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Nipper Pat Daly, real name Patrick Clifford Daley (17 February 1913 – 25 September 1988), was a British boxer who fought professionally between 1923 and 1931. He made his professional debut at the age of nine or 10, achieved widespread fame in his mid teens as British boxing's 'Wonderboy', then retired from pro boxing at age 17.
Rick "Rocky" Lockridge (January 10, 1959 – February 7, 2019) was an American professional boxer. [2] He is perhaps best known for having handed Roger Mayweather his first defeat—a first-round knockout in just 98 seconds—earning him the WBA and lineal super featherweight titles. [3] He later won the IBF super featherweight title
The featherweight class was established in 1860 but did not achieve universal recognition until Weir won the title. [1] 1890-01-13 1890-09-02 Torpedo Billy Murphy: World 1890-09-02 1892-Vacated Young Griffo: World 1892-06-27 1896-11-27 George Dixon: World 1896-11-27 1897-03-24 Frank Erne: World 1897-03-24 1897-10-24 George Dixon: World 1897-10 ...
Jorge Adolfo Páez (born October 27, 1965) is a Mexican actor, circus performer and former professional boxer.In boxing he held the WBO and IBF featherweight titles. [1] Paez's nickname of "El Maromero" is in honor of the somersault (referred to in Spanish as "maroma") acts he performs at the circus.
His professional fighting weight varied from 124.5 lb (56.5 kg; 8 st 12.5 lb), (featherweight) to 137 lb (62 kg; 9 st 11 lb), (welterweight). [1] The Ring ranked Al Phillips as the third best featherweight in the world in the mid 1940s and between 1944–51, he remained a top ten featherweight in the world for 44 months. [2] [3]
Retained WBC super featherweight title: 64 Win 59–5 Rafael Limón: TKO 11 (15), 1:40: Jul 8, 1979 Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S. Retained WBC super featherweight title: 63 Win 58–5 Alfredo Escalera: TKO 13 (15), 1:24: Feb 4, 1979 Sports Palace, Rimini, Italy: Retained WBC super featherweight title: 62 Win 57–5 Arturo Leon: UD ...
Azumah Nelson (born 19 July 1958, affectionately known as the Professor) [3] is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2008. He was a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC featherweight title from 1984 to 1987 and the WBC super-featherweight title twice between 1988 and 1997.
Historian Bert Sugar ranked Robinson as the greatest fighter of all time and in 2002, Robinson was also ranked number one on The Ring magazine's list of "80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years". [14] He was named the best boxer of all time, pound for pound, by the International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) in both of its all-time ratings ...