On This Day In Boxing History!

1951: Alan Minter Was Born!

Alan Minter   

Born: August 17th, 1951

Residence: Crawley, Sussex, United Kingdom

Pro-Debut: October 31st, 1972

Alias:  Boom Boom

Division: Middleweight

Stance: Southpaw

Height: 5′ 9″  

Reach: 71″  

Bouts: 49

Rounds: 354

Ko’s: 47%

Record: 39-9, 23Ko’s

1972: Munich Olympic Games Bronze Medalist.

WBA/WBC Middleweight Champion

1980 Mar 16 – 1980 Sep 27         

August 17th

1914: Jack Dempsey pro-debut D6 Young Herman

1938: Henry Armstrong W15 Lou Ambers

1951: Alan Minter was born in Crawley, England

1960: Johnny Bumphus was born Tacoma, Washington

Flash Elorde KO1 Harold Gomes

1962: Davey Moore KO2 Olli Maeki, Helsinki. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1974: Yodsanan Nanthachai was born in in Srisaket, Thailand

1983: Roger Mayweather KO1 Benedicto Villablanca

1990: Pat Stone W10 Gary Wills, Mansfield Tavern, Mansfield, Australia.

Stone the winner collapsed in his corner before the verdict was announced

passing in the hospital from brain injuries the following day.

Loreto Garza W12 Juan Coggi

Paul Banke KO12 Ki Jun Lee

1991: Darrin Van Horn KO3 John Jarvis

Terry Norris KO1 Brett Lally

1994: Jack Sharkey, passes of respiratory age 91

1995: The Michigan Athletic Board of Control reverses the decision of the Franco Wanyama-James Thunder heavyweight bout, held in Detroit on July 16. Thunder was declared the winner via 10-round split decision. But due to a scoring discrepancy, created when Wanyama was floored by a low blow in the 7th-round, he becomes the amended winner via split decision.

1996: Johnny Tapia W12 Hugo Soto

2001: Mary Ann Almager TKO9 Trina Ortegon

2002: Daniel Santos W12 Mehrdud Takaloo    

Joan Guzman KO3 Fabio Daniel Oliva   

Joe Calzaghe W12 Miguel Angel Jimenez

Jeff Lacy KO1 Jason Collins

Gavin Rees TKO1 Serhii Andriychikov           

Enzo Maccarinelli TKO2 Tony Booth

2007: Simphiwe Nongqayi TKO5 Feliciano Dario Azuaga

2012: Henry Coyle W12 Marcelo Alejandro Rodriguez

Chris Goodwin W12 Istvan Kiss

2013: Takashi Miura W12 Sergio Thompson

Ana Arrazola W10 Guadalupe Martinez Guzman

Sergey Kovalev TKO4 Nathan Cleverly 

Darren Barker SD12 Daniel Geale          

Kiko Martinez TKO6 Jhonatan Romero  

2019: Jose Napoles suffering a long battle with  diabetes and Alzheimer's disease passes age 79