{"id":638622,"date":"2026-04-29T14:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638622\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:44:23","slug":"this-day-in-boxing-history-april-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638622\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day In Boxing History\u2026 April 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Day In Boxing History\u2026 April 29<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">1963.- Ralph Dupas Is Crowned In New Orleans<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">At the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans, Ralph Dupas reached glory by capturing the WBC World Super Welterweight Title. Dupas defeated Dennis Moyer via a 15-round decision in a technical battle that etched his name into the organization\u2019s history books.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">1966.- Sandro Lopopolo Triumphs<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Before His Home Crowd In Rome The PalaEur in Rome witnessed a historic night for Italian boxing when Sandro Lopopolo defeated the fierce Venezuelan Carlos \u201cMorocho\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez by decision. With this victory, Lopopolo claimed the WBC World Super Lightweight Championship, overcoming the power of Venezuela\u2019s first-ever world champion.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">1971.- Carmelo Bossi Retains The Crown<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">In Madrid Italy\u2019s Carmelo Bossi traveled to Spain to successfully defend his WBC Super Welterweight Title. In a high-tension showdown in Madrid, Bossi defeated Spanish challenger Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez, maintaining his status as the monarch of the 154-pound division.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">1978.- Alexis Arg\u00fcello Displays His Power<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">In Inglewood At the legendary Forum in Inglewood, California, Nicaragua\u2019s Alexis \u201cEl Flaco Explosivo\u201d Arg\u00fcello delivered another masterclass. Arg\u00fcello defended his WBC Super Featherweight Title by technically knocking out Filipino Rey Tam in the fifth round, confirming why he is considered one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in history.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">2000.- Lennox Lewis Dominates At Madison Square Garden<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">In the temple of boxing, New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden, Britain\u2019s Lennox Lewis reaffirmed his supremacy in the heavyweight division. Lewis needed only two rounds to demolish and knockout American Michael Grant, retaining his WBC World Heavyweight Title before an electrified audience.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_181781\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"181781\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764343693_289_ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This Day In Boxing History\u2026 April 29 1963.- Ralph Dupas Is Crowned In New Orleans At the Municipal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-638622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}