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Hassan Chitsaz (born November 28, 1957, in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-American who is the world's oldest active and licensed professional boxer mixed martial artist. [1] Nicknamed 'The Iranian Assassin', Chitsaz, a bodyguard to celebrities, was trained in boxing by former World Heavyweight champion Ken Norton in Los Angeles, California.
Joe Gans (born Joseph Gant; November 25, 1874 – August 10, 1910) was an American professional boxer. [1] [2] [3] Gans was rated the greatest lightweight boxer of all time [4] by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer.
At 46 years and 169 days old, he was the oldest world heavyweight champion in history. [7] Foreman is the oldest to ever win the world heavyweight boxing championship of major honors and the second-oldest in any weight class after Bernard Hopkins (at light heavyweight). He retired in 1997 at the age of 48, with a final record of 76 wins (68 ...
Old Timers: Until 2014, the rule was boxers whose last bout was no earlier than 1893 and no later than 1942. This category has since changed, similar to the Veterans Committee in baseball's Hall of Fame. It is now split into two categories. Early Era: Boxers who fought from the beginning of Marquis of Queensbury Rules (1893) until 1942.
FILE – Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson stands on the field before an NFL football game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sept. 24, 2023, in Las Vegas.
Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Brown Bomber", Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 until his temporary retirement in 1949.
He had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport, competing from 1935 to 1963. Nicknamed "the Mongoose", and then "the Old Mongoose" in the latter half of his career, Moore was a highly strategic and defensive boxer. As of December 2020, BoxRec ranks Moore as the third greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all time. [2]
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