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This Week in Boxing History March 14th – March 20th

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March 14

1851: Paddy Ryan born in Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland.

1906: Baltimore, Maryland. Jack Johnson W 15 Joe Jeanette.

1911: New York City, NY. Owen Moran ND 10 Packy McFarland.

1924: New York City, NY. Jack Delaney KO 4 Paul Berlenbach.

1927: New York City, NY. NBA World Light Welterweight Championship. Mushy Callahan KO 2 Andy DiVodi. Retains title.

1944: Los Angeles, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Manuel Ortiz W 15 Ernesto Aguilar. Retains title.

1946: Future 3 time world lightweight champion, Jimmy Carter’s pro debut in Newark, New Jersey. Jimmy Carter W 4 Clifton Bordies.

1951: Chicago, Illinois. NBA World Welterweight Championship. Johnny Batten W 15 Charlie Fusari. Wins vacant title.

1956: Chicago, Illinois. World Welterweight Championship. Johnny Saxton W 15 Carmen Basilio. Regains title.

1974: Toyama, Japan. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Ben Villaflor D 15 Apollo Yoshio. Retains title.

1975: Inglewood, CA. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. Alfonso Zamora KO 4 Soo Hwan Hong. Wins title.

1980: Glasgow, Scotland. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Jim Watt KO 4 Charlie Nash. Retains title.

1990: Grosseto, Italy. WBA World Junior Lightweight Championship. Brian Mitchell W 12 Jackie Beard. Retains WBA title.

1991: Tokyo, Japan. WBA World Flyweight Championship. Elvis Alvares W 12 Leopard Tamakuma. Wins title.

1992: Antibes, France. IBF World Featherweight Championship. Manuel Medina W 12 Fabrice Benichou. Retains title.

1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC World Light Middleweight Championship. Keith Mullings KO 5 Davide Ciarlante. Retains title.

1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF World Light Welterweight Championship. Vince Phillips KO 1 Alfonso Sanchez. Retains title.

2009: Manchester, England. WBO World Junior Lightweight Championship. Roman Martinez WRSC 4 Nicky Cook. Wins title.

2009: Kiel, Germany. IBF World Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham W 12 Lajuan Simon. Retains title.

2015: Montreal, Canada. WBA, IBF, & WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Sergey Kovalev W RSC 8 Jean Pascal. Retains titles.

March 15

1906: Baltimore, Maryland. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell W disq. 3 Tony Moran. Retains title.

1963: Edwin Rosario born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.

1963: Phoenix, Arizona. Archie Moore KO 3 Mike DiBiase.

1971: Jackie Brown, Former World flyweight champion, dies in Manchester, England.

1972: Glenn Catley born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.

1975: Caracas, Venezuela. WBA World Featherweight Championship. Alexis Arguello KO 8 Leonel Hernandez. Retains title.

1977: Berlin, Germany. WBA World Light Middleweight Championship. Eckhard Dagge D 15 Maurice Hope. Retains title.

1983: Wembley, England. WBC World Flyweight Championship. Charlie Magri TKO 7 Eleoncio Mercedes. Wins title.

1984: Osaka, Japan. WBA World Super Flyweight Championship. Jiro Watanabe KO 15 Celso Chavez. Retains title.

1985: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes KO 10 David Bey. Retains title. Holmes makes 19th defence of World Heavyweight title.

1986: Monte Carlo, Monaco. WBA World Light Welterweight Championship. Patrizio Oliva W 15 Ubaldo Sacco. Wins title.

1991: Sacramento, CA. IBF & WBA World Junior Lightweight Championship. Brian Mitchell D 12 Tony Lopez. unification contest, Lopez retaines IBF title and Mitchell retains WBA title.

1992: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. Eddie Cook KO 5 Israel Contreras. Wins title.

1997: Satul Province, Thailand. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. Daorung Chuvatana W 12 Felix Machado. Retains title.

2001: Referee Dick Young, 85, dies from pneumonia complications in California.

2003: Berlin, Germany. WBA & IBF World Super Middleweight Championship. Sven Ottke W 12 Byron Mitchell. Unifies title.

