On This Day In Boxing History

Cornelius Boza Edwards vs Bobby Chacon

May 30th, 1981

WBC World Super Featherweight Title

Showboat Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

May 30th

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1910: Packey McFarland D20 Freddie Welsh

1923: Jack Bernstein W15 Johnny Dundee

1924: Pancho Villa W15 Frankie Ash

1925: Paul Berlenbach W15 Mike McTigue

1947: Manuel Ortiz W15 Kui Kong Young

1951: Ezzard Charles W15 Joey Maxim

1955: Pascual Perez KO5 Yoshio Shirai

1961: Johnny Caldwell W15 Alphonse Halimi

1962: Pone Kingpetch W 5 Kyo Noguchi

1971: Yoshiaki Numata W15 Lionel Rose

1973: Bridgett Riley was born in Oakville, Missouri

1981: Cornelius Boza Edwards KO14 Bobby Chacon

1982: Edwin Rosario TKO3 Edwin Viruet

1984: Bobby Czyz W10 Mark Frazie

1987: Tony Tucker TKO10 James Douglas

Mike Tyson TKO6 Pinklon Thomas

Greg Page WMD10 James Broad

1990: Luisito Espinosa KO8 Hurley Snead

Luisito Espinosa KO8 Hurley Snead

David Tua KO2 Nate Tubbs

1991: Luis Mendoza KO7 Joao Cardosa

1998: Michael Grant KO9 Obed Sullivan

Laurent Boudouani W12 Guillermo Jones

Tim Austin KO3 Andrian Kaspari

2009: Andre Berto W12 Juan Urango

2014: Maria Elena Maderna RTD7 Angela Marciales

2015: Javier Mendoza WTD6 Milan Melindo

Kosei Tanaka W12 Julian Yedras

Lee Selby WTD8 Evgeny Gradovich       

Jorge Linares TKO10 Kevin Mitchell       

Kell Brook TKO6 Frankie Gavin