On This Day In Boxing History!

Kostya Tszyu vs Julio Cesar Chavez

July 29th, 2000

WBC World Super Lightweight Title

Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona     

July 29th

1754: The first international boxing match was held. The 25-minute match was won when Jack Slack of Britain knocked out Jean Petit from France.

1870: George Dixon born Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1904: Sam Langford TKO2 George McFadden

1927: Freddie Welsh, 41, passes

1938: Vicente Rondón is born in San José de Río Chico, Venezuela

1941: Freddy Cochrane W15 Fritzie Zivic

1946: Ezzard Charles KO6 Lloyd Marshall

1956: Teddy Atlas was born in Staten Island, New York

1957: Floyd Patterson KO10 Tommy Jackson

1968: Bob Foster TKO3 Charley Polite

1971: Alfredo Marcano KO10 Hiroshi Kobayashi

1977: Danny Lopez KO2 Jose Olivares

1978: Netmoi Vorasingh KO5 Luis Estaba

1979: Yoko Gushiken W15 Rafael Pedroza

1981: Roger Mayweather age 20 debuts TKO1 Andrew Ruiz

Chul Ho Kim KO13 Willie Jensen

1982: Jiro Watanabe KO10 Gustavo Ballas

1984: Rick Lockridge KO6 Julio Llerena

1986: Marie-Ève Dicaire is born in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada

1988: Lloyd Honeyghan KO5 Yung Kil Chung

Tomas Molinares KO6 Marlon Starling

Molinares’ KO punch clearly lands after the bell ending the 6th round.

1989: Khaosai Galaxy KO10 Alberto Castro

1990: Jeff Lampkin KO8 Siza Makhathini

Michael Carbajal KO7 Muangchai Kittikasem

1993: James Toney RTD6 Danny Garcia

1994: James Toney KO12 Charles Williams

Oscar De La Hoya KO2 Jorge Paez

1995: Danny Romero KO6 Miguel Martinez

Julio César Chávez KO1 Craig Houk

Alex "Nene" Sanchez W12 Tomas Rivera

2000: Kostya Tszyu KO6 Julio Cesar Chavez

Vassiliy Jirov TKO2 Earl Butler

Daniel Santos KO4 Giovanni Parisi

2002: Noel Arambulet W12 Keitaro Hoshino

2005: Bermane Stiverne age 27 debuts TKO1 Roy Matthews

Dmitry Pirog  age 25 debuts TKO6 Sasun Oganyan

2006: Gary St. Clair W12 Cassius Baloyi

Zsolt Erdei W12 Thomas Ulrich

2010: Usanakorn Thawilsuha TKO8 Yoon Joo Shin

2011: Billy Dib W12 Jorge Lacierva

Tori Nelson WSD10 Lorissa Rivas          

Anastasia Toktaulov W10 Ria Ramnarine         

Ionut Dan Ion TKO3 Iwan Azore  

Mariusz Wach KO4 Kevin McBride

Beibut Shumenov TKO9 Danny Santiago

Lamont Peterson KO12 Victor Manuel Cayo

2015: Yutthana Kaensa WMD12 Gregorio Lebron

2016: Adonis Stevenson KO4 Thomas Williams Jr

2017: Jermall Charlo TKO4 Jorge Sebastian Heiland

Anabel Ortiz W10 Nancy Franco

Mikey Garcia W12 Adrien Broner

2018: Mika Iwakawa WSD10 Nao Ikeyama

Tenkai Tsunami TKO4 Gretchen Abaniel

2023: Terence Crawford TKO9 Errol Spence Jr.