This day in boxing. A look back.

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August 20

Fight of the day
1977:Bobby Chacon vs Ruben Olivares 3


1931: Jimmy McLarnin W 10 Billy Petrolle, NYC.

1952: Billy Graham W 10 Carmen Basilio, Chicago.

1954: Carl Olson W 15 Rocky Castellani, San Francisco. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1977: Saensak Muangsurin KO 6 Mike Everett, Roi-et, Thailand. Retains WBC Super Lightweight Title.
-Bobby Chacon W 10 Ruben Olivares, Inglewood.

1989: Pernell Whitaker W 12 Jose Luis Ramirez, Norfolk. Retains IBF and wins
the vacant WBC Lightweight Title.

1994: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Kennedy McKinney, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1996: Vuyani Bungu W 12 Jesus Salud, Hammanskraal, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1999: Paul Spadafora W 12 Israel Cardona, Chester, WV. Wins vacant IBF Lightweight Title.

2000: Malcolm Tunacao D 12 Celes Kobayashi, Tokyo. Retains WBC Flyweight Title.
-Joma Gamboa W 12 Noel Arambulet, Tokyo. Wins WBA Strawweight Title.

Referee Mitch Halpern, 33, is found dead in his home in Las Vegas, the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I announce deaths and births sparingly but this guy was a gem of a ref

2005: Roberto Vasquez KO 4 Jose Antonio Aguirre, Panama City, Panama. Retains WBA Junior Flyweight Title.