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Some headgear is open-faced. This is the style normally used in amateur boxing competitions. Unlike open-faced headgear, training headgear covers the cheek. "Face-saver" headgear features a pad across the face so that no direct contact is made to the face. As the amount of padding in headgear is increased, visibility is reduced.
The thought of the world heavyweight title kept me going, but he was just too good." [ 13 ] There was talk of bout between Klitschko and former champion Hasim Rahman with his promoter Don King saying "I think Rahman beats Klitschko, but whatever happens I guarantee he will hit Klitschko properly at some stage, unlike Williams who was useless.
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.
Boxing magazine The Ring has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922. The first Ring world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, and the second was awarded to flyweight champion Pancho Villa. The magazine stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s ...
The title was later vacated when a bout between Hozumi Hasegawa and Juan Carlos Burgos was announced for the vacant title. [124] Rojas was then declared champion in recess during WBC's convention held on November. [125] 41 Hozumi Hasegawa (def. Juan Carlos Burgos) 26 Nov 2010 – 8 Apr 2011 0 42 Jhonny González: 8 Apr 2011 – 14 Sep 2012 4 43
Prior to the series, the last undisputed heavyweight champion had been Leon Spinks, who won the championship in his 1978 victory over Muhammad Ali. [2] [3] Spinks was stripped of his WBC title later that year because he opted to fight a rematch against Ali instead of a mandatory challenger; the heavyweight championship had been fragmented ever since. [3]
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