On This Day In Boxing History!

Felix Trinidad vs Pernell Whitaker

February 20th, 1999

IBF World Welterweight Title

Madison Square Garden, New York   

February 20th

1909: Sam McVey W20 Joe Jeanette

1933: Battling Shaw W10 Johnny Jadick

1938: Sixto Escobar W15 Harry Jeffra

1942: Sugar Ray Robinson TKO2 Maxie Berger

1948: Ezzard Charles KO10 Sam Baroudi - Baroudi KO'd in the 10th and final round, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage during the bout and died in hospital the following morning

1956: Archie Moore W10 Howard King

Ralph Dupas W10 Hoacine Kalfi

Rory Calhoun TKO5 Angelo
Roy "Cut 'N' Shoot" Harris KO3 Don Howard Tucker 

1976: Muhammad Ali KO5 Jean-Pierre Coopman

Alfredo Escalera KO13 Jose Fernandez

1978: Cory Spinks is born in St. Louis, Missouri

1980: Arthur Abraham is born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union

1983: Juan LaPorte W12 Ruben Castillo

1985: Sot Chitalada KO5 Charlie Magri

1988: Elly Pical W15 Raul Diaz

1993: Virgil Hill KO11 Adolpho Washington

Michael Nunn KO1 Danny Morgan

Chris Eubank W12 Lindell Holmes

Terry Norris KO2 Maurice Blocker

Julio Cesar Chavez KO5 Greg Haugen

Azumah Nelson W12 Gabriel Ruelas

Gerald McClellan TKO2 Tyrone Moore

1997: Gerry Penalosa W12 Hiroshi Kawashima

Riddick Bowe is discharged from the U.S. Marines

because he could not handle the boot camp

1998: Jacob Matlala WTD8 Jose Victor Burgos

Jorge Fernando Castro W10 John David Jackson

1999: Felix Trinidad W12 Pernell Whitaker

Manny Pacquiao TKO3 Todd Makelim

Terronn Millett KO5 Vince Phillips

Pichitnoi C. Siriwat W12 Joma Gamboa

2000: Yodsanan 3-K Battery (AKA Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai) KO4 Kanat Sikhimbayev

Yoddamrong Sithyodthong KO8 Gayni Ashkeyev

Yokthai Sithoar W8 Marlon Arlos

2001: Souleymane M'baye KO4 Ashley Whiteboy

2003: Giuseppe Lagana W12 Luis Lazarte

2004: Oleydong Sithsamerchai W10 Philip Parcon

Michael Katsidis W10 Fred Kinuthia

2005: Jimmy Young Passes 

2006: Alexander "Sasha" Bakhtin W10 Yasuo Kojima

Pigmy Muangchaiyaphum (AKA Pigmy Kokietgym) W12 Richard Garcia

2007: David Diaz was awarded the title when Joel Casamayor, the champion at the time, was stripped of the title for signing to fight WBO champion Acelino Freitas rather than defend against him. (It should be noted the lightweight title bout between old foes Casamayor and Freitas never took place. Freitas fought and lost his WBO title to WBA champion Juan Díaz instead

2009: Krzysztof Bienias KO9 Sven Paris

Marco Antonio Hernandez W12 Francisco "Trompito" Marquez

Gennady Martirosyn KO9 Kiatchai Singwancha

Thangthong Kiattaweesuk W12 Wido Paez

Fahsai Sakkreerin KO4 Irvan Bone, Ranod

Breidis Prescott DQ 10 Humberto Toledo, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Lightweight Bout.

Yuriorkis Gamboa KO1 Walter Estrada

Erislandy Lara KO1 Keith Gross

Byron Mitchell KO6 Zach Walters

2010: Giovani Segura TKO3 Walter Tello

Elio Rojas W12 Guty Espadas Jr.

Gilberto Keb Baas KO4 Elfego Sierra

Eric Ortiz KO2 Gabriel Lopez

Daniel Ponce De Leon KO3 Orlando Cuz

Lucas Matthysse KO4 Vivian Harris

Takefumi Sakata KO1 Eric Diaz Siregar

Harry Simon KO5 Daniel Wanyonyi

Fres Oquendo KO9 Demetrice King

2011: Susie Ramadan W10 Terri Lynn Cruz

2014: Luis Concepcion TD9 Carlos Fontes

2016: Felix Sturm MD12 Fedor Chudinov

2021: Oscar Valdez KO10 Miguel Berchelt