On This Day In Boxing History

Muhammad Ali vs Henry Cooper II

May 21st, 1966

WBC/WBA World Boxing Council World Heavy Title

         Arsenal Football Stadium, Highbury, London          

May 21st

1891: Peter Jackson D61 Jim Corbett

1912: Johnny Kilbane D12 Jimmy Walsh

1925: Jack "Kid" Berg KO10 Ted (Kid) Lewis

1933: Tony Canzoneri W10 Battling Shaw

1943: Bob Montgomery W15 Beau Jack

1966: Muhammad Ali TKO6 Henry Cooper

Jose Torres W15 Wayne Thornton         

1974: John Conteh TKO6 Chris Finnegan

1977: Wilfredo Gomez KO12 Dong Kyun Yum

Miguel Angel Cuello TKO9 Jesse Burnett

Salvador Sanchez TKO5 Rosalio Badillo

1979: Wilfredo Gomez KO2 Nelson Cruz Tamariz

1981: Bobby Czyz TKO3 Oscar Albarado

1982: Hector Camacho TKO1 Refugio Rojas

1988: Jose Sanabria TKO6 Moises Fuentes Rocha

1989: Jorge Paez D12 Louie Espinoza

1990: Manuel Medina W12 Tyrone Jackson

1993: Katsuya Onizuka WSD12 Jae-Shin Lim

1994: Julio Cesar Borboa TKO9 Jaji Sibali

Chris Eubank WSD12 Ray Close

Julio Cesar Vasquez TKO10 Akhmet Dottuev

1996: Keiji Yamaguchi WSD12 Carlos Murillo

1998: The New Jersey State Parole Board rejects former super welterweight contender Tony Ayala Jr.’s bid to be paroled

1999: Veeraphol Sahaprom KO5 Mauro Blanc

2000: Joel Casamayor TKO5 Jong Kwon Baek

2002: Damaen Kelly W12 Celso Danggod

2005: Lamon Brewster TKO1 Andrew Golota

Alejandro Garcia TKO9 Rhoshii Wells    

Tomasz Adamek WMD12Paul Briggs

2011: Bernard Hopkins W12 Jean Pascal

Tomas Rojas RTD11 Juan Jose Montes

Mariana Juarez TKO7 Gabriela Bouvier 

Juan Palacios W12 Sammy Gutierrez

Nathan Cleverly TKO4 Aleksy Kuziemski

2016: Denis Lebedev TKO2 Victor Emilio Ramirez

Erislandy Lara W12Vanes Martirosyan

Jermall Charlo W12 Austin Trout 

Jermell Charlo KO8 John Jackson          

Beibut Shumenov TKO10 Junior Anthony Wright

Hyun Mi Choi W10 Unathi Myekeni

2017: Naoya Inoue KO3 Ricardo Rodriguez