On This Day In Boxing History

1983: Luis Resto vs Billy Collins

Assault In The Ring!

March 6th

1916: Freddie Welsh ND10 Ad Wolgast

1919: Harry Greb NWS6 Leo Houck
1923: Jackie Nichols ND10 Billy Petrolle

1934: Barney Ross D10 Frankie Klick

1948: Gus Lesvenich KO1 Billy Fox

1950: Carmen Basilio W10 Lew Jenkins

Randy Turpin TKO6 Richard Armah
Lauro Salas TKO5 Rocky Lucero,
Rocky Graziano KO Joe Curcio

1952: Joey Maxim W10 Ted Lowry

1953: Billy Graham W12 Joey Giardello

1956: Dave Charnley TKO5 Johnny Butterworth

Sonny Liston W10 Marty Marshall

Holly Mims TKO9 Jimmy Morris

Joey Lopes TKO6 Reuben Smith

Joe Miceli W10 Stan Harrington

1965: Ernie Terrell W15 Eddie Machen

Kuniaki Shibata age 18 debuts KO1 Seiichi Iizuka

1971: Carlos Monzón KO2 Roy Lee

Bruno Acari W15 Joao Henrique

Ismael Laguna W10 Lloyd Marshall

1973: Ricardo Arredondo W15 Apollo Yoshio

1976: Maxie Rosenbloom passes

David Kotey KO12 Yasutsune Uehara

Wilfred "El Radar" Benitez beat Antonio "Kid Pambele" Cervantes for the WBA World Junior Welterweight championship. With this victory, he became the youngest fighter to win a world title at the age of 17 years and 5 months old.

1983: Previously unbeaten Irish super welterweight Billy Collins Jr. who had his career was cut short after sustaining serious injuries against Luis Resto against who was found to have used illegal, tampered gloves and plaster-of-paris hands wraps. Originally, Resto won a unanimous decision. The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) ordered the result changed to "No Contest" following charges that Resto's gloves had been illegally tampered with before the bout by Resto's trainer, Panama Lewis. As a result of this bout, in October 1986, Resto was convicted of assault, conspiracy, and criminal possession of a deadly weapon (his fists). He served 21/2 years of a three-year sentence. Both he and Lewis were banned from boxing for life.

1985: Mike Tyson age 19 debuts TKO1 Hector Mercedes

Khaosai Galaxy KO7 Dong Chun Lee

Lloyd Honeyghan TKO9 Roger Stafford

1987: Antonio Esparragoza KO12 Steve Cruz

1989: Riddick Bowe age 22 debuts TKO2 Lionel Butler

Héctor Camacho WSD12 Ray Mancini

1991: Lennox LewisTKO7 Gary Mason

1993: Anaclet Wamba W12 David Webber

Pernell Whitaker W12 James McGirt
Wilfredo Vazquez W12 Luis Mendoza

1999: Lou Savarese W10 Lance Whitaker

David Reid W12 Laurent Boudouani

Will Grigsby W12 Carmelo Caceres

Dingaan Thobela TKO7 Adrian Waler Daneff

Jorge Fernando Castro D10 Miguel Angel Robledo

Omar Gonzalez W10 Roberto Duran

2000: Manhattan District Attorney seizes NYS Athletic Commission's records

from the February 26, 2000, MSG Joey Gamache weigh-in

2001: Salim Medjkoune TKO7 Vladislav Antonov
Muhammad Rachman KO1 Angky Angkotta

2003: Henry Bruseles W12 Hicklet Lau

2004: Diego Corrales WSD12 Joel Casamayor

Mark Johnson KO4 Luis Bolano

Omar Andres Narvaez TKO3 Reginaldo Martins Carvalho

Veeraphol Sahaprom W12 Toshiaki Nishioka

Oscar Larios W12 Shigeru Nakazato

Julio Zarate WSD12 Hideki Todaka
Scott Harrison TKO5 Walter Estrada

2006: Pungluang Sor Singyu W TKO 3 Sornrak Mor Chamkasem
2008: Mike Arnaoutis W UD 12 Harrison Cuello
2009: Selcuk Aydin W TKO 1 Luis Hernandez, Cuxhaven
Delvin Rodriguez W UD 12 Shamone Alvarez

2010: Devon Alexander TKO8 Juan Urango - first met Talkin Boxing’s Billy Calogero Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville

Vic Darchinyan W12 Rodrigo Guerrero

Lenny Zappavigna W12 Fernando Angulo
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez KO3 Brian Camechis

2015: Zolani Tete TKO8 Paul Butler

2021: Panya Pradabsri TKO4 Pattharapong Rueangsilanon