December 14
1920: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Jack Dempsey KO 12 Bill Brennen. Retains title.
1964: Philadelphia, PA. World Middleweight Championship. Joey Giardello W 15 Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter. Retains title.
1965: Lawrence Clay-Bey born in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
1967: Numata, Tokyo. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Hiroshi Kobayashi KO 12 Yoshiaki. Wins title.
1967: Los Angeles, California. California World Featherweight Championship. Raul Rojas W 15 Antonio Herrera. Wins vacant title.
1968: San Remo, Italy. World Middleweight Championship. Nino Benvenuti W 15 Don Fullmer. Retains title.
1968: Quezon City, Philippines. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Pedro Adigue W 15 Adolph Pruitt. Wins vacant title.
1970: Andrew Lewis born in Georgetown, Guyana.
1971: Inglewood, California. World Welterweight Championship. Jose Napoles W 15 Hedgemon Lewis. Retains title.
1971: Inglewood, California. World Bantamweight Championship. Ruben Olivares KO 11 Jesus Pimentel. Retains title.
1971: Dick Tiger, 42, dies of cancer in Amaigbo, Nigeria.
1973: Jose Luis Castillo born in Empalme, Sonora, Mexico.
1974: Mexico City, Mexico. World Welterweight Championship. Jose Napoles KO 3 Horacio Saldano. Retains Title.
1986: Inchon, S. Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Jung Koo Chang KO 5 Hideyuki Ohashi. Retains title.
1996: Atlantic City, NJ. Riddick ‘Big Daddy’ Bowe WF 9 Andrew Golota.
1996: Atlantic City, NJ. ‘Merciless’ Ray Mercer W 10 ‘Terrible’ Tim Witherspoon.
2002: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Chris Byrd W 12 Evander Holyfield. Wins vacant title.
2013: San Antonio, Texas. WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship. Santa Cruz W 12 Cesar Seda. Retains title.
2013: San Antonio, Texas. WBA World Welterweight Championship. Marcos Maidana W 12 Adrien Broner. Wins title.
2013: San Antonio, Texas. WBA & IBA Super World Light Heavyweight Championship. Beibut Shumenov WTKO 3 Tamas Kovacs. Retains titles.
December 15
1862: Jack Dempsey ‘The Nonpareil’ born John Kelly in Curran, Ireland.
1880: Jim Driscoll born Jem Driscoll Cardiff, Wales.
1904: Benny Bass born in Kiev, Russia.
1923: Jimmy Carter born James Walter Carter in Aiken, South Carolina.
1944: Boston, Mass. NBA Featherweight Championship. Sal Bartolo W 15 Willie Roache. Retains title.
1950: Cincinnati, Ohio. World Heavyweight Championship. Ezzard Charles KO 11 Nick Barone. Retains title.
1954: San Francisco, CA. World Middleweight Championship. Bobo Olson KO 11 Pierre Langlois. Retains title.
1958: Manila, Philippines. World Flyweight Championship. Pascual Perez W 15 Dommy Ursua. Retains title.
1967: New York City, NY. Luis Rodriguez W 10 Bennie Briscoe.
1971: Cleveland, Ohio. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Vicente Rondon KO 8 Doyle Baird. Retains title.
1979: Barranquilla, Colombia. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Ricardo Cardona W 15 Sergio Palma. Retains title.
1982: Chicago, Illinois. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Young Joe Louis. Retains title.
1984: FT. Worth, TX. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Gene Hatcher W 15 Ubaldo Sacco. Retains title.
1984: Monte Carlo, Monaco. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Richard Sandoval W 15 Edgar Roman. Retains title.
1984: Pusan, S. Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Jung Koo Chang W 12 Tadashi Kuramochi. Retains title.
1987: Mikey Garcia born in Ventura, California.
1990: Monte Carlo, Monaco. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Mauro Galvano W 12 Dario Matteoni. Wins vacant title.
1995: New York City, NY. Oscar De La Hoya KO 2 Jesse James Leija.
1995: New York City, NY. Mitchell Rose, 1-8 (1) KO 2 Eric ‘Butterbean’ Esch.
1995: New York City, NY. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. Arturo Gatti W 12 Tracy Patterson. Wins title.
1996: Chiang Ray, Thailand. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Aman Sorjaturong W 12 Manuel Jesus Herrera. Retains title.
2000: Montreal, Canada. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Davey Hilton W 12 Dingaan Thobela. Wins title.
2000: Madison, Wisconson. WBA Flyweight Championship. Eric Morel W 12 Gilberto Keb-Baas. Retains title.
