Editing Boxing in the 1970s (section)

==1970==
*February 16 – [[Joe Frazier]] becomes world Heavyweight champion by knocking out [[Jimmy Ellis (boxer)|Jimmy Ellis]] in five rounds at New York City's [[Madison Square Garden]].
*April 18 – [[Rubén Olivares]] begins his trilogy of world championship fights with [[Chucho Castillo]] by defeating Castillo with a fifteen-round unanimous decision in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]].
*May 9 – [[Vicente Saldivar]] returns to the ring, with only one fight in the last two years, to win the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] world Featherweight championship with a fifteen-round unanimous decision over [[Johnny Famechon]] in [[Rome, Italy]].
*August 4 – [[George Foreman]] beats [[George Chuvalo]] by a technical knockout in round three in New York.
*September 26 – [[Ken Buchanan]] wins the world Lightweight title with a fifteen-round split decision over [[Ismael Laguna]] of [[Panama]] at [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]. 
*October 16 – Chapter 2 of Olivares-Castillo, as Chucho Castillo conquers the world Featherweight title with a fourteenth-round technical knockout of Rubén Olivares in Inglewood.
*October 26 – [[Muhammad Ali]] returns from his forced exile with a three-round stoppage of [[Jerry Quarry]] in [[Atlanta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/181567-ali-quarry-remembered |title=Ali-Quarry remembered – Ring TV |website=Ringtv.craveonline.com |date=October 26, 2013 |accessdate=2016-03-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303003955/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/181567-ali-quarry-remembered |archivedate=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*November 7 – [[Carlos Monzón]] becomes world Middleweight champion by knocking out [[Nino Benvenuti]] in twelve rounds in Rome.
*November 18 – Joe Frazier retains his world Heavyweight crown with a two-round knockout of reigning world Light Heavyweight champion [[Bob Foster (boxer)|Bob Foster]] in Detroit. 
*December 3 – [[Billy Backus]] beats [[José Nápoles]] by knockout in four rounds, winning the world Welterweight title in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]].
*December 7 - In the 15th and final round, Muhammad Ali knocked down [[Oscar Bonavena]] 3 times and earned the win at [[Madison Square Garden]].