On This Day In Boxing History!

Wilfred Benitez vs Carlos Palomino

January 14th, 1979

WBC World Welterweight Title Fight

Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico

January 14th

1887: Jack McAuliffe KO28 Harry Gilmore

1891: Bob Fitzsimmons KO13 Jack "The Nonpareil" Dempsey 

1903: Young Corbett KO18 Austin Rice

1909: Abe Attell KO10 Freddie Weeks

1919: Harry Greb W12 Leo Houck

1921: Benny Leonard TKO6 Richie Mitchell

1932: Tony DeMarco is born in Boston, Massachusetts

1935: Marcel Thil W15 Jock McAvoy

1944: Jake LaMotta W10 Fritzie Zivic

1947: Rubén Olivares is born in Mexico City, Mexico

1956: Jean Sneyers W10 Andre Valignat

Pierre Cossemyns W10 Robert Meunier

Tommy Bain KO2 Joey Trujillo

Jay Anderson TKO8 Bob Provizzi

Noel Humphreys D10 Doug Medley

1957: 19-year-old George Chuvalo KO1 Sid Russell

1961: Paul Pender KO7 Terry Downes

1974: Matthew Saad Muhammad (pro-debut aka Matthew Franklin) KO2 Billy Early

1979: Wilfred Benitez W15 Carlos Palomino

1981: Mike McCallum age 25 debuts KO4 Rigoberto Lopez

1983: The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) declared that boxing should be banned in all civilized countries - An argument could be made that the initial report helped lead to some boxing reforms, such as shorter fights and quicker referee stoppage

Hanna Gabriels is born in Alajuela, Costa Rica

1984: Milton McCrory KO6 Milton Guest

Ray Mancini KO3 Bobby Chacon

1985: Delfine Persoon is born in Hooglede, West Flanders, Belgium

1989: Michael Moorer TKO2 Victor Claudio

1990: Yuh Myung-woo TKO7 Hisashi Tokushima

1991: Rafael Ruelas TKO3 Tomas Valdez

1994: Antonio Margarito age 16 debuts W4 Jose Trujillo

1995: Vinny Pazienza W12 Roberto Duran

2000: Irene Pacheco KO11 Pedro Pena

2006: Mikkel Kessler KO10 Eric Lucas

2008: Alexander Munoz W12 Katsushige Kawashima

2009: Cecilio Santos TKO8 Argel Salinas

Troy Ross TKO2 Lawrence Tauasa

Sechew Powell TKO3 Christian Lloyd Joseph

Edison Miranda KO3 Manuel Esparza

2010: Milan Melindo W10 Anthony Villarreal

AJ Banal TKO4 Cecilio Santos

2011: Peter Manfredo, Jr. W10 Daniel Edouard

Erislandy Lara KO1 Delray Raines

Stanyslav Merdov KO2 Nikoloz Berkatsashvili

Roberto Vasquez W8 Luis Felipe Cuadrado

Rafael Concepcion W8 Alex Olea

Roinet Caballero KO3 Elvis Garcia

Paipharob Kokietgym (aka Paipharob Por Nobnom) KO5 Nelson Llanos

Sod Kokietgym (aka Sod Looknongyangtoy) W6 JR Mendoza

2012: Robert Stieglitz W12 Henry Weber

Kubrat Pulev RTD9 Michael Sprott                      

Ramona Kuehne TKO8 Renata Domsodi

Jessica Chavez TKO5 Teeraporn Pannimit       

Irma Sanchez TKO2 Waranya Yoohanngoh

2017: James DeGale MD12 Badou Jack

Gervonta Davis TKO7 Jose Pedraza      

Amanda Serrano W10 Yazmin Rivas