Squalls of The Fall – The Big Fights of September

On the last day of September WBC super-middleweight world champion will defend his crown against the undisputed super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo at the T-Mobile Arena. 

The date of September 16 has become a great tradition for world boxing and year after year great matches have been held with the performance of the great Mexican fighters and for Saul it is almost a tradition to fight on those dates. Another  distinguished representative in the National Holidays of Mexico has been Julio Cesar Chávez, who on September 13, 1984 won the WBC super featherweight world title at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, defeating Mario by TKO in 8 rounds.

Today we remember some of the greatest fights held on and around this historic hallowed date:

16/09/81- Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns

12/09/1992 – Julio César Chávez vs. Hector Camacho

17/09/1994 – Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor

18/09/1999 – Félix Trinidad vs. Oscar de la Hoya

14/09/2002 – Oscar de la Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas

13/09/2003 – Shane Mosley vs. Oscar de la Hoya

16/09/2006 – Israel Vázquez vs. Jhonny González

17/09/2011 – Floyd Mayweather jr. vs. Víctor Ortiz

15/09/2012 – Sergio Martínez vs.  J.C. Chávez jr.

13/09/2014 – Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana II

16/09/2017 – Saul Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin

18/09/1998 – Oscar De La Hoya vs. Julio César Chávez II

15/09/2018 – Saul Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II