On This Day In Boxing History!

Roberto Duran vs Esteban De Jesus

March 16th, 1974

WBA World Lightweight Title Fight

Gimnasio Nuevo, Panama City, Panama 

March 16th

1869: Kilbannon, Ireland born heavyweight Peter Maher was born

1876: Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight first female boxing match at Harry Hill’s Gambling Resort in New York

1918: Jack Dempsey KO1 Fred Saddy

1939: Henry Armstrong KO1 Lew Feldman

1948: Sugar Ray Robinson W10 Henry Brimm

1956: Billy Peacock W10 Alphonse Halimi

1960: Flash Elorde KO7 Harold Gomes

1963: Jean-Baptist Mendy born

Flash Elorde W15 Johnny Bizarro

1970: Joe Frazier KO5 Jimmy Ellis

1973: Antonio Cervantes W15 Josua Marquez

1974: Ernest Marcel W15 Alexis Arguello

Roberto Duran KO11 Esteban De Jesus

Bruno Acari WDQ8 Tony Ortiz

1977: Joshua Clottey born.

1980: Alan Minter W15 Vito Antuofermo

Tae Shik Kim KO2 Luis Ibarra

1983: Leonardo Cruz W15 Soon Hyun Chung

ST Gordon KO 8 Jesse Burnett

1985: Billy Costello W12 Leroy Haley
Livingstone Bramble W15 Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

1986: Livingstone Bramble KO11 Tyrone Crawley

Ki Yung Chung KO7 Tyrone Jackson

1991: Azumah Nelson KO4 Daniyal Mustapha Ennin

Gianfranco Rosi W12 Ron Amundsen

Sung Kil Moon KO4 Nana Konadu

1992: Ricardo Lopez W12 Pretty Boy Lucas

Robert Quiroga W12 Carlos Mercado

1996: Mike Tyson KO3 Frank Bruno

Bernard Hopkins KO4 Joe Lipsey

Keith Holmes KO9 Quincy Taylor

Michael Carbajal W12 Melchor Cob Castro

Ricardo Lopez KO8 Ala Villamor

Naseem Hamed KO1 Said Lawal

2002: Sven Ottke W12 Rick Thornberry

Carl Froch age 25 debuts TKO4 Michael Pinnock

Antonio Margarito TKO10 Antonio Díaz

Juan Carlos Gómez TKO5 Ken Murphy

Wladimir Klitschko TKO8 Francois Botha

2006: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam W12 Gilberto Keb Baas

2007: Celestino Caballero WDQ9 Ricardo Castillo

2008: Kelly Pavlik W12 Jermain Taylor

Cristian Mijares W12 Jose Navarro

Fernando Montiel KO4 Martin Castillo

2011: Billi Facundo Godoy KO5 Sergio Jose Sanders

Fahsai Sakkreerin TKO6 Roel Laguna

2012: Yesica Marcos W10 Ana Julaton

Enis Pacheco W10 Duda Yankovich

2013: Adrien Broner KO5 Gavin Rees

Timothy Bradley Jr W12 Ruslan Provodnikov

Yesica Yolanda Bopp RTD6 Carolina Alvarez

John Riel Casimero W12 Luis Alberto Rios       

Roberto Vasquez DSD12 John Mark Apolinario

2018: Ivana Habazin TKO5 Elene Sikmashvili  

2019: David Benavidez TKO2 J'Leon Love

Errol Spence Jr. W12 Mikey Garcia

Luis Nery RTD4 McJoe Arroyo