April 18
1889: Johnny Kilbane born John Patrick Kilbane, in Cleveland, Ohio.
1908: Paris, France. World Heavyweight Championship. Tommy Burns KO 5 Jewey Smith. Retains title.
1929: Paris, France. NBA World Flyweight Championship. Frankie Genaro W DQ 5 Spider Pladner. Regains title.
1940: Charles ‘Kid’ McCoy, 67, born Norman Selby, dies from suicide in Detroit, Michigan.
1945: Mexico City, Mexico. NBA World Lightweight Championship. Ike Williams KO 2 Juan Zurita. Wins title.
1947: New Orleans, LA. Joe Brown W 10 Jimmy Carter.
1947: Former World Lightweight Champion Benny Leonard, 51, dies from a heart attack while refereeing a match at the St. Nicholas Arena in NYC.
1950: Cleveland, Ohio. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Sandy Sandler KO 9 Lauro Salas. Retains title.
1961: London, England. World Lightweight Championship. Joe ‘Old Bones’ Brown W 15 Dave Charnley. Retains title.
1964: Paul Gonzales born in East Los Angeles, California.
1964: London, England. World Light Welterweight Championship. Eddie Perkins W 15 Dave Charnley. Retains title.
1969: Inglewood, CA. World Welterweight Championship. Jose ‘Mantequilla’ Napoles KO 14 Curtis Cokes. Wins title.
1970: Inglewood, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Ruben Olivares W 15 Chucho Castillo. Retains title.
1974: Former World Light Heavyweight Champion John Henry Lewis, 59, dies.
1975: Vedran Akrap born in Zagreb, Croatia.
1978: Tokyo, Japan. WBC World Flyweight Championship. Miguel Canto W 15 Shoji Oguma. Retains title.
1987: London, England. WBC/IBF World Welterweight Championship. Lloyd Honeyghan W 12 Maurice Blocker. Retains title.
1987: Nimes, France. WBC World Junior Lightweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Tomas DaCruz. Retains title.
1989: Frank Buglioni born in London, England.
1992: Trevilo, Italy. IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship. Welcome Ncita W 12 Jesus Salud. Retains title.
1994: Rotterdam, Holland. WBO World Light-Welterweight Championship. Zack Padilla KO 6 Harold Miller. Retains title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA World Welterweight Championship. Ike Quartey KO 5 Ralph ‘Tiger’ Jones. Retains title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Super-Bantamweight Championship. Junior Jones W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera. Retains title.
1998: Manchester, England. WBO World Cruiserweight Championship. Carl Thompson W 12 Chris Eubank. Retains title.
1998: Manchester, England. WBO World Featherweight Championship. Prince Naseem Hamed KO 7 Wilfredo Vasquez. Retains title.
2009: Mafikeng, South Africa. IBF World Junior Lightweight Championship. Malcolm Klassen KO 7 Cassius Baloyi. Wins title.
2015: Arlington, Texas. WBO World Light Welterweight Championship. Terence Crawford W RSC 6 Thomas Delorme. Wins title.
April 19
1920: Denver, Coloarado. Harry Wills W 15 Sam Langford.
1944: Bobby Cassidy born in Levittown, New York.
1952: Alexis Arguello born in Barrio Monseñor Lezcano, Managua, Nicaragua.
1972: Imamu Mayfield born in Freehold, New Jersey.
1973: Osaka, Japan. World Light Middleweight Championship. Koichi Wajima W 15 Ryu Sorimachi. Retains title.
1975: Barcelona, Spain. WBC World Light Welterweight Championship. Perico Fernandez KO 9 Joao Henrique. Retains title.
1985: Inglewood, CA. WBC World Junior Lightweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 6 Ruben Castillo. Retains title.
1985: Inglewood, CA. WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship. Juan ‘Kid’ Meza KO 6 Mike Ayala. Retains title.
1986: Rockin’ Robin Deakin born in Crawley, England.
