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by decision. The Wepner decision was highly controversial; most who saw the fight thought
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2697:Muhammad Ali
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2672:Muhammad Ali
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2619:Konkol, Mark
2598:. Retrieved
2596:. 2014-12-23
2594:the Guardian
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2416:the Guardian
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2172:Jan 8, 1958
2137:Feb 4, 1958
2068:Johnny Gray
2047:Jul 1, 1958
1984:Oct 7, 1958
1975:John Hobart
1954:Nov 3, 1958
1883:Johnny Gray
1860:Freedom Hall
1793:Jan 6, 1960
1784:Clay Thomas
1666:Dec 5, 1960
1636:Feb 6, 1961
1539:Dec 4, 1961
1458:Apr 3, 1962
1416:Jun 9, 1962
1342:Sep 25, 1962
1275:Jan 5, 1963
1241:Mar 7, 1963
1142:Mar 6, 1964
1002:Mar 5, 1965
992:Eddie Machen
960:Nov 1, 1965
895:
863:Muhammad Ali
841:Aug 5, 1967
831:Thad Spencer
792:Manuel Ramos
754:Sonny Moore
731:Playboy Club
726:Apr 3, 1971
545:Bill Drover
504:Chuck Wepner
444:Round, time
412:By decision
401:By knockout
378:
366:
355:
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332:
327:Chuck Wepner
319:Thad Spencer
316:
309:
302:
296:
292:
272:Eddie Machen
268:Sonny Liston
264:Muhammad Ali
257:
242:
221:sharecropper
210:
201:Jean Terrell
197:the Supremes
193:Muhammad Ali
176:
175:
139:Total fights
132:
83:
69:(2014-12-16)
2719:2014 deaths
2714:1939 births
2526:"The 1960s"
2385:Wynn, Ron.
2253:Ray Griggs
2223:Neal Welch
2128:Emil Brtko
1707:heavyweight
1164:Zora Folley
1014:Won vacant
874:Feb 6, 1967
811:Mexico City
597:, Venezuela
249:Zora Folley
189:heavyweight
96:Heavyweight
2708:Categories
2600:2022-11-11
2575:2016-11-11
2470:2016-11-11
2422:2022-11-11
2349:References
2285:Andy Bond
2193:Ted Poole
1945:Sid Peaks
1627:Ernie Cab
1525:Ernie Cab
1487:Herb Siler
1231:Herb Siler
1066:Bob Foster
915:Doug Jones
677:Vic Brown
337:Later life
276:Doug Jones
253:Bob Foster
207:Early life
155:Wins by KO
84:Statistics
48:1939-04-04
2142:Joe Louis
880:Astrodome
450:Location
438:Opponent
396:9 losses
299:Uncle Tom
262:stripped
258:When the
91:Weight(s)
2677:stripped
2545:June 30,
2509:June 30,
1452:7 (10),
1373:2 (10),
1073:7 (10),
1038:6 (10),
971:, Canada
896:The Ring
813:, Mexico
720:1 (10),
562:Spectrum
551:1 (10),
473:1 (10),
393:46 wins
362:dementia
122:Orthodox
2442:YouTube
1730:7 (10)
1633:8 (10)
1533:3 (6),
1238:3 (10)
595:Caracas
587:6 (10)
435:Record
432:Result
369:Chicago
225:Chicago
217:Belzoni
2665:Vacant
2643:BoxRec
2536:
2500:
2486:"1975"
2339:, U.S.
2293:1 (4)
2261:1 (4)
2199:1 (6)
2134:2 (8)
2104:1 (8)
2044:2 (8)
2014:1 (6)
1991:, U.S.
1866:, U.S.
1790:1 (6)
1603:1 (8)
1550:, U.S.
1508:, U.S.
1469:, U.S.
1427:, U.S.
1390:, U.S.
774:, U.S.
737:, U.S.
697:, U.S.
525:, U.S.
453:Notes
163:Losses
118:Stance
102:Height
77:, U.S.
58:, U.S.
