On This Day In Boxing History!

Carlos Monzon vs Nino Benvenuti     

May 9th, 1971     

WBA/WBC World Middleweight Title

Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco 

May 9th

1905: Jack Johnson ND6 Joe Jeanette

1908: Stanley Ketchel KO20 Jack Sullivan

1930: Young Jack Thompson W15 Jackie Fields

1936: Terry Downes was born in Paddington, London

1941: Billy Soose W15 Ken Overlin

1952: Dave Sands KO5 Al Bourke

1960: Iran Barkley was born in Bronx, New York

1964: Sugar Ramos W15 Floyd Robertson, Accra. Retains World Featherweight Title. Controversy surrounding the disputed split decision, The Ghana Boxing Authority ruled the bout a no-contest, then declared Robertson the winner. The WBA and the British Boxing Board of Control ruled that Ramos remained champion.

1970: Vicente Saldivar W15 Johnny Famechon

Oscar Bonavena KO1 Manuel Ramos

1971: Carlos Monzon KO3 Nino Benvenuti

1980: Baek In-Chul age 18 debuts KO2 Joong-Jung Park

1983: Rafael Orono W12 Raul Valdez, Caracas

1985: Jiro Watanabe W12 Julio Soto Solano

1986: Teofilo Stevenson W3 Ulli Kaden Amateur World Championships

1987: Nigel Benn TKO4 Winston Burnett

1988: Kaokor Galaxy W12 Wilfredo Vasquez

Khaosai Galaxy KO7 Kap Sup Song

1989: Steve Collins W12 Kevin Watts

1990: Lennox Lewis KO1 Jorge Alfredo Dascola

Kirkland Laing KO2 Antoine Fernandez

1991: Alfred Cole W12 Nate Miller

1992: Terry Norris KO4 Meldrick Taylor

Corrie Sanders W8 Mike Dixon

1995: Jimmy Thunder TKO2 Daniel Dancuta

Alex Stewart TKO5 Tyrone Evans

1997: Floyd Mayweather Jr TKO1 Tony Duran

1998: Sugar Shane Mosley KO8 John John Molina

1998: Fernando Vargas TKO4 Ron Johnson

2001: Former WBC Super Middleweight Champion Davey Hilton, 37,

is sentenced to 7-years in prison for sexually assaulting two underage sisters.

2003: Fernando Montiel TKO2 Sánchez León

2009: Chad Dawson W12 Antonio Tarver

2015: Fedor Chudinov SD12 Felix Sturm

Jack Culcay W12 Maurice Weber

Yuko Kuroki W10 Masae Akitaya

Jamie McDonnell W12 Tomoki Kameda

2008: Omar Narvaez RTD7 Iván Pozo

2009: Chad Dawson W12 Antonio Tarver