On This Day In Boxing History!

Sugar Ray Robinson vs Carmen Basilio II

March 25th, 1958

World Middleweight Title

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois

March 25th

1904: Joe Gans W15 Jack Blackburn

1916: Jess Willard ND10 Frank Moran

Women are allowed to attend a boxing match

1920: Harry Greb W12 George K.O. Brown

1929: Jackie Fields W10 Young Jack Thompson

1931: Frankie Genaro D15 Victor Ferrand

1935: Gabriel Elorde is born in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines

1938: Henry Armstrong TKO4 Eddie Zivic

Jersey Joe Walcott KO4 Art Sykes

1945: Dennis Rappaport born.

1956: Raul Macias KO10 Leo Espinosa

Kenny Lane W10 Enrique Esqueda

1957: George Chuvalo KO2 Moses Graham

1958: Sugar Ray Robinson WSD15 Carmen Basilio - "Fight of the Year" Robinson breaks his own record, becoming world Middleweight champion for the fifth time

1961: Eder Jofre KO10 Piero Rollo

Archie Moore W10 Buddy Turman

1963: Davey Moore passed after collapsing in the dressing room after March 21st fight vs Sugar Ramos Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles - His death led to Pope John XXIII's describing of boxing as barbaric and led to Bob Dylan's song Who Killed Davey Moore?

1966: Humberto González is born in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico

1969: Jack Bodell TKO8 Billy Walker

1973: Jose Luis Ramirez age 14 debuts TKO6 Mario Amparan

1974: George Foreman KO2 Ken Norton

1975: Rafael Márquez is born in Mexico City, Mexico

1976: Wladimir Klitschko is born in Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

1978: Alexis Argüello TKO3 Mario Mendez

Larry Holmes W12 Earnie Shavers

1979: Wilfred Benitez W15 Harold Weston Jr.

1980: Gaetan Hart SD12 Nick Furlano

1984: Dave Hilton KO1 Mario Cusson

Alex Hilton TKO8 Deano Clavet

1987: Chris Eubank W4 James Canty

1988: Robin Givens demands full access to Mike Tyson's money.

1989: Taoufik BelBouli KO8 Michael Greer

Michael Nunn KO1 Sumbu Kalambay

Al Cole age 25 debuts TKO3 Lorenzo Thomas

Jean-Marc Mormeck age 23 debuts TKO1 Pierrick Trideau

1991: Melchor Cob Castro KO10 Rolando Pascua

Tarmo Uusivirta TKO7 Kenny Schaefer

1995: Mike Tyson, 28, released from Indiana Youth Center after serving 3-years of a 6-year sentence for the rape of a beauty pageant contestant.

1997: Fernando Vargas age 19 debuts against Jorge Morales

2000: Vassiliy Jirov TKO1 Don Normand

2004: Israel Vázquez TKO12 José Luis Valbuena

2006: Hozumi Hasegawa KO9 Veeraphol Sahaprom

Ulises Solis KO9 Eric Ortiz, Guadalajara

2011: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam TKO5 Muhammad Nurfawaid

2012: Boxing writer and sports historian, Bert Sugar passes

2017: Tyron Zeuge TD5 Isaac Ekpo

Jorge Linares W12 Anthony Crolla

Lawrence Okolie age 23 debuts KO1 Geoffrey Cave

2021: Amanda Serrano KO9 Daniela Romina Bermúdez

2023: Lawrence Okolie W12 David Light

Seniesa Estrada W10 Tina Rupprecht