On This Day In Boxing History!

Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo I

May 7th, 2005          

WBC/WBO World Lightweight Title

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas 

Two years to the day from his victory over Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas, Corrales died on May 7, 2007 of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Las Vegas, Nevada. Subsequent autopsy toxicology reports indicated that Corrales was legally drunk with a blood alcohol level of 0.25%

May 7th

1922: Marcel Thil age 18 debuts D4 Pierson

1937: Lou Ambers W15 Tony Canzoneri

1948: Ezzard Charles KO9 Elmer Ray

1958: Joe Brown KO8 Ralph Dupas

1965: Vicente Saldivar KO15 Raul Rojas

1972: Koichi Wajima KO1 Domenico Tiberia

1975: Miguel de Oliveira W15 Jose Duran

1978: Yoko Gushiken KO13 Jaime Rios

1988: Juan Coggi KO2 Sang Ho Lee

Gregorio Vargas age 18 debuts KO2 Raul Capitan

1990: Raul Perez KO9 Gerardo Martinez

1994: Julio Cesar Chavez TSD8 Frankie Randall, Las Vegas. Regains WBC Super Lightweight Title. Although given the opportunity to continue, Chavez quits after being cut by an unintentional head butt. Strangely, the judges have Chavez ahead at the time of the stoppage. And what the hell is with this mandatory point deduction from the uncut participant. Especially when it seemed the head butt was as much Chavez’s fault as Randall’s

Jesse James Leija W12 Azumah Nelson

Gerald McClellan KO1 Julian Jackson
Terry Norris W12 Simon Brown

Ricardo Lopez W12 Kermin Guardia

1995: Saensor Ploenchit W12 Evangelio Perez

2005: Diego Corrales KO10 Jose Luis Castillo

Joe Calzaghe TKO6 Mario Veit

2007: Two years to the day from his victory over Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas, Diego Corrales died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008: Ammeth Diaz TKO2 Carlos Ramon Mairena

2011: Manny Pacquiao W12 Shane Mosley     

Jorge Arce TKO12 Wilfredo Vazquez Jr 

Cecilia Braekhus W10 Chevelle Hallback

Daniel Geale SD12 Sebastian Sylvester

Koki Kameda RTD11 Daniel Diaz

2014: Amnat Ruenroeng SD12 Kazuto Ioka

Katsunari Takayama W12 Shin Ono

2016: Saul Alvarez KO6 Amir Khan

Anthony Crolla KO7 Ismael Barroso

2022: Dmitry Bivol W12 Canelo Álvarez