2015-11-24



November 23

1915: Boston, Mass. World Welterweight Championship. Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis KO 1 Jimmy Duffy. Retains title.

1943: Los Angeles, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Manuel Ortiz W 15 Benny Goldberg. Retains title.

1967: Xavi Moya born in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.

1974: Inglewood, CA. WBA Featherweight Championship. Alexis Arguello KO 13 Ruben Olivares. Wins title.

1980: Paul Malignaggi born in Brooklyn, New York.

1988: Keith Thurman born in Clearwater, Florida.

1990: Cergy Pontoise, France. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Christophe Tiozzo KO 2 Danny Morgan. Retains title.

1991: Atlanta, GA. World Heavyweight Championship. Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield KO 7 Bert Cooper. Retains title.

1992: Inglewood, CA. Oscar De La Hoya’s pro debut. Oscar De La Hoya KO 1 Lamar Williams.

1996: Munich, Germany. WBA-IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Virgil Hill W 12 Henry Maske. Retains WBA/ wins IBF titles.

1997: Songnam, S. Korea. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Gerry Penalosa KO 10 Young-Joo Cho. Retains title.

2007: Los Angeles, CA. Ricardo Mayorga W 12 Fernando Vargas.

2007: Los Angeles, CA. IBF Welterweight Championship. Kermit Cintron KO 10 Jesse Feliciano. Retains title.

2013: Bamberg, Bayern, Germany. IBF World Cruiserweight Championship. Yoan Pablo Hernandez WKO 10 Alexander Alekseev. Retains title.

2013: Manchester, England. IBF & WBA World Super Middleweight Championship. Carl Froch KO 9 George Groves. Retains titles.

2014: Macao, China. WBO World Welterweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao W 12 Chris Algieri. Retains title.

2014: Macao, China. WBO World Featherweight Championship. Vasyl Lomachenko W 12 Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo. Retains title.

November 24

1853: Joe Fowler born in Bristol, England.

1933: New York City, NY. Tony Canzoneri KO 2 Kid Chocolate.

1948: New York City, NY. Carmen Basilio’s pro debut. Carmen Basilio KO 3 Jimmy Evans, Binghamton.

1959: Juan LaPorte born in Guayama, Puerto Rico.

1964: Arthur Williams born in Pensacola, Florida.

1976: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Dong Kyun Yum W 15 Royal Kobayashi. Wins title.

1976: Nestor Garza born in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

1978: Dimitri Kirilov born in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

1990: Benalmadena, Spain. WBC Middleweight Championship. Julian Jackson KO 4 Herol Graham. Wins vacant title.

1990: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Flyweight Championship. Sot Chitalada W 12 Jung Koo Chang. Retains title.

1996: Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. WBA Flyweight Championship. Jose Bonilla W 12 Saen Sor Ploenchit. Wins title.

1996: Udorn, Thailand. IBF Strawweight Championship. Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO 2 Gustavo Vera. Retains title.

2007: Dresden, Germany. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Firat Arslan W 12 Virgil Hill. Wins vacant title.

2007: Veracruz, Mexico. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Edgar Sosa KO 4 Roberto Carlos Leyva. Retains title.

2012: Hector Macho Camacho dies in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2013: Macao, SAR, China. IBF World Featherweight Championship. Evgeny Gradovich TKO 9 Billy Dib. Retains title.

2012: Kunming, China. WBC World Minimumweight Championship. Xiong Zhao Zhong W 12 Javier Martinez. Wins vacant title.

November 25

1874: Joe Gans born Joseph Gaines in Baltimore, Maryland.

1905: Philadelphia, PA. Joe Jeanette WF 2 Jack Johnson.

1908: Vernon, CA. Freddie Welsh W 15 Abe Attell,

1927: Chicago, Illinois. Mickey Walker W 10 Paul Berlenbach.

1929: Buffalo, NY. Jimmy Slattery W 10 ‘Slapsie’ Maxie Rosenbloom.

1940: Philadelphia, PA. Sammy Angott W 10 Bob Montgomery.

1965: Orlando Canizalez born in Laredo, Texas.

1970: Bruno Girard born in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France.

1980: New Orleans, LA. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Carlos DeLeon W 15 Marvin Camel. Wins title.

1980: Wembley, England. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. Maurice Hope W 15 Carlos Herrera. Retains title.

1980: New Orleans, LA. World Welterweight Championship. Sugar Ray Leonard KO 8 Roberto Duran. Regains title.

1983: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes KO 1 Marvis Frazier. Retains title.

1983: Vancouver, Canada. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Michael Spinks KO 10 Oscar Rivadeneyra. Retains title.

1987: Las Vegas, Nevada. Joseph Walker DQ 1 ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris.

Norris was disqualified for hitting Walker while he was down.

1995: East London, S. Africa. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Mbuleo Botile KO 2 Reynaldo Hurtado. Retains title.

1995: Margarita Island, Venezuela. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Alimi Goitia KO 5 Aquiles Guzman. Retains title.

