On This Day… September 5

1987.- At the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium in Bangkok, Thai Sot Chitalada knocked out Korean Raeky Ahn in 4 rounds, defending his WBC flyweight title.

1998.- In a match between British warriors, Richie Woodhall defeated Glenn Catley by decision in Telford, England. In this bout the WBC super middleweight title was in dispute.

1999.- Korean Injoo Cho defeated Japanese Keiji Yamaguchi by decision in Tokyo Japan. In this fight the WBC super flyweight title was at stake.

2014.- Nicaraguan Román “Chocolatito” González was crowned WBC flyweight champion by knocking out Japanese Akira Yaegashi in the ninth round. The match took place in Tokyo, Japan.

2014.- Japanese Naoya Inoue defended his WBC light flyweight title by knocking out Thai Samartlek Kokietgym in the eleventh round. The match took place at the Yoyogi #2 Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.