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This Week in Boxing History February 15th – February 21st

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February 15

1905: Wildcat Monte, born Monte H. Deadwiley, in Amarillo, Texas.

1916: Brooklyn, NY. Jack Britton ND 10 Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis.

1937: Paris, France. World Middleweight Championship. Marcel Thil W Disq. 6 Lou Brouillard. Retains title.

1958: Tony Tubbs born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1958: James ‘Hard Rock’ Green born in Irvington, New Jersey.

1964: Manila, Philippines. World Lightweight Championship. Carlos Ortiz KO 14 Flash Elorde. Retains title.

1969: Quezon City, Philippines. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Rene Barrientos W 15 Ruben Navarro. Wins vacant title.

1970: Inglewood, CA. World Welterweight Championship. Jose Napoles KO 15 Ernie Lopez. Retains title.

1971: Ray Sefo born in Auckland, New Zealand.

1975: Peter Dunn born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.

1977: Boston, Mass. Marvin Hagler KO 12 Willie Monroe.

1978: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Heavyweight Championship. Leon Spinks W 15 Muhammad Ali. Wins title.

1978: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Featherweight Championship. Danny ‘Little Red’ Lopez KO 6 David Kotey. Retains title.

1982: Reno, Nevada. World Welterweight Championship. Sugar Ray Leonard TKO 3 Bruce Finch. Retains title.

1985: Melbourne, Australia. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. Lester Ellis W 15 Hwan Kil Yuh. Wins title.

1986: Dublin, Ireland. WBA Featherweight Championship. Barry McGuigan KO 14 Danilio Cabrera. Retains title.

1986: Djakarta, Indonesia. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Cesar Polanco W 15 Elly Pical. Wins title.

1991: Ayuthaya, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Muangchai Kittikasem KO 6 Sot Chitalada. Wins title.

1992: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Middleweight Championship. Julian Jackson KO 1 Ismael Negron. Retains title.

1992: Phoenix, Arizona. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Michael Carbajal W 12 Marcos Pacheco. Retains title.

1997: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Sirimongkol Singmanassuk W 12 Jesus Sarabia. Retains title.

2000: Ring announcer Chuck Hull, 75, dies at his home in Las Vegas.

2003: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Rafael Marquez KO 8 Tim Austin. Wins title.

2003: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Victor Burgos KO 12 Alex Sanchez. Wins vacant title.

February 16

1963: Manila, Philippines. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Flash Elorde W 15 Johnny Bizarro, Manila. Retains title.

1986: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.

1970: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. ‘Smokin’’ Joe Frazier KO 5 Jimmy Ellis. Wins vacant title.

1973: San Juan, Puerto, Rico. World Light Welterweight Championship. Antonio Cervantes W 15 Josua Marquez. Retains title.

1974: Turin, Italy. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Bruno Acari W Disq. 8 Tony Ortiz. Retains title.

1974: Panama City, Panama. WBA Featherweight Championship. Ernesto Marcel W 15 Alexis Arguello. Retains title.

1975: Isaac Bustos born in Mexico City, Mexico.

1980: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Flyweight Championship. Tae Shik Kim KO 2 Luis Ibarra. Wins title.

1980:Ricardo Torres born in Mangangue, Colombia.

1983: East Rutherford, NJ. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. ST Gordon KO 8 Jesse Burnett. Retains title.

1985: Kingston, NY. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Billy Costello W 12 Leroy Haley. Retains title.

1985: Reno, Nevada. WBA Lightweight Championship. Livingstone Bramble W 15 Ray Mancini. Retains title.

1986: Reno, Nevada. WBA Lightweight Championship. Livingstone Bramble KO 11 Tyrone Crawley. Retains title.

1986: Ulsan, South Korea. IBF Featherweight Championship. Ki Yung Chung KO 7 Tyrone Jackson. Retains title.

1992: Salerno, Italy. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Robert Quiroga W 12 Carlos Mercado. Retains title.

2006: Chainart, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W 12 Gilberto Keb Baas. Retains title.

