Southpaw middleweight Reggie Ford won via a unanimous decision over Puerto Rican Manuel Melon on November 30, 1977.

The fight was staged at Westchester County Centre, in White Plains, New York. Three fights before Ford had stumbled when he came up against `Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler, who put down the Guyanese in three rounds.
Howard `The Battersea Bomber’ Eastman claimed his 19th professional victory and the vacant British middleweight title following a seventh round TKO of Steve Foster on November 30, 1998. The fight was held at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Lancashire, England.