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In Boxing History!

1908: Tony Canzoneri Was Born!

Tony Canzoneri    

Born: November 6th, 1908

Birth Place: Slidell, Louisiana

Residence: New York, New York

Pro-Debut: July 24th, 1925

Division: Lightweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 4″  

Reach: 65″  

Bouts: 171

Rounds: 1351

Ko’s: 26%

Record: 137-24-10, 44Ko’s

Died: Age 51, December 9th, 1959

Career

NYSAC World Featherweight Champion

24 Oct 1927–28 Sep 1928

NBA World Featherweight Champion

10 Feb 1928–28 Sep 1928

World Lightweight Champion

14 Nov 1930–23 Jun 1933

World Junior Welterweight Champion

24 Apr 1931–18 Jan 1932 

NBA World Junior Welterweight Champion

24 Apr 1931–18 Jan 1932 

World Junior Welterweight Champion

21 May 1933–23 Jun 1933

World Lightweight Champion

10 May 1935–3 Sep 1936

1934: Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year for 1934.

1990: Inducted International Boxing Hall of Fame

1999: The Associated Press ranked Canzoneri as the fourth best featherweight, the third best lightweight, and the third best junior welterweight of the 20th century.

2001: The Ring Magazine ranked Canzoneri as the eighth greatest lightweight of all-time.

2006: Bert Sugar, in his book Boxing's Greatest Fighters, ranked Canzoneri the 12th greatest fighter of all-time.

November 6th

1906: Maxie Rosenbloom is born in Leonard Bridge, Connecticut

1908: Tony Canzoneri is born in Slidell, Louisiana

1918: Jack Dempsey KO3 Battling Levinsky

1946: Sugar Ray Robinson KO10 Artie Levine

1957: Alphonse Halimi W15 Raul Macias

1967: Paul Fujii KO4 Willie Quatour

1981: Larry Holmes KO11 Renaldo Snipes

Hilario Zapata KO10 Netmoi S. Vorasingh

1982: Eleoncio Mercedes W15 Freddy Castillo

1983: the IBF was formed in New Jersey when former USBA officials broke away from the WBA

1988: Myung Woo Yuh KO7 Udin Beharrudin

1992: Rafael Ruelas RTD10 Jorge Páez

1993: Evander Holyfield W12 Riddick Bowe

Orlin Norris KO6 Marcelo Figueroa

1995: Daniel Zaragoza W12 Hector Acero-Sanchez

1999: Derrick Jefferson KO6 Maurice Harris

Johnny Nelson KO4 Christophe Girard

2004: Kostya Tszyu KO3 Sharmba Mitchell

2009: Yesica Yolanda Bopp W10 Ana Arrazola

2010: Shinsuke Yamanaka TKO11 Christian

Takahiro Ao WSD12 Devis Boschiero

Zab Judah WSD12 Lucas Martin Matthysse

Robert Guerrero W10 Vicente Escobedo

Juan Manuel Lopez RTD8 Rafael Marquez

Myriam Lamare TKO6 Lucia Morelli

Gilberto Keb Baas WMD12 Omar Nino Romero

Ana Maria Torres TKO6 Hollie Dunaway

Jackie Nava W10 Jennifer Salinas

Isaac Chilemba DSD12 Thomas Oosthuizen

Jessie Magdaleno age 19 debuts TKO1 Matthew Salazar

2014: Chayaphon Moonsri RTD9 Oswaldo Novoa       

2011: Shinsuke Yamanaka TKO11 Christian Esquivel

2015: Luis Alberto Lopez age 22 WSD4 Francisco Pacheco

2020: Junto Nakatani TKO8 Giemel Magramo

2021: Canelo Álvarez TKO11 Caleb Plant