On This Day In Boxing History!

Anthony Joshua vs Charles Martin          

April 9th, 2016

IBF World Heavy Title

O2 Arena, Greenwich, London   

April 9th

1928: Corp. Izzy Schwartz W15 Routier Parra

1936: Tony Canzoneri W10 Johnny Jadick

1951: Ray Robinson KO1 Don Ellis

1954: Ike Williams RTD8 Beau Jack

1955: Ike Williams D10 Beau Jack

1958: Tony Sibson was born

1981: Samuel Serrano W15 Yasutsune Uehara

1988: Evander Holyfield KO8 Carlos DeLeon

1989: Mike Tyson accused of striking parking attendant

1992: Gianfranco Rosi KO6 Angel Hernandez

1994: Pernell Whitaker W12 Santos Cardona

Tracy Harris Patterson W12 Richard Duran

1998: “Big” John Tate, 43, dies in an auto accident,

from a stroke caused by a brain tumor

2000: Meldrick Taylor arrested for assaulting

the mother of his two children.

2005: Marco Antonio Barrera KO2 Mzonke Fana

Fernando Montiel KO7 Ivan Hernández

2009: Olivia Gerula W10 Jelena Mrdjenovich   

2010: Simphiwe Nongqayi MD12 Malik Bouziane

Jan Zaveck TKO12 Rodolfo Ezequiel Martinez

Naomi Togashi W10 Nongmuay Kokietgym

2011: Robert Stieglitz DQ10 Khoren Gevor       

Ramona Kuehne W10 Arleta Krausova

Tomasz Adamek W12 Kevin McBride

Robert Guerrero W12 Michael Katsidis

Marcos Maidana MD12 Erik Morales      

Danny Garcia W10 Nate Campbell

Paul Malignaggi W10 Jose Miguel Cotto

Nobuhiro Ishida KO1 James Kirkland    

Donnie Nietes KO1 Armando Vazquez

2016: Manny Pacquiao W12 Timothy Bradley Jr

Gilberto Ramirez W12 Arthur Abraham

Anthony Joshua KO2 Charles Martin      

Lee Selby W12 Eric Hunter

2017: Shun Kubo RTD10 Nehomar Cermeno   

2022: Gennady Golovkin TKO9 Ryōta Murata

Junto Nakatani TKO8 Ryota Yamauchi

Mikaela Mayer W10 Jennifer Han