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1905: Max Schmeling Was Born!

Max Schmeling

Born: September 28th, 1905

Birth Place: Klein Luckow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Residence: Brandenburg, Germany

Pro-Debut: August 2nd, 1924

Division: Heavyweight

Alias:  Black Uhlan of the Rhine

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 6′ 1″  

Reach: 76″  

Record: 56-10-4, 39Ko’s   

Bouts: 70

Rounds: 472

Ko’s: 56%

Died: Age 99, February 2nd, 2005           

September 28th

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1905: Max Schmeling born in Klein Luckow, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia

1909: Sam Langford RTD5 Dixie Kid

1928: Andre Routis W15 Tony Canzoneri

1939: Joey Archibald W15 Harry Jeffra

1945: Rocky Graziano KO3 Harold Green

1956: Joey Giardello KO5 Bobby Boyd

1968: Carlos Teo Cruz W15 Mando Ramos

Shozo Saijyo W15 Raul Rojas

Frans Botha was born in Witbank, South Africa

1972: Stevie Johnston was born in Denver, Colorado

1976: Muhammad Ali W15 Ken Norton

1979: Larry Holmes KO11 Earnie Shavers

Wifredo Gomez KO10 Carlos Mendoza

1981: Cecilia Brækhus is born in Cartagena, Colombia

1985: Barry McGuigan KO9 Bernard Taylor

1987: Terence Crawford is born in Omaha, Nebraska

1989: Brian Mitchell KO7 Irving Mitchell

1996: Ratanapol Sow Voraphin KO5 Oscar Andrade

1997: Lightweight Johnny Montantes, 28, dies of a head injury suffered in a bout with James Crayton two days earlier at the Orleans Casino in Las Vegas.

2001: Roberto Carlos Leyva DTD3 Miguel Barrera

2002: Ricky Hatton WDQ2 Stephen Smith

Anthony Farnell WSD12 Ruben Groenewald

Jorge Páez TKO8 Juan Angel Macias

2005: Lamon Brewster TKO9 Luan Krasniqi

2007: Jelena Mrdjenovich W10 Kelli Cofer

Daniel Ponce de León KO5 Reynaldo Lopez

2008: Ji-Hye Woo W10 Jeannine Garside

2013: Adonis Stevenson RTD7 Tavoris Cloud

Alberto Rossel WMD12 Jose Alfredo Zuniga

2018: Jerwin Ancajas DSD12 Alexandro Santiago

Callum Smith KO7 George Groves          

Wulan Tuolehazi W12 Jayr Raquinel

2019: Errol Spence Jr WSD12 Shawn Porter    

David Benavidez KO9 Anthony Dirrell

Mario Barrios W12 Botirzhon Akhmedov

Tom Schwarz RTD6 Ilja Mezencev

David Avanesyan TKO1 Kerman Lejarraga

Licia Boudersa W10 Laura Soledad Griffa

Ayanda Nkosi RTD7 Emanuel Lopez     

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