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The 1985 clash between Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns remains a landmark event in boxing history. Held in Las Vegas, the middleweight bout was characterized by intense action and devastating knockdowns from Hagler, ultimately resulting in a third-round stoppage victory. This fight is notable for it...
The September 1952 fight between Rocky Marciano and Jersey Joe Walcott is a landmark event in boxing history. Marciano’s dramatic victory, culminating in a knockout of Walcott during the thirteenth round, secured him the world heavyweight championship. This classic title bout showcased Marciano's po...
The 1976 George Foreman versus Ron Lyle heavyweight boxing match remains a classic fight renowned for its brutal action and near-constant knockdowns. Foreman secured a fifth-round knockout victory over the resilient Lyle, a significant moment in both fighters’ careers. The bout is notable for its in...
Manny Pacquiao faced Juan Manuel Marquez for the fourth time in a December 2012 welterweight boxing match held in Las Vegas. The bout is notable for Marquez’s dramatic knockout victory over Pacquiao in round six, marking a significant upset. Boxing fans and observers interested in this historic riva...
The June 22, 1938 fight between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling II remains a significant event in boxing history. Louis secured his first American heavyweight title victory by scoring a decisive knockout of Schmeling within the opening round at Yankee Stadium. This rematch gained immense political impor...
Tyson Fury defeated Deontay Wilder in a dramatic heavyweight boxing match held in Las Vegas on October 30, 2021. This third fight between the two rivals culminated in a knockout victory for Fury at the eleventh round. The bout was notable for its intense action and multiple knockdowns experienced by...
The 2017 bout between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko remains a significant heavyweight boxing match. Joshua secured victory through technical knockout in the eleventh round at Wembley Stadium, claiming the vacant World Boxing Association title. This fight showcased Joshua’s rising prominence...
The Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn I fight, held June 18, 1941, remains a significant event in heavyweight boxing history. Louis successfully defended his title against a determined Conn, securing a knockout victory in the thirteenth round. Conn's earlier lead on judges’ scorecards made this a particularl...
The August 21, 1981 boxing match between Salvador Sánchez and Wilfredo Gómez was a WBC featherweight championship fight held in San Antonio, Texas. The undefeated Gómez, who had made 17 defenses of his WBC super bantamweight title, moved up in weight to challenge Sánchez. Sánchez dominated the fight...
The September 14, 1923 heavyweight championship fight between Jack Dempsey and Luis Ángel Firpo took place at the Polo Grounds in New York City. The fight, which drew over 80,000 spectators, is famous for a moment in the first round when Firpo knocked Dempsey out of the ring. Dempsey was helped back...
On November 5, 1994, 45-year-old George Foreman challenged Michael Moorer for the WBA, IBF, and lineal heavyweight championships at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. After losing most of the first nine rounds on the scorecards, Foreman landed a right hand to Moorer's chin in the tenth round,...
Leigh Wood fought Michael Conlan on March 12, 2022, at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, England. The bout was contested for the WBA featherweight world title, which Wood successfully defended. Conlan built an early lead on the scorecards, even knocking Wood down in the first round. However, Wood...
Errol Spence Jr. fought Terence Crawford in a July 2023 welterweight unification boxing match held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Crawford secured a ninth-round technical knockout victory over Spence. With this win, Crawford became the first undisputed welterweight champion of the four-...
Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles met for their second boxing match on September 17, 1954, at the Polo Grounds in New York City. The contest was Marciano's third defense of his undisputed heavyweight championship against Charles, who had given him a highly competitive bout just two months prior. Dur...
Felix Trinidad vs. Fernando Vargas was a super welterweight boxing unification bout held in December 2000 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Felix Trinidad defeated the previously unbeaten Fernando Vargas by technical knockout in the 12th round. Trinidad retained his WBA title and captured Vargas's I...
The heavyweight boxing match between Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks took place on June 27, 1988, at the Atlantic City Convention Hall in New Jersey. Tyson, then the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight champion, knocked out the previously unbeaten Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. The fight was among...
Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor was a December 1982 boxing match for the WBC Super Bantamweight championship. The contest featured undefeated Puerto Rican champion Wilfredo Gomez defending his title against Mexican challenger Lupe Pintor. Gomez won the fight via technical knockout in the 14th round o...
Bernard Hopkins vs. Felix Trinidad was a middleweight boxing unification match held on September 29, 2001, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Originally scheduled for September 15, the event was postponed by twelve days due to the September 11 attacks. Hopkins defeated the previously unbeate...
Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder II was a heavyweight championship boxing rematch held on February 22, 2020, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fury dominated the bout, scoring multiple knockdowns against the previously unbeaten Wilder. The fight was stopped in the seventh round when W...
Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. I was a heavyweight boxing match held on June 1, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout was scheduled as a routine title defense for unified champion Anthony Joshua in his United States debut. Instead, Ruiz secured a monumental upset by knocking Jo...
Jack Dempsey vs. Jess Willard was a historic heavyweight boxing match held on July 4, 1919, in Toledo, Ohio. The contest featured Dempsey, a powerful young challenger, facing Willard, the massive reigning heavyweight champion. Dempsey delivered a devastating assault in the first round, knocking Will...
The boxing match between Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran took place on June 15, 1984, for the WBA and WBC super welterweight titles. Hearns secured a decisive victory by knocking out Duran in the second round. This bout is historically significant because Duran, a legendary multi-division champion,...
In November 1987, Julio Cesar Chavez faced Edwin Rosario in a WBA lightweight title bout held at the Las Vegas Hilton. Chavez captured the championship by defeating Rosario via technical knockout in the eleventh round. The victory marked a significant milestone in Chavez's career as he secured his s...
The boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton took place on May 2, 2009, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was contested for the IBO and Ring Magazine light-welterweight titles. Pacquiao, moving up in weight class, overwhelmed Hatton with his speed and power, ultimately winni...
The January 1978 boxing match between Roberto Durán and Esteban De Jesús was their third and final meeting. Contested for the WBC lightweight title, the fight took place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Durán secured a technical knockout in the 12th round, successfully avenging his earlier career def...
The rematch between Sergio Martínez and Paul Williams took place on November 20, 2010, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, contested at super welterweight. Martínez knocked Williams out with a single left hook in the second round, ending the fight decisively. The knockout avenged Martíne...
Lennox Lewis vs Hasim Rahman II was a heavyweight championship rematch held on November 17, 2001, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rahman had stunned Lewis by fifth-round knockout seven months earlier in South Africa to claim the WBC, IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles. In the re...
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick was a heavyweight championship fight held on November 22, 1986, at the Hilton Hotels & Casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tyson defeated Berbick by second-round TKO to win the WBC heavyweight title. At 20 years and 4 months old, Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion...
Amir Khan defeated Marcos Maidana by unanimous decision in their December 2010 boxing match at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Khan successfully defended his WBA super lightweight title against the hard-hitting mandatory challenger. The fight featured a dominant early start by Khan, inc...
On September 21, 1955, heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano defended his title against light heavyweight champion Archie Moore at Yankee Stadium in New York. Moore achieved an early knockdown in the second round, but Marciano recovered and ultimately secured a knockout victory in the ninth round. Thi...
