Boxing History:

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September 1

1866: James J. Corbett born.

1899: Harry Harris D 6 Jimmy Barry, Chicago.

Joe Gans KO 10 Eugene Bezenah, Brooklyn, NY.

1900: James (Rube) Ferns W 15 Matty Matthews, Detroit. Retains World
Welterweight Title.

1908: Sam Langford ND 6 Joe Jeanette, NYC. Newspaper decision was a draw according to the New York Times. Jeanette was knocked down in the 1st and 2nd round, but it was felt that his rally afterward against Langford had
earned him a draw

Tommy Burns KO 6 Bill Lang, Melbourne. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1923: Rocky Marciano born Rocco Francis Marchegiano.

1960: Duillio Loi W 15 Carlos Ortiz, Milan. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1966: Hector Lizarraga born

1973: George Foreman KO 1 Joe (King) Roman, Tokyo. Retains World
Heavyweight Title. Referee: Jay Edson.

Ricardo Arredondo KO 6 Morito Kashiwaba, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super
Featherweight Title.

1976: Erik Morales born.

1983: Albert Davila KO 12 Kiko Bejines, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBC
Bantamweight Title. Referee: Waldemar Schmidt. At the time of the knockout
Bejines led: Judge Jose Mayorga 107-102, Judge Dimas Hernandez 106-104, and Judge Angel L. Guzman 105-105. Bejines subsequently underwent 3 ˝ hours of surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, during which doctors removed part of his frontal lobe and skull. On September 4, he was pronounced dead.
Bejines was 20-years old.

1984: Harry Arroyo KO 8 Charlie (White Lightning) Brown, Struthers, OH.
Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

2000: Dingaan Thobela KO 12 Glen Catley, Brakpan, South Africa. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.

2001: Sven Ottke W 12 James Butler, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

Celes Kobayashi W 12 Jesus Rojas, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Super
Flyweight Title.

September 2

1894: Thomas Edison films an exhibition bout in a studio between World
Heavyweight Champion James J. Corbett and Peter Courteney. By arrangement Corbett scored a knockout in round six.

1906: Emile Pladner born.

1939: Nicolino Loche born.

1953: Sonny Liston KO 1 Don Smith, St. Louis. Liston's pro debut.

1959: Antonio Esparragoza born.

1965: Lennox Lewis born.

1971: Antonio Gomez KO 5 Shozo Saijyo, Tokyo. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

1978: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Ruben Valdez, Cartagena. Retains WBA Super
Bantamweight Title.

1995: Frank Bruno W 12 Oliver McCall, London. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.

Virgil Hill W 12 Drake Thadzi, London. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

Nigel Benn KO 7 Danny Ray Perez, London. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

1998: Joe LaMotta, 49, son of Jake LaMotta dies in the crash of Swissair
Flight 111.

2000: Sven Ottke W 12 Charles Brewer, Magdeberg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

Diego Corrales KO 3 Angel Manfredy, El Paso, TX. Retains IBF Super
Featherweight Title.

Erik Morales KO 7 Kevin Kelly, El Paso, TX.

September 3

1896: Battling Nelson KO 1 Wallace's Kid, Hammond, IN. Nelson's pro debut.

1903: Abe Attell W 20 Johnny Reagan, St. Louis. Wins vacant World
Featherweight Title.

1906: Joe Gans WF 42 Battling Nelson, Golfield, NV. Regains World
Lightweight Title. Gans earned $11,000 and Nelson $22,500. United States
President Teddy Roosevelt's son Kermit was in the audience.

1907: Joe Gans KO 6 Jimmy Britt, San Francisco. Retains World Lightweight
Title.

1917: Mike Gibbons ND 10 Jack Dillon, Terre Haute, IN.

1936: Lou Ambers W 15 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Wins World Lightweight Title.

Mike Belloise KO 9 Dave Crowley, NYC. Wins New York World Featherweight Title.

1940: Jimmy Bivins W 10 Charley Burley, Pittsburgh. According to the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Bivins won seven rounds and Burley three.

1955: Robert Cohen D 15 Willie Toweel, Johannesburg. Retains World
Bantamweight Title.

1956: Jeff Chandler born.

1960: Livingstone Bramble born.

1965: Nick Rupa born.

1973: Vaughn Bean born.

1974: Eidy Moya born.

1983: Donald Curry KO 1 Roger Stafford, Marsala, Italy. Retains WBA
Welterweight Title.

1988: Meldrick Taylor KO 12 Buddy McGirt, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Super
Lightweight Title.

1993: Kyun-Yung Park W 12 Tae-Shik Chun, Damyang, S. Korea. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1994: Daniel Jimenez KO 1 Harald Geier, Wiener, Neustadt, Austria.

1999: Sornpichai Kratingdaeng KO 8 Leo Gamez, Mukdahan, Thailand. Wins WBA Flyweight Title.

2005: Markus Beyer W 12 Omar Sheika, Berlin, Germany. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

September 4

1912: Johnny Dundee ND 10 Johnny Kilbane, NYC. Although a no-decision bout Kilbane's title was at risk if he was stopped inside scheduled distance.
"Newspaper decision" a draw (New York Times)

1916: Freddie Welsh W 20 Charley White, Colorado Springs. Retains World
Lightweight Title. Just before the fight got underway, a section of the
arena gave way; two people were killed and hundreds more injured. Welsh
back-pedaled throughout the bout while White was the aggressor. When the
referee gave the decision to Welsh a riot broke out. The fighters, referee,
sports writers and others were forced to seek cover under the wood platform.

