On This Day In Boxing History!

Mike Tyson vs Mark Young

December 27th, 1985

Latham Coliseum, Latham, New York

December 27th

1900: Jack Johnson TKO4 Klondike Haynes

1943: Phil Terranova KO6 Jackie Callura

1948: Archie Moore KO7 Charley Williams

1957: José Cuevas is born in Santo Tomás de los Plátanos, Mexico

Tim Witherspoon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pipino Cuevas Was Born in Santo Tomás, Mexico

1958: IBF Heavyweight Champ Tony "TNT" Tucker was born Grand Rapids, MI

1960: Cassius Clay KO4 Herb Siler

1961: Mauro Mina KO3 Allan Harmon

1965: Matthew Hilton was born Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1966: Frankie Genaro, 80-20-8, 19Ko’s 1920 Olympic Gold Medalist, passes 

1985: Mike Tyson KO1 Mark Young

1987: Seung Hoon Lee W15 Jose Sanabria

1990: Roger Mayweather TKO3 Santos Moreno

1995: Veteran trainer Joey Fariello, 58 passes

1997: Sergio Martínez age 23 debuts Cristian Marcelo Vivas

2006: Muhammad Rachman KO 7 Benjie Sorolla

2010: Oscar Escandon W10 Nelson Cantero

2015: Su Yun Hong TKO8 Jian Li Liu

2024: Paul Bamba died at the age of 35 just six days after winning the WBA gold cruiserweight title (December 21, 2024) Bamba knocked out Rogelio Medina in New Jersey for his 14th consecutive stoppage win in the span of 12 months. In the process, Bamba broke Mike Tyson's record for most professional fights in a one-year span.