2008: Las Vegas, Nevada. Kelly Pavlik W 12 Jermain Taylor.

2008: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Cristian Mijares W 12 Jose Navarro. Retains title.

2008: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World super Flyweight Championship. Fernando Montiel KO 4 Martin Castillo. Retains title.

2013: Tijuana, Mexico. IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship. Jhonatan Romero W 12 Alejandro Lopez. Wins vacant title.

2013: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Adrien Broner W TKO 5 Gavin Rees. Retains title.

February 17

1918: Panama City, Panama. Harry Wills KO 5 Sam McVey.

1922: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Jack Britton D 15 Dave Shade. Retains title.

1935: Barcelona, Spain. World Featherweight Championship. Freddie Miller KO 1 Jose Girones. Retains title.

1941: Philadelphia, PA. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 2 Gus Dorazio. Retains title.

1960: Olian Alexander born in Hutchinson, Kansas.

1964: Ojay Abrahams born in Lambeth, London, England.

1976: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Koichi Wajima KO 15 Jae Do Yuh. Regains title.

1987: Nathan Cleverly born in Caerphilly, Wales.

1991: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Michael Carbajal KO 2 Macario Santos. Retains title.

1991: Hammanskraal, South Africa. IBF Lightweight Championship. Phillip Holiday KO 10 John Lark. Retains title.

1999: Grand Rapids, MI. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather W 12 Carlos Rios. Retains title.

2001: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Welterweight Championship. Andrew ‘Six Heads’ Lewis KO 7 James Page. Wins title.

2001: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Lightweight Championship. Takanori Hatakeyama D 12 Rick Roberts. Retains title.

2001: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Featherweight Championship. Erik Morales W 12 Guty Espadas. Wins title.

2001: Carnival City, South Africa. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Lehlo Ledwaba KO 9 Arnel Barotillo. Retains title.

February 18

1891: Al Benedict born in Salerno, Campania, Italy.

1901: Paul Berlenbach born in New York City, NY.

1908: Battling Battalino, born Christopher Battaglia, in Hartford, Connecticut.

1918: Luther ‘Slugger’ White born in Athens, Georgia.

1930: London, England. World Light Welterweight Championship. Jack ‘Kid’ Berg KO 11 Mushy Callahan. Wins title.

1933: James J. Corbett, 66, dies in Bayside, New York City, NY

1936: Seattle, Washington. World Featherweight Championship. Freddie Miller W 12 Johnny Pena. Retains title.

1961: Oaxaca, Mexico. Vicente Saldivar’s pro debut. Vicente Saldivar KO 1 Baby Palacios.

1969: Los Angeles, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Mando Ramos KO 11 Carlos Teo Cruz. Wins title.

1972: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Lightweight Championship. Mando Ramos W 15 Pedro Carrasco. Wins title.

1978: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Sammy Serrano W 15 Mario Martinez. Retains title.

1979: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Sammy Serrano W 15 Julio Valdez. Retains title.

1989: Budapest, Hungary. IBF Welterweight Championship. Simon Brown KO 3 Jorge Maysonet. Retains title.

1989: Hampton, VA. IBF Lightweight Championship. Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker W 12 Greg Haugen. Wins title.

1995: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Lightweight Championship. Oscar De La Hoya W 12 John-John Molina. Retains title.

1995: Cartagena, Columbia. IBF Flyweight Championship. Francisco Tejedor KO 7 Jose Luis Zepeda. Wins vacant title.

1996: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Henry Maske W 12 Duran Williams. Retains title.

2005: Atlantic City, NJ. WBO World Welterweight Championship. Antonio Margarito KO 10 Sebastian Andres Lujan. Regains title.

2006: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Welterweight Championship. Antonio Margarito KO 1 Manuel Gomez. Retains title.

2006: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Brian Viloria W 12 Jose Antonio Aquirre. Retains title.

2011: Ljubljana, Slovenia. IBF World Welterweight Championship. Jan Zaveck W KO 5 Paul Delgado. Retains title.