2003: Chicago, Illinois. WBA World Junior Lightweight Championship. Acelino Freitas KO 4 Juan Carlos Ramirez. Retains title.

2008: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Junior Lightweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez. Wins title.

2008: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Featherweight Championship. Steve Luevano W 12 Terdsak Jandaeng. Retains title.

2014: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. WBA & WBC World Super World Light Welterweight Championship. Danny Garcia W 12 Mauricio Herrera. Retains titles.

March 16

1869: Peter Maher-Ireland born in Gunnode Tuam, Galway, Ireland.

1913: Lou Nova born in Los Angeles, California.

2002: Kid Azteca dies in Mexico City, Mexico.

1939: St. Louis, Missouri. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong KO 1 Lew Feldman. Retains title.

1958: Jerome Coffee born in Nashville, Tennessee.

1960: Quezon City, Philippines. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Flash Elorde KO 7 Harold Gomes. Wins title.

1963: Jean-Baptiste Mendy born in Dakar, Senegal.

1974: Panama City, Panama. WBA World Lightweight Championship. Roberto Duran KO 11 Esteban De Jesus. Retains title.

1976: Paul Butlin born in Oakham, England.

1980: Khoren Gevor born in Echmiadzin, Armenia.

1980: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Middleweight Championship. Alan Minter W 15 Vito Antuofermo. Wins title.

1983: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBA World Super Bantamweight Championship. Leonardo Cruz W 15 Soon Hyun Chung. Retains title.

1991: Saint Vincent, Italy. IBF World Light Middleweight Championship. Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Ron Amundsen. Retains title.

1991: Zaragoza, Spain. WBC World Super Flyweight Championship. Sung Kil Moon KO 4 Nana Konadu. Retains title.

1992: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC World Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez W 12 Pretty Boy Lucas. Retains title.

1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Mike Tyson KO 3 Frank Bruno. Regains title.

1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Middleweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins KO 4 Joe Lipsey. Retains title.

1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Middleweight Championship. Keith Holmes KO 9 Quincy Taylor. Wins title.

1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Junior Flyweight Championship. Michael Carbajal W 12 Melchor Cob Castro. Regains title.

1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 8 Ala Villamor. Retains title.

2002: Magdeburg, Germany. IBF World Super Middleweight Championship. Sven Ottke W 12 Rick Thornberry. Retains title.

2007: Hollywood, Florida. WBA World Super Bantamweight Championship. Celestino Caballero W DQ 9 Ricardo Castillo. Retains title.

2013: Carson, California. WBO World Welterweight Championship. Timothy Bradley W 12 Ruslan Provodnikov. Retains title.

2015: Braydon Smith dies in a Brisbane, Australia, hospital, two days following a unanimous-decision loss to John Vincent Moralde.

March 17

1877: George Gardner born in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Ireland.

1897: Carson City, NV. World Heavyweight Championship. Bob Fizsimmons KO 14 James J. Corbett. Wins title.

1892: Future heavyweight contender and ‘White Hope’ Luther McCarty born in Driftwood Creek, Nebraska.

1908: Dublin, Ireland. World Heavyweight Championship. Tommy Burns KO 1 Jem Roche. Retains title.

1911: Vernon, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Ad Wolgast KO 9 George Memsic. Retains title.

1914: Future world Featherweight champion Alberto “Baby” Arizmendi born in Tamaulipas, Mexico. He would become Mexico’s first world champion.

1919: Canton, OH. World Welterweight Championship. Jack Britton KO 9 Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis.

1921: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Johnny Wilson W 15 Mike O’ Dowd. Retains title.

1923: Dublin, Ireland. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Mike McTigue W 20 Battling Siki. Wins title.

1927: Boston, Massachusetts. Young Stribling W 10 ‘Slapsie’ Maxie Rosenbloom.

1933: New York City, NY. New York World Middleweight Championship. Ben Jeby D 15 Vince Dundee. Retains title.

1947: Rocky Marciano’s pro debut in Holyoke, MA. Rocky Marciano (Rocky Mack) KO 3 Lee Epperson.

