On This Day In Boxing History!

Benny Paret vs Emile Griffith II

September 30th, 1961

World Welterweight Title

Madison Square Garden, New York

September 30th

1904: Joe Walcott D20 Joe Gans

1912: Pete Herman pro debut D6 Eddie Coulon

1919: Sam Langford ND10 Harry Wills

1926: Tod Morgan W15 Joe Glick

1937: Billy Conn W15 Teddy Yarosz

1945: Antonio Gomez was born in Cumana, Venezuela

1947: Miguel De Oliveira was born In Sao Paulo, Brazil

1949: Rinty Monaghan D15 Terry Allen

1959: Dick Tiger W10 Joey Giardello

1961: BennyW15 Emile Griffith

1962: Jeff Franklin was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota

1978: Sung Jun Kim KO3 Netmoi Vorasingh

1983: Juan Ramon Cruz TKO7 Isidro Perez

1989: Jesus Rojas W12 Fidel Bassa

1990: Marcos Villasana KO8 Javier Marquez

1995: Ralf Rocchigiani W12 Mark Randazzo

Roy Jones Jr. KO3 Tony Thorton

Naseem Hamed KO8 Steve Robinson

Nicky Piper KO9 Noel Magee

Justin Juuku W12 Tony Pep

Glenn Catley TKO3 John Duckworth

Kevin Lueshing W8 Danny Quacoe

Jason Matthews W6 Marvin O'Brien

Daniel Alicea W6 Peter Judson

Javier Jauregui TKO5 Ismael Lopez

Jose Luis Bueno W10 Luis Enrique Adame

Nestor Lopez W10 Cruz Carbajal

Ricardo Mayorga TKO2 Adolfo Mendez

Michael Ayers TD7 Dave Anderson

Joe Calzaghe TKO4 Nick Manners

1996: A federal court in Albany, New York, orders heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to pay his former trainer, Kevin Rooney, $4.4-million for unjustly firing him in 1988.

Former welterweight champion Don Jordan, 62, is found comatose in a Los Angeles parking lot, the victim of a savage beating, and placed on a life support system at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

2000: For the first time since the 1948 Olympic Games, The United States fails to win a gold medal in the boxing competition at the Sydney Games.

Cuba’s Félix Savón clinched his third consecutive Olympic gold medal

Raymond Joval WMD12 Mpush Makambi

Damaen Kelly WMD12 Zolile Mbityi

2006: Hugo Cazares KO10 Nelson Dieppa

2007: Donnie Nietes W12 Somporn Seeta

2009: Nobuo Nashiro DSD12 Hugo Fidel Cazares

2011: Fernanda Soledad Alegre W10 Enis Pacheco

Ana Julaton W10 Jessica Villafranca

2016: Nehomar Cermeno KO3 Anurak Thisa

2017: Mairis Briedis W12 Mike Perez

Guadalupe Guzman TKO9 Carlota Santos

2018: Brandon Figueroa KO10 Óscar Escandón

Joe Joyce KO5 Iago Kiladze

Stephen Fulton W8 German Meraz

James DeGale KO3 Fidel Monterroza Munoz

2023: Canelo Álvarez W12 Jermell Charlo

Jai Opetaia TKO4 Jordan Thompson

Rhiannon Dixon W10 Katharina Thanderz        

Ellie Scotney W10 Laura Soledad Griffa

Shannon Ryan W8 Xenia Jorneac

Maisey Rose Courtney W6 Martina Bernile