August 31


Fight of the day

1996: Naseem Hamed vs Manuel Medina



1899: Tommy Ryan W 20 Jack Moffatt, Dubuque, IA. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1915: Ted Lewis W 12 Jack Britton, Boston. Wins World Welterweight Title.

1923: Harry Greb W 15 Johnny Wilson, NYC. Wins World Middleweight Title.

1929: Barney Ross W 6 Ramon Lugo, Los Angeles. Ross’ pro debut.

1936: Sixto Escobar KO 14 Tony Marino, Bronx, NY. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1969: Former World Heavyweight Champion, Rocky Marciano, 46, dies in an airplane crash in Iowa.

1984: Pinklon Thomas W 12 Tim Witherspoon, Las Vegas. Wins WBC Heavyweight Title.

1989: Daniel Zaragoza KO 10 Frankie Duarte, Inglewood. Retains WBC Super Bantamweight Title.

1996: Nate Miller KO 7 James Heath, Dublin. Retains WBA Cruiserweight Title.
-Adolpho Washington W 12 Torsten May, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Wins vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.
-Tom Johnson W 12 Ramon Guzman, Dublin. Retains IBF Featherweight Title.
-Naseem Hamed KO 11 Manuel Medina, Dublin.

2007: Mzonke Fana KO 9 Javier Osvaldo Alvarez, Klerksdorp, South Africa. Retains IBF Super Featherweight title.