16 Memorable Cinco de Mayo fights

16 wondrous fights celebrating May 5

American Football has the Super Bowl in February, the World Series of Baseball takes place in October, the Champions League finals take place in May... following this pattern, boxing also has specific times for the biggest fights of the year: May 5 and September 16.

Boxing cards in the United States have established these dates as blockbuster spectaculars. For more than 30 years, the most important fights in the world have been held around May 5 and September 16.

Here is a list, in no order of importance, featuring some of the greatest and most memorable fights taking place around the Cinco de Mayo celebrations of May 5:

Carlos Monzón vs. Nino Benvenuti II; 1971

Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Frankie Randall II; 1994

Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao I; 2004

Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo I; 2005

Oscar de la Hoya vs. Ricardo Mayorga; 2006

Floyd Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya; 2007

Saul Alvarez vs. Shane Mosley; 2012

Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto; 2012

Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana I; 2014

Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao; 2015.

Saul Alvarez vs. James Kirkland; 2015.

Saul Alvarez vs. Amir Khan; 2016

Saul Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez jr.; 2017

Gennady Golovkin vs. Vanes Martirosyan; 2018

Canelo Álvarez vs Daniel Jacobs; 2019

Canelo Álvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders; 2021

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