1986: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Heavyweight Championship. Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes. Retains title.
1986: San Remo, Italy. IBF World Cruiserweight Championship. Leroy Murphy KO 9 Dorcey Gaymon. Retains title.
1987: Phoenix, Arizona. WBA World Light Middleweight Championship. Mike McCallum KO 10 Milton McCrory. Retains title.
1991: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF/WBA/WBC World Heavyweight Championships. Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield W 12 ‘Big’ George Foreman. Retains title.
1996: Veteran cutman Eddie Aliano, 77, dies in Philadelphia.
1997: Shreveport, LA. WBA World Super Middleweight Championship. Frankie Liles KO 5 Segundo Mercado. Retains title.
1997: Shreveport, LA. IBF World Middleweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins KO 7 John David Jackson. Retains title.
2002: Copenhagen, Denmark. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. Johnny Bredahl KO 9 Eidy Moya. Wins title.
2002: Khonkaen, Thailand. WBC World Flyweight Championship. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 1 Daisuke Naito. Retains title.
2003: Fresno, CA. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather W 12 Victoriano Sosa. Retains title.
2008: Las Vegas, Nevada. Joe Calzaghe W 12 Bernard Hopkins. Wins The Ring Light Heavyweight title.
2008: Bucharest, Romania. Adrian Diaconu W 12 Chris Henry.
2009: Quezon City, Philippnes. IBF World Junior Flyweight Championship. Brian Viloria KO 11 Ulises Solis. Wins title.
2009: Manila, Phillippines. IBF & IBO World Flyweight Championships. Nonito Donaire RSC 4 Raul Martinez. Retains titles.
2010: Edwin Valero dies, from suicide, in a Venezuelan jail.
2011: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA World Minimumweight Championship. Muhammad Rachman W RSC 9 Kwanthai Sithmorseng. Wins title.
2014: Washington D.C. IBF World Welterweight Championship. Shawn Porter W RSC 4 Paul Malignaggi. Retains title.
2014: Washington D.C. WBO World Middleweight Championship. Peter Quillin W 12 Lukas Konecny. Retains title.
Quezon City, Philippnes. IBF World Junior Flyweight Championship. Brian Viloria KO 11 Ulises Solis. Wins title.
April 20
1903: Boston, Mass. Joe Walcott D 10 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien.
1923: Billy Fox born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1960: Bozeman, Montana. NBA World Middleweight Championship. Gene Fullmer D 15 Joey Giardello. Retains title.
1974: Joseph Awinongya born in Ghana.
1977: Michael Kizza born in Nkokonjeru, Uganda.
1983: San Jose, CA. WBA World Junior Lightweight Championship. Roger Mayweather KO 8 Jorge Alvarado. Retains title.
1991: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF World Light Heavyweight Championship. Prince Charles Williams KO 2 James Kinchen. Retains title.
1996: Grand Forks, ND. WBA World Light Heavyweight Championship. Virgil Hill W 12 Lou Del Valle. Retains title.
2002: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Lightweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather W 12 Jose Luis Castillo. Wins title.
2007: Khayelitsha, South Africa. IBF World Junior Lightweight Championship. Mzonke Fana W 12 Malcolm Klassen. Wins title.
2013: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship. Victor Terrazas W 12 Cristian Mijares. Wins title.
2013: San Antonio, Texas. WBC & WBA World Light Middleweight Championships. Saul Alvarez W 12 Austin Trout. Retains WBC & wins WBA titles.
2013: London, England. WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Nathan Cleverly W 12 Robin Krasniqi. Retains title.
2014: Rubin “Hurricane” Carter dies from prostrate cancer in Toronto, Canada.
April 21
1920: Lorain, OH. World Featherweight Championship. Johnny Kilbane KO 7 Alvie Miller. Retains title.
1932: Billy ‘Spider’ Kelly born in Derry, Northern Ireland.
1943: Koichi Wajima born in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
1944: Hollywood, Ca. Charley Burley W 10 Archie Moore.
