On This Day In Boxing History

Salvador Sanchez vs Danny Lopez II

June 21st, 1980

World Boxing Council World Featherweight Title

Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada   

June 21st

1915: Jack Britton W12 Mike Glover

1928: Mickey Walker W10 Ace Hudkins

Sammy Mandell W15 Jimmy McLarnin

1932: Jack Sharkey W15 Max Schmeling

1940: Henry Armstrong KO3 Paul Junior

1949: Ezzard Charles W15 Jersey Joe Walcott

1955: Archie Moore KO3 Carl Olson

1976: Celestino Caballero was born in Colón, Panama

1980: Salvador Sanchez KO14 Danny Lopez

1997: Uriah Grant W12 Adolpho Washington

Charles Brewer KO5 Gary Ballard

Nana Konadu KO7 Daorung C. Siriwat

2001: U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum rules that World Heavyweight Champion Hasim Rahman can either fight former champion Lennox Lewis next or sit idle for 18-months.

2003: Lennox Lewis KO6 Vitali Klitschko

2008: Arthur Abraham KO4 Edison Miranda

Mikkel Kessler KO12 Dimitri Sartison

Andre Berto KO7 Miguel Angel Rodriguez

2013: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk TKO  8 Rakhim Chakhkiev

2014: Vasyl Lomachenko WMD12 Gary Russell Jr

Eva Voraberger W10 Sriwilai Marasri     

Oezlem Sahin KO6 Thanya Tuyon

Youri Kalenga WSD12 Mateusz Masternak       

Hekkie Budler KO8 Wicha Phulaikhao