On This Day In Boxing History!

Sandy Saddler vs Willie Pep IV

One of the Roughest & Dirtiest Fights Ever!

September 26th, 1951

World Featherweight Title

Polo Grounds, New York   

September 26th

1929: Jack Sharkey KO3 Tommy Loughran

1932: Max Schmeling KO8 Mickey Walker

1945: Sugar Ray Robinson W12 Jake LaMotta

1951: Sandy Saddler KO10 Willie Pep

1964: Eder Jofre KO7 Bernardo Caraballo

Vicente Saldívar RTD12 Sugar Ramos

1970: Ken Buchanan W15 Ismael Laguna

1972: Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan

Masao Ohba KO5 Natalio Jimenez.

1976: Luis Estaba KO11 Valentin Martinez

1981: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO11 Jerry Martin

Juan Herrera KO11 Luis Ibarra

1986: Edwin Rosario KO2 Livingstone Bramble

Hector Camacho W12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards

1988: Jose Sanabria KO10 Fabrice Benichou

Sadam Ali is born in Brooklyn, New York

1992: Aquiles Guzman W12 Yong Kang Kim

Ruben Dario Palacios TKO8 Colin McMillan

1993: 19-year-old Ratanapol Sor Vorapin TKO4 Domingus Siwalette

1994: Isaac Dogboe is born in Accra, Ghana

1995: Vuyani Bungu W12 Laureano Ramirez

1997: Humberto Soto age 17 debuts W4 Guillermo Guerra

Fabrice Tiozzo TKO2 Jeff Williams

1998: Lennox Lewis W12 Zeljko Mavrovic

Herbie Hide KO2 Willi Fischer

2000: The makers of the motion picture The Hurricane settle a lawsuit with former world middleweight champion Joey Giardello, 70, who claimed he was defamed in the film's depiction of his 1964 fight with Rubin (Hurricane) Carter. Term of the settlement was not disclosed.

2003: Chris John WSD12 Oscar Leon

Julio César Chávez Jr. age 18 debuts W4 Jonathan Hernandez

2009: Vitali Klitschko RTD10 Chris Arreola

Prakorb Udomna KO3 Bernard Dunne

2014: Juan Carlos Payano WTD6 Anselmo Moreno    

2015: Deontay Wilder TKO11 Johann Duhaupas

Juan Francisco Estrada KO10 Hernan Marquez

Eva Voraberger TKO8 Teeraporn Pannimit

Fedor Chudinov W12 Frank Buglioni

2020: Jermell Charlo KO8 Jeison Rosario

John Riel Casimero TKO3 Duke

Josh Taylor KO1 Apinun Khongsong