1997 Mike Tyson is banned from boxing, for biting Holyfield's ear
1996 Joe Elsby Martin, boxing coach, dies at 80
1996 Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavywgt boxing title
1996 Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
1996 Dan Duva, boxing promoter, dies at 44
1995 Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1995 Bruce Seldon TKOs Joe Hipp in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1995 George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz
1995 George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1995 Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1995 George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker
1995 Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg MW boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52
1994 Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1993 Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
1993 Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1993 Lennox Lewis TKOs Frank Bruno in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1992 Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1992 Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1992 Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
1992 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ 1928 Olympics gold, dies
1991 Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1991 Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
1991 Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1990 Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown
1990 Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1989 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
1989 Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer
1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1988 Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1988 Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
1988 Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title
1987 Mike Tyson TKOs Tyrell Biggs in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 Mohammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame
1987 Mike Tyson beat Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 Mike Tyson KOs Trevor Berbick in 2 for heavyweight WBC boxing title
1986 Michael Spinks TKOs Steffen Tangstad in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament
1986 Trevor Berbick beats Pinklon Thomas in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
1986 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ
1985 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1984 Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title
1984 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1984 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1984 Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 Michael Dokes and Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for hw boxing title
1983 Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
1983 AMA urges ban on boxing sites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition
1982 Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1982 Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86
1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 Mike Weaver beats Quick Tillis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title
1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1979 John Tate beats Gerrie Coetze in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Earnie Shaver in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1979 Muhammad Ali retires as boxing champ
1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80
1978 Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80
1978 Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1977 Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1977 Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavywgt boxing title
1976 Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1974 George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1973 George Foreman KOs Jose "King" Roman in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1973 George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1972 Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains heavyweight boxing title
1970 Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1970 Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1969 Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1969 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1968 Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86
1968 Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1968 Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1968 Joe Frazier TKOs Manuel Ramos in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1968 Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1967 Michael Moorer, boxing heavyweight champ, defeated Holyfield-1994
1967 Riddick Bowe, born in Brooklyn, New York, HW boxing champ 1988 Olympics silver
1967 Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title
1967 Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ
1967 Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1967 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1967 Barney Ross, welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57
1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 Muhammad Ali KOs Brian London in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title
1966 Ernie Terrel beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title
1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1965 Muhammad Ali TKOs Floyd Patterson in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1965 Ernie Terrel beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing
1965 Lennox Lewis, WBC boxing champ
1965 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1965 Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1964 Cassius Clay TKOs Sonny Liston in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1964 Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title
1963 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1963 Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18
1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavywgt boxing title
1960 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavywgt boxing title
1960 Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ, 1986
1960 Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title
1960 Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
1959 Max Baer, U.S., heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49
1959 Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title
1959 Supreme court rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional
1959 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1958 Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1958 Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times
1957 Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1957 Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1956 Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1956 Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
1955 NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing
1955 Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1955 Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1954 Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1954 Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern and 15 pioneers
1954 Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1953 Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1953 Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner)
1953 Leon Spinks, U.S., heavyweight boxing champ, 1978, Olympics gold 1976
1953 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title
1953 J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club
1952 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for hw boxing title
1952 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing
1952 Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for hw boxing title
1952 "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, New Jersey, middleweight boxing champ, 1982-83
1952 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title
1952 Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
1951 Dan Duva, boxing promoter/producer, Howard Stern New Years Party
1951 Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1951 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title
1951 Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title
1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
1950 Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
1949 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
1949 Larry Holmes, heavyweight boxing champ, 1978-85
1949 Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1949 Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1949 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title
