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Manny Pacquiao has won world championships in eight weight divisions, more than any other boxer in history. The Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir , held all four major titles in the heavyweight division from 2011 to 2013; they were the first brothers to hold versions of the heavyweight championship at the same time.
The rise of sanctioning organizations, however, have produced an environment where typically there is no single world heavyweight champion, with titleholders recognized by one of these organizations (a "World Champion") or more (a "Super Champion", a "Unified Champion", or, in the rare cases where the four most prominent organizations recognize ...
Boxer Record Weight class (boxing) Title(s) held Championship years Title defenses Notes Jimmy Barry [1] 61–0–10, 1NC Bantamweight World: 1894–1899 6 Fought when the bantamweight category was not fully established. The weight limits in the United States shifted during his career. Joe Calzaghe [2] 46–0–0: Super middleweight WBO: 1997 ...
American boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) training with a speed bag ahead of his fight against Britain’s Brian London, in London, England, 3rd August 1966.
Born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that has spawned so many legendary boxers, most notably former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, Hitchins not only flew under the radar for ...
Boxers by Name Title wins Beaten opponents Fights; Ukraine 3 Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, Oleksandr Usyk: 45 40 [13] [7] [36] Canada 2 Tommy Burns, Lennox Lewis* 28 26 [15] [12] United Kingdom 3 Bob Fitzsimmons, Lennox Lewis*, Tyson Fury: 21 20 [44] [12] [33] Italy 1 Primo Carnera: 3 3 [34] Germany 1 Max Schmeling: 2 2 [39] Sweden 1 ...
Beginning with boxer Pat Bradley, is a chronological widely recognized List of World Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA) The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963
Hall of Fame boxer Eder Jofre, who held titles at bantamweight and featherweight, died Sunday at 86 in a hospital in Brazil. He is considered by many to be the greatest bantamweight ever.