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Happy 64th Birthday to former IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Prince Charles Williams. 🥊
53 years ago today Carlos Monzon defeated Emile Griffith via UD15 to defend the Undisputed Middleweight Title
The second fight between the pair
Sultan Ibragimov won the WBO world heavyweight title #OnThisDay in 2007 with a 12-round unanimous decision over Shannon Briggs at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
R.I.P. Ray.
RIP Ray Lampkin. Fantastic performance v prime 135lb Duran - in Panama too.
All-time greats Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles slug it out at Yankee Stadium in 1954. After 15 fast-paced rounds, Rocky retained the world title by unanimous decision. Three months later he beat Ezzard again, this time by 8th round KO. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing
"The Golden Boy", long before Oscar De La Hoya was even born, Art Aragon (left) wins a 10-round unanimous decision over future Welterweight Champion Don Jordan (right), who came in with a 20-2-0 record, at The Olympic Auditorium on June 2, 1955.
The AP would report:
"Art
#OTD in 1973 the great Aboriginal boxer Hector Thompson travelled to Panama to face the once-defeated Roberto Duran for the WBA lightweight title.
Hec had his moments but was ultimately outclassed by the red-hot Manos de Piedra, losing in eight.
Ace Hudkins, down in the 4th round, will recover to win a 10-round points decision over Al Mello, on June 1, 1927, at Queensboro Stadium, Long Island City, Queens, New York.
Hudkins, "The Nebraska Wildcat", will roll on and face Mickey Walker for the Middleweight Championship in
Livingstone Bramble won the WBA world lightweight crown #OnThisDay in 1984 with a Round 14 TKO of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.
If a @EddieHearn fighter is ever going to beat a @BobArum fighter, it's Boots Ennis beating Xander Zayas. If Ennis doesn't win then we'll know the Hearn Curse is absolutely real!!!
And you can see it on DAZN Boxing.
Before and after...
A grinning and coiffed Max Baer signals to the press #OTD in 1939 that he'll demolish Lou Nova in three rounds in their heavyweight clash at Yankee Stadium - only to end up a battered and bloodied mess hours later on the wrong end of a Round 11 stoppage.
Name that boxer (No Cheating)
#BrunchBoxing
George Foreman continued his remarkable comeback #OnThisDay in 1989 when Smokin' Bert Cooper retired after two rounds of their bout at the Pride Pavilion in Phoenix, Arizona.
The @WorldBoxingOrg & @IBFUSBAboxing working together in unison will definitely be great for Boxing. In that regard, the WBO/IBF will hold the first ever Unified convention December 9-13 at the Caribe Royal Resort, in Orlando.
I absolutely support this new strategic alliance.
We all want the big fights and the nostalgia sold to us emphasizes the history of why we do.
But if we’re honest with ourselves, the audience didn’t shrink because boxing is terrible or corrupt. It shrunk because of options.
In the 70’s you watched what was on your local
How pathetic was Eifert as Bivol's mandatory challenger? From my story: "Eifert turned in the worst showing in the 41-year history of @CompuBox. He landed only 12 of 349 punches (3 percent). That is the fewest landed punches ever landed in a 12-round fight it has tracked. In six
May 31, 1938: Henry Armstrong W 15 Barney Ross, NYC. Armstrong captures the World Welterweight Title just seven months after capturing the World Featherweight Title.
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