On This Day In Boxing History!

Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson

June 8th, 2002

WBC/IBF/IBO World Heavy Title

The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee

June 8th

1927: LeRoy Neiman born.

1933: Max Baer KO10 Max Schmeling

1934: Freddie Miller W10 Albert Wright

1943: Willie Pep W15 Sal Bartolo

1963: Emile Griffith W15 Luis Rodriguez

1966: Darroll Wilson born.

1985: Barry McGuigan W15 Eusebio Pedroza

1990: The International Hall of Fame in Canastota

1996: Frankie Liles KO3 Tim Littles, Newcastle

2001: Eric Morel KO8 Jose DeJesus Lopez

2002: Lennox Lewis KO8 Mike Tyson

Manny Pacquiao KO2 Jorge Eliecer Julio

2005: Mikkel Kessler W12 Anthony Mundine

2007: Hermann Ngoudjo WSD12 Randall Bailey

Derric Rossy TKO6 Ronald Bellamy

2013: Adonis Stevenson KO1 Chad Dawson    

Yuriorkis Gamboa W12 Darleys Perez

Marco Huck WMD12 Ola Afolabi

Erislandy Lara TKO10 Alfredo Angulo

2019: Oscar Valdez W12 Jason Sanchez