On This Day In Boxing History!

Jake LaMotta vs Ray Robinson

February 14th, 1951

World Middleweight Championship

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois

February 14th

1914: Tom McCormick WF6 Waldemar Holberg

1916: Jimmy Wilde KO12 Joe Symonds

1918: Jack Dempsey KO1 Jim Flynn

1933: Wrentham, Massachusetts heavyweight Ernie Schaaf passed after going into a coma and following a 13th round knockout loss to Primo Carnera February 10th at Madison Square Garden.

1945: Chester Slider W10 Henry Armstrong

Ray Robinson KO1 George Costner

1951: Ray Robinson KO13 Jake LaMotta - The second St. Valentines Day Massacre!

1955: Carlos Ortiz KO1 Harry Bell        

1956: 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist Howard Davis was born in Glen Cove, NY

Rocky Randell W10 Andy Arel

Jimmy Martinez TKO5 Peter Mueller

Amos "Big Train" Lincoln KO1 George Taveras

1959: 17-year-old Sugar Ramos KO10 Orlando Castillo

1962: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter KO1Tommy Settles

1963: The World Boxing Council (WBC) is founded in Mexico

1965: Frankie Liles was born in Syracuse, New York

1970: Freddie Norwood was born in St. Louis, Missouri

José Nápoles TKO15 Ernie Lopez

1973: Muhammad Ali W12 Joe Bugner

1981: Eusebio Pedroza KO13 Patrick Ford

1985: Leo Gámez age 22 debuts W4 Francisco Garcia

1987: Evander Holyfield KO7 Henry Tillman

Jorge Castro age 19 debuts KO1 Patricio German Caracci

1988: Buddy McGirt KO12 Frankie Warren

1992: Naseem Hamed age 18 debuts KO2 Ricky Beard

1998: Akhmed Kotiev W12 Leonard Townsend

2002: New York jury awards Lennox Lewis $8-million in damages in his lawsuit with former promoter and manager Panos Eliades

2003: Laila Ali TKO4 Mary Ann Almager
Chris Smith TKO10 Sam Garr
Chad Van Sickle W6 Joshua Jones
Kermit Cintron TKO6 Frankie Sanchez
Darling Jimenez W8 Leonardo Rojas
Juan Lazcano WTD9 Danny Rios
Kelson Pinto TKO2 Richard Savage
Richel Hersisia KO2 Patriche Costel

2009: Manuel Vargas W12 Walter Tello

Sergio Martinez DMD12 Kermit Cintron 

Nate Campbell WMD12 Ali Funeka        

Cristobal Cruz W12 Cyril Thomas

2010: Lorenzo Villanueva KO2 Eric Macas

Rommel Asenjo W12 Jetly Purisima

2015: David Sanchez TKO10 Juan Alberto Rosas