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   1. Jun.1896-   George Lavigne wko17 Dick Burge - London, England
  27.Oct.1896-  George Lavigne wko 24 Jack Everhardt - New York City
   8.Feb.1987-   George Lavigne    w25   Kid McPartland - New York City
  28.Apr.1897-  George Lavigne    w11   Eddie Connolly - New York City
  29.Oct.1897-  George Lavigne wko 12 Barbados Joe Walcott - San Francisco, California
  17.Mar.1898- George Lavigne    D20   Jack Daly - Cleveland, Ohio
  28.Sep.1898-  George Lavigne    D20   Frank Erne - New York City
  25.Nov.1898- George Lavigne    w20   Tom Tracy - San Francisco, California
   3 .Jly . 1899-  Frank Erne    w20  George Lavigne - Buffalo, New York
    4.Dec.1899-  Frank Erne    D25   Jack O' Brien - New York City
  23.Mar.1900-  Frank Erne wko 12 Joe Gans - New York City
  12.May.1902-  Joe Gans  wko 1  Frank Erne - Fort Erie, Canada
  27 .Jun.1902-   Joe Gans  wko 3  George McFadden - San Francisco, California
  24 .Jly .1902-   Joe Gans wko 15 Rufe Turner - Oakland, California
  17.Sep.1902-   Joe Gans  wko 5  Gus Gardner - Baltimore, Maryland
  13.Oct.1902-   Joe Gans  wko 5  Kid McPartland - Fort Erie, Canada
   1 .Jan.1903-    Joe Gans wdq 11 Gus Gardner - New Britain, Conneticut
  11.Mar.1903-   Joe Gans wko 11 Steve Crosby - Hot Springs, Arkansas
 29.May.1903-   Joe Gans wko 10 Willie Fitzgerald - San Francisco, California
   4 .Jly. 1903-    Joe Gans   wko 5 Buddy King -  Butte, Montana
  12 .Jan.1904-   Joe Gans    w10  Willie Fitzgerald - Detroit, Michigan
  31.Oct.1904-   Joe Gans  wdq 5 Jimmy Britt - San Francisco, California
*20.Dec.1904-   Jimmy Britt    w20   Battling Nelson - San Francisco, California
   5.May.1905 -  Jimmy Britt    w20   Jabez White - San Francisco, California
  21. Jly .1905-   Jimmy Britt    w20   Kid Sullivan -  San Francisco, California
   9.Sep.1905-    Battling Nelson wko 18 Jimmy Britt - San Francisco, California
   3.Sep.1906-    Joe Gans wdq 42 Battling Nelson - Goldfield, Nevada
   1 .Jan.1907-    Joe Gans  wko 8  Kid Herman - Tonopah, Nevada
   9.Sep.1907-    Joe Gans  wko 6  Jimmy Britt -  San Francisco, California
  27.Sep.1907-   Joe Gans    w20   George Memsic -   Los Angeles, California
   1.Apr.1908-    Joe Gans  wko 3  Spike Robson - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  14.May.1908-  Joe Gans wko 11 Rudy Unholz - San Francisco, California
   4 .Jly.  1908-   Battling Nelson wko 17 Joe Gans - San Francisco, California
   9.Sep.1908-    Battling Nelson wko 21 Joe Gans - San Francisco, California
  29.May.1909-  Battling Nelson wko 23 Dick Hyland - San Francisco, California
  22 .Jun.1909-   Battling Nelson  wko 5  Jack Clifford - Oklahoma City,
  22.Feb.1910-   Ad Wolgast wko 40 Battling Nelson - Richmond, California
  17.Mar.1911-  Ad Wolgast  wko 9  George Memsic -  Los Angeles, California
  31.Mar.1911-  Ad Wolgast  wko 5  Antonio la Grave - San Francisco, California
  26.Apr.1911-  Ad Wolgast  wko 2  One-Round Hogan - New York City
  27.May.1911- Ad Wolgast wko 17 Frankie Burns - San Francisco, California
   4.  Jly .1911-   Ad Wolgast wko 13 Owen Moran - San Francisco, California
   4.  Jly .1912-   Ad Wolgast wko 13 Joe Rivers -  Los Angeles, California
  28.Nov.1912-  Willie Ritchie wdq 16 Ad Wolgast -  San Francisco, California
   4  .Jly. 1913-   Willie Ritchie wko 11 Joe Rivers -  San Francisco, California
