On This Day In Boxing History!

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Diego Corrales

January 20th, 2001

WBC World Super Featherweight Title

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

January 20th

1916: Jack Britton ND10 Ted Kid Lewis

1919: Benny Leonard ND6 Johnny Dundee

1930: MLB Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans boxing for all players in baseball following the brief boxing career of White Sox, first baseman, Art “The Great” Shires, 5-2, 5Ko’s. His challenge to Hack Wilson purportedly prompts the ban. Shires fought several suspected bouts that resulted in his being suspended by the boxing commissions of 32 states but loses a desultory 5-rounder to Chicago Bears center George (The Brute) Trafton. Shires did win a punch out with Sox manager Lena Blackburne and two hotel detective’s late last season

1936: Marcel Thil DQ4 Lou Brouillard

1956: Gil Turner WSD10 Jackie LaBua

1962: Karl Mildenberger W10 Rademacher 

Dick Tiger TKO6 Florentino Fernandez 

16yo bantamweight Rodolfo "Gato" Gonzalez improved to 44-0 KO Jose Perez

1964: Stanley 'Kitten' Hayward WSD10 Dick Turner

Bennie Briscoe W6 Johnny Clyde

1970: "The Muhammad Ali & Rocky Marciano Super Fight" fictional boxing match was released to theaters

1973: Roberto Duran KO5 Jimmy Robertson

Romeo Anaya KO 3 Enrique Pinder

1990: Sung Kil Moon TD9 Nana Konadu

1993: Gianfranco Rosi W12 Gilbert Dele

2001: Jose Luis Castillo KO6 Cesar Bazan

Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO10 Diego Corrales

2006: Valdemir Pereira W12 Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym

2007: Nikolay Valuev KO3 Jameel McCline

Ricky Hatton W12 Juan Urango

Junior Witter KO9 Arturo Morua

Guillermo Rigondeaux KO6 Rico Ramos

Jose Luis Castillo WSD12 Herman Ngoudjo

Matthew Hatton KO7 Frank Houghtaling

Troy Ross KO3 Hastings Rasani

Adam Richards KO6 Willie Palms

Hector Javier Velazco KO2 Martin David Islas

Fernando David Saucedo KO2 Hardy Paredes

Nestor Rocha W 10 Kaona Chuwatana

Edrin Dapudong KO4 Roldan Malinao

Rommel Asenjo KO1 Ronnie Dumaran, Midsayap

AJ Banal KO9 Chatchai Monthon Gym

Milan Melindo W10 Fabio Marfa

Rocky Fuentes W10 Greg Mangan

2012: Guillermo Rigondeaux KO6 Rico Ramos

2018: Errol Spence Jr RTD7 Lamont Peterson

Robert Easter Jr. WSD12 Javier Fortuna

2024: Natasha Jonas WSD10 Mikaela Mayer