Andre Ward fought for the final time OTD in 2017, stopping rival Sergey Kovalev in the eighth round of a light heavyweight title fight. This was their second meeting; Ward beat Kovalev close, on points, seven months before.
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Floyd Mayweather wasn't always a box-and-move type. OTD in 1998 he dismantled the excellent Angel Manfredy in Miami in two rounds in defense of a junior lightweight world title. VC: Jay Seklow
Muhammad Ali climbed off the canvas to stop Henry Cooper on cuts in the fifth round OTD in 1963 in London. Ali was down in the fourth. In his next fight Ali beat Sonny Liston for the title.
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Roberto Duran beat Sugar Ray Leonard over 15 rounds to win a welterweight world title OTD in 1980 in Montreal. Scores: 146-144, 145-144, 148-147.
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OTD 2011 - Floyd Mayweather KO 4 Victor Ortiz at MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Welterweight Title. "Protect yourself at all times." This fight actually might be most memorable for Larry Merchant's post fight interview with Mayweather.
OTD 21012 - Canelo "Canelo" Alvarez W 12 Shane Mosley at MGM Grand, Las Vegas. WBC Light Middleweight Title. Canelo dominated the fight. At 40, Mosley was 19 years older than Alvarez. Moseley officially retired after this bout.
OTD 2005 - Diego Corrales TKO 10 Jose Luis Castillo at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Lightweight Title. 2005 Fight of the Year. The 10th round is one of the greatest in boxing history.
Antonio Tarver tucked in Roy Jones Jr. in the second round OTD in 2004 in Las Vegas to win a light heavyweight world championship. This was a rematch; Jones decisioned Tarver six months prior. VC: SweetHands93
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Philadelphia prospect Mike Jones was leading on all cards when an 11th-round, right-hand bomb from Randall Bailey ended their fight for a welterweight title OTD in 2012 in Las Vegas. Jones was also down in the 10th.
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In his first defense of a world welterweight title, Sugar Ray Leonard nearly decapitated poor Davey "Boy" Green in the fourth round OTD in 1980 in Landover, Maryland. In his next fight Leonard lost the title to Roberto Duran. VC: Top Rank Boxing
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Larry Holmes won a heavyweight world title OTD in 1978 with a 15-round split decision over Ken Norton in Las Vegas. Scores: 142-143 and 143-142 (twice). Here's the unforgettable 15th round.
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In one of the great fights of the era and certainly the one with the most dramatic finish, Diego Corrales stopped Jose Luis Castillo in the 10th round of a lightweight title bout OTD in 2005. Enjoy. VC: BitchingBrew
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OTD 2001 - Floyd Mayweather Jr TKO 10 Diego Corrales at MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title. Mayweather landed 220 of 414 punches, while Corrales connected on only 60 of 205.
Referee Mills Lane has died at age 85 in Reno, NV. Lane refereed some of the biggest fights of the 1980s and '90s, including the famous "Bite Fight" between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson. He was an excellent official.
Former middleweight world titleholder Kelly Pavlik was BOTD in 1982 in Youngstown, Ohio. Here he is dethroning Jermain Taylor in 2007. VC: Top Rank Boxing
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Japanese sensation Naoya Inoue blew out unbeaten Emmanuel Rodriguez in the second round of a bantamweight title fight OTD in 2019 in Glascow. VC: World Boxing Super Series
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George Foreman 2.0 made quick work of hopelessly outgunned Adilson Rodrigues OTD in 1990 in Las Vegas. Foreman won in the second round.
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OTD 2014 - Floyd Mayweather W 12 Marcos Maidana at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title and wins WBA Welterweight Title. According to CompuBox, Maidana set the record for the number of punches thrown and landed against Mayweather.
OTD in 2002 in Connecticut, welterweights Micky Ward and Arturo Gatti put on one of the best fights you'll ever see. Ward won on a majority decision. Here's the ninth, the Round of the Year. VC: juan grimaldo
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OTD in 1991, Evander Holyfield retained the heavyweight championship with a 12-round decision over George Foreman in Atlantic City. Scores: 116-111, 115-112, 117-110. VC: ElTerribleProduction (That's Ringside Seat's Nigel Collins providing color commentary.)
Vernon Forrest was BOTD in 1971 in Augusta, GA. Here he is as a 7-1 underdog putting it to Shane Mosley in their first fight, January 26, 2002 in New York. Forrest won a unanimous decision and a world welterweight championship. VC: Boxing World Weekly
It took washed Mike Tyson less than a round to pancake Clifford Etienne OTD in 2003 in Memphis. It was the final win of Tyson's career.
