On This Day In Boxing History!

1947: Benny Leonard Passes!

Benny Leonard

Born: April 7th, 1896

Birth Name: Benjamin Leiner

Birth Place: New York, New York

Pro-Debut: October 14th, 1911

Alias: The Ghetto Wizard

Division: Lightweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 5″  

Reach: 69″  

Bouts: 100

Rounds: 573

Ko’s: 70%

Record: 89-6-1, 70Ko’s

Died: Age 51, April 18th, 1947 

International Boxing Hall of Fame: Class of 1990

April 18th

1889: Johnny Kilbane was born in Cleveland, Ohio

1908: Tommy Burns KO5 Jewey Smith

1913: Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis became the first boxer to use a mouth guard in the ring.

1929: Frankie Genaro WDQ5 Spider Pladner

1940: Charles “Kid” McCoy dies from suicide.

Archie Moore TKO10 Ron Richards

1945: Ike Williams KO2 Juan Zurita

1947: Joe Brown W10 Jimmy Carter

Benny Leonard, 51, dies from a heart attack while refereeing at the St. Nicholas Arena, NYC.

1950: Sandy Sandler KO9 Lauro Salas

1961: Joe Brown W15 Dave Charnley

Éder Jofre KO2 Sugar Ray

1964: Eddie Perkins W15 Dave Charnley

1969: Jose Napoles KO14 Curtis Cokes

1970: Ruben Olivares W15 Chucho Castillo

Nicolino Locche TKO9 Marcelino Acevedo

1974: John Henry Lewis,passes age 59.

1978: Miguel Canto W15 Shoji Oguma

1979: Lorenzo Zanon W12 Alfredo Evangelista

1987: Lloyd Honeyghan W12 Maurice Blocker

Julio Cesar Chavez KO3 Tomas DaCruz

1991: Chris Eubank TKO6 Gary Stretch

1992: Welcome Ncita W12 Jesus Salud

1994: Zack Padilla KO6 Harold Miller

1997: Ike Quartey KO5 Ralph Jones

Junior Jones W12 Marco Antonio Barrera

1998: Carl Thompson W12 Chris Eubank

Prince Naseem Hamed KO7 Wilfredo Vasquez

Regina Halmich TKO6 Maria Rosa Tabbuso

Herbie Hide KO1 Damon Reed

2009: Malcolm Klassen KO7 Cassius Baloyi

Nonito Donaire KO4 Raul Martinez

Brian Viloria KO11 Ulises Solis

2011: Takahiro Ao KO4 Humberto Gutierrez

Jhonny Gonzalez KO4 Hozumi Hasegawa

Toshiaki Nishioka KO9 Mauricio Munoz

2013: Akira Yaegashi W12 Toshiyuki Igarashi

2015: Andrzej Fonfara RTD9 Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.   

Moises Flores SD12 Oscar Escandon    

Terence Crawford TKO6 Thomas Dulorme