Boxing in The 1960s - 1966

1966

• March 1- Horacio Accavallo beats Katsuyoshi Takayama by a fifteen round decision in Tokyo, Japan, to win the WBA world Flyweight title, making Salvatore Burruni (the champion who was stripped of the title by the WBA) be, as of 2004, boxing's last undisputed world champion in the Flyweight division.
• March 29- Muhammad Ali retains his WBC world Heavyweight title with a fifteen round unanimous decision of George Chuvalo, Toronto, Canada.
• April 25- Emile Griffith retains his world Middleweight title with a fifteen round decision against Dick Tiger, New York.
• May 21- Muhammad Ali retains his world Heavyweight title with a sixth round knockout win over a bloodied Henry Cooper, London.
• June 1- Fighting Harada repeats his earlier victory over Eder Jofre, retaining the world's Bantamweight title by a fifteen round decision in Tokyo. Jofre subsequently announces his retirement; he would return in 1970.
• June 14- Salvatore Burruni's championship run at the Flyweights comes to a complete end when he loses his WBC world belt by a decision in fifteen to Walter McGowan, Wembley, England.
• July 13- Emile Griffith defeats Joey Archer (the last man to beat Sugar Ray Robinson), by a fifteen round decision to retain his world Middleweight title, New York.
• October 22- Carlos Ortiz beats Sugar Ramos by a knockout in five rounds to retain his world Lightweight title in Mexico City, Mexico, and a riot ensues. Many are hurt, including Ortiz's manager.
• November 14- In what many consider to be his best career performance, Muhammad Ali defeats Cleveland Williams by a knockout in three at the Astrodome, Houston, to retain his WBC world Heavyweight title.
• November 22- In a much anticipated rematch, Carlos Ortiz defeats world Jr. Lightweight champion Flash Elorde, once again, by knockout in round fourteen, to retain his world Lightweight title, Madison Square Garden, New York.
• December 16- Dick Tiger conquers the world Light-Heavyweight title, beating José Torres by a fifteen round unanimous decision at the Madison Square Garden, New York.