On This Day In Boxing History!

Jose Luis Ramirez vs Pernell Whitaker

March 12th, 1988

WBC World Lightweight Title Fight

Stade De Levallois, Hauts-De-Seine, France

March 12th

1910: “Two Ton” Tony Galento was born in Orange, New Jersey

1940: Ezzard Charles age 19 debuts KO4 Melody

1948: Marcel Cerdan TKO8 Lavern Roach

1956: Arthur King W10 Chico Vejar

Franco Cavicchi TKO8 Werner Wiegand

Al Neverez W10 Cesar Saavedra

Floyd Patterson TKO2 Jimmy Walls

Harold Gomes W12 Jimmy O'Brien

1959: Carlos Ortiz W15 Kenny Lane

1960: Donny Lalonde is born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

1970: Katsuya Onizuka was born in Kitakyushu, Japan

1973: Kuniaki Shibata W15 Ben Villaflor

1977: Pipino Cuevas KO2 Miguel Campanino

1988: Jose Luis Ramirez W12 Pernell Whitaker

2000: Gilberto Serrano KO5 Hiroyuki Sakamoto

2001: Boxing writer Phil Berger dies of cancer age 59

Veerapol Sahaprom RTD7 Roberto Lopez

2005: Markus Beyer W12 Danny Green

2009: Takahiro Ao W12 Oscar Larios

Hozumi Hasegawa TKO1 Vusi Malinga

2010: Francisco Vargas age 25 debuts W4 Daniel Calzada

Simona Galassi W10 Esmeralda Moreno

2011: Jonathan Victor Barros W12 Miguel Roman

Ricky Burns RTD7 Joseph Laryea

Miguel Vazquez W12 Leonardo Zappavigna                 

Miguel Cotto TKO12 Ricardo Mayorga

Sergio Martínez TKO8 Sergiy Dzinziruk

2016: Terry Flanagan W12 Derry Mathews

Juergen Braehmer W12 Eduard Gutknecht

Zulina Munoz W10 Christina McMahon

Zolani Tete TKO7 José Santos González