December 7
1906: Los Angeles, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell KO 8 Jimmy Walsh. Retains title.
1925: Buffalo, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Rocky Kansas W 15 Jimmy Goodrich. Wins vacant title.
1927: Young Griffo, 58, dies. It’s rumoured that promoter Tex Rickard paid for Griffo’s funeral.
1929: Paris, France. Young Stribling WDISQ 7 Primo Carnera.
1948: Cleveland, Ohio. Joey Maxim W 10 Jimmy Bivins.
1948: Cleveland, Ohio. Sandy Saddler KO 2 Eddie Giosa.
1956: Mike McCallum born in Kingston, Jamaica.
1957: Buenos Aires, Argentina. World Flyweight Championship. Pascual Perez KO 3 Young Martin. Retains title.
1962: Joe Hipp born in Browning, Montana.
1963: Atlantic City, NJ. World Middleweight Championship. Joey Giardello W 15 Dick Tiger. Wins title.
1970: New York City, NY. Muhammad Ali KO 15 Oscar Bonavena, NYC. Ali’s second comeback fight after he was banned from boxing for over 3 years, due to his refusal to go to Viet Nam.
1970: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Erbito Salavarria KO 2 Chartchai Chionoi. Wins title.
1971: Huggy Osman born in Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
1974: Buenos Aires, Argentina. WBA Light Heavyweight Victor Galindez KO 13 Len Hutchins. Wins vacant title.
1974: Yucatan, Mexico. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Rodolfo Martinez KO 4 Rafael Herrera. Retains title.
1977: Fernando Vargas born in Oxnard, California.
1986: Salvador, Brazil. WBA Flyweight Championship. Hilario Zapata W 15 Claudemir Dias. Retains title.
1986: Pusan, S. Korea. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Jum Hwan Choi W 15 Cho Woon Park. Wins vacant title.
1989: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 Roberto Duran. Retains title.
1991: Reno, Nevada. George Foreman KO 3 Jimmy Ellis.
1991: Reno, Nevada. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Rafael Pineda KO 9 Roger Mayweather. Wins vacant title.
1992: Inglewood, CA. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Humberto ‘Chiquita’ Gonzalez W 12 Melchor Cob Castro. Retains title.
1996: Indio, CA. WBA Featherweight Championship. Wilfredo Vasquez KO 5 Bernardo Mendoza. Retains title.
1996: Indio, CA. WBC Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 1 Myung Sup Park. Retains title.
2002: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Lightweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather W 12 Jose Luis Castillo. Retains title.
2002: Joey ‘Li’l Joey’ Velez dies at 81 years old in Seattle, Washington from natural causes.
2007: Montreal, Canada. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Joachim Alcine W 12 Alfonso Mosquera. Retains title.
2011: Osaka, Japan. WBA World Super Flyweight Championship. Tepparith Singwancha W 12 Daiki Kameda. Wins title.
2013: Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala age 51, dies in a Johannesburg hospital from pneumonia.
2013: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA/WBO Super World Super Bantamweight Championship.
Guillermo Rigondeaux W 12 Joseph Agbeko. Retains title.
2013: Brooklyn, NYC. IBF World Welterweight Championship. Shawn Porter W 12 Devon Alexander. Retains title.
2013: Stuttgart, Germany. IBF World Middleweight Championship. Felix Sturm TKO 2 Darren Barker. Wins title.
2013: Brooklyn, New York. WBC World Super Middleweight Championship. Sakio Bika D 12 Anthony Dirrell. Retains title.
December 8
1734: James Figg, the first bareknuckle heavyweight boxing champion, dies in London, England.
1809: James Burke, the first British champion to fight on American soil, born in London, England.
1903: Boston, Mass. Sam Langford W 15 Joe Gans.
1913: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jack Britton ND 10 Packey McFarland, Milwaukee. According to Milwaukee Free Press.
1931: Bob Arum born in Brooklyn, New York.
1933: Boston, Mass. NBA & New York World Middleweight Championship. Vince Dundee W 15 Andy Callahan. Retains title.
1962: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Welterweight Championship. Emile Griffith KO 9 Jorge Fernandez. Retains title.
1977: Malcolm Tunacao born in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines.
1979: Split, Yugoslavia. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Marvin Camel D 15 Mate Parlov. Wins title.
