On This Day In Boxing History!

Ricky Hatton vs Kostya Tszyu

June 4th, 2005

IBF World Super Lightweight Title

M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, UK 

June 4th

1908: Stanley Ketchel W10 Billy Papke

1943: Chalky Wright KO5 Phil Terranova

1947: Saoul Mamby was born in the Bronx, New York

1971: Jose Napoles KO4 Billy Backus

1974: Oscar Albarado KO15 Koichi Wajima

1985: Bernardo Pinango W15 Gaby Canizales

1986: Buster Drayton W15 Carlos Santos

Jimmy Paul W15 Cubanito Perez

Bernardo Pinango W15 Gaby Canizales

1988: Julio César Chávez TKO7 Rafael Limón

1990: Humberto Gonzalez KO3 Carlos Monzote

1994: Henry Maske W12 Andrea Magi

Ike Quartey KO11 Crisanto Espana

1998: Pernell Whitaker is charged with DWI

Chris John age 19 debuts W6 Firman Kanda

1999: Oscar Rodriguez trainer of trained two-time former WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Victor Galindez dies of heart attack age 76

2004: Lorenzo Parra W12 Takefumi Sakaka

Lucas Matthysse age 22 debuts TKO2 Leandro Almagro

Victor Ortizage 17 debuts TKO1 Raul Montes

2005: Ricky Hatton KO11 Kostya Tszyu

2007: Eagle Kyowa W12 Akira Yaegashi

2010: Ramona Kuehne KO4 Maribel Santana

2011: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. WMD12 Sebastian Zbik

Carl Froch WMD12 Glen Johnson

Mikkel Kessler TKO6 Mehdi Bouadla

Zsolt Erdei TKO6 Byron Mitchell

2016: Delfine Persoon W10 Christina Linardatou

Liam Smith KO2 Predrag Radosevic

Cecilia Comunales TKO8 Valeria Dos Santos

Francisco Vargas DMD12 Orlando Salido

Zolani Tete TKO7 Victor Ruiz

2021: Eva Guzman W10 Isabel Millan

2022: Joe Cordina KO2 Kenichi Ogawa