WBC and WBA Middleweight Champion Marvin Hagler adds a third title to his collection in the inaugural IBF Middleweight Championship fight that the WBA and WBC refuse to sanction against Wilford Scypion. Hagler wobbles Scypion with a left hand at the end of the first round and drops him with an accumulation of punches in the fourth. Scypion tries to get up but fails to beat the count of Referee Frank Cappucino.

Marvin Hagler vs. Wilford Scypion

Curtis Parker vs Wilford Scypion

Dwight Davison vs Wilford Scypion

Frank Fletcher vs Wilford Scypion

Iran Barkley vs Wilford Scypion

Wilford Scypion vs Mark Frazie

Wilford Scypion vs Mike Herron

Murray Sutherland vs Wilford Scypion

Scypion loses by disqualification when he is pushed out of the ring and fails to climb back inside before the referee finishes his count.

Wilford Scypion vs Mustafa Hamsho

Classen was knocked down in the third round and took an eight-count in the ninth. When the bell rang for the tenth round, Classen remained on his stool. His handlers lifted him up and pushed out of his corner. The referee stopped the fight twelve seconds into the tenth round after Classen was knocked through the ropes. There was no ambulance on site. After about 30 minutes, a passing ambulance was flagged down and Classen was rushed to Bellevue, the closest hospital equipped for an emergency neurosurgery procedure. Classen underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain. Classen died five days after the fight. Classen's death was the first ring fatality in New York City since Benny Paret died after being knocked out by Emile Griffith in 1962. Classen's widow filed a $500 million lawsuit against Madison Square Garden, referee Lew Eskin and four doctors. She settled out of court for a six-figure sum in 1987. In the early 1980s, New York Governor Hugh Carey signed a bill which made it mandatory for a boxing promoter to have an ambulance present during a fight card. Also, a rule was passed stating that a fighter must make it to the center of the ring under his own power at the start of each round. It was called the Classen Rule. In 1983, Scypion fought Marvin Hagler for the Undisputed World Middleweight Championship and was knocked out in four rounds.