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"The Brown Bomber", world heavyweight champion 1937-1949
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"The Brown Bomber", world heavyweight champion 1937-1949
44th pro boxing victoryt, knocking out former champ, Jersey Joe Walcott, at Chicago Stadium in two minutes
Floyd Patterson knocks out 42-year-old light heavyweight champion Archie Moore in the fifth round to win the vacant crown
Floyd Patterson knocks out 42-year-old light heavyweight champion Archie Moore in the fifth round to win the vacant crown, 21 years and 10 months old, the youngest man to ever capture the heavyweight title
Patterson made four successful title defenses but his reign comes to an end when Swedens Johansson knocked him out in the third round
Sonny Liston becomes world heavyweight champion by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round
Sonny Liston becomes world heavyweight champion by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round
Prior to Alis fight with & defeat of Sonny Liston for his 1st World title he declares that he would "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee"
Prior to Alis fight with & defeat of Sonny Liston for his 1st World title he declares that he would "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee". Liston loses his title when he quit in his corner before the start of the seventh round, claiming he had hurt his shoulder, some believe the fight was fixed, and doubted that Listons shoulder injury was real
Cassius Clay knocks out challenger Sonny Liston in one minute and 56 seconds of the first round
Retains title by knocking out Sonny Liston
Frazier defeats Manuel Ramos of Mexico in 2 rounds to defend his title
Becomes World heavy weight champion, defeats Busther Mathis. Ali had to leave his world heavyweight title vacant due to legal repercussions from his refusal to serve in the Vietnam War, and the New York commission decided to hold a title fight between Frazier and Buster Mathis
Retains the title twice beating Terry Daniels & Ron Stander
Defeats Frazier to become the World Heavy Weight Champion
Ali regains his title by defeating champion George Foreman in their bizarre bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, hyped as "The Rumble In The Jungle"
Defeated by Ali in the "Rumble in the Jungle"
Ali loses his title to Leon Spinks
Ali regains his title after winning the rematch against Leon Spinks
Ali challenges Larry Holmes for the WBCs version of the world Heavyweight title looking to set another record as the first boxer to win the Heavyweight title four times, Ali lost by technical knockout in round eleven
Becomes the WBC, WBA & IBF heavyweight champion
Oldest boxer to win a championship in any weight class by knocking out Michael Moorer. Defeats Moorer to become World Heavy Weight Champion, age 45
Becomes the WBO heavyweight champion
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