On This Day In Boxing History!

1951: Panama Al Brown Passes!

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Panama Al Brown  

Born: July 5th, 1902

Birth Name: Alphonso Teofilo Brown

Birth Place: Colon, Panama

Residence: Paris, France

Pro-Debut: March 19th, 1922

Alias: Kid Theophilo

Nationality: Panamainian

Division: Bantamweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 9″  

Reach: 72½″  

Bouts: 161

Rounds: 1297

Ko’s: 37%

Record: 129-19-13, 59Ko’s

Died: Age 48, April 11th, 1951      

April 11th

1750: The first international price fight: Jack Slack retained his title as Champion of England by beating Frenchman Jean Petit in 7 rounds.

1902: Joe Walcott ND6 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien

1912: Sam Langford W20 Sam McVey

1913: Sid Smith W20 Eugene Criqui

1921: The first live sports event on radio took place this day over KDKA radio. Pittsburgh sports writer, Florent Gibson, gave an account of the action in the lightweight boxing match between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee.

1949: Archie Moore KO8 Jimmy Bivins

1951: Panama Al Brown, 48, passes

1964: Carlos Ortiz W15 Kenny Lane

1967: Joe Frazier TKO5 Jefferson Davis

1974: Ishimatsu Suzuki KO9 Rodolfo Gonzalez

1981: Larry Holmes W15 Trevor Berbick

Greg Page TKO6 Marty Monroe

1982: Michael Spinks KO8 Murray Sutherland

1983: Erislandy Lara is born in Guantanamo, Cuba

1984: Buster Drayton KO1 Jimmy Cable

1986: Jeff Fenech W10 Daniel Zaragoza

Chong Pal Park KO15 Vinnie Curto

1988: Dillian Whyte is born in Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica

Greg Haugen TD11 Miguel Santana

1991: Marcos Villasana KO6 Rafael Zuniga

1992: George Foreman W10 Alex Stewart

James Toney W12 Glenn Wolfe

1996: James SmithTKO3 Troy Roberts

2009: Paul Williams W12 Winky Wright

Raul Garcia KO6 Ronald Barrera

2016: Roman Martinez W12 Orlando Salido

Pedro Guevara TKO1 Richard Claveras

Gabriela Bouvier W10 Carolina Alvarez

Jack Asis TKO8 Kye MacKenzie 

Jan Zaveck W12 Sasha Yengoyan