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Gennady Golovkin knocked out Nobuhiro Ishida in three rounds OTD in 2013 in Monte Carlo. It was Golovkin's sixth defense of a middleweight world title. VC: Boxing World weekly
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Naoya Inoue wasted no time getting rid of Nonito Donaire in their rematch OTD in 2022 in Saitama, Japan. Inoue won in the second round in defense of the bantamweight world championship.
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Marco Antonio Barrera ended "Prince" Naseem Hamed's undefeated streak OTD in 2001, scoring a 12-round unanimous decision in a featherweight bout in Las Vegas. Scores: 116-111, 115-112 (twice). VC: Jeff Jackson
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Speaking of body-shot knockouts, Roy Jones Jr. caved in Virgil Hill's ribcage OTD in 1998 in Biloxi, Mississippi, leading to a fourth-round knockout.
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In a meeting of former heavyweight champions, George Foreman made a mess of Joe Frazier for the second time OTD in 1976 in Uniondale, New York. Foreman won in the fifth round.
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Middleweight great Bernard Hopkins was BOTD in 1965 in Philadelphia. Here are some highlights from arguably his greatest night, when he stopped Felix Trinidad in New York in September 2001. VC: Jeff Jackson
Winky Wright took Felix Trinidad to school OTD in 2005 in Las Vegas, winning a unanimous decision by scores of 120-107 and 119-108 (twice). VC: BIG RIGHT HAND
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Lennox Lewis made quick work of top contender Michael Grant OTD in 2000 in New York, scoring three, first-round knockdowns and winning in the second. Lewis retained a heavyweight world title. VC: Mario Sanchez
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Sugar Ray Robinson retained the middleweight world title OTD in 1952 with a third-round knockout of Rocky Graziano in Chicago. Robinson was floored in the third. VC: ElTerribleProduction
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In one of the great all-time heavyweight title fights, Larry Holmes won a world title OTD in 1978 with a split, 15-round decision over Ken Norton in Las Vegas. Scores: 142-143 and 143-142 (twice).
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John Fury (yes, that John Fury) was flattened in the fourth round by one Steve Garber OTD in 1995 in a heavyweight match in Manchester.
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Kennedy McKinney scored one of the great, come-from-behind, one-punch knockouts OTD in 1992 when he stopped Welcome Ncita in the 11th round in Sardinia, Italy. The great Steve Smoger delivered an over-the-top 10-count for the ages. Video credit: Dorus Mahendra
Roberto Duran overwhelmed poor Davey Moore to win a junior middleweight world title OTD in 1983 in New York. The fight was stopped in the eighth round.
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In a sensational firefight that occurred OTD in 2009, Juan Manuel Marquez stopped Juan Diaz in the ninth round in Houston in defense of a lightweight world title. VC: BoxingJournals
Andre Ward retained a super middleweight world title OTD in 2010 with a 12-round decision over Allan Green in Oakland, California. Scores 120-108 (three times).
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Heavyweight slugfests don't get any better than the one that took place OTD in 1995 in Kansas City, Missouri between contenders Tommy Morrison and Razor Ruddock. Morrison prevailed in the sixth round.
Buckle up.
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Heavyweight world champion Joe Louis turned back a spirited challenge from the great light heavyweight Billy Conn with a 13th-round knockout OTD in 1941 in New York. It was Louis's 18th consecutive title defense.
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Miguel Cotto outlsugged and outlasted Zab Judah in an outstanding welterweight title fight OTD in 2007 in New York. Cotto retained the title in the 11th round.
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OTD 1989 - Mike Tyson TKO 5 Frank Bruno at Las Vegas Hilton. Retains Heavyweight Title. This was Tyson's first professional fight without trainer Kevin Rooney, who was fired in December 1988. Bruno was the No. 1 heavyweight contender of the WBA and WBC.
Julian Jackson, former two-division world titleholder and one of the great punchers of the late 1980s and early '90s, was BOTD in 1960 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Watch him waste dudes.
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In what has become the benchmark for all heavyweight slugfests, George Foreman knocked out Ron Lyle in the fifth round OTD in 1976 in Las Vegas. It was Foreman's first official fight following his loss to Muhammad Ali. Buckle up.
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OTD 1951 - Rocky Marciano TKO 8 Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden, New York. Louis received a purse of $132,000, and Marciano got $44,000. Louis was a 6 to 5 betting favorite.