1949: Owen Moran, former British flyweight champion, dies in Birmingham, England.

1950: New York City, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Willie Pep W 15 Ray Famechon. Retains title.

1969: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC and WBA World Light Middleweight Championship. Freddie Little W 15 Stanley Hayward. Wins vacant title.

1973: Maracay, Venezuela. World Light Welterweight Championship. Antonio Cervantes KO 10 Nicolino Locche. Retains title.

1973: Los Angeles, CA. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Rodolfo Gonzalez KO 9 Ruben Navarro. Retains title.

1977: San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jimmy Young W 12 George Foreman.

1977: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBC World Junior Lightweight Championship. Alfredo Escalera KO 6 Ronnie McGarvey. Retains title.

1984: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Edwin Rosario KO 1 Roberto Elizondo. Retains title.

1984: Kwangiu, South Korea. IBF World Super Flyweight Championship. Joo Do Chun KO 1 Diego De Villa. Retains title.

1990: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC & IBF World Light Welterweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 12 Meldrick Taylor. Retains WBC & wins IBF titles.

1991: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Junior Flyweight Championship. Michael Carbajal W 12 Javier Varguez. Retains title.

2000: Denver, Colorado. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Stevie Johnston KO 2 Julio Alvarez. Retains title.

2001: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Johnny Tapia KO 6 Cuauhtemoc ‘Famasito’ Gomez.

2007: Levallois Perret, France. World Cruiserweight Championship. Jean Marc Mormeck W 12 O’Neil Bell. Regains title.

2007: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Junior Lightweight Championship. Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera. Wins title.

2007: Stuttgart, Germany. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. Wladimir Sidorenko D 12 Ricardo Cordoba. Retains title.

2012: Sinaloa, Mexico. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Antonio DeMarco WKO 5 Miguel Roman. Retains title.

2012: NYC, New York. WBC World Middleweight Championship. Sergio Martinez WRTD 11 Matthew Macklin. Retains title.

March 18

1900: Jack Delaney born Ovila Chapdelaine, in Saint-Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada.

1932: Chicago, Illinois. NBA World Light Heavyweight Championship. George Nichols W 10 Dave Miller. Wins vacant title.

1933: Milan, Italy. World Bantamweight Championship. Panama Al Brown W 12 Dominic Berasconi. Retains title.

1959: Los Angeles, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Davey Moore KO 14 Hogan ‘Kid’ Bassey. Wins title.

1967:Riccardo Monteleone born in Perth, Australia.

1978: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Welterweight Championship. Carlos Palomino KO 9 Mimoun Mohater. Retains title.

1978: San Antonio, Texas. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. Jorge Lujan KO 11 Roberto Rubaldino. Retains title.

1978: Antonio Margarito born in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

1979: Pusan, South Korea. WBC World Flyweight Championship. Chan Hee Park W 15 Miguel Canto. Wins title.

1983: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA & WBC World Light Heavyweight Championship. Michael Spinks W 15 Dwight Qawi. Unifies titles.

1985: Ed Paredes born in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

1991: Las Vegas, Nevada. Mike Tyson KO 7 Donovan ‘Razor’ Ruddock.

1991: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF and WBC World Welterweight Championship. Simon Brown KO 10 Maurice Blocker. Wins WBC and retains IBF title.

1991: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC & IBF World Light Welterweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 4 John Duplessis. Retains titles.

1994: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA World Light Welterweight Championship. Juan Martin Coggi KO 3 Eder Gonzalez. Retains title.

1995: Pensacola, Forida. IBF World Super Middleweight Championship. Roy Jones Jr. KO 1 Antoine Byrd. Retains title.

1995: Millstreet, Ireland. WBO World Super Middleweight Championship. Steve Collins W 12 Chris Eubank. Wins title.

1995: Cartagena, Colombia. IBF World Super Flyweight Championship. Harold Grey W 12 Orlando Tobon. Retains title.

2000: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Junior Lightweight Championship. Diego Corrales KO 3 Derrick Gainer. Retains title.

2000: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Junior Lightweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather W 12 Gregorio Vargas. Retains title.

