March 28
1922: Joey Maxim, born Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli, in Cleveland, Ohio.
1929: Chicago, Illinois. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Tommy Loughran W 10 Mickey Walker. Retains title.
1945: Johnny Famechon born in Paris, France.
1961: Robert Hines born in Philadelphia, PA.
1968: Los Angeles, CA. California World Featherweight Championship. Raul Rojas W 15 Enrique Higgins. Retains title.
1972: Wembley, England. World Welterweight Championship. Jose Napoles KO 7 Ralph Charles. Retains title.
1975: Oslo, Norway. WBA World Light Heavyweight Championship. Victor Galindez KO 3 Harold Skog. Retains title.
1976: Paris, France. WBC World Middleweight Championship. Rodrigo Valdez KO 4 Nessim Cohen. Retains title.
1981: Syacuse, NY. WBC World Welterweight Championship. Sugar Ray Leonard KO 10 Larry Bonds. Retains title.
1981: Soweto, South Africa. WBA World Flyweight Championship. Santos Laciar KO 7 Peter Mathebula. Wins title.
1987: Lido de Camaiore, Italy. IBF World Cruiserweight Championship. Rickey Parkey KO 12 Chisanda Mutti. Retains title.
1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Lennox Lewis KO 5 Shannon Briggs. Retains title.
1998: Hull, England. IBF World Cruiserweight Championship. Imamu Mayfield KO 11 Terry Dunstan. Retains title.
1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF World Super Middleweight Championship. Charles Brewer KO 10 Herol Graham. Retains title.
1998: Hull, England. IBF World Bantamweight Championship. Tim Austin KO 2 Paul Lloyd. Retains title.
1999: Miyazaki, Japan. WBA World Super Flyweight Championship. Jesus ‘Kiki’ Rojas TD 4 Hideki Todaka. Retains title.
2009: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. WBC World Junior Lightweight Championship. Humberto Soto W RSC 4 Antonio Davis. Retains title.
2015: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Gary Russell Jr. W RSC 4 Jhonny Gonzalez. Retains title.
2015: Sheffield, England. IBF World Welterweight Championship. Kell Brook W RTD 4 Ionut Dan Ion. Retains title.
March 29
1940: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 2 Johnny Paycheck. Retains title.
1966: Toronto, Canada. World Heavyweight Championship. Muhammad Ali W 15 George Chuvalo. Retains title.
1980: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC World Light Heavyweight Championship. Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 4 John Conteh. Retains title.
1980: Cartagena, Colombia. WBA World Light Welterweight Championship. Antonio Cervantes KO 7 Miguel Montilla. Retains title.
1980: Panama City, Panama. WBA World Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza KO 9 Juan Malvarez. Retains title.
1985: Miami Beach, Florida. WBA World Junior Flyweight Championship. Joey Olivo W 15 Francisco Quiroz. Wins title.
1987: Moriguchi, Japan. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. Takuya Muguruma KO 5 Azael Moran. Wins vacant title.
1988: Wembley, England. WBA World Welterweight Championship. Lloyd Honeyghan KO 3 Jorge Vaca. Regains title.
1990: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA World Super Flyweight Championship. Khaosai Galaxy KO 5 Cobra Ari Blanca. Retains title.
1994: Paris, France. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Miguel Angel Gonzalez KO 5 Jean Baptiste Mendy. Retains title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Heavyweight Championship. Michael Moorer W 12 Vaughn Bean. Retains title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA World Super Middleweight Championship. Laurent Boudouani W 12 Carl Daniels. Retains title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. Julio Cesar Chavez W 10 Tony Martin.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez W 12 Mongkol Chareon. Retains title.
2008: Kiel, Germany. IBF World Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham KO 12 Elvin Ayala. Retains title.
2008: Chiba City, Japan. WBA World Flyweight Championship. Takefumi Sakata W 12 Shingo Yamaguchi. Retains title.
