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It includes boxers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories such as American male boxers or American women boxers. This is a diffusing subcategory of Category:Sportspeople from Louisiana .
Joseph "Joe" Dorsey Jr. (July 16, 1935-October 20, 2004) was an American professional boxer, ending with a 29-6 record, who won a court case in the 1950s against Louisiana's law banning interracial boxing matches. [1] The New Orleans-born Dorsey began boxing at 16 and retired from the sport at age 31. [2]
Darrin Van Horn (born September 7, 1968) is an American former professional boxer. ... he made his professional debut in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 2, 1984 ...
Boxing at LSU continued as a varsity sport during the early 1950s with boxers Calvin Clary, Thurman "Crowe" Peele and Bobby Freeman. [4] [5] Peele won the NCAA heavyweight title in 1955. [6] Late in the decade, a dwindling number of schools in the region that sponsored boxing as a varsity sport led to higher travel costs for the LSU team.
Cathy Davis was the female boxer to appear on the cover of Ring Magazine. [39] [40] [41] In the 1990s, women’s boxing had a brief period of popularity due to boxers such as Christy Martin and Laila Ali. [42] But early into 2000's, the sport fell back to relative obscurity due to lack of promotion, television exposure and poor matchmaking. [43]
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Washington's fourth Oscar nomination came for his performance as Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, a real boxer who was wrongfully convicted of murder and served 20 years before being exonerated.
Ralph Dupas (October 14, 1935 – January 25, 2008) was an American boxer from New Orleans who reigned as the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council world junior middleweight champion in 1963.