1926- Pete Latzo WF 4 George Levine, NYC. Retains World Welterweight title.
1970- Carmelo Bossi W 15 Freddie Little, Monza, Italy. Wins World Junior Middleweight title.
1974- Ruben Olivares KO 7 Zensuke Utagawa, Inglewood. Wins vacant WBA Featherweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/b7jp8jav
1988- Orlando Canizales KO 15 Kelvin Seabrooks, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Bantamweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/c0lvapc8
1988- Gilberto Roman KO 5 Yoshiyuki Uchida, Kawagoe, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/398di918
1989- Edwin Rosario KO 6 Anthony Jones, Atlantic City. Regains vacant WBA Lightweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/mzce2dte
1989- Kaokor Galaxy W 12 Sung Kil Moon, Bangkok. Regains WBA Bantamweight title.
1995- Tracey Patterson KO 2 Eddie Hopson, Reno. Wins IBF Junior Lightweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/jmxwwv04
1997- The Nevada Athletic Commission revokes Mike Tyson’s boxing license and fines him $3-million for twice biting WBA heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield on the ears during their 6/28/19997 bout in Las Vegas. Tyson can reapply for his license one year from that date.
1998- A federal jury in New York City acquits promoter Don King, 66, of all charges at his second insurance fraud trial.
Born On This Day1970- Carmelo Bossi W 15 Freddie Little, Monza, Italy. Wins World Junior Middleweight title.
1974- Ruben Olivares KO 7 Zensuke Utagawa, Inglewood. Wins vacant WBA Featherweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/b7jp8jav
1988- Orlando Canizales KO 15 Kelvin Seabrooks, Atlantic City. Wins IBF Bantamweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/c0lvapc8
1988- Gilberto Roman KO 5 Yoshiyuki Uchida, Kawagoe, Japan. Retains WBC Super Flyweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/398di918
1989- Edwin Rosario KO 6 Anthony Jones, Atlantic City. Regains vacant WBA Lightweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/mzce2dte
1989- Kaokor Galaxy W 12 Sung Kil Moon, Bangkok. Regains WBA Bantamweight title.
1995- Tracey Patterson KO 2 Eddie Hopson, Reno. Wins IBF Junior Lightweight title. https://uploadir.com/u/jmxwwv04
1997- The Nevada Athletic Commission revokes Mike Tyson’s boxing license and fines him $3-million for twice biting WBA heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield on the ears during their 6/28/19997 bout in Las Vegas. Tyson can reapply for his license one year from that date.
1998- A federal jury in New York City acquits promoter Don King, 66, of all charges at his second insurance fraud trial.
1980- Sebastian Sylvester (born in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Sylvester is a German boxer and former IBF middleweight champion.
On 2 November 2008, Felix Sturm retained his WBA middleweight title via unanimous decision (118-110, 118-110 and 119-109) over Sylvester. He improved to 31-2, with one draw, while Sylvester fell to 31-3.
He won the vacant IBF middleweight champion title by beating Giovanni Lorenzo on September 19, 2009 by split decision. He defended the title successfully three times before losing it by split decision to Daniel Geale on May 7, 2011.
