February 8
1888: Ad Wolgast born in Cadillac, Michigan.
1924: New York City, NY. World Flyweight Championship. Pancho Villa W 15 Georgie Marks. Retains title.
1930: New York City, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Panama Al Brown WF 4 Johnny Erickson. Retains title.
1943: Bennie Briscoe born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1950: Philadelphia, PA. Jersey Joe Walcott KO 3 Harold Johnson.
1970: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Featherweight Championship. Shozo Saijyo W 15 Godfrey Stevens. Retains title.
1979: Alexander Munoz born in Miranda, Venezuela.
1981: Panama City, Panama. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Hilario Zapata KO 13 Joey Olivo. Retains title.
1986: Miami Beach, Florida. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Miguel Lora W 12 Wilfredo Vasquez. Retains title.
1992: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Middleweight Championship. James ‘Lights Out’ Toney W 12 Dave Tiberi. Retains title.
1997: Millwall, England. Steve Collins KO 5 Frederic Seillier.
1997: Millwall, England. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Robin Reid KO 7 Giovanni Pretorius. Retains title.
1997: Millwall, England. IBF Featherweight Championship. Prince Naseem Hamed KO 8 Tom ‘Boom Boom’ Johnson. Wins title.
1998: Lake Charles, LA. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Enrique Sanchez W 12 Rafael Del Valle. Wins vacant Title.
2003: Las Vegas, Nevada. Shane Mosley NC 3 Raul Marquez.
2004: Gifu, Japan. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Yodsanan Nanathachai KO 7 Ryuhei Sugita. Retains title.
2014: Huixquilucan, Mexico. WBC World Light Flyweight Championship. Adrian Hernandez W TKO 3 Janiel Rivera. Retains title.
February 9
1859: Jake Kilrain born in Greenpoint, New York.
1908: Jackie Fields, born Jacob Finkelstein, in Chicago, Illinois.
1908: Earl Mastro born in Chicago, Illinois.
1940: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis W 15 Arturo Godoy. Retains title.
1953: Vito Antuofermo born in Palo del Colle, Puglia, Italy.
1953: Willie Meehan, 59, dies in Sanfrancisco, California.
1954: Alfonso Zamora born in Mexico City, Mexico.
1969: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Featherweight Championship. Shozo Saijyo W 15 Pedro Gomez. Retains title.
1973: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Venice Borkorsor W 15 Erbito Salavarria. Retains title.
1974: Paris, France. World Middleweight Championship. Carlos Monzon KO 7 Jose Napoles. Retains title.
1980: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Lupe Pintor KO 12 Alberto Sandoval. Retains title.
1985: Ismayl Sillah born in Zaporozhye, Ukraine.
1986: Indianapolis, IN. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Marvin Johnson KO 7 Leslie Stewart. Wins vacant title.
1991: New York City, NY. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris W 12 Sugar Ray Leonard. Retains Title.
2000: Two-time World Lightweight Champion, Beau Jack, 78, dies in Miami, Florida, after complications from Parkinson’s disease.
2008: Temecula, CA. Carlos Quintana W 12 Paul Williams.
2008: Guanajuato, Mexico. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Edgar Sosa W 12 Jesus Iribe Retains title.
2008: Temecula, California. WBO World Welterweight Championship. Carlos Quintana W 12 Paul Williams. Wins title.
February 10
1894: New York City, NY. George ‘Kid’ Lavigne D 8 Young Griffo.
1908: London, England. World Heavyweight Championship. Tommy Burns KO 4 Jack Palmer. Retains title.
1917: Philadelphia, PA .Harry Greb ND 6 Mike Gibbons.
1919: Bob Montgomery born in Sumter, South Carolina.
1922: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Benny Leonard W 15 Rocky Kansas. Retains title.
1928: Paddy DeMarco born in Brooklyn, New York.
1928: New York City, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Tony Canzoneri W 15 Benny Bass. Retains title.
1930: Buffalo, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Jimmy Slattery W 15 Lou Scozza. Wins vacant title.
1950: New York City, NY. Billy Graham W 10 Kid Gavilan.
1952: Pinklon Thomas born in Pontiac, Michigan.
1958: Gustavo Ballas born in Villa Maria, Cordoba, Argentina.
1959: Sean O’Grady born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1962: Bobby Czyz born in Orange, New Jersey.