2001: Ledyard, CT. WBA Heavyweight Championship. John Ruiz D 12 Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield. Retains title.
2001: Berlin, Germany. Dariusz Michalczewski KO 11 Richard Hall.
2001: Ledyard, CT. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Tim Austin W 12 Ratanachai Vorapin. Retains title.
2007: Cancun, Mexico. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Edwin Valero KO 3 Zaid Zavaleta. Retains title.
2007: Cancun, Mexico. WBC Featherweight Championship. Jorge Linares KO 8 Gamaliel Diaz. Retains title.
2007: Guadalajara, Mexico. IBF Flyweight Championship. Ulises Solis KO 10 Bert Batawang. Retains title.
2012: Tucuman, Argentina. WBO World Super Flyweight Championship. Omar Narvaez W 12 David Quijano. Retains title.
2012: Los Angeles, California. IBF World Bantamweight Championship. Leo Santa Cruz W 12 Alberto Guevara. Retains title.
2012: Bayern, Germany. WBO World Super Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham WTKO 8 Mehdi Bouadla. Retains title.
December 16
1927: New York City, NY. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Tod Morgan WF 14 Joe Glick. Retains Title.
1927: New York City, NY. New York World Flyweight Championship. Corp. Izzy Schwartz W 15 Newsboy Brown. Wins vacant title.
1940: Boston, Mass. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 6 Al McCoy. Retains title.
1941: Los Angeles, CA. NBA Featherweight Championship. Jackie Wilson W 12 Richie Lemos. Retains title.
1962: Vinny Pazienza born ln Cranston, Rhode Island.
1966: New York City, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Dick Tiger W 15 Jose Torres. Wins title.
1971: Oklahoma City, OK. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster KO 3 Brian Kelly. Retains title.
1972: Monterrey, California. WBC Featherweight Championship. Jose Legra KO 10 Clemente Sanchez. Regains title.
1975: Marty Kayes born in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
1979: Pusan, S. Korea. WBC Flyweight Championship. Chan Hee Park KO 2 Guty Espadas. Retains title.
1981: Sendai, Japan. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Katsuo Tokashiki W 15 Hwan Jin Kim. Wins title.
1989: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Alberto Cortes. Retains title.
1990: Marino, Italy. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Lindell Holmes W 12 Sugar Boy Malinga. Retains title.
1991: Osaka, Japan. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Hiroki Ioka W 12 Myung Woo Yuh. Wins title.
1993: Ledyard, CT. Zack Padilla W 12 Ray Olivera.
1994: Quito, Equador. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Frankie Liles W 12 Michael Nunn. Retains title.
1994: Quito, Equador. IBF Middleweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins D 12 Segundo Mercado. For vacant title.
1995: Philadelphia, PA. Mike Tyson KO 3 Buster Mathis Jr..
1995: Philadelphia, PA. WBC/IBF Light Middleweight Championship. ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris W 12 Paul Vaden. Retains WBC/wins IBF title.
1995: Philadelphia, PA. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Julio Cesar Vasquez KO 11 Carl Daniels. Regains vacant title.
2000: Essen, Germany. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Juan Carlos Gomez KO 10 Jorge Castro. Retains title.
2000: Karlsruhe, Germany. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Sven Ottke W 12 Silvio Branco. Retains title.
2000: Pittsburgh, PA. IBF Lightweight Championship. Paul Spadafora W 12 Billy Irwin. Retains title.
2000: Sheffield, England. IBF Featherweight Championship. Mbulelo Botile KO 12 Paul Ingle. Wins title.
2000: Maracay, Venezuela. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Felix Machado KO 3 William de Souza. Retains title.
2003: Levallois, France. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Mahyar Monshipour KO 7 Jairo Tagliaferro. Retains title.
2004: Hollywood, FL. IBF Flyweight Championship. Vic Darchinyan KO 11 Irene Pacheco. Wins title.
2007: Perth, Australia. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Danny Green W 12 Stripe Drews. Wins title.
2014: Ernie Terrell dies in Evergreen Park, Illinois, from dementia.
December 17
1909: San Francisco, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Monte Attell D 20 Danny Webster. Retains title.
1923: New York City, NY. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Johnny Dundee W 15 Jack Bernstein. Regains title.
1952: St. Louis, Missouri. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Archie Moore W 15 Joey Maxim. Wins title.
1960: New York City, NY. Emile Griffith W 10 Luis Rodriguez.
