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1458:1982-10-02
1416:1982-11-26
1372:1983-02-12
1327:1983-07-16
1285:1983-08-17
1276:Alf Coffin
1242:Mar 9, 1984
1190:1984-08-31
1143:1985-03-15
1090:1985-06-15
999:1986-08-23
989:James Smith
955:1986-11-14
908:1987-03-07
861:1987-04-27
817:1990-02-17
775:1990-08-21
730:1990-11-01
683:1991-02-26
639:1991-09-07
595:1991-09-30
542:1993-02-27
500:1993-10-16
453:1994-09-17
280:No contests
205:Heavyweight
176:Nationality
58:"David Bey"
1825:Categories
1793:BoxRec.com
1762:References
1687:Larry Ham
945:Joe Bugner
629:David Jaco
608:, England
513:, Germany
443:David Jaco
356:David Jaco
344:Joe Bugner
256:Wins by KO
193:Statistics
143:1957-03-11
69:newspapers
1180:Greg Page
830:, Canada
377:11 Losses
318:Greg Page
294:David Bey
200:Weight(s)
137:David Bey
127:David Bey
673:Joe Hipp
555:, China
523:17–10–1
479:17–11–1
432:18–11–1
418:Location
398:Opponent
223:Orthodox
179:American
1753:, U.S.
1709:, U.S.
1674:, U.S.
1632:, U.S.
1597:, U.S.
1555:, U.S.
1513:, U.S.
1471:, U.S.
1429:, U.S.
1385:, U.S.
1340:, U.S.
1298:, U.S.
1256:, U.S.
1203:, U.S.
1156:, U.S.
1103:, U.S.
1056:, U.S.
1012:, U.S.
921:, U.S.
788:, U.S.
743:, U.S.
696:, U.S.
652:, U.S.
618:17–8–1
574:17–9–1
553:Beijing
511:Koblenz
373:18 Wins
83:scholar
1813:BoxRec
966:Sydney
606:London
393:Record
388:Result
381:1 Draw
350:, and
264:Losses
219:Stance
211:Height
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
1811:from
1353:10–0
1308:11–0
1266:12–0
1222:13–0
1169:14–0
1122:14–1
1119:Loss
1069:14–2
1066:Loss
1022:15–2
978:15–3
975:Loss
934:15–4
931:Loss
887:15–5
884:Loss
840:15–6
837:Loss
798:16–6
756:17–6
709:17–7
706:Loss
662:17–8
659:Loss
615:Draw
571:Loss
520:Loss
476:Loss
468:China
464:Macao
423:Notes
408:Round
272:Draws
90:JSTOR
76:books
1734:TKO
1719:1–0
1716:Win
1690:TKO
1684:2–0
1681:Win
1655:TKO
1642:3–0
1639:Win
1607:4–0
1604:Win
1578:TKO
1565:5–0
1562:Win
1536:PTS
1523:6–0
1520:Win
1481:7–0
1478:Win
1452:TKO
1439:8–0
1436:Win
1410:TKO
1395:9–0
1392:Win
1366:TKO
1350:Win
1305:Win
1263:Win
1235:PTS
1219:Win
1209:USBA
1166:Win
1137:TKO
1109:USBA
1084:TKO
1019:Win
902:TKO
811:TKO
795:Win
753:Win
724:TKO
677:TKO
633:PTS
589:TKO
494:TKO
447:TKO
429:Win
413:Date
403:Type
298:USBA
248:Wins
158:Died
133:Born
62:news
1613:KO
1494:KO
1321:KO
1279:KO
1238:10
1187:12
1184:UD
1140:10
1087:11
1038:10
1035:SD
996:10
993:UD
952:10
949:UD
855:KO
769:KO
727:10
636:10
561:NBA
539:12
536:UD
325:IBF
45:by
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1737:2
1693:1
1658:2
1616:1
1581:1
1539:6
1497:2
1455:1
1413:4
1369:3
1324:1
1282:2
905:6
874:,
858:9
814:3
772:2
680:7
592:6
497:4
466:,
450:8
342:,
267:11
259:14
251:18
243:30
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