On This Day In Boxing History!

1976: Bobby Watts vs Marvin Hagler!

January 13th

1890: Torpedo Billy Murphy became the first New Zealander to claim a world boxing title by knocking out Ike Weir in 14 rounds

1921: Pete Herman KO17 Jimmy Wilde

1922: Gene Tunney W12 Battling Levinsky

1925: 17-year-old Jimmy McLarnin W10 Fidel LaBarba

1933: Ben Jeby KO12 Frank Battaglia

Freddie Miller W10 Tommy Paul

1935: Primo Carnera KO7 Seal Harris

1941: Joey Maxim age 19 debuts W4 Bobby Berry

Ezzard Charles KO8 Archie Moore

Anton Christoforidis W15 Melio Bettina

Lou Salica W15 Tommy Forte

Matthew Saad Muhammad (then known as Matthew Franklin) made his professional debut by stopping Billy Early in the 2nd round

1948: Ezzard Charles KO8 Archie Moore

1954: Ezzard Charles KO2 Bob Satterfield

1956: Charley Humez W10 Hans Stretz

1962: Efren "Alacran" Torres W10 Tony "Chico" Jasso

1970: George Benton KO1 David Beckles

1976: Bobby Watts W10 Marvin Hagler

1977: Martin Castillo was born in Mexico City, Mexico

1980: Roberto Durán RTD4 Joseph Nsubuga

1983: AMA urges ban on boxing sites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition

1985: Mairis Briedis is born in Riga, Latvia

1990: In Chul Baek KO7 Yoshiaki Tajima

1996: Nate Miller TKO5 Reinaldo Gimenez

1997: Jorge Páez WSD12 Julian Wheeler

Longtime boxing trainer Jackie McCoy (also known as Warren Spaw, born October 4, 1923) passed away after a battle with cancer. He trained five world champions over a 46-year career, including Mando Ramos, Don Jordan, Carlos Palomino, Raul Rojas, and Rodolfo Gonzalez

2001: Zab Judah KO10 Reggie Green

Justo Sencion W8 John Trigg

Emmanuel Lucero KO4 Len Martinez

Juan Diaz W6 Bradley Jensen

Daniel Judah TKO3 Steve Detar

Francisco Bojado TKO2 Detrick Castor

Rocky Juarez W4 Pascali Adorno

2003: Sirimongkol Singwancha W12 Yong-Soo Choi

2004: Angky Angkota TKO3 Roy Saragih

2007: Luis Lazarte W10 Alberto Rossel over 10 rounds.

Thomas Ulrich TKO10 Rachid Kanfouah

Rudolf Kraj TKO8 Cesar David Crenz

Regina Halmich W10 Reka Krempf

Karolina Lukasik WSD12 Jill Emery

2017: Erislandy Lara KO4 Yuri Foreman

2019: Caleb Plant W12 Jose Uzcategui

Joey Spencer W6 Brandon Harder

2023: Jessica Nery Plata W10 Kim Clavel

2024: Artur Beterbiev TKO7 Callum Smith

Jason Moloney WMD12 Saul Sanchez

Dylan Price TKO8 Gilberto Mendoza

Malik Titus W8 Joey Dawejko

Christian Mbilli RTD6 Rohan Murdock