On This Day In Boxing History!

1974: Prince Naseem Hamed Was Born!   

Naseem Hamed

Born: February 12th, 1974

Birth Place: Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK

Residence: Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK

Pro-Debut: April 14th, 1992

Alias: Prince

Division: Featherweight

Stance: Southpaw

Height: 5′ 4½″  

Reach: 64″  

Bouts: 37

Rounds: 185

Ko’s: 84%

Record: 36-1, 31Ko’s

WBO Featherweight Champion: 1995 Sep 30 – 2000 Sep 30

IBF Featherweight Champion: 1997 Feb 8 – 1997 Jul

WBC Featherweight Champion: 1999 Oct 22 – 2000

International Boxing Hall of Fame - Class of 2015

February 12th

1843: John Graham Chambers was born Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales -

Chambers a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame codified the "Marquess of Queensberry rules" upon which modern-day boxing is based. In 1867, he established the rules, which include the required use of boxing gloves, the ten-count, and three-minute rounds.

1896: Pete Herman was born New Orleans, Louisiana

1889: Johnny Coulon was born Toronto, Canada

1936: Pone Kingpetch is born in Hua Hin, Thailand

1947: Tony Zale KO3 Len Wadsworth

1956: Emilio Marconi W15 Idrissa Dione

1959: Tyrone Booze was born Clearwater, Florida

1966: Vicente Saldivar KO2 Floyd Robertson

1969: Joe Lipsey was born in Houston, Mississippi

1971: Ken Buchanan W15 Ruben Navarro

Vernon Forrest born in Augusta, Georgia

1974: Prince Naseem Hamed born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

1977: Esteban DeJesus KO6 Buzzaw Yamabe

Alfonso Zamora KO2 Alejandro Orejel

1983: Julius Indongo is born in Windhoek, Namibia

1989: Myung Woo Yuh KO10 Katsumi Komiyama

1992: Dutch 1928 Olympics Gold Medalist Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren passes

1993: Tony Lopez W12 Dingaan Thobela

1994: Tom Johnson W12 Orlando Soto

2000: Zab Judah KO4 Jan Bergman

Kostya Tszyu KO8 Amed Santos

Vassiliy Jirov TKO9 Saúl Montana

Wayne Braithwaite KO8 Dale Brown

Clinton Woods W12 Juan Nelongo

Damaen Kelly W12 Aexander Makhmutov

Danny Williams KO7 Michael Sprott

2003: Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym KO6 Dozer Tobing

Chana Porpaoin W6 Denni Ririmase

2004: Anissa Zamarron W8 Maribel Zurita
Paul Marinaccio W6 Trent Surratt

2005: Joachim Alcine TKO7 Carlos Bojorquez

Nikolay Valuev KO3 Attila Levin

Arthur Abraham W12 Ian Gardner

Zaurbek Baysangurov KO4 Adnan Oezcoban

Jean Pascal KO1 Jesse Londo

2009: Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai (formerly Yodsanan 3-K Battery) KO3 Jonathan Simamora

2010: Grzegorz Proksa KO5 Tyan Booth

Ruslan Provodnikov KO8 Javier Jauregui

Ji-Hoon Kim KO5 Tyrone Harris

2011: Omar Andres Narvaez W12 Victor Zaleta

Yoan Pablo Hernandez KO7 Steve Herelius

Champion Steve Cunningham W12 Enad Licina

Arthur Abraham TKO2 Stjepan Bozic

Karo Murat W8 Christian Cruz

Kubrat Pulev W8 Yaroslav

Sammy Gutierrez TKO6 Renan Trongco

2016: Xiaojun Qiu W12 Raymond Commey

Panya Uthok WTD7 Jetro Pabustan

2022: Ellie Scotney W10 Jorgelina Guanini