On This Day In Boxing History!

1977: Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson  

July 26th

1923: Johnny Dundee W15 Eugene Criqui

1928: Gene Tunney KO11 Tom Heeney

Billy Petrolle D10 Jack (Kid) Berg

1933: Barney Ross KO6 Johnny Farr

1938: Al Hostak KO1 Freddie Steele

1948: Freddie Mills W15 Gus Lesnevich

1959: Flashy Panio W8 Roberto Cruz

1961: Éder Jofre KO10 Sadao Yaoita

1967: Chartchai Chionoi KO3 Puntip Keosuriya

1971: Muhammad Ali KO12 Jimmy Ellis

1973: Juan Carlos Gómez is born in Havana, Cuba

1977: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO12 Marvin Johnson

1978: Vilomar Fernandez W10 Alexis Arguello

1981: Lupe Pintor KO8 Jovito Rengifo

1985: Jeff Fenech TKO9 John Farrell

1986 Shortest fight on TV. Mike Tyson creams Marvin Frazier in 30 seconds.       

1987: Chong Pal Park KO4 Emmanuel Otti

Antonio Esparragoza KO10 Pascual Aranda

1988: Satoshi Iida W12 Joma Gamboa

1997: Antonio Cermeno KO12 Yuichi Kasai

Stevie Johnston W12 Hiroyuki Sakamoto

1998: Mark Johnson W12 Luis Rolon

Satoshi Iida W12 Joma Gamboa, Nagoya

1999: Mateo Baring, 31, dies from a brain injury suffered in his seventh-round knockout loss at the hands of Fabio Marfa in the Philippines.

IBF super-welterweight champion Fernando Vargas, 21, is arrested in Summerland, California, for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon and burglary.

2003: Manny Pacquiao KO3 Emmanuel Lucero

2008: Antonio Margarito KO11 Miguel Cotto

Rafael Concepcion KO10 AJ Banal

Cesar Canchila W12 Giovani Segura

2013: Carolina Raquel Duer W10 Mayra Alejandra Gomez

Jolene Blackshear WSD8 Sindy Amador

2014: Gennady Golovkin TKO3 Daniel Geale

Roy Jones Jr, RTD5 Courtney Fry

Christina Hammer NC Anne Sophie Mathis - referee Manfred Kuechler Disqualification of Mathis was over ruled to No Contest

2025: Xander Zayas W12 Jorge Garcia