On This Day In Boxing History!

 Felix Trinidad vs William Joppy    

World Boxing Association World Middle Title

May 12th, 2001

Madison Square Garden, New York        

May 12th

1890: Louisiana Legalized Prize Fighting.         

1902: Joe Gans KO1 Frank Erne

1916: Sam Langford KO7 Joe Jeanette

1941: Joey Archibald W15 Harry Jeffra

1962: Harold Johnson W15 Doug Jones

Louie Espinosa born.

1977: Jeff Lacy born.

1981: Antonio Avelar KO7 Shoji Oguma

1991: Terrence Alli KO12 Charles Murray

2001: Felix Trinidad KO5 William Joppy

Vernon Forrest W12 Raul Frank

2006: Vicente Mosquera W12 Jose Pablo Estrella

2012: Mariana Juarez SD10 Arely Mucino

Gennady Golovkin TKO3 Makoto Fuchigami    

Zaurbek Baysangurov W12 Michel Soro

2014: Cindy Serrano W10 Diana Garcia

2017: Cindy Serrano W10 Iranda Paola Torres

Khalid Yafai W12 Suguru Muranaka

James Toney KO6 Mike Sheppard

Angelique Duchemin W12 Ericka Rousseau     

Stephanie Ducastel W10 Maria Soledad Capriolo