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2486:. Retrieved
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2448:Primera Hora
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2316:the original
2231:24 May 1958
2192:Walter Irby
2171:21 Jun 1958
2159:Joe Salvato
2105:18 Aug 1958
2096:Benny Doyle
2072:29 Sep 1958
2042:13 Oct 1958
1997:Burke Emery
1943:26 Feb 1959
1910:19 Mar 1959
1880:23 Apr 1959
1842:26 Jun 1959
1802:26 Sep 1959
1766:30 Jan 1960
1757:Randy Sandy
1729:15 Mar 1960
1699:11 Jun 1960
1690:Randy Sandy
1662:17 Feb 1961
1597:Boston Arena
1592:23 May 1961
1550:Mel Collins
1529:27 Jun 1961
1485:31 Oct 1961
1452:28 Nov 1961
1415:10 Apr 1962
1389:middleweight
1378:27 Jul 1962
1345:14 Dec 1962
1312:25 May 1963
1205:21 Apr 1964
1172:15 May 1964
1136:22 Jun 1964
1106:20 Jul 1964
1037:27 Nov 1964
1004:
985:30 Mar 1965
950:31 Jul 1965
940:Tom McNeeley
921:
913:Shea Stadium
908:21 May 1966
881:
864:15 Aug 1966
854:Eddie Cotton
835:
825:15 Oct 1966
793:
783:16 Dec 1966
754:
744:16 May 1967
666:14 Jul 1969
631:Round, time
591:By decision
580:By knockout
545:
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509:Muhammad Ali
504:
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450:
442:
439:
427:Eddie Cotton
424:
412:Tom McNeeley
397:
382:
374:Gene Fullmer
363:
360:
345:
332:National AAU
329:
322:
302:
256:
255:
192:Medal record
137:Total fights
130:
97:
70:(2009-01-19)
18:
2929:2009 deaths
2924:1936 births
2901:(2015–2016)
2889:(2002–2003)
2883:(2001–2002)
2874:(1995–1998)
2868:(1988–1995)
2862:(1984–1988)
2860:José Torres
2856:(1983–1984)
2850:(1978–1983)
2844:(1975–1977)
2838:(1966–1975)
2832:(1959–1966)
2826:(1955–1959)
2820:(1951–1955)
2814:(1945–1951)
2812:Eddie Eagan
2808:(1933–1945)
2802:(1925–1933)
2796:(1924–1925)
2790:(1921–1924)
2784:(1915–1917)
2778:(1913–1915)
2551:José Torres
2350:"CHRONICLE"
2201:7 Jun 1958
2138:5 Jul 1958
2009:3 Nov 1958
1973:4 Dec 1958
1830:Al Andrews
1792:Benny Paret
1720:Tony Dupas
1625:1 Apr 1961
1562:5 Jun 1961
1270:9 Oct 1963
1260:Don Fullmer
1235:3 Jan 1964
1069:4 Sep 1964
716:, Australia
701:1 Apr 1968
533:Later years
487:Pete Hamill
370:Don Fullmer
356:Benny Paret
325:Cus D'Amato
318:László Papp
289:Cus D'Amato
279:to win the
177:No contests
81:Nationality
54:May 3, 1936
2918:Categories
2628:Dick Tiger
2458:August 11,
2291:References
2129:Wes Lowry
1583:Bob Young
1517:Ike White
1336:Al Hauser
1024:Carl Olson
773:Dick Tiger
734:Dick Tiger
691:Bob Dunlop
515:biography
513:Mike Tyson
457:Jimmy Paul
435:Dick Tiger
416:Mike Tyson
378:New Jersey
348:Al Andrews
153:Wins by KO
98:Statistics
50:1936-05-03
2676:Previous:
2581:Alex Ford
2578:Previous:
2555:Olympedia
1866:Joe Shaw
873:Las Vegas
637:Location
625:Opponent
575:3 losses
273:Melbourne
105:Weight(s)
2693:The Ring
2649:The Ring
2248:See also
2036:9 (10),
2003:5 (10),
1874:5 (10),
1811:San Juan
1770:Armory,
1656:4 (10),
1556:7 (10),
1523:3 (10),
1479:2 (10),
1306:5 (10),
1199:8 (10),
1031:1 (10),
1005:The Ring
979:9 (15),
922:The Ring
882:The Ring
836:The Ring
819:2 (15),
794:The Ring
755:The Ring
660:2 (10),
572:41 wins
352:San Juan
120:Orthodox
84:American
2671:Awards
2400:May 22,
2165:4 (6),
2069:5 (10)
1970:5 (10)
1937:5 (8),
1907:3 (10)
1836:6 (8),
1788:13–0–1
1754:14–0–1
1717:15–0–1
1687:16–0–1
1647:17–0–1
1622:3 (10)
1613:18–0–1
1589:5 (10)
1580:19–0–1
1547:20–0–1
1514:21–0–1
1494:Houston
1470:22–0–1
1449:4 (10)
1440:23–0–1
1412:7 (10)
1403:24–0–1
1375:7 (12)
1366:25–0–1
1342:3 (10)
1333:26–0–1
1295:26–1–1
1256:27–1–1
1223:28–1–1
1190:29–1–1
1158:30–1–1
1133:5 (10)
1124:31–1–1
1103:6 (10)
1094:32–1–1
1055:33–1–1
1020:34–1–1
968:35–1–1
936:36–1–1
896:37–1–1
850:38–1–1
808:39–1–1
769:39–2–1
730:39–3–1
698:6 (10)
687:40–3–1
651:41–3–1
622:Record
619:Result
2772:(1911)
2538:BoxRec
2516:Sports
2488:May 8,
2428:May 8,
2374:May 8,
2322:May 8,
2228:1 (4)
2102:1 (6)
1774:, U.S.