2641:from
2396:9 May
2062:Loss
2005:10–1
1972:11–1
1942:12–1
1910:13–1
1880:13–2
1877:Loss
1841:14–2
1811:15–2
1781:16–2
1751:17–2
1721:18–2
1709:title
1684:19–2
1654:19–3
1651:Loss
1624:20–3
1594:21–3
1564:22–3
1522:23–3
1483:24–3
1441:24–4
1438:Loss
1404:25–4
1364:26–4
1326:27–4
1293:28–4
1263:29–4
1247:Miami
1227:30–4
1192:31–4
1160:32–4
1130:33–4
1097:34–4
1062:35–4
1029:36–4
988:37–4
946:38–4
911:39–4
859:39–5
856:Loss
827:39–6
824:Loss
788:39–7
785:Loss
751:40–7
711:41–7
674:42–7
641:43–7
611:44–7
578:45–7
542:46–7
500:46–8
497:Loss
464:46–9
461:Loss
447:Date
441:Type
352:Death
110:Reach
2547:2017
2534:ISBN
2511:2017
2498:ISBN
2398:2010
2314:1–0
2311:Win
2282:2–0
2279:Win
2250:3–0
2247:Win
2220:4–0
2217:Win
2196:TKO
2190:5–0
2187:Win
2158:6–0
2155:Win
2131:TKO
2125:7–0
2122:Win
2101:TKO
2095:8–0
2092:Win
2065:8–1
2035:9–1
2032:Win
2011:TKO
2002:Win
1969:Win
1939:Win
1907:Win
1849:PTS
1838:Win
1817:PTS
1808:Win
1778:Win
1748:Win
1718:Win
1681:Win
1630:TKO
1621:Win
1591:Win
1561:Win
1535:0:01
1519:Win
1491:PTS
1480:Win
1454:1:43
1449:TKO
1401:Win
1375:2:54
1370:TKO
1361:Win
1337:2:15
1323:Win
1290:Win
1260:Win
1235:TKO
1224:Win
1189:Win
1157:Win
1127:Win
1094:Win
1075:0:58
1070:TKO
1059:Win
1040:0:01
1035:RTD
1026:Win
985:Win
943:Win
908:Win
893:and
889:For
748:Win
722:1:58
717:TKO
708:Win
671:Win
638:Win
608:Win
575:Win
553:2:28
548:TKO
539:Win
508:PTS
475:2:42
470:TKO
278:and
147:Wins
64:Died
38:Born
2391:AMG
2289:TKO
2226:UD
2071:SD
2041:KO
2029:10
1999:11
1978:KO
1966:12
1948:UD
1936:13
1917:PTS
1904:14
1886:SD
1874:15
1835:16
1805:17
1787:KO
1775:18
1760:10
1757:UD
1745:19
1727:KO
1715:20
1690:UD
1678:21
1663:10
1660:SD
1648:22
1618:23
1600:KO
1588:24
1573:10
1570:UD
1558:25
1529:RTD
1516:26
1494:10
1477:27
1435:28
1410:UD
1398:29
1358:30
1335:3,
1332:KO
1320:31
1302:10
1299:UD
1287:32
1272:10
1269:UD
1257:33
1221:34
1203:10
1200:SD
1186:35
1171:10
1168:UD
1154:36
1139:10
1136:UD
1124:37
1106:10
1103:UD
1091:38
1056:39
1023:40
999:15
996:UD
982:41
957:15
954:UD
940:42
922:15
919:UD
905:43
891:WBC
870:15
867:UD
853:44
838:12
835:UD
821:45
799:10
796:UD
782:46
760:10
757:UD
745:47
705:48
683:10
680:UD
668:49
650:10
647:UD
635:50
620:10
617:UD
605:51
584:KO
572:52
536:53
511:12
494:54
458:55
428:No.
415:25
404:21
364:.
311:Ali
290:).
187:'s
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2325:4
2321:UD
2308:1
2276:2
2257:KO
2244:3
2229:6
2214:4
2184:5
2169:6
2165:SD
2152:6
2119:7
2089:8
2074:8
2059:9
1981:1
1951:8
1921:8
1889:8
1862:,
1852:8
1820:6
1693:8
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1465:,
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693:,
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418:7
407:2
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150:46
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