08/31/1984 - Pinklon Thomas

Pinklon Thomas (born February 10, 1958) Competed from 1978 to 1993. He was boxing’s first ‘Centennial Champion’ (1886-1986), and held the WBC heavyweight title from 1984 to 1986\

By 1984, with a record of 24–0–1, he would get his first world title shot against reigning WBC heavyweight champion Tim Witherspoon in August 1984, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Thomas won the WBC Heavyweight Championship with a hard-fought 12-round battle over “Terrible” Tim Witherspoon on August 31, 1984.