BOXING - What Happened On This Day???????

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(50 years ago)

Floyd Patterson v Ingemar Johansson - New York Polo Ground, New York City, USA.

Patterson regains the World heavyweight title by KO in round 5 of 15 in front of 45,000 people.

Patterson becomes the first heavyweight in history to regain the title.

 

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(30 years ago)


Roberto Duran v 'Sugar Ray' Leonard - Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

‘Hands of Stone’ Duran inflicts the first loss of ‘Sugar’ Ray’s career with a PTS win over 15 rounds, and wins the World welterweight Title.

 

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Wladimir Klitschko v Ruslan Chagaev - Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Klitschko wins by KO in round 10 of 12, retaining his cocktail of World heavyweight titles.

 

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Lennox Lewis v Vitali Klitschko - Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.

In his final bout, Lewis retains his World heavyweight title by TKO (cut stoppage) in round 5 of 12. This remains Klitschko's most recent loss.

 

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Joe Louis v Max Schmeling - New York City, USA.

Joe Louis retains his World heavyweight title with a first round KO, in possibly the most anticipated rematch in boxing history. This squared the ledger at a win a piece.


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Marco Antonio Barrera v Erik Morales - MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.


Barrera retains his World featherweight title on PTS over 12 rounds.

This was part 2 of one of the great trilogies in boxing history, and the ledger stood at this point at one win apeice.

Barrera would go on to also win the decider – with all 3 bouts going the full, and punishing, 12 rounds.

 

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Kostya Tszyu v Oktay Urkal - Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA.

Kostya retains his WBC & WBA super lightweight titles on PTS over 12 rounds.