On This Day in Boxing History… May 29
1982: Mexico’s Rafael “Bazuka” Limón captured the WBC super featherweight world title by defeating Filipino fighter Rolando Navarrete via decision at The Aladdin in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1988: Canada’s Don Lalonde successfully defended his WBC light heavyweight championship, stopping Leslie Stewart of Trinidad and Tobago with a fifth-round knockout in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
2009: Thailand’s Oleydong Sithsanerchai retained his WBC strawweight world crown with a decision victory over Indonesia’s Mohamed Rachman in Phuket, Thailand.
2010: Ukrainian heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko defended his WBC world title, securing a tenth-round knockout against Poland’s Albert Sosnowski in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
2016: Britain’s Tony Bellew captured the vacant WBC world cruiserweight title with a dramatic third-round knockout of Congolese fighter Ilunga Makabu in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
2021: Filipino legend Nonito Donaire scored a spectacular fourth-round knockout over France’s Nordine Oubaali in Carson, California, capturing the WBC world bantamweight championship.
2021: America’s Devin Haney retained his WBC world lightweight title by earning a hard-fought decision victory over Venezuela’s Jorge Linares in Las Vegas, Nevada.
