Chronography of Boxing
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2/2/2005, Max
Schmeling, boxer, died (born 28/9/1905)
23/7/1991, Peter Kane,
boxer, died.
2/6/1991, Ashley Williams,
Welsh amateur boxer, was born.
22/4/1991, Jackie Berg,
boxer, died (born 28/6/1909).
23/5/1990, Rocky
Graziano, US middle-weight champion boxer,
died
3/3/1984, John Monaghan,
boxer, died (born 21/8/1920).
18/7/1983, Donald Cockell,
boxer, died (born 22/9/1928).
27/3/1983, Robert Guerrero, US boxer, was born.
26/6/1979, Muhammad Ali retired as world heavyweight
boxing champion. He made two comebacks in 1980 and 1981 but lost both.
28/11/1976, Leonard Harvey, boxer, died (born 11/7/1907).
20/11/1971, Joe McAvoy, boxer, died (born 20/11/1908).
15/3/1971, John Brown, boxer, died (born 29/11/1909)
20/10/1970, Ted Lewis, boxer, died (born 24/10/1894).
8/11/1969, Henry Mallin, boxer, was born (died 8/11/1969).
24/8/1968, James Toney, US boxer, was born.
10/8/1967, Riddick Bowe, boxer, was born.
8/8/1966, Christopher Eubank, boxer, was born in
Dulwich, London.
30/6/1966, Mike Tyson, boxer, was born.
17/5/1966, Randolph Turpin, boxer, died.
25/7/1965, Frederick Mills, boxer, died (born 26/6/1919).
5/2/1965, Jeff Harding, Australian boxer, was born.
16/11/1961, Frank Bruno, boxer, was born in Hammersmith,
London.
28/2/1961, Barry McGuigan,
world featherweight boxing champion, was born.
22/4/1960, Lloyd Honeyghan,
boxer, was born in Jamaica.
20/7/1956, Charles Magri,
boxer, was born in Tunis, Tunisia.
17/5/1956, ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard,
boxer, was born.
12/1/1956, Nelson Tarleton,
boxer, died (born 14/1/1906)
10/5/1955, Tommy Burns,
Canadian boxer, died aged 73.
5/11/1953, Dennis Andries,
boxer, was born in Georgetown, Guyana.
17/8/1951, Alan Minter,
boxer, was born.
27/5/1951, John Conteh,
boxer, was born in Liverpool.
1/3/1949, Joe Louis retired as world
heavyweight boxing champion.
13/2/1949, Thomas Palmer,
boxer, died (born 19/1/1876).
18/7/1948, James Watt,
boxer, was born.
12/1/1947, Joe Frazier,
heavyweight boxing champion in the 1970s, was born.
10/6/1946, Jack Johnson,
US boxer, died aged 68.
28/6/1945, Kenneth Buchanan,
boxer, was born in Edinburgh.
5/3/1943, Billy Backus, American boxer,
was born.
18/12/1942, Cassius Clay,
champion boxer, was born in Kentucky.
13/10/1942, Walter McGowan,
boxer, was born.
17/1/1942, Muhammad Ali, American boxer, was born in
Louisville, Kentucky, as Cassius Clay.
7/5/1938, John Caldwell, boxer, was born.
28/2/1938, Terence Spinks,
boxer, was born.
15/10/1935, Richard
McTaggart, boxer, was born.
10/10/1935, David Charnley,
boxer, was born.
4/1/1935, Floyd
Patterson, US professional boxer, was born.
20/8/1931, Don
King, boxing promoter, was born.
22/9/1928, Donald Cockell,
boxer, was born in Battersea, London (died 18/7/1983).
8/8/1928, Peter Keenan, boxer, was born in
Glasgow.
18/8/1925, Terry Allen,
British boxer, was born (died 8/4/1987).
30/1/1925, Jim Driscoll,
boxer, died (born 15/12/1880).
1921, The World Boxing Association was founded in the USA. Originally known
as the National Boxing Association, it changed its name in 1862 as the sport
became more international.
18/1/1921, Bruce Woodcock, boxer, was born.
17/1/1921, Austin Rice, US boxer, died aged 48.
3/5/1921, Sugar Ray Robinson, African-American boxer,
was born (died 1989)
26/11/1920, Richard Turpin, boxer, was born (died
7/7/1990).
21/8/1920, John Monaghan, boxer, was born (died
3/3/1984).
3/5/1920, US boxer Sugar Ray Robinson was born.
2/9/1911, John Peterson, boxer, was born (died
22/11/1990).
1909, The first Lonsdale Belt was presented by the 5th
Earl of Lonsdale.
29/11/1909, John Brown, boxer, was born (died 15/3/1971)
28/6/1909, Jackie Berg, boxer, was born (died 22/4/1991).
20/11/1908, Joe McAvoy, boxer, was born (died 20/11/1971).
11/7/1907, Leonard Harvey, boxer, was born (died
28/11/1976).
14/1/1906, Nelson Tarleton, boxer, was born (died
12/1/1956)
2/11/1900, "Terrible Terry" McGovern successfully
defended his title as featherweight boxing champion against challenger Joe
Bernstein in a bout at Louisville.
2/11/1895, Jack Dempsey, boxer, died (born 15/12/1862)
24/6/1895, Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight boxing
champion, was born.
24/10/1894, Ted Lewis, boxer, was born (died 20/10/1970).
1/6/1892, Henry Mallin, boxer, was born (died
8/11/1969).
12/5/1892, William James Wilde, boxer, was born (died
10/1/1969).
31/8/1889, William Wells, boxer, was born (died
11/6/1967)
15/12/1880, Jim Driscoll, boxer, was born (died
30/1/1925).
19/1/1876, Thomas Palmer, boxer, was born (died
13/2/1949).
26/3/1866, Jack McAuliffe, boxer, was born (died
5/11/1937).
15/12/1862, Jack Dempsey, boxer, was born in Kildare,
Ireland (died 2/11/1895).
1866, The Queensberry Rules were introduced, making boxing safer and better organised.
26/5/1863, Robert Fitzsimmons, boxer, was born (died
22/10/1917).
9/3/1863, John Gully, English boxer, died (born
21/8/1783).
8/4/1831, James Mace, boxer, was born (died 30/11/1910).
21/8/1783, John Gully, English boxer, was born (died
9/3/1863).
16/8/1743, The earliest prize-ring
code of boxing drawn up in England by champion fighter Jack Boughton. From 1740, public
boxing matches became popular in Britain.
8/12/1734, James Figg, champion boxer, died in London.
1704, Jack Broughton was born. He drew
up the Queensberry Rules. He died in
1789.
1695, James Figg, early British boxing
champion, was born in Oxfordshire (died 8/12/1734).