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Almost like a rerun of Hagler-Hearns. 4. Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo is the greatest fight I ever covered from ringside. I sat with Corrales a few weeks before the fight and he looked at ...
The National Boxing Association (NBA) was organized in 1921. In 1962, the organization was renamed the World Boxing Association (WBA). The WBC was organized in 1963. The IBF, which was founded in 1983 by the members of the United States Boxing Association after the USBA withdrew from membership in the WBA. The WBO, founded in 1988.
On February 20, 2004, Jones relinquished his heavyweight title to resume boxing as a light heavyweight, at which point Ruiz was elevated to full championship recognition. On April 30, 2005, Ruiz was defeated by James Toney in a championship defense, but post-fight drug testing determined Toney had taken Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid. The bout ...
Vacated title to fight Peter Manfredo Jr. instead of #1 contender Robert Stieglitz. The Ring: 2006–2008 3 Vacated titles to move up to light heavyweight. WBA, WBC: 2007–2008 0 Light heavyweight The Ring: 2008 1 Retired and vacated title. Kim Ji-won [3] 16–0–2 Super bantamweight IBF 1985–1986 4 Mihai Leu [4] 28–0–0 Welterweight WBO ...
Muhammad Ali was involved in more Fight of the Year contests than any other boxer in history; six spanning almost two decades. 1970 – Carlos Monzón KO 12 Nino Benvenuti I; 1971 – Joe Frazier W 15 Muhammad Ali I; 1972 – Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan; 1973 – George Foreman TKO 2 Joe Frazier I; 1974 – Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman
Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Fight of the Century or simply The Fight, [2] was an undisputed heavyweight championship boxing match between WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight champion Joe Frazier and Lineal champion Muhammad Ali, on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. [3] [4] [5]
The bout is almost universally regarded as one of the best and most brutal fights in boxing history, and was the culmination of a three-bout rivalry between the two fighters that Ali won, 2–1. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Some sources estimate the fight was watched by 1 billion viewers, [ 10 ] including 100 million viewers watching the fight on closed ...
Marciano and Walcott's first fight is regarded as one of the greatest in boxing history, being named 1952’s fight of the year by The Ring. The fight was also ranked the 16th greatest fight of all time by both The Ring and BoxRec, while Bleacher Report ranked it as the 10th greatest heavyweight match of all time. [9]