1979: Los Angeles, CA. WBA Welterweight Championship. Pipino Cuevas KO 10 Angel Espada. Retains title.
1984: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBC Featherweight Championship. Azumah Nelson KO 11 Wilfredo Gomez. Wins title.
1984: Buenos Aires, Argentina. WBA Flyweight Championship. Santos Laciar W 15 Hilario Zapata. Retains title.
1985: Taegu, S. Korea. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Myung Woo Yuh W 15 Joey Olivo. Wins title.
1986: Amir Khan born in Bolton, England.
1990: Atlantic City, GA. Mike Tyson KO 1 Alex Stewart. Tyson’s last fight.
1990: Ferrara, Italy. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Massimilliano Duran WDQ 12 Anaclet Wamba. Retains title.
1990: Atlantic City, GA. WBC/IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 3 Kyun Duk Ahn. Retains title.
1990: Scottsdale, AZ. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Michael Carbajal KO 4 Leon Salazar. Retains title.
2007: Basel, Switzerland. IBF Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham KO 5 Wayne Elcock. Retains title.
2007: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Welterweight Championship. Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather KO 10 Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton. Retains title.
2007: Alpes-Maritimes, France. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Brahim Asloum W 12 Juan Carlos Reveco. Wins title.
2012: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF World Lightweight Championship. Miguel Vazquez W 12 Mercito Gesta. Retains title.
December 9
1919: Philadelphia, PA. Tommy Loughran’s pro debut. Tommy Loughran KO 2 Eddie Carter.
1927: Chicago, Illinois. Jack Delaney KO 6 Paul Berlenbach.
1932: New York City, NY. New York World Featherweight Championship. Kid Chocolate W 15 Fidel LaBarba. Retains title.
1946: J. Russell Peltz born in Philadelphia, PA .
1955: Chicago, Illinois. World Middleweight Championship. Sugar Ray Robinson KO 2 Bobo Olson. Wins title for the 3rd-time.
1959: Tony Canzoneri, 51, dies in Staten Island, NY
1961: Las Vegas, Nevada. NBA Middleweight Championship. Gene Fullmer KO 10 Benny ‘Kid’ Paret. Retains title.
1963: Davey Hilton born in Port Credit, Ontario, Canada.
1989: Reno, Nevada. IBF Featherweight Championship. Jorge Paez KO 6 Lupe Gutierrez. Retains title.
1989: Taegu, S. Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Humberto ‘Chiquita’ Gonzalez W 12 Jung Koo Chang. Retains title.
1990: Petchabun, Thailand. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Khaosai Galaxy KO 6 Ernesto Ford. Retains title.
1991: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Daniel Zaragoza W 12 Paul Banke. Retains title.
1995: Stuttgart, Germany. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Frans Botha W 12 Axel Schulz. Wins vacant title.
1995: Stuttgart, Germany. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Frankie Liles W 12 Mauricio Amaral. Retains title.
1995: Stuttgart, Germany. IBF Featherweight Championship. Tom ‘Boom Boom’ Johnson W 12 Jose Badillo. Retains title.
1998: All-time great former World Light-Heavyweight champion Archie Moore, 84, dies in San Diego.
2000: Villeurbanne, France. WBA Cruiserweight Championship. Virgil Hill KO 1 Fabrice Tiozzo. Wins title.
2006: Little Rock, Arkansas. World Middleweight Championship. Jermain Taylor W 12 Kassim Ouma. Retains title.
December 10
1953: Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb born in Bridge City Texas.
1923: New York City, NY. US Light Heavyweight Championship. Gene Tunney W 15 Harry Greb. Retains title.
1934: Cleveland, Ohio. World Light Welterweight Championship. Barney Ross W 12 Bobby Pacho. Retains title.
1951: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Harold Johnson W 10 Archie Moore. Johnson ends Moore’s 25-fight unbeaten streak.
1958: Montreal, Canada. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Archie Moore KO 11 Yvon Durelle. Retains title.
1960: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Benny ‘Kid’ Paret W 15 Federico Thompson. Retains title.
1965: Gary ‘The Kid” Jacobs born in Glasgow, Scotland.
1965: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Emile Griffith W 15 Manuel Gonzalez. Retains title.
1966: Buenos Aires, Argentina. WBA Flyweight Championship. Horacio Accavallo W 15 Efren Torres. Retains title.
1968: Philadelphia, PA. New York State World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Frazier W 15 Oscar Bonavena. Retains title.