1997: El Paso, Texas. IBF Lightweight Championship. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 11 Max Gomez. Retains title.

2006: Warsaw, Poland. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk W 12 Steve Cunningham. Wins vacant title

November 26

1873: ‘Sailor’ Tom Sharkey born Thomas J. Sharkey in Dundalk, Ireland.

1903: San Francisco, CA. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Fitzsimmons W 20 George Gardner, San Francisco. Wins title.

1906: Portland, Maine. Jack Johnson D 10 Joe Jeanette.

1908: Colma, CA. World Middleweight Championship. Stanley Ketchel KO 11 Billy Papke. Regains title.

1910: San Francisco, CA. Owen Moran KO 11 Battling Nelson.

1914: Los Angeles, CA. World Coloured Heavyweight Championship. Sam Langford KO 14 Harry Wills.

1920: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Benny Leonard KO 14 Joe Welling. Retains title.

1946: Philadelphia, PA. New York World Lightweight Championship. Bob Montgomery KO 8 Wesley Mouzon. Retains title.

1952: Chicago, Illinois. Ezzard Charles W 10 Jimmy Bivins.

1954: Tokyo, Japan. World Flyweight Championship. Pascual Perez W 15 Yoshio Shirai. Wins title.

1958: James Warring born in Miami, Florida.

1966: Leonard Jackson born in New York, New York.

1969: Jamal Hinton born in District Heights, Maryland.

1971: Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright born in Washington, D.C.

1977: Panama City, Panama. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Soo Hwan Hong KO 3 Hector Carrasquilla. Wins vacant title.

1979: Ovill McKenzie born in Jamaica.

1980: Fernando “Ganzo” Martinez born in Mexico.

1981: Mickey Coveney born in London, England.

1982: Houston, Texas. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Larry Holmes W 15 Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb. Retains title.

1988: Forti, Italy. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Daniel Zaragoza KO 5 Valerio Nati. Retains title.

1993: Hermosillo, Mexico. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Julio Cesar Barboa KO 5 Rolando Pascua. Retains title.

1994: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. IBF Junior Lightweight Championship. John-John Molina KO 10 Wilson Rodriguez. Retains title.

1995: Caracas, Venezuela. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Antonio Cermeno W 12 Jesus Salud. Retains title.

1996: Baton Rouge, LA. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Mbulelo Botile W 12 Aristead Clayton. Retains title.

1998: Pathum Thani, Thailand. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Saman Sorjaturong W 12 Ladislao Vasquez. Retains title.

2002: Osaka, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Pongsaklek Wonjonkam W 12 Hidenobu Honda. Retains title.

2005: Sheffield, England. World Light Welterweight Championship. Ricky Hatton KO 9 Carlos Maussa. Retains title.

2005: Leverkusen, Germany. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Wladimir Siderenko W 12 Jose Jesus Lopez. Retains title.

2010: Nagoya, Japan. WBC World Junior Lightweight Championship. Takahiro Ao W 12 Vitali Tajbert. Wins title.

2011: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC World Light Middleweight Championship. Saul Alvarez KO 5 Kermit Cintron. Retains title.

2011: Cleveland, Ohio. WBO World Junior Lightweight Championship. Adrien Broner KO 3 Vicente Martin Rodriguez. Wins vacant title.

2010: Nagoya, Japan. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Hozumi Hasegawa W 12 Juan Carlos Burgos. Wins vacant title.

2011: Sinaloa, Mexico. WBO World Bantamweight Championship. Jorge Arce W 12 Angky Angkota. Wins vacant title.

November 27

1935: Oakland, CA. Henry Armstrong W 10 Midget Wolgast.

1935: Willie Pastrano born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1936: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Barney Ross W 15 Izzy Jannazzo. Retains title.

1946: Milwaukee, WI. Willie Pep KO 3 Chalky Wright.

1948: Jack Delaney, 48, dies in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

1964: New York City, NY. Jose Torres KO 1 Carl ‘Bobo’ Olson.

1964: Bogota, Colombia. World Bantamweight Championship. Eder Jofre KO 7 Bernardo Caraballo. Retains title.

1969: Ike Quartey born in Accra, Ghana.

1973: Joe Mesi born in Tonawanda, New York.

1978: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBA Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Enrique Solis. Retains title.

1980: Hugo Garay born in Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1983: Pattaya, Thailand. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Payao Poontarat W 12 Rafael Orono. Wins title.

1987: Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Don Lalonde KO 2 Eddie Davis. Wins vacant title.

1987: Miami Beach, FL. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Miguel Lora W 12 Ray Minus. Retains title.

1988: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Sung Kil Moon KO 7 Edgar Monserrat. Retains title.

1989: Nogent-sur-Mame, France. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Robert Daniels W 12 Dwight Qawi. Wins vacant title.

1993: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Lightweight Championship. Miguel Angel Gonzalez KO 10 Wilfredo Rocha. Retains title.

1999: Duesseldorf, Germany. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Sven Ottke W 12 Glen Johnson. Retains title.

