This day in boxing. A look back.

[Spicoli]

March 6, 1976

Wilfredo Benitez defeats Antonio "Kid Pambelé" Cervantes to become the youngest world champion ever at 17 years of age.

Crazy to again realize his age and relative inexperience going in against a champion of that caliber. Even worse the powers that be stripped the guy for having the nerve to be injured in a car accident leading to rematch. A precursor to history, he'd fall under new management be brought Stateside and become a great.

[Master]

On this day in 1970 Henry Cooper beat Jack Bodell at Wembley as he retained his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles.

Cooper triumphed on points against his fellow Briton in what was their second fight.

They had previously met in June 1967 at Wolves’ Molineux stadium, where Cooper won via technical knock-out.



The rematch came in the same year that Cooper became the first two-time winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

The former European champion subsequently retired in 1971 with a record of 40 wins (27 KOs) from 55 fights. He was knighted in 2000.

Cooper, who died in 2011 at the age of 77, famously fought Muhammad Ali twice, losing both times – once in a non-title bout at Wembley in 1963 that saw him floor the fighter then known as Cassius Clay in round four, and then at Arsenal’s Highbury Stadium in 1966 when he was challenging for Ali’s WBA and WBC titles.

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[TitoFan]

April 3, 1998

Felix Trinidad KO's Mahenge Zulu for the 12th defense of his IBF welter world title. At the time, Trinidad surpassed Pipino Cuevas, who had 11 defenses of his WBA welterweight title. Trinidad finished with 15 defenses of his welter title (12 KO's), second only to Henry Armstrong, who had 19 defenses. Trinidad held the welterweight title for almost 7 years.

[Master]

That is classic Tito Trinidad, so crisp with his punches and that left hook finish was like watching Julian Jackson KO.

Brilliant fighter and champion. became a fan of his after he beat my favourite fighters Carr and Campus.

[TitoFan]

That is classic Tito Trinidad, so crisp with his punches and that left hook finish was like watching Julian Jackson KO.

Brilliant fighter and champion. became a fan of his after he beat my favourite fighters Carr and Campus.

Not only that... they were both undefeated when he beat them.

[Master]

That is classic Tito Trinidad, so crisp with his punches and that left hook finish was like watching Julian Jackson KO.

Brilliant fighter and champion. became a fan of his after he beat my favourite fighters Carr and Campus.

Not only that... they were both undefeated when he beat them.

Do not remind me, it still hurts. Trinidad would have slaughtered Julio Ceaser Chavez if Don King had allowed it.

[Spicoli]

Titos fight with Anthony Stephens was also a fun scrap. Stephens showed a young Trinidad caught too many right hands but also gave early glimpses of his adaptability and the way he would always storm back after being rocked or dropped.

[TitoFan]

That is classic Tito Trinidad, so crisp with his punches and that left hook finish was like watching Julian Jackson KO.

Brilliant fighter and champion. became a fan of his after he beat my favourite fighters Carr and Campus.

Not only that... they were both undefeated when he beat them.

Do not remind me, it still hurts. Trinidad would have slaughtered Julio Ceaser Chavez if Don King had allowed it.

I think so too. Too much firepower.