On this day in 1999, Felix Trinidad successfully defended his IBF Welterweight title with a 12-round decision over Pernell Whitaker at Madison Square Garden.

Forest Whitaker has a shot at winning a Best Actor Oscar at the Academy Awards this year for his scintillating portrayal of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film “The Last King of Scotland.�

Raul Frank has appealed to the New York State Athletic Commission to reinstate his victory over Terrance Cauthen.

The date and place are official: Ricky Hatton will take on Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas on June 23, at the Thomas and Mack Center.

On this day in 1994, Humberto Gonzalez won the WBC and IBF Light Flyweight titles with a 12-round split decision over Michael Carbajal in Inglewood, California. It was the second of three meetings between these two hall-of-famers.

On this day in 1961, Vicente Saldivar made his professional debut with a first round knockout of Baby Palacios in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Despite near-frigid conditions outside, the action was hot inside the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma, Friday night where undefeated southpaw Mike “Machine Gun’’ Oliver (18-0, 7 KOs) retained his USBA junior featherweight title with a disputed 12-round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Gary “Kid� Stark Jr. (18-1, 8 KOs) in the main event Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.�

It was a big night for Bob Duffy’s Ring Promotions, who in conjunction with Frankie G. Productions put on a sensational show featuring red-hot Irish middleweight James Moore at the historic Plattdeutsche Park restaurant in Franklin Square, Long Island, on February 16.

On this day in 2001, Andrew “Six Heads� Lewis won the WBA Welterweight title with a seventh-round TKO of James Page in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On this day in 1970, Joe Frazier unified the heavyweight title with a 5th-round stoppage of Jimmy Ellis at Madison Square Garden.