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Boxers who have won 3 or more Olympic medals. Western athletes usually participate in a single Olympic tournament and then turn pro, while boxers from Cuba and other countries with state support of the sport might compete in several Olympics, therefore having a clear advantage in terms of age and experience.
A full-length version of a 19th-century title bout. The Gordon Sisters Boxing: 1901 Documentary Silent film The Joe Gans – Battling Nelson Fight: 1906 Archival footage Silent footage of most of the championship bout that lasted an astounding 48 rounds. The film company ran out of money – and film – in the 38th round and had to stop shooting
Johansson's introduction to the top rank of the sport was inauspicious. At age nineteen he was disqualified for passivity at the Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics in the heavyweight competition in a fight against eventual Olympic gold medalist Ed Sanders. Johansson maintained he was not evading Sanders (who also got a warning for passivity), but ...
Pages in category "Olympic medalists in boxing" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 831 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor.Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professionally between 1977 and 1997, winning world titles in five weight classes; the lineal championship in three weight classes; [3] as well as the undisputed ...
The International Boxing Research Organization rates Frazier among the ten greatest heavyweights of all time. [ 3 ] The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1967, 1970, and 1971, and the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) named him Fighter of the Year in 1969, 1971, and 1975.
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Pages in category "Olympic boxers for the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 222 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .