On This Day In Boxing History!

"Marvelous" Marvin Hagler vs Alan Minter

September 27th, 1980

WBA/WBC World Middleweight Title

Wembley Arena, London

September 27th

1847: Mike Donovan was born In Chicago, Illinois. The future Hall of Famer, fought with gloves or without and often took on opponents who were 20 to 30-pounds heavier. Known as "The Professor" because he was an advocate of the science of boxing and he would later become one of the foremost teachers of the sport.

1907: Joe Gans W20 George Memsic

1915: Ted "Kid" Lewis W12 Jack Britton

1933: Tommy Loughran W15 Jack Sharkey

1939: James Binn, former Pennsylvania Boxing Commissioner and a member of the Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame was born in Philadelphia, Pa.

1940: Shorty Hogue KO2 Bert Velasquez

1941: Tommy Armour KO5 Darkie Harris

1942: Dado Marino W10 Adolph Samuels

1943: Len Davies W10 Jackie Paterson

Holman Williams W10 John Garner

1944: Willie Joyce W10 Chester Slider

1945: Jackie Graves KO3 Chito Hernandez

Holman Williams W10 Berlie Lanier

1946: Ring Magazine Fight of the Year Tony Zale KO6 Rocky Graziano

Robert Villemain W10 Baby Day

Jock Leslie W10 Jose Aponte Torres

1947: Tommy Armour W8 Cal Johnson

Freddie Dawson KO3 Eddie Miller

1948: Dave Sands KO1 Doug Brown

Tommy Bell KO2 Jackie Williams

Bobby Dykes WSD10 Leon Thompson

Jimmy Carter W8 Isaac Jenkins

1949: Jimmy Bivins TKO8 Clarence Henry

Danny Nardico KO3 Danny Mendez

Joey Giambra D4 Jese Bradshaw

1950: Ezzard Charles W15 Joe Louis

1970: Yoshiaki Numata KO5 Raul Rojas

1976: Trevor Berbick age 22 debuts TKO5 Wayne Martin

1980: Marvin Hagler KO3 Alan Minter

1982: Lucas Matthysse is born in Trelew, Chubut, Argentina

Super Middleweight Martin Murray was born St Helens, Merseyside, England

1983: Frank Cedeno KO6 Charlie Magri

1984: Genaro Hernández age 18 debuts W4 Dino Ramirez

1986: Lloyd Honeyghan KO7 Donald Curry

Brian Mitchell KO10 Alfredo Layne

1987: 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Luke Campbell was born Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

1989: Heavyweight, Trey Lippe-Morrison - son of former heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison was born in Grove, Oklahoma

1997: Antonio Cermeno W12 Jose (Cheo) Rojas

2002: Cruz Carbajal TKO4 Danny Romero

2003: Irene Pacheco KO6 Damaen Kelly

2008: Guillermo Jones KO10 Firat Arslan

Sugar Shane Mosley KO12 Ricardo Mayorga

Andre Berto W12 Steve Forbes

Edgar Sosa W12 Sonny Boy Jaro

Denis Inkin W12 Fulgencio Zuniga

2014: Arthur Abraham W12 Paul Smith

Grigory Drozd W12 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk

Denis Lebedev KO2 Pawel Kolodziej

Tori Nelson WSD10 Arlene Blencowe

2015: Kazuto Ioka W12 Roberto Domingo Sosa          

Katsunari Takayama TKO8 Ryuji Hara

2016: Yordenis Ugas TKO4 Bryant Perrella  

2018: Ukashir Farooq TKO1 Jamie Wilson

2019: Daniel Dubois TKO1 Ebenezer Tetteh

Nicola Adams DSD10 Maria Salinas

2024: Alycia Baumgardner NC4/10 Delfine Persoon

Bruce Carrington WMD Sulaiman Segawa

Xander Zayas W10 Damian Sosa          

Mikaela Mayer WMD10 Sandy Ryan