On This Day In Boxing History

1906: James J. Braddock Was Born!

Jim Braddock  

Born: June 7th, 1905

Birth Name: James Walter Braddock

Birth Place: New York, New York

Residence: North Bergen, New Jersey

Pro-Debut: April 13th, 1926

Division: Heavyweight

Alias: The Cinderella Man

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 6′ 2½″  

Reach: 75″  

Record: 46-24-4, 26Ko’s   

Bouts: 77

Rounds: 513

Kos: 34%

Died: Age 69, November 29th, 1974

Career

World Heavyweight Champion

NBA World Heavyweight Champion

NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion

June 13th, 1935 – June 22nd, 1937

International Boxing Hall of Fame: Class of 2001

June 7th

1905: James J. Braddock is born in Hell's Kitchen, New York

1928: Randy Turpin was born Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

1936: American boxing writer and sports historian Bert Sugar Was Born in Washington, D.C.

1944: Ike Williams W10 Sammy Angott

1946: Willie Pep KO12 Sal Bartolo

1949: Sugar Ray Robinson TKO3 Freddie Flores

1954: Joey Maxim W8 Floyd Patterson

1968: Nino Benvenuti KO2 Yoshiaki Akasaka

1970: Ismael Laguna KO13 Ishimatsu Suzuki

1971: Rubén Olivares KO5 Vicente Blanco

1975: Jae Do Yuh KO 7 Koichi Wajima

1976: David Diaz born.

1977: Eddie Gazo KO11 Koichi Wajima

1980: Jim Watt W15 Howard Davis

Hilario Zapata W15 Chi Bok Kim

1981: Jose Navarro born

1987: Vinny Pazienza W15 Greg Haugen

Myung Woo Yuh KO15 Benedicto Murillo

1989: Dave McAuley W 12 Duke McKenzie

1992: Humberto Gonzalez KO12 Kwang Sun Kim

Zack Padilla W12 Carlos Gonzalez

1993: Tommy Morrison W12 George Foreman

1994: Orlando Canizales KO5 Rolando Bohol

1996: Oscar DeLaHoya KO4 Julio Cesar

Johnny Tapia TKO8 Ivan Alvarez

2000: Rex Layne dies in Utah

2003: Omar Narvaez TKO5 Everardo Morales

2008: Juan Manuel LópezTKO1 Daniel Ponce de León

Paul WilliamsTKO1 Carlos Quintana

Kelly Pavlik KO3 Gary Lockett

Sergio Mora W12 Vernon Forrest

Celestino Caballero KO12 Lorenzo Parra

2011: Genaro Hernández passes at the age of 45

2014: Juergen Braehmer W12 Roberto Bolonti

Cecilia Braekhus W10 Jessica Balogun

Noni Tenge WMD10 Oxandia Castillo

Paul Butler WSD12 Stuart Hall    

Noni Tenge WMD10 Oxandia Castillo

Miguel Cotto RTD10 Sergio Martinez      

2019: Anthony Joshua W12 Andy Ruiz

2022: Naoya Inoue TKO2 Nonito Donaire