On This Day In Boxing History!
Carmen Basilio vs Johnny Saxton III
February 21st, 1957
World Welterweight Title
Cleveland Arena, Ohio
February 21st
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1906: Abe Attell W15 Jimmy Walsh
1908: Packey McFarland W10 Freddie Welsh
1910: Ad Wolgast KO40 Battling Nelson
Frankie Conley KO42 Monte Attell
1912: Johnny Kilbane W20 Abe Attell
1916: Jack Dempsey KO2 Jack Downey
1921: Benny Leonard TKO3 Eddie Moy
1922: Tiger Flowers KO9 Gorilla Jones
1933: Young Corbett III W10 Jackie Fields
1935: Joe Louis TKO2 Lee Ramage
1937: Sixto Escobar W15 Lou Salica
1941: Tony Zale KO14 Steve Mamakos
1948: Akron, Ohio middleweight Sam Baroudi dies age 21 of injuries sustained in bout with a future heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles.
1951: Archie Moore KO9 Jimmy Bivins
1952: Elisha Obed was born in Nassau, Bahamas
1956: Joey Lopes W10 Gaby Macias
Al Andrews W10 Billy Kilgore
Jesse Turner W10 LeRoy Green
Bobby Bickle TKO3 Leo Carter
1957: Carmen Basilio KO2 Johnny Saxton
1958: Ingemar Johansson TKO13 Joe Erskine
1960: Fighting Harada pro debut KO4 Isami Masui
1961: Dave Charnley W15 Fernand Nollet
Luis Rodriguez KO5 Lyle Mackin
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) KO5 Donnie Fleeman
1963: Jesus Pimentel KO2 Danny Moran
1964: Johnny Famechon KO7 Johnny Evans
Ismael Laguna KO 7 Oripes dos Santos
Johnny "Pep" Persol W10 Eddie Cotton
1965: Rodney Moore was born in Wilmington, North Carolina,
Mitsunori Seki KO5 Shigeo Shioyama
1967: Joe Frazier KO 6 Doug Jones
Elmer Rush KO4 Amos Johnson
Sugar Ray Anderson KO2 Johnny Goree
Mark Tessman W10 Al Franklin
1968: Franco Zurlo W12 Antonio Sassarini
1969: Elisha Obed KO 5 Cornbread Rhamina
1975: Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1977: Tyrone Everett TKO8 Cornelio Vega
1987: Carl Frampton is born in Tigers Bay, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Carlos De Leon KO4 Angelo Rottoli
Bobby Czyz KO2 Willie Edwards
1989: Dennis Andries KO5 Tony Willis
1991: Panya Pradabsri was born in Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand
1998: Juan Carlos Gomez W12 Marcelo Dominguez
Nana Konadu KO2 Abraham Torres
Khalid Rahilou W12 Jean Baptiste-Mendy
2002: Yoddamrong Sithyodthong W12 Yober Ortega
Yodsanan 3-K Battery (later known as Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai) KO1 Boubaker, Dankhunthod
Saen Sor Ploenchit W10 Richard Carrillo, Dankhunthod
Yokthai Sithoar KO2 Edwen Gastador
2003: Wayne Braithwaite KO4 Ravea Springs
Rodney Tappin W4 Arnold Hill
Willie Stewart KO1 Kenworth Minus
Ian MacKillop TKO6 Agustin Silva
Roman Martinez KO3 Adisone Sengaroun
Julio Garcia W10 Irvin Garcia
Stevie Johnston KO6 Ever Beleno
Antonio Diaz TD2 Edwin Vazquez
Rolando Reyes W4 Manuel Bocanegra
Hussein Hussein W10 Wande Chor Chareon
Daniel Dawson KO1 Barry Hancock
Vernon Payne TD6 Bernardo Guereca
Cuauhtemoc Vargas TKO7 Julian Rodriguez
Lawrence Tauasa W12 Tosca Petridis
Marc Bargero TD6 Shannan Taylor
Marco Primera TKO4 Dante Craig
Kelvin Davis KO1 Rogerio Lobo
Wade Clout W8 Matt Shaw
Jung Min TKO2 Avinesh Kumay Singh
Marco Antonio Rubio KO1 Paulino Avitia
Julio Cesar Miranda W6 Regulo Gamez
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Enzo Maccarinelli KO8 Gerry Delaney
Hugo Hernan Garay W12 Sergio Martin Beaz
Roberto David Arrieta W12 Javier Osvaldo Alvarez
Jorge Fernando Castro KO2 Arturo Rivera
Robert Stieglitz KO7 Galen Brown
Jan Zaveck W8 Nikita Zaytsev
Manabu Fukushima W10 Yokthai Sothoar
Ali Funeka W12 Gabriel Phakula
Nkosinathi Joyi KO2 Thembinkosi Blou
2005: Alexander "Sasha" Bakhtin W10 Ryuichi Minoriyama
Koki Kameda KO1 Yodkeng Singwancha
2007: Fahsan 3-K Battery KO4 Daniel Diolan
Hector David Saldivia KO4 Amilcar Edgardo Funes Melian
Julio Cesar Vasquez KO1 Luis Ariel Rojas
2008: Zaurbek Baysangurov W10 Gheorghe Danut
2009: Kelly Pavlik KO9 Marco Antonio Rubio
Miguel Cotto KO5 Michael Jennings
2010: Ryo Miyazaki TD4 Suguru Takizawa
2011: Muhammad Rachman TKO8 Marti Polii
2014: Fernanda AlegreTKO6 Marisol Reyes
2015: Gennady Golovkin TKO11 Martin Murray
Arthur Abraham W12 Paul Smith
Nancy Franco SD10 Victoria Argueta
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Hekkie Budler W12 Jesús Silvestre
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