On This Day In Boxing History

1909: Jackie “Kid” Berg Was Born!

Jack (Kid) Berg

Birth Name: Judah Bergman

Born: 1909-06-28

Birthplace: Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom

Hometown: Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom

Alias: The Whitechapel Whirlwind

Stance: Orthodox

Division: Lightweight -Welterweight

Height: 5’9”

Record: 157-26-9, 61Ko’s 

Trainers: Ray Arcel; Whitey Bimstein

Managers: Frankie Jacobs; Harry Levine; Sol Gold

Died: Age 81, April 22nd, 1991

Inducted International Boxing Hall of Fame: 1994

World Junior Welterweight Champion

18 Feb 1930–24 April 1931           

NBA World Junior Welterweight Champion

18 Feb 1930–24 April 1931           

June 28th

1909: Jackie Berg born

1939: Joe Louis KO4 Tony Galento

1943: Ismael Laguna born.

1946: Bob Montgomery KO13 Allie Stolz

1948: Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Bernard Docusen

1955: Willie Pastrano W10 Joey Maxim

1968: Terronn Millett born.

1972: Mando Ramos W15 Pedro Carrasco

1980: Alan Minter KO9 Vito Antuofermo

1985: Ji Won Kim KO4 Bobby Berna

Anselmo Moreno born.

1991: Mike Tyson W12 Razor Ruddock

Azumah Nelson D12 Jeff Fenech

Joey Gamache KO 10 Jerry Ngobeni

1993: Genaro Hernandez KO 8 Raul Perez

1997: Evander Holyfield WDQ3 Mike Tyson

Shakur Stevenson was Born

2003: Eric Morel W 12 Isidro Garcia, Bayamon

2004: Katsushige Kawashima KO 1 Masamori Tokuyama

Eagle Kyowa Tech. W 8 Satoshi Kogumazaka

2008: Manny Pacquiao KO 9 David Diaz 

Canelo Alvarez W10 Miguel Vasquez - All seven Alvarez brothers fight on one card Rigoberto, Daniel, Ricardo, Gonzalo, Victor, Ramon and main event Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, stepped into the ring making history gaining Guinness Record recognition

2013: Chaozhong Xiong WMD12 Denver Cuello

2014: Darleys Perez W12 Argenis Lopez

Dahiana Santana W10Francia Elena Bravo