November 30
1889: Sydney, Australia. Bob Fitzsimmons KO 1 Professor West.
1897: San Francisco, CA. James J. Jeffries D 20 Joe Choynski.
1922: Brooklyn, NY. New York World Middleweight Championship. Mike O’Dowd WF 8 Dave Rosenberg. Wins title.
1955: Boston, Mass. World Welterweight Championship. Carmen Basilio KO 12 Tony DeMarco. Retains title.
1956: Chicago, Illinois. World Heavyweight Championship. Floyd Patterson KO 5 Archie Moore. Wins vacant title.
1964: Manchester, England. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Willie Pastrano KO 11 Terry Downes. Retains title.
1965: Tokyo, Japan. World Bantamweight Championship. Fighting Harada W 15 Alan Rudkin. Retains title.
1974: Israel Cardona born in Hartford, Connecticut.
1976: Philadelphia, PA. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Alfredo Escalera W 15 Tyrone Everett. Retains title.
1979: New Orleans, LA. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Marvin Johnson KO 11 Victor Galindez. Wins title.
1979: Las Vegas, NV. World Middleweight Championship. Vito Antuofermo D 15 Marvin Hagler. Retains title.
1979: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Welterweight Championship. Sugar Ray Leonard KO 15 Wilfred Benitez. Wins title.
1981: Cornelius White born in Houston, Texas.
1982: Tony Bellew born in Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.
1982: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Hilario Zapata KO 6 Tadashi Tomori. Retains title.
1986: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Myung Woo Yuh W 15 Mario DeMarco. Retains title.
1988: Melbourne, Australia. WBC Featherweight Championship. Jeff Fenech KO 5 George Navarro. Retains title.
1990: Marsala, France. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Rene Jacquot. Retains title.
1995: Marseilles, France. IBF Featherweight Championship. Tom Johnson KO 9 Stephane Haccoun. Retains title.
1996: Albuquerque, NM. WBO Super-Flyweight Championship. Johnny Tapia W 12 Adonis Cruz. Retains title.
1998: Versailles, France. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Laurent Boudouani KO 9 ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris. Retains title.
2001: Montreal, Quebec. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Eric Lucas KO 8 Dignaan Thobela. Retains title.
2011: Mount Claremont, Australia. WBA Super World Featherweight Championship. Chris John W 12 Stanyslav Merdov. Retains title.
2011: Mount Claremont, Australia. WBC World Cruiserweight Championship. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk WKO 11 Danny Green. Retains title.
2013: Manila, Philippines. WBO World Minimumweight Championship. Merlito Sabillo D 12 Carlos Buitrago. Retains title.
2013: Yunnan Province, China. WBC World Minimumweight Championship. Xiong Zhao Zhong WKO 5 Lookrak Kiatmungmee. Retains title.
2013: Metro Manila, Philippines. WBO World Light Flyweight Championship. Donnie Nietes WKO 3 Sammy Gutierrez. Retains title.
2013: Quebec, Canada. WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Sergey Kovalev WKO 2 Ismayl Sillakh. Retains title.
December 1
1942: Cleveland, OH. Ezzard Charles W 10 Joey Maxim.
1942: Cleveland, OH. Sugar Ray Robinson KO 8 Izzy Jannazzo.
1973: Johannesburg, South Africa. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster W 15 Pierre Fourie. Retains title.
1973: Panama City, Panama. Eusebio Pedroza’s pro debut.Eusebio Pedroza KO 4 Julio Garcia.
1976: Tomasz Adamek born in Zywiec, Poland.
1980: Becerra, Caracas. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Hilario Zapata W 15 Reinaldo. Retains title.
1984: Sun City, S.Africa. WBA Heavyweight Championship. Greg Page KO 8 Gerrie Coetzee. Wins title.
1984: Sun City, S.Africa. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Piet Crous W 15 Osvaldo Ocasio. Wins title.
1984: Milan, Italy. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Mike McCallum KO 14 Luigi Minchillo. Retains title.
