44 years ago July 24: @realboomboom stops Ernesto España in 6, retains WBA 135lb title, Mollenkopf Stadium, Warren, OH. In 1st title defense, “Boom Boom” overwhelms former WBA champ from Venezuela with strength before 10,000 adoring fans 10 miles from hometown of Youngstown.

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43 years ago July 24: Robin Blake stops Tony Baltazar in 9, jr. welters, Showboat Casino, LV. Undefeated “Rockin’ Robin” moves to 21-0 after just 23 months as a pro, scoring thrilling KO of left-hooking slugger Tony “The Tiger” & shooting for Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini’s WBA title.

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38 years ago, Tony Lopez defeated Rocky Lockridge by UD12 to win the IBF super featherweight title. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.

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Future heavyweight king Gene Tunney defeated French idol Georges Carpentier via TKO #OnThisDay in 1924 when Carpentier was unable to continue after coming out for the 15th and final round of their bout at the Polo Grounds in New York. Carpentier was floored three times in Round

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Everyone should stop listening to Ryan Garcia, he will be with GBP for awhile yet. That contract is along way from expiring. A lot longer than Ryan leads people on to believe. I will call it "wishful thinking" in Ryan's mind.

Indeed it was. It's included in my first book "Tales From the Vault: A Celebration of 100 Boxing Closet Classics," which is available on Amazon. Cheap plug? Yes! Should you buy it? Again, yes!

For the record, it is in the chapter called "Undercard Treasures," pages 300-306.

World champ Evander Holyfield and former champ George Foreman rumble in Atlantic City in 1991. The 42-year-old Foreman exceeded all expectations and gave "The Real Deal" one of his toughest fights before Holyfield won by unanimous decision. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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"Ghetto Wizard" Benny Leonard retained the world lightweight crown #OnThisDay in 1923 with a unanimous 15-round decision over "Lefty" Lew Tendler in front of around 60,000 fans at Yankee Stadium in New York. The pair are pictured tearing into each other in the first round

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The late, great Smokin' Joe Frazier celebrates after stopping Jimmy Ellis in four rounds at Madison Square Garden in 1970, a win which made Smokin' Joe the undisputed world champ. With him are manager Yank Durham (left) & trainer Eddie Futch. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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Charley Phil Rosenberg retained his world bantamweight crown #OnThisDay in 1925 by KO'ing Eddie Shea at the Velodrome in New York. Rosenberg put Shea down for the count in Round 4 of a scheduled 15 in a clash witnessed by a crowd of around 16,000. Some suspected that this bout

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Jr Welter condender Frank "The Ghost" Martin smartly Ghosts PBC, & signs with Top Rank. Good move for Martin to get as far away as possible from PBC.

A grinning Sonny Liston pictured #OnThisDay in 1963 after he retained the world heavyweight crown with a Round 1 KO of Floyd Patterson at the Convention Center in Las Vegas.

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Tony Galento, the tough heavyweight brawler of the 1930's who floored Joe Louis in a losing title bid, died #OnThisDay in 1979 of a heart attack. He was 69.

At 5'9" & 235lbs, Galento – whose inelegant nickname was Two Ton – claimed he trained on beer, burgers & spaghetti!

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Loyalty is in short supply in business.

Program in my #boxing collection from the prime Mike Tyson drilled Carl Williams in 93 seconds to retain the undisputed heavyweight title in his final successful defense -- 37 years ago today. Buster Douglas would be next 7 months later.

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The hand of Max Baer, aka "Madcap Maxie," is raised as his vanquished foe, Max Schmeling, congratulates him at Yankee Stadium in 1933. Baer dominated the former world champ to win by 10th round TKO and secure a title shot vs Primo Carnera. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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37 yrs ago July 21: @MikeTyson stops Carl “The Truth” Williams in 1, retains undisputed heavyweight title, Convention Ctr AC. In what would be final undisputed defense, 36-0 Tyson levels Williams in 93 seconds. Future conqueror Buster Douglas outpoints Oliver McCall on undercard.

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I'll never forget the moment I heard of his death. He stuffed in so many accomplishments in his reign and the promise of what could have been has enhanced his historic standing past where it already was. We never got to see him in full-fledged decline in the ring and, in

Purse bids has been ordered for Devin Haney-Keyshawn Davis for the WBO 147-pound title. Personally, I think Haney will take a more lucrative bout.

But this is the way the system should work. Mandatories declared and enforced. And if champions decide not to defend titles, they

Mike Tyson retained the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles #OnThisDay in 1989 when he took just 93 seconds to stop Carl "The Truth" Williams at the Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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You don't have to wonder why Boxing can't get out of it's own way, @DAZNBoxing putting these fights on PPV is ridiculous, Anthony Joshua against a nobody that even diehard Boxing fans haven't heard of, & in a separate show hasn't fought in 3 years Errol Spence vs Tim Tszyu.

Challenger Azumah Nelson (left) and WBC Featherweight Champion Salvador Sanchez weigh in, on July 21, 1982, before their title fight, a classic, at Madison Square Garden.

This will be the undefeated (13-0) Nelson's first fight outside of his native Ghana and, sadly, the final

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WBC Featherweight Champion Salvador Sanchez and undefeated (13-0) challenger Azumah Nelson put on a classic, on July 21, 1982, at Madison Square Garden with the champion, in the final bout of a career and life tragically cut short, prevailing via 15th round TKO.

"He was a very

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Former Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson rides in a car during a parade in Harlem, NYC, on July 22, 1921.

In 1920, Johnson had finally turned himself in to U.S. authorities and served his sentence from his Mann Act conviction in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. He

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