On This Day In Boxing History!

Jose Torres vs Eddie Cotton

August 15th, 1966

Convention Center, Las Vegas 

WBA / WBC World Light Heavyweight Title

1966 Ring Magazine Fight of the Year

August 15th

1911: Sam Langford KO5 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien

1922: Johnny Dundee KO9 Danny Frush

1942: Chalky Wright KO2 Curley St Angelo

1950: Ezzard Charles KO14 Freddie Beshore

1951: Joe Louis W10 Jimmy Bivins

1960: Freddie Little KO4 Clive Stewart

Howard Winstone TKO6 Sergio Milan

1961: Gene Fullmer W15 Florentino Fernandez

1963: Simon Brown was born in Clarendon, Jamaica

1966: Jose Torres W15 Eddie Cotton

1970: Chris Byrd was born in Flint Michigan

1981: Sergio Palma KO12 Ricardo Cardona

Hilario Zapata W15 German Torres

1986: Jimmy Paul W15 Darryll Tyson

1987: Evander Holyfield KO11 Ossie Ocasio

Louie Espinoza KO9 Mike Ayala

Fidel Bassa D15 Hilario Zapata

1991: Marcos Villasana W12 Ricardo Cepeda

1998: Luisito Espinosa WTD11 Juan Carlos Ramirez

2003: Jesus Chavez W12 Sirimongkol Singmanassak

2009: Gabriel Campillo W12 Beibut Shumenov

Roy Jones Jr. RTD10 Jeff Lacy

Steven Luevano DQ7 Bernabe Concepcion

2014: Amanda Serrano KO6 Maria Elena Maderna    

2015: Carlos Cuadras TKO5 Dixon Flores

2017: Luis Nery TKO4 Shinsuke Yamanaka

2020: Jessica McCaskill WMD10 Cecilia Brækhus