Johnny Kilbane KO 3 George (KO) Chaney, Cedar Point, OH. Retains World
Featherweight Title.

1919: Phil Terranova born.

1937: Petey Sarron W 12 Freddie Miller, Johannesburg. Wins World
Featherweight Title.

1946: Ike Williams KO 9 Ronnie James, Cardiff, Wales. Retains NBA
Lightweight Title.

1972: Diobelys Hurtado born.

1988: Gilberto Roman W 12 Kiyoshi Hatanaka, Nagoya. Retains WBC Super
Flyweight Title.

Elly Pical W 12 Ki Chang Kim, Surabaya, Indonesia. Retains IBF Super
Flyweight Title.

1998: Mark (Too Sharp) Johnson KO 6 Jose Laureano, Atlantic City. Retains
IBF Flyweight Title.

1999: Sven Ottke Tech. Dec. 10 Thomas Tate, Magdeburg, Germany. Retains IBF Super Middleweight Title.

2000: Unidentified gunmen fire nine bullets into the home of former world
champion Julio Cesar Chavez in Sinaloa, Mexico.

2004: Cory Spinks W 12 Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains World
Welterweight Title.

Jorge Arce W 12 Juanito Rubillar, Tijuana, Mexico. Retains WBC Junior
Flyweight Title.

September 5

1904: Sam Langford D 15 Joe Walcott, Manchester, NH. Walcott signed to
defend his claim as World Welterweight champion in this fight but as
weights were never disclosed, doubt remains as to whether this was a true
title defense.

1910: Abe Attell KO 17 Billy Lauder, Calgary. Retains World Featherweight
Title.

1911: Sam Langford ND 10 Joe Jeannette, NYC. Langford won the newspaper
decision according to the New York Times. Jeanette was knocked down in the
1st, 4th, and 10th rounds.

Tommy Gibbons KO 5 Oscar Kelly, Minneapolis. Gibbons pro debut.

1930: Tommy Freeman W 15 Young Jack Thompson, Cleveland. Wins World
Welterweight Title.

1964: Carlos Salazar born.

1973: Javier Jauregui born.

1975: Paul Spadafora born.

1987: Virgil Hill KO 4 Leslie Stewart, Atlantic City. Wins WBA Light
Heavyweight Title.

Sot Chitalada KO 4 Rae Ki Ahn, Bangkok. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

Chang Ho Choi KO 11 Dodie Penalosa, Quezon City. Wins IBF Flyweight Title.

1994: Ike Williams, 71, dies.

1995: Hi Yong Choi W 12 Keiji Yamaguchi, Osaka, Japan. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1998: Richie Woodhall W 12 Glenn Catley, Teleford, England. Retains WBC
Super Middleweight Title.

Takanori Hatakeyama W 12 Yong-Soo Choi, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Featherweight
Title.

1999: Injoo Cho W 12 Keiji Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

2004: Former IBF Lightweight Champion Paul Spadafora, 29, is charged with
disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, reckless endangerment by
Pennsylvania State Police in Mercer County.

September 6

1867: Tommy Kelly born.

1904: Maxie Rosenbloom born.

1909: Al Singer born.

1910: Sam Langford W 15 Joe Jeanette, Boston.

1917: Harry Greb ND 10 Battling Levinsky, Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Post
had Greb winner of the newspaper decision by a wide margin even though
Levinsky had a 25-pound weight advantage. Greb won 8 rounds and two were
even but it was still a hard battle. Greb was the aggressor throughout.
Levinsky looked good but Greb's superior speed and busy style were too much for him. Not until the sixth round did Greb hurt Levinsky, which he did
then with a terrific left hook. In the 8th, Levinsky got his big chance
when he hurt Greb badly with a right to the body. Greb ceased attacking and
tried to kid Levinsky, who then took the lead and landed some of his
cleanest blows of the fight. Greb stopped Levinsky's attack early in the
9th with a terrific hook. In the 10th he put Levinsky down for a 3-count
and had him in serious trouble as the fight ended.

Charley Burley born.

1920: Jack Dempsey KO 3 Billy Miske, Benton Harbor, MI. Retains World
Heavyweight Title.

Sam Langford ND 6 Bill Tate, Benton Harbor, MI. Tate won from Langford "by
a shade." (Bismarck Tribune) The Chicago Tribune concurs.

Harry Greb ND 6 Chuck Wiggins, Benton Harbor, MI. Reported as a win for
Greb by the Chicago Tribune and the Pittsburgh Post. This fight was on the
undercard of the Dempsey-Miske heavyweight title fight. According to the
Post, Wiggins emulated Johnny Dundee's leaping attack and did rather well
in the first three rounds. Greb then opened up and won handily. Langford,
Dempsey and Greb all on the same card. Awesome!!

1944: Ike Williams W 10 Sammy Angott, Philadelphia. Official scorecards:
6-4 and 6-3-1 for Williams; 5-4-1 for Angott.

Willie Joyce W 10 Chester Slider, Oakland, CA.

1979: Ricardo Cardona W 15 Yukio Segawa, Hacinohe, Japan. Retains WBA Super Bantamweight Title.

