Boxing News : On This Day May 6th
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 On This Day in Boxing History
May 6th
by Marty Mulcahey
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1898: James J. Jeffries W 20 Tom Sharkey.
1915: Freddie Cochrane is born. World Welterweight Champion.
1920: Johnny Wilson W 12 Mike O'Dowd. Wins World Middleweight Title.
1967: Carlos Monzon D 10 Bennie Briscoe.
1970: Rosendo Alvarez is born. WBA Minimumweight Champion.
1978: Victor Galindez W 15 Yaqui Lopez. Retains WBA Light Heavyweight Title.
Netmoi Varasingh W 15 Freddy Castillo. Wins WBC Jr. Flyweight Title.
Ricardo Cardona KO 12 Soo Hwan Hong. Wins WBA Jr. Featherweight Title.
1985: Santos Laciar W 15 Antoine Montero. Retains WBA Flyweight Title.
1988: Rolando Bohol W 15 Cho Woon Park. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
1989: Francesco Damiani KO 3 Johnny DuPloy. Wins WBO Heavyweight Title.
Genaro Leon TKO 1 Danny Garcia. Wins WBO Welterweight Title.
1994: Lennox Lewis KO 8 Phil Jackson. Retains WBC Heavyweight Title.
Kevin Kelly W 12 Jesse Benevides. Retains WBC Featherweight Title.
1995: Oscar DeLaHoya KO 2 Rafael Ruelas. Wins IBF Lightweight Title.
Gabriel Ruelas KO 11 Jimmy Garcia. Retains WBC Jr. Lightweight Title.
Johnny Tapia Tech D 8 Ricardo Vargas. Retains WBO Bantamweight Title.
2000: Juan Carlos Gomez KO 3 Imamu Mayfield. Retains WBC Cruiserweight
Title.
Johnny Tapia W 12 Pedro Torres. Retains WBO Bantamweight Title.
Paul Spadafora W 10 Mike Griffith. Retains IBF Lightweight Title.
Glenn Catley KO 12 Markus Beyer. Wins WBC Super Middleweight Title.
Daniel Santos KO 5 Ahmet Kotiev. Wins WBO Welterweight Title.
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