OTD 2003 - James Toney TKO 9 Evander Holyfield at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas. "I'm sorry I had to do that to him. He's a great fighter, and I have a lot of respect for him." -James Toney
Former lightweight titleholder Shane Mosley relieved Oscar De La Hoya of a welterweight world title via 12-round split-decision OTD in 2000 in Los Angeles. Scores: 116-112, 115-113, 113-115.
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Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns met in one of the biggest superfights of the 1980s OTD in 1981 in Las Vegas. Leonard prevailed in the 14th round of one of the great welterweight title fights.
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Marvin Hagler retained the middleweight title OTD in 1985 with a nondescript third-round stoppage of Thomas Hearns in Las Vegas. Ringsiders could barely stay awake. Dullest. Fight. Ever. Made Anderson-Merhy look like Foreman-Lyle.
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OTD in 1990, Julian Jackson erased a considerable points deficit with an emphatic, one-punch knockout of Herol Graham in Benalmadena, Spain to claim a vacant middleweight world title. Kudos to the British announcers for their entirely impartial call.
Carl Froch trailed on two judges' scorecards when he knocked out Jermain Taylor in the 12th round OTD in 2009 in Connecticut. It was Froch's first defense of a super middleweight world title. VC: Boxing Highlights
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In one of the great fights of the era, Marvin Hagler outlasted and outslugged murderous-punching John "The Beast" Mugabi OTD in 1986 in Las Vegas. Hagler won in the 11th round. It was his final successful defense of the middleweight world championship.
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OTD 1987 - Mike Tyson W 12 Tony Tucker at Las Vegas Hilton. Retains WBC & WBA Heavyweight Titles and wins IBF Heavyweight Title. This was the final fight of HBO's heavyweight unification tournament.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler retained the middleweight world championship OTD in 1984 with a 10th-round knockout of Juan Domingo Roldan in Las Vegas. It was Hagler's ninth title defense. VC: Jeff Jackson
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OTD 1980 - Roberto Duran W 15 Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium, Montreal. Wins WBC Welterweight Title. "He is the best I have fought. He hit me hard a couple of times, but I was never in bad shape. He was pretty good, but he had to be because he was fighting me." -Duran
Former light heavyweight titleholder Glen Johnson was BOTD in Clarendon, Jamaica in 1969. Here he is laying out Roy Jones in a big upset in 2004. VC: ANGAS TA
The great Alexis Arguello was BOTD in 1952 in Barrio Monseñor Lezcano, Managua, Nicaragua. Here he is knocking Kevin Rooney into another dimension in the second round in 1982 in Atlantic City. VC: Gatto Volante
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Tommy Morrison and Razor Ruddock put on a heavyweight slugfest for the ages OTD in 1995 in Kansas City, MO. Morrison won in the sixth round.
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OTD 2009 - Manny Pacquiao TKO 12 Miguel Cotto at MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Pacquiao dropped Cotto with a right hand early in the third round. Cotto down again in round 4, this time from a big left hand as he was advancing forward.
Arguably, the most famous photo of Joe Frazier in action. Sports Illustrated's Tony Triolo, captured the moment Frazier's left hook sent Muhammad Ali to the canvas in 15th round. This shot was on the cover of Sports Illustrated & the basis of the Frazier statue in Philadelphia.
Bert Cooper came within a couple punches of winning a heavyweight world title OTD in 1991 when he knocked down Evander Holyfield in their slugfest in Atlanta, GA. Holyfield recovered and won in the seventh.
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OTD in 1986 20-year-old Mike Tyson became the youngest man to win the heavyweight championship when he stopped Trevor Berbick in the second round in Las Vegas.
Juan Manuel Marquez sent Manny Pacquiao to La-La land OTD in 2012 in Las Vegas. Pacquiao was beating Marquez around the ring when Marquez walked him into a right hand in the sixth. Pacquiao was also down in the third, Marquez in the fifth. VC: Boxing Fights Collection
Marvin Hagler retained the middleweight world title OTD in 1981 in Boston, stopping former champion Vito Antuofermo on cuts in five rounds. This was a rematch; their first fight was scored a draw.
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OTD 2001 - Kostya Tszyu TKO 2 Zab Judah at MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Retains WBC & WBA Super Lightweight Titles and wins IBF Junior Welterweight Title. After the stoppage, Judah tried to punch referee Jay Nady & threw a stool at him after losing his IBF junior welterweight title.
Sugar Ray Leonard stopped Wilfred Benitez in the 15th round OTD in 1979 in Las Vegas to win a welterweight world championship. Leonard led on all cards.
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