On This Day In Boxing History!

Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley

February 24th, 1989

WBC World Middleweight Championship

Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey      

February 24th

1940: Jimmy Ellis was born in Louisville, Kentucky

1945: Sugar Ray Robinson W10 Jake LaMotta

1948: Willie Pep KO10 Humberto Sierra

1952: Promoter Rock Newman was born in Brandywine, Maryland

1956: Olle Bengtsson TKO7 Chris Christensen

Ingemar Johansson W8 Joey Bygraves

1962: Dick Richardson KO1 Karl Mildenberger

Baby Vasquez W12 Alfredo Urbina

1963: Tony “The Tiger” Lopez was born in Sacramento, California

1977: Floyd Joy Sinclair Mayweather Jr. was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan

1982: Carlos De Leon KO8 Marvin Camel

1983: Jiro Watanabe KO8 Luis Ibanez

1988: Michael Dokes KO10 Eddie Richardson

James "Buster" Douglas KO9 Percell Davis

1989: Roberto Duran W12 Iran Barkley became a four-weight world champion

1990: Jimmy Thunder KO4 Mauricio Villegas

1991: Kid Akeem Anifowoshe KO4 Lucilo Nolasco

1992: Genaro Hernandez W12 Omar Catari

Jesus Chong KO11 Francisco Montiel

Ernesto Magdaleno KO5 Bomani Parker

1996: Terry Norris KO8 Vincent Pettway

Alimi Goitia KO2 Hyung Chul Lee, Kwangyang

Saman Sorjaturong KO4 Antonio Perez

Arthur Johnson W12 Sammy Stewart

1998: Danny Romero W10 Joe Manzano

Jesus Salud KO5 Kris Wuritimur

2000: Shannon Briggs KO3 Warren Williams

Monte Barrett KO7 Jimmy Thunder

2001: Roy Jones Jr. KO10 Derrick Harmon

Derrick Gainer W12 Victor Polo

Artur Grigorian TKO 6 Angel Jose Perez

2002: Maselino Masoe KO2 Setefano Vasuibau

2003: Neddy Garcia TD11 Alberto Ontiveros

Zahir Raheem W10 Isidro Tejedor

Darrin Humphrey TKO1 Joe Bigger

Sweet RC Fisher W4 Charles Sims

Ramiro Cano W8 Tyrone Wiggins

Greg Pickrom KO1 Willie Perryman

Anthony Hanna W4 Jackson Williams

Cyril Seror W10 Thierry Guezouli

Abdel Jebahi W10 Christophe De Busillet

Ali Oubaali W8 Didier Tual

Valery Brudov KO1 Mohamed Siluvangi

Stjepan Bozic TKO6 Youssef Temsoury

Alexandru Andrei W10 Eliseo Nogueira

Attila Molnar W4 Gabor Balogh

Zsolt Bodi D4 Jeno Novak

Sandor Foracs TKO2 Ignacio Orsola

Pornsawan Porpramook KO5 Golden King Atillo

Kompayak Porpramook W6 Roger Mananquil

2004: Crazy Kim (Toshiharu Kaneyama) KO5 Yukiharu Shinyashiki

Moruti Mthalane KO3 Thabo Tshela

Franck Mezaache W10 Hacine Cherifi

2005: Gairy St. Clair KO12 Shamir Reyes

Yuriy Nuzhnenko KO2 Plaisakda Singwancha

Yuri Foreman W8 Jesus Soto Karass

Andre Berto W4 Daniel Neal

Luis Collazo KO1 Richard Heath

2006: Luis Maldonado MD12 Cristian Mijares

Holly Holm TKO7 Shadina Pennybaker

Ismael El Massoudi W10 Tarik Amrouse

Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam KO2 Pavel Florin Madalin

Cristian Mijares D12 Luis Maldonado

Carlos Quintana KO10 Raul Eduardo Bejarano

Nicky Cook W12 Yuriy Voronin

Brice Faradji W12 Jozsef Matolcsi

Rodney Jones W12 Raul Frank

Glen Johnson W12 Richard Hall

Joel Casamayor KO5 Antonio Ramirez

Juan Lazcano W10 Ben Tackie

Abner Mares W8 Omar Adorno

Rigoberto Alvarez KO1 Juan Carlos Sanchez

2007: Fernando Montiel SD12 Z Gorres 

Juan Carlos Reveco KO7 Adrian Dimas Garzon

Jonathan Victor Barros W6 Gerardo Ramon Gomez

2009: Artur Grigorian W6 Kirkor Kirkorov, Wandsbek

2010: Omar Narvaez W10 Santiago Ivan Acosta

Armando Hernandez Torres KO7 Osvaldo Razon

2011: Jessie Vargas W8 Cristian Favela

James "Lights Out" Toney W10 Damon Reed

2017: Cecilia Braekhus W10 Klara Svensson

2018: Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, UK 31-year-old light heavyweight Scott Westgarth down late in the 10th round vs Lincolnshire’s, Dec “Kid Nitro” Spelman collapsed in dressing room and taken to hospital where he later died