On This Day

In Boxing History

1934: Jimmy McLarnin vs Barney Ross

September 17th, 1934

World Welterweight Title

Madison Square Garden Bowl,

Long Island City, Queens, NY

Rocky Marciano vs Ezzard Charles

World Heavyweight Title

1954 Fight of the Year - Ring Magazine

September 17th, 1954

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York    

September 17th

1886: Billy Papke was born in Spring Valley, Illinois,

1902: Joe Gans KO5 Gus Gardner

1917: Harry Greb TKO9 George K.O. Brown

1919: Benny Leonard ND8 Johnny Dundee

1921: Johnny Kilbane KO7 Danny Frush

1924: Harry Greb ND10 Gene Tunney

1934: Jimmy McLarnin W15 Barney Ross

1945: Archie Moore KO8 Cocoa Kid

1946: Randy Turpin KO1 Gordon Griffiths

Willie Pep TKO3 Lefty LaChance

1954: Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles

1964: Alexander Zolkin was born in Moscow, Russia

1967: Michael Carbajal was born in Phoenix, Arizona

1969: John H. Stracey debuts age 19 KO2 Santos Martins

1973: David Reid was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1974: Masamori Tokuyama was born in Tokyo, Japan

1977: Victor Galindez W15 Yaqui Lopez

Roberto Duran W15 Edwin Viruet

1980: Hilario Zapata KO11 Shigeo Nakajima

1983: Juan Diaz was born in Houston, Texas

1985: Jiro Watanabe KO7 Kazuo Katsuma

1992: Orlando Canizales W12 Samuel Duran

Victor Rabanales KO9 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi

1991: James Smith KO1 Jeff Sims

1993: O'Shaquie Foster was born in Orange, Texas

1994: Vincent Pettway KO4 Gianfranco Rosi

Felix Trinidad KO4 Yory Boy Campas

Frankie Randall W12 Juan Coggi

Julio Cesar Chavez KO8 Meldrick Taylor

Gabriel Ruelas W12 Jesse James Leija

Ricardo Lopez KO1 Yodsing Au Saenmorokot

1995: Regilio Tuur KO10 Luis Mendoza

Veeraphol Sahaprom W12 Daorung MP Petroleum

1999: Medgoen 3K-Battery KO3 Manny Pacquiao

2001: Tony Ayala Jr., 38, pleads guilty to burglary in San Antonio, Texas, and is sentenced to 90-days in jail and 10years probation.

2004: Kell Brook debuts age 18 W6 Peter Buckley

2005: Jesus Chavez KO 11 Levander Johnson

Marco Antonio Barrera W12 Robbie Peden

Milan Melindo debuts age 18 W4 Meljun Grumo

2010: Erica Anabella Farias TKO2 Nicole Woods

2011: Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO4 Victor Ortiz    

Erik Morales RTD10 Pablo Cesar Cano

Saul Alvarez TKO6 Alfonso Gomez

Anahi Torres W10 Maria Salinas 

2016: Oleksandr Usyk W12 Krzysztof Glowacki

Ewa Piatkowska W10 Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes

Saul Alvarez KO9 Liam Smith

2022: Canelo Álvarez W12 Gennady Golovkin