On This Day In Boxing History

1883: Sam Langford Was Born!

Sam Langford

Born: March 4th, 1883

Birth Place: Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Residence: Boston, Massachusetts,

Pro-Debut: April 11th, 1902          

Alias: Boston Tar Baby, Boston Terror, Boston Bonecrusher

Division: Heavyweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 7½″  

Reach: 74″  

Bouts: 252

Rounds: 1980

Ko’s: 50%

Record: 178-29-38, 126Ko’s

Career: 1902-1926

Died: Age 72, January 12th, 1956

The International Boxing Hall of Fame: Class of 1990

March 4th

1883: Sam Langford was born in Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, Canada

1901: Tommy Ryan KO17 Tommy West

1907: Jack Johnson TKO9 Bill Lang

1918: Harry Greb ND12 Jack Dillon

1926: Pascual Perez was born in Tupungato, Mendoza, Argentina

1939: Henry Armstrong KO4 Bobby Pacho

1940: Georgie Pace D15 Lou Salica

Bobby Pacho KO5 Doll Nelson

Abe Simon KO2 Clint Moran

1946: Sugar Ray Robinson W10 Sammy Angott

Joey Maxim W10 Panther Williams

1947: Jersey Joe Walcott WMD10 Elmer Ray

1957: George Chuvalo KO3 Walter Hafer

1958: Archie Moore TKO10 Bert Whitehurst

1961: Ray Mancini is born in Youngstown, Ohio

Gene Fullmer W15 Sugar Ray Robinson

John Mugabi was born in Nsambya, Uganda

1968: Joe Frazier KO11 Buster Mathis

Nino Benvenuti W15 Emile Griffith

Hiroyuki Ebihara KO4 Manuel "Chango" Magallanes

1972: Carlos Monzon KO5 Dennis Moyer

Masao Ohba W15 Susumu Hanagata

1978: Pipino Cuevas KO10 Harold Weston Jr.

1979: Maurice Hope KO9 Rocky Mattioli

1983: Santos Laciar KO9 Ramon Nery

1984: Min Keun Oh KO2 Joko Arter

1987: Terry Marsh KO10 Joe Manley

1988: Michael Moorer age 20 debuts TKO1 Adrian Riggs

1989: Virgil Hill W12 Bobby Czyz

1994: Orlin Norris W12 Arthur Williams

Gerald McClellan KO1 Gilbert Baptist

Julio Cesar Vasquez KO2 Armand Picar

Regina Halmich age 17 debuts W6 Fienie Klee

Gianfranco Rosi Tech Draw6 Vincent Pettway

1995: Pernell Whitaker W12 Julio Cesar Vasquez

Ike Quartey KO4 Jung-Oh Par

The World Boxing Association strips George Foreman of his heavyweight title for refusing to defend against mandatory challenger Tony Tucker.

1997: Lonnie Bradley D12 Otis Grant

2000: Manny Pacquiao KO4 Arnel Barotillo

Clarence Adams W12 Nestor Garza

Paulie Ayala W12 Johnny Bredahl

Noel Arambulet W12 Jose Garcia

2005: Clinton Woods KO5 Rico Hoye

2006: Joe Calzaghe W12 Jeff Lacy

Arthur Abraham W12 Shannon Taylor

Miguel Cotto KO8 Gianluca Branco

Chris John W12 Juan Manuel Marquez

Yutaka Niida W12 Ronald Barrera

Enzo Maccarineli W12 Mark Hoson

Wayne Alexander W12 Thomas McDonagh

2007: Yo-Sam Choi KO1 Pradabsri Siwagon

Zolile Mbityi KO-5 Simon Ramoni

2009: Koki Kameda KO2 Dolores Vidal (AKA Dolores Osorio

Daiki Kameda KO6 Wandee Singwancha formerly known as Wandee Chor Chareon

2010: Rachid El Hasak W10 Zakaria Azzouzi

2011: Piotr Wilczewski TKO11 Amin Asikainen

Lenny Bottai W12 Sergei Melis

Alberto Servedei W10 Massimo Morra

Ivan Pozo W12 Adonis Rivas

Jackson Osei Bonsu W10 Jose Del Rio

Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo W12 Adones Aguelo

Eusebio Osejo Unan. WTD5 John Jackson

Yusaf Mack WSD12 Otis Griffin

Vicente Escobedo W10 Walter Estrada

Sharif Bogere KO1 Shamir Reyes

2012: Rey Labao TKO1 Jay Solmiano

Jose Ocampo TKO4 Weng Haya

2016: Shinsuke Yamanaka W12 Liborio Solis  

Ganigan Lopez MD12 Yu Kimura

2017: Keith Thurman SD12 Danny Garcia

Alondra Garcia W10 Naoko Shibata     

Alycia Baumgardner age 23 debuts TKO1 Britain Hart

Tony Bellew TKO11 David Haye