On This Day In Boxing History

1977: Carlos Zarate vs Alfonso Zamora! 

April 23rd

1907: Mike Sullivan W20 Honey Mellody

1916: Jack Johnson KO6 defeats Arthur Cravan

1956: George Chuvalo age 19 debuts TKO2 Gordon

George Chuvalo KO1 Ed McGee

George Chuvalo KO1 Ross Gregory

George Chuvalo KO2 Jim Leonard

George Chuvalo TKO2 Gordon Baldwin

1962 Cassius Clay KO4 George Logan

1965: Salvatore Burruni W15 Pone Kingpetch

1977: Carlos Zarate KO4 Alfonso Zamora

1978: Danny Lopez KO6 Jose DePaula

1983: Wilfredo Gómez TKO3 Iván Samuco

Marlon Starling W12 Kevin Howard

1988: Simon Brown KO14 Tyrone Trice

1990: Callum Smith is born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Paul Banke KO9 Daniel Zaragoza

1992: Orlando Canizales W12 Francisco Alvarez

Ricky Meyers WSD10 Ray Oliveira

Tommy Morrison TKO3 Kimmuel Odum

Peter McNeeley TKO1 Jerry Arentzen

1993: Michael Nunn KO6 Crawford Ashley

Howard Cosell passes of a heart embolism at the Hospital for Joint Diseases, Manhattan, age 77

2000: Hideki Todaka KO11 Yokthai Sithoar

2005: Antonio Margarito TKO5 Kermit Cintron

2011: Vic Darchinyan TD5 Yonnhy Perez

2014: Kiko Martinez TKO7 Hozumi Hasegawa 

Shinsuke Yamanaka TKO9 Stephane Jamoye

2016: Gennady Golovkin KO2 Dominic Wade  

Roman Gonzalez W12 McWilliams Arroyo

Carlos Cuadras RTD8 Richie Mepranum

Nonito Donaire TKO3 Zsolt Bedak

Mikaela Lauren TKO3 Ivana Habazin

2017: Marlon Tapales TKO11 Shohei Omori

2022: Tyson Fury TKO6 Dillian Whyte

2024: Francisco “Morochito” Rodríguez - first Venezuelan Olympic champion passes age 78