1990: Sacramento, CA. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Loreto Garza W Disq. 11 Vinny Pazienza. Retains title.
1995: Indio, CA. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Azumah Nelson KO 5 Gabriel Ruelas. Regains title.
1997: Former Super Lightweight and Lightweight Champion Edwin Rosario, 34, dies in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
2000: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Middleweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins KO 10 Antwun Echols. Retains title.
2001: Dortmund, Germany. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Sven Ottke KO 10 Anthony Mundine. Retains title.
2007: Mashantucket, Connecticut. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Vernon Forrest KO 11 Michele Piccirillo. Retains title.
2007: Panama City, Panama. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Celestino Caballero KO 8 Mauricio Pastrana. Retains title.
2007: Mashantucket, Connecticut. IBF Flyweight Championship. Nonito Donaire KO 8 Luis Maldonado. Retains title.
2007: Albuquerque, New Mexico. World Junior Flyweight Championship. Ivan Calderon W 12 Juan Esquer. Retains title.
December 2
1895: Maspeth, NY. George ‘Kid’ Lavigne W 15 Joe Walcott.
1905: Philadelphia, PA. Jack Johnson ND 6 Joe Jeanette.
1907: London, England. World Heavyweight Championship. Tommy Burns KO 10 Gunner Moir. Retains title.
1925: Los Angeles, CA. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Tod Morgan KO 10 Mike Ballerino. Wins title.
1935: Phoenix, AZ. Lew Jenkins’ pro debut. Lew Jenkins W 8 Lee ‘Moon’ Mullins, Phoenix.
1941: Sugar Ramos born in Matanzas, Cuba.
1950: Johannesburg, S. Africa. World Bantamweight Championship. Vic Toweel KO 11 Danny O’Sullivan. Retains title.
1959: Houston, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Joe ‘Old Bones’ Brown KO 6 Dave Charnley. Retains title.
1963: Sydney, Australia. World Light Middleweight Championship. Sandro Mazzinghi KO 13 Ralph Dupas. Retains title.
1965: Sydney, Australia. WBC Flyweight Championship. Salvatore Burruni KO 13 Rocky Gattellari. Retains title.
1972: Turin, Italy. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Bruno Acari W 15 Everaldo Costa Azevedo. Retains title.
1972: Panama City, Panama. WBA Featherweight Championship. Ernesto Marcel KO 6 Enrique Garcia. Retains title.
1977: Madrid, Spain. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Carlos Zarate KO 5 Juan F. Rodriguez. Retains title.
1978: Marsala, Italy. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Marvin Johnson KO 10 Mate Parlov. Wins title.
1982; Antonin Hortie Decarie born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1985: Sydney, Australia. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Jeff Fenech W 15 Jerome Coffee, Sydney. Retains title.
1986: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Tsuyoshi Hamada W 12 Ronnie Shields. Retains title.
1992: Tortoli, Sardina. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Kennedy McKinney KO 11 Welcome Ncita. Wins title.
1995: Belfast, N. Ireland. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Wayne McCullough KO 8 Johnny Bredahl. Retains title.
1995: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Strawweight Championship. Rosendo Alvarez W 12 Chana Porpaoin. Wins title.
1997: Philadelphia, PA. WBC Super Middleweight Charles Brewer W 12 Joey DeGrandis. Retains title.
2000: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Middleweight Championship. William Joppy KO 4 Jonathan Reid. Retains title.
2000: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF & WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Felix ‘Tito’ Trinidad KO 12 Fernando Vargas. Retains WBA/wins IBF title.
2000: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 3 Ratanapol Vorapin. Retains title.
2006: Berlin, W. Germany. WBA Middleweight Championship. Mariano Carrera KO 11 Javier Castillejo. Wins title.
2006: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBO World Welterweight Championship. Antonio Margarito W 12 Joshua Clottey. Retains title.
