On This Day In Boxing History!
Edwin Valero vs Antonio DeMarco
February 6th, 2010
WBC Lightweight Title
Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
February 6th
1931: Tommy Loughran W10 Max Baer
1950: Willie Pep w10 Roy Andrews
1956: Joe "Old Bones" Brown KO9 Arhur Persley
Harold Gomes RTD8 Pat Marcune
Shigeji Kaneko WSD12 Jiro Sawada
Miguel Berrios KO5 Bobby Courchesne
1962: Tony DeMarco W10 Stefan Redl
1963: Carlos Monzon 20 years old pro debut KO2 Ramon Montenegro
1967: Muhammad Ali W15 Ernie Terrell - tortured by Ali for not acknowledging his new Muslim name
Danish 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist Hans Nielsen passes
1976: Robert Roselia was born in Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France
He was born in Saint-Esprit, Martinique, and later boxed out of Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France.
1982: Amado Urzua KO2 Hilario Zapata
1987: Mark Breland KO7 Harold Volbrecht
1988: Greg Haugen W15 Vinny Pazienza
Kelvin Seabrooks KO2 Fernando Beltran
1992: Mauro Galvano W12 Juan Carlos Gimenez
1993: Riddick Bowe KO1 Michael Dokes
1994: Leo Gamez KO7 Juan Torres
1998: Reggie Johnson KO5 William Guthrie
Sugar Shane Mosley KO8 Demetrio Ceballos
Jorge Arce W12 Miguel
1999: Bernard Hopkins KO7 Robert Allen
Sharmba Mitchell W12 Pedro Saiz
Vuyani Bungu KO7 Victor Lierena
Lehlohonolo Ledwaba KO2 Maxim Pugachev
Edgar Barcenas W12 Miguel Casillas
2000: Mzonke Fana W12 Irvin Buhlalu
Robert Koon KO5 Chris Mills
Hector Camacho, Jr. KO1 Harold Warren
2001: Samuel Peter debuts age 20 KO1 Georgi Hristov
Vassiliy Jirov KO1 Alex Gonzales
Ratanachai Sor Vorapin KO2 Agus Ekajaya
Serhiy Dzinziruk W8 Mike Algoet
2002: Jeffrey Mathebula KO4 Molefe Benzane
Takalani Ndlovu KO3 Mpho Mothiba
2004: Carl Thompson KO9 Sebastian Rothman
Glencoffe Johnson W12 Clinton Woods
2005: Sonny Boy Jaro KO2 Jojo Bardon
Hussein Hussein KO3 Federico Catubay
2006: Pornsawan Porpramook KO10 Johan Wahyudi
Kompayak Porpramook KO4 Ongkaraknoi Jiittigym
2009: Andre Ward W12 Henry Buchanan
Francois Botha W12 Ron Guerrero
Yusaf Mack W12 Chris Henry
2010: Edwin Valero RTD9 Antonio DeMarco
Jorge Solis KO7 Likar Ramos
Ji Hyun Park WSD10 Suzannah Warner
Ryol Li Lee W10 Kazunori Takayama
Malcolm Tunacao W12 Seung-Suk Chae
2015: Liliana Palmera WSD10 Alys Sanchez
2016: Mariana Juarez W10 Noemi Bosques
Sabrina Maribel Perez W10 Maria Jose Nunez