Leigh Wood got off the floor in round one, eventually dropping Michael Conlan in round 11 and knocking him out cold through the ring ropes in round 12 #OnThisDay in 2022, the fight was awarded Ring Magazine Round of the Year.

Joe Frazier outpointed Muhammad Ali #OnThisDay in 1971 in the "Fight of the Century" to retain the undisputed heavyweight title. Frazier floored Ali in the fifteenth & final round and gave Ali his first professional defeat. The fight is arguably the greatest fight in heavyweight history.

Wilfred Benitez decisioned Antonio Cervantes #OnThisDay in 1976 to win the WBA super lightweight title & becoming the youngest boxing champion in boxing history at just 17 years old.

The greatest fighter to never win a world title & 1990 IBHOF Inductee Sam Langford was born #OnThisDay in 1886, Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦

Raymond Ford came from behind to score a last round TKO over Otabek Kholmatov #OnThisDay in 2024 to win the vacant WBA featherweight title. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.

Israel Vazquez got off the floor in a treacherous round four, coming back to drop Rafael Marquez in round twelve #OnThisDay in 2008, Vazquez winning a split decision to retain the WBC super bantamweight title. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.

Juan Manuel Marquez collected the vacant WBA & WBO lightweight titles #OnThisDay in 2009, stopping Juan Diaz 9 rounds into the Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.

Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) upset Sonny Liston #OnThisDay in 1964, Liston pulling out with a suspected shoulder injury after the end of round 6, Ali becoming [at the time] the second youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at 22, just behind Floyd Patterson.

Former world heavyweight champion & 1990 IBHOF Inductee Jersey Joe Walcott sadly passed away #OnThisDay in 1994 in Camden, New Jersey to diabetes complications at the age of 80.

Five-division champion & 2021 IBHOF inductee Floyd Mayweather Jr. was born #OnThisDay in 1977, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA 🇺🇸

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai continued his insane title run defeated Juan Francisco Estrada #OnThisDay in 2018, retaining the WBC super flyweight title by majority decision alongside becoming the first ever Ring & lineal super flyweight champion.

Roberto Dúran closely defeated Iran Barkley #OnThisDay in 1989, winning the WBC middleweight title in the Ring Magazine Fight of the Year, becoming a four-division champion.

Tyson Fury beat up and stopped Deontay Wilder in seven #OnThisDay in 2020, winning the WBC heavyweight title, becoming a two-time heavyweight champion.

Tommy Coyle defeated Daniel Brizuela #OnThisDay in 2014, both fighters knocked down four times each before Coyle won by a 12th round TKO.

Óscar Valdez dominated and faceplanted big favorite Miguel Berchelt #OnThisDay in 2021, knocking Berchelt out cold in round 10 to win the WBC super featherweight title. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year.

Nonito Donaire put a dent in the head of Fernando Montiel in two rounds #OnThisDay in 2011, to win the WBC & WBO bantamweight titles.

Erik Morales won a close yet controversial split decision over Marco Antonio Barrera #OnThisDay in 2000, unifying the WBC & WBO super bantamweight titles. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Fight of the Year & is well known to be one of the greatest fights of all time.

Kevin Kelley controversially outpointed Troy Dorsey over twelve rounds #OnThisDay in 1992, both averaging over 100 punches per round, combining to throw 2,806 punches.

Luis Nery stopped Azat Hovhannisyan in the eleventh of their WBC super bantamweight eliminator #OnThisDay in 2023, being awarded Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.

Three-division champion, former pound-for-pound number one & current IBF lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko was born #OnThisDay in 1988, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukrainian SSR 🇺🇦

Leon Spinks, with just a record of 6-0-1 defeated Muhammad Ali #OnThisDay in 1978 by split decision to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.

Three-division champion & 2017 IBHOF inductee Johnny Tapia was born #OnThisDay in 1967, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 🇺🇸

James Toney plastered Iran Barkley over nine rounds #OnThisDay in 1993, to win the IBF super middleweight title, becoming a two-division champion.

Oscar De La Hoya & Ike Quartey traded knockdowns in their great fight #OnThisDay in 1999, De La Hoya winning a split decision to retain the WBC & lineal welterweight titles.

