1996 Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title
1995 Buster Mathis, heavyweight boxer, dies at 52
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 beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1995 Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1995 British heavyweight Nigel Benn hits Gerard McClellan in hospital
1994 Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight 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 Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF Heavyweight title
1991 Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight 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 Mike Tyson TKOs Tyrell Biggs in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
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 Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas
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 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
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 Heavyweight Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in Ohio
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 Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1982 Heavyweight Michael Doakes KOs Mike Weaver in 1:03 in Las Vegas
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 Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], U.S. heavyweight champ (1937-49), dies at 66
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 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final
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 Eva Shain is 1st woman to referee a heavyweight championship
1977 Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich
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 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Joe Frazier in Manilla
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 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Bugner in Malaysia
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 Garth John Da Silva, Auckland NZ, heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics
1973 George Foreman KOs Jose "King" Roman in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1973 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)
1973 George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1972 Nate Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics bronze
1972 Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels
1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains heavyweight boxing title
1971 US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found
1970 Charles "Sonny" Liston, heavyweight boxer champ (1962-64), dies
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 Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45
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 Antonio Tarver, Orlando, Florida, light heavyweight boxer, Olympics-br-96
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 Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1967 Colleen Rosensteel, S Greensburg, Pennsylvania, heavyweight judoka 1996 Olympics
1967 Heavyweight Cassius Clay beats Ernie Terrell in Houston
1967 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63
1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Brian London
1966 Muhammad Ali KOs Brian London in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 Ernie Terrel beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title
1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Henry Cooper in London
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 Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford, Connecticut, super heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics
1965 Muhammad Ali TKOs Floyd Patterson in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1965 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas
1965 Ernie Terrel beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing
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
1962 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title
1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1960 Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal
1960 Damon Keeve, born in San Francisco, California, heavyweight, 209+ lbs, judoka, Olympics-92, 96
1960 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (New York City)
1959 Max Baer, U.S., heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49
1959 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1958 Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
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 Gerry Cooney, heavyweight boxer, U.S. Olympics team 1980
1956 Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
1955 Heavyweight champ Rocky Mariano KOs Archie Moore in 9
1955 Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1955 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF
1955 Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1955 John Tate, U.S., heavyweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze
1954 Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
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 Hulk Hogan, Georgia, WWF heavyweight champion, 1984-89
1953 Leon Spinks, U.S., heavyweight boxing champ, 1978, Olympics gold 1976
1953 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago
1953 Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo, 1980 Olympics gold
1952 Teofilo Stevenson, born in Cuba, heavyweight boxer, Olympics gold 1972, 76, 80
1952 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title
1952 Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
1951 Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion
1951 Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight 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 Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in New York City
1950 Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 Sultan Rakhmanov, Super heavyweight, 1980 Olympics gold
1950 Benjamin Peterson, U.S., heavyweight boxer, Olympics gold 1972
1949 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
1949 Larry Holmes, heavyweight boxing champ, 1978-85
1949 Larry Holmes, boxer/heavyweight 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 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ
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 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
1946 Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1946 Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident
1946 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1945 Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from army
1945 Ken Norton, heavyweight boxing champ/TV panelist, Gong Show
1942 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York City)
1942 Muhammad Ali, heavyweight champ boxer, 1964-7 74-8
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 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 Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1938 Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1937 Aleksandr Medved, U.S.S.R., super heavyweight, Olympics gold 1964 68, 72
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
1935 James J Braddock beats Max Baer in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1935 Floyd Patterson, heavyweight champ, 1956-59, 1960-62, Oly-gold-1952
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 Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1933 James Corbett, (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight box champ (1892-97), dies
1932 Paul Anderson, U.S., light super heavyweight lifter 1956 Olympics gold
1932 Ingemar Johansson, Sweden, world heavyweight boxing champ, 1952
1932 Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (New York City)
1932 Jack Sharkey beats Max Schmeling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1932 Anatoliy Roschin, born in U.S.S.R., super heavyweight wrestler, 1972 Olympic gold
1931 Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1930 Heavyweight Max Schmeling KOs Jack Sharkey in New York City
1928 Rudolph Plukfelder, U.S.S.R., light heavyweight 1964 Olympic gold
1928 Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1927 Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1927 George Hunter, South Africa, light heavyweight boxer, Oly-gold-1948
1926 Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1924 Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight, Olympics gold 1956, 60
1924 Norbert Schemansky, USA, middle heavyweight 1952 Olympics gold
1923 Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1923 Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion boxer, 1952-56
1923 Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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)
1920 Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in New York City
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
1919 Jack Dempsey KOs Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship
1919 Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana
1918 John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59
1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in New York City
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 Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris
1913 Heavyweight Jack Johnson KOs Andre Spaul in Paris
1912 Jack Johnson TKOs Jim Flynn in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1910 Jack Johnson KOs James J Jeffries in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1909 Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in 12 for heavyweight 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 Jack Johnson KO Tommy Burns and becomes 1st black heavyweight champ
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 Louis Hostin, born in France, Light Heavyweight, Olympics gold 1932, 36
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs
1908 Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds)
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 Kristian Palusalu, born in Finland, heavyweight wrestler, 1936 Olympic gold
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1907 Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
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 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 Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling 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 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer
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
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
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"
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
1888 Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain
1885 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey
1880 Edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler, Olympic-bronze-1908
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
1873 Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
1870 Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch
1866 James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, heavyweight champion boxer, 1892-97
1858 John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, 1882-92
1853 George Godfrey, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxer, Old Chocolate
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