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Their first bout, on March 8, 1971, in New York, was not only the greatest boxing event ever, and one of its best fights, it remains more than 50 years later one of the most significant sporting ...
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and certifies world champions in 18 different weight classes .
Games Gold Silver Bronze 1904 St. Louis details: George Finnegan United States: Miles Burke United States: None awarded: 1908–1912: not included in the Olympic program: 1920 Antwerp details: Frankie Genaro United States: Anders Petersen Denmark: William Cuthbertson Great Britain: 1924 Paris details: Fidel LaBarba United States: James McKenzie ...
The list does not include The Ring and lineal championship fights after July 2, 1921, although it only includes heavyweight champions that captured undisputed championship (July 2, 1921–present), lineal championship (August 29, 1885 – July 2, 1921) or The Ring championship.
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)
Kane was stripped of the NBA and The Ring titles on December 11, 1939, but continued claiming the title until he was reinstated as champion by the NBA in 1942. December 14, 1939 1942 Little Dado: NBA The NBA proclaimed Dado as champion in 1939. After one defense Dado could no longer make weight and the NBA reinstated Kane as champion in 1942.
Today, the legacy of Jeffries is widely forgotten. However, he was once considered one of the greatest Heavyweight Champions of all time by many fellow boxers and boxing experts: [12] [13] Jack Root, Willie Ritchie and Tommy Burns, former Light Heavyweight, Lightweight and Heavyweight Champions, respectively, rated Jeffries as the greatest ...
Corbett could not make weight and relinquished the title (although some sources say he continued to defend the title at a higher weight). Attell was recognized as the best man at the weight and thus was proclaimed champion. [1] 1904-02-01 1912-02-22 Abe Attell: World 1912-02-22 1923-06-02 Johnny Kilbane: World 1923-06-02 1923-07-26 Eugène ...