1965: Rome, Italy. World Light Middleweight Championship. Nino Benvenuti W 15 Sandro Mazzinghi. Retains title.
1966: Seoul, S. Korea. World Light Middleweight Championship. Ki Soo Kim W 15 Stan Harrington. Retains title.
1965: Francisco Arreola born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
1975: Okinawa, Japan. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Luis Estaba KO 10 Takenobu Shimabukuro. Retains Title.
1977: Torrelavega, Spain. WBA Featherweight Championship. Cecilio Lastra W 15 Rafael Ortega. Wins title.
1978: Manny Pacquiao born in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines.
1980: Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Pukk Sithrum, Bangkok. Galaxy’s pro debut.
1983: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA Bantamweight Championship. ‘Joltin’’ Jeff Chandler KO 7 Oscar Muniz. Retains title.
1987: Anthony Greenidge born in Brooklyn, NY.
1990: Tijuana, Mexico. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Raul Perez KO 8 Candelario Carmona. Retains title.
1993: Minot, ND. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Virgil Hill W 12 Guy Waters. Retains title.
1994: Hamburg, Germany. Dariusz Michalczewski KO 10 Nestor Giovannini.
1994: Cagliari, Italy. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Harold Grey W 12 Vincenzo Belcastro. Retains title.
1999: Madrid, Spain. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Francisco Castillejo KO 7 Mikael Rask. Retains title.
1999: Pittsburgh, PA. IBF Lightweight Championship. Paul Spadafora KO 11 Renato Cornett. Retains title.
2006: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Featherweight Championship. Injin Chi W 12 Rudy Lopez. Regains title.
2011: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC/WBA World Super Middleweight Championship. Andre Ward W 12 Carl Froch. Wins WBC title and retains WBA.
2012: Myakinino, Russia. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Denis Lebedev WKO 4 Santander Silgado. Wins title.
December 18
1901: Ft. Erie, Ontario. World Welterweight Championship. Joe Walcott ‘The Barbados Demon’ KO 5 James ‘Rube’ Ferns. Wins title.
1912: Freddie Steele born Frederick Earle Steele in Seattle, Washington.
1916: London, England. World Flyweight Championship. Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Young Zulu Kid. Retains title.
1925: New York City, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Louis ‘Kid’ Kaplan W 15 Babe Herman. Retains title.
1942: New York City, NY. New York World Lightweight Championship. Beau Jack KO 3 Tippy Larkin. Wins vacant title.
1952: World Middleweight & former World Welterweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson announces his retirement. The first of two retirements of Robinson’s career.
1962: Fidel Bassa born in El Reten, Colombia.
1966: Ross ‘The Boss’ Puritty born in Phoenix, Arizona.
1977: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Eddie Gazo W 15 Kenji Shibata. Retains title.
1987: Cartagena, Colombia. WBA Flyweight Championship. Fidel Bassa W 12 Felix Marti. Retains title.
1993: Puebla, Mexico. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Michael Nunn W 12 Merqui Sosa. Retains title.
1993: Puebla, Mexico. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Simon Brown KO 4 ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris. Wins title.
1993: Puebla, Mexico. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 5 Andy Holligan. Retains title.
1993: Lake Tahoe, Nevada. WBC Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 11 Manny Melchor. Retains title.
1998: Ft. Lauderdale, FL. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Will Grigsby W 12 Ratanapol Sor Voraphin. Wins vacant title.
1999: Tunica, MS. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Tim Austin KO 1 Bernardo Mendoza. Retains title.
2004: Los Angeles, CA. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Glen Johnson W 12 Antonio Tarver. Wins title.
2004: Bayreuth, Germany. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Markus Beyer W 12 Yoshinori Nishizawa. Retains title.
2004: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Strawweight Championship. Isaac Bustos KO 4 Eagle Kyowa. Wins title.
2009: Kobe, Japan. WBC World Bantamweight Hozumi Hasegawa WKO 4 Alvaro Perez. Retains title.
2010: Mar Del Plata, Argentina Championship. IBF World Light Flyweight Championship. Luis Alberto Lazarte D12 Ulises Solis. Retains title.
2010: Berlin, Germany. WBO Cruiserweight Championship. Marco Huck W 12 Denis Lebedev. Retains title.
December 19
1907: Jimmy McLarnin born James Archibald McLarnin in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
1913: Paris, France. World Heavyweight Championship. Jack Johnson D 10 Battling Jim Johnson. Retains title.
1924: New York City, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Cannonball Martin W 15 Abe Goldstein. Wins title.
