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1502:13 Dec 2003
1458:28 Aug 2004
1413:23 Oct 2004
1371:15 Nov 2004
1326:19 Dec 2004
1284:25 Mar 2005
1239:21 Aug 2005
1194:24 Dec 2005
1098:Yvonne Reis
978:20 Jan 2007
936:10 Mar 2007
894:12 May 2007
852:14 Jul 2007
768:13 Apr 2008
723:11 Jul 2008
676:28 Nov 2008
632:28 Feb 2009
546:29 Aug 2009
504:27 Feb 2010
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1810:1977 births
1730:6 September
1628:8 Jun 2002
1152:4 Feb 2006
1107:1 Apr 2006
1065:5 Aug 2006
1023:2 Dec 2006
810:8 Dec 2007
590:8 May 2009
293:No contests
188:Nationality
1799:Categories
1691:3 February
1664:References
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313:division,
269:Wins by KO
214:Statistics
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161:1977-10-20
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471:Location
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409:6 losses
221:Weight(s)
119:June 2007
41:citations
1757:15 April
1647:See also
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629:6, 3:00
406:17 wins
236:Orthodox
67:libelous
1751:Mashada
917:10-4-3
875:11-4-3
833:12-4-3
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702:14-5-3
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613:15-6-3
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527:16-6-4
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456:Record
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321:female
103:scholar
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1567:1-0-1
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474:Notes
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319:Kenyan
277:Losses
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468:Date
462:Type
323:boxer
285:Draws
199:Kenya
181:Kenya
110:JSTOR
96:books
34:This
1759:2016
1732:2012
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1622:PTS
1606:Win
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311:Yala
261:Wins
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151:Born
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