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This Day in Boxing -- December 31
Special Edition by Tracy G. Callis


Result noted is for the first fighter listed:

Dec 31 1897
Terry McGovern-Jack Kelly                Brooklyn, NY        KO  2

Dec 31 1898
Terry McGovern-Austin Rice               Brooklyn, NY        KO 14

Dec 31 1903
Tommy Burns-Tom McCune                    Detroit, Mi          W 10
-Middleweight Championship of Michigan

Dec 31 1903
Jack Blackburn-Mike "Twin" Sullivan      Boston, Ma           D 15


Dec 31 1909
Johnny Kilbane-Tommy Kilbane             Canton, Oh           W 15

Dec 31 1911
Battling Nelson-Jack Redmond             New Orleans, La      W 20

Dec 31 1912
Battling Nelson-Yankee Schwartz          Columbus, Oh      ND-L  8

Dec 31 1923
Tommy Milligan-Seaman Hall               Belfast, Ire        KO  6

Dec 31 1923
Phil Scott-Gypsy Billy Daniels           London, Eng (Hoxton) W 15

Dec 31 1927
Al Singer-Harry Traub                    New York, NY        KO  2

Dec 31 1927
Paolino Uzcudun-Pat Lester               Newark, NJ          TK  7

Dec 31 1932 
Tommy Farr-Charley Bundy                 Treherbert, Wales    W 15

Dec 31 1932
Henry Armstrong-Young Corpus             Los Angeles, Ca      W  4

Dec 31 1935
Sammy Angott-Dick Cabello                New York, NY         W  6

Dec 31 1938
Pedro Montanez-Lou Raymond              Brooklyn, NY        KO  3

Dec 31 1941
Marcel Cerdan-Robert Seidel              Vichy, Fr           KO  3

Dec 31 1943
Terry Allen-Billy Hazelgrove             Blackpool, Eng      TK  9

Dec 31 1952
Jake LaMotta-Danny Nardico               Coral Gables, Fl    LT  8

Dec 31 1958
Carlos Ortiz-Kenny Lane                  Miami Beach, Fl      L 10

Dec 31 1967
Karl Mildenberger-Gerhard Zech           Berlin, East Ger     W 15
-Heavyweight Championship of Europe
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