Today in Heavyweight History
Weight Divisions Topics: Light Middleweight - Middleweight - Welterweight
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 100 of 231
1870-05-10 - Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17 minutes, & neither is struck by a punch
1873-09-23 - Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
1885-08-29 - Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey
1888-12-22 - Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain
1892-09-07 - James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title
1894-01-25 - James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1897-03-17 - Bob Fitzsimmons KOs James J Corbett in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
1899-11-03 - James J Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title
1900-04-06 - James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1901-11-15 - James J Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in San Francisco
1902-07-25 - James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1904-08-25 - James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1905-05-19 - Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ
1905-07-03 - Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1906-02-23 - Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1906-10-02 - Tommy Burns KOs Jim Burns in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1907-05-08 - Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1907-07-04 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1907-12-02 - Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1908-02-10 - Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1908-03-17 - Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds)
1908-03-17 - Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1908-04-03 - Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs
1908-04-18 - Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1908-06-13 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1908-08-24 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1908-09-02 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1908-12-26 - Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title, becomes 1st black heavyweight champion
1909-10-16 - Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1910-07-04 - Jack Johnson KOs James J Jeffries in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1912-07-04 - Jack Johnson TKOs Jim Flynn in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1913-11-28 - Heavyweight Jack Johnson KOs Andre Spaul in Paris
1913-12-09 - Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris
1914-06-27 - Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1915-04-05 - Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title
1915-12-14 - Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion
1916-03-25 - Heavyweight Jess Willard & Franc Moran fight to no decision in NYC
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey
1919-07-04 - Jack Dempsey KOs Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship
1920-09-06 - Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight
1920-12-14 - Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC
1921-07-02 - Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier)
1923-07-04 - Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1923-09-14 - Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1923-10-04 - Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hrs). Referee overturns decision
1926-09-23 - Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1927-09-22 - Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1928-07-26 - Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1930-06-12 - Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a foul in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1931-07-03 - Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1932-06-21 - Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (NYC)
1932-06-21 - Jack Sharkey beats Max Schmeling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1933-06-29 - Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1933-10-22 - Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1934-03-01 - Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1935-06-13 - James J Braddock beats Max Baer in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1937-06-22 - Joe Louis KOs James J Braddock in 18 for heavyweight boxing title
1937-08-30 - Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1938-02-23 - Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1938-04-01 - Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1939-01-25 - Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1939-04-17 - Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1939-06-28 - Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1939-09-20 - Joe Louis KOs Bob Pastor in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1940-02-09 - Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1940-03-29 - Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title
1940-06-20 - Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1940-12-16 - Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago
1941-01-31 - Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1941-02-17 - Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1941-03-21 - Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1941-04-08 - Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1941-05-23 - Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1941-06-18 - Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1941-09-29 - Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1942-01-09 - Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1942-03-27 - Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (NYC)
1945-10-01 - Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from army
1946-06-09 - Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1946-09-18 - Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1947-06-25 - Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
1947-12-05 - Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1948-06-25 - Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1949-03-01 - Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ
1949-08-10 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1949-10-14 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1949-12-05 - Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
1950-08-15 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
1950-09-27 - Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1950-09-27 - Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis in 15 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx NY.
1950-12-05 - Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1950-12-15 - Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title
1951-01-12 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1951-05-30 - Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1951-07-18 - Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion
1952-01-09 - Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
1952-03-09 - Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title
Heavyweight Champion Boxer Rocky Marciano
