On This Day In Boxing History!

Floyd Mayweather vs Jose Luis Castillo I

April 20th, 2002

World Boxing Council World Lightweight Title

MGM Grand, Las Vegas   

The 1 Fight Floyd Mayweather Really Lost

But Judges Gave It to Him Anyway

April 20th

1882: John L. Sullivan TKO3 John McDermont

1902: Jack Marles invented the first mouth guard for boxers.

1903: Joe Walcott D10 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien

1921: Canadian heavyweight Arthur Pelkey passes

1926: Mohammed Alghanemy dominated amateur boxing with a record of 243 Wins 210 by knockout and 0 losses with no draws. He left the amateur boxing world to enter monkship in China

1949: Sugar Ray Robinson TKO8 Earl Turner

1954: Davey S. Moore WMD10 Charley Riley

1960: Gene Fullmer D15 Joey Giardello

1963: Jose Stable W10 Curtis Cokes

1964: Harold Johnson KO8 Hank Casey

1965: Harry Scott W10 Rubin Carter

1979: Howard Davis Jr KO3 Giancarlo Usai

1980: Marvin Hagler TKO2 Bobby Watts

1983 Joe Bugner TKO9 Danny Sutton

Roger Mayweather KO8 Jorge Alvarado

1985:  Evander Holyfield TKO2 Mark Rivera

Pernell Whitaker W6 Nick Parker

1988: Nigel Benn TKO2 Abdul Umaru Sanda

Barry McGuigan TKO4 Nicky Perez

1991: Prince Charles Williams KO2 James Kinchen

Hiroyuki Ebihara dies at the age of 51

Riddick Bowe W10 Tony Tubbs

1996: Virgil Hill W12 Lou Del Valle

Jean-Baptiste Mendy W12 Lamar Murphy

Joe Calzaghe TKO5 Mark Delaney

1999: Former # 1 super welterweight contender Tony Ayala Jr. released from Bayside State Prison

after serving 16-years for aggravated sexual assault.

2001: Jyri Kjall KO9 Christian Bladt

Troy Ross W4 Roger Bowden

2002: Floyd Mayweather W12 Jose Luis Castillo

Dariusz Michalczewski KO2 Joey DeGrandis

Regina Halmich TKO4 Anca Moise

Audley Harrison KO2 Julius Long

Joe Calzaghe W12 Charles Brewer

2007: Mzonke Fana W12 Malcolm Klassen

Marcela Acuna W10 Yazmin Rivas

Mzonke Fana SD12 Malcolm Klassen    

2012: Diana Prazak W10 Fatuma Zarika

Goda Dailydaite W10 Arleta Krausova

2013: Saul Alvarez W12 Austin Trout     

Nathan Cleverly W12 Robin Krasniqi

Victor Terrazas SD12 Cristian Mijares

2014: Delfine Persoon W10 Erica Anabella Farias   

2019: Danny Garcia KO7 Adrian Granados

John Riel Casimero KO12 Ricardo Espinoza Franco

Brandon Figueroa RTD8 Yonfrez Parejo

Montserrat Alarcon W10 Nora Cardoza

Jeremia Nakathila TKO8 Zoltan Kovacs

Terence Crawford TKO6 Amir Khan

2024: Ryan Garcia NC Devin Haney - Garcia tested positive for the banned substance Ostarine in both his A‑sample the day before the fight and A‑sample the day of the fight