WBC list their greatest September fights in history
September 16 has become a great tradition for world boxing as year after year great combats have been held with the participation of the best boxers.
This tradition began on September 15, 1972 when Erubey “Chango” Carmona faced Mando Ramos at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, winning the WBC lightweight title by fast track in the eighth round.
However, the maximum representative in the National Holidays of Mexico has been Julio César Chávez with six title fights, who on September 13, 1984 won the WBC super featherweight world championship in a historic fight at the Olympic Auditorium, also in Los Angeles, California, defeating Mario “Azabache” Martínez by TKO in 8 rounds.
From then on, great figures in world boxing have adopted this date to celebrate the most important fights of the year, among them: Salvador Sánchez, J. C. Chávez, Oscar de la Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, and now Canelo.
This weekend we will witness a historic fight when “Canelo” faces “GGG” for the third time, with the undisputed 168-pound championship at stake plus the beautiful “Guerrero Jaguar Zapoteca” belt.
Today, the WBC remember some of the biggest fights held surrounding this historic date:
Julio César Chávez vs Hector Camacho
12/09/1992
Julio César Chávez vs Meldrick Taylor
17/09/1994
Félix Trinidad vs Oscar de la Hoya
18/09/1999
Oscar de la Hoya vs Fernando Vargas
14/09/2002
Shane Mosley vs Oscar de la Hoya
13/09/2003
Israel Vázquez vs Jhonny González
16/09/2006
Floyd Mayweather jr. vs Víctor Ortiz
17/09/2011
Sergio Martínez vs J.C. Chávez jr.
15/09/2012
Floyd Mayweather vs Marcos Maidana II
13/09/2014
Saúl Álvarez vs Gennadiy Golovkin
16/09/2017
Saúl Álvarez vs Gennadiy Golovkin II
15/09/2018
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