On This Day In Boxing History!

Gene Fullmer vs Sugar Ray Robinson

December 3rd, 1960

National Boxing Association World Middleweight Title

Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California  

December 3rd

1912: Johnny Kilbane KO9 Monte Attell

1914: “The Mighty Atom” Jimmy Wilde retained his 112lb British Title scoring his 96th straight win a 9th round TKO of Sid Smith Liverpool Stadium, England.

1915: Sam Langford ND10 Harry Wills

1923: Harry Greb W10 William Bryan Downey

1926: Mikey Walker W10 Tiger Flowers

1928: Tod Morgan D10 Santiago Zorilla

Frenchy Belanger W12 Willie Davies

1929: Woman’s boxing Pioneer Barbara Buttrick was born.

1958: Jose Luis Ramirez is born in Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico

1960: Gene Fullmer D15 Sugar Ray Robinson

Davey S. Moore KO7 Rudy Corona

1962: Carlos Ortiz KO5 Terue Kosaka

1970: Billy Backus KO4 Jose Napoles

1981: Edwin Valero is born in Bolero Alto, Mérida, Venezuela

Joe Frazier D10 Floyd Cummings

1982: Thomas Hearns W15 Wilfred Benitez

Wilfredo Gomez KO14 Lupe Pintor

1986: Elly Pical KO10 Dong Chun Lee

1988: Michael Moorer TKO5 Ramzi Hassan

1989: Daniel Zaragoza W12 Chan Yong Park

1992: Jeff Harding W12 David Vedder

1994: Hasim Rahman age 22 debuts KO1 Gregory Herrington

Marco Antonio Barrera TKO8 Eddie Cook

Riddick Bowe W12 Larry Donald

Anaclet Wamba W12 Marcelo Dominguez

1996: Pichitnoi C. Siriwat KO2 Keiji Yamaguchi

1999: Zolani Petelo W12 Juanito Rubillar

2000: Steve Forbes KO8 John Brown

2004: Matin Castillo W12 Alexander Munoz

2005: Jermain Taylor W12 Bernard Hopkins

Israel Vasquez KO3 Oscar Larios

Regina Halmich W10 Elena Reid

2010: Fernanda Alegre W10 Michelle Bonassoli

Holly Holm TKO8 Ann Saccurato

2011: Miguel Cotto  RTD9 Antonio Margarito

Brandon Rios TKO11 John Murray         

Alexander Povetkin KO8 Cedric Boswell

Cecilia Braekhus TKO10 Kuulei Kupihea

Jhonny Gonzalez KO2 Roinet Caballero

Abner Mares W12 Joseph Agbeko

Anselmo Moreno W12 Vic Darchinyan

2016: Billy Joe Saunders W12 Artur Akavov

Julius Indongo KO1  Eduard Troyanovsky

2022: Daniel Dubois TKO3 Kevin Lerena

Juan Francisco Estrada WMD12 Román González

Tyson Fury TKO10 Derek Chisora