On This Day

In Boxing History!

Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott I!

World Heavyweight Title

September 23rd, 1952

Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   

September 23rd

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1918: Benny Leonard ND8 Ted (Kid) Lewis

1921: Johnny Buff W15 Pete Herman

1926: Gene Tunney W10 Jack Dempsey

1929: Bat Battalino W15 Andre Routis

1936: Packey McFarland, 47, dies.

1937: Fred Apostoli KO10 Marcel Thil

Barney Ross W15 Ceferino Garcia

Lou Ambers W15 Pedro Montanez

Harry Jeffra W15 Sixto Escobar

1940: Henry Armstrong KO4 Phil Furr

1948: Sugar Ray Robinson W10 Kid Gavilan

Ike Williams KO10 Jesse Flores

1952: Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott

Cleveland Williams KO6 Joe McFadden

1957: Carmen Basilio W15 Sugar Ray Robinson

1976: Wladimir Sidorenko born in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

1983: Gerrie Coetzee KO10 Michael Dokes

1995: Manuel Medina W12 Alejandro Gonzalez

2006: Arthur Abraham W12 Edison Miranda

2011: Marcos Maidana KO4 Petr Petrov

2017: Joseph Parker WMD12 Hughie Fury

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