2006: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA Welterweight Championship. Miguel Cotto KO 5 Carlos Quintana. Wins vacant title.
2011: Mannheim, Germany. WBA Super World Middleweight Championship. Felix Sturm D 12 Martin Murray. Retains title.
December 3
1912: Cleveland, Ohio. World Featherweight Championship. Johnny Kilbane KO 9 Monte Attell. Retains title.
1915: New York City, NY. Sam Langford ND 10 Harry Wills.
1923: Pittsburgh, PA. World Middleweight Championship. Harry Greb W 10 William Bryan Downey. Retains title.
1926: Chicago, Illinois. World Middleweight Championship. Mickey ‘Toy Bulldog’ Walker W 10 Tiger Flowers. Wins Title.
1928: San Francisco, CA. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Tod Morgan D 10 Santiago Zorilla. Retains title.
1928: Toronto, Ohio. NBA Flyweight Championship. Frenchy Belanger W 12 Willie Davies. Retains title.
1954:Alfredo Evangelista born in Montevideo, Uruguay.
1958: Jose Luis Ramirez born in Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico.
1960: Los Angeles, CA. NBA Middleweight Championship. Gene Fullmer D 15 Sugar Ray Robinson. Retains title.
1962: Tokyo, Japan. World Lightweight Championship. Carlos Ortiz KO 5 Terue Kosaka. Retains title.
1969: Darren Maciunski born in Trenton, New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey.
1970: Syracuse, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Billy Backus KO 4 Jose Napoles. Wins title.
1981: Edwin Valero born in Merida, Venezuela.
1981: Chicago, Illinois. ‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier D 10 Floyd ‘Jumbo’ Cummings.
1982: New Orleans, LA. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Thomas ‘Hit Man’ Hearns W 15 Wilfred Benitez. Wins title.
1982: New Orleans, LA. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Gomez KO 14 Lupe Pintor. Retains title.
1986: Djakarta, Indonesia. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Elly Pical KO 10 Dong Chun Lee. Retains title.
1989: Inchon, S. Korea. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Chan Yong Park. Retains title.
1992: St-Jean-de-Luz, France. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Jeff Harding W 12 David Vedder. Retains title.
1994: Las Vegas, NV. Riddick ‘Big Daddy’ Bowe W 12 Larry Donald.
1994: Salta, Argentina. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Anaclet Wamba W 12 Marcelo Dominguez. Retains title.
1996: Osaka, Japan. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Pichitnoi C. Siriwat KO 2 Keiji Yamaguchi. Wins title.
1999: Peterborough, England. IBF Strawweight Championship. Zolani Petelo W 12 Juanito Rubillar. Retains title.
2000: Miami, FL. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. Steve Forbes KO 8 John Brown. Wins vacant title.
2004: Laredo, TX. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Matin Castillo W 12 Alexander Munoz. Wins title
2005: Las Vegas, NV. World Middleweight Championship. Jermain Taylor W 12 Bernard Hopkins. Retains title.
2005: Las Vegas, NV. IBF & WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Israel Vasquez KO 3 Oscar Larios. Wins WBC & retains IBF title.
2009: Newcastle, England. WBA World Light Welterweight Championship. Amir Khan KO 1 Dmitriy Salita. Retains title.
2011: NYC, New York. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Miguel Cotto KO 10 Antonio Margarito. Retains title.
2011: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Jhonny Gonzalez WKO 2 Roinet Caballero. Retains title.
2013: Osaka, Japan. WBO World Bantamweight Championship. Tomoki Kameda W 12 Immanuel Naidjala. Retains title.
2013: Osaka, Japan. IBF World Minimumweight Championship. Katsunari Takayama W 12 Vergilio Silvano. Retains title.
December 4
1904: Benny Bass born Benjamin Baruch J. Bass in Kiev, Ukraine.
1916: Lew Jenkins born Verlin E. Jenkins in Sweetwater, Texas.
