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Dwight Muhammad Qawi (born Dwight Braxton; January 5, 1953) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1978 to 1998. He was a world champion in two weight classes , having held the WBC and Ring magazine light heavyweight titles from 1981 to 1983, and the WBA cruiserweight title from 1985 to 1986.
On August 15, 1987, Evander Holyfield would make the third successful defense of his WBA cruiserweight title and first of the IBF version by defeating Ossie Ocasio via 11th-round knockout, while on the undercard Dwight Muhammad Qawi would knockout former cruiserweight champion Lee Roy Murphy to earn the IBF's number one ranking, setting up a rematch from the previous year between the two.
There were no knockdowns, but the fight was close and competitive with Holyfield outworking and outlanding Qawi. Two judges, Harold Lederman and Neffie Quintana scored the bout for Holyfield 144–140 & 147–138, while the third judge Gordon Volkman scored it for Qawi 143–141 giving Holyfield a split decision victory and his first world title [3] The bout would be named as the best ...
Both Qawi and Spinks had defeated some top name challengers during the course of their championship runs; boxing fans and experts alike clamoured for the fight to take place. The fight had some dramatic backgrounds: two months before, Spinks' longtime girlfriend, who was the mother of his only daughter, had died after a car accident. [ 1 ]
• Evander Holyfield W 15 Dwight Muhammad Qawi, July 12, 1986: Watch it, then thank me later. • Buster Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson , Feb. 10, 1990: One of the biggest shockers ever.
However, Foreman's opponents had ranged from complete unknowns to career journeyman (including Martin, David Jaco and Bert Cooper) with few notable victories, with his most decorated opponent being former light heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion, as well as future hall-of-famer Dwight Muhammad Qawi, who was dwarfed by Foreman and had ...
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Daniels defeated Dwight Muhammad Qawi to win the vacant title. 22 3 December 1989 17 May 1990 Boone Pultz: WBO Pultz defeated Magne Havnå to win the inaugural WBO cruiserweight title. 23 22 March 1990 27 July 1991 1: Jeff Lampkin: IBF 24 17 May 1990 1 May 1992 Magne Havnå 2: WBO 25 27 July 1990 20 July 1991 Massimiliano Duran: WBC 26 8 March ...