On This Day In Boxing History!

1993: Michael Carbajal vs Kwang-Sun Kim

IBF World Light Flyweight Title

World Boxing Council World Light Flyweight Title

Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada   

July 17th

1907: Jack Johnson KO2 Bob Fitzsimmons

1922: Sam Langford RTD5 Bearcat Wright

1930: Al Singer KO1 Sammy Mandell

Sixto Escobar debuts TKO2 Luis Emilio Perez

1939: Charley Burley W10 Fritzie Zivic

1940: Henry Armstrong KO6 Lew Jenkins

1944: Willie Pep W10 Manuel Ortiz

1965: Ismael Laguna D10 Nicolino Locche

1966: Richard Duran born.

1976: 18-year-old Jose "Pipino" Cuevas becomes the youngest boxer to ever win the Welterweight Championship flooring defending titlist Angel Espada three times enroute to a 2nd round TKO victory at Plaza de Toros Calafia in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

1977: Luis Estaba W15 Ricardo Estupian

1982: Davey Moore KO10 Ayub Kalule

1983: Marcos Maidana was born born in Margarita, Santa Fe, Argentina

Carlos DeLeon W12 S.T Gordon

Santos Laciar KO1 Hi Sup Shin

1985: Khaosai Galaxy KO5 Rafael Orono

Soon Chun Kwon D15 Chong Kwan Chung

1993: Freddie Pendleton W12 Jorge Paez

Michael Carbajal KO7 Kwang-Sun Kim

1995: 1984 Olympic gold medalist Henry Tillman, 34, pleads guilty

 to credit card forgery in Torrence, CA. Superior Court.

1999: Fernando Vargas KO11 Raul Marquez

Juan Carlos Gomez KO6 Bruce Scott, Dusseldorf

2001: Oscar De La Hoya settles out of court with a woman who alleged the boxer raped her in 1996 at the Mexican resort of Cabo San Lucas. The terms of the settlement were not announced.

Former IBF Super Middleweight titleholder Graciano Rocchigiani, is sent to prison for 12-months for violating probation.

2004: Juan Diaz W12 Lakva Sim

2010: Juan Carlos Reveco TKO5 Armando Torres

Maria Lindberg TKO3 Mihaela Dragan

Susi Kentikian NC3 Arely Mucino

Fernando Montiel KO3 Rafael Concepcion

David Tua DMD12 Monte Barrett

HyoMin Kim W10 Chika Mizutani

2016: Marlon Tapales KO11 Pungluang Sor Singyu

2021: Jermell Charlo DSD12 Brian Carlos Castano