1977: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Welterweight Championship. Carlos Palomino KO 13 Jose Palacios. Retains title.
1981: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Sammy Serrano KO 12 Hikaru Tomonari. Retains title.
1981: Atlantic City, NJ. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Jeff Chandler KO 13 Eijiro Murata. Retains title.
1982: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Heavyweight Championship. Michael Dokes KO 1 Mike Weaver. Wins title.
1983: Osaka, Japan. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Joo Do Chun KO 5 Ken Kasugai. Wins vacant title.
1983: Osaka, Japan. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Dodie Penalosa KO 12 Satoshi Shingaki. Wins vacant title.
1985: Inglewood, CA. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. J.B. Williamson W 12 Prince Mamah Mohammad. Wins vacant title.
1986: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Samart Payakaroon KO 12 Juan ‘Kid’ Meza. Retains title.
1986: Bangkok, Thailand. WBC Flyweight Championship. Sot Chitalada W 12 Gabriel Bernal. Retains title.
1988: Accra, Ghana.WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Azumah Nelson KO 3 Sydney Dal Rovere. Retains title.
1989: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Welterweight Championship. Mark Breland KO 4 Fujio Ozaki. Retains title.
1994: Manchester, England. WBO World Super-Middleweight Championship. Chris Eubank W 12 Henry Wharton. Retains title.
1994: Monterrey, Mexico. WBA Middleweight Championship. Jorge Castro KO 9 John David Jackson. Retains title.
1994: Monterrey, Mexico. IBF Welterweight Championship. Felix ‘Tito’ Trinidad KO 8 Oba Carr. Retains title.
1994: Monterrey, Mexico. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez KO 10 Tony Lopez. Retains title.
1994: Monterrey, Mexico. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Frankie Randall KO 7 Rodney Moore. Retains title.
1994: Portland, ME. WBA Lightweight Championship. Orzubek Nazarov KO 2 Joey Gamache. Retains title.
1994: Los Angeles, CA. WBO Lightweight Championship. Oscar De La Hoya KO 9 Johnny Avila. Retains title.
1994: Monterrey, Mexico. WBC Strawweight Championship. Ricardo Lopez KO 1 Yamil Caraballo. Retains title.
2001: Jay Edson, 77, dies of pancreatic cancer at his home in Naples, Florida. Edson was the chief site coordinator for Top Rank and a referee who had worked 49 world title fights.
2006: Moscow, Russia. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Oleg Maskaev W 12 Peter Okhello. Retains title.
2006: Moscow, Russia. Alexander Povetkin KO 3 Imamu Mayfield.
2011: Sinaloa, Mexico IBF World Junior Lightweight Championship. Juan Carlos Salgado NC 2 Miguel Beltran Jr. Retains title.
December 11
1908: Los Angeles, CA. Abe Attell ND 10 Ad Wolgast.
1925: New York City, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Paul Berlenbach W 15 Jack Delaney. Retains title.
1927: New York City, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Tommy Loughran W 15 Jimmy Slattery. Wins title.
1930: New York City, NY. World Featherweight Championship. Battling Battalino W 15 Kid Chocolate. Retains title.
1933: Manchester, England. NBA Flyweight Championship. Jackie Brown W 15 Ginger Foran. Retains title.
1939: Cleveland, OH. NBA Middleweight Championship. Al Hostak KO 1 Eric Seelig. Retains title.
1939: Cleveland, OH. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong KO 7 Jimmy Garrison. Retains title.
1955; Thulani Malinga born in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
1957: Daniel Zaragoza born in Mexico City, Mexico.
1960: Victor Callejas born Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
1964: Rome, Italy. World Light Middleweight Championship. Sandro Mazzinghi W 15 Fortunato Manca. Retains title.
1970: Tijuana, Mexico. WBC Featherweight Championship. Kuniaki Shibata KO 14 Vicente Saldivar.Wins title.
1971: Buenos Aires, Argentina. World Light Welterweight Championship. Nicolino Locche W 15 Antonio Cervantes. Retains title.
1981: Nassau, Bahamas. Trevor Berbick W 10 Muhammad Ali. The final fight in Ali’s illustrious career.
1982: Sacramento, CA. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Bobby Chacon W 15 Bazooka Limon. Wins title. Voted fight of 1982 by The Ring magazine.
