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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.
4 Mar 1968 – 7 Nov 1970 4 6 Carlos Monzón: 7 Nov 1970 – 23 Apr 1974 9 Monzón is stripped of his title for not fighting his mandatory challenger Rodrigo Valdéz. [37] 7 Rodrigo Valdéz (def. Bennie Briscoe) 25 May 1974 – 26 Jun 1976 4 8 Carlos Monzón (2) 26 Jun 1976 – 29 Aug 1977 1 Monzón retires. [38] 9 Rodrigo Valdéz (2)
The World Boxing Council created a new division called bridgerweight for boxers weighing between 200 and 225 pounds. As of June 2022, no other major organization has recognized the division. The championship of the heavyweight division has been fractured or disputed at various times in its history.
Earnie Shavers, who earned a reputation as the hardest puncher in the game during a golden era of heavyweight boxing in the 1970s, died Thursday, a day after he turned 78. The cause of death is ...
The National Boxing Association (NBA), was formed in 1921 as the first organization aimed at regulating boxing on a national (and later global) level. The prominence of New York City as the epicenter of boxing would lead to a governmental entity, the powerful New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), to join the NBA in sanctioning bouts as "world championships."
27 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 1970 1 20 Joe Frazier: 16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 1973 4 21 George Foreman: 22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 1974 2 22 Muhammad Ali (3) 30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 1978 10 23 Leon Spinks: 15 Feb – 15 Sep 1978 0 24 Muhammad Ali (4) 15 Sep 1978 – 4 Jul 1979 0 Ali vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight ...
The fight is widely regarded as the biggest boxing match in history and arguably the single most anticipated and publicized sporting event ever. An international audience observed the spectacle. It was the first time that two undefeated boxers who held or had held the world heavyweight title fought each other for that very title.
Changed name to European Boxing Union in 1946. It organised world title fights from 1913 to 1963 after which it was incorporated into the World Boxing Council (WBC). The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), formed in 1920. It organised world title bouts until the early 1970s when it became a member of World Boxing Council (WBC).