On This Day In Boxing History!

Mike Tyson vs Donovan Ruddock

March 18th, 1991

Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas

March 18th

1900: Jack Delaney born Ovila Chapdelaine in Quebec, Canada

1922: Mike O'Dowd W12 Soldier Bartfield

1932: George Nichols W10 Dave Miller

1933: Panama Al Brown W12 Dominic Berasconi

1935: Panama Al Brown D10 Baltazar Sangchili

1947: Archie Moore KO9 Jack Chase

1956: Memo Diez KO1 Young Martin

Joe Borrell KO5 Kid Azteca

1957: Bob Baker W10 Jeff Dyer

1959: Davey Moore KO14 Hogan Bassey

1970: Rubén Olivares TKO6 Romy Guelas

1978: Recognition of World Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks is withdrawn by the World Boxing Council after Spinks elected to fight Muhammad Ali in a rematch rather than face the organization's #1 contender, Ken Norton. In an unprecedented step, the WBC immediately announces its recognition of Norton as champion, and orders him to fight the highest ranked contender available (Larry Holmes) not later than June 17.

Antonio Margarito was born in Torrance, California

Antonio Cervantes KO3 Johnny Copeland

Carlos Palomino KO9 Mimoun Mohater

Jorge Lujan KO11 Roberto Rubaldino

1979: Chan Hee Park W15 Miguel Canto

1983: Michael Spinks W15 Dwight Qawi

1986: Johnny Nelson age 19 debuts W6 Peter Brown

Steve Watt died after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain following a March 14th tenth round TKO los to Rocky Kelly, London West Hotel, Fulham.

1991: Mike Tyson KO7 Donovan Ruddock

Simon Brown KO10 Maurice Blocker

Julio Cesar Chavez KO4 John Duplessis

1994: Juan Martin Coggi KO3 Eder Gonzalez

1995: Roy Jones Jr. KO1 Antoine Byrd

Steve Collins W12 Chris Eubank

Harold Grey W12 Orlando Tobon

Al Cole TKO8 Mike Dixon

2000: Diego Corrales KO3 Derrick Gainer

Floyd Mayweather W12 Gregorio Vargas

Acelino Freitas KO1 Javier Jauregui

2006: Hasim Rahman D12 James Toney

Somsak Sithchatchawal KO 0 Mahyar Monshipour

Orlando Salido TKO5 Rogers Mtagwa

2016: Alejandra Jimenez MD10 Martha Salazar

2017: Gennady Golovkin W12 Daniel Jacobs

Wisaksil Wangek MD12 Roman Gonzalez

2018: Carlos Canizales W12 Reiya Konishi      

Ryuya Yamanaka W12 Moises Calleros

2021: Saemi Hanagata DMD10 Eri Matsuda

Moises Caro Gutierrez DSD10 Juan Esteban Garcia