1980: Ayub Kalule W 15 Bushy Bester, Aarhus, Denmark. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

1985: Azumah Nelson KO 5 Juvenal Ordenes, Miami. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

1986: Michael Spinks KO 4 Steffan Tangstad, Las Vegas. Retains IBF
Heavyweight Title.

Bobby Czyz KO 5 Slobodan Kacar, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

Patrizio Oliva KO 3 Brian Brunette, Naples. Retains WBA Super Lightweight
Title.

1991: James Warring KO 1 James Pritchard, Salemi, Italy. Wins IBF
Cruiserweight Title. Warring makes history by scoring a 24-second knockout.

1992: Manny Melchor W 12 Phalan Lukmingkwan, Bangkok. Wins IBF Strawweight Title.

1996: Regilio Tuur KO 1 Jose Vida Ramos, Atlantic City.

Alberto Jimenez D 12 Carlos Salazar, Buenos Aires.

1997: Erik Morales KO 11 Daniel Zaragoza, El Paso. Wins WBC Super
Bantamweight Title.

2002: Eric Lucas W 12 Omar Sheika, Montreal, Quebec. Retains WBC Super
Middleweight Title.

Pongsaklek Wongjongkam W 12 Jesus Martinez, Rangsit, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2003: Sven Ottke W 12 Mads Larsen, Erfurt, Germany. Retains IBF & WBA Super Middleweight Title.

September 7

1886: George (Kid) Lavigne KO 1 Morris McNally, Saginaw, MI. Lavigne's pro
debut.

1892: James J. Corbett KO 21 John L. Sullivan, New Orleans. Wins World
Heavyweight Title. Referee: Professor John Duffy.

1896: William Bryan Downey born.

1908: Billy Papke KO 12 Stanley Ketchel, Vernon, CA. Wins World
Middleweight Title.

Abe Attell D 23 Owen Moran, Colma, CA. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1915: Harry Wills W 12 Sam McVey, Boston.

1963: Sandro Mazzinghi KO 9 Ralph Dupas, Milan. Wins World Super
Welterweight Title.

1965: Vicente Saldivar W 15 Howard Winstone, London. Retains World
Featherweight Title.

1967: Adolpho Washington born.

1969: Shozo Saijyo KO 2 Jose Luis Pimental, Sapporo. Retains WBA
Featherweight Title.

1971: Shane Mosley born.

1974: Bobby Chacon KO 9 Alfredo Marcano, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBC
Featherweight Title.

1984: Soon Chun Kwon KO 12 Joaquin Flores, Chonggiu, S. Korea. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

1991: Dave McAuley KO 10 (Baby) Jacob Matlala, Belfast. Retains IBF
Flyweight Title.

1995: Former heavyweight contender Buster Mathis, 51, dies of a heart
attack at his home in Wyoming, Michigan.

1996: Mike Tyson KO 1 Bruce Seldon, Las Vegas. Regains WBA Heavyweight Title.

(Terrible) Terry Norris KO 5 Alex Rios, Las Vegas. Retains WBC/IBF Super
Welterweight Title.

Felix (Tito) Trinidad KO 6 Ray Lovato, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight
Title.

2002: Roy Jones Jr. KO 6 Clinton Woods, Portland, OR. Retains World Light
Heavyweight Title.

Winky Wright W disq. 8 Bronco McKart, Portland, OR. Retains IBF Super
Welterweight Title.

2003: Oscar Larios KO 2 Kozo Ishii, Nagoya, Japan. Retains WBC Super
Bantamweight Title.

September 8

1897: Charles (Kid) McCoy NC 5 Tommy Ryan, Syracuse, NY. Referee George Siler said there was no reason for the police to have intervened in this
bout. Both men were strong and could have finished. There was only one
decision possible under the circumstances, and I gave it. Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

1898: Lew Tendler born.

1924: Abe Goldstein W 15 Tommy Ryan, Long Island City, NY. Retains World
Bantamweight Title.

1947: Archie Moore KO 9 Jimmy Bivins, Baltimore.

1950: Sandy Saddler KO 8 Willie Pep, NYC. Regains World Featherweight
Title. Referee: Ruby Goldstein 5-2 | Judge: Arthur Susskind 5-2 | Judge:
Frank Forbes 4-2 ~ Pep was down in the 3rd for a nine count. Pep was unable to come out for the 8th round due to a separated shoulder suffered at the end of the 7th round.

1953: Harold Johnson W 10 Ezzard Charles, Philadelphia. Scoring: 7-3, 6-3-1
for Johnson. 5-4-1 for Charles.

1973: Antonio (Kid Pambele) Cervantes KO 5 Carlos Giminez, Bogota. Retains World Super Lightweight Title.

Roberto Duran KO 10 Ishimatsu Suzuki, Panama City. Retains World
Lightweight Title.

Ernesto Marcel KO 9 Spider Nemoto, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1995: Willie Salazar KO 7 Danny Romero, Las Vegas. Non-title fight. Romero
sustains a career-threatening fractured left eye socket.

1996: Saensor Ploenchit W 12 Alexander Makhmoutov, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2001: Vassiliy Jirov KO 8 Julian Letterlough, Reno, NV. Retains IBF
Cruiserweight Title.

Marco Antonio Barrera KO 6 Enrique Sanchez, Reno, NV. Retains World
Featherweight Title.

September 9

1905: Battling Nelson KO 18 Jimmy Britt, Colma, CA. Wins World Lightweight
Title.

