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Lennox Lewis vs. Donovan Ruddock, billed as "The Fight for the Right" was a professional boxing match contested on 31 October 1992. [3] The fight was a WBC heavyweight title "eliminator", with the winner scheduled to challenge the winner of the Evander Holyfield–Riddick Bowe championship bout held two weeks later. In addition, Lewis ...
Muhammad Ali vs. Bob Foster, billed as The Sound and the Fury, was a professional boxing match contested on November 21, 1972, for the NABF heavyweight championship. [1]Ali knocked Foster down seven times and this was the only fight in which Ali ever suffered a cut.
The lower limit of a weight class is equal to the upper weight limit of the class below it. The top class, with no upper limit, is called heavyweight in professional boxing and super heavyweight [1] in amateur boxing. A boxing match is usually scheduled for a fixed weight class, and each boxer's weight must not exceed the upper limit.
Boxing [b] is a combat sport and martial art. [1] Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time.
34–1 (27 KO) 28–1 (28 KO) Age: 30 years, 2 months: 29 years, 9 months: Height: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) Weight: 226 lb (103 kg) 211 + 3 ⁄ 4 lb (96 kg) Style: Orthodox: Orthodox: Recognition: WBA/WBC No. 1 Ranked Heavyweight NABF heavyweight champion Former undisputed heavyweight champion: WBA No. 9 Ranked Heavyweight
Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Ellis, billed as The Inevitable Fight, was a professional boxing match contested on July 26, 1971, for the NABF heavyweight championship. [ 1 ] Background
Durán had recently completed a six-year run as lightweight champion before moving up to welterweight where he compiled an 8–0 record before facing Leonard. The fight was set to be the highest grossing in boxing history [3] and both Leonard and Durán were to make the biggest paydays in their careers at $9 million and $1.5 million ...
The match was illegal under city law, but civic and police officials who attended the match along with the public bet heavily in Fitzsimmons' favor. [1] [2] Virtually no one agreed with Earp's ruling and Fitzsimmons' managers went to court to prevent Sharkey from obtaining the purse. The judge ruled that since the match was illegal the court ...