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2958:
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2885:
2881:
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2866:
2860:
2853:Kostya Tszyu
2846:
2810:Oct 2, 1988
2796:Oscar Davis
2771:Nov 3, 1988
2484:Jan 8, 1990
2281:Oct 8, 1990
2249:Jan 7, 1991
2215:Holiday Inn
2177:Apr 19, 1991
2034:Mar 3, 1992
1972:Oct 3, 1992
1935:Dec 3, 1992
1721:May 2, 1995
1598:Jun 1, 1996
1404:May 1, 1998
1310:Shane Mosley
1255:Dec 2, 1999
1182:Aug 5, 2000
1170:Juan Lazcano
1144:Nov 11, 2000
1104:Jan 7, 2001
1070:KeySpan Park
1065:Jul 7, 2001
1022:Jan 5, 2002
986:
961:Telstra Dome
943:Kostya Tszyu
745:Arturo Gatti
718:Round, time
689:No contests
659:By decision
648:By knockout
624:
612:
605:
601:Kostya Tszyu
583:
560:
556:Arturo Gatti
549:
536:Juan Lazcano
533:
529:Shane Mosley
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372:Kelcie Banks
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279:Total fights
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175:July 8, 1966
123:
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43:verification
36:
3104:1966 births
2987:lightweight
1993:Jesus Poll
1957:Troy Dorsey
1792:May 7, 1994
1521:Joel Perez
1425:Joel Perez
1392:Troy Crain
974:WBA (Super)
967:, Australia
838:Dodge Arena
571:Long Island
522:Jeff Fenech
497:lightweight
428:Troy Dorsey
388:San Antonio
352:lightweight
333:James Leija
319:No contests
228:Lightweight
182:San Antonio
165:James Leija
3083:Categories
2867:Boxing '93
2831:References
2408:Roy Muniz
1092:Fred Ladd
1009:Micky Ward
920:SBC Center
621:Final bout
585:Micky Ward
579:no contest
518:Troy Crain
511:Joel Perez
499:title, at
395:New Jersey
295:Wins by KO
203:Statistics
171:1966-07-08
87:newspapers
3018:New title
2989:champion
2950:champion
965:Melbourne
724:Location
712:Opponent
643:7 losses
608:Australia
599:champion
563:Fred Ladd
444:Alamodome
210:Weight(s)
117:July 2017
39:citations
3028:Vacated
2994:Vacated
2955:Vacated
2882:The Ring
2311:1 (10),
2105:2 (10),
1966:5 (10),
1826:3 (10),
1683:7 (10),
1637:2 (12),
1592:6 (12),
1398:2 (10),
1317:9 (12),
1249:5 (10),
1216:3 (10),
1098:3 (10),
1059:3 (10),
1016:5 (10),
987:The Ring
950:6 (12),
909:4 (10),
873:2 (10),
827:8 (10),
752:5 (12),
640:47 wins
540:Hispanic
450:for the
384:knockout
262:Orthodox
65:libelous
2888:(4): 22
2804:1 (4),
2765:2 (4),
2344:5 (8),
2267:15–0–1
2237:16–0–1
2199:17–0–1
2164:18–0–1
2140:8 (10)
2129:19–0–1
2096:20–0–1
2064:21–0–1
2031:9 (12)
2020:22–0–1
1990:23–0–1
1953:24–0–1
1923:25–0–1
1888:26–0–1
1850:26–0–2
1817:27–0–2
1777:28–0–2
1742:28–1–2
1707:29–1–2
1674:30–1–2
1626:30–2–2
1581:30–3–2
1551:31–3–2
1518:32–3–2
1488:33–3–2
1455:34–3–2
1422:35–3–2
1389:36–3–2
1354:37–3–2
1306:37–4–2
1276:38–4–2
1240:39–4–2
1207:40–4–2
1166:40–5–2
1129:41–5–2
1089:42–5–2
1045:42–5–2
1002:43–5–2
936:43–6–2
897:44–6–2
861:45–6–2
815:46–6–2
779:47–6–2
738:47–7–2
709:Record
706:Result
410:Houston
101:scholar
3032:Vacant
2998:Vacant
2972:Vacant
2959:Vacant
2916:BoxRec
2855:fight.
2821:, U.S.
2779:, U.S.
2742:, U.S.
2703:, U.S.
2666:, U.S.
2587:3 (6)
2557:1 (8)
2532:, U.S.
2495:, U.S.
2458:, U.S.
2361:, U.S.
2223:, U.S.
2050:title;
1654:, U.S.
1609:, U.S.
1474:, U.S.
1334:, U.S.
1193:, U.S.
1115:, U.S.
984:, and
844:, U.S.
