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In an unprecedented move, upon withdrawing its recognition of Leon Spinks as champion, the World Boxing Council immediately recognized Ken Norton as champion, based on an earlier victory over Jimmy Young. As a condition of being named champion, Norton was ordered to face the WBC's new mandatory challenger, Larry Holmes within 120 days.
Committed suicide after allegedly killing his wife in 2010. All 27 fights were knockout wins. Andre Ward [11] 32–0–0 Super middleweight: WBA 2009–2015 6 Vacated titles in 2015 to move up to light heavyweight. WBC, The Ring: 2011–2015 1 (WBC), 2 (The Ring) Light heavyweight: WBA, WBO, IBF, The Ring: 2016–2017 1 (WBA, WBO, IBF), 0 (The ...
All championship reigns of undisputed champions/lineal champions/The Ring champions [ edit ] 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 ...
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 ...
1. On Oct. 1, 1975, heavyweights Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met for the third and final time in Manila, Philippines, of all places. It turned out to be, in my view, the greatest fight in boxing ...
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 .
10 of boxing’s greatest Black boxers. These ten men stand out as some of the greatest athletes of all time. ... Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson stands on the field before an NFL ...
Carruthers vacated and retired from boxing. [79] 21 Robert Cohen (def. Chamroen Songkitrat) 19 Sep 1954 – 23 Dec 1954 1 Cohen's undisputed status ended when he was stripped of his NBA title for failing to sign a fight against Raúl Macías within 90 days. [80] 22 Alphonse Halimi (def. Raúl Macías) 6 Nov 1957 – 8 Jul 1959 0 23 José Becerra