On This Day

In Boxing History!

Muhammad Ali vs Floyd Patterson II

NABF Heavyweight Title

September 20th, 1972

Madison Square Garden, New York   

September 20th

1906: Jack Johnson ND6 Joe Jeanette

1934: Freddie Miller W15 Nel Tarleton

1939: Joe Louis KO11 Bob Pastor

1949: Willie Pep KO7 Eddie Compo

1957: Archie Moore KO7 Tony Anthony

1958: Hogan (Kid) Bassey KO9 Willie Pep

1959: Hiroyuki Ebihara debuts age19 KO4 Kazuhiko Kurihara

1965: Ken Buchanan KO2 Brian Tonks

1966: Floyd Patterson KO4 Henry Cooper

1972: Muhammad Ali KO7 Floyd Patterson – Patterson’s final bout

Ken Buchanan RTD6 Carlos Ortiz

1975: Alfredo Escalera D15 Leonel Hernandez

David Kotey W15 Ruben Olivares

Antonio Cervantes TKO6 Battlehawk Kazama

1978: Hector Camacho Jr. born.

1980: Hilmer Kenty KO4 Ernesto Espana

1986: Marvin Johnson KO13 Jean-Marie Emebe

1987: Myung Woo Yuh KO8 Rodolfo Blanco

1989: Simon Brown KO2 Bobby Joe Young

Joe “The Beast” Smith Jr. Was born in Mastic, Shirley, NY

1990: Thammanoon Niyomtrong is born in Surin, Thailand.

Michael Carbajal TKO3 Oscar Calzada

1996: Pernell Whitaker W12 Wilfredo Rivera

David Tua KO1 Darrol Wilson, Miami.

Zab Judah KO2 Michael Johnson

Joel Casamayor KO1 David Chamendis

1997: Lou Del Valle KO8 Eddy Smulders

Michael Loewe W12 Michael Carruth

2003: Chris Byrd W12 Fres Oquendo

2004: Katsushige Kawashima W12 Raul Juarez

2008: Omar Andres Narvaez W12 Alejandro Hernandez

2010: Tomas Rojas W12 Kohei Kono   

Takashi Uchiyama TKO5 Roy Mukhlis

2014: Orlando Salido KO12Terdsak Jandaeng

Carlos Cuadras DTD4 Jose Salgado

Richar Abril WMD12 Edis Tatli

Kumiko Seeser Ikehara WSD10 Gretchen Abaniel