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41:(age 58)
31:
27:
20:
1742:
1720:Robert Hines
1708:
1655:. Retrieved
1650:
1641:
1630:. Retrieved
1620:
1449:Mike Essett
1329:Hardy Jones
1174:Sam Gervins
1051:Lopez McGee
895:Jun 13, 1986
645:Robert Hines
385:Round, time
345:By decision
334:By knockout
305:
271:
268:
260:Robert Hines
235:
233:KO Magazines
209:
200:
184:
183:
139:Total fights
132:
79:Middleweight
58:
1774:1965 births
1735:Davey Moore
1578:25/01/1983
1548:15/02/1983
1518:29/03/1983
1488:26/04/1983
1458:24/05/1983
1428:21/06/1983
1398:29/07/1983
1368:23/08/1983
1338:10/11/1983
1305:04/12/1983
1275:30/04/1984
1265:Reggie Ford
1243:01/06/1984
1213:10/07/1984
1183:14/10/1984
1153:11/12/1984
1123:22/01/1985
1090:29/04/1985
1060:06/09/1985
1030:20/10/1985
998:15/02/1986
800:29/04/1987
763:27/06/1987
690:29/07/1988
620:10/10/1989
587:19/12/1989
538:Doug DeWitt
513:31/07/1990
504:Knox Brown
480:12/11/1991
450:11/02/1992
417:27/05/1993
296:Doug DeWitt
288:USA Network
284:John Mugabi
256:New Orleans
1768:Categories
1657:2024-05-17
1632:2024-05-17
1612:References
962:19/04/1986
927:20/05/1986
863:22/11/1986
831:12/12/1986
724:16/10/1987
656:04/11/1988
549:15/01/1990
155:Wins by KO
91:5 ft
59:Statistics
35:1965-12-27
391:Location
379:Opponent
329:3 losses
280:Tennessee
66:Weight(s)
1727:Records
1595:See also
1180:10 (10)
1120:10 (10)
891:10 (10)
760:15 (15)
652:12 (12)
617:10 (10)
584:10 (10)
545:11 (12)
510:10 (10)
477:10 (10)
447:10 (10)
414:10 (10)
326:32 wins
264:Showtime
189:Canadian
122:Orthodox
52:, Canada
46:Montreal
1302:5 (10)
1272:1 (10)
1240:8 (10)
1210:2 (10)
1150:3 (10)
1087:9 (10)
1057:4 (10)
1027:4 (10)
995:9 (10)
958:5 (10)
923:1 (10)
859:2 (10)
827:2 (10)
797:2 (10)
720:2 (15)
687:4 (10)
592:Caesars
575:30–1–1
534:30–2–1
501:31–2–1
468:32–2–1
438:32–2–2
405:32–3–2
376:Record
373:Result
191:former
100:⁄
1679:BoxRec
1575:2 (4)
1545:3 (4)
1515:4 (4)
1485:3 (4)
1455:6 (6)
1425:4 (6)
1395:3 (6)
1365:3 (6)
1335:5 (8)
394:Notes
356:Draws
309:retina
163:Losses
118:Stance
88:Height
50:Quebec
1677:from
1293:10–0
1261:11–0
1231:12–0
1201:13–0
1171:14–0
1141:15–0
1111:16–0
1078:17–0
1048:18–0
1016:19–0
984:20–0
949:21–0
914:22–0
882:23–0
850:24–0
818:25–0
788:26–0
749:27–0
711:28–0
678:29–0
641:29–1
638:Loss
608:30–1
572:Draw
531:Loss
435:Draw
402:Loss
388:Date
382:Type
244:Biggs
240:Tyson
193:boxer
171:Draws
110:Reach
1572:TKO
1566:1–0
1563:Win
1542:TKO
1536:2–0
1533:Win
1506:3–0
1503:Win
1482:TKO
1476:4–0
1473:Win
1446:5–0
1443:Win
1416:6–0
1413:Win
1386:7–0
1383:Win
1362:TKO
1356:8–0
1353:Win
1332:RTD
1326:9–0
1323:Win
1299:TKO
1290:Win
1269:TKO
1258:Win
1228:Win
1207:TKO
1198:Win
1168:Win
1147:RTD
1138:Win
1108:Win
1084:TKO
1075:Win
1054:TKO
1045:Win
1024:RTD
1013:Win
981:Win
955:RTD
946:Win
911:Win
888:PTS
879:Win
856:TKO
847:Win
815:Win
794:TKO
785:Win
772:Won
746:Win
717:RTD
708:Win
684:TKO
675:Win
614:TKO
605:Win
559:For
542:RTD
498:Win
465:Win
276:ESPN
252:ESPN
147:Wins
29:Born
1745:21
1512:UD
1452:UD
1422:KO
1392:KO
1287:10
1255:11
1237:KO
1225:12
1195:13
1177:UD
1165:14
1135:15
1117:UD
1105:16
1072:17
1042:18
1010:19
992:KO
978:20
943:21
920:KO
908:22
876:23
844:24
824:KO
812:25
782:26
774:IBF
757:UD
743:27
705:28
672:29
649:UD
635:30
602:31
581:SD
569:32
561:WBO
528:33
507:UD
495:34
474:UD
462:35
444:SD
432:36
411:UD
399:37
369:No.
337:24
292:WBO
262:on
248:HBO
229:ABC
227:on
221:IBF
1770::
1757:20
1738:22
1649:.
1560:1
1530:2
1500:3
1470:4
1440:5
1410:6
1380:7
1350:8
1320:9
359:2
351:2
348:8
340:1
298:.
266:.
158:24
150:32
142:37
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166:3
102:4
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