2014: Newcastle, England. IBF World Bantamweight Championship. Stuart Hall TD 2 Martin Ward. Retains title.
2014: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Sergey Kovalev W KO 7 Cedric Agnew. Retains title.
March 30
1870: Tommy Ryan, born Joseph Youngs, in Redwood, New York.
1920: Boston, Mass. World Middleweight Championship. Mike O’Dowd KO 5 Joe Eagan. Retains title.
1957: Buenos Aires, Argentina. World Flyweight Championship. Pascual Perez KO 1 Dal Dower. Retains title.
1965: New York City, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Jose Torres TKO 10 Willie Pastrano. Wins title.
1965: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Emile Griffith W 15 Jose Stable. Retains title.
1968: Tokyo, Japan. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Hiroshi Kobayashi D 15 Rene Barrientos. Retains title.
1969: Keith Holmes born in Washington, DC.
1971: Manuel Medina born in Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico.
1975: Acapulco, Mexico. World Welterweight Championship. Jose Napoles Tech. Dec. 12 Armando Muniz. Retains title.
1984: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC, WBA, & IBF World Middleweight Championship. Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 10 Juan Domingo Roldan. Retains titles.
1985: Sun City, South Africa. WBA World Cruiserweight Championship. Piet Crous KO 3 Randy Stephens. Retains title.
1985: Suwon, South Korea. IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship. Ji Won Kim W 15 Dario Palacios. Retains title.
1986: Jamie McDonnell born in Doncaster, Yorkshire.
1986: Itami City, Japan. WBC World Super Flyweight Championship. Gilberto Roman W 12 Jiro Watanabe. Wins title.
1989: Mexicali, Mexico. IBF World Featherweight Championship. Jorge Paez KO 11 Calvin Grove. Retains title.
1991: Kwangiu, South Korea. WBA World Featherweight Championship. Yung Kyun Park W 12 Antonio Esparragoza. Wins title.
1996: Dublin, Ireland. WBC World Bantamweight Championship. Wayne McCullough W 12 Jose Luis Bueno. Retains title.
1996: Managua, Nicaragua. WBA World Strawweight Championship. Rosendo Alvarez KO 3 Kermin Guardia. Retains title.
1997: Tokyo, Japan. WBA World Featherweight Championship. Wifredo Vasquez KO 5 Yuji Watanabe. Retains title.
2001: Fort Worth, TX. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. Paulie Ayala W 12 Hugo Dianzo. Retains title.
2002: Reading, PA. WBA World Welterweight Championship. Ricardo Mayorga KO 5 Andrew Lewis. Wins title.
2002: Reading, PA. IBF World Super Flyweight Championship. Felix Machado Tech. Win 6 Martin Castillo. Retains title.
2012: East London, South Africa. IBF World Minimumweight Championship. Nkosinathi Joyi W 12 Katsunari Takayama. Retains title.
2013: Monte Carlo, Monaco. WBA & IBO World middleweight Championship. Gennady Golovkin W KO 3 Nobuhiro Ishida. Retains titles.
March 31
March 1788: Dan Donelly born in Dublin, Ireland.
1870: Tommy Ryan, born Joseph Youngs, in Redwood, New York.
1878: Jack Johnson born John Arthur Johnson, in Galveston, Texas.
1903: San Francisco, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Young Corbett KO 11 ‘Terrible’ Terry McGovern. Retains title.
1908: San Francisco, CA. Abe Attell D 15 Battling Nelson.
1911: San Francisco, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Ad Wolgast KO 5 Anton LaGrave. Retains title.
1916: New York City, NY. Benny Leonard ND 10 Freddie Welsh.
1939: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong KO 12 Davey Day. Retains title.
1942: Rocky Graziano pro debut in Brooklyn, New York. Rocky Graziano KO 2 Curtis Hightower
1950: New York City, NY. Rocky Graziano D 10 Tony Janiro.
