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  2. List of world heavyweight boxing champions - Wikipedia

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    The newly founded World Boxing Council and other sanctioning groups continued to recognize Ali as champion. The World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council, New York State Athletic Commission and others withdrew their championship recognition of Ali following his refusal to be inducted into the United States Army subsequent to his conscription.

  3. World heavyweight boxing championship records and statistics

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    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.

  4. List of WBO world champions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and has awarded world championships in 17 different weight classes since 1989.

  5. Category:World Boxing Association heavyweight championship ...

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    Boxing matches in which the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight championship was on the line. Pages in category "World Boxing Association heavyweight championship matches" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total.

  6. Weight class (boxing) - Wikipedia

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    A boxing match in 1914 between Freddie Welsh and Joe Rivers in Vernon, California In the early nineteenth century, there were no standard weight classes. In 1823, the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue said the limit for a "light weight" was 12 stone (168 lb, 76.2 kg) while Sportsman's Slang the same year gave 11 stone (154 lb, 69.9 kg) as the limit.

  7. Fight of the Century - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Category:World boxing champions - Wikipedia

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    This category is for all of the boxers who have ever won a world boxing title in any weight class.Any boxer who won one or more of the following titles is eligible for inclusion in this category: the universal world title (using Marquess of Queensberry rules), the NBA world title (1921–1962), the WBA world title (1962–present), the WBC world title (1963–present), the IBF world title ...

  9. List of current world boxing champions - Wikipedia

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    Since at least John L. Sullivan, in the late 19th century, there have been world champions in professional boxing. The first of the current organizations to award a world title was the World Boxing Association (WBA), then known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), when it sanctioned its first title fight in 1921 between Jack Dempsey and ...