On This Day

In Boxing History!

Ray Leonard vs Wilfred Benitez

November 30th, 1979

WBC World Welterweight Title

     Caesars Palace, Las Vegas       

November 30th

1889: Bob Fitzsimmons KO1 Professor West

1897: James J. Jeffries D20 Joe Choynski

1922: Mike O’Dowd WF8 Dave Rosenberg

1928: James J. Braddock TKO2 Tuffy Griffiths

1949: Joey Maxim TKO4 Pat McCafferty

1955: Carmen Basilio KO12 Tony DeMarco

1956: Floyd Patterson KO5 Archie Moore

Pete Rademacher TKO9 Buddy Turman

1960: Dick Tiger TKO9 Wilf Greaves

1964: Willie Pastrano KO11 Terry Downes

1965: Fighting Harada W15 Alan Rudkin

1971: Vito Antuofermo age 19 debuts W4 Ivelaw Eastman

1974: Rodrigo Valdez KO11 Gratien Tonna

1976: Alfredo Escalera W15 Tyrone Everett

1978: Abolition of the "Saved by the Bell" Rule - At the World Boxing Council (WBC) convention, the rule allowing a knocked-down boxer to be "saved" by the bell at the end of a round was eliminated. This change prioritized fighter safety and altered comeback strategies in close bouts.

1979: Marvin Johnson KO11 Victor Galindez

Vito Antuofermo D15 Marvin Hagler

Sugar Ray Leonard KO15 Wilfred Benitez

1982: Tony Bellew is born in Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Hilario Zapata KO6 Tadashi Tomori

1986: Myung Woo Yuh W15 Mario DeMarco

1988: NYC furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non-payment of purchase.     

Jeff Fenech KO5 George Navarro

1989: English manager and Queensberry Promotions founder Frank Warren was shot outside the Broadway Theatre by an unknown hooded assailant. A .22 bullet from a Luger pistol missed his heart by an inch, and Warren lost half a lung and parts of his ribs. The former boxer, Terry Marsh, who had become Warren's first world champion two years earlier, was accused of the shooting but acquitted by a jury. No other arrest has been made

1990: Gianfranco Rosi W12 Rene Jacquot

1993: Steve Collins KO9 Wayne Ellis

1995: Tom Johnson KO9 Stephane Haccoun

1996: Johnny Tapia W12 Adonis Cruz

1998: Laurent Boudouani KO9 Terry Norris

2001: Eric Lucas KO8 Dignaan Thobela

The Nevada State Athletic Commission suspends super lightweight Zab Judah’s

boxing license for 6-months and fines him $75,000.00. for actions after he was declared a TKO loser vs Kostya Tszyu

2002: Roberto Garcia NC3 Freddy Hernandez

2010: Drian Francisco TKO10 Duangpetch Kokietgym

2011: Kevin Lerena age 20 debuts KO2 Justice Siliga

Krzysztof Wlodarczyk TKO11 Danny Green

Will Tomlinson W12 Alan Herrera

Chris John W12 Stas Merdov

Naomi Togashi W10 Cho-Rong Son      

Momo Koseki TD10 Mami Ito

2012: Khabib Allakhverdiev TD8 Joan Guzman

2013: Sergey Kovalev KO2 Ismayl Sillah

Adonis Stevenson TKO6 Tony Bellew

Merlito Sabillo SD12 Carlos Buitrago      

Donnie Nietes TKO3 Sammy Gutierrez  

Zulina Munoz DQ8 Marisa Joana Portillo

Nikki Adler W10 Zane Brige

Celestino CaballeroTKO2 Jimmy Aburto

Donnie Nietes KO3 Sammy Gutiérrez

2018: Jeff Horn KO1 Anthony Mundine

2019: Cecilia Brækhus W10 Victoria Bustos

John Riel Casimero TKO3 Zolani Tete

Óscar Valdez Jr. TKO7 Adam Lopez

2024: Galal Yafai TKO6 Sunny Edwards

Kieron Conway WSD12 Ryan Kelly        

Conah Walker W10 Lewis Ritson

Cameron Vuong W10 Gavin Gwynne

Troy Jones W10 Michael Stephenson    

Callum Smith TKO5 Carlos Galvan