On This Day In Boxing History!

1995: Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield III!

November 4th

1884: Owen "The Fearless" Moran was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

1924: Illegal since 1914, California legalizes pro boxing 10 round decision bouts and 12 round "No Decision" bouts, effective January 1, 1925

1929: Jimmy McLarnin W10 Sammy Mandell

1931: Battling Battalino W10 Earl Mastro

1932: Tony Canzoneri W15 Billy Petrolle

1934: Marcel Cerdan – pro debut W6 Marcel Bucchianer

1959: Joey Giardello W10 Dick Tiger

1978: Betulio Gonzalez KO12 Martin Vargas

1980: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales Johnny “Merthyr Matchstick” Owen, age 24 passed from injuries suffered from a September 19th, 12th round WBC World Bantamweight Title challenge KO loss of Lupe Pintor Olympic Auditorium, LA

1982: Greg Haugen age 22 debuts W3 Noel Arriesgado

1985: Cus D’Amato, known for mentoring Floyd Patterson, José Torres and Mike Tyson passes

Jeff Fenech KO2 Kenny Butts

1988: Thomas Hearns W12 James Kinchen

Michael Nunn KO8 Juan Roldan

Robert Hines W12 Matthew Hilton

Tacy Macalos W12 Jum Hwan Choi

1989: Maïva Hamadouche is born in Albi, Tarn, France

Evander Holyfield TKO8 Alex Stewart

1995: Riddick Bowe KO8 Evander Holyfield

Phillip Holiday W12 Rocky Martinez

Marco Antonio Barrera KO7 Eddie Croft

1997: 1984 Heavyweight Olympic Gold Medalist Antun Jospovic is shot and seriously wounded in Bosnia.

Vivian Harris age 19 debuts KO1 Leviticus Long

1999: IBF President Robert W. Lee, indicted on racketeering charges, alleging that Lee and others accepted $338,000 in bribes to manipulate ratings.

2000: Sugar Shane Mosley KO6 Antonio Diaz

2004: Juan Diaz W12 Julien Lorcy

2006: Shannon Briggs KO12 Sergei Liakhovich

Floyd Mayweather W12 Carlos Baldomir

Juan Diaz W12 Fernando Angulo

Orlando Salido NC12 Robert Guerrero - Salido's post-fight urine sample tests positive for the banned steroid Nandrolone.

2007: Takefumi Sakata D12 Denkaosen Singwancha

2011: Denis Lebedev W12 James Toney

Suriyan Kaikanha W12 Nobuo Nashiro

2015: Eduard Troyanovsky TKO6 Cesar Cuenca

Ola Afolabi KO5 Rakhim Chakhkiev

Denis Lebedev TKO8 Lateef Kayode

2016: Ana Laura Esteche W10 Adela Peralta

2017: Amanda Serrano TKO1 Marilyn Hernandez

Christina Hammer KO4 Gifty Amanua Ankrah

Deontay Wilder KO1 Bermane Stiverne

Dmitry Bivol KO1 Trent Broadhurst

Luis Nery TKO6 Arthur Villanueva

2020: Eimantas Stanionis KO9 Justin DeLoach

2023: Efe Ajagba TKO4 Joe Goodall

Noel Gevor Mikaelyan TKO3 Ilunga Makabu

Joe Cordina WMD12 Edward Vazquez

Adrian Curiel KO2 Sivenathi Nontshinga