💨 Larry Holmes was ON SMOKE‼️ | #OnThisDay | 🆚 Leon Spinks 🥊

The ‘Easton Assassin’ was as fast with his tongue as he was with his shots 45 years ago today, decimating former world champion, Leon Spinks in just two rounds.

Following the fight, the WBC and RING champion was in no mood to deal with no.1 challenger, Gerry Cooney, as he declared. “If you bring him over here, I’m gonna SLAP HIS FACE‼️”

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🥊 Froch ICES Groves to settle the debate #OnThisDay in 2014.

The controversy surrounding the first bout set up a return to big stadium fights in the UK when boxing came back to Wembley to host Froch – Groves II in front of 80,000 spectators – Carl may have mentioned it a few times – a post-war record.

A close contest was settled in the 8th when the ‘Cobra’ flattened the challenger with an overhand right which put him out cold.

It was the Nottingham man’s last-ever punch thrown and he has since been inducted into the boxing hall-of-fame.

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🥊 Relive Tyson Fury’s EPIC Ring-Walk following a 32-month hiatus #OnThisDay in 2018 📆

The former WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO & RING heavyweight champion had ballooned in weight since dethroning Wladimir Klitschko, in Germany. Weighing 276 pounds, the ‘Gypsy King’ had lost 112 for the bout but was still considerably heavier than his last outing (247Ibs).

💻 You can watch the full fight on the SuckerPunch Boxing YouTube channel.

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Thomas Hearns vs. Iran Barkley, billed as Knockout Nite, was a professional boxing match contested on June 6, 1988, for the WBC middleweight title. It is widely regarded as one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, and one of the most unexpected endings to a fight.

In his previous fight on October 29, 1987, Thomas Hearns had captured the middleweight title after knocking out Juan Roldán becoming the first four-division world champion in boxing history.

Then on March 6, 1988, Iran Barkley beat Michael Olajide by technical knockout, becoming a top contender to WBC middleweight champion Thomas Hearns in the process. Two weeks after Barkley’s victory, the fight between Hearns and Barkley became official. Having had only one title fight before his fight with Hearns, Barkley came into the fight as a 4–1 underdog.

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George Kambosos Jr. 20–0 (10 KO) vs. Devin Haney 27–0 (15 KO), billed as Undisputed, was a professional boxing match contested on 5 June 2022, for the undisputed lightweight championship.

After defeating Vasiliy Lomachenko in October 2020, Teófimo López claimed to have become the undisputed champion in the lightweight division. However, many boxing purists rejected López’s claim, believing Devin Haney had the legitimate WBC lightweight title, meaning that there was still not an undisputed lightweight champion. Haney called out López for a bout to end the debate, which did not materialise. Haney was set to be ordered to face fellow American lightweight Ryan Garcia, which Garcia dismissed, instead advocating for a bout with Gervonta Davis. Haney then agreed to a title defence against Jorge Linares, winning by unanimous decision.

Meanwhile, López was forced to a mandatory defence against Australian George Kambosos Jr, which was originally set for 5 June in Miami, Florida, before being moved to 19 June. López then tested positive for COVID-19, and after multiple setbacks, the fight was finally set for 27 November in New York City, New York. In one of the biggest upsets of 2021, Kambosos Jr defeated López via split decision, winning the unified lightweight titles in the process.

On 15 October, Ryan Garcia was forced to pull out of his bout with Joseph Diaz, and Devin Haney agreed to step in and face Diaz on 5 December in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Haney winning by unanimous decision. Haney then called out Kambosos Jr, who had defeated López the week before, to determine an undisputed lightweight champion. However, there was another man in the lightweight division looking for Kambosos Jr’s titles: Vasiliy Lomachenko, who defeated Richard Commey on 11 December in New York. A potential bout with Lomachenko seemed more likely for Kambosos Jr, as a two-fight deal was agreed without any problems on 15 February 2022. However, on 24 February, Russia invaded Lomachenko’s country of Ukraine, with Lomachenko heading over to Ukraine in order to defend his country, as well as unified heavyweight champion and fellow Ukrainian, Oleksandr Usyk.

On 20 March, Lomachenko was given permission to leave Ukraine in order to start training for a potential bout with Kambosos Jr. However, Lomachenko declined, opting to stay and fight for his country. This resulted in Kambosos Jr–Haney talks advancing, and on 27 March, the pair struck a deal, which included Haney signing a two-fight deal with Top Rank and Lou DiBella to fight exclusively on ESPN platforms.

The deal includes a rematch clause if Haney wins, with the rematch also taking place in Australia. Even if Haney lost, his next bout afterward would be co-promoted by Top Rank and DiBella.

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