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The Ring has recognized heavyweight champions during two periods, commencing with its inaugural issue in 1922 and continuing until the 1990s, then again from 2002 to the present day. Under its original policy, a champion earned championship recognition in the ring, defeating the preceding champion or winning a bout between its top rated contenders.
Map of countries, number of beaten opponents in world heavyweight boxing championship fights reached by country citizen - undisputed champion (July 2, 1921-present), lineal champion (August 29, 1885–July 2, 1921), The Ring champion; as of December 2022. Note: secondary championships are not included
The two fights between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston for boxing's World Heavyweight Championship were among the most controversial fights in the sport's history. Sports Illustrated magazine named their first meeting, the Liston–Clay fight (Ali had not yet changed his name from Cassius Clay), as the fourth greatest sports moment of the ...
Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson, billed as Liberation, was a professional boxing match fought on September 7, 1996 for the WBA heavyweight championship. [1]The fight was part of a pay-per-view event produced by Don King Productions and carried on pay-per-view by Showtime.
June 9 – In a rematch of their 1941 bout, Joe Louis retains the world Heavyweight title with an eighth-round knockout over former world Light Heavyweight champion Billy Conn, in New York. September 27 – Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano fight each other for the first time, starting one of boxing's most notorious rivalries. World Middleweight ...
Usyk won a split decision the first time and became boxing’s first undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years. Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will go at it again on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia.
Michael Dokes (August 10, 1958 – August 11, 2012) was a boxer from the state of Ohio.He was born in the city of Akron and spent most of his life there. [16] With 32 amateur bouts fought, of which he won 27 and lost 5, [17] Dokes' record as an unpaid competitor was similar to Weaver's.
July 2 – Former world Heavyweight champion Joe Frazier returns to the ring, beating Joe Bugner by a twelve-round decision at London. September 1 – George Foreman retains his world Heavyweight title with a first-round knockout over José Roman, who becomes the first Puerto Rican to challenge for the world Heavyweight championship, in Tokyo.