The wondrous fights celebrating May 5
The showcase spectaculars in sports, have a constant calendar annually.
American Football has the Super Bowl in February, the World Series of Baseball takes place in October, the soccer Champions League grand finals take place in May. Following this pattern, boxing also has specific times with the biggest fights of the year: May 5 and September 16.
Boxing cards in the United States have established these dates as blockbuster spectaculars. For more than 30 years, the most important fights in the world have been held around May 5 and September 16.
Here is a list in no order of importance, with some of the greatest and most memorable fights taking place around May 5:
Carlos Monzón vs. Nino Benvenuti II; 1971
Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Frankie Randall II; 1994
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao I; 2004
Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo I; 2005
Oscar de la Hoya vs. Ricardo Mayorga; 2006
Floyd Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya; 2007
Saul Alvarez vs. Shane Mosley; 2012
Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto; 2012
Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana I; 2014
Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao; 2015.
Saul Alvarez vs. James Kirkland; 2015.
Saul Alvarez vs. Amir Khan; 2016
Saul Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez jr.; 2017
Gennady Golovkin vs. Vanes Martirosyan; 2018
Canelo Álvarez vs Daniel Jacobs; 2019
Canelo Álvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders; 2021