2004: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Erik Morales. Wins title.

2004: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Rafael Marquez KO 8 Mauricio Pastrana. Retains title.

2008: Phitsanulok, Thailand. WBC Strawweight Championship. Oleydong Sithsamerchai W 12 Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym. Retains title.

2009: Pathum Thani, Thailand . WBC World Minimumweight Championship. Oleydong Sithsamerchai W 12 Juan Palacios. Retains title.

2010: Oakland, California. WBA Super World Super Middleweight Championship. Andre Ward W 12 Sakio Bika. Retains title.

2010: Helsinki, Finland. WBC World Super Middleweight Championship. Carl Froch W 12 Arthur Abraham. Wins vacant title.

2010: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC World Welterweight Championship. Andre Berto TKO 1 Freddy Hernandez. Retains title.

November 28

1906: Los Angeles, CA. World Heavyweight Championship. Tommy Burns D 20 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. Retains title.

1912: Colma, CA. World Lightweight Championship. Willie Ritchie WDisq 16 Ad Wolgast. Wins title.

1927: Toronto, Canada. NBA Flyweight Championship. Frenchy Belanger W 10 Frankie Genaro. Wins vacant title.

1941:Alan Rudkin born in Corwen, Wales, United Kingdom.

1941: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Tony Zale W 15 Georgie Abrams. Wins title.

1951: Bobby Chacon born in Sylmar, California.

1966: Dallas, TX. World Welterweight Championship. Curtis Cokes W 15 Jean Josslin. Retains title.

1966: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Carlos Ortiz KO 14 Flash Elorde. Retains title.

1969: Guadalajara, Mexico. WBC Flyweight Championship. Efren Torres W 15 Susumu Hanagata. Retains title.

1974: Osaka, Japan. WBC lightweight Championship. Ishimatsu Suzuki KO 13 Rodolfo Gonzalez. Retains title.

1980: San Diego, CA. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 4 Lotte Mwale. Retains title.

1982: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Rafael Orono KO 6 Chul Ho Kim. Regains title.

1983: Andreas Evangelou born in Enfield, London, United Kingdom.

1985: Abner Mares born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

1987: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Julio Gervacio W 12 Louie Espinoza. Wins title.

1998: Indio, CA. Kostya Tszyu KO 5 Diobelys Hurtado.

1998: Indio, CA. WBC Featherweight Championship. Luisito Espinosa KO 2 Kennedy McKinney. Retains title.

2008: Panama City, Panama. WBA World Junior Lightweight Championship. Jorge Linares TKO 5 Whyber Garcia. Wins vacant title.

2009: Quebec, Canada. IBF World Lightweight Championship. Ali Funeka D 12 Joan Guzman. Wins vacate title.

November 29

1902: Tommy Loughran born in Philadelphia, PA.

1909: Jackie Brown born in Collyhurst, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

1906: Chelsea, MA. World Welterweight Championship. Honey Mellody KO 12 Joe Walcott. Retains title.

1935: San Francisco, CA. ‘Slapsie’ Maxie Rosenbloom W 10 John Henry Lewis.

1955: Oscar Muniz born.

1956: Bill Kozerski born in Michigan.

1974: James J. Braddock dies in North Bergen, New Jersey.

1978: Nagoya, Japan. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Samuel Serrano W 15 Takao Maruki. Retains title.

1980: Los Angeles, CA. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad KO 4 Rudi Koopmans. Retains title.

1984: Kumamoto, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Jiro Watanabe KO 11 Payao Poontarat. Retains title.

1985: Chonju, S. Korea. IBF Featherweight Championship. Ki Yung Chung KO 15 Min Keung Oh. Wins title.

1988: San Antonio, Texas. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Orlando Canizales KO 1 Jimmy Navarro. Retains title.

1990: Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Luisito Espinosa W 12 Thalerngsak Sithbaobay. Retains title.

1991: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Welterweight Championship. Buddy McGirt W 12 Simon Brown. Wins title.

1992: Bangkok, Thailand. IBF Flyweight Championship. Phichit Sithbangprachan KO 3 Rodolfo Blanco. Wins title.

1999: Wembley, England. WBC Lightweight Championship. Stevie Johnston W 12 Billy Schwer. Retains title.

2002: El Paso, TX. IBF Flyweight Championship. Irene Pacheco W 12 Alejandro Montiel. Retains title.

2007: Bankok, Thailand. WBC Strawweight Championship. Oleydong Sithsamerchai W 12 Eagle Kyowa. Wins title.

2008: Mexico City, Mexico. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Edgar Sosa KO 7 Juanito Rubillar. Retains title.

2009: Saitama, Japan. WBC World Flyweight Championship. Koki Kameda W 12 Daisuke Naito. Wins title.

2014: Omaha, Nebraska. WBO World Lightweight Championship. Terence Crawford W 12 Raymundo Beltran. Retains title.

2014: Omaha, Nebraska. IBF World Featherweight Championship. Evgeny Gradovich D 12 Jayson Velez. Retains title.

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