On This Day In Boxing History!

Salvador Sanchez vs Roberto Castanon

March 22nd, 1981

WBC Featherweight Championship

Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas

March 22nd

1898: James Jeffries KO3 Peter Jackson

1926: Jack Delaney W10 Maxie Rosenbloom

1933: Barney Ross W10 Billy Petrolle

1967: Muhammad Ali KO7 Zora Folley

1980: Joseph Agbeko born.

1981: Salvador Sanchez KO10 Roberto Castanon

1986: HBO launches heavyweight-unification-tournament

Trevor Berbick W12 Pinklon Thomas

Carlos De Leon W12 Bernard Benton

Dwight Qawi KO6 Leon Spinks

1993: Carlos Gonzalez KO1 Tony Baltazar

1997: Genaro Hernandez W12 Azumah Nelson

Ratanapol Sow Voraphin KO4 Luis Doria, Saraburi

2003: Cory Spinks W12 Michele Piccirillo

Manny Pacquiao KO5 Serikzhan Yeshmangbetov

2008: Andreas  Kotelnik KO12 Gavin Rees

Joel Casamayor KO10 Michael Katsidis

2014: Francisco Rodriguez Jr. TKO10 Merlito Sabillo

Anselmo Moreno W12 Javier Nicolas Chacon

Jose Pedraza W12 Alberto Garza

2015: Rey Loreto TKO1 Nkosinathi Joyi