On This Day In Boxing History!

Leon Spinks vs Muhammad Ali I

February 15th, 1978

WBA/WBC World Heavyweight Title

Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

February 15th

1916: Jack Britton ND10 Ted (Kid) Lewis

1922: The first issue was 24 pages long and cost 20 cents. On its cover were black and white photographs of Tex Rickard and Lord Lonsdale. At the time, Rickard was the top boxing promoter in the United States and Lonsdale was England’s greatest boxing supporter. The magazine’s original focus was boxing and wrestling, but as interest in wrestling waned, the coverage shifted solely to boxing. Nat Fleischer founded the magazine and since his long run as editor, The Ring has only had five other editors-in-chief. While the magazine is often referred to as the “Bible of Boxing, it has had its share of difficulties, including allegations of falsifying fighter records and ratings in 1977 and financial troubles in the late 1980s.

1932: US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)

1937: Marcel Thil DQ6 Lou Brouillard

1956: Bobby Boyd WSD10 Eduardo Lausse 

1957: Boxing historian and analyst Steven Farhood was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York

1958: Tony Tubbs was born in Cincinnati, Ohio

James “Hard Rock” Green was born in Irvington, New Jersey

1962: Zora Folley KO3 Mike De John 

1964: Carlos Ortiz KO14 Flash Elorde

Nana Konadu was born in Sunyani, Ghana

1969: Rene Barrientos W15 Ruben Navarro

1970: Jose Napoles KO15 Ernie Lopez

1977: Marvin Hagler KO12 Willie Monroe

1978: Leon Spinks W15 Muhammad Ali

Danny “Little Red” Lopez KO6 David Kotey

1982: Sugar Ray Leonard KO3 Bruce Finch

1985: Lester Ellis W15 Hwan Kil Yuh

1986: Barry McGuigan KO14 Danilio Cabrera

Cesar Polanco W15 Elly Pical

1991: Muangchai Kittikasem KO6 Sot Chitalada

Manning Galloway KO9 Gert Bo Jacobsen

1992: Julian Jackson KO1 Ismael Negron

Michael Carbajal W12 Marcos Pacheco

1997: Sirimongkol Singmanassuk W12 Jesus Sarabia

2000: Ring announcer Chuck Hull passes age 75

2003: Rafael Marquez TKO8 Tim Austin

Jose Victor Burgos TKO12 Alex Sanchez

Juan Valenzuela W10 Ricardo Wiliams

Rhoshi Wells TKO4 Leonard Townsend

Layla McCarter W6 Tracy Byrd

Ron Guerrero TKO5 Josue Blocus

Evans Ashira TKO6 Ruben Perez

Rob Dula W6 Sandro Haro

Oleg Maskaev TKO1 Errol Sadikoyski

Keith Sonley W 6 Francisco Arroche

Adonia Labbe TKO3 John Webster

Rodney Jones TKO1 Dave Howell

Russell Jordan W4 Dennis Burley

Ray Austin D10 Zuri Lawrence

Anthony Thompson TKO2 James Buggs

Vaia Zaganas W6 Stephanie Dobbs

Bagrat Ohanyan KO2 Vernon Woodward

Willie Chapman D4 Patrice L’Heureux

Lisondro Ezequiel Diaz TKO3 Heman Ali Gibson

Paolo Roberto TKO10 Wayne Martell

Terje Arildsen D4 Markus Huhtala

Thomas Sorensen W6 Rodney McSwain

Soren Englebrecht KO3 Mohamed El Idrissi

Reider Walstad W4 Pedro Castanan

Allan Gronfors W6 Zolton Beres

Amin Asikainen W10 Kai Kauramaki

Juho Tolpola W4 Oscar Blanco

Thomas Hansvoll TKO6 Gabor Halasz

Tomaz Adamek TKO3 Andrei Kiarsten

Abdel Mehidi TKO9 Ahmed Zeroual

Carmelo Ballone W10 Ivan Pozo

Motoki Sasaki TKO9 Tadashi Yuba

Graham Earl TKO2 Steven Murray

Wayne Elcock W10 Youri Tsarenko

John McDermott W4 Derek McCafferty

Keith Long KO1 Alvin Miller

Gavin Rees W6 Andrei Devyataykin

Fabio Moli TKO5 Edgar Da Silva

Fernando Aguilera W4 Gustavo Romero

Sergio Benitez D4 Carlos Roberto Rodriguez

Hugo Hernan Garay W8 Hector Ricardo Sotelo

Miguel Angel Aguirre TKO3 Oscar Alfredo Gonzalez

Julio Cesar Medina W10 Sergio Santillan

Yoshimitsu Yashiro W8 Kota Suzuno

Motoki Sasaki TKO9 Tadashi Yuba

Jun Toriumi TKO8 Michiaki Takemoto

Jorge Linares W6 Chawan Darsi

Hideki Imanishi W8 Chaloemchat

Adel Gutierrez W10 Gregorio Garcia

Luis Couch KO5 Dalmasio Cervantes

Jorge Cordova TKO5 Amilcar Alvarado

Manuel Ruiz KO1 Javier Marquez

Renan Acosta KO2 Jose Rodriguez

William Gonzalez KO3 Nester del Cid

Ameth Diaz KO1 Leonel Jarquin

Vicente Mosquera W8 Jefferson Rodriguez

Whyber Garcia TKO6 Raul Alonso

Robert Vasquez KO10 Marlon Marquez

Celestineo Caballero TKO2 Leonardo Gonzalez

Armando Cordoba TKO8 Arcelio Ibarra

Tomasz Bonin KO2 Leon Nkendzap

Krzysztof Wlodarczyk KO5 Goodman Kwinana

Matt Zegan KO5 Mihaly Stan

Jacek Bielski W6 Virgil Meleg

Kryzysztof Bienias W6 Frederick Tripp

Robert Milewicz KO1 Pavel Habr

Mariusz Biskupski W6 Rafal Jackiewicz

Maurycy Gojko TKO1 Jaromir Adam

Monelsi Mhikiza Myekeni W12 Wyndel Janiola

Jeffery Mathebula W12 Bonani Hlwatika

Lucky Lewele TKO5 Menzi Matyobeni

2004: Noriyuki Komatsu WTD8 Edgar Rodrigo

Hozumi Hasegawa W10 Dechsayarm Sithpordam

2005: Muhammad Abdullaev KO3 Juan Alberto Godoy

Andreas Kotelnik W8 Marcelo Gonzalo Saucedo

2008: Julio Cesar Miranda KO1 Giovanny Urbina

2014: Dereck Chisora W12 Kevin Johnson

2019: Rob Brant TKO11 Khasan Baysangurov

2020: Hee Jung Yuh TKO6 Kanyanat Chotchun

2021: Caleb Plant TKO10 Vincent Feigenbutz