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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Leigh Wood got off the floor in round one, eventually dropping Michael Conlan in round 11 and knocking him out cold through the ring ropes in round 12 #OnThisDay in 2022, the fight was awarded Ring Magazine Round of the Year.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Joe Frazier outpointed Muhammad Ali #OnThisDay in 1971 in the "Fight of the Century" to retain the undisputed heavyweight title. Frazier floored Ali in the fifteenth & final round and gave Ali his first professional defeat. The fight is arguably the greatest fight in heavyweight history.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Wilfred Benitez decisioned Antonio Cervantes #OnThisDay in 1976 to win the WBA super lightweight title & becoming the youngest boxing champion in boxing history at just 17 years old.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The greatest fighter to never win a world title & 1990 IBHOF Inductee Sam Langford was born #OnThisDay in 1886, Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Raymond Ford came from behind to score a last round TKO over Otabek Kholmatov #OnThisDay in 2024 to win the vacant WBA featherweight title. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Israel Vazquez got off the floor in a treacherous round four, coming back to drop Rafael Marquez in round twelve #OnThisDay in 2008, Vazquez winning a split decision to retain the WBC super bantamweight title. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Juan Manuel Marquez collected the vacant WBA & WBO lightweight titles #OnThisDay in 2009, stopping Juan Diaz 9 rounds into the Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) upset Sonny Liston #OnThisDay in 1964, Liston pulling out with a suspected shoulder injury after the end of round 6, Ali becoming [at the time] the second youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at 22, just behind Floyd Patterson.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Former world heavyweight champion & 1990 IBHOF Inductee Jersey Joe Walcott sadly passed away #OnThisDay in 1994 in Camden, New Jersey to diabetes complications at the age of 80.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Five-division champion & 2021 IBHOF inductee Floyd Mayweather Jr. was born #OnThisDay in 1977, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA 🇺🇸

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai continued his insane title run defeated Juan Francisco Estrada #OnThisDay in 2018, retaining the WBC super flyweight title by majority decision alongside becoming the first ever Ring & lineal super flyweight champion.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Roberto Dúran closely defeated Iran Barkley #OnThisDay in 1989, winning the WBC middleweight title in the Ring Magazine Fight of the Year, becoming a four-division champion.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Tyson Fury beat up and stopped Deontay Wilder in seven #OnThisDay in 2020, winning the WBC heavyweight title, becoming a two-time heavyweight champion.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Tommy Coyle defeated Daniel Brizuela #OnThisDay in 2014, both fighters knocked down four times each before Coyle won by a 12th round TKO.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Óscar Valdez dominated and faceplanted big favorite Miguel Berchelt #OnThisDay in 2021, knocking Berchelt out cold in round 10 to win the WBC super featherweight title. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Nonito Donaire put a dent in the head of Fernando Montiel in two rounds #OnThisDay in 2011, to win the WBC & WBO bantamweight titles.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Erik Morales won a close yet controversial split decision over Marco Antonio Barrera #OnThisDay in 2000, unifying the WBC & WBO super bantamweight titles. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Fight of the Year & is well known to be one of the greatest fights of all time.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Kevin Kelley controversially outpointed Troy Dorsey over twelve rounds #OnThisDay in 1992, both averaging over 100 punches per round, combining to throw 2,806 punches.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Luis Nery stopped Azat Hovhannisyan in the eleventh of their WBC super bantamweight eliminator #OnThisDay in 2023, being awarded Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Three-division champion, former pound-for-pound number one & current IBF lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko was born #OnThisDay in 1988, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukrainian SSR 🇺🇦

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Leon Spinks, with just a record of 6-0-1 defeated Muhammad Ali #OnThisDay in 1978 by split decision to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Three-division champion & 2017 IBHOF inductee Johnny Tapia was born #OnThisDay in 1967, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 🇺🇸

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

James Toney plastered Iran Barkley over nine rounds #OnThisDay in 1993, to win the IBF super middleweight title, becoming a two-division champion.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Oscar De La Hoya & Ike Quartey traded knockdowns in their great fight #OnThisDay in 1999, De La Hoya winning a split decision to retain the WBC & lineal welterweight titles.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Former unified featherweight champion & 2015 IBHOF inductee Naseem Hamed was born #OnThisDay in Sheffield, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Buster Douglas got off the canvas to bring sports its greatest upset #OnThisDay in 1990, stopping huge favorite 'Iron' Mike Tyson in round ten to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Former world lightweight champion & 2000 IBHOF inductee Ad Wolgast was born #OnThisDay in 1888, Cadillac, Michigan, USA 🇺🇸

