On This Day In Boxing History!

1933: Primo Carnera vs Jack Sharkey II!

National Boxing Association / World Heavy Title

NYSAC World Heavy Title / World Heavyweight Title

Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, Queens      

June 29th

1894: George Dixon D20 Young Griffo

1903: Joe Gans KO10 Willie Fitzgerald

1906: Joe Gans ND6 Jack Blackburn

1915: Sam McVey W12 Sam Langford

1933: Primo Carnera KO6 Jack Sharkey - Sharkey mysteriously falls after being grazed by an uppercut.

1936: Tony Marino KO14 Baltazar Sangchili

1938: Benny Lynch KO12 Peter Kane

1942: Ezzard Charles W10 Charley Burley

1955: Wallace Smith W15 Jimmy Carter

1956: Mario DïAgata KO7 Robert Cohen

1960: Gene Fullmer KO12 Carmen Basilio

1967: Kevin Kelly born.

1968: Carlos Teo Cruz W15 Carlos Ortiz

1969: Jose Napoles KO11 Curtis Cokes

1970: Sonny Liston KO10 Chuck Wepner

1972: Kirk Johnson born.

1980: Tae Shik Kim W15 Arnel Arrozal

1981: Samuel Serrano W15 Leonel Hernandez

1991: James Toney W12 Reggie Johnson

1996: Mbulelo Botile KO9 Marlon Bong Arios

Ricardo Lopez KO3 Kittichai Preecha

1997: Pichitnoi C. Siriwat W12 Sang Chul Lee

2007: Wladimir Sidorenko KO7 Jerome Arnould