On This Day In Boxing History!

1973: Juan Manuel Marquez Was Born!

Juan Manuel Marquez

Born: August 23rd,1973

Birth Name: Juan Manuel Márquez Mendez

Birth Place: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Residence: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Pro-Debut: May 29th, 1993

Alias: Dinamita

Division: Featherweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 7″  

Reach: 67″ 

Bouts: 64

Career: 1993-2014

Record: 56-7-1, 40Ko’s

IBF Featherweight Champion

2003 Feb 1 – 2005

WBA Featherweight Champion

2003 Nov 1 – 2005

WBO Featherweight Champion

2006 Dec 6 – 2007 Apr 1

WBC Super Featherweight Champion

2007 Mar 17 – 2008 Mar 15          

WBA Lightweight Champion

2009 Feb 28 – 2012 Jan

WBO Lightweight Champion

2009 Feb 28 – 2012 Jan

WBO Light Welterweight Champion

2012 Jun – 2013 Oct

International Boxing Hall of Fame – Class of 2020

August 23rd

1919: Harry Greb NWS10 Bill Brennan

Sam Langford NWS10 Bill Tate

1920: Jack Britton D12 Lou Bogash

1933: First televised boxing match (BBC TV). A six-round exhibition between middleweights Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri (sometimes listed with a related bout involving Teddy Lewis and Freddy Baxter) aired from Broadcasting House in London. Note: Some primary newspaper sources and detailed research place the event on August 22; many “on this day” compilations and secondary sources list it as the 23rd. It is widely recognized as the earliest televised boxing.

1943: Bob Montgomery W10 Fritzie Zivic

1944: Hiroshi Kobayashi born.

1961: Dennis Milton born in the Bronx New York

1962: NBA Renamed to WBA: the National Boxing Association (NBA) officially changed its name to the World Boxing Association (WBA), marking a major shift toward international sanctioning.

1970: Hiroshi Kobayashi W15 Antonio Amaya

1971: José Nápoles KO5 Jean Josselin

Rubén Olivares TKO9 Kid Pascualito

1973: Juan Manuel Márquez is born in Iztacalco, Mexico City, Mexico

1975: Miguel Canto KO11 Jiro Takada

Jaime Rios W15 Rigoberto Marcano

1976: Denkaosan Kaovichit born Surat Thani, Thailand

1977: Marvelous Marvin Hagler TKO2 Willie “The Worm” Monroe rematch of Feb 15 TKO12 Win by Hagler

1979: Edgar Sosa born in Mexico City, Mexico

1985: Jeff Fenech KO4 Satoshi Shingaki

1986: Mike McCallum KO2 Julian Jackson

Barry Michael W15 Najib Daho

Miguel Lora KO6 Enrique Sanchez

1988: Mike Tyson 4am street brawl with Mitch Green

1995: Ike Quartey KO6 Andrew Murray

1996: Vinny Pazienza KO4 Dana Rosenblatt

1997: Julio Cesar Green W 12 William Joppy

Wilfredo Vasquez W12 Roque Cassiani

Jose Bonilla W12 Evangelico Perez

Ricardo Lopez KO5 Alex Sanchez

Félix Trinidad KO1 Troy Waters

1998: Cesar Bazan W12 Hiroyuki Sakamoto

Joichiro Tatsuyoshi WTD6 Paulie Ayala

2003: Laila Ali KO4 Christy Martin

2013: Delfine Persoon TKO2 Galina Gumliiska

2020: Joe Smith Jr. KO9 Eleider Álvarez

2023: Nikita Tszyu W10 Jack Brubaker

2025: Jack Rafferty MD12 Mark Chamberlain

Yankiel Rivera MD12 Angelino Córdova

Abass Baraou W12Yoenis Téllez

Stephanie Han W10 Paulina Ángel