Editing Boxing in the 1970s (section)

==1976==
*January 24 – [[George Foreman]] recovers from two four round knockdowns and beats [[Ron Lyle]] by a knockout in the fifth round at [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]. Lyle had also suffered a knockdown in round four, which was picked ''round of the year'' by [[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]], publication that also selected the fight as ''[[Ring Magazine fights of the year|fight of the year]]''. Also, it was the major boxing fight at the [[Caesars Palace]] hotel and casino, which would become known as the "Home of Champions".
*March 17 – [[Wilfred Benítez]] becomes, at age 17, the youngest world champion in boxing history and wins his first of three world titles, defeating [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] world Jr. Welterweight champion [[Antonio Cervantes]] by a fifteen-round split decision in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]].
*April 3 – The first Jr. Featherweight world title bout in history, as [[Rigoberto Riasco]] knocks out [[Wainunge Wakayama]] in ten rounds at [[Panama City, Panama]] to win the WBC vacant title. 
*April 30 – [[Muhammad Ali]] retains the world Heavyweight title with a highly disputed fifteen round unanimous decision over Jimmy Young at [[Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)|Capital Centre]] in {{nowrap|[[Landover, Maryland]].<ref name=sagby>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7tIVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6452%2C62499 |work=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=UPI |title=Sluggish Ali gets by Young |date=May 1, 1976|page=1, part 2}}</ref><ref name=waldecl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=38ASAAAAIBAJ&pg=5412%2C51875 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Winner Ali declares he misjudged Young |date=May 1, 1976 |page=10}}</ref>}}
*May 24 - [[Muhammad Ali]] knocks out [[Richard Dunn (boxer)|Richard Dunn]] in 5 rounds to retain his undisputed heavyweight championship. For Ali, it was his 37th and final knockout of his Hall of Fame career.
*June 26 – [[Carlos Monzón]] re-unifies his WBA world Middleweight title with the WBC one by defeating WBC champion [[Rodrigo Valdez]] with a fifteen-round unanimous decision at [[Monte Carlo, Monaco]]. (The WBC had stripped Monzon in 1974 for failing to defend the title against Valdez)
*September 28 – In the last chapter of their trilogy, Muhammad Ali retains the world Heavyweight championship with a disputed fifteen round unanimous decision over [[Ken Norton]], at New York City's [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]].