On This Day In Boxing History!

Stevie Johnston vs Cesar Bazan II

February 27th, 1999

WBC Lightweight Championship

Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, Florida

February 27th

1902: Harry Forbes W15 Tommy Feltz

1903: Harry Forbes W10 Andy Tokell

Sam Langford W10 Luther Manual

Harry Forbes W10 Andy Tokell

1919: Joe Beckett KO5 Bombardier Billy Wells

Mike Gibbons KO3 Billy Kramer

1929: Jack Sharkey W10 Young Stribling

1930: Jack Sharkey TKO3 Phil Scott

1936: Ernie Roderick W15 Ivor Pickens

1941: Billy Conn TKO4 Ira Hughes

1943: “Sugar Ray” Robinson was inducted into the United States Army

1948: Ike Williams W10 Kid Gavilan

1954: Robert Cohen KO3 John Kelly

1956: Archie Moore KO1 Bob Dunlap

Bash Aliwas born in Lagos, Nigeria

Dick Richardson TKO5 Marcel Limage

Charley Joseph TKO6 Jimmy Beecham

Vince Martinez W10 Giampaolo Melis

Miguel Berrios WMD10 Bobby Bell

1958: Leo Randolph was born in Tacoma, Washington

1962: Sandro Lopopolo W8 Sergio "Sesto" Righeschi

Harold Gomes KO2 Paul Alba

1968: Lionel Rose W15 Fighting Harada

1971: Vicente Rondon KO6 Jimmy Dupree

Ivan Robinson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1975: Ishimatsu Suzuki W15 Ken Buchanan

1976: Alfoso Lopez KO15 Erbito Salavarria

1988: Bernardo Pinango W12 Julio Gervacio

1991: Welcome Ncita W12 Baby Sugar Rojas

1993: Sung-Il Moon KO1 Hilario Zapata

1998: Chatchai Dutchboy Gym W12 Yong Jin Kim

1999: Reggie Johnson W12 Will Taylor

Sven Ottke KO3 Giovanni Nardiello

Stevie Johnston W12 Cesar Bazan

2001:  Denis Lebedev age 22 debuts W6 Teymuraz Kekelidze

2006: Masamori Tokuyama W12 Jose Navarro

2008: Anthony Mundine W12 Nader Hamdan

2009: Tomasz Adamek TKO8 Johnathon Banks

2010: Rodel Mayol DTD3 Omar Nino Romero

Wilfredo Vazquez Jr . KO4 Marvin Sonsona

Kaizer Mabuza KO6 Kendall Holt

2011: Glenn Porras W12 Richard Pumicpic
Jae-Sung Lee MD12 Rey Las Pinas
Ji-Hoon Kim SD10 Dong-Hyuk Kim

2013: Juan Carlos Reveco W12 Masayuki Kuroda

2015: Anne Sophie Mathis D-SD10 Oxandia Castillo

2016: Terence Crawford TKO5 Henry Lundy

Leo Santa Cruz TKO5 Kiko Martinez      

Hugo Ruiz TKO1 Julio Ceja          

Carl Frampton SD12 Scott Quigg

Cecilia Braekhus W10 Chris Namus

2021: Canelo Álvarez RTD3 Avni Yıldırım

2022: Lawrence Okolie W12 Michal Cieslak

Jordan Gill KO9 Karim Guerfi       

Galal Yafai TKO5 Carlos Vado Bautista

Héctor Luis Garcia W12 Chris Colbert