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 | | December 10- After a ceremony to honor Sugar Ray Robinson for his retirement (featuring former Robinson rivals Carmen Basilio, Gene Fullmer, Carl Olson and Randy Turpin), Emile Griffith retains his world Welterweight title with a fifteen round decision over Mexican-American Manuel Gonzalez, in the first fight ever to be shown in color on television. |
 | | 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. |
 | | 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. |
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