On This Day In Boxing History!

Lennox Lewis vs Shannon Briggs

March 28th, 1998

WBC/Lineal Heavyweight Championships

Covention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey

March 28th

1919: Benny Leonard TKO8 Willie Ritchie

Harry Greb NWS12 Battling Levinsky

1922: Joey Maxim was born in Cleveland, Ohio

1929: Tommy Loughran W10 Mickey Walker

1930: Welterweight Battling Siki (William D. Davis) was reported to have been 29-years-old when he died in Seattle from knife wounds inflicted Saturday, March 22, by Seventh Avenue Hotel house detective Tom Cheeks, 40, also African-American. Cheeks claimed self-defense, alleging that Davis / Siki had hit him with a billiard cue stick.

1943: Manuel Ortiz KO6 Lupe Cordoza

1945: Johnny Famechon was born in Paris, France

1956: L. C. Morgan W10 Ludwig Lightburn
Henry Hank TKO4 Rudy Gwin

1968: Raul Rojas W15 Enrique Higgins

1972: Jose Napoles KO7 Ralph Charles

1973: Antonio Cervantes KO1 Benny Huertas

Rubén Olivares TKO2 Walter Seeley

1975: Victor Galindez KO3 Harold Skog

1976: Rodrigo Valdez KO4 Nessim Cohen

1978: Antonio Cervantes KO6 Tongta Kiatvayupakdi

1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO10 Larry Bonds

Santos Laciar KO7 Peter Mathebula

Michael Spinks KO4 Marvin Johnson

Tony Ayala Jr KO3 Mario Maldonado

1984: Payao Poontarat TKO10 Guty Espadas

Colin Jones KO2 Allen Braswell

Jimmy Price KO4 Ken Whetstone

1987: Rickey Parkey KO12 Chisanda Mutti

Pernell Whitaker W12 Roger Mayweather

1988: Johnny Tapia MD Efren Chavez

1989: Nigel Benn KO2 Mbayo Wa Mbayo

Terry Norris W12 Buster Drayton

Ray Mercer W4 Garing Lane

1990: Michael Moorer KO1 Mario Oscar Melo

Paul Hodkinson TKO3 Eduardo Montoya

Johnny Nelson KO4 Lou Gent

Roy Jones Jr TKO3 Knox Brown

1991: James Smith TKO1 Lawrence Carter

Yuh Myung-woo TKO10 Kajkong Danphuthai

1993: Gregorio Vargas TKO7 Paul Hodkinson

Jung-Il Byun W12 Victor Rabanales

1998: Lennox Lewis KO5 Shannon Briggs

Imamu Mayfield KO11 Terry Dunstan

Charles Brewer KO10 Herol Graham

Tim Austin KO2 Paul Lloyd

David Starie Pts 12 Clinton Woods

Patrick Mullings TKO 3 Martin Krastev

Chris Byrd TKO 6 Derek Amos

Lewis Wood SD 12 David Santos

1999: Kiki Rojas TD4 Hideki Todaka

2001: Joe Calzaghe TKO1 Mario Veit

Manny Pacquiao KO6 Foijan Prawet

2002: Brenda Vickers W10 Doris Hackl

2003: Eduardo Ray Marquez KO11 Jorge Mata

2007: Felix Sturm W12 Javier Castillejo

Juan Díaz RTD8 Acelino Freitas

2008: Layla McCarter SD10 Jelena Mrdjenovich

2009: Fernando Montiel KO3 Diego Oscar Silva

Humberto Soto TKO4 Antonio Davis

Jose Lopez W12 Pramuansak Posuwan

2012: Chad Dawson WMD12 Bernard Hopkins

Román González KO4 Ramón García Hirales

2014: Jose Lopez W12 Pramuansak Posuwan

Ramona Kuehne RTD6 Gina Chamie

2015: Gary Russell Jr TKO4 Jhonny Gonzalez

Kell Brook RTD4 Ionut Dan Ion

Donnie Nietes RTD9 Gilberto Parra Medina

2017: Moruti Mthalane KO4 Genisis Libranza

2018: Isaac Dogboe TKO11 Jessie Magdaleno

Jelena Mrdjenovich W10 Stephanie Ducastel

Katie Taylor W10 Victoria