I share my Birthday with the infamous fight Ray Mancini vs Duk Koo Kim. Kim died on the 17th as a result of the fight. 3 Months after that Kims mother commited suicide and 3 months after that the fights referee Richard Green (who refereed Ali vs Holmes) also commited suicide. Green was suffered guilt over the fact that he did not stop the fight early enough to save Kim. Terrible story, but there you go thats my link. The year of this was 82. I was born in 84.
on my birthday: James J Corbett defended the world heavyweight title against Charley Mitchell (1894) and Joe Louis did the same against John Henry Lewis (1939) I hasten to add I wasn't around for either of those!