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List of British middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British middleweight title. The title was first contested in 1891, came under the auspices of the National Sporting Club in 1909, and under the juristiction of the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since it was formed in 1929.
Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, Michael Spinks and Marvis Frazier. Boxing in the 1980s was filled with important fights, events and personalities that shaped the sport. [1] Boxing in the 1980s was shaped by many different situations, such as the continuous corporate battles between the different world sanctioning organizations, the void left by Muhammad Ali as the sport's ambassador and consequent ...
A father tries to persuade his middleweight-champ son not to take a dive. The Shakedown: 1929 Drama A boxer who makes a living losing fixed matches decides to turn his life around. Hold Everything: 1930 Comedy Georges Carpentier's training is disrupted by an amateur called Gink (Joe E. Brown). City Lights: 1931 Comedy
During the 1970s, boxing was characterized by dominating champions and history-making rivalries. The decade had many superstars, who also had fierce rivals. Alexis Argüello, for example, who won the world Featherweight and Jr. Lightweight titles in the '70s, had to overcome Alfredo Escalera twice before the decade was over.
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This is a list of British boxers who have won a world championship by one of the four major sanctioning organisations – the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) – as well as those awarded by The Ring.
John Anthony Conteh, MBE (born 27 May 1951) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980. He held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1974 to 1977, and regionally the European, British and Commonwealth titles between 1973 and 1974.
List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions; List of British lightweight boxing champions; List of British super-welterweight boxing champions; List of British super-lightweight boxing champions