On This Day In Boxing History!

1942: Muhammad Ali Was Born!

Muhammad Ali

Born: January 17th, 1942

Birth Name: Cassius Marcellus Clay

Birth Place: Louisville, Kentucky

Residence: Louisville, Kentucky 

Pro-Debut: October 29th, 1960

Alias: The Greatest   

Division: Heavyweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 6′ 3″  

Reach: 78″

Bouts: 61

Rounds: 548

Ko’s: 61%

Record: 56-5, 37Ko’s

Died: Age 74, June 3rd, 2016

Titles

Olympic Gold Medalist Light Heavyweight: 1960

WBA Heavyweight Champion: 1964 Feb 25 – 1964 Sep 14

WBC Heavyweight Champion: 1964 Feb 25 – 1969 Mar 3

NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion: 1964 Feb 25 – 1967 May 9

WBA Heavyweight Champion: 1967 Feb 6 – 1967 May 9

WBA/WBC Heavyweight Champion: 1974 Oct 30 – 1978 Feb 15     

WBA Heavyweight Champion: 1978 Sep 15 – 1979 Sep 6

January 17th

1878: Philadelphia Jack O’Brien was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1899: George Dixon KO10 Young Pluto

1905: Cus D’Amato was born in the Bronx, New York

1915: Sammy Angott was born in Washington, Pennsylvania

1916: Ted "Kid" Lewis W10NWS Perry "Kid" Graves

1922: Harry Wills W10 Sam Langford

Battling Siki W12 Alphonse Rogiers

1930: Leo Lomski W10 James J. Braddock

Jackie Berg W10 Tony Canzoneri

1936: Joe Louis KO1 Charley Retzlaff

Freddie “Red” Cochrane W10 George Levy

Leroy Haynes KO2 Sal Ruggirello

1941: Fritzie Zivic KO12 Henry Armstrong

1942: Muhammad Ali is born in Louisville, Kentucky

1946: Tony Zale KO5 Tony Gillo

1949: Ike Williams W10 Johnny Bratton

1950: Dong-Kyun Yum was born in Okcheon-gun, South Korea

1956: Brian London TKO4 Jim Cooper, Henry’s twin brother

Paul Jorgensen WMD10 Lauro Salas

1958: Harold Johnson W10 Bert Whitehurst

1961: Cassius Clay KO3 Tony Esperti

1964: James “Buddy” McGirt was born in Brentwood, New York

1966: Joe Frazier KO1 Mel Turnbow

1967- Barney Ross passes age 57

1971: Ann Wolfe was born in Austin, Texas

1973: Tyrone Everett W6 Luciano Santos

1974: Marco Antonio Barrera born in Mexico City, Mexico

1977: Bennie Briscoe W10 Karl Vinson

1978: Augie Pantellas KO5 Isaac Vega

1981: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO8 Fulgencio Obelmeijas

Eusebio Pedroza KO5 Raul Silva

1984: James 'Black Gold' Shuler W12 Clint Jackson

1986: Tim Witherspoon W15 Tony Tubbs

1987: Oleksandr Usyk was born Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

1988: Wifredo Vasquez D12 Takuya Muguruma

1989: Rafael Ruelas age 18 debuts W4 Marcos Covarrubias

1995: Emanuel Navarrete is born in San Juan Zitlaltepec, Mexico

1998: Michael Grant KO5 David Izon

Angel Manfredy KO8 Arturo Gatti

Juan Domingo Cordoba W12 Melchor Cob Castro

2004: Zsolt Erdei W12 Julio Gonzalez

2009: Andre Berto W12 Luis Collazo

Victor Emilio Ramirez RDD9 Alexander Alekseev   

Ina Menzer W10 Esther Schouten        

Gennadiy Golovkin TKO1 Javier Alberto Mamani

2010: Rocky Fuentes KO3 Pit Anacaya

2015: Deontay Wilder W12 Bermane Stiverne  

Leo Santa Cruz TKO8 Jesus Ruiz

2016: Deontay Wilder KO9 Artur Szpilka

2020: Shohjahon Ergashev KO1 Adrian Estrella