On This Day In Boxing History!

Bob Foster vs Dick Tiger

May 24th, 1968

WBA/WBC World Light Heavyweight Title

Madison Square Garden, New York        

May 24th

1901: James Ferns KO10 Matty

1907: Abe Attell W20 Kid

1917: Les Darcy passes age 21,

1928: Tod Morgan W15 Cannonball Martin

1940: Henry Armstrong KO5 Ralph Zanelli

1954: Yoshio Shirai W15 Leo Espinosa

1958: Jose Torres KO1 Gene Hamilton

1962: Hector Camacho was born in Salinas, Puerto Rico

1968: Bob Foster KO4 Dick Tiger

1969: Bob Foster KO 4 Andy Kendall

1975: Miguel Canto WSD15 Betulio Gonzalez

1976: Muhammad Ali KO5 Richard Dunn

1986: Alfredo Layne KO9 Wilfredo Gomez

1987: Chan Young Park KO11 Takuya Muguruma

1995: Hiroshi Kawashima W12 Seung Koo Lee

1996: Kostya Tzyu KO4 Corey Johnson

1997: Yong-Soo Choi W12 Koji Matsumoto

2008: Ricky Hatton W12 Juan Lazcano

Paul Malingnaggi W12 Lovemore Ndou

2012: Yesica Yolanda Bopp W10 Anabel Ortiz

2013: Carolina Raquel Duer DSD10 Sabrina Perez

Josh King TKO7 Charlie King

Carlos Takam TKO8 Michael Grant

2014: Adonis Stevenson W12 Andrzej Fonfara

Jackie Nava KO7 Alys Sanchez

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