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2150:Leo Randolph
2145:Louis Curtis
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2075:Muhammad Ali
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1854:May 7, 1977
1812:Jun 1, 1977
1687:Eddie Lopez
1588:Dec 3, 1977
1549:James Dixon
1384:Jul 7, 1978
1301:Roy Wallace
1273:Dec 9, 1978
1220:Duane Bobick
1194:Jun 2, 1979
1067:Jun 20, 1980
998:Aug 8, 1981
855:Jul 8, 1982
846:Leroy Boone
740:Donnie Long
510:Round, time
467:By decision
456:By knockout
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398:Larry Holmes
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368:South Africa
361:Muhammad Ali
345:Duane Bobick
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182:Medal record
143:Total fights
136:
87:
65:(1998-04-09)
2242:1998 deaths
2237:1955 births
2190:Leon Spinks
2092:Mike Weaver
1664:The Aladdin
1261:Ron Draper
1162:Won vacant
1093:Mike Weaver
794:Viking Hall
600:Mark Green
375:Mike Weaver
263:heavyweight
242:Heavyweight
100:Heavyweight
2231:Categories
1998:2013-12-02
1923:2007-10-24
1895:2013-12-02
1875:References
1798:Norm Kues
1509:Leon Shaw
1318:The Summit
1278:Cobo Arena
717:Auditorium
159:Wins by KO
88:Statistics
44:1955-01-29
2195:John Tate
1100:15 (15),
894:Las Vegas
553:, England
547:York Hall
516:Location
504:Opponent
451:3 losses
365:Apartheid
256:John Tate
95:Weight(s)
23:John Tate
2138:Athletes
1823:, Canada
1515:7 (10),
1413:2 (10),
1378:6 (10),
1307:9 (10),
1267:5 (10),
1227:1 (10),
1200:Mmabatho
1188:8 (12),
1155:Pretoria
1060:9 (10),
992:1 (10),
952:7 (10),
919:1 (10),
783:5 (10),
706:2 (10),
448:34 wins
287:Montreal
126:Orthodox
82:Big John
2219:—
2215:Coaches
1848:5 (6),
1806:1 (6),
1653:3 (6),
1646:Lou Esa
1585:1 (10)
1485:4 (10)
1453:2 (10)
819:3 (10)
501:Record
498:Result
419:cocaine
267:amateur
2068:Vacant
2046:BoxRec
2023:21 May
1966:6 June
1865:, U.S.
1781:, U.S.
1767:2 (6)
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1670:, U.S.
1618:1 (6)
1595:, U.S.
1555:3 (8)
1532:, U.S.
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1284:, U.S.
1244:, U.S.
969:, U.S.
829:, U.S.
760:, U.S.
754:Hilton
723:, U.S.
683:, U.S.
669:1 (6)
606:1 (6)
551:London
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194:Men's
167:Losses
122:Stance
106:Height
73:, U.S.
54:, U.S.
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1474:11–0
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1369:14–0
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1216:18–0
1177:19–0
1130:20–0
1089:20–1
1086:Loss
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963:Sands
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910:24–2
873:25–2
843:26–2
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660:31–2
627:32–2
597:33–2
567:34–2
530:34–3
527:Loss
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507:Type
429:Death
114:Reach
2025:2018
1968:2022
1850:2:40
1837:1–0
1834:Win
1808:1:45
1795:2–0
1792:Win
1758:3–0
1755:Win
1723:4–0
1720:Win
1684:5–0
1681:Win
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1642:6–0
1639:Win
1615:TKO
1609:7–0
1606:Win
1576:8–0
1573:Win
1546:9–0
1543:Win
1517:2:32
1503:Win
1471:Win
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1185:TKO
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1127:Win
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1062:0:22
1013:Win
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989:TKO
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807:Win
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780:TKO
771:Win
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708:1:26
694:Win
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536:PTS
389:and
151:Wins
60:Died
38:Born
1844:TKO
1764:KO
1730:PTS
1650:KO
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1512:KO
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1450:KO
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1304:KO
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1264:KO
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1224:KO
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1124:20
1097:KO
1083:21
1057:KO
1043:22
1025:10
1022:UD
1010:23
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937:25
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882:10
879:UD
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852:10
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804:29
768:30
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743:UD
731:31
703:KO
691:32
654:33
633:MD
621:34
603:KO
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524:37
494:No.
470:10
459:23
285:in
260:WBA
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