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Boxing 2017 Newspaper Book Coverage
Total pages: 158
| Date of Paper | Pages | Event Covered (Daily Mirror unless stated) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 July 1910 | Page 3 | Jack Johnson defeats Jim Jeffries (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 3 July 1921 & 4 July 1921 | Pages 1 and 3 Front and page 17 | Jack Dempsey defeats Georges Carpentier (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 25 Sept 1926 | Front, 3 and 15 | Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 23 Sept 1927 & 24 Sep 1927 | Pages 1, 3 and 18 Front | Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey again (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 1 October 1927 | Front and page 5 | More on Tunney v Dempsey |
| 19 Feb 1930 | Pages 5 and 22 | Kid Berg is Light Welterweight Champion after defeating Mushy Callahan |
| 24 June 1937 | Page 30 | Joe Louis defeats Jim Braddock (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 21 Oct 1947 | Page 7 | Rinty Monaghan defeats Dado Marino (NBA World Flyweight Title) |
| 29 Oct 1951 | Page 11 | Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis |
| 19 June 1954 | Page 14 | Rocky Marciano defeats Ezzard Charles (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 18 May 1955 | Pages 1, 16 & 17 | Rocky Marciano defeats Don Cockell (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 23 Sept 1955 | Pages 16 & 17 | Rocky Marciano defeats Archie Moore (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 3 Dec 1956 | Page 17 | Floyd Patterson defeats Archie Moore (World Heavyweight title) |
| 25 Sept 1957 | Page 23 | Carmen Basilio defeats Sugar Ray Robinson (World Middleweight Title) |
| 27 March 1958 | Page 23 | Sugar Ray Robinson wins back the Middleweight title, defeating Basilio in a rematch |
| 28 June 1959 | Pages 1, 16 &17 | Ingemar Johansson defeats Floyd Patterson (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 22 June 1960 | Pages 28 & 29 | Floyd Patterson regains the World Heavyweight Title, defeating Ingemar Johansson |
| 19 June 1963 | Pages 22 & 23 | Cassius Clay defeats Henry Cooper at Wembley |
| 23 July 1963 & 24 July 1963 | Back page Page 18 | Sonny Liston defeats Floyd Patterson again (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 27 Feb 1964 | Page 31 | Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 26 May 1965 | Back page | Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston again (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 8 Feb 1967 | Pages 22 & 23 | Cassius Clay defeats Ernie Terrell (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 28 Oct 1970 | Pages 26 & 27 | Cassius Clay defeats Jerry Quarry in his comeback |
| 10 March 1971 | Pages 12 & 13 | Joe Frazier defeats Cassius Clay in “The Fight of the Century” |
| 30 Jan 1974 | Pages 30 & 31 | Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier |
| 2 Oct 1974 | Front, 30 & 31, Back page | John Conteh defeats Jorge Ahumada (World Light-Heavyweight Title) |
| 31 Oct 1974 | Pages 26 & 27 | Muhammad Ali defeats George Foreman in “The Rumble in the Jungle” |
| 2 Oct 1975 | Pages 26 & 27 | Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in “The Thrilla in Manila” |
| 17 Sept 1978 | Pages 36 & 37 | Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks in a rematch |
| 18 Apr 1979 | Back page | Jim Watt defeats Alfredo Pitalau to become World Lightweight champion |
| 17 March 1980 | Back page | Alan Minter defeats Vito Antuofermo (World Middleweight Title) |
| 9 June 1985 & 10 June 1985 | Back page Page 26 | Barry McGuigan defeats Eusebio Pedroza (World Featherweight Title) |
| 29 Sept 1986 | Pages 26 & 27 | Lloyd Honeyghan defeats Don Curry (World Welterweight Title) |
| 24 Nov 1986 | Pages 26 & 27 | Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick (WBC Heavyweight Title) |
| 3 Aug 1987 | Pages 26 & 27 | Mike Tyson becomes undisputed World Heavyweight champion after defbeating Tony Tucker |
| 30 March 1988 | Pages 42, 43 & back | Lloyd Honeyghan wins back the Welterweight title after defeating Jorge Vaca in a rematch |