1949 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ
1949 Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title
1949 George Foreman, born in Houston, Texas, world HW boxing champ, 1973-74, 95
1948 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1947 Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1947 Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51
1946 Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1946 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1945 Ken Norton, heavyweight boxing champ/TV panelist, Gong Show
1944 Chris Finnegan, UK, middleweight boxing champ, 1968 Olympics gold
1942 Natl Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services
1942 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York City)
1942 Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1940 Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago
1940 Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1940 Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title
1940 Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ, 1968-70
1940 Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 Joe Louis KOs Bob Pastor in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer
1939 Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1938 Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship
1938 Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1938 Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1937 Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1937 Joe Louis KOs James J. Braddock in 18 for heavyweight boxing title
1936 Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ, 1961-62
1936 Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds
1935 James J Braddock beats Max Baer in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1934 John V Tunney, heavyweight boxing champion, Rep/Sen-D-Calif
1934 Sonny Liston, U.S. heavyweight boxing chmap, 1962-64
1934 Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1933 Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1933 1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri in London
1933 Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1933 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88
1932 Ingemar Johansson, Sweden, world heavyweight boxing champ, 1952
1932 Jack Sharkey beats Max Schmeling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1932 U.S. bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)
1931 Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1931 Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator, Showtime
1930 Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a foul in 4 for hw boxing title
1928 Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1927 Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney)
1927 Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1926 Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1924 California legalizes pro boxing (illegal since 1914)
1923 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks
1923 Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hrs). Referee overturns decision
1923 Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1923 Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1922 Harry Greb gave Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat
1921 Jake LaMotta, born in Bronx, middleweight boxing champ, 1949-51, Raging Bull
1921 Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1949-51
1921 Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier)
1921 KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1920 Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1920 Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight
1920 F Don Miller, born in Racine, Wisconsin, Boxing coach 1946 Olympics
1918 John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59
1916 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for boxing title
1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match
1915 Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion
1915 Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title
1915 Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ, 1947 fight of year
1914 Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1914 Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1937-49
1914 Jersey Joe Walcott, heavyweight boxing champ, 1951-52
1913 Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title
1913 Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ, 1952-60
1912 Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles, 1938
1912 Jack Johnson TKOs Jim Flynn in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1910 Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, shot and killed
1910 Jack Johnson KOs James J Jeffries in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1909 Barney Ross, New York City, Welterweight Boxing Champ, 1934
1909 Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1909 Jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title
1909 Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to no decision in 6 for hw boxing title
1909 Jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title
1909 Max Baer, Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champ, 1934-35
1908 Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1907 Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring
1907 Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1907 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, European Boxing Champ, Oly-silver-1928
1907 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1907 Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1906 Tommy Burns and Jack O'Brien fight to a draw in 20 for hw boxing title
1906 Tommy Burns KOs Jim Burns in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1906 Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1905 Max Schmeling, Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ, 1930-32
1905 Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1905 James J Jeffries retires as boxing champ
1904 Maxie Rosenbloom, born in New York City, light heavyweight boxing champ, 1930-34
1904 James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1903 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavywgt boxing title
1902 James J. Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1901 James J. Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1901 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight boxing champ, 1922-26
1900 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title
1900 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match
1900 James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1899 James J. Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title
1899 James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title
1898 Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1926-30
1897 After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
1896 Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ, 1917-25
1895 Jack Dempsey, Manassa Mauler, heavyweight boxing champion, 1919-26
1894 James J. Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1892 James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title
1892 Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby
1890 George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight)
1889 John Kilbane, U.S., featherweight boxing champ, 1912-23
1888 Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain
1888 HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds
1887 Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, 1908-10
1885 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey
1884 Abraham "Abe" Attell, boxing hall of famer
1880 Michael Jacobs, born in New York City, boxing promoter
1878 Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title
1878 Jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ, 1908-1915
1876 Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion
1876 Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)
1873 Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
1866 Jack McAuliffe, U.S. lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer
1863 Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for U.S. boxing title in 63rd round
1858 John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, 1882-92
1853 John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans
1845 William Muldoon, Belfast, New York, boxing commissioner, help find PAL
1810 Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds)
1743 Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)
1733 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
1681 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
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