This day in boxing. A look back.

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Mar 10

Fight of the day.

1986: Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs John Mugabi



1888: John L. Sullivan D 39 Charley Mitchell, Chantilly, France. Retains Bareknuckle World Heavyweight Title. Fought on the estate of Baron Rothschild.

1933: Maxie Rosenbloom W 15 Adolf Heuser, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title.

1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 11 Lou Salica, Oakland. Retains World Bantamweight Title.

1947: Ezzard Charles KO 4 Jimmy Bivins, Cleveland.

1969: Former World Flyweight Champion Jimmy Wilde dies.

1972: Alfonzo Frazer W 15 Nicolino Locche, Panama City. Wins World Super Lightweight Title.

1979: Danny Lopez KO 2 Roberto Castanon, Salt Lake City. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.

-Carlos Zarate KO 3 Mensah Kpalongo, Inglewood. Retains WBC Bantamweight Title.

1986: Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 11 John Mugabi, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title. Hagler’s 12th-successful title defense.

-Thomas Hearns KO 1 James Shuler.

-Gaby Canizales KO 7 Richard Sandoval, Las Vegas. Wins WBA Bantamweight Title. Sandovals heart stops for 90 seconds. He never scraps again.

1989: Fabrice Benichou W 12 Jose Sanabria, Limoges, France. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

1990: Welcome Ncita W 12 Fabrice Benichou, Tel Aviv. Wins IBF Super Bantamweight Title.

2001: Shane Mosley KO 5 Shannon Taylor, Las Vegas. Retains World Welterweight Title.

2007: Wladimir Klitschko KO 2 Ray Austin, Manneheim, Germany. Retains IBF Heavyweight Title.

-Souleymane M’Baye D 12 Andreas Kotelnik, Liverpool, England. Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title.

2012: Orlando Salido KO 10 Juan Manuel Lopez, San Juan, Puerto Rico.