On This Day In Boxing History!

Ray Mancini vs Duk Koo Kim

November 13th, 1982

WBA World Lightweight Title

Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada     

November 13th

1886: John L. Sullivan KO3 Paddy Ryan

1910: Abe Attell D15 Frankie Conley

1925: Harry Greb W15 Tony Marullo

1936: Sixto Escobar KO1 Indian Quintana

1949: Sugar Ray Robinson KO5 Vern Lester

1953: Kid Gavilan W15 Johnny Bratten

Jimmy Carruthers W15 Pappy Gault

1961: Davey Moore W15 Kazuo Yakayama

1965: Carlos Ortiz W15 Ismael Laguna

1974: Rodrigo Valdez KO11 Gratien Tonna

1975: Elisha Obed KO11 Miguel de Oliveira

1976: Danny (Little Red) Lopez W15 David Kotey

Carlos Zarate KO4 Waruinge Nakayama

1982: Ray Mancini KO14 Duk Koo Kim, Kim 23, dies four days after the fight. As a result of Kim's death, the WBC immediately ordered all title bouts be reduced from 15 to 12 rounds.

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1992: Riddick Bowe W12 Evander Holyfield

1993: Jose Luis Bueno W12 Sung-Il Moon

1998: Ricardo Lopez W12 Rosendo Alvarez

1999: Lennox Lewis W12 Evander Holyfield

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Sharmba Mitchell W12 Elio Ortiz

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Paul Ingle W12 Manuel Medina

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2007: Karolina Lukasik W10 Yahaira Hernandez

2008: Sakio Bika TKO3 Peter Manfredo Jr        

2009: Ann Saccurato W10 Jelena Mrdjenovich

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2010: David Haye TKO3 Audley Harrison

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2013: Naoko Fujioka W10 Naoko Yamaguchi

2014: Carlos Cuadras TKO6 Marvin Mabait     

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