2012: Corpus Christi, Texas. IBF World Light Heavyweight Championship. Tavoris Cloud W 12 Gabriel Campillo. Retains title.

2012: Munich, Germany. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Vitali Klitschko W 12 Dereck Chisora. Retains title.

February 19

1909: New York City, NY. Abe Attell ND 10 Jem Driscoll.

1924: Boston, Massachusetts. Jack Delaney W 10 Tommy Loughran.

1932: Alphonse Halimi born in Constantine, Algeria.

1934: Paris, France. World Bantamweight Championship. Panama Al Brown W 15 Young Perez. Retains title.

1937: New York City, NY. NBA & New York World Middleweight Championship. Freddie Steele W 15 Babe Risko. Wins title.

1938: Cleveland, Ohio. NBA Middleweight Championship. Freddie Steele KO 7 Carmen Barth. Retains title.

1945: New York City, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Willie Pep W 15 Phil Terranova. Retains title.

1963: Honolulu, Hawaii. World Light Middleweight Championship. Denny Moyer W 15 Stan Harrington. Retains title.

1963: Ron Essett born in Baltimore, Maryland.

1966: Panama City, Panama. Ismael Laguna KO 8 Carlos Hernandez.

1971: Robin Reid born in Sefton, Merseyside, England.

1978: Caracas, Venezuela. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Freddy Castillo KO 14 Luis Estaba. Wins title.

1985: Joe McCreedy born in Lowell, Massachusetts.

1989: Taejon, South Korea. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Sung Kil Moon KO 5 Chiaki Kobayashi. Retains title.

1994: Inglewood, CA. IBF Lightweight Championship. Rafael Ruelas W 12 Freddie Pendleton. Wins title.

1994: Los Angeles, CA. IBF & WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Humberto ‘Chiquita’ Gonzalez W 12 Michael Carbajal. Wins IBF, regains WBC Junior Flyweight title.

2000: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Eric Morales W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera. Retains title.

2005: Los Angeles, CA. World Middleweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins W 12 Howard Eastman. Retains title.

2005: Los Angeles, CA. Jermain Taylor KO 3 Daniel Edouard.

2011: Stuttgart, Germany. WBA Super World Middleweight Championship. Felix Sturm W TKO 7 Ronald Hearns. Retains title.

2015: Harold Johnson dies in Manayunk, Pennsylvania.

February 20

1909: Paris, France. Sam McVey W 20 Joe Jeanette.

1914: Joey Archibald born in Providence, Rhode Island.

1933: New Orleans, LA. World Light Welterweight Championship. Battling Shaw W 10 Johnny Jadick. Wins title.

1938: San Juan, Puerto Rico. World Bantamweight Championship. Sixto Escobar W 15 Harry Jeffra. Regains title.

1948: Chicago, Illinois. Ezzard Charles KO 10 Sam Baroudi. Baroudi dies of injuries sustained in this fight on February 21.

1976: San Juan, Puerto Rico. World Heavyweight Championship. Muhammad Ali KO 5 Jean-Pierre Coopman. Retains title.

1976: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Alfredo Escalera KO 13 Jose Fernandez. Retains title.

1978: Cory Spinks born in Saint Louis, Missouri.

1980: Arthur Abraham born in Yerevan, Armenia.

1983: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBC Featherweight Championship. Juan LaPorte W 12 Ruben Castillo. Retains title.

1985: London, England. WBC Flyweight Championship. Sot Chitalada KO 5 Charlie Magri. Retains title.

1988: Pontianak, Indonesia. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Elly Pical W 15 Raul Diaz. Retains title.

1993: Fargo, North Dakota. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Virgil Hill KO 11 Adolpho Washington. Retains title.

1993: Mexico City, Mexico. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Michael Nunn KO 1 Danny Morgan. Retains title.

1993: London, England. WBO World Super Middleweight Championship. Chris Eubank W 12 Lindell Holmes. Retains title.

1993: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris KO 2 Maurice Blocker. Retains title.

1993: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 5 Greg Haugen. Retains title.

