{"id":869211,"date":"2026-08-26T16:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869211\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:10:13","slug":"on-this-day-in-boxing-august-26-world-boxing-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869211\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in Boxing\u2026 August 26 \u2013 World Boxing Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On This Day in Boxing\u2026 August 26<\/p>\n<p>1989.- Mexican champion Ra\u00fal \u201cJ\u00edbaro\u201d P\u00e9rez traveled to South America to defend his WBC bantamweight world title, putting on a dominant performance to stop Chilean challenger Cardenio Ulloa via an 8th-round technical knockout in Talcahuano, Chile.<\/p>\n<p>1994.- At the Bally\u2019s Park Place Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dominican slickster H\u00e9ctor Acero S\u00e1nchez achieved world glory by defeating American holder Tracy Harris Patterson via a highly tactical 12-round majority decision to capture the WBC super bantamweight world championship.<\/p>\n<p>1995.- On another historic night at the Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, pound-for-pound king Pernell \u201cSweet Pea\u201d Whitaker put on a defensive masterclass, dropping British challenger Gary Jacobs in the final round on his way to a dominant 12-round unanimous decision to retain his WBC welterweight world title.<\/p>\n<p>1996.- At the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, flyweight powerhouse Yuri Arbachakov made a successful ninth defense of his WBC flyweight crown, stopping local Japanese challenger Takato Toguchi via a clinical 9th-round technical knockout.<\/p>\n<p>2002.- In Tokyo, Japan, long-reigning champion Masamori Tokuyama showcased his sharp skills to retain his WBC super flyweight world title, defeating Mexican challenger \u00c9rick L\u00f3pez via a definitive 6th-round technical knockout.<\/p>\n<p>2017.- At the StubHub Center in Carson, California, undefeated Mexican champion Rey Vargas made the first defense of his WBC super bantamweight world title, outworking a gritty Ronny Rios over 12 fast-paced rounds to secure a clear unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_191575\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"191575\" 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":"On This Day in Boxing\u2026 August 26 1989.- Mexican champion Ra\u00fal \u201cJ\u00edbaro\u201d P\u00e9rez traveled to South America to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-869211","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\/869211","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=869211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}