1962: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Lightweight Championship. Carlos Ortiz W 15 Joe ‘Old Bones’ Brown. Wins title.
1963: Stockholm, Sweden. Ingemar Johansson W 12 Brian London.
1964: Al Cole born in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1965: Oliver McCall born in Chicago, Illinois.
1976: Tokyo, Japan. WBA World Flyweight Championship. Alfonso Lopez W 15 Shoji Oguma. Retains title.
1984: Ft. Worth, TX. WBA World Welterweight Championship. Donald Curry KO 8 Elio Diaz. Retains title.
1987: Fred Allen born in La Marque, Texas.
1990: Sunderland, England. IBF World Super Flyweight Championship. Robert Quiroga W 12 Juan Polo Perez. Wins title.
1991: Cartegena, Colombia. WBA World Super Bantamweight Championship. Luis Mendoza W 12 Carlos Uribe. Retains title.
2001: Johannesburg, South Africa. IBF World Heavyweight Championship. Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis. Wins title.
2001: Johannesburg, South Africa. IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship. Lehlo Ledwaba W 12 Carlos Contreras. Retains Title.
2012: San Juan, Argentina. WBO World Super Flyweight Championship. Omar Narvaez W 12 Jose Cabrera. Retains title.
2012: El Paso, Texas. WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship. Abner Mares W 12 Eric Morel. Wins title.
April 22
1903: Detroit, Michigan. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Jack Root W 10 Charles ‘Kid’ McCoy. Wins newly created title.
1904: San Francisco, California. Jack Johnson KO 20 Sam McVey.
1907: London, England. World Bantamweight Championship (British version). Owen Moran W 20 Al Delmont. Wins vacant title.
1960: Lloyd Honeyghan born in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.
1961: Boston, Mass. World Middleweight Championship. Paul Pender W 15 Carmen Basilio. Retains title.
1965: Johnny Dundee, 71, former World Featherweight and Junior Lightweight Champion, Johnny Dundee, dies in East Orange, New Jersey.
1969: Houston, Texas. New York World Heavyweight Championship. ‘Smokin’’ Joe Frazier KO 1 Dave Zyglewicz. Retains title.
1970: Paulie Ayala born in Fort Worth, Texas.
1972: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC World Junior Lightweight Championship. Ricardo Arredondo KO 5 William Martinez. Retains title.
1978: San Remo, Italy. World Middleweight Championship. Hugo Corro W 15 Rodrigo Valdez. Wins title.
1978: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBC World Bantamweight Championship. Carlos Zarate KO 13 Andres Hernandez. Retains title.
1979: Indianapolis, Indiana. WBC World Light Heavyweight Championship. Matthew Franklin KO 8 Marvin Johnson. Wins title.
1989: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA World Welterweight Championship. Mark Breland KO 5 Rafael Pineda. Retains title.
1991: Former World Light Welterweight Champion Jack ‘Kid’ Berg, 81, dies.
1992: East Rutherford, NJ. WBA World Middleweight Championship. Reggie Johnson W 12 Steve Collins. Wins vacant title.
1994: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Heavyweight Championship. Michael Moorer W 12 Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield. Wins title.
1994: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Junior Lightweight Championship. John John Molina W 12 Gregorio Vargas. Retains title.
1994: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA World Bantamweight Championship. John Michael Johnson KO 11 Junior Jones. Wins title.
1995: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Heavyweight Championship. George Foreman W 12 Axel Schulz. Retains title.
1995: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Flyweight Championship. Danny Romero W 12 Francisco Tejedor. Wins title.
2006: Mannheim, Germany. IBF World Heavyweight Championship. Wladimir Klitschko KO 7 Chris Byrd. Wins title.
2015: Osaka, Japan. IBF World Minimumweight Championship. Katsunari Takayama W TD 9 Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr, Prefectural Gym. Retains title.
April 23
1891: Jeff Smith, middleweight, born in New York, NY.
