On This Day… July 28

1969.- Australian Johnny Famechon defended his WBC featherweight title by defeating Japanese Masahiko Harada by decision in Sydney, Australia.

1972.- Panamanian Enrique Pinder defeated Mexican Rafael Herrera by decision in Panama City. In this fight the WBC bantamweight title was at stake.

1980.- Japanese Shoji Oguma defended his WBC flyweight title by defeating Korean Sunjun Kim by decision in Tokyo, Japan.

1980.- Venezuelan Rafael Orono defeated Willie Jensen by decision in Caracas, Venezuela. In this fight the WBC super featherweight title was at stake.

2001.- Mexican Erik Morales defended his WBC featherweight title by defeating the Korean Injin Chi by decision. The match took place in Los Angeles, California.

2001.- The legendary Roy Jones Jr. retained his WBC light heavyweight title by defeating Julio Gonzalez by decision in Los Angeles, California.

2007.- American Vernon Forrest defeated Argentine Carlos Baldomir by decision in Tacoma, Washington. In this fight the WBC super welterweight title was at stake.

2012.- American Robert “Fantasma” Guerrero was crowned WBC welterweight champion by defeating the Turkish Selcuk Aydin. The match took place in San Jose, California.

2018.- In an entertaining match, Mikey Garcia defeated Robert Easter Jr. by decision, defending his WBC lightweight title. The match took place in Los Angeles, California.