On This Day In Boxing History!

1961: Barry McGuigan Was Born!

Barry McGuigan

Born: 1961-02-28

Birth Place: Clones, Ireland

Birth Name: Finbar Patrick McGuigan

Residence: Clones, Ireland

Pro-Debut: May 10th, 1981

Alias: The Clones Cyclone

Division: Featherweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 6″  

Reach: 70″ 

Bouts: 35

Rounds: 198

Kos: 80%

Record: 32-3, 28Ko’s

WBA Featherweight Champion: June 8 1985 –June 23 1986

International Boxing Hall of Fame: Class of 2005

February 28th

1908: Abe Attell KO7 Eddie Kelly

Freddie Welsh W20 Young Nipper

1916: Benny Leonard NWS10 Rocky Kansas

Lew Tendler WNWS6 Pete Herman

1918: Peter Kane was born in Heywood, Lancashire, England

1933: Freddie Miller W10 Baby Arizmendi

1938: Henry Armstrong KO2 Charley Burns

1947: Gus Lesnevich KO10 Billy Fox

1949: Ezzard Charles WMD15 Joey Maxim

1952: English boxing manager and Queensberry Promotions CEO Frank Warren was born in Islington, London, England

1956: Henry Cooper TKO4 Maurice Mols

Zora Folley KO3 Watson Jones

Bob Satterfield D10 Harold Carter

Peter Mueller W10 Jimmy Martinez

Amos "Big Train" Lincoln D8 Roger Rischer

1961: Barry McGuigan born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland

1962: Cassius Clay KO4 Don Warner

1964: Sugar Ramos KO6 Mitsunori Seki

Nicolino Locche W10 Raul Santos Villalba

Antonio Cervantes W4 Rodolfo Marquez

Nino Benvenuti KO5 Memo Ayon

Gaspar Ortega W10 Domenico Tiberia

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter W10 Jimmy Ellis

1971: Shozo Saijyo W15 Frankie Crawford

1973: Jose Napoles KO7 Ernie Lopez

Bobby Chacon KO5 Jose Luis Martin Del Campo

1974: Kuniaki Shibata W15 Ricardo Arredondo

Guts Ishimatsu KO4 Gener Cruz

1976: Elisha Obed KO2 Tony Gardner

1980: Lucian Bute born in Pechea, Galați, Socialist Republic of Romania

1981: Matthew Muhammad KO11 Vonzell Johnson

Bobby Berna KO11 Ronaldo Sumalis

1987:  Jean-Claude Vinci L6 Lionel Jean - Vinci dies of brain injuries following this bout

Khaosai Galaxy KO14 Elly Pical

1989: Vince Phillips age 26 debuts TKO2 Octavio Guardado

1992: Muangchai Kittikasem KO9 Sot Chitalada

1993: Al Cole W12 Uriah Grant

1995: Greg Richardson W12 Edel Geronimo

1997: Wayne Braithwaite age 22 debuts TKO4 John Douglas

Ruben Sanchez Leon KO7 Albrto Marinez

Carlos Murillo W12 Virgilio Chifundo, Colon

1998: Stevie Johnston W12 George Scott

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. KO2 Sam Girard

Lamon Brewster KO1 Artis Pendergrass

Antonio Aguirre KO2 Martin Acevedo

Axel Schulz W12 Julian Francis

2003: Terrence Lewis D10 Friday Ahunanaya
Humberto Soto TKO7 Cesar Figueroa
Belinda Cooper TKO2 Reiko Muruyama
Jesse Feliciano W6 Alphonso Gomez
Steve Marquez W4 Leodegario Capilla
Dewey Cooper W6 Robert Green
Michael Rush W10 Derrick Whitley
Ali Tareh KO6 Hugo Vargas
Jose Navarro W10 Keyri Wong
Enrique Ornelas W8 Tim Shocks

2004: Markus Beyer W12 Andre Thysse

Miguel Cotto KO4 Victoriano Sosa

Erik Morales W12 Jesus Chavez

Nikolay Valuev KO 1 Dicky Ryan

Arthur Abraham KO 2 Steve Walker

2008: Dimitri Kirilov D 2 Cecilio Santos

2009: Juan Manuel Marquez KO9 Juan Diaz

Chris John D12 Rocky Juarez   

Billy Joe Saunders age 20 debuts TKO2 Attila Molnar

James DeGale age 23 debuts W4 Vepkhia Tchilaia

Roman Gonzalez W12 Francisco Rosas

Donnie Nietes W12 Erik Ramirez

Simpiwe Nongqayi W12 Francisco Arce

Sebastian Sylvester KO7 Gaetano Nespro

Karo Murat KO10 Cristian Sanavia

2012: Nihito Arakawa W12 Ryuji Migaki

2013: Oxandia Castillo TKO2 Hanna Gabriels

2015: Carl Frampton TKO5 Chris Avalos

Tyson Fury RTD8 Christian Hammer

Kumiko Seeser Ikehara TD1 Jessebelle Pagaduan

Melissa McMorrow SD10 Kenia Enriquez

Jackie Nava TKO6 Mayra Gomez       

Delfine Persoon TKO8 Florence Muthoni

Román González TKO3 Valentin Leon

2020: The U.S. Naval Academy held its 79th Annual Brigade Boxing Championships, featuring midshipmen bouts in Alumni Hall.

Daniela Romina Bermúdez KO9 Alys Sanchez