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