On This Day In Boxing History!

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs Jerry Martin

July 20th, 1980

WBA World Light Heavyweight Title Fight

Great Gorge Playboy Club, McAfee, New Jersey!

July 20th

1887: Mike Gibbons was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota

1921: Sam Langford KO9 Bearcat Wright

1928: Corp. Izzy Schwartz WF4 Frisco Grande

1934: Billy Conn age 17 debuts KO3 Johnny Lewis

1953: Rocky Mattoli born.

1955: Flash Elorde W10 Sandy Saddler

1959: Harold Gomes W15 Paul Jorgensen

1960: Davey S. Moore TKO6 Frank Valdez

1973: Antonio Cervantes TKO5 Reinaldo Mercado

1974: Betulio Gonzalez KO10 Franco Udella

1980: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad KO10 Jerry Martin

Eusebio Pedroza KO8 Sa Wang Kim

1982: Hilario Zapata W15 Tadashi Tomori

1984: Joo Do Chun KO7 William Develos

1990: Christophe Tiozzo KO8 Paul Whitaker

1991: Charles Williams KO3 Vincent Boulware

Anaclet Wamba KO11 Massimiliano Duran

Sung Kil Moon KO5 Ernesto Ford

Khaosai Galaxy KO5 David Griman

1993: Ricardo Mayorga age 20 debuts KO3 Jose Morales

1996: Daniel Zaragoza KO7 Tsuyoshi Harada

1997: Bernard Hopkins KO11 Glen Johnson

2002: Vernon Forrest W12 Shane Mosley

2011: Antonio Tarver RTD9 Danny Green         

2013: Cecilia Comunales TKO1 Marisol Reyes

2016: Kazuto Ioka KO11 Keyvin Lara

2019: Caleb Plant TKO3 Mike Lee

41-year-old Manny Pacquiao SD12 Keith Thurman

2022: Thammanoon Niyomtrong W12 Wanheng Menayothin