On This Day… October 4

1969.- At Los Angeles, California, Armando Ramos knocked out Japanese Yoshiaki Numata in the sixth round. The WBC lightweight title was at stake.

1969.- Italian Nino Benvenuti defended his WBC middleweight title by knocking out Fraser Scott in the seventh round. The fight took place in Napoli, Italy.

1979.- At the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, Korean Sang Hyun Kim defended his WBC super lightweight title by knocking out the Japanese Masahiro Yokai in the eleventh round.

1997.- British Lennox Lewis defended his WBC heavyweight title by knocking out Andrew Golota in the first round. The fight took place in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

2008.- Argentine Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez won the WBC interim super welterweight title by knocking out Alex Bunema in the eighth round. The fight took place in Temecula, California.

2014.- In combat between Mexicans, Jhonny Gonzalez defended his featherweight title by knocking out Jorge “Travieso” Arce in the eleventh round. The fight took place in Los Mochis, Sinaloa.