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Ezzard Mack Charles (July 7, 1921 – May 28, 1975), was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1959. Known as the Cincinnati Cobra, Charles was respected for his slick defense and precision, and is often regarded as the greatest light heavyweight of all time, and one of the greatest fighters pound for pound, [1] having defeating numerous Hall of Fame fighters in three ...
It organised world title bouts until the early 1970s when it became a member of World Boxing Council (WBC). The National Boxing Association (NBA) formed in the United States in 1921. Other bodies including the National Sporting Club in Great Britain and the California State Athletic Commission also awarded world titles.
Joseph William Calzaghe CBE (/ k æ l ˈ z æ ɡ i / kal-ZA-gee; born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh [2] former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including unified and lineal titles at super-middleweight, and the Ring magazine light-heavyweight title.
Zale was a two-time world middleweight champion and made The Ring ' s list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Zale is best remembered for his three bouts over a 21-month period with Rocky Graziano for the middleweight crown. These three bouts were among the most brutal and exciting middleweight championship matches of all time.
May 1 – Sugar Ray Robinson wins the world Middleweight title for a record fourth time, knocking out Gene Fullmer in the fifth round with a punch that became known as the perfect punch, at Chicago. June 24 – Hogan Bassey becomes Nigeria's first world boxing champion in history, winning the vacant world Featherweight title with a tenth-round ...
He's won belts at 154, 160, 168 and 175 and he's 20-2-1 in world championship bouts. He has been lineal champion at both middleweight and super middleweight and is the reigning 168-pound lineal champ.
This is a chronological List of World Super Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963, The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
World middleweight boxing champions (1 C, 102 P) Pages in category "Middleweight boxers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,209 total.