1988: Kimhae, S. Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. German Torres W 12 Soon Jung Kang. Wins vacant title.
1989: Inglewood, CA. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Jesus Salud WDQ 9 Juan Jose Estrada. Wins title.
1992: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Armando Castro. Retains title.
1993: Dusseldorf, Germany. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship. Henry Maske W 12 David Vedder. Retains title.
1995: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Featherweight Championship. Luisito Espinosa W 12 Manuel Medina. Wins title.
1999: Hamburg, Germany.Vitali Klitschko KO 9 Obed Sullivan.
1999: Hamburg, Germany.WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Juan Carlos Gomez KO 9 Napoleon Tagoe. Retains title.
1999: WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Byron Mitchell D 12 Bruno Girard, Tunica, MS. Retains title.
2004: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Heavyweight Championship. Vitali Klitschko KO 8 Danny Williams. Retains title.
2008: Newark, New Jersey.World Cruiserweight Championship. Tomasz Adamek W 12 Steve Cunningham. Wins vacant title.
2008: Newark, New Jersey. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Joseph Agbeko W 12 William Gonzalez. Retains title.
2009: Johannesburg, South Africa. IBF World Welterweight Championship. Jan Zaveck TKO 3 Isaac Hlatshwayo. Win title.
2009: Montreal, Canada. WBC World Light Heavyweight Championship. Jean Pascal W 12 Adrian Diaconu. Retains title.
2010: Tacoma, Washington. IBF World Bantamweight Championship. Joseph Agbeko W 12 Yonnhy Perez. Wins title.
2010: Coahuila, Mexico. IBF World Super Flyweight Championship. Cristian Mijares W 12 Juan Alberto Rosas. Win title.
2011: Pasig City, Philippines. WBO World Flyweight Championship. Brian Viloria KO 8 Giovani Segura. Retains title.
2013: Javier Jauregui dies in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, after suffering a stroke.
December 12
1901: Larry Gains born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1912: Henry Armstrong born Columbus, Mississippi on 12/12/12, Armstrong was very superstitious regarding his birth date.
1951: San Francisco, CA. Ezzard Charles W 12 Joey Maxim.
1967: Hasine Cherifi born in Lyon, Rhône, France.
1969: Inglewood, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Ruben Olivares KO 2 Alan Rudkin. Retains title.
1975: Oslo, Norway. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Alfredo Escalera KO 9 Sven-Erik Paulsen. Retains title.
1975: Merida, Mexico. WBC Flyweight Championship. Miguel Canto W 15 Ignacio Espinal. Retains title.
1978: Kassim Ouma born in Kampala, Uganda.
1981: Houston, Texas. WBC Featherweight Championship. Salvador Sanchez W 15 Pat Cowdell. Retains title.
1986: New York City, NY. WBA Heavyweight Championship. James ‘Bonecrusher’ Smith KO 1 ‘Terrible’ Tim Witherspoon. Wins title.
1986: New York City, NY. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Juan LaPorte. Retains title.
1992: London, England. WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Nigel Benn KO 11 Nickey Piper. Retains title.
1992: Phoenix, Arizona. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Michael Carbajal KO 8 Robinson Cuesta. Retains title.
1997: Tijuana, Mexico. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Erik Morales KO 8 John Lowey. Retains title.
1998: Frankfurt, Germany. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Juan Carlos Gomez KO 2 Rodney Gordon. Retains title.
1998: Frankfurt, Germany. Dariusz Michalczewski KO 9 Drake Thadzi.
1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Fernando Vargas KO 7 Yory Boy Campas. Wins title.
1998: Atlantic City, New Jersey. Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti.
1998: Indio, CA. WBA Super Bantamweight Championship. Nestor Garza W 12 Enrique Sanchez. Wins title.
1999: Miami, FL. IBF Middleweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins W 12 Antwon Echols. Retains title.
2000: Osaka, Japan. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Masamori Tokuyama W 12 Akihiko Nago. Retains title.
2009: Berne, Switzerland. WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Vitali Klitschko W 12 Kevin Johnson. Retains title.
2009: Rancho Mirage, Ca. WBO World Light Welterweight Championship. Timothy Bradley W12 Lamont Peterson. Retains title.
2009: Rancho Mirage, Ca. WBC/WBA Super Flyweight Championship. Vic Darchinyan WKO 2 Tomas Rojas. Retains titles.
