Boxing in The 1930s - 1933

1933

• February 20- Battling Shaw wins the world Jr. welterweight title with a ten round decision over Johnny Jadick, New Orleans.
• February 21- Young Corbett III wins the world Welterweight title, defeating Jackie Fields by a ten round decision, in San Francisco.
• May 21- Tony Canzoneri recovers his world Jr. Welterweight title, with a ten round decision over Battling Shaw, in New Orleans.
• June 23- Barney Ross beats Tony Canzoneri to claim both the world Lightweight and Jr. Welterweight titles held by Canzoneri, by a ten round decision, in Chicago.
• June 29- Primo Carnera initiates one of boxing's most controversial reigns in the history of the Heavyweight division, knocking out world champion Jack Sharkey in six rounds at New York. It has been widely rumored since that many of Carnera's fights were fixed.
• September 12- Barney Ross retains his world Lightweight and Jr. Weltwerweight titles with a fifteen round decision over Tony Canzoneri, at New York.
• October 21- Paulino Uzcudun unsuccessfully tries to become the first Hispanic world Heavyweight champion, losing a fifteen round decision to Primo Carnera, in Rome, Italy.
• December 25- Frankie Klick wins the world Jr. Lightweight title, knocking out world champion Kid Chocolate, in seven rounds, at Philadelphia.