1740:, U.S.
1633:, U.S.
1500:, U.S.
1426:, U.S.
1281:, U.S.
1144:, U.S.
1080:, U.S.
1002:, and
710:Sydney
640:Notes
602:Draws
475:Author
418:rival
220:
206:Boxing
204:Men's
161:Losses
116:Stance
92:Chegüi
2709:Next:
2706:1966
2594:Next:
2591:1958
2536:from
1928:10–0
1898:11–0
1863:12–0
1827:13–0
1785:Draw
1671:Ponce
1498:Texas
1391:title
1292:Loss
766:Loss
727:Loss
634:Date
628:Type
526:Tyson
305:Ponce
169:Draws
2699:vs.
2490:2014
2460:2008
2430:2014
2402:2008
2376:2014
2324:2014
2219:1–0
2216:Win
2195:PTS
2189:2–0
2186:Win
2167:1:40
2156:3–0
2153:Win
2132:PTS
2126:4–0
2123:Win
2093:5–0
2090:Win
2066:TKO
2060:6–0
2057:Win
2038:2:12
2027:7–0
2024:Win
2005:2:07
2000:TKO
1994:8–0
1991:Win
1967:TKO
1961:9–0
1958:Win
1939:2:10
1934:TKO
1925:Win
1904:TKO
1895:Win
1876:2:40
1860:Win
1838:0:42
1833:TKO
1824:Win
1796:PTS
1760:PTS
1751:Win
1714:Win
1684:Win
1658:1:21
1653:TKO
1644:Win
1610:Win
1586:TKO
1577:Win
1558:0:30
1544:Win
1525:1:30
1511:Win
1481:2:31
1467:Win
1437:Win
1409:RTD
1400:Win
1363:Win
1339:TKO
1330:Win
1308:2:07
1303:TKO
1264:PTS
1253:Win
1220:Win
1201:2:29
1196:TKO
1187:Win
1155:Win
1130:TKO
1121:Win
1091:Win
1052:Win
1033:2:51
1017:Win
994:Won
981:3:00
976:TKO
965:Win
933:Win
893:Win
847:Win
821:2:06
805:Win
695:TKO
684:Win
662:1:31
648:Win
495:, a
366:Cuba
145:Wins
65:Died
40:Born
2715:vs.
2682:vs.
2553:at
2225:KO
2162:KO
2099:KO
2033:KO
1922:10
1892:11
1870:TKO
1857:12
1821:13
1799:10
1782:14
1763:10
1748:15
1726:10
1723:MD
1711:16
1696:10
1693:UD
1681:17
1641:18
1619:KO
1607:19
1574:20
1553:KO
1541:21
1520:KO
1508:22
1476:KO
1464:23
1446:KO
1434:24
1397:25
1372:KO
1360:26
1327:27
1289:28
1267:10
1250:29
1232:10
1229:UD
1217:30
1184:31
1169:10
1166:UD
1152:32
1118:33
1100:KO
1088:34
1066:10
1063:MD
1049:35
1028:KO
1014:36
1000:WBC
996:WBA
962:37
947:10
944:UD
930:38
905:15
902:UD
890:39
861:15
858:UD
844:40
816:KO
802:41
780:15
777:UD
763:42
741:15
738:SD
724:43
681:44
657:KO
645:45
615:No.
594:12
583:29
529:).
521:HBO
465:WBO
285:WBA
281:WBC
271:in
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597:2
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