On This Day In Boxing History!

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario

November 21st, 1987

WBA World Lightweight Title

Las Vegas Hilton, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas   

November 21st

1906: Sam Langford W15 Young Peter Jackson

1916: Jack Britton W12 Charley White

1929: Willie LaMorte KO7 Frisco Grande

1930: Billy Petrolle W10 Jimmy McLarnin

1940: Lew Jenkins KO2 Pete Lello

1945: Brooklyn Al “Bummy” Davis age 25, famous for his street corner fights as he was for his classic battles in Madison Square Garden died trying to protect his friend. He had four bullets in his body. But when he had three bullets he almost cleaned up the four gunmen who had knocked over his friend's beer joint. It was the fourth bullet - in the neck - that stopped Bummy on the sidewalk in the rain.

1959: Max Baer, passes from a heart attack age 50

1961: Bob Foster stopped the ill-fated Ernie Knox

1968: Antonio Tarver is born in Orlando, Florida

1969: Willie Jorrin was born in Sacramento, California

1972: Muhammad Ali KO8 Bob Foster

David Tua was born in Faleasi'u, Western Samoa

1976: “Rocky”, starring Sylvester Stallone as the underdog prizefighter Rocky Balboa, debuts in NYC

Luis Estaba KO11 Valentin Martinez

1981: Alexis Arguello KO7 Roberto Elizondo

1984: Khaosai Galaxy KO6 Eusebio

1987: Virgil Hill W12 Rufino Angulo

Julian Jackson KO3 In Chul Baek

Julio Cesar Chavez KO11 Edwin Rosario

1991: Gianfranco Rosi W12 Gilbert Baptist

1997: Cory Spinks W4 Hector Leguillow

Joe Brown passes from cancer age 71

1999: Nestor Garza KO12 Kozo Ishii

2008: Celestino Caballero KO4 Steve Molitor

2009: Andre Ward WTD11 Mikkel Kessler

Giovani Segura KO1 Sonny Boy Jaro

Rodel Mayol TKO2 Edgar Sosa

Marcos Maidana KO3 William Gonzalez

Marvin Sonsona D12 Alejandro Hernandez

Magdalena Dahlen W10 Liliana Martinez

Zsolt Erdei WMD12 Giacobbe Fragomeni

Dimitri Sartison RTD5 Stjepan Bozic       

Vitali Tajbert W12 Humberto Ochoa

Hyun Mi Choi W10 Tenku Tsubasa         

2012: Danny Green W12 Shane Cameron

Will Tomlinson W12 Irving Berry

2014: Paola Casalinuovo TKO2 Gabriela Zapata

Erin McGowan W10 Arlene Blencowe

Kali Reis TKO3 Teresa Perozzi    

Kenia Enriquez W10 Ana Arrazola

2015: Bob Foster dies at the age of 73

Saul Alvarez W12 Miguel Cotto    

Francisco Vargas TKO9 Takashi Miura

Arthur Abraham WSD12 Martin Murray

Anthony Crolla KO5 Darleys Perez

2020: Marlon Tapales TKO2 Eden Sonsona

Fernando Angel Molina W6 Jose Zaragoza