1976: Christopher Kid Kayo Fernandez Jr. born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1979: Merida, Mexico. WBC Flyweight Championship. Miguel Canto W 15 Antonio Avelar. Retains title.
1980: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Flyweight Championship. Chan Hee Park W 15 Arnel Arrozal. Retains title.
1982: Taegu, South Korea. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Chul Ho Kim KO 8 Koki Ishii. Retains title.
1987: Devon Alexander born in Saint Louis, Missouri.
1995: Albuquerque, NM. Johnny Tapia W 12 Jose Rafael Sosa.
1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Welterweight Championship. Felix ‘Tito’ Trinidad KO 4 Rodney Moore. Retains title.
1997: Inglewood, CA. IBF Flyweight Championship. Mark ‘Too Sharp’ Johnson W 12 Alejandro Montiel. Retains title.
2002: Former Flyweight and Bantamweight World champion, Fighting Harada,
becomes president of the Japan Professional Boxing Association.
2005: Lemoore, CA. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Oscar Larios W 12 Wayne McCullough. Retains title.
2007: Las Vegas, Nevada. Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Luis Collazo.
February 11
1909: Max Baer born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1916: New Orleans, LA. World ‘Colored’ Heavyweight Championship. Sam Langford KO 19 Harry Wills.
1949: New York City, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Willie Pep W 15 Sandy Saddler. Regains title.
1950: Leroy Jones born in Meridian, Mississippi.
1953: Chicago, IL. World Welterweight Championship. Kid Gavilan KO 10 Chuck Davey. Retains title.
1959: Houston, Texas. World Lightweight Championship. Joe ‘Old Bones’ Brown W 15 Johnny Busso. Retains title.
1978: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Welterweight Championship. Carlos Palomino KO 7 Ryu Sorimachi. Retains title.
1980: Mike Mollo born in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
1983: Worcestor, MA. World Middleweight Championship. Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 6 Tony Sibson. Retains title.
1984: Detroit, Michigan. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Thomas ‘Hitman’ Hearns W 12 Luigi Minchillo. Retains title.
1988: Jose Rivera, bantamweight, born in Santa Lucia, Jalisco, Mexico.
1989: Grenoble, France. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Rene Jacquot W 12 Donald Curry. Wins title.
1989: Capo D’ Orlando, Italy. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Brian Mitchell KO 8 Salvatore Bottiglieri. Retains title.
1989: Korat, Thailand. WBC Strawweight Championship. Napa Kiatwanchai W 12 John Arief. Retains title.
1990: Tokyo, Japan. World Heavyweight Championship. James ‘Buster’ Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson. Wins title.
1995: Frankfurt, Germany. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Henry Maske W 12 Egerton Marcus. Retains title.
1996: Rome, Italy. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Carlos Salazar KO 6 Antonello Melis. Retains title.
2011: Kobe, Japan. WBC World Minimumweight Championship. Kazuto Ioka W TKO 5 Oleydong Sithsamerchai. Wins title.
2012: Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. IBF World Super Flyweight Championship. Juan Carlos Sanchez W 12 Rodrigo Guerrero. Wins title.
February 12
1896: Pete Herman, born Peter Gulotta, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1889: Johnny Coulon born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1936: Pone Kingpetch born in Hua Hin, Thailand.
1959: Tyrone Booze born in Hartford, Connecticut.
1966: Championship. Vicente Saldivar KO 2 Floyd Robertson, Mexico City. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1967: Joe Lipsey born in Vardaman, Mississippi.
1971: Los Angeles, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Ken Buchanan W 15 Ruben Navarro. Retains title.
1974: Naseem Hamed born in Sheffield, England.
1974: Wayne Elcock born in Birmingham, Alabama.
1977: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. WBC Lightweight Championship. Esteban DeJesus KO 6 Buzzaw Yamabe. Retains title.
1989: Chongiu, South Korea. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Myung Woo Yuh KO 10 Katsumi Komiyama. Retains title.
1993: Sacramento, CA. WBA Lightweight Championship. Tony Lopez W 12 Dingaan Thobela. Retains title.
1994: St Louis, MO. IBF Featherweight Championship. Tom ‘Boom Boom’ Johnson W 12 Orlando Soto. Retains title.
2000: Uncasville, Connecticut. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Zab Judah KO 4 Jan Bergman. Wins vacant title.
