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In professional boxing, until the 1980s, the "championship distance" generally referred to the title rounds that numbered between 13 and 15. [7] [8] For decades, the last heavyweight title match scheduled for less than 15 rounds had been the September 22, 1927 10-rounder between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey; from then, the only bout that was not scheduled for 15 rounds had been a scheduled 20 ...
Going the Distance can refer to the following: Going the distance (boxing) , a boxing expression for fighting a full bout without being knocked out Going the Distance (1979 film) , a 1979 Canadian documentary film about the 1978 Commonwealth Games
The Distance may refer to: The distance (boxing), type of boxing match; Film and TV "The Distance" , a second season TV episode of The O.C. "The ...
Boxing [b] is a combat sport and martial art. [1] ... and is said to "go the distance". The fighter with the higher score at the end of the fight is ruled the winner ...
Mitch Green (born January 13, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005. He is best known for having gone the distance with Mike Tyson in 1986, who was undefeated at the time.
Tillis was the first man to go the distance with Mike Tyson in 1986, breaking his knockout-streak and giving him a relatively close fight, nearly a draw, with two of three judges scoring the fight 6-to-4. [1] (in the words of Hall of Fame's Gil Clancy, Tillis was "one punch" away from victory. [2])
Charles Wepner was born on February 26, 1939, in New York City. [5] He is of German, Ukrainian, and Polish descent. [6]Wepner learned to fight on the streets of Bayonne, New Jersey, [7] saying, "This was a tough town with a lot of people from the docks and the naval base and you had to fight to survive".
Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II, billed as The Rematch, was a professional boxing match contested on June 28, 1991. [1] It was the second time the two fighters fought that year, as their first bout in March was mired in controversy. The fight took place at the same venue the first one had, The Mirage in Paradise, Nevada, USA.