Today in World Boxing Council History
Boxing Associations Topics: International Boxing Federation - World Boxing Association
Events in Sport
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1980-06-20 - Roberto Duran takes WBC Welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision
1980-11-25 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC Welterweight championship
1981-06-12 - Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC Heavyweight boxing title
1982-12-03 - Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez
1983-02-13 - World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
1985-02-20 - After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
1986-11-22 - Mike Tyson KOs Trevor Berbick in 2 for Heavyweight WBC boxing title
1992-12-14 - Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him
1993-03-03 - Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings)
1996-04-01 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morn)
2002-06-21 - Lennox Lewis retains boxing's WBC world Heavyweight crown with an eight round knockout over Mike Tyson
Birthdays in Sport
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1965-09-02 - Lennox Lewis, London England, Heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1988, WBC boxing champ)
1977-12-25 - Israel Vasquez, Current WBC Super bantamweight champion
Deaths in Sport
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2008-01-03 - Yo-Sam Choi, South Korean boxer/former WBC light flyweight champion (b. 1972)