1908: Battling Nelson KO 21 Joe Gans, Colma, CA. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1909: Jack Johnson ND 10 Al Kaufman, Colma, CA. Retains World Heavyweight Title. "Jack Johnson had no trouble winning a 'newspaper' decision over Al Kaufman this afternoon in ten rounds. There was an agreement that no decision was to be rendered if both were on their feet at the end. Johnson landed almost at will, while Kaufman got in only two effective blows. It appeared as though Johnson could have ended the fight at any time."
(Associated Press)

1922: Billy Graham born William Walter Graham.

1927: Johnny Bratten born.

Johnny Saxton born.

1930: Jersey Joe Walcott KO 1 Cowboy Wallace, Vineland, NJ. Walcott's pro
debut.

1935: Benny Lynch KO 2 Jackie Brown, Manchester. Wins NBA Flyweight Title.

1936: Carlos Ortiz born.

1944: Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright, NYC. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1961: Kevin Watts born.

1969: Freddie Little KO 2 Hisao Minami, Osaka. Retains World Super
Welterweight Title.

1978: Pipino Cuevas KO 2 Pete Ranzany, Sacramento. Retains WBA Welterweight Title.

Wilfredo Gomez KO 13 Leonardo Cruz, San Juan. Retains WBC Super
Bantamweight Title.

1979: Chan Hee Park D 15 Miguel Canto, Seoul. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1983: Aaron Pryor KO 10 Alexis Arguello, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super
Lightweight Title.

1990: Sot Chitalada KO 11 Richard Clarke, Kingston. Retains WBC Flyweight
Title.

1992: Morris East KO 11 Akinobu Hianaka, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.

1995: Steve Collins W 12 Chris Eubank, Cork, Ireland.

Oscar De La Hoya KO 6 Genaro Hernandez, Las Vegas.

Phillip Holiday W 12 Ray Martinez, Sun City. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.

South Korean bantamweight Tong Choon Lee, 32, dies at a Tokyo hospital of a brain injury suffered in a bout against Japan's Setsuo Kawamasu.

1998: The IRS places a $6.3-million tax lien on Mike Tyson's 61-room
mansion in Farmington, Connecticut.

2000: Roy Jones Jr. KO 10 Eric Harding, New Orleans, LA. Retains World
Light Heavyweight Title.

Derrick Gainer KO 11 Fred Norwood, New Orleans, LA. Wins WBA Featherweight Title.

Willie Jorrin W 12 Michael Brodie, Manchester, England. Wins vacant WBC
Super Bantamweight Title.

2004: Lorenzo Parra W 12 Yosam Choi, Seoul, Korea. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2005: Clinton Woods W 12 Julio Gonzalez, Yorkshire, England. Retains IBF
Light Heavyweight Title.

September 10

1931: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Jack (Kid) Berg, NYC. Retains both World Super
Lightweight and World Lightweight Titles. The bout was originally scheduled
to be staged in London, England, where the championship would have changed hands when Berg went to the floor from a foul blow in the eighth round. As it was, under NYSAC rules, a fighter could not win or lose on a foul,
although 18,000 fans shouted protests. Referee Haley counted over Berg as
though he had been sent to the canvas by a legitimate blow.

1936: Joe Hand Sr. born.

1966: Muhammad Ali KO 12 Karl Mildenberger, Frankfurt. Retains World
Heavyweight Title.

1973: Muhammad Ali W 12 Ken Norton, Los Angeles. Ali avenges a defeat from 6-months earlier by split scores of 7-5, 6-5-1, 5-6-1.

1976: Esteban DeJesus KO 7 Hector Medina, Bayamon. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1977: Alfredo Escalera W 15 Sigfredo Rodriguez, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

1983: Larry Holmes KO 5 Scott Frank, Atlantic City. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.

Jung Koo Chang W 12 German Torres, Taejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior
Flyweight Title.

1986: Dennis Andries KO 9 Tony Sibson, London. Retains WBC Light
Heavyweight Title.

1993: Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker D 12 Julio Cesar Chavez, San Antonio.
Retains World Welterweight Title. Robbery! Whitaker easily wins at least 9
of the twelve rounds.

(Terrible) Terry Norris KO 1 Joe Gatti, San Antonio. Retains WBC Super
Welterweight Title.

Azumah Nelson D 12 Jesse James Leija, San Antonio. Retains WBC Super
Featherweight Title.

1994: Dariusz Michalczewski W 12 Leeonzer Barber, Hamburg.

Nigel Benn W 12 Juan Carlos Gimenez, Birmingham, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title.

Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez KO 7 Juan Domingo Cordoba, Lake Tahoe, CA.
Retains IBF/WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

Alex Sanchez KO 4 Oscar Andrade, Hamburg.

1996: Former WBA Heavyweight Champion John Tate, 41, is arrested in
Knoxville, Tennessee, on charges of stealing cinder blocks and other
construction material from a super market.

1997: Heavyweight Ike Ibeabuchi posts bail and is released from a
Williamson County, Texas, jail, where he was being held on charges of
attempted murder and aggravated kidnapping in a case involving a
15-year-old boy.

1999: Francisco Castillejo KO 7 Paolo Roberto, Leganes, Spain. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title.

Former heavyweight contender Cleveland (Big Cat) Williams, 66, dies of
injuries suffered when he was hit by a car as he was crossing a street in
his native Houston, Texas on September 3.