1973: San Diego, CA. Ken Norton W 12 Muhammad Ali.
1980: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes KO 8 Le Roy Jones. Retains title.
1980: Knoxville, Tennessee. WBA World Heavyweight Championship. Mike Weaver KO 15 John Tate. Wins title.
1980: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Cruiserweight Championship. Marvin Camel W 15 Mate Parlov. Wins title.
1980: Knoxville, Tennessee. WBA World Light Heavyweight Championship. Eddie Gregory KO 11 Marvin Johnson. Wins title.
1980: Landover, MD. WBC World Welterweight Championship. Sugar Ray Leonard KO 4 Davey ‘Boy’ Green. Retains title.
1984: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Wifredo Gomez W 12 Juan La Porte. Wins title.
1990: Tampa, Florida. WBC World Light Middleweight Championship. ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris KO 1 John Mugabi. Wins title.
1993: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC World Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 9 Kwang-Soo Oh. Retains title.
1995: Anaheim, California. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Alejandro Gonzalez W 12 Louie Espinosa. Retains title.
1995: Anaheim, California. WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Daniel Jimenez.
1995: Anaheim, California. WBC & IBF World Junior Flyweight Championship. Humberto ‘Chiquita’ Gonzalez KO 5 Jesus Zuniga. Retains title.
2007: München, Germany. Henry Maske W 12 Virgil Hill. Non-title fight.
April 1
1868: Frank Craig born in Columbus, Ohio.
1903: Los Angeles, CA. Retains World Welterweight Championship. Joe Walcott D 20 Billy Woods. Retains title.
1910: New York City, NY. Owen Moran ND 10 Abe Attell. Non-title fight.
1921: Beau Jack, born Sidney Walker, in Augusta, Georgia.
1925: Philadelphia, PA. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Mike Ballerino W 10 Steve ‘Kid’ Sullivan. Wins title.
1938: Chicago, Illinois. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 5 Harry Thomas. Retains title.
1938: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Fred Apostoli W 15 Glenn Lee. Retains title.
1939: San Juan, Puerto Rico. World Bantamweight Championship. Sixto Escobar W 15 KO Morgan. Retains title.
1952: Los Angeles, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Jimmy Carter W 15 Lauro Salas. Retains title.
1954: Chicago, Illinois. World Middleweight Championship. Carl ‘Bobo’ Olson W 15 Kid Gavilan. Retains title.
1955: Boston, Mass. World Welterweight Championship. Tony DeMarco KO 14 Johnny Saxton. Wins title.
1957: Paris, France. World Bantamweight Championship. Alphonse Halimi W 15 Mario D’Agata. Wins title.
1958: Los Angeles, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Hogan ‘Kid’ Bassey KO 3 Ricardo Moreno. Retains title.
1961: Miami Beach, Florida. World Welterweight Championship. Emile Griffith KO 13 Benny ‘Kid’ Paret. Wins title.
1971: Tokyo, Japan. WBA World Flyweight Championship. Masao Ohba W 15 Betulio Gonzalez. Retains title.
1971: James Page born in Pittsburg, California.
1973: Fres Oquendo born in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1975: Toyama, Japan. WBA World Flyweight Championship. Erbito Salavarria W 15 Susumu Hanagata. Wins title.
1976: Nara, Japan. WBC World Junior Lightweight Championship. Alfredo Escalera KO 6 Buzzsaw Yamabe. Retains title.
1982: Giovani Segura born in Altamirano, Guerrero, Mexico.
1984: Yota Sato born in Morioka, Iwate, Japan.
1987: Robin Krasniqi born in Junik, Kosovo.
1990: Washington D.C. IBF World Welterweight Championship. Simon Brown KO 10 Tyrone Trice. Retains title.
1991: Monte Carlo. WBA World Middleweight Championship. Mike ‘The Bodysnatcher’ McCallum W 12 Sumbu Kalambay. Retains title.
