On This Day In Boxing History

Gene Fullmer vs Carmen Basilio          

August 28th, 1959

Vacant NBA World Middleweight Title

Cow Palace, Daly City, California

August 28th

1922: Johnny Dundee W15 Pepper Martin

1928: Tony Canzoneri KO1 Bobby Garcia

1940: Fritzie Zivic W10 Sammy Angott

1946: Joey Maxim W10 Jersey Joe Walcott

1948: Archie Moore W10 Jimmy Bivins

1955: Ingemar Johansson KO1 defeats Hein ten Hoff

1958: Dino Duva was born in Paterson, New Jersey

1959: Gene Fullmer KO14 Carmen Basilio

1963: Dick Tiger KO7 Gene Fullmer

1966: Reggie Johnson was born in Houston Texas

1971: Raul Marquez was born in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, Mexico

1976: Carlos Zarate KO12 Paul Ferreri

1977: Danny Lopez KO6 Jorge Altamirano

1981: Ulises Solis was born in in Apozol, Zacatecas, Mexico

1988: Myung Woo Yuh KO6 Putt Ohyuthanakom

1992: Maurice Blocker W12 Luis Garcia

1998: Bernard Hopkins no-contest 4 Robert Allen, Hopkins sprains an ankle when he is shoved out of the ring by referee Mills Lane.

William Joppy KO3 Roberto Duran

1999: Dariusz Michalczewski KO4 Montell Griffin, Bremen, Germany.

David Reid W12 Keith Mullings

2001: Nevada State Athletic Commission chairman Dr. Elias Ghanem dies of kidney failure

2009: Tavoris Cloud W12 Clinton Woods

Juan Urango KO11 Randall Bailey

Lubabalo Msuthu W12 Nick Otieno

Noni Tenge TKO8 Adeoti Yinka

Holly Holm W10 Terri Blair

Eleider Álvarez age 25 debuts KO1 Jesse Sanders

2010: Marcos Maidana W12 DeMarcus Corley

Giovani Segura KO8 Ivan Calderon        

2015: Gabisile Tshabalala WMD10 Unathi Myekeni

Viorel Simion TKO3 David Kis