Boxing in History (Part 3)

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• 1976-09-28 Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1977-05-16 Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1977-09-29 Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers by unanimous decision over 15 rounds in NYC for WBA, WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing titles

• 1978-09-15 Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title
• 1978-11-10 Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1979-03-23 Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1979-06-22 Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1979-09-28 Larry Holmes beats Earnie Shavers by TKO in 11th round in Las Vegas for WBC heavyweight boxing title
• 1979-10-20 American John Tate beats local favourite Gerrie Coetzee by UD in 15 rounds in Pretoria, South Africa for vacant WBA heavyweight boxing title
• 1980-02-03 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1980-03-31 Almost concurrent heavyweight boxing championship fights: Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for WBC title in Las Vegas, NV whilst Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for WBA belt in Knoxville, TN
• 1980-09-27 Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.

• 1980-11-25 Sugar Ray Leonard regains WBC welterweight boxing crown when Roberto Durán quits in the 8th round of infamous “no mas” fight at the Superdome, New Orleans
• 1981-04-11 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Berbick by unanimous decision in Las Vegas to retain his WBC heavyweight boxing title
• 1981-06-12 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title
• 1981-11-06 Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1981-12-11 Former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight; loses to Trevor Berbick by unanimous decision in 10 rounds at Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas
• 1982-01-30 WBC super welterweight champion Wilfred Benitez of Puerto Rico defeats boxing legend Roberto Durán of Panama in a 15-round unanimous decision at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
• 1982-06-11 Defending champion Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing titles at Caesars Palace, LV, Nevada
• 1982-11-12 Aaron Pryor scores a 14th round KO of Alexis Argüello in Miami to retain his WBA super lightweight boxing title in the first of 2 meetings between the Hall of Famers; The Ring’s 'Fight of the Decade'
• 1982-12-03 After losing his world welterweight boxing titles to Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns wins WBC Super Welterweight crown in a majority points decision over Wilfred Benitez at Superdome, New Orleans
• 1982-12-09 World Boxing Council first to reduce the length of championship fights from 15 to 12 rounds, and allows referees to order standing 8-count for fighters in trouble
• 1983-01-13 AMA urges ban on boxing, cites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition
• 1983-03-27 Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1983-05-20 Michael Dokes & Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1983-09-10 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1983-09-23 Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa KOs American Michael Dokes in 10 rounds in Richfield. Ohio for WBA heavyweight boxing title

• 1983-11-25 Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1984-03-09 Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1984-08-11 Future 4-weight world boxing champion Pernell Whitaker wins the lightweight gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics
• 1984-08-31 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1984-11-09 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1985-03-15 Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1985-04-29 Tony Tubbs beats defending champion Greg Page by unanimous decision in 15 rounds at Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo for WBA heavyweight boxing title
• 1985-05-20 Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1985-06-15 Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1985-09-21 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• 1986-01-17 Tim Witherspoon beats defending champion Tony Tubbs by majority decision in 15 rounds at The Omni, Atlanta for WBA heavyweight boxing title
• 1986-02-09 Marvin Johnson stops Leslie Stewart in 7 rounds in Indianapolis to win WBA light heavyweight boxing title; record 3rd time he regains a version of light heavyweight crown
• 1986-03-22 HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament

• 1986-04-19 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1986-09-06 Michael Spinks TKOs Steffen Tangstad in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1987-03-07 Mike Tyson beats James 'Bonecrusher' Smith by unanimous decision in 12 rounds in Las Vegas for WBC / WBA heavyweight boxing titles
• 1987-04-06 Middleweight World Boxing Championship bout: Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada
• 1987-05-30 Mike Tyson beats Pinklon Thomas by TKO in round 6 in Las Vegas to retain WBC / WBA heavyweight boxing titles
• 1987-05-30 Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1987-06-15 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for The Ring heavyweight boxing title at Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
• 1987-08-01 Mike Tyson outpoints Tony Tucker in 12 rounds in a heavyweight boxing unification matchup in Las Vegas; first to own all 3 major belts WBA, WBC and IBF simultaneously
• 1987-08-17 Muhammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame
• 1987-10-16 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats Tyrell Biggs by TKO in round 7 at Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey; retains unified heavyweight boxing title

• 1988-01-22 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats former titleholder Larry Holmes by TKO in round 4 at Convention Centre, Atlantic City to retain his undisputed heavyweight boxing title
• 1988-03-20 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats Tony Tubbs by TKO in round 2 at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo for the undisputed world heavyweight boxing title

• 1989-02-24 Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Durán wins 4th world title in different weight divisions when he beats Iran Barkley in a 12 round split decision in Atlantic City; 37 year old Durán wins WBC middleweight title
• 1989-02-25 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1989-07-21 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1990-02-11 In a huge upset, James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10th round in Tokyo, Japan to win the world heavyweight boxing title

• 1991-04-19 Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1991-06-08 Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
• 1991-11-23 Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1992-03-01 In a rematch of one of the most controversial decisions in boxing history, Ghana's WBC super featherweight champion Azumah Nelson KOs Australian Jeff Fenech in 8th round in Melbourne
• 2013-07-15 18 people are killed and 47 are injured in a riot following a boxing match in Indonesia

• 2013-10-12 Timothy Bradley defeats Juan Manuel Márquez to win the WBA Welterweight boxing title

• 2015-07-06 Floyd Mayweather Jr. is stripped of his WBO welterweight boxing title after failing to pay $200k sanctioning fee and vacate his 2 junior middleweight titles
• 2018-07-15 Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao stops WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse in 7 in Kuala Lumpur for his first knockout in 9 years and 60th career victory

• 2019-11-09 YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul's second boxing match; KSI wins by split decision

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