This Day in Boxing History

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This Day in Boxing History - April 8

By Richey S Jones, Doghouse Boxing (April 8, 2015)

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On this day in History: Gennady Golovkin is Born

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This Day in Boxing History. The History listed below is for the date of April 8. Enjoy!

1941: Joe Louis KO 9 Tony Musto, St. Louis. Retains World Heavyweight Title.

1961: Davey Moore KO 1 Danny Valdez, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1978: Saensak Muangsurin KO 13 Francisco Moreno, Hat Yai, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

Wilfredo Gomez KO 7 Juan Antonio Lopez, Bayamon, P.R. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1979: Eusebio Pedroza KO 11 Hector Carrasquilla, Panama City. Retains WBA Featherweight Title.

Jorge Lujan KO 15 Cleo Garcia, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Bantamweight Title.

Yoko Gushiken KO 7 Alfonso Lopez, Tokyo. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1982: Jiro Watanabe W 15 Rafael Pedroza, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBA Super Flyweight Title.

Gennady Golovkin born.

1988: Gilberto Roman W 12 Baby Sugar Rojas, Miami Beach. Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title.

1989: Jeff Fenech W 12 Marcos Villasana, Melbourne. Retains WBC Featherweight Title. Villasana is now 0-3-1 in world featherweight title attempts.

Khaosai Galaxy W 12 Kenji Matsumura, Yokohama, Japan. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title. Galaxy’s 10th defense and he improves his overall record to 36-1 (34).

1995: Oliver McCall W 12 Larry Holmes, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title. Referee: Richard Steele | Judge: Chuck Giampa 115-112 | Judge: Tamotsu Tomihara 115-114 | Judge: Barbara Perez 114-113.

Bruce Seldon KO 7 Tony Tucker, Las Vegas. Wins vacant WBA Heavyweight Title.

Luis Santana W DQ 3 (Terrible) Terry Norris, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Welterweight Title. Sanatana’s second straight DQ victory over Norris.

Felix (Tito) Trinidad KO 2 Roger Turner, Las Vegas. Retains IBF Welterweight Title.

Julio Cesar Chavez W 12 Giovanni Parisi, Las Vegas. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.

2000: Fabrice Tiozzo KO 6 Valery Vikhor, Paris. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.

Bruno Girard W 12 Byron Mitchell, Paris. Wins WBA Super Middleweight Title.

Sornpichai Singwangcha, KO 5 Gilberto Gonzalez, Bangkok. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.

2006: Floyd Mayweather W 12 Zab Judah, Las Vegas. Referee: Richard Steele. Judges: Glen Hamada 119-109, Dave Moretti 116-112, Jerry Roth 117-111. A wild melee interrupts the 10th round with 5-seconds remaining.

Juan Diaz W 12 Jose Miguel Cotto, Las Vegas. Retains WBA Lightweight Title. Referee: Kenny Bayless. Judges Scoring: Bill Graham 116-112, Paul Smith 117-111, Glenn Trowbridge 118-111.

Jorge Arce KO 6 Rosendo Alvarez, Las Vegas.

2011: Takahiro Ao KO 4 Humberto Gutierrez, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBC Super Featherweight Title.

Jhonny Gonzalez KO 4 Hozumi Hasegawa, Kobe, Japan. Wins WBC Featherweight Title.

Toshiaki Nishioka KO 9 Mauricio Munoz, Kobe, Japan. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

2013: Akira Yaegashi W 12 Toshiyuki Igarashi, Tokyo. Wins World Flyweight Title. Referee: Bruce McTavish | judge: Steve Morrow 115-110 | judge: Duane Ford 116-109 | judge: Hubert Minn 117-108.

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