2000: Uncasville, Connecticut. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Kostya Tszyu KO 8 Amed Santos. Retains title.
2011: Monte Hermoso, Argentina. WBO World Super Flyweight Championship. Omar Narvaez W 12 Victor Zaleta. Retains title.
2011: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. IBF World Cruiserweight Championship. Steve Cunningham W 12 Enad Licina. Retains title.
February 13
1891: Willie Ritchie born in San Francisco, California.
1917: Murray, Utah. Jim Flynn KO 1 Jack Dempsey.
1942: New York City, NY. Billy Conn W 12 Tony Zale.
1952: Philadelphia, PA. Rocky Marciano KO 6 Lee Savold.
1957: Miami, Florida. World Lightweight Championship. Joe ‘Old Bones’ Brown KO 11 Wallace ‘Bud’ Smith. Retains title.
1967: Johnny Tapia born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1977: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Dong Kyun Yum W 15 Jose Cervantes. Retains title.
1978: Ben Crampton Kogarah born in New South Wales, Australia.
1982: Johannesburg, S. Africa. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Osvaldo Ocasio W 15 Robbie Williams. Wins inaugural title.
1982: Atlantic City, NJ. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Michael Spinks KO 6 Mustapha Wassaja. Retains title.
1982: Beaumont, Texas. WBC Lightweight Championship. Alexis Arguello KO 6 Bubba Busceme. Retains title.
1983: Fort Worth, Texas. WBA Welterweight Championship. Donald Curry W 15 Jun Sok Hwang. Wins vacant title.
1983: Cleveland, Ohio. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Leroy Haley W 12 Saoul Mamby. Retains title.
1987: Barranquilla, Colombia. WBA Flyweight Championship. Fidel Bassa W 15 Hilario Zapata. Wins title.
1993: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. James ‘Lights Out’ Toney KO 9 Iran Barkley. Wins title.
1993: Las Vegas, Nevada. Roy Jones Jr. KO 1 Glenn Wolfe.
1993: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. John-John Molina KO 8 Francisco Segura. Retains title.
1994: Atlantic City, NJ. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Jake Rodriguez W 12 Charles Murray. Wins title.
1994: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Flyweight Championship. Saensor Ploenchit W 12 David Griman. Wins title.
1997: Don Jordan, 62, former World welterweight champion, dies in San Pedro, California.
1998: Albuquerque, New Mexico. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Laurent Boudouani D 12 Guillermo Jones. Retains title.
1998: Albuquerque, New Mexico. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Johnny Tapia W 12 Rodolfo Blanco. Retains title.
1998: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Will Grigsby W 12 Javier Cintron.
1999: Newcastle, England. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Richie Woodhall KO 6 Vincenzo Nardiello. Retains title.
1999: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Welterweight Championship. Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Ike Quartey. Retains title.
1999: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Takanori Hatakeyama D 12 Saul Duran. Retains title.
1999: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Erik Morales KO 2 Angel Chacon. Retains Title.
2003: Kid Gavilan dies in Miami, Florida, at the age of 77.
February 14
1914: Sydney, Australia. World Welterweight Championship. Tom McCormick WF 6 Waldemar Holberg. Retains title.
1916: London, England. World Flyweight Championship. Jimmy Wilde KO 12 Joe Symonds. Retains title.
1918: Ft. Sheridan, IL. Jack Dempsey KO 1 Jim Flynn.
1951: Chicago, Illinois. World Middleweight Championship. Sugar Ray Robinson KO 13 Jake LaMotta. Wins Title.
1955: New York City, NY. Carlos Ortiz’ pro debut. Carlos Ortiz KO 1 Harry Bell.
1965: Frankie Liles born in Syracuse, New York.
1964: Nana Yaw Konadu born in Sunyani, Ghana.
1970: Freddie Norwood born in Saint Louis, Missouri.
1973: Las Vegas, Nevada. Muhammad Ali W 12 Joe Bugner.
1981: Panama City, Panama. WBA Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza KO 13 Patrick Ford. Retains title.
1987: Lee Selby born in Barry, Wales.
1987: Reno, Nevada. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Evander Holyfield KO 7 Henry Tillman. Retains Title.
1988: Corpus Cristi, Texas. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. Buddy McGirt KO 12 Frankie Warren. Wins vacant title.
2009: Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France. IBF Featherweight Championship. Cristobal Cruz W 12 Cyril Thomas. Retains title.
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