On this day in history, several boxing legends had memorable victories. Joe Calzaghe scored a 7th round TKO to retain the WBO super middleweight title. Gennady Golovkin stopped Martin Murray in round 11 for his 19th KO. Mike Tyson stopped Frank Bruno for his 8th world title defense. Tyson Fury dominated Deontay Wilder, stopping him in seven rounds in their highly-anticipated rematch, becoming the WBC Heavyweight World Champion.
Four years ago, Tyson Fury handed Deontay Wilder his first career loss in a highly anticipated heavyweight title rematch ๐ณ https://t.co/UrLk3aJWqd
wilder v fury ink on paper https://t.co/DZPXnqUTsS
Scarce glossy site poster in my #boxing collection from when the legendary @MikeTyson scored the final win of his career in a 49-second KO of Clifford Etienne right after he got his facial tattoo in a fight I covered at ringside in Memphis -- 21 years ago today. #Spinal https://t.co/FkrXuLW3zH
Ticket & both program versions (regular & extremely limited version with different cover & cards inside) in my #boxing collection from when Tyson Fury dominated & stopped Deontay Wilder in rd 7 of their heavyweight title rematch, which I covered at ringside 4 yrs ago today. https://t.co/gaDsSbUkZ4
#OnThisDay in 2020, @Tyson_Fury battered Deontay Wilder in their highly-anticipated rematch ๐ฟ https://t.co/IQFoEcu0N0
#OnThisDay four years ago... @Tyson_Fury stopped Deontay Wilder in round seven to become the WBC Heavyweight World Champion ๐ #FuryUsyk | May 18 | #RiyadhSeason https://t.co/XkkzcMQwI4
Four years ago today, @Tyson_Fury dismantled and stopped Deontay Wilder in round seven to become the WBC Heavyweight World Champion ๐๐คด One of ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ heavyweight performances ๐ https://t.co/Fq0vSEmyiK
Brilliant Tyson Fury dominated Deontay Wilder and stopped him in seven rounds #OnThisDay in 2020. https://t.co/0Ku9xA5OUv
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒโผ๏ธ Mike Tyson stopped Frank Bruno to retain the ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐. At 22 it was already Tysonโs 8th world title defence and his 5th as undisputed. #boxing https://t.co/3Y5Jm4ZR1e
Site poster from Monte Carlo & closed circuit poster in my #boxing collection from when the great @GGGBoxing dropped Martin Murray 3x, stopped him in rd 11 for his 19th KO in a row & retained his middleweight title for the 13th time -- 9 years ago today. @TomLoeffler1 https://t.co/MzXn5rBvZQ
One this date in 2004: @JoeCalzagheCBE scored a 7th round TKO of Mger Mkrtchyan in Cardiff, Wales to retain the WBO super middleweight title for the 14th time. https://t.co/uybKDrL20T