  17.Apr.1914-   Willie Ritchie    w20   Tommy Murphy -  San Francisco, California
   7  .Jly. 1914-   Freddie Welsh    w20   Willie Ritchie - London, England
   4  .Jly. 1916-   Freddie Welsh wdq 11 Ad Wolgast - Denver, Colorado
   4.Sep.1916-    Freddie Welsh     w20   Charley White - Colorado Springs, Colorado
  28.May.1917-  Benny Leonard  wko 9   Freddie Welsh  - New York City
  25 .Jly. 1917-   Benny Leonard  wko 3  Johnny Kilbane - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   5 .Jly .1920-    Benny Leonard   wko 9 Charley White - Benton Harbor, Michigan
  26.Nov.1920-  Benny Leonard  wko 14 Joe Welling - New York City
  14.Jan.1921-    Benny Leonard   wko 6  Richie Mitchell - New York City
  10.Feb.1922-   Benny Leonard     w15   Rocky Kansas -New York City
   4  .Jly. 1922-   Benny Leonard   wko 8  Rocky Kansas - Michigan City,
  23 .Jly.1923-    Benny Leonard     w15   Lew Tendler - New York City
*13 .Jly.1925-    Jimmy Goodrich  wko 2  Stanislaus Loayza - New York City
   7.Dec.1925-    Rocky Kansas    w15   Jimmy Goodrich - Buffalo, New York
   3 .Jly .1926-    Sammy Mandell    w10   Rocky Kansas - Chicago, Illinois
  21.May.1928-  Sammy Mandell    w15   Jimmy McLarnin - New York City
   2.Aug.1929-    Sammy Mandell    w10   Tony Canzoneri - Chicago, Illinois
  17 .Jly. 1930-   Al Singer  wko 1  Sammy Mandell -  New York City
  14.Nov.1930-  Tony Canzoneri  wko 1  Al Singer -  New York City
  24.Apr.1931-  Tony Canzoneri  wko 3  Jack 'Kid' Berg - Chicago, Illinois
  10.Sep.1931-  Tony Canzoneri    w15   Jack 'Kid' Berg -  New York City
  20.Nov.1931- Tony Canzoneri    w15   Kid Chocolate -  New York City
   4.Nov.1932-  Tony Canzoneri    w15   Billy Petrolle -  New York City
  23 .Jun.1933-   Barney Ross    w10    Tony Canzoneri - Chicago, Illinois
  12.Sep.1933-   Barney Ross    w15    Tony Canzoneri -  New York City
*10.May.1935-  Tony Canzoneri    w15   Lou Ambers -  New York City
   4.Oct.1935-    Tony Canzoneri    w15   Al Roth -  New York City
   3.Sep.1936-    Lou Ambers    w15    Tony Canzoneri -  New York City
   7.May.1937-   Lou Ambers    w15    Tony Canzoneri -  New York City
  23.Sep.1937-   Lou Ambers    w15   Pedro Montanez - New York City
  17.Aug.1938-  Henry Armstrong    w15  Lou Ambers - New York City
  22.Aug.1939-   Lou Ambers    w15  Henry Armstrong - New York City
  10.May.1940-  Lew Jenkins  wko 3    Lou Ambers - New York City
  22.Nov.1940-  Lew Jenkins  wko 2  Pete Lello - New York City
  19.Dec.1941-   Sammy Angott    w15   Lew Jenkins - New York City
 15.May.1942-   Sammy Angott    w15   Allie Stolz - New York City
*18.Dec.1942-   Beau Jack  wko 3  Tippy Larkin -   New York City
  21.May.1943-  Bob Montgomery    w15 Beau Jack   New York City
  19.Nov.1943-   Beau Jack    w15   Bob Montgomery New York City
   3.Mar.1944-    Bob Montgomery    w15   Beau Jack - New York City
  28 .Jun.1946-   Bob Montgomery wko 13 Allie Stolz - New York City
  26.Nov.1946-  Bob Montgomery  wko 8  Wesley Mouzon - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
   4.Aug.1947-   Ike Williams  wko 6  Bob Montgomery - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  25.May.1948-  Ike Williams    w15   Enrique Bolanos - Los Angeles, California
  12 .Jly. 1948-   Ike Williams  wko 6  Beau Jack - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  23.Sep.1948-   Ike Williams wko 10 Jesse Flores - New York City
