On This Day In Boxing History!

1906: Jimmy McLarnin Was Born!

Jimmy McLarnin

Born: December 19th, 1907

Birth Name: James McLarnin

Birth Place: Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Residence: Glendale, California

Pro-Debut: December 19th, 1923

Alias: Baby Face/Belfast Spider

Division: Welterweiight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 6″  

Reach: 67″  

Rounds: 463

Ko’s: 30.43%

Career: 1923-1936

Record: 55-11-3, 21Ko’s   

Died: Age 96, October 28th, 2004

December 19th

1906: Jimmy McLarnin was born in in Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland

1913: Jack Johnson D10 Battling Jim Johnson

1924: Cannonball Martin W15 Abe Goldstein

1927: Frenchy Belanger W12 Ernie Jarvis

Harry Blitman KO2 Jose Lombardo.

1930: Johnny Douglas, Olympic Gold Medal winner and captain of the 1908 England Boxing team drowned on this day when a vessel he was sailing in collided with another in foggy weather near Denmark

1941: Sammy Angott W15 Lew Jenkins

1947: Sugar Ray Robinson K 6 Chuck Taylor

1949: Rocky Marciano TKO5 Phil Muscato

1952: Joey Giardello W10 Billy Graham

1957: Marvin "Candy" McFarland W8 Norman Young

1970: Junior Jones was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York

1980: Lupe Pintor W15 Albert Davila

1981: Dwight Braxton KO10 Matthew Saad Muhammad

Juan Herrera KO7 Betulio Gonzalez

1986: Gilberto Roman W12 Kong Payakaroon

1987: Brian Mitchell KO8 Salvatore Curcetti

1990: Rolando Pascua KO6 Humberto Gonzalez

1992: Yung Kyun Park W12 Ever Boleno

1995: Shinji Takehara W12 Jorge Castro

1997: Thulane Malinga W12 Robin Reid

Naseem Hamed KO4 Kevin Kelly

Kennedy McKinney KO4 Junior Jones

1998: David Tua KO10 Hasim Rahman

Floyd Mayweather KO2 Angel Manfredy

2001: Robin Reid W12 Julio Cesar Vasquez

2008: Emanuela Pantani W10 Betina Gabriela Garino

2009: Edwin Valero RTD7 Hector Velazquez

Kelly Pavlik TKO5 Miguel Angel Espino

Juergen Braehmer W12 Dmitry Sukhotskiy

Cristobal Cruz TD3 Ricardo Castillo

Natascha Ragosina KO8 Pamela London

2010: Dariusz Snarski W10 Krzysztof Cielsak

2014: Adonis Stevenson KO5 Dmitry Sukhotskiy

Leonela Yudica SD10 Gabriela Bouvier

Juan Carlos Reveco TKO5 Sirichai Thaiyen                  

Betiana Vinas W10 Natalia Aguirre        

2015: Billy Joe Saunders MD12 Andy Lee         

Liam Smith TKO7 Jimmy Kilrain Kelly

2020: Saul Alvarez W12 Callum Smith

Debora Anahi Lopez W10 Ayelen Micaela Alejandra Granadino

Ilunga Junior Makabu TKO7 Olanrewaju Durodola

Ibeth Zamora Silva W10 Gabriela Sanchez Saavedra

Isabel Millan W10 Cristina Hernandez

Reymart Gaballo WSD12 Emmanuel Rodriguez