On This Day In Boxing History!

Floyd Patterson vs Pete Rademacher

August 22nd, 1957

World Heavyweight Title

Sicks' Stadium, Seattle, Washington

August 22nd

1918: Sam Langford NWS8 Battling Jim Johnson

1922: Frankie Genaro W10 Pancho Villa

1923: Pancho Villa KO3 Jackie Feldman

1925: Fidel LaBarba W10 Frankie Genaro

1933: Boxing’s first televised fight, an exhibition between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri, is broadcast in London.

1938: Charley Burley W15 Herbert Lewis Hardwick

1939: Lou Ambers W15 Henry Armstrong

1945: Jimmy Bivins KO6 Archie Moore

1947: Willie Pep KO12 Jock Leslie

1951: Joey Maxim W15 Irish Bob Murphy

1953: Archie Moore TKO4 Rinaldo Ansaloni

1956: Miguel Berrios WSD10 Flash Elorde

1957: Floyd Patterson KO6 Pete Rademacher - Rademacher, a 1956 Melbourne Olympic Gold Medalist, is making history by fighting for the title in his pro debut.

1966: L.C. Morgan KO4 Jose Napoles

1969: Ruben Olivares KO5 Lionel Rose

1972: Derrick Gainer born in Pensacola, Florida

Felix Machado born in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela

1980: Wilfredo Gomez KO5 Derrick Holmes

1985: Jorge Linares was born in Barinas, Venezuela.

1987: Marlon Starling KO11 Mark Breland

1992: John-John Molina KO4 Fernando Caiceda

Ricardo Lopez KO5 Singprasert Kittikasem

1995: Marco Antonio Barrera W12 Agapito Sanchez

James Smith TKO3 Eli Dixon

1998: Charles Brewer KO3 Antoine Byrd

Sven Ottke W10 Wilhelmus Krijnen

Harry Simon W12 Ronald Wright

Ivan Robinson W10 Arturo Gatti

2009: Robert Guerrero W12 Malcolm Klassen

Raul Garcia W12 Sammy Gutierrez

Robert Stieglitz TKO11 Karoly Balzsay

Juergen Braehmer TKO11 Aleksy Kuziemski

2015: Jessica McCaskill debuts age 31 TKO2 Tyrea Nichole Duncan

2020: Katie Taylor W10 Delfine Persoon