  21 .Jly.1949-    Ike Williams  wko 4  Enrique Bolanos - Los Angeles, California
   5.Dec.1949-    Ike Williams    w15   Freddie Dawson - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  25.May.1951-  Jimmy Carter wko 14 Ike Williams -   New York City
  14.Nov.1951-  Jimmy Carter    w15   Art Aragon - Los Angeles, California
   1.Apr.1952-    Jimmy Carter    w15   Lauro Salas - Los Angeles, California
  14.May.1952-  Lauro Salas    w15   Jimmy Carter - Los Angeles, California
  15.Oct.1952-   Jimmy Carter    w15   Lauro Salas - Chicago, Illinois
  24.Apr.1953-   Jimmy Carter  wko 4  Tommy Collins - Boston, Massachusetts
  12. Jun.1953-   Jimmy Carter wko 13 George Araujo - New York City
  11.Nov.1953-  Jimmy Carter  wko 5  Armand Savoie -  Montreal, Canada
   5.Mar.1954-   Paddy de Marco    w15   Jimmy Carter  - New York City
  17.Nov.1954-  Jimmy Carter wko 15 Paddy de Marco - San Francisco, California
  29 .Jun.1955-  Wallace 'Bud' Smith    w15   Jimmy Carter - Boston, Massachusetts
  19.Oct.1955-  Wallace 'Bud' Smith    w15   Jimmy Carter - Cincinnati, Ohio
  24.Aug.1956-   Joe Brown    w15   Wallace 'Bud' Smith -  New Orleans, Louisiana
  13.Feb.1957-   Joe Brown wko 10 Wallace 'Bud' Smith - Miami, Florida
  19 .Jun.1957-   Joe Brown wko 15 Orlando Zulueta - Denver, Colorado
   4.Dec.1957-    Joe Brown wko 11 Joey Lopes - Chicago, Illinois
   7.May.1958-   Joe Brown  wko 8  Ralph Dupas - Houston, Texas
  23 .Jly. 1958-   Joe Brown    w15   Kenny Lane -Houston, Texas
  11.Feb.1959-   Joe Brown    w15   Johnny Busso -Houston, Texas
   3. Jun.1959-    Joe Brown  wko 8  Paolo Rossi - Washington D.C.
   2.Dec.1959-    Joe Brown  wko 5  Dave Charnley - Houston, Texas
  28.Oct.1960-   Joe Brown    w15   Cisco Andrade - Los Angeles, California
  18.Apr.1961-   Joe Brown    w15   Dave Charnley - London, England
  28.Oct.1961-   Joe Brown    w15   Bert Somodio - Quezon City, Philippines
  21.Apr.1962-  Carlos Ortiz    w15    Joe Brown - Las Vegas, Nevada
  3.Dec.1962-    Carlos Ortiz  wko 5  Teruo Kosaka - Tokyo, Japan
  7.Apr.1963-    Carlos Ortiz wko 13 Doug Vaillant - San Juan, Puerto Rico
  15.Feb.1964-  Carlos Ortiz wko 14 Flash Elorde - Manila, Philippines
  11.Apr.1964-  Carlos Ortiz    w15   Kenny Lane - San Juan, Puerto Rico
  10.Apr.1965-  Ismael Laguna    w15  Carlos Ortiz - Panama City, Panama
  13.Nov.1965- Carlos Ortiz    w15   Ismael Laguna - San Juan, Puerto Rico
  20 .Jun.1966-  Carlos Ortiz wko 12 Johnny Bizarro - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  22.Oct.1966-  Carlos Ortiz  wko 5  Sugar Ramos -Mexico City, Mexico
  28.Nov.1966- Carlos Ortiz wko 14 Flash Elorde - New York City
   1. Jly . 1967-  Carlos Ortiz  wko 4  Sugar Ramos - San Juan, Puerto Rico
  16.Aug.1967-  Carlos Ortiz    w15   Ismael Laguna - New York City
 29.Jun .1968-   Carlos Teo Cruz    w15   Carlos Ortiz - St. Domingo, Puerto Rico
  28.Sep.1968-  Carlos Teo Cruz    w15   Mando Ramos - Los Angeles, California
 18.Feb.1969-   Mando Ramos wko 11 Carlos Teo Cruz - Los Angeles, California
   4.Oct.1969-   Mando Ramos  wko 6  Yoshiaki Numata - Los Angeles, California
   3.Mar.1970-   Ismael Laguna  wko 9  Mando Ramos - Los Angeles, California
   7 .Jun.1970-   Ismael Laguna wko 13 Guts Ishimatsu - Panama City, Panama
