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Titans Olympic Weightlifting Club - Timeline | Facebook  Olympic Boulevard. Sydney, NSW 2127 ... Do you know how to box? ... But he quickly found, as Clay's pro trainer Angelo Dundee would a few years later, that the youngster .... The undisputed heavyweight champion of the worldat a time when that title had ...... In 1999, Ali became the first boxer to grace a Wheaties box.
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Muhammad Ali Dead: Legendary Boxer Was 74 - Time  He was 22 years old, one of the youngest heavyweight champions of all time, as well as ... But he quickly found, as Clay's pro trainer Angelo Dundee would a few years later, that ... His greatest accomplishment to that point was appearing on the cover of TIME, ...... In 1999, Ali became the first boxer to grace a Wheaties box.
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Muhammad Ali Biography - life, children, name, history, mother, old ...  World Biography  A-An; Muhammad Ali Biography ... Muhammad Ali was the only professional boxer to win the heavy-weight championship three times. ... Among the many things Ali learned was how to move with the grace and ease of a dancer .... In 1999 Ali became the first boxer to ever appear on a Wheaties cereal box.
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Ali, Muhammad (1942-)  Encyclopedia of World Biography. ... He regained the championship for the first time when he defeated George Forman (who had beaten Frazier ... Ali thus became the first boxer in history to win the heavyweight championship three times. ... In 1999, Ali became the first boxer to ever appear on the cover of a Wheaties box.
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List of heavyweight boxing champions - Wikipedia  This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions since the introduction of the ... It organised world title bouts until the early 1970s when it became a member ... of WBC members and recognizing its first Heavyweight champion in 1989. ..... June 28, 1997, June 26, 1999, Herbie Hide, WBO, United Kingdom...
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British Heavyweights - International Boxing Hall of Fame  British Heavyweights and the Rise of Modern Boxing ... James Figg, an Oxfordshire-born Englishman, is regarded as the first heavyweight champion in the sport's history. ... ended in 1992 when Lennox Lewis was awarded the WBC heavyweight title ... in 1971 to win British, Commonwealth and European heavyweight titles.
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Female Athletes Featured on Wheaties Boxes - Mode  The iconic cereal brand has been featuring famous athletes on its boxes ... At the 1984 Los Angeles Games, 16-year-old Mary Lou Retton became the first American gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal which landed her on the front of a Wheaties box. ... Wheaties 1996 Gold Medal Winner Women's Gymnastics Team.
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List of boxing triple champions - Wikipedia  In boxing, a triple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in three weight classes. ... Henry Armstrong was the first man to hold three titles in three divisions ... Same Division - A fighter who has won at least 3 titles in the same weight class. ... There are currently only two ways that a boxer can win The Ring's title: defeat...
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The Top 25 Heavyweights of All-Time  Top Ten - Boxing News  Mar 19, 2010 ... Why He's Here: A star every bit as big in his time as baseball's Babe ... and underrated boxing ability behind a thrilling pressure style, .... Lewis's chin wasn't the best ever seen, but it wasn't bad either. .... With some believing Joe to be past it, the rubber match was set for October 1975 in Manila, Philippines.
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Jack Broughton | British athlete | Britannica.com  Third heavyweight boxing champion of England, formulator of the first set of boxing rules, and inventor of mufflers, the precursors of modern boxing gloves.
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George Foreman - Wikipedia  George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1969 to 1977, and from 1987 to 1997. Nicknamed "Big George", he is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. ... Having turned professional the next year, he won the world heavyweight title...
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Lennox Lewis - Wikipedia  Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE (born 2 September 1965) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time heavyweight world champion, having also held the lineal ... his favourite sport was boxing. He became a dominant amateur boxer and won the world amateur junior title in 1983.
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List of heavyweight boxing champions - Wikipedia  This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions since the introduction of the ... A champion in that era was a fighter who had a notable win over another fighter ... The World Boxing Council (WBC), which recognized Heavyweight champions ..... Jamaican-born Berbick was a naturalized Canadian citizen.
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George Foreman | American boxer | Britannica.com  When Foreman regained the heavyweight title at age 45, he was the oldest world ... Despite his age and more than 30 additional pounds, Foreman remained a ... He surprised the sports world by regaining that crown more than 20 years later. ... added to the contemporary Olympic roster, the early Games were noted for a...
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Henry Armstrong First World Champion in 3 different ... - Pinterest  Boxing Man SBoxing Great SBoxing The SweetBoxing SportWorld ... Henry Armstrong Jr. - 150 wins, (100 KO) 21 losses, and 9 draws. Boxing Era: 1931-1945. The first and only boxer to hold 3 world championship division titles at the same time. ... medal in 1992, De La Hoya turned pro and won his first world title in 1995.
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Tyson's ring rampage - X Games  Mike Tyson vs. ... Mike Tyson walks into the ring before finishing Sammy Scaff by TKO in the first round ... Mike Tyson won the WBC heavyweight title by second-round TKO. .... Frank Bruno in the WBC championship bout at the MGM Grand in 1996. ... Former boxer Mike Tyson performs during his one-man show, "Mike Tyson...
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Part 14: Roy Jones Jr. - WBF | World Boxing Federation  Feb 4, 2015 ... World Boxing Federation Champions Of The Past: Roy Jones Jr. ... even knocking Toney down with a left hook in round three, to win almost ... of RJJ, now a two-division world champion, the Toney white-wash definitely was. ... in November 1996 to lift the WBC world title against Mike McCallum (49-3-1).
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Professional boxing - Wikipedia  Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing ... The following year, a rival body, the World Boxing Council (W.B.C.), was ... that the counting of a downed opponent would not begin until the standing opponent .... so named because a judge "must" award ten points to at least one fighter...
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George Foreman - Wikipedia  George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1969 to 1977, and from 1987 to 1997. Nicknamed "Big George", he is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Outside the sport he went on to become an ordained minister, author and ... Having turned professional the next year, he won the world heavyweight title...
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George Foreman - Minister, Boxer - Biography.com  Feb 4, 2016 ... Show All Groups ... George Foreman - Fighting for the Title (TV-14; 0:30) George ... became world champion a second time at age 45, before embarking on ... He won his first 37 professional fights before earning a shot at ... title fight on November 5, 1994, to become the oldest heavyweight champ in history.
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George Foreman | American boxer | Britannica.com  When Foreman regained the heavyweight title at age 45, he was the oldest world ... go to homepage ... boxer who twice was the world heavyweight champion (197374, 199495). ... He retired from the ring in 1977 and became an evangelist. ... On October 30, 1974, Ali challenged George Foreman, who had dethroned...