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Retired from boxing due to chronic spinal injuries. Harry Simon [9] 31–0–0 Light middleweight: WBO 1998–2001 4 Vacated title to move up to middleweight. Middleweight WBO 2002 0 Won WBO interim middleweight title in 2001 and the outright title in 2002. Stripped of title at 22–0 when he was unable to defend it due to injuries suffered in ...
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 ...
The National Boxing Association (NBA) was organized in 1921 to serve as a regulating authority for boxing in the United States. The prominence of New York City as the epicenter of boxing would lead to its state boxing regulatory body, the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) joining the NBA in recognizing world champions in each weight class.
10 of boxing’s greatest Black boxers. These ten men stand out as some of the greatest athletes of all time. Muhammad Ali. American boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) training with a speed bag ahead ...
1921–1963, a boxer who held both the NYSAC and NBA (WBA) world titles simultaneously; 1963–1983, a boxer who held both the WBA and WBC world titles simultaneously; 1983–2007, a boxer who held the WBA, WBC, and IBF world titles simultaneously; 2007–present, a boxer who holds the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO world titles simultaneously [1] [2] [3]
The National Boxing Association (NBA) was organized in 1921. In 1962, the organization was renamed the World Boxing Association (WBA). The WBC was organized in 1963. The IBF, which was founded in 1983 by the members of the United States Boxing Association after the USBA withdrew from membership in the WBA. The WBO, founded in 1988.
Muhammad Ali (/ ɑː ˈ l iː /; [2] born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and social activist. [a] A global cultural icon, widely known by the epithet, "the Greatest", he is frequently cited as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 1963. The International Boxing Federation (IBF), established in 1983. The World Boxing Organization (WBO), established in 1988. World titles have been historically recognized by the International Boxing Union (IBU) from 1913-1963 and the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) from 1920 to 1977 ...