On This Day In Boxing History!

Jeff Fenech vs Azumah Nelson II

March 1st, 1992

World Boxing Council World Super Featherweight Title

1992 Upset of the Year - Ring Magazine

Princes Park Football Ground, Melbourne, Australia

Hector Camacho vs “Sugar” Ray Leonard

March 1st, 1997

Convention Center, Atlantic City

IBC Middleweight Title

March 1st

1916: Ted Kid Lewis W20 Harry Stone

1923: Frankie Genaro W15 Pancho Villa

1929: Spider Pladner KO1 Frankie Genaro

Jim Maloney W10 Tom Heeney

Lou Brouillard KO2 Al Sacco

Billy Petrolle KO4 Tony Ross

Jimmy McLarnin KO2 Joe Glick

1930: Jimmy McLarnin W10 Sammy Mandall

1933: Bob Godwin W10 Joe Knight

Al Ettore DQ4 James J. Braddock

1934: Primo Carnera W15 Tommy Loughran

Tony Canzoneri W12 Pete Nebo

1936: Freddie Miller W15 Petey Sarron

1940: Ceferino Garcia D10 Henry Armstrong

Sammy Angott W10 Quentin "Baby" Breese

1946: Willie Pep KO2 Jimmy McAllister

1949: Joe Louis retires

Manuel Ortiz W15 Dado Marino

1955: Willie Pastrano W10 Tony Johnson

Sonny Liston W8 Neal Welch

Joey Giardello KO2 Peter Mueller

1956: Jimmy Lynas W8 Dick Tiger 

Billy Peacock TKO4 Pimi Barajas 

1962: Mitsunori Seki KO5 Katsuzo Nakamura

1964: Sugar Ramos TKO6 Mitsunori Seki
1965: Hiroshi Kobayashi KO7 Soo Bok Kwon

1966: Horacio Accavallo W15 Katsuyoshi Takayama

1968: Kuniaki Shibata W10 Ramiro "Yaqui" Nides

1969: Eddie Gazo age 18 debuts W6 Omar Perez

1970: Masao Ohba W10 Rudy Billones

Flash Elorde TKO5 Munchai Rorfortor

1971: Jean-Claude Bouttier KO5 Lonnie Harris
1972: Vilomar Fernandez W6 Jose Resto
Vito Antuofermo W4 Ivelaw Eastman

1975: Bobby Chacon KO2 Jesus Estrada

1979: Fernando Montiel is born in Sinaloa, Mexico
1980: Manning Galloway W10 Tony Taylor (Akbar Muhammad

Rafael Pedroza W12 Javier Gonzales

Mikkel Kessler born in Copenhagen, Denmark

1986: Darryl Tyson W12 Freddie Roach

Evander Holyfield TKO3 Chisanda Mutti

1987: Myung Woo Yuh KO1 Eduardo Tunon

Jorge "Maromero" Paez W10 Alejandro Mayorga

Thanomsak Sithbaobay W12 Soon-Jung Kang

Kelvin Seabrooks W12 Louis Curtis

1988: Chong Pal Park KO5 Polly Pasireron

1989: Jeff Harding W10 Art Jimmerson

1990: Hector Acero-Sanchez KO4 Mario Gomez

James "The Heat" Kinchen W 10 Jorge Amparo

Jemal Hinton KO 7 Fred Hernandez

James "Lights Out" Toney KO 1 Philip Morefield

1991: Gerald McClellan KO1 Ken Hulsey

Junior Jones W10 Juan Carazo

1992: Azumah Nelson KO8 Jeff Fenech

Kostya Tszyu age 22 debuts TKO1 Darrell Hiles

Virgil Hill W10 Aundrey Nelson

1993: Marco Antonio Barrera W10 Ivan Salazar
1994: Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson KO2 Eduardo Ramirez

Marco Antonio Barrera KO3 Justo Zuniga
Joe Hipp W12 Alex Garcia

Muhammad Rachman KO3 Tono Balon
Richie Woodhall TKO7 Heath Todd
Joe Calzaghe TKO1 Darren Littlewood

1995: Frans Botha TKO1 Bill Corrigan

Freddie Pendleton KO2 Clarence Coleman
William Joppy KO3 Tony McCrimmion

Darrin Morris TKO4 Tim Dendy
Lionel Butler TKO 1 James Flowers
Lamar Murphy TKO 1 Alvin Patten
Tim Austin TKO 3 Travis Gregory
Antwun Echols KO 2 Abdullah Rmadan

1996: Orlando Salido age 17 debuts TKO4 loss to Iván Cazarez

Luisito Espinosa KO4 Alejandro Gonzalez

Daniel Zaragoza KO11 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi

Bronco McKart KO9 Santos Cardona

1997: Hector Camacho KO5 Ray Leonard

Stevie Johnston W12 Jean-Baptiste Mendy

Yokthai Sith-Oar W12 Aquiles Guzman

1998: Pichit Chor Siriwat (AKA Pichitnoi Sithbanprachan) W12 Kaaj Chartbandit (AKA Pornchai Techasinchai

2000: Hasim Rahman W10 Marion Wilson

2002: Eric Lucas W12 Vinny Pazienza

Miguel Cotto TKO2 Sammy Sparkman

Ivan Calderon TKO4 Jorge Romano

2003: Roy Jones Jr. W12 John Ruiz

Jean-Marc Mormeck KO8 Alexander Gurov

Winky Wright W12 J C Candelo

Jan Zaveck age 27 debuts TKO1 Zsolt Toth

Alejandro "Terra" Garcia KO3 Santiago Samaniego

2008: Israel Vasquez W12 Rafael Marquez

Yutaka Niida KO6 Jose Varela

2012: Bahodir Mamadjonov WSD8 Michael "Cold Blood" Clark

2013: Evgeny Gradovich SD12 Billy Dib

Jeff Horn age 25 debuts TKO2 Jody Allen

2014: Terence Crawford W12 Ricky Burns        

Erica Farias W10 Maria Lopez     

Diana Prazak TKO5 Shannon O'Connell

Arthur Abraham SD12 Robert Stieglitz   

Christina Hammer W10 Jessica Balogun

Zulina Munoz TD6 Alesia Graf

Hekkie Budler KO1 Karluis Diaz

2017: Thammanoon Niyomtrong KO5 Go Odaira

2018: Luis Nery TKO2 Shinsuke Yamanaka

2019: Eusebio Pedroza passes age 62

2025: Gervonta "Tank" Davis 12MD Lamont Roach