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The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 75 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 26 August to 5 September 1960. A total of 25 boxers from 25 nations competed. [1]
Below is a list of United States national Amateur Boxing Bantamweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions. The weight class was contested at 115 pounds between 1889 and 1921. It was then contested at 118 pounds between 1922 and 1951, before moving to 119 pounds, where it is currently contested.
Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Lightweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The weight class was contested at 135 pounds between 1888 and 1951. It has been contested at 132 pounds, since 1952.
The sport of boxing in the 1930s was affected by one of the biggest economic struggles in the history of the United States: the depression era. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Because of the suffering American economy, many boxers were offered lower amounts of money causing them to only box for passion.
The earliest form of pay-per-view boxing telecasts was closed-circuit television, also known as theatre television, where fights were telecast live to a select number of venues, mostly theaters, where viewers paid for tickets to watch the fight live. The use of closed-circuit for boxing telecasts peaked in popularity with Ali in the 1960s and ...
The San Diego Hall of Champions was an American multi-sport museum in San Diego, California, until its closure in June 2017. [1] It housed the Breitbard Hall of Fame, San Diego's sports hall of fame , which is now located at Petco Park .
The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of more than 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 25 August to 5 September 1960. 17 boxers from 17 nations competed. [1]
March 31 – Ken Norton becomes the second boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali, breaking Ali's jaw en route to a twelve-round split decision in San Diego. May 5 – Eder Jofre wins the WBC world Featherweight title three years after his first retirement from boxing, defeating world champion Jose Legra by a fifteen-round majority decision in Brasília ...