February 22
1884: Abe Attell born in San Francisco, California.
1903: Johnny Lamar born in Los Angeles, California.
1912: Vernon, California. World Featherweight Championship. Johnny Kilbane W 20 Abe Attell. Wins title.
1915: Gus Lesnevich born in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.
1918: Terry McGovern, 37, dies in Brooklyn, New York.
1981: Houston, Texas. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Lupe Pintor W 15 Jose Uziga. Retains title.
1984: Milan, Italy. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Loris Stecca KO 12 Leonardo Cruz. Wins title.
1986: El Kuwait, Kuwait. WBC Flyweight Championship. Sot Chitalada W 12 Freddy Castillo. Retains title.
1987: Wembley, England. World Welterweight Championship. Lloyd Honeyghan KO 2 Johnny Bumphus. Retains title.
1987: Inchon, South Korea. IBF Flyweight Championship. Dodie Penalosa KO 5 Hi Sup Shin. Wins title.
1992: San Diego, California. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris KO 9 Carl Daniels. Retains title.
1992: Sun City, S. Africa. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. John-John Molina KO 4 Jackie Gunguluza. Wins vacant title.
1997: Fort Lauderdale, Florida. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Nate Miller KO 2 Alexander Gurov. Retains title.
1997: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. Arturo Gatti W 12 Tracy Patterson. Retains title.
1998: Washington, D.C. IBF Flyweight Championship. Mark ‘Too Sharp’ Johnson KO 1 Arthur Johnson. Retains title.
2003: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Featherweight Championship. Erik Morales KO 3 Eddie Croft. Retains title.
2003: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Jorge Arce KO 1 Ernesto Castro. Retains title.
2003: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Strawweight Championship. Jose Antonio Aguirre KO 7 Juan Alfonso Keb. Retains title.
2013: Washington DC. IBF World Light Welterweight Championship. Lamont Peterson W RSC 8 Kendall Holt. Retains title.
2014: Macao, China. IBF World Lightweight Championship. Miguel Vazquez W 12 Denis Shafikov. Retains title.
February 23
1887: Carl E. Morris born in Fulton, Kentucky.
1900: New York City, NY. Joe Walcott ‘The Barbados Demon’ KO 7 Joe Choynski.
1906: Los Angeles, California. World Heavyweight Championship. Tommy Burns W 20 Marvin Hart. Wins title.
1923: New York City, NY. U.S. Light Heavyweight Championship. Gene Tunney W 15 Harry Greb. Regains title.
1928: San Bernardino, California. Chalky Wright’s pro debut. Albert ‘Chalky’ Wright W 4 Nilo Balles.
1938: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 3 Nathan Mann. Retains title.
1945: New York City, NY. Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Jake LaMotta.
1963: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Middleweight Championship. Dick Tiger D 15 Gene Fullmer. Retains title.
1969: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Flyweight Championship. Efren Torres KO 9 Chartchai Chionoi. Wins title.
1980: Stuart Hall born in Darlington, County Durham, England.
1980: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Saoul Mamby KO 14 Sang Hyun Kim. Wins title.
1984: Andre Ward born in San Francisco, California.
1985: Atlantic City, New Jersey. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Michael Spinks KO 3 David Sears. Retains title.
1991: Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Gilbert Dele KO 7 Carlos Elliot. Wins vacant title.
1991: Las Vegas, Nevada. Greg Haugen W 12 Hector Camacho.
1991: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Lightweight Championship. Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker W 12 Anthony Jones. Retains title.
2002: Marseille, France. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Jean-Marc Mormeck KO 8 Virgil Hill. Wins title.
2002: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Super Bantamweight Championship. Paulie Ayala W 12 Bones Adams. Wins vacant title.
2002: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Yosam Choi KO 10 Shingo Yamaguchi. Retains title.
2005: Melbourne, Australia. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. Robbie Peden KO 8 Nate Campbell. Wins vacant title.
2007: Copenhagen, Denmark. IBF Featherweight Championship. Robert Guerrero KO 9 Spend Abazi. Wins vacant title.
2008: New York City, NY. WBO/IBF Heavyweight Championship. Wladimir Klitschko W 12 Sultan Ibragimov. Retains IBF/ wins WBO title.