1952-09-23 - Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1953-05-15 - Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in Chicago
1953-09-24 - Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1954-06-17 - Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 59 of 59
1853-03-20 - George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate)
1858-10-15 - John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ (1882-92)
1861-07-03 - Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)
1866-09-01 - James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, heavyweight champion boxer (1892-97)
1875-04-15 - James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1953)
1876-05-26 - Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion
1878-03-31 - Jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)
1880-11-03 - Edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908)
1895-06-24 - Jack Dempsey, "Manassa Mauler", heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26)
1898-05-25 - Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30)
1903-02-20 - Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey (1895-06-24)
1903-10-01 - "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, NYC, light-heavyweight box champ (1932-34)
1904-09-06 - Maxie Rosenbloom, NYC, light heavyweight boxing champ (1930-34)
1905-09-28 - Max Schmeling, Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32)
1908-03-10 - Kristjan Palusalu, Estonia, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1936)
1908-04-21 - Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight, Olympic-gold-1932, 36)
1909-02-11 - Max Baer, Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35)
1913-12-13 - Archie Moore, Benoit, Mississippi, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60), (d. 1998)
1914-01-31 - Jersey Joe Walcott, heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52)
1914-05-13 - Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49)
1915-02-22 - Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ (1947 fight of year)
1921-07-07 - Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51)
1923-09-01 - Rocky Marciano, Brockton, Massachusetts, heavyweight champion boxer (1952-56), (d. 1969)
1924-05-30 - Norbert Schemansky, USA, middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1952)
1924-10-08 - Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
1927-07-22 - George Hunter, South Africa, light heavyweight boxer (Oly-gold-1948)
Heavyweight Champion Boxer Rocky Marciano (1923-09-01)
1928-09-06 - Rudolph Plukfelder, USSR, light heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
1932-03-10 - Anatoliy Roschin, USSR, super heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1972)
1932-05-08 - Sonny Liston, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1970)
1932-09-22 - Ingemar Johansson, Sweden, world heavyweight boxing champ (1952)
1932-10-17 - Paul Anderson, US, light super heavyweight lifter (Olympic-gold-1956)
1933-10-19 - Wilfried Dietrich, German FR, super-heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1960)
1934-06-26 - John V Tunney, heavyweight boxing champion/(Rep/Sen-D-California)
1935-01-04 - Floyd Patterson, heavyweight champ (1956-59, 1960-62) (Oly-gold-1952)
1937-09-16 - Aleksandr Medved, USSR, super heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1964 68, 72)
1940-02-24 - Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ (1968-70)
1942-01-17 - Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], Louisville Kentucky, heavyweight champ boxer (1964-7 74-8)
1945-08-09 - Ken Norton, heavyweight boxing champ/TV panelist (Gong Show)
1949-11-03 - Larry Holmes, heavyweight boxing champ (1978-85)
1950-06-27 - Benjamin Peterson, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1950-07-06 - Sultan Rakhmanov, Super heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1980)
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Muhammad Ali (1942-01-17)
1952-03-29 - Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80), (d. 2012)
1953-01-03 - Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight Judo (Olympic-gold-1980)
1953-07-11 - Leon Spinks, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1978, Olympic-gold-1976)
1953-08-11 - Hulk Hogan, [Terry Bollea], Augusta Ga, WWF heavyweight champion (1984-89)
1955-01-29 - John Tate, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1956-08-24 - Gerry Cooney, heavyweight boxer (US Olympics team 1980)
1960-08-27 - Damon Keeve, SF California, heavyweight (209+ lbs) judoka (Olympics-92, 96)
1961-05-09 - Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1965-09-02 - Lennox Lewis, London England, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1988, WBC boxing champ)
1965-12-14 - Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford Ct, super heavyweight boxer (Olympics-96)
1966-06-30 - "Iron" Mike Tyson, NY, youngest heavyweight boxing champ (1986-90)
1967-03-13 - Colleen Rosensteel, S Greensburg PA, heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1967-11-12 - Michael Moorer, boxing heavyweight champ (defeated Holyfield-1994)
1968-05-28 - Sandra Bacher, Long Island NY, half-heavyweight judoka (Oly-92, 96)
1968-11-21 - Antonio Tarver, Orlando Fla, light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-br-96)
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson (1966-06-30)
1972-08-18 - Nate Jones, Chicago Ill, heavyweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-96)
1973-12-28 - Garth John Da Silva, Auckland NZ, heavyweight boxer (Olympics-96)
1980-09-06 - Samuel Peter, Nigerian heavyweight boxer
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 18 of 18
1918-02-02 - John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59
1933-02-18 - James Corbett, (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight box champ (1892-97), dies
1946-06-10 - Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident
1953-03-03 - James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875)
1959-11-21 - Max Baer, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49
1966-08-08 - Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63
1968-12-15 - Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86
1969-08-31 - Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45
1970-12-30 - Sonny Liston, World heavyweight boxing champion (1962-64), found dead at 38
1974-11-29 - James J. Braddock, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1905)
1975-05-27 - Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53
Heavyweight Champion Boxer Rocky Marciano (1969-08-31)
1978-11-07 - Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80
1978-11-17 - James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80
1981-04-12 - Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], US heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49), dies at 66
1982-05-31 - Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86
1989-04-12 - Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer
1995-09-06 - Buster Mathis, heavyweight boxer, dies at 52
2009-01-30 - Ingemar Johansson, Swedish heavyweight professional boxing champion of the world (b. 1932)
