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John Tate (boxer)

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for the heavyweight title in 1984, but the fight fell apart due to injury. Tate boxed on and off for the remainder of the 1980s but was often grossly overweight. He weighed in at an astonishing 281 pounds (127 kg) prior to losing a points decision to journeyman Noel Quarless in London, in his
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On April 9, 1998, Tate died of injuries sustained following a one-car automobile accident. It was determined that he suffered a massive stroke, caused by a brain tumor, while driving. The pickup truck crashed into a utility pole. Two other passengers were not seriously injured.
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in his first defence just five months later. Tate was well ahead on all scorecards going into the 15th and final round when the big hitting Weaver landed a left hook punch to the chin that left the champion twitching unconscious on the canvas for several minutes.
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addiction during the 1980s, being convicted on petty theft and assault charges, serving time in prison, and at times panhandling on the streets of
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Tate met his future trainer, Ace Miller, during an amateur tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tate and Miller worked together through 1983.
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In 1994 Tate had three unsanctioned fights. The Welshman David Pearce knocked him out in the third of those fights.
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Tate turned pro in 1977 and scored a series of high-profile wins, knocking out highly ranked contenders
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final fight in 1988. Tate's professional career record was 34–3, with 23 wins by knockout.
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to Emory Chapman. He lost in the quarterfinals the next year in a split decision to
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Tate's life after his championship reign was brief and troubled, suffering from a
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Tate came back from the loss on June 20, 1980, against up and coming
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he won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the
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Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in boxing
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Marion, Arkansas
Knoxville, Tennessee
Heavyweight
Orthodox
amateur boxing
United States
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
Heavyweight
WBA
heavyweight
amateur
1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
Montreal
Teófilo Stevenson
Andrzej Biegalski
Peter Hussing
Teófilo Stevenson
Golden Gloves
Michael Dokes
Duane Bobick
Bernardo Mercado
Kallie Knoetze
Gerrie Coetzee
Muhammad Ali
Apartheid
South Africa
Mike Weaver

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