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2. List of world heavyweight boxing champions - Wikipedia

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   On February 20, 2004, Jones relinquished his heavyweight title to resume boxing as a light heavyweight, at which point Ruiz was elevated to full championship recognition. On April 30, 2005, Ruiz was defeated by James Toney in a championship defense, but post-fight drug testing determined Toney had taken Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid. The bout ...

3. World heavyweight boxing championship records and statistics

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   Map of countries, number of beaten opponents in world heavyweight boxing championship fights reached by country citizen - undisputed champion (July 2, 1921-present), lineal champion (August 29, 1885–July 2, 1921), The Ring champion; as of December 2022. Note: secondary championships are not included

4. Jack Dempsey vs. Tommy Gibbons - Wikipedia

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   The first event was a world heavyweight boxing title fight, featuring the renowned Jack Dempsey. Officials believed that Dempsey's nationwide fame, combined with the reputation of his manager, Jack Kearns, and promoter, Tex Rickard, would draw a large crowd to Shelby.

5. Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston - Wikipedia

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   The two fights between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston for boxing's World Heavyweight Championship were among the most controversial fights in the sport's history. Sports Illustrated magazine named their first meeting, the Liston–Clay fight (Ali had not yet changed his name from Cassius Clay), as the fourth greatest sports moment of the ...

6. Trevor Berbick vs. Mike Tyson - Wikipedia

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   In 1986, the three major boxing organizations, the World Boxing Council (WBC), the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) teamed with pay television channel Home Box Office (HBO) to create a heavyweight championship tournament in an effort to crown the first Undisputed Heavyweight Champion since Leon Spinks in 1978. [3]

7. How to watch the Tyson vs. Paul fight tonight - AOL

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   Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is set to take on YouTube sensation and current professional boxer Jake Paul in a highly anticipated heavyweight fight Friday night at the AT&T ...

8. Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks - Wikipedia

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   The fight was over after 91 seconds, [6] presently the sixth shortest heavyweight title fight in history. [41] Just ten punches were landed, eight by Tyson, two by Spinks. [42] The round was named round of the year for 1988 by Ring Magazine. Afterwards Spinks said: "I came to fight like I said I would.

9. Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney - Wikipedia

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   Larry Holmes had been the WBC heavyweight champion since 1978, when he beat Ken Norton by a fifteen-round split decision at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.Over the course of his illustrious career, on the way to almost tying the great Rocky Marciano's record of 49-0, losing in the 49th fight, a decision to Michael Spinks, fought such fighters as Tim Witherspoon, Earnie Shavers, Mike Weaver ...