August 27

Fight of the day
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1894: Jack McAuliffe W 10 Young Griffo, Coney Island.

1924: Paul Berllenbach D 6 Young Stribling, NYC.

1925: Louis Kaplan D 15 Babe Herman, Waterbury, CT. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1943: Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Henry Armstrong, NYC.

1951: Paddy DeMarco W 10 Sandy Saddler, Milwaukee. Non-title fight.

1977: Samuel Serrano W 15 Apollo Yoshio, San Juan. Retains WBA Super Featherweight Title.

1985: Mickey Ward KO 4 Greg Young, Lowell, MA. Ward’s pro debut.

1994: Chris Eubank KO 7 Sam Storey, Cardiff, Wales.

Jake Rodriguez KO 9 George Scott, Bushkill. Retains IBF Super Lightweight Title.

2000: Masamori Tokuyama W 12 In Joo Cho, Osaka, Japan. Wins WBC Super Flyweight Title.
Tokuyama becomes the first North Korean to win a world title.