February 25th in Boxing

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1964
Miami Beach, Florida
Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston via TKO to win the WBA and WBC Heavyweight titles. Following the bout, Clay would legally change his name to Muhammad Ali.

1984
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Michael Spinks defeated Eddie Davis to become the first IBF Light Heavyweight championship.

1986
Los Angeles, California (The Forum)
Azumah Nelson def. Marcos Villasana via majority decision to retain the WBC Featherweight title.

1989
Las Vegas, Nevada (Hilton Hotel)
Mike Tyson def. Frank Bruno via TKO to retain the IBF/WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles.
Azumah Nelson def. Mario Martinez via TKO to retain the WBC Super Featherweight championship.

1991
Los Angeles, California (The Forum)
Greg Richardson beat Raul Perez to win the WBC Bantamweight title.

1995
London, England (London Arena)
Nigel Benn def. Gerald McClellan via KO to retain the WBC Super Middleweight championship. McClellan was hospitalized due to bleeding on the brain after the bout, and would remain hospitalized for the next six months. As a result, he was forced into retirement.
Mike McCallum def. Carl Jones to retain the WBC Light Heavyweight title.

2006
Brakpan, South Africa
Isaac Hlatshwayo def. Aldo Nazareno Rios via unanimous decision to retain the IBO Lightweight title.

2012
Cardiff, Wales (Motorpoint Arena)
Nathan Cleverly def. Tommy Karpency via unanimous decision to retain the WBO Light Heavyweight championship.

St. Louis, Missouri (Scottrade Center)
Adrien Broner def. Eloy Perez via KO to retain the WBO Super Featherweight championship.

2017
Rey Vargas defeated Gavin McDonnell to win the vacant WBC Super Bantamweight championship.

Birmingham, Alabama (Legacy Arena)
Deontay Wilder def. Gerald Washington via TKO to retain the WBC Heavyweight championship.
Jarrett Hurd beat Tony Harrison to win the vacant IBF Junior Middleweight title.

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