2013: Detroit, Michigan. IBF World Light Middleweight Championship. Ishe Smith W 12 Cornelius Bundrage. Wins title.
February 24
1940: Jimmy Ellis born in Louisville, Kentucky.
1948: Miami, Florida. World Featherweight Championship. Willie Pep KO 10 Humberto Sierra. Retains title.
1963: Tony Lopez born in Sacramento, California.
1977: Floyd Mayweather Jr. born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1982: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Carlos De Leon KO 8 Marvin Camel. Retains title.
1983: Tsu City, Japan. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Jiro Watanabe KO 8 Luis Ibanez. Retains title.
1989: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC Middleweight Championship. Roberto Duran W 12 Iran Barkley. Wins title.
1996: Richmond, VA. WBC/IBF Light Middleweight Championship. ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris KO 8 Vincent Pettway. Retains title.
1996: Kwangyang, South Korea. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Alimi Goitia KO 2 Hyung Chul Lee. Retains title.
1996: Kanchanaburi, Thailand. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Saman Sorjaturong KO 4 Antonio Perez. Retains title.
2001: Tampa, FL. WBC/WBA/IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Roy Jones Jr. KO 10 Derrick Harmon. Retains Title.
2001: Tampa, FL. WBA Featherweight Championship. Derrick Gainer W 12 Victor Polo. Retains title.
February 25
1912: Spider Jim Kelly born in Derry, Northern Ireland.
1928: Brooklyn, New York. New York World Bantamweight Championship. Bushy Graham W 15 Corp. Izzy Schwartz. Wins vacant Title.
1946: Cleveland, Jersey Joe Walcott W 10 Jimmy Bivins.
1946: Hedgemon Lewis born in Greensboro, Alabama.
1946: San Francisco, California. World Bantamweight Championship. Manuel Ortiz KO 13 Luis Castillo. Retains title.
1955: New York City, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Sandy Saddler W 15 Teddy ‘Red Top’ Davis. Retains title.
1964: Miami Beach, Florida. World Heavyweight Championship. Cassius Clay KO 7 Sonny Liston. Wins title.
1976: Scranton, Pennsylvania. Jeff Chandler’s pro debut. Jeff Chandler D 4 Mike Dowling.
1978: Inglewood, California. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Carlos Zarate KO 8 Albert Davila. Retains title.
1984: Atlantic City, New Jersey. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Michael Spinks W 12 Eddie Davis. Retains title.
1984: Seoul, South Korea. IBF Flyweight Championship. Soon Chun Kwon Tech. Win 12 Roger Castillo. Retains title.
1986: Inglewood, California. WBC Featherweight Championship. Azumah Nelson W 12 Marcos Villasana. Retains title.
1989: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Heavyweight Championship. Mike Tyson KO 5 Frank Bruno. Retains title.
1989: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Julian Jackson KO 8 Francisco DeJesus. Retains title.
1989: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Azumah Nelson KO 12 Mario Martinez. Retains title.
1989: Singapore. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Elly Pical W 12 Mike Phelps, Podium Block. Retains title.
1990: Bismarck, North Dakota. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Virgil Hill W 12 David Vedder. Retains title.
1991: Inglewood, California. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Greg Richardson W 12 Raul Perez. Wins title.
1992: Inglewood, California. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Genaro Hernandez W 12 Omar Catari. Retains title.
1994: Jersey Joe Walcott, 80, dies in Camden, New Jersey.
1995: London, England. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Mike McCallum KO 7 Carl Jones. Retains title.
1995: London, England. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Nigel Benn KO 10 Gerald McClellan. Retains title.
1995: Pusan, South Korea. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Hyung Chul Lee KO 12 Tamonori Tamura. Retains title.
1995: Rangsit, Thailand. IBF Strawweight Championship. Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 3 Jerry Pahayahay. Retains title.
1997: Osaka, Japan. WBA Flyweight Championship. Jose Bonilla KO 7 Hiroki Ioka. Retains title.
2006: Las Vegas, Nevada. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 10 Fernando Vargas.
