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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 ...
Other bodies including the National Sporting Club in Great Britain and the California State Athletic Commission also awarded world titles. An Australian version of the world title which existed briefly between 1914 and 1916 gained considerable credibility because its holder, Les Darcy , was widely believed to be best boxer in the world in this ...
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.
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.
World War Z may have come out nearly a decade ago, but fans of the zombie apocalypse film have been hankering for a sequel ever since. Unfortunately for them, however, it seems like the wait is ...
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.
Carl Thompson (2) Feb 6, 2004 – Feb 2006 s [3] 1 13 Tomasz Adamek: Jun 9, 2007 – 2008 r: 0 14 Johnathon Banks: Jul 12, 2008 – Feb 27, 2009 s: 0 15 Danny Green: Aug 15, 2009 – Jul 20, 2011 4 16 Antonio Tarver: Jul 20, 2011 – Jul 2012 s: 1 17 Danny Green (2) Nov 21, 2012 – 2013 r: 0 18 Ola Afolabi: Nov 2, 2013 – 2015 r: 0 19 Rakhim ...
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 ...