727:Notes
681:Draws
595:world
303:Losses
258:Stance
242:Height
188:, U.S.
103:
96:
89:
82:
74:
2985:NABF
2914:from
2472:10–0
2435:11–0
2405:12–0
2375:13–0
2355:Dunes
2335:14–0
2302:15–0
2264:Draw
1847:Draw
1739:Loss
1623:Loss
1578:Loss
1303:Loss
1163:Loss
933:Loss
735:Loss
721:Date
715:Type
311:Draws
250:Reach
186:Texas
108:JSTOR
94:books
32:This
2945:NABF
2869:: 38
2806:1:05
2793:1–0
2790:Win
2767:1:36
2762:TKO
2756:2–0
2753:Win
2717:3–0
2714:Win
2680:4–0
2677:Win
2641:5–0
2638:Win
2611:6–0
2608:Win
2584:TKO
2578:7–0
2575:Win
2546:8–0
2543:Win
2509:9–0
2506:Win
2478:TKO
2469:Win
2432:Win
2402:Win
2372:Win
2346:0:39
2341:TKO
2332:Win
2313:2:00
2308:TKO
2299:Win
2234:Win
2196:Win
2161:Win
2126:Win
2107:2:32
2102:TKO
2093:Win
2061:Win
2045:NABF
2043:Won
2017:Win
1996:PTS
1987:Win
1968:3:00
1950:Win
1920:Win
1885:Win
1873:For
1828:2:19
1823:TKO
1814:Win
1774:Win
1704:Win
1685:2:12
1671:Win
1659:For
1639:3:00
1634:RTD
1594:1:58
1589:TKO
1548:Win
1515:Win
1485:Win
1452:Win
1419:Win
1400:2:22
1386:Win
1351:Win
1339:For
1319:3:00
1314:RTD
1273:Win
1251:1:48
1237:Win
1218:2:24
1204:Win
1126:Win
1100:0:55
1095:TKO
1086:Win
1061:3:00
1018:3:00
999:Win
972:For
952:3:00
947:RTD
911:0:57
906:TKO
894:Win
875:0:57
870:TKO
858:Win
829:3:00
812:Win
776:Win
754:1:48
591:and
354:and
287:Wins
161:Born
80:news
41:for
2800:TKO
2686:UD
2648:PTS
2617:UD
2515:KO
2466:10
2441:KO
2429:11
2411:KO
2399:12
2381:UD
2369:13
2329:14
2296:15
2278:10
2261:16
2246:10
2243:UD
2231:17
2208:10
2205:UD
2193:18
2170:UD
2158:19
2123:20
2090:21
2075:10
2072:UD
2058:22
2014:23
1999:10
1984:24
1962:RTD
1947:25
1932:10
1929:UD
1917:26
1899:12
1896:UD
1882:27
1861:12
1858:SD
1844:28
1811:29
1788:12
1785:UD
1771:30
1753:12
1750:UD
1736:31
1718:10
1715:UD
1701:32
1680:KO
1668:33
1620:34
1575:35
1560:10
1557:UD
1545:36
1527:12
1524:UD
1512:37
1494:UD
1482:38
1464:10
1461:UD
1449:39
1431:12
1428:UD
1416:40
1395:KO
1383:41
1365:12
1362:UD
1348:42
1300:43
1285:10
1282:UD
1270:44
1246:TD
1234:45
1213:KO
1201:46
1179:10
1160:47
1140:10
1137:UD
1123:48
1083:49
1056:TD
1047:(1)
1037:50
1013:TD
1004:(1)
996:51
982:IBF
978:WBC
938:(1)
930:52
899:(1)
891:53
863:(1)
855:54
824:TD
817:(1)
809:55
791:10
788:SD
781:(1)
773:56
749:KO
740:(1)
732:57
702:No.
662:27
651:19
593:IBF
589:WBA
569:in
524:).
494:WBO
452:WBC
408:in
345:WBC
3085::
2886:70
2884:,
2839:^
2817:,
2787:1
2750:2
2738:,
2728:4
2724:UD
2711:3
2699:,
2689:4
2674:4
2662:,
2652:6
2635:5
2620:6
2605:6
2572:7
2553:KO
2540:8
2528:,
2518:4
2503:9
2491:,
2481:3
2454:,
2444:2
2414:3
2384:6
2357:,
2274:SD
2219:,
2173:8
2136:DQ
2027:TD
1650:,
1605:,
1497:8
1330:,
1189:,
1175:SD
1111:,
1041:NC
980:,
976:,
963:,
840:,
692:1
684:2
676:0
673:1
665:2
654:5
581:.
547:.
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374:.
358:.
298:19
290:47
282:57
184:,
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314:2
306:7
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