2000: Sao Paulo, Brazil. WBO World Junior Lightweight Championship. Acelino Freitas KO 1 Javier Jauregui. Retains title.

2006: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Hasim Rahman D 12 James ‘Lights Out’ Toney. Retains title.

2006: Levallois-Perret, France. WBA World Super Bantamweight Championship. Somsak Sithchatchawal KO 10 Mahyar Monshipour. Wins title.

March 19

1892: Mexican Joe Rivers born in Los Angeles, California.

1943: New York City, NY. Sammy Angott W 10 Willie Pep.

1966: Manila, Philippines. Gabriel ‘Flash’ Elorde W 10 Ismael Laguna.

1972: Mexico City, Mexico. World Bantamweight Rafael Herrera KO 8 Ruben Olivares. Wins title.

1974: Dazzo Williams born in London, England.

1983: Reno, Nevada. WBC World Welterweight Championship. Milton McCrory D 12 Colin Jones. For vacant title.

1984: James Kirkland born in Austin, Texas.

1994: London, England. WBO World Heavyweight Championship. Herbie Hide KO 7 Michael Bentt. Wins title.

1994: Hammanskraal, South Africa WBA World Lightweight Championship. Orzubek Nazarov W 12 Dingaan Thobela. Retains title.

2005: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA World Super Flyweight Championship. Martin Castillo W 12 Eric Morel. Retains title.

2007: Tokyo, Japan. WBA World Flyweight Championship. Takefumi Sakata KO 3 Lorenzo Parra. Wins title.

2011:Puebla, Mexico. WBA World Light Flyweight Championship. Roman Gonzalez W 12 Manuel Vargas. Wins title.

2011: Montreal, Canada. IBF World Super Middleweight Championship. Lucian Bute W RSC 10 Brian Magee. Retains title.

March 20

1853: George ‘Old Chocolate’ Godfrey born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

1925: New York City, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Charley Phil Rosenberg W 15 Cannonball Martin. Wins title.

1957: Jesse Ferguson born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1967: Philadelphia, PA. Luis Rodriguez W 10 Bennie Briscoe.

1970: Berlin, Germany. World Light Middleweight Championship. Freddie Little W 15 Gerhard Piaskowy. Retains title.

1970: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC World Flyweight Championship. Chartchai Chionoi W 15 Efren Torres. Regains title.

1974: Cartagena, Colombia. WBA World Light Welterweight Championship. Antonio ‘Kid Pambele’ Cervantes KO 6 Chang Kil Lee. Retains title.

1976: Wembley, England. WBC World Welterweight Championship. John H. Stracey KO 10 Hedgemon Lewis. Retains title.

1979: Shaun George born in Brooklyn, New York.

1982: Tampico, Mexico. WBC World Flyweight Championship. Prudencio Cardona KO 1 Antonio Avelar. Wins title.

1987: Calexico, Mexico. WBC World Super Flyweight Championship. Gilberto Roman W 12 Frank Cedeno. Retains title.

1988:Danny Garcia born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1992: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA World Light Heavyweight Championship. Iran Barkley W 12 Thomas Hearns. Wins title.

1992: Calais, France. WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship. Thierry Jacob W 12 Daniel Zaragoza. Wins title.

1993: Dusseldorf, Germany. IBF World Light Heavyweight Championship. Henry Maske W 12 Prince Charles Williams. Wins title.

1993: Lop Buri, Thailand. WBC World Flyweight Championship. Yuri Arbachokov KO 9 Muangchai Kitikasem. Retains title.

1997: Former two-time World Middleweight Champion, Tony Zale, 83, dies in a Portage, Indiana nursing home.

1999: Tacoma, Washington. Ike Ibeabuchi KO 5 Chris Byrd.

2010: Dusseldorf, Germany. IBF, WBO, & IBO World heavyweight Championship. Wladimir Klitschko W KO 12 Eddie Chambers. Retains titles.

2011: Cologne, Germany. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Vitali Klitschko W RSC 1 Odlanier Solis. Retains title.

Peter Silkov
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