship. Jack Britton W 12 Ted “Kid” Lewis. Retains title.
1929: London, England. NBA Flyweight Championship. Frankie Genaro W 15 Ernie Jarvis. Retains title.
1938: New York City, NY. New York World Featherweight Championship. Joey Archibald W 15 Mike Belloise. Wins vacant title.
1973: Honolulu, Hawaii. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Ben Villaflor KO 1 Kuniaki Shibata. Regains title.
1980: Poza Rica, Mexico. Daniel Zaragoza’s pro debut. Daniel Zaragoza KO 4 Ernesto Gutierrez.
1987: Bradley Skeete born in Tooting, London, England.
1987: Jakarta, Indonesia. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Elly Pical W 15 Tae Il Chang. Wins title.
1993: Lake Tahoe, CA. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Kennedy McKinney W 12 Jesus Salud. Retains title.
1995: Osaka, Japan. WBA Flyweight Championship. Saensor Ploenchit KO 10 Hioki Ioka. Retains title.
1997: Ledyard, CT. WBA Welterweight Championship. Ike Quartey D 12 Jose Luis Lopez. Retains title.
1997: Ledyard, CT. Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker NC 12 Andrei Pestriav. Bout made into no contest after Whitaker tested positive for cocaine.
1998: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Pichitnoi C. Siriwat KO 8 Taekil Lee. Retains title.
1999: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Yeosam Choi W 12 Saman Sorjaturong. Wins title.
2009: Nottingham, England. WBC World Super Middleweight Championship. Carl Froch W 12 Andre Dirrell. Retains title.
October 18
1912: New York City, NY. Johnny Coulon ND 10 Kid Williams.
1915: Denver, CO. Sam Langford W 15 “Battling” Jim Johnson.
1915: London, England. World Flyweight Championship. Joe Symonds KO 16 Tancy Lee. Retains title.
1927: Chicago, Illinois. Jimmy McLarnin KO 8 Louis ‘Kid’ Kaplan.
1958: Thomas Hearns born in Memphis, Tennessee.
1960: Richard Sandoval born in Pomona, CA.
1963: Kid Williams, 69, dies in Baltimore, Maryland.
1974: Yokohama, Japan. WBA Flyweight Championship. Susumu Hanagata KO 6 Chartchai Chionoi. Wins title.
1980: Sendai, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Shoji Oguma W 15 Chan Hee Park. Retains title.
1987: Osaka, Japan. WBC Strawweight Championship. Hiroki Ioka W 12 Mai Thonburifarm. Wins title.
1989: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Luisito Espinosa KO 1 Kaokor Galaxy. Wins title.
1990: Paris, Illinois. IBF Middleweight Championship. Michael Nunn KO 10 Donald Curry. Retains title.
1990: Paris, Illinois. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Luis Mendoza W 12 Fabrice Benichou. Retains title.
1991: Atlantic City, NJ. WBO Heavyweight Champion Ray Mercer KO 5 Tommy Morrison. Retaines title.
2003: Manchester, England. WBC Featherweight Championship. In Jin Chi D 12 Michael Brodie. Vacant title.
2008: Atlantic City, NJ. Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins W 12 Kelly Pavlik.
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