On This Day In Boxing History

Roberto Duran vs Ken Buchanan

June 26th, 1972

World Boxing Association World Lightweight Title

Madison Square Garden, New York    

June 26th

1916: Jimmy Wilde KO11 Tancy Lee

1922: Harry Greb ND10 Hugh Walker

Jack Britton WDQ13 Benny Leonard

Leonard floored Britton with a left to the mid-section, Britton cried foul.

Before referee Patsy Haley could count to 10, Leonard raced across the ring

and struck his fallen rival one more time. Leonard was DQ’d.

1924: Harry Greb W15 Ted Moore

Young Stribling W6 Tommy Loughran

Gene Tunney TKO7 Erminio Spalla

1925: Frankie Genaro W12 Kid Williams

1934: Sixto Escobar KO9 Baby Casanova

1945: Archie Moore TKO10 Lloyd Marshall

1955: Yoko Gushiken is born in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan

1959: Ingemar Johannson KO3 Floyd Patterson Floyd

1967: Luisito Espinosa is born in Tondo, Manila, Philippines

1971: Bruno Acari KO9 Enrique Jana

1972: Roberto Duran KO14 Ken Buchanan

1976: Carlos Monzon W15 Rodrigo Valdez

Muhammad Ali fights Antonio Inoki at the Nippon Budokan

Carlos Zárate KO2 Félix Llanos

1977: Samuel Serrano W15 Leonel Hernandez

1982: Leroy Haley W15 Saoul Mamby

1992: Seniesa Estrada is born in Los Angeles, California

1993: Nigel Benn KO4 Lou Gent

Dingaan Thobela W12 Tony Lopez

John-John Molina W12 Manuel Medina

James Smith TKO9 Kevin Ford

Steve Collins TKO7 Gerhard Botes

1999: Former WBA Super Featherweight Champion Alfredo Layne, 39, is shot and killed by robbers outside his home in Panama City

Steve Johnston W12 Aldo Rios

Paulie Ayala W12 Johnny Tapia

Vitali Klitschko KO2 Herbie Hide

2002: Jorge Páez KO3 Agustin Lorenzo

2004: Veerapol Sahaprom TKO5 Rajabu Maoja

2005: Martin Castillo W12 Hideyasu Ishihara

2009: Omar Andres Narvaez TKO11 Omar Soto

2010: Kina Malpartida W10 Liliana Palmera

2015: Debora Anahi Dionicius WSD10 Simona Galassi

2021: Gervonta Davis TKO11 Mario Barrios

Vasyl Lomachenko TKO9 Masayoshi Nakatani