2005: Zahir Raheem W 12 Erik Morales, Los Angeles. Upset of the year!

Manny Pacquiao KO 6 Hector Velazquez, Los Angeles.

Brain Viloria KO 1 Eric Ortiz, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

September 11

1925: Paul Berlenbach KO 11 Jimmy Slattery, Bronx, NY. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1930: Billy Petrolle W 10 Tony Canzoneri, Chicago.

1933: Jackie Brown W 15 Valentin Angelmann, Manchester. Retains NBA
Flyweight Title.

1934: Teddy Yarosz W 15 Vince Dundee, Pittsburgh. Wins NBA & New York World Middleweight Title.

1937: Freddie Steele KO 4 Ken Overlin, Seattle. Retains NBA & New York
World Middleweight Title.

1941: Chalky Wright KO 11 Joey Archibald, Washington DC Wins World
Featherweight Title.

1962: Eder Jofre KO 6 Jose Medel, Sao Paulo. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1968: Axel Schulz born.

1970: William Joppy born.

1983: Jeff Chandler KO 10 Eijiro Murata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1989: Meldrick Taylor W 12 Courtney Hooper, Atlantic City. Retains IBF
Super Lightweight Title.

1990: Luis Mendoza KO 3 Ruben Palacios, Miami. Wins vacant IBF Super
Bantamweight Title.

1991: Jeff Harding W 12 Dennis Andries, London. Regains WBC Light
Heavyweight Title.

1992: Katsuya Onizuka KO 5 Kenichi Matsumura, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1993: Tom (Boom Boom) Johnson W 12 Baby Sugar Rojas, Miami, FLA. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1994: Eloy Rojas KO 8 Samart Payakaroon, Trang, Thailand. Retains WBA
Featherweight Title.

1997: Robin Reid W 12 Hassine Cherifi, Widnes, England. Retains WBC Super Middleweight Title. Reid was hospitalized for exhaustion following the bout.

1999: Floyd Mayweather KO 8 Carlos Gerena, Las Vegas, NV. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

Freddie Norwood W 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas. Retains WBA
Featherweight Title. These two "fought" as if there were nothing on the line.

2000: Seth Abraham announces he's leaving HBO Sports, where he has worked for 20-years, to work for Madison Square Garden. He will be replaced by Ross Greenburg, formerly a producer for HBO Sports.

2001: Nothing will ever be the same…..

2004: Veerapol Sahaprom W 12 Cecilio Santos, Chainart, Thailand. Retains
WBC Bantamweight Title.

September 12

1927: Benny Bass W 10 Red Chapman, Philadelphia. Wins vacant NBA
Featherweight Title.

1933: Barney Ross W 15 Tony Canzoneri, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight & Lightweight Titles.

1944: Manuel Ortiz KO 4 Luis Castillo, Los Angeles. Retains World
Bantamweight Title.

1950: Eddie Gazo born.

1951: Sugar Ray Robinson KO 10 Randy Turpin, NYC. Regains World
Middleweight Title.

1952: Floyd Patterson KO 4 Eddie Godbold, NYC. Patterson's pro debut.

1956: Carmen Basilio KO 9 Johnny Saxton, Syracuse. Regains World
Welterweight Title.

1958: Wilfred Benitez born.

1960: Julian Jackson born.

1974: Ishimatsu Suzuki D 15 Tury Pineda, Nagoya. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1977: Danny (Little Red) Lopez KO 8 Jose Torres, Los Angeles. Retains WBC
Featherweight Title.

1981: Claude Noel W 15 Gato Gonzalez, Atlantic City. Wins vacant WBA
Lightweight Title.

Gustavo Ballas KO 8 Sok Chul Bae, Buenos Aires. Wins vacant WBA Super
Flyweight Title.

1989: Gilberto Roman W 12 Santos Laciar, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super
Flyweight Title.

1992: Michael (Second Too) Nunn W 12 Victor Cordoba, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super
Lightweight Title.

Paul Hodkinson KO 10 Fabrice Benichou, Blagnac, France. Retains WBC
Featherweight Title.

1997: Stevie Johnston W 12 Saul Duran, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Lightweight Title.

1998: Erik Morales KO 4 Junior Jones, Tijuana. Retains WBC Super
Bantamweight Title.

September 13

1909: Johnny Sharpe W 6 Ted (Kid) Lewis, London. Lewis' pro debut.

1918: Willie (Fat Boy) Meehan W 4 Jack Dempsey, San Francisco. The 5' 9",
cauliflower-eared Meehan upsets the number one ranked Dempsey.

1946: Tippy Larkin W 12 Willie Joyce, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight
Title.

1948: Ezzard Charles W 10 Jimmy Bivins, Washington. Official scoring:
6-3-1, 5-3-2, 6-2-2.

1950: Jake LaMotta KO 15 Laurent Dauthuille, Detroit. Retains World
Middleweight Title. LaMotta stops the Frenchman, who is leading 72-68, 74-66, and 73-67 on the scorecards, with only 13-seconds left in the fight.

1960: Herol Graham born.

1965: Hi Yong Choi born.

1971: Ken Buchanan W 15 Ismael Laguna, NYC. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1975: Victor Galindez W 15 Pierre Fourie, Johannesburg. Retains WBA Light
Heavyweight Title.

Luis Estaba KO 4 Rafael Lovera, Caracas. Wins vacant WBC Junior Flyweight
Title.

