On This Day In Boxing History!

Joe Louis and Ray Robinson Pass!

Joe Louis

Born: May 13th, 1914

Birth Place: LaFayette, Alabama

Residence: Detroit, Michigan

Birth Name: Joseph Louis Barrow

Pro-Debut: July 4th,             1934

Alias: The Brown Bomber

Division: Heavyweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 6′ 2″  

Reach: 76″  

Bouts: 69

Rounds: 417

Kos: 75%

Record: 66-3, 52Ko’s  

Died: Age 66, April 12th, 1981

World Heavyweight Champion

NBA World Heavyweight Champion

NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion

June 22, 1937 – Mar 1st 1949

In 1990: Louis inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame

In 1993: U.S. Postal Service issued a Joe Louis stamp

In 2003: The Ring named Louis the Greatest Puncher of All-Time.

Sugar Ray Robinson 

Born: May 3rd, 1921

Birth Name: Walker Smith Jr.

Birth Place: Vidalia, Georgia

Residence: Harlem, New York

Pro-Debut: October 4th, 1940

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 11″  

Reach: 72½″  

Division: Lightweight to Light Heavyweight

Bouts: 201

Rounds: 1401

Ko’s: 54%

Record: 174-19-6, 109Ko’s

Died: Age 67, April 12th, 1989

World Welterweight Champion

1946 Dec 20 – 1951 Feb 14

World Middleweight Champion

1951 Feb 14 – 1951 Jul 10

World Middleweight Champion

1951 Sep 12 – 1952 Dec

World Middleweight Champion

1955 Dec 9 – 1957 Jan 2  

World Middleweight Champion

1957 May 1 – 1957 Sep 23           

World Middleweight Champion

1958 Mar 25 – 1960 Jan 22

Inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame: Class of 1990

April 12th

1902: Sam McVey pro debut KO6 George Sullivan

1920: Jimmy Wilde NWS10 Young Zulu Kid

1935: Fireman Jim Flynn passed

1946: Tony Zale KO2 Ira Hughes

1954: Marvin Johnson is born in Indianapolis, Indiana

1966: Oscar Albarado age 18 debuts TKO4 Genaro Morones

1980: Salvador Sanchez W15 Ruben Castillo

1981: Joe Louis passes age 66

Sean O’Grady W15 Hilmer Kenty

1989: Sugar Ray Robinson passes age 67

1996: Pernell Whitaker W12 Wilfredo Rivera

Ike Quartey KO3 Vince Phillips

1997: Raul Marquez KO9 Anthony Stephens

Oscar De La Hoya W12 Pernell Whitaker

2003: Marco Antonio Barrera KO4 Kevin Kelly

Derrick Gainer W12 Oscar Leon

2008: Antonio Tarver W12 Clinton Woods

Chad Dawson W12 Glen Johnson

Antonio Margarito KO6 Kermit Cintron

Miguel Cotto KO5 Alfonso Gomez

Cassius Baloyi W12 Mzonke Fana       

Sebastian Sylvester KO12 Javier Castillejo

2009: Kazuto Ioka age 20 debuts TKO3  Thongthailek Sor Tanapinyo

2014: Manny Pacquiao W12 Timothy Bradley Jr          

Jessie Vargas W12 Khabib Allakhverdiev

Zaurbek Baysangurov TKO12 Guido Nicolas Pitto

Oleksandr Gvozdyk age 27 KO1 Mike Montoya

2019: Vasyl Lomachenko KO4 Anthony Crolla

Segolene Lefebvre W10 Laura Soledad Griffa

Gilberto Ramírez RTD4 Tommy Karpency