1927: Toronto, Canada. NBA Flyweight Championship. Frenchy Belanger W 12 Ernie Jarvis. Retains title.
1941: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Sammy Angott W 15 Lew Jenkins. Wins title.
1947: Detroit, Michigan. World Welterweight Championship. Sugar Ray Robinson KO 6 Chuck Taylor. Retains Tttle.
1952: New York City, NY. Joey Giardello W 10 Billy Graham.
1970: Junior Jones born in Brooklyn, New York.
1980: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Lupe Pintor W 15 Albert Davila. Retains title.
1981: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Dwight Braxton KO 10 Matthew Saad Muhammad. Wins title.
1981: Merida, Mexico. WBA Flyweight Championship. Juan Herrera KO 7 Betulio Gonzalez. Retains title.
1986: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Gilberto Roman W 12 Kong Payakaroon. Retains title.
1987: Capo D’Orlando, Italy. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Brian Mitchell KO 8 Salvatore Curcetti. Retains title.
1990: Inglewood, CA. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Rolando Pascua KO 6 Humberto ‘Chiquita’ Gonzalez. Wins title.
1992: Changwon, S. Korea. WBA Featherweight Championship. Yung Kyun Park W 12 Ever Boleno. Retains title.
1995: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Middleweight Championship. Shinji Takehara W 12 Jorge Castro. Wins title.
1997: London, England. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Thulane Malinga W 12 Robin Reid. Regains title.
1997: New York City, NY. Naseem Hamed KO 4 Kevin Kelly.
1997: New York City, NY. Kennedy McKinney KO 4 Junior Jones.
1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. David Tua KO 10 Hasim Rahman.
1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather KO 2 Angel Manfredy. Retains title.
2009: Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. IBF World Featherweight Championship. Cristobal Cruz TD 3 Ricardo Castillo. Retains title.
2009: La Guaire, Venezuela. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Edwin Valero w rtd 6 Hector Velazquez. Retains title.
2009: Youngstown, Ohio. WBC/WBO Middleweight Championship. Kelly Pavlik WTKO 5 Miguel Angel Espino. Retains titles.
2009: Schwerin, Germany. WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Juergen Braehmer W 12 Dmitry Sukhotsky. Retains title.
2014: Quebec City, Canada. WBC World Light Heavyweight Championship. Adonis Stevenson WKO 5 Dmitry Sukhotsky. Retains title.
December 20
1904: San Francisco, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Jimmy Britt W 20 Battling Nelson. Wins vacant title.
1905: San Francisco, CA. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Philadelphia Jack O’Brien KO 14 Bob Fitzsimmons (42-years old). Wins title.
1913: Paris, France. Sam Langford W 20 Joe Jeanette.
1914: New Orleans, LA. Sam McVey W 20 Harry Wills.
1929: New York City, NY. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Benny Bass KO 2 Tod Morgan. Wins title.
1940: New York City, NY. Fritzie Zivic D 10 Lew Jenkins.
1946: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Tommy Bell. Wins vacant title.
1947: Manila, Philippines. World Bantamweight Championship. Manuel Ortiz W 15 Tirso Del Rosario. Retains title.
1963: Pittsburgh, PA. Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter KO 1 Emile Griffith .
1965:Louie Lomeli born in Estipac, Jalisco, Mexico.
1970: Junior Jones born in Brooklyn, New York.
1975: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. World Lightweight Championship. Roberto Duran KO 15 Leoncio Ortiz. Retains title.
1981: Lagos, Nigeria. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Saoul Mamby W 15 Obisia Nwankpa. Retains title.
1985: Pusan, S. Korea. IBF Flyweight Championship. Chong Kwan Chung KO 4 Soon Chun Kwon. Wins title.
1996: Former New York World Light Heavyweight Champion, Melio Bettina, 80, dies in Poughkeepsie, New York, from complications of diabetes.
1998: Trainer Sam Solomon, 83, dies in Philadelphia of heart failure.
2002: Osaka, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Gerry Penalosa. Retains title.
2002: Osaka, Japan. WBA Strawweight Noel Arambulet W 12 Keitaro Hoshino. Retains title.
2006: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Koki Kameda W 12 Juan Landaeta. Retains title.
2008: Zurich, Switzerland. WBA Heavyweight Championship. Nikolay Valuev W 12 Evander Holyfield. Retains title.
2008: Cozumel, Mexico. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Humberto Soto W 12 Francisco Lorenzo. Wins vacant title.
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