BOXING

1999
Bert Schenk defeated Freeman Barr via TKO to win the vacant WBO Middleweight championship.

2009
Montreal, Quebec
Juan Urango beat Herman Ngoudjo via unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF Light Welterweight title.

2010
Mexico City, Mexico
Jorge Arce beat Angky Angkotta via technical decision to win the vacant WBO Super Flyweight title.

2021
Perez, Argentina
Micaela Lujan defeated Debora Gomez via split decision to win the vacant IBF Female Junior Bantamweight championship.

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

1904
London, England
George Hackenschmidt beat Ahmed Madrali to win the World Heavyweight title.

1964
Los Angeles, California
Fred Blassie defeated Edouard Carpentier to win the WWA World Heavyweight championship.

1970
Tokyo, Japan
Danny Hodge beat Umanosuke Ueda to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight title.

1993
Chiba, Japan
Terry Gordy & Steve Williams defeated Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Miawa to win All Japan's Unified World Tag Team championship.

2005
Fresno, California
David Batista won WWE's Royal Rumble.

2011
Boston, Massachusetts
Alberto Del Rio won WWE's Royal Rumble. … Eve Torres beat Natalya Neidhart, Michelle McCool, and Layla El in a four way match to win the WWE Divas title.

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