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Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis - Wikipedia  Lennox Lewis, billed as "Undisputed", was a professional boxing match contested on March 13, 1999 for the WBA, WBC, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight...
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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 .... On 13 March 1999, Lewis faced WBA and IBF title holder Evander Holyfield in New York City in what was supposed to...
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Lennox Lewis vs Evander Holyfield I & II - Highlights - YouTube  Dec 16, 2013 - 15 min - Uploaded by Jeff Jackson13th March 1999, Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis finally ... In 1994, Lewis  was ...
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ESPN.com - BOXING - Lennox Lewis bio: Unheralded?  Erasing the bitter memory of their March 13, 1999 bout--a bout in which the three ... scored the bout a draw despite Lewis' dominance--Lewis outpunched the three-time world ... the bout: "Lennox Lewis proved that he is the heavyweight champion, the best ... Dejected by the controversial loss, Lewis vowed to regain the title.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Lennox Lewis, billed as "Undisputed", was a professional boxing match contested on March 13, 1999 for the WBA, WBC, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight...
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Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman on his epic battle with ...  Jun 3, 2016 ... Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman in eight rounds in Zaire; Foreman, ... Watch Muhammad Ali before Rumble in the Jungle fight in 1974 .... I never tried to win that fight on points, I kept seeking the knockout and then, when he hit me ..... United 1-0 City: Mata slots home to settle EFL Cup fourth round tie...
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Louis becomes champ - Jun 22, 1937 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Louis becomes champ on Jun 22, 1937. ... Joe Louis wins the world heavyweight boxing title when he defeats American ... division, Louis successfully defended his title 25 times, scoring 21 knockouts. ... After the war, he defended his title a few more times and in March 1947 announced his retirement.
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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 ... It organised world title bouts until the early 1970s when it became a member of .... He would defend the title twice before losing to Muhammad Ali.
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SPORTS OF THE TIMES - Boxing's Golden Oldies Are Still Hits ...  Mar 2, 1989 ... New York Times ... Draw your own conclusions about what Ray Robinson, Joe Louis and ... Leonard has won more titles in retirement than Hector Camacho has ... another fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier could be the ... Maybe he should face Marvelous Marvin Hagler for the third time, the...
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Feb 11 1990: the night James Buster Douglas shocked world with ...  Feb 11, 2010 ... ... world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson on a Tokyo night. ... KO'd: James 'Buster' Douglas caused one of the sport's biggest upsets ... Tyson, the self-styled 'baddest man on the planet' was not called 'Iron ... He had been largely ignored in the pre-fight build up as the media fawned over Tyson.
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Top 15 Athletes Involved In Stupid Crimes - TheSportster  May 8, 2015 ... After Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally met face to face in a ... The former NBA guard was arrested in 2013 with 100 lbs of illegal .... In November of 1999 the University of Kansas defensive end was ... Rayford tried to get at the Taco Bell employees by going through the window after he became...
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25 Years On, Douglas Should've Given Tyson A Rematch [Archive ...  Feb 10, 2015 ... His opponent was Ohio native James "Buster" Douglas 29-4-1 (19). ... The Sweet Science ... Tyson for what was then the biggest prize in professional sports. ... a rematch, Douglas agreed to meet Holyfield on October 25, 1990 in Las Vegas. ... if Douglas can beat Tyson, then the former cruiserweight champ...
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ESPN.com: BOXING - Mike Tyson timeline  Jan 29, 2002 ... 1979 -- A boxing instructor at a New York State correction facility for boys brought .... in a unanimous voice vote, revoked Mike Tyson's boxing license and fined ... Oct. 19, 1998 -- The Nevada Athletic Commission voted 4-1 to restore ... that Mike Tyson assaulted an ex--boxer outside a New York nightclub.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis - Wikipedia  Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis, billed as "Undisputed", was a professional boxing match contested on March 13, 1999 for the WBA, WBC, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight Championships. ... After Riddick Bowe defeated Evander Holyfield to become the undisputed .... Lewis was not the undisputed champion for long.
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Class Dismissed Oscar De La Hoya gave Felix Trinidad a boxing ...  Sep 27, 1999 ... Oscar De La Hoya has been a vaporous personality throughout hispublic life, hard to pin down. ... with fellow welterweight champion Felix (Tito) Trinidad he'd be ... victory, as there had been last March when Evander Holyfield
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Nov. 30, 1979: Benitez vs LeonardThe Fight City  Sep 18, 2016 ... Benitez vs Leonard: Sugar Ray wins his first world title by stopping Wilfred ... the ring as the WBC welterweight champion but also as a 3-to-1 underdog. ... Benitez, sensing he needed a knockout to win, took the fight to Ray,...
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Roy Jones Vs Mike Mccallum Also Featuring Marco Antonio Barrera ...  Roy Jones vs Mike McCallum also featuring Marco Antonio Barrera vs Junior ... Jones left his mark in boxing history when he won the WBA heavyweight title, .... Jones began 1999 by knocking out the WBC number one ranked contender at ... On November 8, 2003, Jones came back down to the light heavyweight division to...
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Fight of the Century - Wikipedia  The Fight of the Century is the title boxing writers and historians have given to the boxing match between WBC/WBA heavyweight champion Joe Frazier (260, 23 KOs) and Ring magazine/lineal heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (310, 25 KOs), held on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New ... Despite suffering from a serious bout of hypertension in the lead-up to the...
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Evander Holyfield - Wikipedia  Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who ... In 1999 he faced Lennox Lewis in a unification fight for the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF, and lineal titles, which ended in a controversial split draw. .... In his first defense, he beat former and future world champion George Foreman by...
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Lennox Lewis - Wikipedia  Lewis holds dual British and Canadian citizenship; as an amateur he represented Canada at the 1988 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight...
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1966: Boxer George Chuvalo fights Muhammad Ali - CBC Archives  George Chuvalo, a working-class boxer from Toronto, takes on Muhammad ... Chuvalo has lost his steam and throws a flurry of punches "as wild as a night in ... By lasting 15 rounds, Chuvalo stood toe-to-toe with Ali longer than any other ... The former Canadian Heavyweight Champion walks away from the sport he loves.