| 29 June 1988 | Pages 30, 31 & back | Mike Tyson defeats Michael Spinks (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 9 Nov 1988 | Pages 38 & 39 | Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Donny Lalonde (WBC Super Middleweight & WBC Light Heavyweight Titles) |
| 27 Feb 1989 | Pages 30 & 31 | Mike Tyson defeats Frank Bruno (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 2 Oct 1993 | Pages 36 & 37 | Lennox Lewis defeats Frank Bruno (WBC World Heavyweight Title) |
| 11 Oct 1993 | Pages 30 & 31 | Nigel Benn v Chris Eubank ends in a draw |
| 7 Nov 1994 | Pages 32 & 33 | George Foreman becomes the oldest World Heavyweight champion at 46, after defeating Michael Moorer |
| 26 Feb 1995 | Pages 62 & 63 | Nigel Benn defeats Gerald McClellan |
| 4 Sept 1995 | Pages 26 & 27 | Frank Bruno becomes WBC Heavyweight champion after defeating Oliver McCall |
| 18 March 1996 | Pages 30 & 31 | Frank Bruno loses his title to Mike Tyson |
| 11 Nov 1996 | Pages 34 & 35 | Evander Holyfield defeats Mike Tyson (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 9 Feb 1997 | Pages 70 & 71 | Prince Naseem Hamed defeats Tom ‘Boom Boom’ Johnson (WBO & IBF World Featherweight title) |
| 30 June 1997 | Pages 34 & 35 | Mike Tyson is disqualified after twice biting Evander Holyfield’s ear |
| 10 June 2002 | Pages 1, 58, 59 and back | Lennox Lewis defeats Mike Tyson (World Heavyweight Title) |
| 1 Aug 2004 | Pages 68 & 69 | Danny Williams defeats Mike Tyson |
| 6 Jun 2005 | Pages 62 & 63 | Ricky Hatton defeats Kostya Tszyu for IBF Light-Welterweight crown |
| 17 Jul 2005 | Page 64 | Amir Kahn wins his first professional fight against David Bailey |
| 28 Nov 2005 | Page 55 | Ricky Hatton defeats Carlos Maussa (IBF/WBA Light-Welterweight Title) |
| 6 March 2006 | Pages 54 & 55 | Joe Calzaghe defeats Jeff Lacy to unify the IBF and WBO Super- middleweight belts |
| 22 Jan 2007 | Pages 54 & 55 | Ricky Hatton defeats Juan Urango |
| 25 Jun 2007 | Pages 62 & 63 | Ricky Hatton defeats Jose Luis Castillo |
| 5 Nov 2007 | Pages 58 & 59 | Joe Calzaghe defeats Mikkel Kessler to become undisputed World Super- Middleweight champion |
| 21 Apr 2008 | Pages 58 & 59 | Joe Calzaghe defeats Bernard Hopkins |
| 25 May 2008 | Pages 58 & 59 | Ricky Hatton defeats Juan Lazcano |
| 10 Nov 2008 | Pages 50 & 51 | Joe Calzaghe defeats Roy Jones Jnr |
| 24 Nov 2008 | Pages 54 & 55 | Ricky Hatton defeats Paulie Malignaggi |
| 27 Apr 2009 | Pages 52 & 53 | Carl Froch defeats Jermain Taylor |
| 20 Jul 2009 | Pages 54 & 55 | Amir Khan defeats Andreas Kotelnik |
| 8 Nov 2009 | Pages 78 & 79 | David Haye defeats Nikolai Valuev (WBA World Heavyweight title) |
| 4 Apr 2010 | Pages 56 & 57 | David Haye defends his title by stopping John Ruiz |
| 17 May 2010 | Pages 60 & 61 | Amir Khan defeats Paulie Malignaggi (WBA Light-welterweight title) |
| 25 Jul 2011 | Page 55 | Amir Khan defeats Zab Judah (WBA/IBF Light-welterweight title) |
| 17 Dec 2012 | Page 45 | Amir Khan defeats Carlos Molina |
| 27 May 2013 | Pages 62 & 63 | Carl Froch defeats Mikkel Kessler |
| 1 June 2014 | Pages 62, 63 and back | Carl Froch defeats George Groves at Wembley |
| 15 Dec 2014 | Page 45 | Amir Khan defeats Devon Alexander |
| 4 May 2015 | Pages 52 & 53 | Floyd Mayweather defeats Manny Pacquiao |
| 24 May 2015 | Page 73 | James DeGale defeats Andre Dirrell |
| 29 Nov 2015 | Pages 76, 77 and back | Tyson Fury defeats Wladimir Klitschko to become World Heavyweight champion |
| 28 Feb 2016 | Page 61 | Carl Frampton is crowned unified World Super-Bantamweight champion after defeating Scott Quigg |
| 10 Apr 2016 | Page 61 | Anthony Joshua is crowned IBF World Heavyweight champion after defeating Charles Martin |
| 30 May 2016 | Page 51 | Tony Bellew claims the WBC World Cruiserweight title against Ilunga Makabu |
| 26 June 2016 | Page 70 | Anthony Joshua makes a successful first defense of his IBF World Heavyweight crown against Dominic Breazeale |
| 1 Aug 2016 | Page 49 | Carl Frampton defeats Leo Santa Cruz to win the WBA featherweight title in New York |
| 16 Oct 2016 | Page 60 | Tony Bellew defends his WBC cruiserweight title by defeating BJ Flores |
| 5 Mar 2017 | Pages 70 & 71 | Tony Bellew defeats David Haye in his first heavyweight fight |
| 30 Apr 2017 | Pages 70, 71 and back | Anthony Joshua defeats Wladimir Klitschko in the IBF, WBA and IBO heavyweight title fight at Wembley Stadium |
| Total Pages 158 |