On This Day In Boxing History!

Ray Leonard vs Marvin Hagler

April 6th, 1987

World Boxing Council World Middleweight Title

Caesars Palace, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas

April 6th

1893: Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision in St Louis (111 rounds, longest bout in boxing history).     

1900: James J. Jeffries KO1 Jack Finnegan

1914: Al McCoy KO1 George Chip

1915: Sam Langford NWS10 Battling Jim Johnson

1944: Charley Burley KO9 Jack Chase

1969: Hiroshi Kobayashi W15 Antonio Amaya

1976: Bennie Briscoe KO1 Eugene Hart

1978: Johnny Owen TKO10 Wayne Evans

Luis Perez was born in in Managua, Nicaragua

Lorenzo Parra was born in Machiques, Venezuela

1980: Pipino Cuevas KO5 Harold Volbrecht

1983: Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes

 to no decision in St Louis (111 rounds, longest bout in boxing history).

1985: Jimmy Paul W15 Harry Arroyo

1986: Evander Holyfield KO3 Jesse Shelby

Sal Cenicola TKO 8 Jimmy Magnifico

1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W12 Marvin Hagler

Juan Domingo Roldan TKO9 James Kinchen

Lupe Aquino TKO5 Davey Moore

1991: Khaosai Galaxy KO5 Jae Suk Park

Thomas Hearns TKO3 Ken Atkins

Milton McCrory KO1 Robert Curry

1993: Oscar De La Hoya W8 Mike Grable

1996: Dariusz Michalczewski TKO5 Asluddin Umarov

1998: Jimmy Bivins, 78, hospitalized in Cleveland after police find him wasting away in a dark filthy attic.

2001: Frankie Toledo W12 Mbulelo Botile

2002: Johnny Nelson KO8 Ezra Sellers

2007: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO 7 Tomonobu

Cyril Thomas W12 David Kiilu

2008: Gerry Penalosa TKO8 Chaiya Pothang

2012: Shinsuke Yamanaka W12 Vic Darchinyan

Takahiro Ao W12 Terdsak Jandaeng

2013: Ranee Ganoy TKO3 Jayson Mac Gura

Juan Francisco Estrada WSD12 Brian Viloria

2014: Akira Yaegashi KO9 Odilon Zaleta

Naoya Inoue TKO6 Adrian Hernandez

Román González TKO3 Juan Purisima