On This Day In Boxing History!

Alexis Arguello vs Rafael Limon

July 8th, 1979

WBC World Super Featherweight Title

Felt Forum, Madison, Square Garden, New York, N.Y.

July 8th

1889: John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain in the last championship bare-knuckle fight

The bout went on for 75 rounds! 2 hours, 16 minutes and 23 seconds.

1908: A fatal boxing match occurred aboard the USS Yankee, where Navy sailor Raphael Cohen died after a bout against Jordan R. Johnson. This highlights the early, less regulated days of boxing, particularly in informal settings like the "Smokers" held on naval vessels

1959: Jose Becerra KO8 Alphonse Halimi

1963: Fredia Gibbs born.

1964: Kenny Snow born.

1966: Jesse James Leija born in San Antonio, Texas

1978: Samuel Serrano KO9 Oh Young Ho

1979: Alexis Arguello KO11 Rafael Limon

1984: Seung In Suh KO4 Cleo Garcia

1988: Donald Curry KO9 Gianfranco Rosi

1989: John Mugabi KO1 Rene Jacquot

1990: Aaron Davis KO9 Mark Breland

Jorge Paez D12 Troy Dorsey

1992: Caleb Plant is born in Ashland City, Tennessee

1994: Humberto GonzálezTKO3 Armando Diaz

1996: Former welterweight champion Luis Rodriguez, 59, dies

2000: Livingstone Bramble, suspended by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission for failing a prefight drug test.

2004: Legendary trainer / cutman Al Gavin passes.

2006: Cory Spinks W12 Roman Karmazin

2010: Olivia Gerula W10 Brooke Dierdorff

2012: Yota Sato W12 Silvester Lopez

2017: Ramona Kuehne W10 Djemilla Gontaruk

Mariana Juarez W10 Terumi Nuki

Mark Magsayo TKO1 Daniel Diaz

2018: Ema Kozin WSD10 Eva Bajic