On This Day In Boxing History

Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas

December 2nd, 2000

IBF/WBA World Super Welterweight Title

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas

December 2nd

1895: George Lavigne W15 Joe Walcott

1905: Jack Johnson ND6 Joe Jeanette

1907: Tommy Burns KO10 Gunner Moir

1925: Tod Morgan KO10 Mike Ballerino

1935: Lew Jenkins W8 Lee Mullins

1941: Sugar Ramos is born in Matanzas, Cuba

1950: Vic Toweel KO11 Danny O’Sullivan (Sullivan down 14 times)

1959: Joe Brown KO6 Dave Charnley

1963: Sandro Mazzinghi KO13 Ralph Dupas

1965: Salvatore Burruni KO13 Rocky Gattellari

1972: Bruno Acari W15 Everaldo Costa Azevedo

Ernesto Marcel KO6 Enrique Garcia

1977: Carlos Zarate KO5 Juan F. Rodriguez

1978: Marvin Johnson KO10 Mate Parlov

1985: Jeff Fenech W15 Jerome Coffee

1986: Tsuyoshi Hamada W12 Ronnie Shields

1992: Kennedy McKinney KO11 Welcome Ncita

1995: Wayne McCullough K8 Johnny Bredahl

Rosendo Alvarez W12 Chana Porpaoin

1997: Charles Brewer W12 Joey DeGrandis

2000: William Joppy KO4 Jonathan Reid

Felix Trinidad KO12 Fernando Vargas

Ricardo Lopez KO3 Ratanapol Vorapin

2006: Mariano Carrera KO11 Javier Castillejo

Antonio Margarito W12 Joshua Clottey

Miguel Cotto KO5 Carlos Quintana

2007: Zolani Marali  TKO3 Miguel Lombardo

2008: Ulises Solis W12 Nerys Espinoza

2009: Danny Green TKO1 Roy Jones Jr.

2013: Gennady Golovkin RTD8 Curtis Stevens

Ola Afolabi MD12 Lukasz Janik

Victoria Bustos W10 Roxana Laborde

Ana Arrazola W10 Maria Cruz

Irma Garcia MD10 Magali Rodriguez

2016: Emmanuel Tagoe W12 Mzonke Fana

2017: Sadam Ali W12 Miguel Cotto         

Rey Vargas W12 Oscar Negrete  

Angel Acosta KO10 Juan Alejo

Igor Mikhalkin W12 Doudou Ngumbu

Tina Rupprecht W10 Anne Sophie Da Costa

Fatuma Zarika W10 Catherine Phiri

2018: Simpiwe Konkco NC4 Joey Canoy