2013: Ezra Sellers dies in Pensacola, Florida, from heart problems. He was 45 years old.
December 13
1900: Chicago, Illinois. ‘Terrible’ Terry McGovern KO 2 Joe Gans.
1916: Archie Moore born Archibald Lee Wright in Benoit, Mississippi.
1997: Paddy DeMarco dies in Brooklyn New York, at the age of 69.
1929: New York City, NY. Jimmy McLarnin KO 2 Ruby Goldstein.
1940: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Ken Overlin W 15 Steve Belloise. Retains title.
1974: Cesar Bazan born in Mexico City, Mexico.
1975: Paris, France. World Middleweight Championship. Carlos Monzon KO 5 Gratien Tonna. Retains title.
1978: Jack Doyle, 65, dies in London, England.
1978: Osaka, Japan. WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Masashi Kudo W 15 Joo Ho. Retains title.
1980: El Paso, Texas. WBC Featherweight Championship. Salvador Sanchez W 15 Juan LaPorte. Retains title.
1980: Miami, Florida. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Gomez KO 3 Jose Cervantes. Retains title.
1980: Los Angeles, CA. WBA Flyweight Championship. Peter Mathebula W 15 Tae Shik Kim. Wins title.
1983: Halifax, Canada. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Marvin Camel KO 5 Roddy MacDonald. Wins vacant title.
1985: Taegu, S. Korea. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Jiro Watanabe KO 5 Suk Hwan Yun. Retains title.
1987: Taejon, S. Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Jung Koo Chang W 12 Isidro Perez. Retains title.
1991: Paris, France. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Victor Cordoba KO 11 Vincenzo Nardiello. Retains title.
1991: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF Middleweight Championship. James Toney D 12 Mike McCallum. Retains title.
1991: Paris, France. WBC Light Middleweight Championship. ‘Terrible’ Terry Norris W 12 Jorge Castro. Retains title.
1993: Kyoto, Japan. WBC Flyweight Yuri Arbachakov W 12 Nam-Hook Cha. Retains title.
1994: Albuquerque, NM. WBC Lightweight Championship. Miguel Angel Gonzalez KO 5 Calvin Grove. Retains title.
1996: Hanover, Germany. WBO Light-Heavyweight Championship. Dariusz Michalczewski KO 8 Christophe Girard. Retained title.
1997: Hamburg, Germany. WBO Light-Heavyweight Championship. Dariusz Michalczewski KO 6 Darren Zenner. Retained title.
1997: Pompano Beach, FL. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Vince Phillips KO 10 Freddie Pendleton. Retains title.
1997: Pompano Beach, FL. IBF Featherweight Championship. Hector Lizarraga KO 11 Welcome Ncita. Wins vacant title.
1997: Pompano Beach, FL. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Johnny Tapia W 12 Andy Agosto. Retains title.
1997: Pompano Beach, FL. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Mauricio Pastrana KO 2 Manuel Herrera. Wins vacant title.
1997: Former World Lightweight Champion Paddy DeMarco, 69, dies of Alzheimer’s in a Salt Lake City, Utah, nursing home.
2003: Atlantic City, New Jersey. John Ruiz W 12 Hasim Rahman.
2003: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Wayne Braithwaite KO 1 Luis Perez. Retains title.
2003: Atlantic City, New Jersey. World Middleweight Championship. Bernard Hopkins W 12 William Joppy. Retains title.
2003: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF/WBA/WBC World Welterweight Championship. Cory Spinks W 12 Ricardo Mayorga. Wins title.
2003: Atlantic City, New Jersey. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Luis Perez W 12 Felix Machado. Retains title.
2003: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBA/IBF World Junior Flyweight Championship. Rosendo Alvarez D 12 Victor Burgos, Atlantic City. Retains title.
2008: Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBO World Light Welterweight Championship. Kendall Holt W 12 Demetrius Hopkins. Retains title.
2008: Manheim, Germany. IBF Heavyweight Championship. Wladimir Klitschko KO 8 Hasim Rahman. Retains title.
2008: Loreto, Mexico. IBF Strawweight Championship. Raul Garcia W 12 Jose Luis Varela. Retains title.
2013: Thad Spencer, 70, dies in Valleo, California.
2014: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBO World Middleweight Championship. Andy Lee TKO 6 Matt Korobov. Wins vacate title.