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Lennox Lewis won a bizarre fifth round stoppage over Oliver McCall #OnThisDay in 1997 to win the vacant WBC heavyweight title, becoming a two-time heavyweight champion.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Muhammad Ali screams "What's My Name" while beating Ernie Terrell senseless for fifteen rounds #OnThisDay in 1967 to unify the WBC & WBA heavyweight titles, becoming undisputed a second time.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Former long-reigning featherweight champion Abe Attell sadly passed away #OnThisDay in 1970 at the age of 86 in New Paltz, New York.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez stepped in on late notice to win a unanimous decision over Carlos Cuadras #OnThisDay in 2022 to win the vacant WBC super flyweight title, becoming the first man to win a championship who was born from 2000 onwards.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Three-time undisputed welterweight champion & two-time undisputed middleweight champion Emile Griffith was born #OnThisDay in 1938, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 🇻🇮

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Emanuel Navarrete got off the canvas in round four, first of his career #OnThisDay in 2023, eventually stopping Australia's Liam Wilson in nine to win the vacant WBO super featherweight title, becoming a three-division champion.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Marco Antonio Barrera touched the canvas for the first time in his career but prevailed #OnThisDay in 1996, stopping Kennedy McKinney in the 12th & final round to retain the WBO super bantamweight title.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Hi-Yong Choi & Bong-Jun Kim battled it out #OnThisDay in 1991, both men hitting the canvas with Choi becoming the new WBA minimumweight champion.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Salvador Sanchez stopped Danny Lopez in the thirteenth round #OnThisDay in 1980 to win the WBC, Ring & lineal featherweight titles.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Oleksandr Usyk edged Mairis Briedis by a majority decision #OnThisDay in 2018 to unify the WBC & WBO cruiserweight titles. This still perceived as Usyk's toughest fight as a pro.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Xu Can & Jesus Rojas had one of the greatest featherweight fights of the century #OnThisDay in 2019, Xu Can winning a unanimous decision in a fight with 2,574 combined punches thrown.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Vernon Forrest floored & outpointed Shane Mosley #OnThisDay in 2002, winning the WBC, Ring & lineal welterweight titles.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Former WBC featherweight champion & 1991 IBHOF Inductee Salvador Sanchez was born #OnThisDay in 1959, Santiago Tianguistenco, State of Mexico, Mexico 🇲🇽

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Former WBA flyweight champion & 2015 IBHOF Inductee Masao Ohba sadly passed away #OnThisDat in 1973 in a fatal car accident. He was just 23.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Shane Mosley put a beat down on the controversial Antonio Margarito #OnThisDay in 2009, dropping & stopping Margarito in nine to win the WBA & lineal welterweight titles, becoming a two-division champion.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

George Foreman got off the canvas twice to stop Ron Lyle in the fifth #OnThisDay in 1976, awarded Ring Magazine Round & Fight of the Year.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Kenshiro Teraji & Carlos Cañizales put each other on the canvas #OnThisDay in 2024, Kenshiro winning a majority decision in one of the greatest lower weight fights of all time, a modern classic.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Scott Pemberton, just like their first fight had to get off the floor to eventually stop Omar Sheika in the tenth #OnThisDay in 2004, this being arguably the greatest fight to ever be held at 168lbs.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Stephen Fulton decisioned Angelo Leo in a war #OnThisDay in 2021 to win the WBO super bantamweight title.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Two-division champion & one of the most ferocious fighters in boxing history Nigel Benn was born #OnThisDay in 1964, Ilford, East London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Naoto Takahashi got off the floor & through hell to defeat Mark Horikoshi in nine rounds #OnThisDay in 1989 to win the Japanese super bantamweight title. One of the greatest super bantamweight fights of all time.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Underdog George Foreman ran Joe Frazier over in just two rounds #OnThisDay in 1973 to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.

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BoxingJournals @boxingjournals.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev was born #OnThisDay in 1985, Dagestan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union 🇷🇺

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