On This Day In Boxing History!

Rafael Herrera vs Ruben Olivares

March 19th, 1972   

El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City     

WBC/WBA World Boxing Bantamweight Title

March 19th

1933: Panama Al Brown W12 Dominic Bernasconi

1943: Sammy Angott W10 Willie Pep, (first defeat for Pep in 63-fights next loss came at 137-1-1)

No one disputes Pep’s standing as one of the all-time greats and perhaps the best defensive fighter ever. He reeled off 62 straight wins before dropping a close decision to Angott in Madison Square Garden, after which he went undefeated for another 72 fights. Angott is the only boxer to defeat Pep when the “Will o’ the Wisp” was at his best.

Jake LaMotta KO6 Jimmy Reeves

1948: Lee Savold KO1Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds

1954: Joey Giardello KO7 Willie Tory

1956: Willie Toweel, a younger brother of former World bantamweight champion Vic Toweel KO11

Hubert Essakow. Tragically, Essakow died three days later from injuries sustained during this bout.

Joe Erskine W10 Guenter Nurnberg

Charley Joseph W10 George Johnson

1963: Harold Johnson TKO9 Tommy Merrill

1966: Gabriel Elorde W10 Ismael Laguna

1972: Rafael Herrera KO8 Ruben Olivares

1983: Milton McCrory D12 Colin Jones

1994: Herbie Hide KO7 Michael Bentt

Orzubek Nazarov W12 Dingaan Thobela

1996: Diego Corrales age 19 debuts TKO3 Everett Barry

2000: Muhammad Rachman KO2 Singhadam Sitvisanu
Jesus 'Kiki' Rojas KO7 Hideyashu Ishihara
Teddy Reid W12 Emanuel Burton

Ben Tackie W10 Golden Johnson

2001: Eloy Rojas W10 Jose Leiva

2004: Daniel Ponce De Leon TKO5 Ivan Alvarez

Julio Diaz TKO11 Courtney Burton

Randall Bailey KO5 Lester Yarbrough

Eloy Rojas TKO1 Ramon Arrellano Jr.

Librado Andrade W12 Wilie Stewart

Jorge Solis TKO3 Orlando Soto

Emmanuel Lucero TKO7 Pasqual Rouse

Cecilio Santos TKO7 Roberto Bonilla

Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym TKO6 Robert Oyan

David Gogiya W6 Artem Karatsupa

Tommy Browne TKO6 Kosol Sor Vorapin

2005: Martin Castillo W12 Eric Morel

Érik Morales W12 Manny Pacquiao

Jorge Arce TKO10 Hussein Hussein

2006: Evansville, Indiana, 34-year-old welterweight Kevin Payne passed following brain surgery after losing an eight-round split decision to Avon, Indiana’s, Ryan Maraldo the previous night, The Centre, Evansville, Indiana.

2007: Takefumi Sakata KO3 Lorenzo Parra

2011: Vitali Klitschko KO1 Odlanier Solis

Roman Gonzalez W 12 Manuel Vargas

Lucian Bute TKO10 Brian Magee

Guillermo Rigondeaux TKO1 Willie Casey

2013: Denkaosan Kaovichit TKO12 Eiji Tsutsumi

2016: Ibeth Silva TKO6 Mari Ando          

2022: Kenshiro Teraji KO3 Masamichi Yabuki