1977: Eddie Gazo W 15 Kenji Shibata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

Carlos Palomino W 15 Everaldo Azevedo, Los Angeles. Retains WBC
Welterweight Title.

1980: Salvador Sanchez W 15 Patrick Ford, San Antonio. Retains WBC
Featherweight Title. Referee: Lou Filippo | Judge: Ramon Barumen 148-139 |
Judge: Jose Escalante M. 145-145 | Judge: Arlen Bynum 145-141

1984: Julio Cesar Chavez KO 8 Mario Martinez, Los Angeles. Wins vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title. Chavez moves his record to 44-0 (37).

1986: Hilario Zapata W 15 Alberto Castro, Panama City. Retains WBA
Flyweight Title.

Jung Koo Chang W 12 Francisco Montiel, Daejon, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1991: Brian Mitchell W 12 Tony Lopez, Sacramento. Wins IBF Super
Featherweight Title.

1996: Michael Carbajal KO 8 Julio Coronell, Des Moines, Iowa. Retains IBF
Junior Flyweight Title.

1997: Raul Marquez W 12 Keith Mullings, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super
Welterweight Title. Quite possibly the worst decision of 1997.

Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

2003: Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Wins World Super Welterweight Title.

September 14

1886: Stanley Ketchel born.

1917: Sam Langford ND 12 Joe Jeanette, Toledo, OH.

Harry Greb KO 9 Jack London, St. Nicholas Arena, NYC. Referee: Billy Roche. London was a late substitute for the Zulu Kid. He gave Greb a busy night for 8 rounds. In the 9th, an overhand right nailed London squarely and he
went down for "9." Greb was on top of him when he arose and landed half a
dozen solid smashes, leaving London helpless and causing the referee to
intervene.

1923: Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Angel Firpo, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1949: Rocky Graziano KO 10 Charley Fusari, NYC. Hopelessly behind on the
scorecards, Graziano gets the stoppage win with 56-seconds remaining in the
fight.

1958: Ingemar Johannson KO 1 Eddie Machen, Goteborg, Sweden.

1962: Eddie Perkins W 15 Duilio Loi, Milan. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1968: Jimmy Ellis W 15 Floyd Patterson, Stockholm. Retains WBA Heavyweight Title.

American referee Harold Valen, the fights sole arbitrator somehow scores
9-6 for Ellis. The local fans, as well as a national TV audience felt the
33-year old Patterson was robbed.

1979: Chris John born.

1990: Raul Perez D 12 Pepillo Valdez, Culiacan, MX. Retains WBC
Bantamweight Title.

1991: Julian Jackson KO 1 Dennis Milton, Las Vegas. Retains WBC
Middleweight Title.

Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Lonnie Smith, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super
Lightweight Title.

Yung Kyun Park W 12 Eloy Rojas, Seoul. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

1992: Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez KO 2 Napa Kiatwanchai, Inglewood.
Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1996: Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Jan Bergman, Newcastle, Australia. Retains IBF
Super lightweight Title.

Marco Antonio Barrera KO 10 Jesse Magana, Inglewood.

Joe Martin, 80, the Louisville policeman who steered Muhammad Ali into
boxing in 1954, dies.

1998: Former World Middleweight Champion Billy Soose, 83, dies after a
stroke in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.

1999: Super middleweight Randie Carver, 24, dies as a result of brain
injuries suffered in a 10th-round knockout loss to Kabary Salem, 31, on
September 12 in North Kansas City, Missouri.

2002: Oscar De La Hoya KO 11 Fernando Vargas, Las Vegas. Wins vacant World Super Welterweight Title.

2004: Muhammad Rachman W 12 Daniel Reyes, Jakarta, Indonesia. Wins IBF Junior Flyweight Title.

September 15

1902: Tommy Ryan KO 6 Kid Carter, Ft. Erie, Ontario. Retains World
Middleweight Title.

1943: Jimmy Bivins W 10 Melio Bettina, Cleveland.

1948: Oscar Albarado born.

1972: Chango Carmona KO 5 Mando Ramos, Los Angeles. Wins WBC Lightweight Title.

Ricardo Arredondo KO 12 Susumu Okabe, Tokyo. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

1978: Muhammad Ali W 15 Leon Spinks, New Orleans. Wins the World
Heavyweight Title for the third time.

Mike Rossman KO 13 Victor Galindez, New Orleans. Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

Jorge Lujan W 15 Albert Davila, New Orleans. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

1980: Rafael Orono KO 3 Jovito Rengifo, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Retains
WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1982: Juan LaPorte KO 11 Mario Miranda, NYC. Wins vacant WBC Featherweight Title.

1983: Ray Mancini KO 9 Orlando Romero, NYC. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1984: Thomas (Hitman) Hearns KO 3 Fred Hutchins, Saginaw, MI. Retains World Super Welterweight Title.

Santos Laciar KO 10 Prudencio Cardona, Cordoba, Argentina. Retains WBA
Flyweight Title.

1989: Marlon Starling W 12 Yung Kil Chung, Hartford. Retains WBC
Welterweight Title.

1990: Dave McAuley W 12 Rodolfo Blanco, Belfast. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.

2000: Jose Luis Castillo D 12 Stevie Johnston, Denver. Retains WBC
Lightweight Title.

September 16

1897: Battling Siki born Louis Phal.

1913: Johnny Kilbane W 12 Jimmy Walsh, Boston. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1936: Benny Lynch KO 8 Pat Palmer, Glasgow. Retains NBA Flyweight Title.

