|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
|
|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
Welterweight
|
|
|
1994 Wangila Napunyi, welterweight boxer, Gold Medal 1988 Olympics, dies at 26
1982 Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez 1981 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79 1980 Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship 1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision 1977 Fernando Vargas, Oxnard California, welterweight boxer 1996 Olympics 1976 David Diaz, born in Chicago, Illinois, light welterweight boxer 1996 Olympics 1967 Kenneth Gould, born in Chicago, Illinois, Welterweight boxer 1988 Olympics bronze 1967 Barney Ross, welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57 1963 Mark Breland, born in Brooklyn, New York, welterweight boxer 1984 Olympics gold 1962 Benny "Kid" Paret, U.S. welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24 1962 Benny Paret, KOed in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later 1960 Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ, 1986 1946 Fighting Mack, Edwin Alberto, Antillian welterweight boxer 1940 Jerzy Kulej, Poland, light welterweight boxer, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1932 Charles Adkins, U.S., light welterweight boxer 1952 Olympics gold 1920 Sugar Ray Robinson, Walter Smith, middle/welterweight boxer, champ 1912 Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles, 1938 1909 Barney Ross, New York City, Welterweight Boxing Champ, 1934 1901 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight boxing champ, 1922-26 |
|
|
|
|
| History Home Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com | |