May 21

Fight of the day

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Ray Close



1891: James J. Corbett D 61 Peter Jackson, San Francisco.

1912: Johnny Kilbane D 12 Jimmy Walsh, Boston. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1925: Jack (Kid) Berg KO 10 Ted (Kid) Lewis, London.

1933: Tony Canzoneri W 10 Battling Shaw, New Orleans. Regains World Super Lightweight Title.

1943: Bob Montgomery W 15 Beau Jack, NYC. Wins New York World Lightweight Title.

1966: Muhammad Ali KO 6 Henry Cooper, London. Retains World Heavyweight Title. 46,000 spectators turned out for England’s first Heavyweight Championship bout in 58 years.

-Jose Torres W 15 Wayne Thornton, Flushing, NY. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1977: Miguel Angel Cuello KO 9 Jesse Burnett, Monte Carlo. Wins vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title.

-Wilfredo Gomez KO 12 Dong Kyun Yum, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Wins WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1989: Jorge Paez D 12 Louie Espinosa, Phoenix. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.

1993: Katsuya Onizuka W 12 Jae-Shin Lim, Tokyo. Retains WBA Super Flyweight Title.

1994: Chris Eubank W 12 Ray Close, Belfast, Ireland.

-Julio Cesar Vasquez KO 10 Ahmet Dottuev, Belfast. Retains WBA Super Welterweight Title.

-Julio Cesar Borboa KO 9 Jaji Sibali, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super flyweight Title.

1996: Keiji Yamaguchi W 12 Carlos Murillo, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBA Junior Flyweight Title.

1999: Veerapol Sahaprom KO 5 Mauro Blanc, Sara Buri, Thailand. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

2000: Joel Casamayor KO 5 Jong-Kwon Baek, Kansas City. Wins WBA Super Featherweight Title.

2005: Lamon Brewster KO 1 Andrew Golota, Chicago, IL.

-Tomasz Adamek W 12 Paul Briggs, Chicago, IL Wins vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title.