Editing Boxing in the 1970s (section)

==1975==
*March 24: The fight that inspired the movie [[Rocky]]: With a young [[Sylvester Stallone]] sitting at home and watching, [[Muhammad Ali]] retains his world Heavyweight championship with a fifteenth-round knockout over underdog [[Chuck Wepner]], but not without suffering a ninth round knockdown first, in [[Cleveland]].
*March 30 – [[José Nápoles]] retains his world Welterweight title with a highly controversial and suspicious twelve round technical decision over [[Armando Muniz]] in [[Acapulco]], Mexico. Although no one knew for sure when Nápoles' facial cuts (which caused the fight to be stopped) happened, it was decided that they were probably the result of a headbutt in round three. Therefore, instead of giving the world title to Muniz by technical knockout, it was decided to check the judge's scorecards, and Nápoles was ahead on points, making him the winner by technical decision.
*April 26 – [[George Foreman]] stages a boxing exhibition against five different boxers, including former [[Joe Frazier]] challenger [[Terry Daniels]]. He beats the five men by knockout in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada.
*May 16 – Muhammad Ali retains the world Heavyweight title with an eleventh-round knockout of [[Ron Lyle]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]].
*May 17 – [[Antonio Cervantes]] retains his [[World Boxing Association]] (WBA) world Jr. Welterweight title with a fifteen-round decision over [[Esteban De Jesús]] in [[Panama City, Panama]].
*June 20 – [[Rubén Olivares]] wins the [[World Boxing Council]] (WBC) world Featherweight title, knocking out [[Bobby Chacon]] in the second round of their second of three fights, in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]].
*June 28 – [[Ángel Espada]] wins the vacant WBA world Welterweight title that had been stripped from José Nápoles after Nápoles refused to fight him, by beating [[Clyde Gray]] with a fifteen-round decision in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]].
* June 30 – Muhammad Ali retains his world Heavyweight title with a fifteen-round unanimous decision over [[Joe Bugner]] in [[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]].
* July 12 – José Nápoles retains his world Welterweight title with a fifteen-round decision over Armando Muniz in their [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] rematch.
* July 15 – With only two previous professional bouts, [[Thailand]]'s [[Saensak Muangsuring]] makes history by winning the WBC world Jr. Welterweight title, knocking out world champion Jose Fernandez in [[Bangkok, Thailand|Bangkok]]. Muangsuring becomes the fastest boxer to reach a world championship after his debut.
* August 23 – The first world Junior Flyweight world championship fight sees [[Jaime Rios (boxer)|Jaime Rios]] beat [[Rigoberto Marcano]] by decision in fifteen rounds at Panama City to become the WBA's world champion.
* September 20 – [[David Kotey]] becomes [[Ghana]]'s first world champion, defeating Rubén Olivares by a fifteen-round decision to win the WBC's world Featherweight championship in Inglewood.
*September 30 – The ''[[Thrilla in Manila]]'':  Muhammad Ali retains his world Heavyweight title in his third fight with Joe Frazier, by TKO in round fourteen in [[Manila, Philippines|Manila]]. Ali compared this bout to being ''next to death''.
*December 6 – José Nápoles' last fight, as he loses his WBC world Welterweight title to [[John H. Stracey]] in Mexico City, Mexico.