On This Day In Boxing History

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Zab Judah

April 8th, 2006

Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas        

IBFWorld Welterweight Title

Vacant IBO World Welterweight Title

April 8th

1903: Pro debuting Harry White KO2 Henry Taylor debut                  

Taylor died as a result of injuries sustained in this bout.

1912: Sam Langford W20 Sam McVea

1941: Joe Louis KO9 Tony Musto

1946: Ike Williams RTD1 Eddie Giosa 

Willie Pep TKO3 Georgie Knox

1947: Sugar Ray RobinsonTKO4 Eddie Finazzo

1961: Davey Moore KO1 Danny Valdez

1976: Ayub Kalule age 22 debuts W4 Kurt Hombach

1978: Saensak Muangsurin KO13 Francisco Moreno

 Wilfredo Gomez KO7 Juan Antonio Lopez

1979: Eusebio Pedroza KO11 Hector Carrasquilla

Jorge Lujan KO15 Cleo Garcia

Yoko Gushiken KO7 Alfonso Lopez

1982: Gennady Golovkin is born in Karaganda, Kazakh 

Jiro Watanabe W15 Rafael Pedroza

1984: Eleider Álvarez is born in Apartadó, Colombia

1988: Gilberto Roman W12 Baby Sugar Rojas

1989: Jeff Fenech W12 Marcos Villasana

Khaosai Galaxy W12 Kenji Matsumura

1995: Oliver McCall W12 Larry Holmes

Bruce Seldon KO7 Tony Tucker

Luis Santana DQ3 Terry Norris

Felix Trinidad KO2 Roger Turner

Julio Cesar Chavez W12 Giovanni Parisi

2000: Fabrice Tiozzo KO6 Valery Vikhor

Bruno Girard W12 Byron Mitchell

Sornpichai Singwangcha, KO5 Gilberto Gonzalez

Johnny Nelson TKO7 Pietro Aurino

2005: Omar Narvaez KO7 Wellington Vicente

2006: Floyd Mayweather W12 Zab Judah coming off loss to Carlos Baldomir - strange math in this bout no knockdown of Mayweather called round two, then no DQ for Team Mayweather entering ring beginning a brawl in round ten saving a win for Mayweather. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) determining penalties through a combination of rule enforcement, negotiated settlements, and contextual discretion no DQ for Team Mayweather entering ring even despite being fined. Roger Mayweather, Floyd's uncle and trainer, was fined $200,000 and had his boxing license revoked for one year by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. This fine represented his entire paycheck for training Floyd Mayweather for the fight. Additionally, Leonard Ellerbe, another member of Floyd Mayweather's corner, was fined $50,000 and had his license suspended for four months for his role in entering the ring during the melee.

Juan Diaz W12 Jose Miguel Cotto

Jorge Arce KO6 Rosendo Alvarez

2011: Jhonny Gonzalez TKO4 Hozumi Hasegawa                  

Takahiro Ao KO4 Humberto Gutierrez Ochoa               

Toshiaki Nishioka KO9 Mauricio Javier Munoz

2013: Shinsuke Yamanaka TKO12 Malcolm Tunacao

Akira Yaegashi W12 Toshiyuki Igarashi 

Takashi Miura TKO9 Gamaliel Diaz

2014: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai TKO4 Chatri Sariphan

2016: Eduard Troyanovsky TKO7 Cesar Rene Cuenca

2017: Liam Smith RTD9 Liam Williams

Terry Flanagan W12 Petr Petrov

Vasyl Lomachenko RTD9 Jason Sosa    

Oleksandr Usyk W12 Michael Hunter

Daniel Dubois age 20 debuts TKO1 Marcus Kelly

2023: Kenshiro Teraji TKO9 Anthony Olascuaga

Marlon Tapales WSD12 Murodjon Akhmadaliev

Shakur Stevenson TKO6 Shuichiro Yoshino