On December 3, 1982, at the Carnival of Champions in New Orleans, Benitez lost the belt to another boxing legend, Thomas Hearns, by a fifteen-round majority decision.

The Watermelon Carnival was suspended at the beginning of World War II in December 1941 and was not resumed until 1980.

The Carnival Of Champions, as Don King nicknamed it, was an important boxing event held in New Orleans's Louisiana Superdome on December 3, 1982.

Smithsburg hosts the annual Steam and Craft Show in September, Smithsburg Hometown Christmas in December, Smithsburg Pride Days in May, and the Smithsburg Carnival every final week of June.

Stepping up, he immediately beat former WBA World Bantamweight Champion Jorge Luján and then, on December 3 of that year, he and Gómez met as part of the Carnival of Champions in New Orleans.

# " All Star Comedy Carnival " ( Broadcast: 25 December 1972 )

There is a two-week Christmas holiday that includes New Year's in the second half of December, and a one-week spring holiday in the second half of February ( around Carnival ).

* December 3 – The Carnival of Champions

The biggest events in the town's calendar are the summer Carnival, the switching on of the Christmas lights as December approaches.

The Devonport Athletic Club hosts a leg of the Tasmanian Cycling Christmas Carnival Series each year in December attended by local and international cyclists, other sports at the carnivals include athletics and woodchopping.

In addition, on Christmas Day, 25 December 1973, a short special aired as part of All-Star Comedy Carnival.

*** " Carnival " ( in 2000 AD Prog 2006 and # 1469-1475, December 2005-February 2006 )

On December 1, 2009 it was announced that Carnival placed an order for a third Dream-class vessel.

The Beer Festival the Friday and Saturday after the Carnival, Michelmas Fair-the end of September and the Christmas Lights Festival on the first Saturday in December.

* Festivals: Student Festival ( May ), Beach Festival ( May ), Cross Festivities ( May ), Fishing Festival ( June ), Virgen del Carmen Festival ( June ), Seafood Festival ( June ), Town Carnival ( July ), Ladies Marathon ( November ), Immaculate Conception Festivities ( December )

On December 24, around 6: 00 PM, during the Manufacturers ' Carnival and Winter Fair, while many visitors had left the exhibit for supper, a fire broke out and swept through the building.

* The Cross River State Carnival Float – 26 December yearly

The music of Saint Kitts and Nevis is known for a number of musical celebrations including Carnival ( December 17 to January 3 on Saint Kitts ).

Ver. 1. 07 was released later for Arcade on October 2011 and a PC port on December 2011 along with the Blu-Ray release of Carnival Phantasm Season 3 limited edition.

The Bottom is also home to the Saba Carnival which is held once a year during the summer, as well as Saba Day in December.

Major annual events include the Wine and Food In The Park Festival ( held each March ); The Kingaroy Trail Ride held since 2009 at " Minmore " 36 km from Kingaroy on the Burrandowan road ( May 2011 ); the Kingaroy Show ( held each May ); the Burrandowan Picnic Races ( held at Burrandowan on the outskirts of the Shire, also each May ); the week-long UAV Outback Challenge flying robot competition ( held each September ) and the Christmas Carnival ( each December ).

The school organizes a Winter Carnival every year in December or January.

This was taken when on a tour of St. John island during a Carnival cruise on December 28, 2004.

St. Thomas from the top of the Carnival Glory on December 28, 2004.

Despite failing to qualify for the Champions League, Rosenborg had enjoyed another great season and it looked like Hareide's beginning reforms were paying off, but 2003 turned out to be his one and only season at the club as he accepted an offer to lead the Norwegian national team in December of that year.

There was also a Champion of Champions Show in December 1980 featuring the winners of the first four series.

Owen's seemingly slim chances of earning a place in Fabio Capello's England squad for the 2010 World Cup Finals in 2010 received a boost when on 8 December 2009, Owen scored his first hat-trick for Manchester United in a 3 – 1 away win against Wolfsburg in the Champions League, his first hat-trick since 2005.

In Juande Ramos's first game as Madrid manager, in December 2008, Dudek was handed a rare start in a 3 – 0 home win against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, as the club was already qualified from the Champions League group stages.

On 5 December, Fowler scored his first two goals in the UEFA Champions League competition proper against Galatasaray ( he had previously scored during a qualifying tie some six years prior against FC Haka ), though Liverpool lost 3 – 2.

Eternal Champions was added to the Wii's Virtual Console download service on December 3, 2007.

Basel historically qualified for the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League with 2-1 win over Manchester United on 7 December 2011.

On December 18, Yang and Moore defeated the WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz to earn a title-shot, igniting a feud between the two teams.

Keane caused controversy in December 2000, when he criticised sections of United supporters after the Champions League victory over Dynamo Kiev at Old Trafford.

Other notable tournaments that year were the Queen's Club tournament ( the Graebner-Okker final cancelled due to rain which also delayed the first matches in Wimbledon ) and the greatest pro tournaments where all the NTL and WCT pros could compete ( but without amateur or registered players ) as the U. S. Pro ( outside Boston, on grass ), the French Pro ( coming back to Roland Garros after the 5-edition interlude at Coubertin ), the Jack Kramer Tournament of Champions at Wembley in November and perhaps the Madison Square Garden Pro in December with the four best pros of each organisation.

* His highest rank in the ATP Champions Race was # 1 December 4, 2000.

It hosted the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup draws in December 2008.

As a result, on the December 16 episode of SmackDown !, Big Show and Kane were booked to face Batista and Mysterio, the Smackdown Tag Team Champions, at Armageddon 2005.

On 9 December 2009, Trezeguet scored his 168th goal for Juventus in a 4 – 1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the 2009 – 10 UEFA Champions League, making him the club's highest ever foreign goalscorer, surpassing Omar Sívori's total of 167 goals.

His first goal for the club came in a 2 – 0 Champions League win over Levski Sofia on 5 December 2006, almost 17 months after his transfer.

He scored two Champions League goals in the group stage against PSV on 2 October, which marked his first European goals since December 2005 and his first goals overall in an Inter jersey, and finished with five goals in seven Champions League matches.

On 6 December 2006, he scored the second Champions League goal of his career, against Scottish team Celtic in a match FCK won 3 – 1 at Parken Stadium.

On 7 December 2011, Dmitri Bulykin was voted Best Russian Football Player abroad by the Russian Football Union, but was unable to attend the Gala in Moscow to receive his award, due to the event being scheduled at the same time as the UEFA Champions League home match against Real Madrid.

By early December, they were at the top of the Premier League table and had reached the knock-out stages of the Champions League.