1907: Los Angeles, CA. California World Welterweight Championship. Mike ‘Twin’ Sullivan W 20 Honey Mellody. Wins title.
1977: Inglewood, CA. Carlos Zarate KO 4 Alfonso Zamora. A non-title fight.
1978: Los Angeles, CA. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Danny ‘Little Red’ Lopez KO 6 Jose DePaula. Retains title.
1984: Ruby Goldstein dies in Miami Beach, Florida.
1988: Berk-Ser-Mer, France. IBF World Welterweight Championship. Simon Brown KO 14 Tyrone Trice. Wins vacant title.
1990: Callum Smith born in Liverpool, England.
1990: Los Angeles, CA. WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship. Paul Banke KO 9 Daniel Zaragoza. Wins title.
1993: Memphis, Tenn. WBA World Super Middleweight Championship. Michael ‘Second to’ Nunn KO 6 Crawford Ashley. Retains title.
1995: Howard Cosell, 77, dies of a heart embolism at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Manhattan.
2000: Nagoya, Japan. WBA World Super Flyweight Championship. Hideki Todaka KO 11 Yokthai Sithoar. Retains title.
2014: Osaka, Japan. IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship. Kiko Martinez W RSC 7 Hozumi Hasegawa. Retains title.
April 24
1916: New Orleans, LA. World Welterweight Championship. Jack Britton W 20 Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis. Regains title.
1916: Liverpool, England. World Flyweight Championship. Jimmy Wilde KO 11 Johnny Rosner. Retains title.
1931: Chicago, Illinois. World Lightweight & Light Welterweight Championship. Tony Canzoneri KO 3 Jack ‘Kid’ Berg. Retains World Lightweight and wins World Light Welterweight title.
1942: Jack Blackburn dies in Chicago, Illinois.
1953: Boston, Mass. World Lightweight Championship. Jimmy Carter KO 4 Tommy Collins, Boston. Retains title.
1959: St Louis, Missouri. World Welterweight Championship. Don Jordan W 15 Virgil Akins. Retains title.
1961: Philadelphia, PA. Harold Johnson KO 2 Von Clay.
1961: Roger Mayweather born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1971: Tampa, Florida. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster W 15 Ray Anderson. Retains title.
1972: Jorge Sendra born in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.
1977: Jason Gavern born in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1977: Caracas, Venezuela. WBC World Flyweight Championship. Miguel Canto W 15 Reyes Arnal. Retains title.
1981: San Francisco, CA. Retains WBC World Junior Flyweight Championship. Hilario Zapata W 15 Rudy Crawford. Retains title.
1983: Liguiria, Italy. WBA World Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Rocky Lockridge. Retains title.
1986: Charles Martin born in St. Louis, Missouri.
1995: Lou Ambers, 81, dies in Phoenix, Arizona.
1998: San Jose, CA. IBF World Featherweight Championship. Manuel Medina W 12 Hector Lizarraga. Regains title.
1999: Washington D.C. WBC World Middleweight Championship. Keith Holmes KO 7 Hassine Cherifi. Regains title.
1999: Washington D.C. WBA World Light Welterweight Championship. Sharmba Mithell W 12 Reggie Green. Retains title.
1999: Washington D.C. IBF World Super Flyweight Championship. Mark ‘Too Sharp’ Johnson W 12 Ratanachai Sow Voraphin. Wins vacant title.
2004: Los Angeles, CA. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Vitali Klitschko KO 8 Corrie Sanders. Wins vacant title.
2004: Chiapas, México. WBC World Junior Flyweight Championship. Jorge Arce KO 5 Melchor Cob-Castro. Retains title.
2009: St. Louis, Missouri. IBF World Light Middleweight Championship. Cory Spinks W 12 Deandre Latimore. Wins vacant title.
2015: Chicago, Illinois. WBC World Super Middleweight Championship. Badou Jack W 12 Anthony Dirrell. Wins title.
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