Gene Fullmer retained the NBA world middleweight crown #OTD in 1960 with a Round 12 TKO of Carmen Basilio at Derks Field in Salt Lake City. A furious Basilio remonstrated with the referee and pushed him when he stopped the fight, claiming he was the victim of a home town

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We're halfway thru 2026 and the following boxers have not fought yet this year, with nothing officially on the schedule:
-Devin Haney
-Vergil Ortiz Jr
-Artur Beterbiev
-Zhanibek Alimkhanuly
-Rafael Espinoza
-Erislandy Lara
-Lawrence Okolie
-Chris Eubank Jr
-Angelo Leo

Wallace Bud Smith (right) wins a 15-round split decision over Jimmy Carter at The Boston Garden, on June 29, 1955, to gain the World Lightweight Championship.

The AP, which unofficially scored it 144-143 for Smith, would write:

"Wallace (Bud) Smith, 134, gave Jimmy Carter, 134

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New World Heavyweight Champion Primo Carnera lets rip with a musical number after winning the crown #OnThisDay in 1933. The image was captured during a party at the Delmonico Hotel in New York a couple of hours after "Da Preem" KO'd "Boston Gob" Jack Sharkey at the Madison Square

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Jersey Joe Walcott catches Utah's Rex Layne with a left hook at Madison Square Garden in 1950. Layne won by upset 10 round decision but for some reason it was Walcott, not Rex, who got the world title shot vs Ezzard Charles three months later. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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Challenger Primo Carnera KO's champion Jack Sharkey in the 6th round in Sharkey's 1st title defense, on June 29, 1933, at the Madison Square Garden Bowl in Long island City, NY, to win the heavyweight title.

Carnera knocked out Sharkey with a right uppercut to the chin.

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Pedro Carrasco (on the canvas) wins the WBC Lightweight Title that had been stripped from Ken Buchanan on June 25th, on November 5, 1971, with a 12th round DQ win over Mando Ramos in Madrid, Spain.
In front of disbelieving Spanish fans, Ramos, seemingly on the brink of a KO, was

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So I have a question, we will see Boots again this year? Doesn't have to be versus Vergil Ortiz, I get the situation there, but he will fight again before the end of '26, right? #boxing

Rocky Marciano and world champ Jersey Joe Walcott rumble toe-to-toe in Philadelphia in 1952, one of the all-time great big man donnybrooks. Walcott was well ahead on points when Rocky got the one-shot KO with a vicious right hand in round 13. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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The great Roberto Duran forces Adolfo Viruet to cover up at Madison Square Garden (1978) 🇵🇦

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Max Schmeling is paraded through Berlin, on June 27, 1936, now a national hero, with far more fanfare for his 12th round TKO of Joe Louis than he had received in his native land for winning the Heavyweight Championship six years earlier.

Behind Schmeling in the car are his

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In a splendid brawl on June 28, 1943, Al Tribuani (Center, right) wins a 10-round split decision over Al "Bummy" Davis at The Philadelphia Arena.

Alfred Armand Tribuiani had a 4-1 record with fighters on the 2003 Ring Magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time. The

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The "Whitechapel Whirlwind" Jackie "Kid" Berg, World Light Welterweight Champion 1930 - 1931, was born in London #OnThisDay in 1909.

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"Blackjack" Billy Fox TKO's Artie Levine in the 3rd round, on June 27, 1947, at Madison Square Garden, winning his 3rd straight fight since he had suffered his first career lose in an unsucessful challenge (TKO by 10) of Light heavyweight Champion Gus Lesnevich in February.

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Muhammad Ali getting ready to spar with young British prospect, 20 year old Joe Bugner, on June 27, 1970 in New York City.

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In his first fight since losing the World Middleweight Championship to Sugar Ray Robinson, fighting at light heavyweight (both weighed in at 175 lbs) Jake LaMotta is unable to answer the bell for the 8th round against "Irish" Bob Murphy, on June 27, 1951, at Yankee Stadium.

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History maker - George Dixon became the first black fighter to win a boxing world title when he captured the bantamweight crown #OnThisDay in 1890 by stopping Britain's Nunc Wallace in Round 18 of a scheduled 30 at the Pelican Club in London.

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Once a warrior, always a warrior: Decades after their historic 1892 clash, James J. Corbett and John L. Sullivan look like they wouldn't mind locking up again. Corbett had scored a 21st round KO over "The Boston Strong Boy" in New Orleans. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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Future big man king Jersey Joe Walcott stands over future light heavyweight champion Harold Johnson in Philadelphia in 1950. In round three Johnson collapsed to the canvas, writhing in agony, and couldn't continue due to a lower back injury. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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