Boxing News : On This Day May 11th
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 On This Day in Boxing History
May 11th
by Marty Mulcahey
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1848: Tom Cribb dies age 66. Bareknuckle Heavyweight Champion.
1900: James J. Jeffries KO 23 James J. Corbett. Retains World Heavyweight
Title.
1906: Abe Attell D 20 Kid Herman. Retains World Featherweight Title.
1922: Georges Carpentier KO Ted "Kid" Lewis. Retains World Light Heavyweight
Title.
1936: Petey Sarron W 15 Freddie Miller. Wins World Featherweight Title.
1937: Freddie Steele KO 3 Frank Battaglia. Retains World Middleweight Title.
1953: Dennis Andries is born. WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
1963: Mark Breland is born. WBA Welterweight Champion.
1971: Oba Carr is born. Welterweight contender.
1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 5 Louis Pergaud. Retains WBC Light
Heavyweight Title.
1981: Gerry Cooney KO 1 Ken Norton.
1983: Francisco Bojado is born. Jr. Welterweight Contender.
1991: Dave McAuley W 12 Pedro Feliciano. Retains IBF Flyweight Title.
1994: Steve Collins KO 5 Chris Pyatt. Wins WBO Middleweight TItle.
1996: Yong-Soo Choi KO 8 Orlando Soto. Retains WBA Jr. Lightweight Title.
2002: Felix Trinidad TKO Hacine Cherifi.
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