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There are several facts about the former world heavyweight champions.

Jack Johnson not just became the first African-American World Heavyweight Champion, but he won and lost his title in foreign countries outside of the United States. The World Heavyweight Champion would not achieve that distinction until George Foreman won and lost the World Heavyweight Title from January 22, 1973 and October 30, 1974.

Also, from 1930 to 1949, 7 world heavyweight champions all won in June. The first was a vacant World Heavyweight Title in June 1930 when Max Schmeling won the title on a foul by Jack Sharkey and last was the vacant NBA Heavyweight Title when Ezzard Charles decisions Jersey Joe Walcott in June 1949. Jersey Joe Walcott would end the 19 year June streak of new World Heavyweight Champion when he knocked out Ezzard Charles in 7 on July 1951. Finding it coincidences?

Larry Holmes comes out of a 2 year retirement, aged 38 only to be pummelled by the dominant reigning champion.

8 years before, Larry Holmes was the dominant reigning champion who pummelled a certain 38 year old coming back after 2 years out.

Syntax Error wrote: ↑10 Sep 2018, 08:06 Larry Holmes comes out of a 2 year retirement, aged 38 only to be pummelled by the dominant reigning champion.

8 years before, Larry Holmes was the dominant reigning champion who pummelled a certain 38 year old coming back after 2 years out.

Very coincidences and George Foreman won the World Heavyweight Title in 1994 with a 10th round knockout of Michael Moorer and Foreman won the same red trunks when he lost his title 20 years earlier to Muhammad Ali in "The Rumble in the Jungle".

scorpio83 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 04:36

Syntax Error wrote: ↑10 Sep 2018, 08:06 Larry Holmes comes out of a 2 year retirement, aged 38 only to be pummelled by the dominant reigning champion.

8 years before, Larry Holmes was the dominant reigning champion who pummelled a certain 38 year old coming back after 2 years out.

Very coincidences and George Foreman won the World Heavyweight Title in 1994 with a 10th round knockout of Michael Moorer and Foreman won the same red trunks when he lost his title 20 years earlier to Muhammad Ali in "The Rumble in the Jungle".

But did Foreman's fight with Moorer have loosened ropes and crooked Zack Clayton as the "referee"?

Ali, Foreman and Frazier once all rode in the same subway car together but Ali and Foreman were facing in opposite directions and Frazier was reading a book so they never even noticed one another ... (so I'm told) ...