1940: Lew Jenkins W 12 Bob Montgomery, Philadelphia.

1956: Mickey Rourke born.

1968: Lonnie Bradley born.

1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO 14 Thomas (Hitman) Hearns, Las Vegas. Unifies the World Welterweight Title. This incredible fight more than transcended the pre-fight hype.

1984: Hwan Kil Yuh KO 6 Sakda Galaxy, Pohang, S. Korea. Retains IBF Super Featherweight Title.

1989: Joge Paez KO 2 Jose Maria Lopez, Mexico City. Retains IBF
Featherweight Title.

1995: (Terrible) Terry Norris KO 9 David Gonzalez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC
Super Welterweight Title.

Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 David Kamau, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super
Lightweight Title.

1997: Mark (Too Sharp) Johnson W 12 Angel Almena, Nashville. Retains IBF
Flyweight Title.

2000: Bruno Girard W 12 Manuel Siaca, Chateauroux, France. Retains WBA
Super Middleweight Title.

William Joppy W 12 Hassine Cherifi, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Middleweight Title.

Sharmba Mitchell W 12 Felix Flores, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super
Lightweight Title.

Joel Casamayor KO 5 Radford Beasley, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Super
Featherweight Title.

2005: Sandro Marcos KO 2 Johnny Tapia, Chicago. One left-hook to the body
knocks out the former Super Flyweight & Bantamweight champion for the first
time in 62 fights.

September 17

1886: Billy Papke born.

1902: Joe Gans KO 5 Gus Gardner, Baltimore. Retains World Lightweight Title.

1919: Benny Leonard ND 8 Johnny Dundee, Newport, R.I. Non-title fight.

1921: Johnny Kilbane KO 7 Danny Frush, Cleveland. Retains World
Featherweight Title.

1924: Harry Greb ND 10 Gene Tunney, Cleveland. According to research by
Steve Compton, two out of three Cleveland papers had Greb winning. The
third had the bout a draw.

1934: Jimmy McLarnin W 15 Barney Ross, Long Island City, NY. Regains World Welterweight Title.

1946: Randy Turpin KO 1 Gordon Griffiths, London. Turpin's pro debut.

1954: Rocky Marciano KO 8 Ezzard Charles, NYC. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Two wicked left-hooks in round 6 open up a hideous gash on the tip on Marciano's nose.

1964: Alexander Zolkin born.

1967: Michael Carbajal born.

1973: David Reid born.

1974: Masamori Tokuyama born.

1977: Victor Galindez W 15 Yaqui Lopez, Rome. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

Roberto Duran W 15 Edwin Viruet, Philadelphia. Retains World Lightweight
Title. Referee: Isidro Rodriguez 73-68 | Judge: Frank Adams 71-65 | Judge:
Sergio Ley 73-65.

1980: Hilario Zapata KO 11 Shigeo Nakajima, Gifu, Japan. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight Title.

1983: Juan Diaz born.

1985: Jiro Watanabe KO 7 Kazuo Katsuma, Osaka. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1992: Orlando Canizales W 12 Samuel Duran, Bozeman, MT. Retains IBF
Bantamweight Title.

Victor Rabanales KO 9 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Osaka. Wins WBC Bantamweight Title.

1994: Vincent Pettway KO 4 Gianfranco Rosi, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Super
Welterweight Title.

Felix (Tito) Trinidad KO 4 Yory Boy Campas, Las Vegas. Retains IBF
Welterweight Title.

Frankie Randall W 12 Juan Coggi, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Super Lightweight Title.

Julio Cesar Chavez KO 8 Meldrick Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super
Lightweight Title.

Gabriel Ruelas W 12 Jesse James Leija, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Super
Featherweight Title.

Ricardo Lopez KO 1 Yodsing Au Saenmorokot, Las Vegas. Retains WBC
Strawweight Title.

1995: Regilio Tuur KO 10 Luis Mendoza, Arnhem, Holland.

Veeraphol Sahaprom W 12 Daorung MP Petroleum, Nongtha, Thailand. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title.

1999: Medgoen 3K-Battery KO 3 Manny Pacquiao, Thammarat, Thailand. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

2001: Tony Ayala Jr., 38, pleads guilty to burglary in San Antonio, Texas,
and is sentenced to 90-days in jail and 10-years probation. A more serious
charge of burglary with intent to commit sexual assault was dropped.

2005: Jesus Chavez KO 11 Levander Johnson, Las Vegas. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.

Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Robbie Peden, Las Vegas. Unifies WBC & IBF Super Featherweight Title.

September 18

1924: Fidel LaBarba KO 1 Pat Pringle, Los Angeles. Labarba's pro debut.

1939: Ki-Soo Kim born.

1946: Joe Louis KO 1 Tami Mauriello, Bronx, NY. Retains World Heavyweight
Title.

1953: Kid Gavilan W 15 Carmen Basilio, Syracuse. Retains World Welterweight Title. Gavilan retains the title via split decision, 8-6-1, 7-6-2, and 5-7-3.

1963: Hiroyuki Ebihara KO 1 Pone Kingpetch, Tokyo. Wins World Flyweight Title.

1976: Eckhard Dagge W 15 Emile Griffith, Berlin. Retains WBC Super
Welterweight Title.

Alfredo Escalera KO 13 Ray Lunny III, Hato Rey, PR. Retains WBC Super
Featherweight Title.