Former unified featherweight champion & 2015 IBHOF inductee Naseem Hamed was born #OnThisDay in Sheffield, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Buster Douglas got off the canvas to bring sports its greatest upset #OnThisDay in 1990, stopping huge favorite 'Iron' Mike Tyson in round ten to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.

Former world lightweight champion & 2000 IBHOF inductee Ad Wolgast was born #OnThisDay in 1888, Cadillac, Michigan, USA 🇺🇸

Lennox Lewis won a bizarre fifth round stoppage over Oliver McCall #OnThisDay in 1997 to win the vacant WBC heavyweight title, becoming a two-time heavyweight champion.

Muhammad Ali screams "What's My Name" while beating Ernie Terrell senseless for fifteen rounds #OnThisDay in 1967 to unify the WBC & WBA heavyweight titles, becoming undisputed a second time.

Former long-reigning featherweight champion Abe Attell sadly passed away #OnThisDay in 1970 at the age of 86 in New Paltz, New York.

Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez stepped in on late notice to win a unanimous decision over Carlos Cuadras #OnThisDay in 2022 to win the vacant WBC super flyweight title, becoming the first man to win a championship who was born from 2000 onwards.

Three-time undisputed welterweight champion & two-time undisputed middleweight champion Emile Griffith was born #OnThisDay in 1938, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 🇻🇮

Emanuel Navarrete got off the canvas in round four, first of his career #OnThisDay in 2023, eventually stopping Australia's Liam Wilson in nine to win the vacant WBO super featherweight title, becoming a three-division champion.

Marco Antonio Barrera touched the canvas for the first time in his career but prevailed #OnThisDay in 1996, stopping Kennedy McKinney in the 12th & final round to retain the WBO super bantamweight title.

Hi-Yong Choi & Bong-Jun Kim battled it out #OnThisDay in 1991, both men hitting the canvas with Choi becoming the new WBA minimumweight champion.

Salvador Sanchez stopped Danny Lopez in the thirteenth round #OnThisDay in 1980 to win the WBC, Ring & lineal featherweight titles.

Oleksandr Usyk edged Mairis Briedis by a majority decision #OnThisDay in 2018 to unify the WBC & WBO cruiserweight titles. This still perceived as Usyk's toughest fight as a pro.

Xu Can & Jesus Rojas had one of the greatest featherweight fights of the century #OnThisDay in 2019, Xu Can winning a unanimous decision in a fight with 2,574 combined punches thrown.

Vernon Forrest floored & outpointed Shane Mosley #OnThisDay in 2002, winning the WBC, Ring & lineal welterweight titles.

Former WBC featherweight champion & 1991 IBHOF Inductee Salvador Sanchez was born #OnThisDay in 1959, Santiago Tianguistenco, State of Mexico, Mexico 🇲🇽

Former WBA flyweight champion & 2015 IBHOF Inductee Masao Ohba sadly passed away #OnThisDat in 1973 in a fatal car accident. He was just 23.

Shane Mosley put a beat down on the controversial Antonio Margarito #OnThisDay in 2009, dropping & stopping Margarito in nine to win the WBA & lineal welterweight titles, becoming a two-division champion.

George Foreman got off the canvas twice to stop Ron Lyle in the fifth #OnThisDay in 1976, awarded Ring Magazine Round & Fight of the Year.

Kenshiro Teraji & Carlos Cañizales put each other on the canvas #OnThisDay in 2024, Kenshiro winning a majority decision in one of the greatest lower weight fights of all time, a modern classic.

Scott Pemberton, just like their first fight had to get off the floor to eventually stop Omar Sheika in the tenth #OnThisDay in 2004, this being arguably the greatest fight to ever be held at 168lbs.

Stephen Fulton decisioned Angelo Leo in a war #OnThisDay in 2021 to win the WBO super bantamweight title.

Two-division champion & one of the most ferocious fighters in boxing history Nigel Benn was born #OnThisDay in 1964, Ilford, East London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Naoto Takahashi got off the floor & through hell to defeat Mark Horikoshi in nine rounds #OnThisDay in 1989 to win the Japanese super bantamweight title. One of the greatest super bantamweight fights of all time.

Underdog George Foreman ran Joe Frazier over in just two rounds #OnThisDay in 1973 to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.

Undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev was born #OnThisDay in 1985, Dagestan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union 🇷🇺