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84:
80:
76:
72:
64:
60:
56:
52:
42:
38:
34:Tommy Jackson
31:
19:
1801:
1792:
1768:
1757:
1748:
1742:
1651:Gene Brixen
1621:Jack Jacobs
1600:Nov 4, 1952
1591:Phil Alston
1510:Jan 3, 1953
1420:May 1, 1953
1411:Joe Lindsay
1351:Joe Lindsay
1330:Sep 4, 1953
1265:Mar 1, 1954
1194:Jimmy Slade
1060:Leo Johnson
1039:Mar 8, 1955
973:Apr 4, 1955
934:Jimmy Slade
913:Aug 3, 1955
849:Oct 7, 1955
805:Jimmy Slade
784:Feb 3, 1956
717:Jun 8, 1956
625:
558:Eddie Machen
473:Sep 3, 1959
443:Nov 5, 1959
343:Oct 1, 1960
311:Round, time
271:By decision
260:By knockout
237:
234:
231:
223:
215:Archie Moore
197:
194:
181:
177:
173:
169:
165:
164:
120:Total fights
113:
82:
67:(1982-02-14)
1834:1982 deaths
1829:1931 births
1501:Roy Thomas
1441:Bob Golden
1127:Niño Valdés
1027:Roy Thomas
527:Eddie Vick
430:Howard King
365:Howard King
200:Heavyweight
95:Heavyweight
1818:Categories
1734:References
136:Wins by KO
83:Statistics
1287:Rex Layne
836:Rex Layne
774:Bob Baker
675:Bob Baker
600:10 (15),
565:10 (12),
437:10 (10),
317:Location
305:Opponent
255:9 losses
204:Bob Baker
178:Hurricane
90:Weight(s)
77:Hurricane
1294:6 (10),
1167:5 (10),
1134:2 (10),
1099:6 (10),
1066:3 (10),
1033:5 (10),
1000:3 (10),
843:6 (10),
746:4 (10),
626:The Ring
500:8 (10),
402:4 (10),
252:34 wins
104:Orthodox
1408:10–0–1
1378:10–1–1
1348:11–1–1
1318:12–1–1
1283:13–1–1
1251:14–1–1
1230:6 (10)
1221:15–1–1
1191:15–2–1
1158:16–2–1
1123:16–3–1
1090:17–3–1
1057:18–3–1
1024:19–3–1
991:20–3–1
961:21–3–1
931:22–3–1
899:23–3–1
867:24–3–1
832:25–3–1
802:25–4–1
770:26–4–1
735:27–4–1
703:27–5–1
671:28–5–1
641:29–5–1
589:29–6–1
554:29–7–1
524:30–7–1
491:31–7–1
461:32–7–1
426:33–7–1
393:34–7–1
361:34–8–1
340:8 (10)
331:34–9–1
302:Record
299:Result
182:Jackson
174:Jackson
1717:4 (4)
1687:3 (3)
1657:4 (4)
1528:6–0–1
1498:7–0–1
1477:3 (6)
1468:8–0–1
1438:9–0–1
623:, and
320:Notes
282:Draws
166:Thomas
144:Losses
101:Stance
1525:Draw
1375:Loss
1188:Loss
1120:Loss
799:Loss
700:Loss
617:NYSAC
586:Loss
551:Loss
358:Loss
328:Loss
314:Date
308:Type
170:Tommy
152:Draws
1793:TIME
1714:TKO
1708:1–0
1705:Win
1684:TKO
1678:2–0
1675:Win
1648:3–0
1645:Win
1624:PTS
1618:4–0
1615:Win
1594:PTS
1588:5–0
1585:Win
1564:PTS
1558:6–0
1555:Win
1534:PTS
1504:PTS
1495:Win
1465:Win
1444:PTS
1435:Win
1414:PTS
1405:Win
1384:PTS
1354:PTS
1345:Win
1324:PTS
1315:Win
1296:1:44
1291:TKO
1280:Win
1248:Win
1227:TKO
1218:Win
1169:2:29
1164:TKO
1155:Win
1136:2:35
1131:TKO
1101:1:18
1096:TKO
1087:Win
1068:2:09
1063:TKO
1054:Win
1035:1:30
1030:TKO
1021:Win
1002:2:11
997:TKO
988:Win
958:Win
928:Win
896:Win
864:Win
845:0:25
840:TKO
829:Win
767:Win
748:2:49
743:TKO
732:Win
668:Win
638:Win
615:For
602:1:52
597:TKO
567:3:00
562:RTD
521:Win
502:3:00
497:TKO
488:Win
458:Win
439:1:45
434:TKO
423:Win
404:2:13
399:TKO
390:Win
128:Wins
62:Died
55:U.S.
40:Born
1654:KO
1474:KO
1432:10
1402:11
1372:12
1342:13
1312:14
1277:15
1262:10
1259:UD
1245:16
1215:17
1200:10
1197:UD
1185:18
1152:19
1117:20
1084:21
1051:22
1018:23
985:24
970:10
967:UD
955:25
940:10
937:UD
925:26
910:10
907:UD
893:27
878:10
875:UD
861:28
826:29
811:10
808:SD
796:30
781:10
778:MD
764:31
729:32
714:12
711:SD
697:33
682:12
679:SD
665:34
650:10
647:UD
635:35
621:NBA
583:36
548:37
533:10
530:UD
518:38
485:39
470:10
467:UD
455:40
420:41
387:42
372:10
369:MD
355:43
337:KO
325:44
295:No.
274:18
263:16
1820::
1702:1
1672:2
1642:3
1627:4
1612:4
1597:6
1582:5
1567:8
1552:6
1537:6
1522:7
1507:8
1492:8
1462:9
1447:6
1417:8
1387:6
1357:6
1327:6
619:,
285:1
277:5
266:4
180:"
172:"
139:16
131:34
123:44
53:,
168:"
155:1
147:9
20:)
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