1977: Miguel Canto W 15 Martin Vargas, Merida, MX. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

Luis Estaba KO 15 Orlando Hernandez, Caracas. Retains WBC Junior Flyweight
Title.

1982: Michael Spinks KO 9 Johnny Davis, Atlantic City. Retains WBA Light
Heavyweight Title.

Rafael (Bazooka) Limon KO 7 Chung Il Choi, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

Hilario Zapata W 15 Jung Koo Chang, Chongiu, S. Korea. Retains WBC Junior
Flyweight Title.

1994: Hyung-Chul Lee KO 9 Katsuya Onizuka, Tokyo. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1998: Yory Boy Campas KO 3 Larry Barnes, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Super
Welterweight Title.

Oscar De La Hoya KO 8 Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas. Retains WBC
Welterweight Title.

1999: Vassily Jirov KO 10 Dale Brown, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Cruiserweight
Title.

Felix Trinidad W 12 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Wins WBC, retains IBF
Welterweight Title. Oscar blows the fight by running for the last 3-rounds.

2001: Two-time former World Featherweight Champion Sandy Saddler, 75, dies of Alzheimer's disease at a New York City nursing home.

2004: Bernard Hopkins KO 9 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas. Retains World
Middleweight Title. Time: 1:38 | Referee: Kenny Bayless | Judge: Dave
Moretti 79-73 | Judge: Paul Smith 78-74 | Judge: Keith MacDonald 75-77 all
in favor of Hopkins.

Juan Manuel Marquez W 12 Orlando Salido, Las Vegas. Retains WBA & IBF
Featherweight Title. Referee: Tony Weeks | Judge: Duane Ford 118-110 |
Judge: Raul Caiz 117-111 | Judge: Glen Hamada 117-111.

September 19

1922: Willie Pep born Guiglermo Papaleo.

1932: Panama Al Brown KO 1 Spider Pladner, Toronto. Retains World
Bantamweight Title.

1945: Sammy Angott KO 6 Ike Williams, Pittsburgh.

1954: Robert Cohen W 15 Chamrem Songkitrat, Bankok. Wins vacant
Bantamweight Title.

1958: Azumah Nelson born Nelson Azumah.

1967: Chartchai Chionoi KO 7 Walter McGowan, Wembley. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.

1969: Kostya Tszyu born.

1980: Lupe Pintor KO 12 Johnny Owen, Los Angeles. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title. Owen, 24, dies 45-days later from head injuries suffered in the bout.

1991: Joichiro Tatsuyoshi KO 11 Greg Richardson, Tokyo. Wins WBC
Bantamweight Title.

1992: Chris Eubank W 12 Tony Thorton, Scotland.

1998: Evander (Real Deal) Holyfield W 12 Vaughn Bean, Atlanta, GA.

Dariusz Michalczewski KO 8 Mark Prince, Oberhausen, Germany.

Jorge Elicer Julio W 12 Adonis Cruz, Atlanta, GA.

2005: Lorenzo Parra W 12 Takefumi Sakata, Tokyo. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

September 20

1906: Jack Johnson ND 6 Joe Jeanette, Philadelphia.

1934: Freddie Miller W 15 Nel Tarleton, Liverpool. Retains World
Featherweight Title.

1939: Joe Louis KO 11 Bob Pastor, Detroit. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1949: Willie Pep KO 7 Eddie Compo, Waterbury, CT. Retains World
Featherweight Title.

1957: Archie Moore KO 7 Tony Anthony, Los Angeles. Retains World Light
Heavyweight Title.

1958: Hogan (Kid) Bassey KO 9 Willie Pep, Boston. Non-title fight.

1965: Ken Buchanan KO 2 Brian Tonks, London. Buchanan's pro debut.

1972: Muhammad Ali KO 7 Floyd Patterson, NYC. Floyd's final fight.

1975: Alfredo Escalera D 15 Leonel Hernandez, Caracas. Retains WBC Super
Featherweight Title.

David Kotey W 15 Ruben Olivares, Inglewood. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

1978: Hector Camacho Jr. born.

1980: Hilmer Kenty KO 4 Ernesto Espana, San Juan. Retains WBA Lightweight Title.

1986: Marvin Johnson KO 13 Jean-Marie Emebe, Indianapolis. Retains WBA
Light Heavyweight Title.

1987: Myung Woo Yuh KO 8 Rodolfo Blanco, Inchon, S. Korea. Retains WBA
Junior Flyweight Title.

1989: Simon Brown KO 2 Bobby Joe Young, Rochester. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

1996: Pernell (Sweet Pea) Whitaker W 12 Wilfredo Rivera, Miami. Retains WBC Welterweight Title.

David Tua KO 1 Darrol Wilson, Miami.

Zab Judah KO 2 Michael Johnson, Miami. Judah’s pro debut.

Joel Casamayor KO 1 David Chamendis, Miami. Casamayor's pro debut.

1997: Lou Del Valle KO 8 Eddy Smulders, Aachen, Germany. Wins vacant WBA Light Heavyweight Title.

Michael Loewe W 12 Michael Carruth, Aachen, Germany.

2003: Chris Byrd W 12 Fres Oquendo, Uncasville, CT. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title. Controversial decision.

2004: Katsushige Kawashima W 12 Raul Juarez, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

September 21

1897: Joe Gans D 15 Young Griff