1995: Stateline, NV. WBC World Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 12 Andy Tabanas. Retains title.
2000: Berlin, Germany. Chris Byrd KO 10 Vitali Klitschko.
April 2
1913: Benny Lynch, born Samuel Benjamin John Lynch, Gorbals, Scotland.
1927: Carmen Basilio born in Canastota, New York.
1943: New York City, NY. Beau Jack W 10 Henry Armstrong.
1977: Tokyo, Japan. WBC World Light Welterweight Championship. Saensak Muangsurin KO 6 Ishimatsu Suzuki. Retains title.
1980: Tokyo, Japan. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. Jorge Lujan KO 9 Shuichi Isogami. Retains title.
1983: Sergey Kovalev born in Kopeysk, Russia.
1983: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA World Light Welterweight Championship. Aaron ‘Hawk’ Pryor KO 3 Sang Hyun Kim. Retains title.
1988: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF World Junior Lightweight Championship. Rocky Lockridge W 15 Harold Knight. Retains title.
1992: Paris, France. IBF World Bantamweight Championship. Orlando Canizales W 12 Francisco Alvarez. Retains title.
1996: Providence, R.I. IBF World Bantamweight Championship. Mbulelo Botile KO 11 Ancee Gedeon. Retains title.
2005: Worcestor, MA. WBC & WBA World Cruiserweight Championship. Jean – Marc Mormeck W 12 Wayne Braithwaite. Unificantion match. Wins WBC & retains WBA title.
2005: Worcestor, MA. WBA World Welterweight Championship. Luis Collazo W 12 Jose Antonio Rivera. Wins title.
2011: Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. WBO World Light Flyweight Championship. Giovani Segura WKO 3 Ivan Calderon. Retains title.
2011: Panama City, Panama. WBA World Flyweight Championship. Hernan Marquez W RSC 10 Luis Concepcion. Wins title.
2011: Bydgoszcz, Poland. WBC World Cruiserweight Championship. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk W 12 Francisco Palacios. Retains title.
2011: Halle, Germany. WBO World Cruiserweight Championship. Marco Huck W 12 Ran Nakash. Retains title.
April 3
1911: Freddie Miller born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1953: James Bonecrusher Smith born in Magnolia, North Carolina.
1962: Benny Paret dies in Manhattan, New York, after 10 days in a coma following his World Welterweight title match with Emile Griffith on March 24th.
1971: Buenos Aires, Argentina. World Light Welterweight Championship. Nicolino Locche W 15 Domingo Barrera. Retains title.
1971: Inglewood, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Ruben Olivares W 15 Chucho Castillo. Regains title.
1976: Panama City, Panama. WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship. Rigoberto Riasco KO 10 Waruinge Nakayama. Wins newly created title.
1980: Nara, Japan. WBA World Junior Lightweight Championship. Samuel Serrano KO 13 Kiyoshi Kazama. Retains title.
1988: Bismark, ND. WBA World Light Heavyweight Championship. Virgil Hill KO 11 Jean-Marie Emebe. Retains title.
1992: Reno, Nevada. Greg Haugen KO 7 Ray Mancini.
1998: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. WBA World Super Middleweight Championship. Frankie Liles W 12 Andrei Schkalikov. Retains title.
1998: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. IBF World Welterweight Championship. Felix ‘Tito’ Trinidad KO 4 Mahenge Zulu. Retains title.
1998: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. WBA World Featherweight Championship. Freddie Norwood W 12 Antonio Cermeno. Wins vacant title.
1998: Tijuana, Mexico. WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship. Erik Morales KO 6 Remigio Molina. Retains title.
1999: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, U.K. WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Marco Antonio Barrera KO 1 Paul Lloyd. Retains title.
2010: Manchester, England. WBA World Heavyweight Championship. David Haye W RSC 9 John Ruiz. Retains title.
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