On This Day In Boxing History!

Muhammad Ali vs Ron Lyle

May 16th, 1975

WBA/WBC World Heavyweight Title

Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada

May 16th

1929: Max Baer KO2 Chief Caribou

1930: Midget Wolgast KO6 Willie LaMorte

1941: Bob Montgomery W10 Lew Jenkins

1955: Rocky Marciano KO9 Don Cockell

1956: Johnny Saxton TKO10 Gil Turner

1962: Laszlo Papp TKO7 Chris Christensen

1965: Carlos Hernandez KO5 Mario Rossito

1967: Dick Tiger W15 Jose Torres

1970: Nicolino Locche W15 Adolph Pruitt

Roberto Duran TKO10 Ernesto Marcel

1975: Muhammad Ali KO11 Ron Lyle

Victor Galindez TKO8 Ray Elson

1977: Muhammad Ali W15 Alfredo Evangelista

Alfredo Escalera Carlos Becerril

Roberto Duran W10 Javier Muniz

1980: Greg Page KO6 Larry Alexander

1981: Ray Mancini RTD9 Jorge Morales

1984: Fritzie Zivic passes

1985: Willie Edwards TKO9 Donny Lalonde

1986: Kirkland Laing W10 Mike Picciotti

1987: Santos Laciar KO11 Gilberto Roman

1988: Mike White TKO8 Eddie Richardson

1992: James Warring W12 Johnny Nelson

1997: Phillip Holiday W12 Pete Taliaferro

1998: Jean-Baptist Mendy W 12 Orzubek Nazarov

Genaro Hernandez W12 Carlos Gerena

Vuyani Bungu W12 Ernesto Gray

Erik Morales KO2 Jose Luis Bueno

2000: Lou DiBella announces he’s leaving HBO. DiBella was with the cable giant for 11-years. The last three as senior vice president

 Lou DiBella announces he’s leaving HBO

2009: Giacobbe Fragomeni D12 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk

2012: Melissa McMorrow MD Susi Kentikian    

2013: Will Tomlinson W12 Malcolm Klassen

2014: Sindy Amador WSD10 Maria Suarez

2015: Roman Gonzalez      TKO2 Edgar Sosa  

Gennady Golovkin TKO6 Willie Monroe Jr.