2006: Las Vegas, Nevada. Jhonny Gonzalez KO 8 Mark ‘Too Sharp’ Johnson.
2012: St Louis, Missouri. WBO World Junior Lightweight Championship. Adrien Broner W KO 4 Eloy Perez. Retains title.
2012: Cardiff, Wales. WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Nathan Cleverly W 12 Tommy Karpency. Retains title.
February 26
1903: Los Angeles, California. Jack Johnson W 20 Sam McVey, Los Angeles.
1903: Cannonball Eddie Martin born in Brooklyn, New York.
1903: San Francisco, California. World Featherweight Championship. Young Corbett D 20 Eddie Hanlon. Retains title.
1911: New Orleans, Louisiana. World Bantamweight Championship. Johnny Coulon W 20 Frankie Conley. Wins title.
1925: New York City, NY. Jack Delaney KO 4 Tiger Flowers.
1926: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Tiger Flowers W 15 Harry Greb. Wins title.
1934: Paris, France. World Middleweight Championship. Marcel Thil W 15 Ignacio Ara. Retains title.
1943: Detroit, Michigan. Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Jake La Motta.
1966: Neville Brown born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
1967: Vuyani Bungu born in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
1968: Tokyo, Japan. World Bantamweight Championship. Lionel Rose W 15 Fighting Harada. Wins title.
1968: Scotty Olson born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1973: Ali Tareh born in Tehran, Iran.
1977: Steve Forbes born in Portland, Oregon.
1984: Beaumont, Texas. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Rocky Lockridge KO 1 Roger Mayweather. Wins title.
1993: Melun, France. IBF Featherweight Championship. Tom ‘Boom Boom’ Johnson W 12 Manuel Medina. Wins title.
1994: London, England. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Steve Little W 12 Michael Nunn. Wins title.
1994: London, England. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Nigel Benn W 12 Henry Wharton, London. Retains title.
1994: San Jose, California. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Orlando Canizales KO 4 Gerardo Martinez. Retains title.
2000: New York City, NY. Oscar De La Hoya KO 7 Derrell Coley.
2000: New York City, NY. Arturo Gatti KO 2 Joey Gamache.
2005: Hamburg, Germany. Fabrice Tiozzo KO 6 Dariusz Michalczewski.
2005: Hamburg, Germany.Zsolt Erdei W 12 Hugo Hernan Garay.
2005: Hamburg, Germany. Wladimir Sidorenko W 12 Julio Zarate.
2011: Merida, Mexico. WBC World Light Flyweight Championship. Gilberto Keb Baas w rtd 8 Jose Antonio Aguirre. Retains title.
2011: Queretaro, Mexico. WBO World Flyweight Championship. Julio Cesar Miranda W RSC 4 Arden Diale. Retains title.
February 27
1881: Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan born in Brooklyn, New York.
1902: St. Louis, MO. World Bantamweight Championship. Harry Forbes W 15 Tommy Feltz. Retains title.
1903: Detroit, Michigan. World Bantamweight Championship. Harry Forbes W 10 Andy Tokell. Retains title.
1929: Miami, Florida. Jack Sharkey W 10 Young Stribling.
1944: Paco Vazquez Marcos, boxing referee, born in Spain.
1946: Miguel Angel Cuello born in Elortondo, Santa Fe, Argentina.
1948: Eckhard Dagge born in Berlin, Germany.
1948: New York City, NY. Ike Williams W 10 Kid Gavilan.
1949: Cincinnati, Ohio. Ezzard Charles W 15 Joey Maxim.
1956: Bash Ali born in Lagos, Nigeria.
1958: Leo Randolph born in Columbus, Mississippi.
1968: Sam Calderon born in Campbell, Ohio.
1971: Caracas, Venezuela. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Vicente Rondon KO 6 Jimmy Dupree. Wins vacant title.
1971: Ivan Robinson born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1975: Jason Power Cook born in Maesteg, Wales.
1975: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Lightweight Championship. Ishimatsu Suzuki W 15 Ken Buchanan. Retains title.
1976: Quezon City, Philippines. Wins WBA Flyweight Championship. Alfoso Lopez KO 15 Erbito Salavarria. Wins title.