1933: Cleveland, Ohio. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Kid Chocolate W 10 Frankie Wallace. Retains title.
1942: Portland, OR. Henry Armstrong KO 8 Lew Jenkins.
1957: Chicago, Illinois. World Lightweight Championship. Joe ‘Old Bones’ Brown KO 11 Joey Lopes. Retains title.
1959: Logan, UT. NBA Middleweight Championship. Gene Fullmer W 15 Spider Webb. Retains title.
1961: Toronto, OH. World Heavyweight Championship. Floyd Patterson KO 4 Tom McNeeley. Retains title.
1965: Quezon City, Philipines. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Flash Elorde W 15 Kang Il Suh. Retains title.
1971: Shannon Briggs born in Brooklyn, New York.
1975: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Lightweight Championship. Ishimatsu Suzuki KO 14 Alvaro Rojas. Retains title.
1978: Eagle Kyowa born Den Junlaphan in Phichit, Thailand.
1983: Seoul, S. Korea. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Bobby Berna KO 10 Seung In Suh. Wins vacant title.
1993: Vargas, Reno. WBC Featherweight Championship. Kevin Kelly W 12 Goyo Vargas. Wins title.
1993: Kwangmong, Gwangmyeong City, S. Korea WBA Featherweight Championship. Eloy Rojas W 12 Kyun-Yung Park. Wins title.
1993: Sun City, S. Africa. WBO Flyweight Championship. ‘Baby’ Jake Matlala KO 8 Luigi Camputaro. Retains title.
1994: Nagoya, Japan. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Yasuei Yakushiji W 12 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi. Retains title.
1998: Phuttamonthon, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao KO 8 Chatchai Dutchboy Gym. Wins title.
1999: Lincoln City, OR. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Fernando Vargas W 12 Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright. Retains title.
1999: Lincoln City, OR. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. Diego Corrales W 12 John Brown. Retains title.
2004: Las Vegas, NV. Samuel Peter KO 2 Jeremy Williams.
2004: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Jeff Lacy W 12 Omar Sheika. Retains title.
2004: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Lightweight Championship. Jose Luis Castillo W 12 Joel Casamayor. Retains title.
2009: Agde, France. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. Anselmo Moreno WKO 11 Frederic Patrac. Retains title.
2010: Anaheim, California. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Humberto Soto W 12 Urbano Antillon. Retains title.
2010: Glasgow, Scotland. WBO World Junior Lightweight Championship. Ricky Burns W 12 Andreas Evensen. Retains title.
December 5
1893: Kid Williams born John Gutenko in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1910: London, England. British World Bantamweight Championship. Digger Stanley W 20 Johnny Condon. Retains title.
1919: Jimmy Bivins born in Dry Branch, Georgia.
1938: Cleveland, Ohio. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong KO 3 Al Manfredo. Retains title.
1938: Louisville, Kentucky. Sammy Angott W 10 Freddie Miller.
1947: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis W 15 Jersey Joe Walcott. Retains title.
1949: Philadelphia, PA. World Lightweight Championship. Ike Williams W 15 Freddie Dawson. Retains title.
1966: Philadelphia, PA. Bennie Briscoe KO 9 George Benton.
1973: Panama City, Panama. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Antonio Cervantes W 15 Lion Furuyama. Retains title.
1978: Philadelphia, PA. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Mike Rossman KO 6 Aldo Traversaro. Retains title.
1981: Las Vegas, NV. WBA Lightweight Championship. Arturo Frias KO 8 Claude Noel. Wins title.
1981: Panama City, Panama. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Rafael Pedroza W 15 Gustavo Ballas. Wins title.
1986: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Duane Thomas KO 3 John Mugabi. Wins vacant title.
1986: Las Vegas, NV. IBF Lightweight Championship. Greg Haugen W 15 Jimmy Paul. Wins title.
1987: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF/WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield KO 4 Dwight Qawi. Retains title.
1992: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Lightweight Championship. Miguel Angel Gonzalez W 12 Darryl Tyson. Retains title.
