On This Day In Boxing History!

Glen Johnson vs Antonio Tarver

December 18th, 2004

IBO World Light Heavyweight Title

Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

December 18th

1901: Joe Walcott KO5 James Ferns

1912: Freddie Steele was born in Seattle, Washington

1916: Jimmy Wilde KO11 Young Zulu Kid

1925: Louis (Kid) Kaplan W15 Babe Herman

1930: Primo Carnera TKO2 Reggie Meen

1942: Beau Jack KO3 Tippy Larkin

1952- World Middleweight & former World Welterweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson announces his retirement (Robinson’s first)

1962: Fidel Bassa born.

1977: Alexis Argüello KO5 Enrique Solis

Eddie Gazo W15 Kenji Shibata

1987: Fidel Bassa W12 Felix Marti

Dmitry Bivol is born in Tokmak, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union

1993: Michael Nunn W12 Merqui Sosa

Simon Brown KO4 Terry Norris

Julio Cesar Chavez KO5 Andy Holligan

Ricardo Lopez KO11 Manny Melchor

1998: Will Grigsby W12 Ratanapol Sor Voraphin

1999: Tim Austin KO1 Bernardo Mendoza

Acelino Freitas KO3 Claudio Victor Martinet

2004: Glen Johnson W12 Antonio Tarver

Markus Beyer W12 Yoshinori Nishizawa

Isaac Bustos KO4 Eagle Kyowa

Andre Ward age 21 debuts TKO2 Chris Molina

Jorge Arce TKO3 Juan Francisco Centeno

2006: Joan Guzman W12 Antonio Davis

2009: Noni Tenge TKO9 Gifty Amanua Ankrah

Hozumi Hasegawa TKO4 Alvaro Perez

Pawel Kolodziej RTD6 Rob Calloway

2010: Jorge Arce TKO1 Adolfo Ramos

Marco Huck W12 Denis Lebedev

2015: Rances Barthelemy W12 Denis Shafikov

Siphosethu Ncisane KO12 Ndikho Magadaza

2016: Yuko Kuroki W10 Mari Ando

2020: Gennady Golovkin RTD7 Kamil Szeremeta

Gilberto Ramírez TKO 10 Alfonso López

2021: Gilberto Ramírez TKO10 Yunieski Gonzalez

Seniesa Estrada KO4 Maria Micheo Santizo