On This Day In Boxing History

Kaokor Galaxy vs Sung Kil Moon II

July 9th, 1989

WBA World Bantamweight Title

Rajadamnern Stadium, Bangkok  

July 9th

1926: Pete Latzo WF4 George Levine

1949: Manuel Ortiz KO5 Leonardo Lopez

1962: Davey S. Moore KO2 Mario Diaz

1963: Roger Turner was born Lansing Michigan

1970: Carmelo Bossi W15 Freddie Little

1974: Ruben Olivares KO7 Zensuke Utagawa

Alfonso Zamora KO6 Shintaro Uchiyama

1980: Sebastian Sylvester is born in Greifswald, East Germany

1981: Caveman Lee KO5 John LoCicero

1983: Frank Bruno KO2 Mike Jameson

Barry McGuigan KO1 Lavon McGowan

1987: Cornelius Boza-Edwards W10 Ali Kareem Muhammad

1988: Orlando Canizales KO15 Kelvin Seabrooks

Gilberto Roman KO5 Yoshiyuki Uchida

1989: Edwin Rosario KO6 Anthony Jones

Kaokor Galaxy W12 Sung Kil Moon

James McGirt W10 Tony Baltazar

1991: Arturo Gatti KO1 Luis Melendez

Bernard Hopkins KO1 Danny Mitchell

1992: Masamichi Yabuki is born in Suzuka, Mie, Japan

1994: Chris Eubank W12 Mauricio Amaral

1993: Cesar Soto TKO2 Jose Luis Castillo

1995: Tracey Patterson KO2 Eddie Hopson

1997: The Nevada Athletic Commission revokes Mike Tyson’s license, fines him $3-million for

biting Evander Holyfield on the ears during their 6/28/19997 bout in Las Vegas.

1998: A federal jury acquits promoter Don King, 66, of all charges at his second insurance fraud trial

Ike Ibeabuchi TKO1 Tim Ray

1999: Somsak Sithchatchawal W12 Geoffrey Munika

Zab Judah TKO1 David Sample

2002: Edwin Valero pro-debut TKO1 Eduardo Hernandez

2004: Yusaf Mack KO2 Donnell Wiggins

2005: Carl Froch W12 Matthew Barney

Myriam Lamare TKO3 Iva Weston

2011: Hugo Fidel Cazares KO3 Arturo Badillo

Jhonny González TKO4 Tomas Villa

Lucian Bute KO4 Jean-Paul Mendy

Gilberto Ramírez KO4 Sullivan Barrera

Brandon Rios KO3 Urbano Antillon

Paul Williams WMD12 Erislandy Lara

2012: Naoko Yamaguchi W10 Tenkai Tsunami

2015: Siriporn Taweesuk KO1 Lady Love Sampiton

2016: Melissa St Vil W10 Katy Wilson Castillo

2017: Denis Lebedev W12 Mark Flanagan

2022: Rey Vargas WSD12 Mark Magsayo