1988: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Bernardo Pinango W 12 Julio Gervacio. Wins title.
1991: Saint Vincent, Italy. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Welcome Ncita W 12 Baby Sugar Rojas. Retains title.
1992: Rohan Murdock born in Western Australia, Australia.
1993: Seoul, South Korea. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Sung-Il Moon KO 1 Hilario Zapata. Retains title.
1998: Suwat Thani, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Chatchai Dutchboy Gym W 12 Yong Jin Kim. Retains title.
1999: Miami, Florida. IBF Light Heavyweight Miami, Florida. Championship. Reggie Johnson W 12 Will Taylor. Retains title.
1999: Berlin, Germany. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Sven Ottke KO 3 Giovanni Nardiello. Retains title.
1999: Miami, Florida. WBC Lightweight Championship. Stevie Johnston W 12 Cesar Bazan. Regains title.
2006: Osaka, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Jose Navarro. Retains title.
2010: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. WBO World Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Vazquez WKO 4 Marvin Sonsona. Wins vacant title.
2014: Wilford Scypion dies in Port Arthur, Texas.
February 28
1883: Digger Stanley born in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
1908: San Francisco, California. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell KO 7 Eddie Kelly. Retains title.
1913: Pete Herman ND 6 Lew Tendler, Philadelphia.
1918: Peter Kane born in Golborne, Lancashire, England.
1933: Los Angeles, California. World Featherweight Championship. Freddie Miller W 10 Baby Arizmendi. Retains title.
1938: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Henry Armstrong KO 2 Charley Burns.
1947: New York City, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Gus Lesnevich KO 10 Billy Fox. Retains title.
1949: Ezzard Charles W 15 Joey Maxim, Cincinnati.
1961: Barry McGuigan born in Monaghan, Ireland.
1962: Miami Beach, Florida. Cassius Clay KO 4 Don Warner.
1964: Gustav George “Gus” Lesnevich dies in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.
1964: Bangkok, Thailand. World Featherweight Championship. Sugar Ramos KO 6 Mitsunori Seki. Retains title.
1971: Utsonomiya, Japan. WBA Featherweight Championship. Shozo Saijyo W 15 Frankie Crawford. Retains title.
1973: Inglewood, California. World Welterweight Championship. Jose Napoles KO 7 Ernie Lopez. Retains title.
1974: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Ricardo Arredondo. Wins title.
1976: Nassau, Bahamas. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Elisha Obed KO 2 Tony Gardner. Retains title.
1979: Gerry Grealish born in Galway, Ireland.
1980: Lucian Bute born in Pechea, Romania.
1981: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 11 Vonzell Johnson. Retains title.
1982: Wayne Alwan born in Zimbabwe.
1987: Jakarta, Indonesia. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Khaosai Galaxy KO 14 Elly Pical. Retains title.
1992: Sumut Prakan, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Muangchai Kittikasem KO 9 Sot Chitalada. Retains title.
1993: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Al ‘Ice’ Cole W 12 Uriah Grant. Retains title.
1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC Lightweight Championship. Stevie Johnston W 12 George Scott. Retains title.
2004: Dresden, Germany. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Markus Beyer W 12 Andre Thysse. Retains title.
2004: Las Vegas, Nevada. Miguel Cotto KO 4 Victoriano Sosa.
2004: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Erik Morales W 12 Jesus Chavez. Wins title.
2008: New York City, NY. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Dimitri Kirilov D 12 Cecilio Santos. Retains title.
2009: Houston, Texas. World Lightweight Championship. Juan Manuel Marquez KO 9 Juan Diaz. Retains title.
2009: Houston, Texas. WBA Featherweight Championship. Chris John D 12 Rocky Juarez. Retains Title.
2009: Oaxaca, Mexico. WBO World Minimumweight Championship. Donnie Nietes W 12 Erik Ramirez. Retains title.
2009: Oaxaca, Mexico. WBA World Minimumweight Championship. Roman Gonzalez W 12 Francisco Rosas. Retains title.
2015: Belfast, Northern Ireland. IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship. Carl Frampton W RSC 5 Chris Avalos. Retains title.
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