  26.Sep 1970-  Ken Buchanan    w15  Ismael Laguna  - San Juan, Puerto Rico
  12.Feb.1971-  Ken Buchanan    w15   Ruben Navarro - Los Angeles, California
  13.Sep.1971-  Ken Buchanan    w15  Ismael Laguna - New York City
  26. Jun.1972-  Roberto Duran wko 13  Ken Buchanan - New York City
  20 .Jan.1973-  Roberto Duran wko 5  Jimmy Robertson - Panama City, Panama
   2 .Jun.1973-   Roberto Duran  wko 8  Hector Thompson - Panama City, Panama
   8.Sep.1973-   Roberto Duran wko 10 Guts Ishimatsu - Panama City, Panama
  16.Mar.1974-  Roberto Duran wko 11 Esteban de Jesus - Panama City, Panama
  21.Dec.1974-  Roberto Duran  wko 1  Masataka Takayama - San Jose, Costa Rica
   2.Mar.1975-   Roberto Duran wko 14 Ray Lampkin - Panama City, Panama
  14.Dec.1975-  Roberto Duran wko 15 Leoncio Ortiz - San Juan, Puerto Rico
  22.May.1976- Roberto Duran wko 14 Lou Bizarro - Erie, Pennsylvania
  15.Oct.1976-  Roberto Duran  wko 1  Alvaro Rojas - Los Angeles, California
  29. Jan.1977-  Roberto Duran wko 13 Vilomar Fernandez - Miami, Florida
  17.Sep.1977-  Roberto Duran    w15   Edwin Viruet - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  21. Jan.1978-  Roberto Duran wko 12 Esteban de Jesus - Las Vegas, Nevada
*17.Apr.1979-  Jim Watt wko 12 Alfredo Pitalua - Glasgow, Scotland 
   3.Nov.1979-  Jim Watt  wko 9  Roberto Vasquez - Glasgow, Scotland 
  14.Mar.1980- Jim Watt  wko 4  Charlie Nash - Glasgow, Scotland 
   7 .Jun. 1980-  Jim Watt    w15   Howard Davis - Glasgow, Scotland 
   1.Nov.1980-  Jim Watt wko 12 Sean O' Grady - Glasgow, Scotland 
  20 .Jun.1981-  Alexis Arguello    w15   Jim Watt  - Wembley, England
    3.Oct.1981-  Alexis Arguello wko 14 Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini - Atlantic City, New Jersey
  21.Nov.1981- Alexis Arguello  wko 7  Roberto Elizondo - Las Vegas, Nevada
  13.Feb.1982-  Alexis Arguello  wko 6  Bubba Busceme - Beaumont, Texas
  22.May.1982- Alexis Arguello  wko 5  Andy Ganigan - Las Vegas, Nevada
*24 .Jly. 1982-  Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini  wko 6 Ernesto Espana - Warren,
  13.Nov.1982- Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini wko 14 Deuk-Koo Kim - Las Vegas, Nevada
  15.Sep.1983-  Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini  wko 9  Orlando Romero - New York City
  14 .Jan.1984-  Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini  wko 3  Bobby Chacon - Reno, Nevada
   1 .Jun.1984-   Livingstone Bramble wko 14  Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini - Buffalo, New york
  16.Feb.1985-  Livingstone Bramble    w15    Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini - Reno, Nevada
  16.Feb.1986-  Livingstone Bramble wko 13  Tyrone Crawley - Reno, Nevada
  26.Sep.1986-  Edwin Rosario  wko 2   Livingstone Bramble -Miami, Florida
  11.Aug.1987-  Edwin Rosario  wko 8  Juan Nazario - Chicago, Illinois
  21.Nov.1987- Julio Cesar Chavez wko 11 Edwin Rosario - Las Vegas, Nevada
  16.Apr.1988-  Julio Cesar Chavez  wko 6  Rodolfo Aguilar - Las Vegas, Nevada
   4. Jun.1988  - Julio Cesar Chavez  wko 7  Rafael 'Bazooka' Limon - Mazatlan, Mexico
   1.Aug.1988-   Julio Cesar Chavez  wko 3  Yogi Buchanan - Los Angeles, California
  29.Oct.1988-   Julio Cesar Chavez  TW11 Jose Luis Ramirez - Las Vegas, Nevada
*18.Feb.1989-  Pernell Whitaker    w12   Greg Haugen - Hampton, Virginia
