"Blackjack" Billy Fox TKO's Artie Levine in the 3rd round, on June 27, 1947, at Madison Square Garden, winning his 3rd straight fight since he had suffered his first career lose in an unsucessful challenge (TKO by 10) of Light heavyweight Champion Gus Lesnevich in February.

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Muhammad Ali getting ready to spar with young British prospect, 20 year old Joe Bugner, on June 27, 1970 in New York City.

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In his first fight since losing the World Middleweight Championship to Sugar Ray Robinson, fighting at light heavyweight (both weighed in at 175 lbs) Jake LaMotta is unable to answer the bell for the 8th round against "Irish" Bob Murphy, on June 27, 1951, at Yankee Stadium.

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History maker - George Dixon became the first black fighter to win a boxing world title when he captured the bantamweight crown #OnThisDay in 1890 by stopping Britain's Nunc Wallace in Round 18 of a scheduled 30 at the Pelican Club in London.

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Once a warrior, always a warrior: Decades after their historic 1892 clash, James J. Corbett and John L. Sullivan look like they wouldn't mind locking up again. Corbett had scored a 21st round KO over "The Boston Strong Boy" in New Orleans. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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Future big man king Jersey Joe Walcott stands over future light heavyweight champion Harold Johnson in Philadelphia in 1950. In round three Johnson collapsed to the canvas, writhing in agony, and couldn't continue due to a lower back injury. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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Though marred by controversy and the infamous low blow, Roberto Duran’s 13th round win over Ken Buchanan #OnThisDay in 1972 marked his first world title victory and began his reign as WBA lightweight champion.

Buchanan had angered Duran at the press conference to announce the

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News: The WBA has stripped Gervonta Davis of its lightweight title effective immediately, made him "champion in recess" and said in the resolution it will order Floyd Schofield vs. Lucas Bahdi to fight for the vacant title. #boxing

Imagine fighting an undefeated world champion in a higher weight class as a TUNE-UP for an even bigger showdown. That's what @SugarRayLeonard did when he took on the 36-0 WBA super welterweight champion Ayub Kalule, which was the penultimate fight before his first bout with the

Harry Wills, aka "The Black Panther," puts in the work on the heavy bag, circa 1925. Criminally underrated. Wins over Joe Jeannette, Jeff Clark, Sam McVea, Gunboat Smith, Luis Firpo, Kid Norfolk, and Sam Langford. Official record: 89-10-4. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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A serious array of talent captured together #OnThisDay in 1924 during medical checks prior to an "all-star" card at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Pictured in fighting togs before the Milk Fund benefit event are, left to right, Larry Estridge, Harry Greb, Tommy Loughran, Young

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Referee Pete Tomasco watches the action closely as Bennie Briscoe (right) retains the NABF Middleweight Ttitle on June 25, 1973 with an 8th-round TKO of Billy "Dynamite" Douglas (father of James "Buster" Douglas) at The Spectrum in Philadelphia.

UPI reports:

"Bennie Briscoe of

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Like many I am truly fascinated by this match. I announced a number of Ennis fights as he developed as a fighter and beyond. He is gifted in so many ways in the ring. Zayas is a superb technician with toughness galore. Both men are facing the toughest foe of their career. I

Joe Louis is back in Detroit on June 25, 1937, with his mom Lily Barrow and his new wife Marva, and he's now the World Heavyweight Champion after KO'ing Jim Braddock in the 8th round at Comiskey Park on the 22nd.

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Famed boxing scribe and historian Nat Fleischer - co-founder of Ring magazine - died in hospital in New York City #OnThisDay in 1972 at the age of 84.

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Challenger Manuel Ramos congratulates champion Joe Frazier after their June 24, 1968 heavyweight title fight, won by Frazier on a 2nd round TKO, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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Joe Louis KO'd Jersey Joe Walcott #OnThisDay in 1948 - stopping Walcott in Round 11 of 15 at Yankee Stadium in New York in his 25th heavyweight world title defence before retiring for the first time.

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Billed as 'The War of the Worlds", the Ali-Inoki debacle on June 25, 1976, was definitely not a high point for Muhammad Ali (or boxing) as he took on Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, Japan on July 26, 1976 (July 25th in the USA).

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