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* June 17-World Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano defeats former champion Ezzard Charles, who was attempting to become the first boxer in history to recover the world Heavyweight title, by a fifteen round unanimous decision, at New York.
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Tommy Burns ( June 17, 1881May 10, 1955 ), born Noah Brusso, is the only Canadian born World Heavyweight Champion boxer.
Holmes's victory over Shavers set up a title shot between Holmes and WBC Heavyweight Champion Ken Norton in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 9, 1978.
On June 22, 1979, Holmes faced future WBA Heavyweight Champion Mike Weaver, who was lightly regarded going into the fight sporting an uninspiring 19-8 record.
The bout that helped put him in the media spotlight occurred on June 25, when Louis knocked out a former World Heavyweight Champion, the 6 ' 6 ", 265-pound Primo Carnera, in six rounds.
What was considered to be a final tune-up bout before an eventual title shot was scheduled for June 1936 against former World Heavyweight Champion Max Schmeling.
After defeating Louis, Schmeling expected a title shot against James J. Braddock, who had unexpectedly defeated Max Baer for the Heavyweight title the previous June.
Well before the actual fight, Jacobs and Gould publicly announced that their fighters would face for the Heavyweight title on June 22, 1937.
Marciano considered a comeback in 1959 when Ingemar Johansson won the Heavyweight Championship from Floyd Patterson on June 26, 1959.
* June 21 – Lennox Lewis retains boxing's WBC world Heavyweight crown with an eight round knockout over Mike Tyson
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* June 28 – Mike Tyson bites off a piece of the ear of Evander Holyfield in the third round of their WBA Heavyweight title fight, getting disqualified by referee Mills Lane.
* June 27 – in what was dubbed Superfight ' 88 Mike Tyson knocks out Michael Spinks in Atlantic City, New Jersey and defends the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World.
* June 11 – Larry Holmes defeats Gerry Cooney for the WBC Heavyweight title.
* June 26 – in New York City, Ingemar Johansson scored a 3rd round TKO over Floyd Patterson to win the World Heavyweight Championship
* 18 June — Jem Mace defeats Sam Hurst in eight rounds at Medway Island to win the Heavyweight Championship of England.
Conn attempted to become the first World Light Heavyweight Champion in boxing history to win the World Heavyweight Championship when he and Louis met on June 18 of that year, and incredibly, to do so without going up in weight.
This happened, and on June 19, 1946, Conn returned into the ring, straight into a World Heavyweight Championship bout.
In his next fight, Palomino met legendary Roberto Durán on June 22 of that year at Madison Square Gardens, in another nationally televised bout, as part of the Larry Holmes – Mike Weaver world Heavyweight championship bout's undercard.
In June 1979, Bollea won his first wrestling championship, the NWA Southeast Heavyweight Championship, recognized in Alabama and Tennessee when he defeated Ox Baker.
He made his first appearance on the June 19, 2000 episode of Nitro and quickly became one of WCW's most important on-screen characters, winning the United States Heavyweight Championship, the Cruiserweight Championship, and the Hardcore Championship in rapid succession.
Southern, and he won the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship ( also known as the first incarnation of the WCW Cruiserweight Championship ) on June 20, 1992 by defeating Brian Pillman at Beach Blast.
On June 19, 2005, Raven turned face and fulfilled his self-proclaimed destiny when he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary ( by taking Jeff Jarrett's place after Jarrett attacked a fan from the crowd earlier that night and got arrested ), defeating A. J.
In June 1994, Flair defeated Sting in a unification match, merging the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship with the WCW World Championship.
On June 30, 2008 on Raw, CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated the World Heavyweight Champion Edge, bringing the World Heavyweight Championship back to Raw.
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* June 4 – Rafael Osuna, Mexican tennis champion ( b. 1938 )
* June 17 – Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess champion ( b. 1872 )
* June 27 – Lottie Dod, 88, English tennis player ; Wimbledon women's champion, 1887 – 88, 1891-93 ( b. 1871 )
* June 27 – Canadian-born boxer George Dixon defeats the British bantamweight champion in London, giving him claim to be the first black world champion in any sport.
* June 13 – Gerald Patterson, Australian tennis champion ( b. 1895 )
* June 11 – Ralph Guldahl, American golf champion ( b. 1911 )
* June 5 – Bryan Grant, American tennis champion ( b. 1909 )
* June 1 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler ( 58th Yokozuna grand champion )
* June 14 – Max Baer defeats champion Primo Carnera for the world heavyweight boxing title.
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They recorded a then-franchise record 61 wins, and romped through the playoffs, where they swept the defending champion Pistons in the Conference Finals and won the Finals in 5 over the Magic Johnson-led Los Angeles Lakers on June 12, 1991.
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On June 4, 1988, he successfully defended his title against former two-time champion Rafael Limón by scoring a seventh round TKO.
Trinidad traveled to San Diego, California and defeated the IBF welterweight champion Maurice Blocker in two rounds, in a fight card that took place on June 19, 1993, televised by Showtime.
On June 13, 1986, he met world champion Hector ' Macho ' Camacho at Madison Square Garden in New York.
After building a reputation around the Eastern coast and a streak of wins over people like Roberto Elizondo ( KO in 10 ), his first title try came on June 7, 1987 in Providence, where he outpointed Greg Haugen over 15 rounds to become the IBF's world lightweight champion.
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