1993: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Azumah Nelson W 12 Gabriel Ruelas. Retains title.

1997: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Gerry Penalosa W 12 Hiroshi Kawashima. Wins title.

1999: New York City, NY. IBF Welterweight Championship. Felix ‘Tito’ Trinidad W 12 Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker. Retains title.

1999: New York City, NY. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Terronn Millett KO 5 Vince Phillips. Wins title.

1999: Sanui, Thailand. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Pichitnoi C. Siriwat W 12 Joma Gamboa. Retains title.

2010: Acapulco, Mexico. WBA World Light Flyweight Championship. Giovani Segura W TKO 3 Walter Tello. Retains title.

2010: Yucatan, Mexico. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Elio Rojas W 12 Guty Espadas Jr, Zamna Poliforum. Retains title.

February 21

1906: Chelsea, MA. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell W 15 Jimmy Walsh. Regains title.

1908: Milwaukee, WI. Packey McFarland W 10 Freddie Welsh.

1910: Richmond, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Ad Wolgast KO 40 Battling Nelson. Wins title.

1912: Vernon, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Johnny Kilbane W 20 Abe Attell. Wins title.

1933: San Francisco, CA. World Welterweight Championship. Young Corbett III W 10 Jackie Fields. Wins title.

1937: San Juan, Puerto, Rico. World Bantamweight Championship. Sixto Escobar W 15 Lou Salica. Retains title.

1941: Chicago, Illinois. NBA Middleweight Championship. Tony Zale KO 14 Steve Mamakos. Retains title.

1951: New York City, NY. Archie Moore KO 9 Jimmy Bivins.

1952: Elisha Obed born in Nassau, Bahamas.

1957: Cleveland, Ohio. World Welterweight Championship. Carmen Basilio KO 2 Johnny Saxton. Retains title.

1960: Tokyo, Japan. Fighting Harada’s pro debut. Fighting Harada KO 4 Isami Masui, Tokyo.

1961: Duane Thomas born in Detroit, Michigan.

1962: Angel Hernandez born San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1965: Rodney Moore born in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1966: Edward Rodriquez born in French Camp, California.

1975: Sergio Martinez born in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1985: Tony Janiro, 57, dies in Youngstown, Ohio.

1987: Bergamo, Italy. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Carlos De Leon KO 4 Angelo Rottoli. Retains title.

1987: Carl Frampton born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1987: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Bobby Czyz KO 2 Willie Edwards. Retains title.

1989: Tucson, Arizona. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Dennis Andries KO 5 Tony Willis. Wins vacant title.

1998: Mar Del Plata, Argentina. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Juan Carlos Gomez W 12 Marcelo Dominguez. Wins title.

1998: Mar Del Plata, Argentina. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Nana Konadu KO 2 Abraham Torres. Retains title.

1998: Paris, France. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Khalid Rahilou W 12 Jean Baptiste-Mendy. Retains title.

2002: Nakornratchasima, Thailand. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Yoddamrong Sithyodthong W 12 Yober Ortega. Wins title.

2003: Miami, Florida. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Wayne Braithwaite KO 4 Ravea Springs. Retains title.

2003: Harry Matthews, 80, former light heavyweight and heavyweight contender, dies in Seattle, Washington.

2004: Cardiff, Wales. WBO World Super Middleweight Championship. Joe Calzaghe KO 7 Mger Mkrtchian. Retains title.

2009: Youngstown, OH. World Middleweight Championship. Kelly Pavlik KO 9 Marco Antonio Rubio. Retains title.

2009: New York City, NY. WBO World Welterweight Championship. Miguel Cotto KO 5 Michael Jennings. Win title.

2015: Monte Carlo, Monaco. WBA & IBO World Minimumweight Championship. Hekkie Budler W 12 Jesus Silvestre. Retains titles.

2015: Monte Carlo, Monaco. WBA Super World & IBO Middleweight Championship. Gennady Golovkin W TKO 11 Martin Murray. Retains titles.

2015: Berlin, Germany. WBO World Super Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham W12 Paul Smith. Retains title.

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