  30.Apr.1989-  Pernell Whitaker  wko 3  Louie Lomelli - Norfolk, Virginia
  20.Aug.1989-  Pernell Whitaker    w12   Jose Luis Ramirez - Norfolk, Virginia
  11.Dec.1989-  Pernell Whitaker  wko 3  Martin Galvan - Port Marly, France
    3.Feb.1990-  Pernell Whitaker    w12   Freddie Pendleton - Atlantic City, New Jersey
  19.May.1990- Pernell Whitaker    w12   Azumah Nelson - Las Vegas, Nevada
  11.Aug.1990-  Pernell Whitaker  wko 1  Juan Nazario - Stateline, Nevada
  23.Feb.1991-  Pernell Whitaker    w12   Anthony Jones - Las Vegas, Nevada
  27 .Jly. 1991-  Pernell Whitaker    w12   Policarpo Diaz - Norfolk, Virginia
   5.Oct.1991-   Pernell Whitaker    w12   Jorge Paez - Reno, Nevada
*29.Aug.1992-  Freddie Pendleton   TD2   Tracy Spann -Reno, Nevada
*10 .Jan.1993-  Freddie Pendleton    w12   Tracy Spann - Atlantic City, New Jersey
  17 .Jly. 1993-  Freddie Pendleton    w12   Jorge Paez - Las Vegas, Nevada
  19.Feb.1994-  Rafael Ruelas    w12   Freddie Pendleton - Los Angeles, California
 27.May.1994-  Rafael Ruelas  wko 3  Mike Evgen - Las Vegas, Nevada
  28.Jan. 1995-  Rafael Ruelas  wko 8  Billy Schwer -   Las Vegas, Nevada
   6.May.1995-  Oscar De La Hoya  wko 2  Rafael Ruelas - Las Vegas, Nevada
   9.Sep.1995-   Oscar De La Hoya  wko 6  Genaro Hernandez - Las Vegas, Nevada
  15.Dec.1995-  Oscar De La Hoya  wko 2  Jesse James Leija - New York City
*20.Apr.1996-  Jean Baptiste Mendy    w12   Lamar Murphy - Levallois-Peret, France
   1.Mar.1997-  Steve Johnston    w12   Jean Baptiste Mendy - Paris, France
  26 .Jly. 1997-  Steve Johnston    w12   Hiroyuki Sakamoto - Yokohama, Japan
  12.Sep.1997-  Steve Johnston    w12   Saul Duran - Las Vegas, Nevada
  28.Feb.1998-  Steve Johnston    w12   George Scott - Atlantic City, New Jersey
  13.Jun.1998-   Cesar Bazan    w12   Steve Johnston - El Paso, Texas
  23.Aug.1998-  Cesar Bazan    w12   Hiroyuki Sakamoto - Yokohama, Japan
  30.Oct.1998-   Cesar Bazan    w12   Mauro Lucero - Juarez, Mexico
  27.Feb.1999-  Steve Johnston    w12    Cesar Bazan - Miami, Florida
  26.Jun.1999-   Steve Johnston    w12   Aldo Rios - Las Vegas, Nevada
  14.Aug.1999-  Steve Johnston    w12   Angel Manfredy - Ledyard, Conneticut
  29.Nov.1999-  Steve Johnston    w12   Billy Schwer - Wembley, England
  17.Mar.2000-  Steve Johnston  wko 2  Julio Alvarez - Denver, Colorado
  17. Jun.2000-   Jose Luis Castillo    w12   Steve Johnston - Bell Gardens, California
   15.Sep.2000-  Jose Luis Castillo    D12   Steve Johnston - Denver, Colorado
  20. Jan.2001-   Jose Luis Castillo  wko 6  Cesar Bazan - Las Vegas, Nevada
  16 .Jun.2001-   Jose Luis Castillo  wko 1  Sungho Yuh - Hermosilio, Mexico
  20.Apr.2002-   Floyd Mayweather    w12  Jose Luis Castillo - Las Vegas, Nevada  
   7. Dec.2002-   Floyd Mayweather    w12  Jose Luis Castillo - Las Vegas, Nevada 
  19.Apr.2003-   Floyd Mayweather    w12  Victoriano Sosa - Fresno, California  
  1. Nov.2003-   Floyd Mayweather  wko 7  Phillip Ndou - Grand Rapids, Michigan  
 * 5. Jun.2004-   Jose Luis Castillo     w12    Juan Lazcano - Las Vegas, Nevada 
   4. Dec.2004-   Jose Luis Castillo     w12    Joel Casamayor - Las Vegas, Nevada 
   5. Mar.2005-   Jose Luis Castillo  wko 10  Julio Diaz - Las Vegas, Nevada   
   7. May.2005-   Diego Corrales  wko 10  Jose Luis Castillo - Las Vegas, Nevada       
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