On This Day In Boxing History!

Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman

October 30th, 1974

WBA/WBC World Heavyweight Title

Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic, Congo

October 30th

1906: Abe Attell W20 Harry Baker

1933: Vince Dundee W15 Lou Brouillard

1939: Henry Armstrong KO4 Bobby Pacho, Armstrong’s 5th defense in 21-days

1942: Archie Moore TKO2 Shorty Hogue

Manuel Ortiz TKO6 Nat Corum

1961: Hiroyuki Ebihara WMD10 Johnny Jamito,

1968: Jim Watt age 20 debuts KO4 Santos Martins

1970: Bruno Arcari KO3 Raymundo Díaz

1971: Bob Foster TKO8 Tommy Hicks

1974: Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman – “The Rumble in the Jungle”

Angel Manfredy was born in Gary, Indiana

1977: Luis Estaba W15 Netmoi Vorasingh

1979: Tim Witherspoon age 22 debuts TKO1 Joe Adams

1982: Marvin Hagler KO5 Fulgencio Obelmejias

1985: Jamel Herring is born in Rockville Centre, New York

1986: Joe Manley KO10 Gary Hinton

1993: Orzoubek Nazarov W12 Dingnaan Thobela

Michael Carbajal TKO5 Domingo Sosa

1995: South African light heavyweight champion Ginger Tshabalala, 29, is shot to death by suspected car highjackers in Johannesburg. Tshabalala, 18-1-1, was ranked third by the WBC.

1998: Arthur Williams KO9 Imamu Mayfield

Cesar Bazan W12 Mauro Lucero

2004: Yutaka Niida W12 Juan Landaeta

2008: Anselmo Moreno W12 Rolly Matsushita

2009: Darys Esther Pardo WSD10 Jessica Villafranca

2010: Sebastian Sylvester W12 Mahir Oral

Cecilia Braekhus TKO7 Mikaela Lauren

Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam W12 Avtandil Khurtsidze

Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer W10 Julia Sahin        

Raul Garcia WSD12 Luis de la Rosa

Jesus Geles WMD12 Omar Soto

2021: Chantelle Cameron W10 Mary McGee