1992: Berck-Sur-Mer, France. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Tracy Patterson D 12 Daniel Zaragoza. Retains title.
1992: Berck-Sur-Mer, France. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Vasquez KO 8 Thierry Jacob. Retains title.
1997: Pompano Beach, FL. WBC Middleweight Championship. Keith Holmes KO 11 Paul Vaden. Retains title.
1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA Welterweight Championship. James Page W 12 Jose Luis Lopez. Retains title.
1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Johnny Tapia W 12 Nana Konadu, Atlantic City. Wins title.
1999: As a result of brain injuries from a KO during the 10th round in a bout with Paul Vaden on November 26, light middleweight Stephan Johnson, 31, dies in Atlantic City.
2000: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Veerapol Sahaprom KO 5 Oscar Arciniega. Retains title.
2002: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Yodsanan Nanthachai KO 9 Lamont Pearson. Retains title.
2009: Ludwigsburg, Germany. WBO World Cruiserweight Championship. Marco Huck W 12 Ola Afolabi. Retains title.
2010: Jakarta, Indonesia. WBA Featherweight Championship. Chris John W 12 Fernando David Saucedo. Retains title.
December 6
1869: George ‘Kid’ Lavigne born George Henry Lavigne in Bay City, Michigan.
1919: Jimmy Bivins born James Louis Bivins in Dry Branch, Georgia.
1949: Cleveland, Ohio. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Sandy Saddler W 10 Orlando Zulueta, Cleveland. Win Vcant title. The title had been vacant for 16-years.
1968: Los Angeles, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Lionel Rose W 15 Chucho Castillo. Retains title.
1975: Mexico City, Mexico. World Welterweight Championship. John H. Stracey KO 6 Jose ‘Mantequilla’ Napoles.Wins title.
1975: Mexico City, Mexico. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Alfonso Zamora KO 2 Socrates Batoto. Retains title.
1979: Copenhagen, Denmark. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Ayub Kalule W 15 Steve Gregory. Retains title.
1980: Detroit, Michigan. WBA Welterweight Championship. Thomas ‘Hit Man’ Hearns KO 6 Luis Primera. Retains title.
1985: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF/WBC/WBA Welterweight Championship. Donald Curry KO 2 Milton McCrory. Unifies title.
1987: Pusan, S. Korea. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Chong Pal Park KO 2 Jesus Gallardo. Wins newly created title.
1990: Aomori, Japan. WBA Flyweight Championship. Leopard Tamakuma W 12 Jesus Rojas. Retains title.
1996: Buenos Aires, Argentina. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Marcelo Dominguez KO 7 Jose Arimateia Da Silva. Retains title.
1997: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Keith Mullins KO 9 ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris. Wins title.
1997: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Yory Boy Campas KO 8 Raul Marquez. Wins title.
1997: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC Welterweight Championship. Oscar De La Hoya KO 8 Wilfredo Rivera. Retains title.
1997: Manila, Philippines. WBC Featherweight Championship. Luisito Espinosa KO 6 Carlos Rios. Retains title.
2000: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Strawweight Championship. Keitaro Hoshino W 12 Joma Gamboa. Wins title.
2001: Pattaya, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 2 Luis Lazarte. Retains title.
2003: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. WBA Flyweight Championship. Lorenzo Parra W 12 Eric Morel. Wins title.
2008: Nottingham, England. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Carl Froch W 12 Jean Pascal. Wins vacant title.
2008: Las Vegas, Nevada. Manny Pacquiao KO 8 Oscar De La Hoya.
2008: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Juan Manuel Lopez WKO 1 Sergio Manuel Medina. Retains title.
2013: Perth, Australia . WBA Featherweight Championship. Simpiwe Vetyeka KO6 Chris John. Wins title.
2013: Tokyo, Japan. WBC World Flyweight Championship. Akira Yaegashi W 12 Edgar Sosa. Retains title.
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