On This Day In Boxing History
Gerry Cooney vs Ken Norton
May 11th, 1981
Non-Title Heavyweight Fight
Madison Square Garden, New York
May 11th
1848: Tom Cribb passed
1900: James J. Jeffries KO23 James J. Corbett
1906: Abe Attell D20 Kid Herman
1936: Petey Sarron W15 Freddie Miller
1937: Freddie Steele KO3 Frank Battaglia
1956: Rocky Marciano goes into public relations for the Raynham Dog Racing Track in Massachusetts.
1963: Mark Breland was born in Brooklyn, New York
1970: Ralph Palladin WSD10 Rodrigo Valdes
1971: Oba Carr was born in Detroit, Michigan
Joe Bugner WSD15 Juergen Blin
Ken Buchanan TKO8 Carlos Hernandez
1972: George Foreman KO2 Miguel Angel Paez
1977: Ken Norton KO1 Duane Bobick
Mike Rossman TKO7 Mike Quarry
1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO5 Louis Pergaud
1981: Gerry Cooney KO1 Ken Norton
Miguel Montilla TKO3 Domingo Ayala
1983: Francisco Bojado was born in Guadalajara, Mexico
1984: Ray Leonard TKO9 Kevin Howard
1986: Meldrick Taylor W10 Harold Brazier
1988: Tom Collins KO9 Mark Kaylor
1990: Julio Cesar Miranda Draw12 Faustino Martire Barrios
Roy Jones Jr KO2 Ron Johnson
1991: Dave McAuley W12 Pedro Feliciano
Pierre Coetzer W10 Jose Ribalta
1992: Orzubek Nazarov W12 Iwao Otomo
1993: Herbie Hide TKO4 Jerry Halstead
1994: Steve Collins KO5 Chris Pyatt
Naseem Hamed W12 Vincenzo Belcastro
1996: Yong-Soo Choi KO8 Orlando Soto
2002: Diobelys Hurtado KO7 Randall Bailey
Morrade Hakkar TKO7 Cristian Sanavia
Felix Trinidad TKO4 Hacine Cherifi
2007: Jose Miguel Cotto DMD12 Pantan Narongwet
Simphiwe Nongqayi TKO7 Rafael Tirado
2012: Juan Carlos Reveco W12 Karim Guerfi
Monica Acosta TKO5 Dayana Cordero
2013: Jamie McDonnell MD12 Julio Ceja
Adrian Hernandez W12 Yader Cardoza
Ricky Burns RTD9 Jose A Gonzalez
Holly Holm W10 Mary McGee
2019: Emanuel Navarrete TKO12 Isaac Dogboe
Miguel Berchelt RTD6 Francisco Vargas
Julian Williams W12 Jarrett Hurd
Stephen Fulton W12 Paulus Ambunda