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Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz (1st meeting)

2006-12-28T11:33:33Z

Babba: it wasn't the undisputed title. It should habe been specified.

<fight>26618</fight>

*Vacant WBA Heavyweight Title
*Referee: [[Richard Steele]]
*Judges scoring: [[Duane Ford]] 114-113, [[Dave Moretti]] 114-113, [[Fernando Viso]] 116-112
*Weights: Holyfield 221; Ruiz 224
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==External Links==

[http://www.boxingtimes.com/analyses/2000/000812holyfield_ruiz.html The Boxing Times analysis (Holyfield Outpoints Ruiz - John Gregg)]

[[Category:2000 Bouts|Holyfield vs. Ruiz]]

Dwight Muhammad Qawi

2006-12-24T14:40:20Z

Babba: there had been gazillions of LHW fights more important in the past

[[file:Braxton.Dwight.jpg|left|200px|Dwight Qawi]]
<boxer>000325</boxer>
'''Division:''' Heavyweight 
'''Manager:''' [[Wesley Mouzon]]

Also known as Dwight Braxton or Dwight Qawi

== Biography ==
With no amateur background Qawi left jail and turned professional at the advanced age of 25. He started quickly and fought men with much more experience and with flashy records very early in his career. He lost only once before his first title try at lightheavyweight, and that loss was avenged twice over. He dominated and ultimately KOed the fearsome Mathew Saad Muhammad for the WBC lightheavyweight title. Qawi gave Muhammad a rematch, as a champion should, and
KOed Mathew in the second round. After a few title defences Qawi fought Michael Spinks in a lightheavy title unification fight.

Both fighters were extremely talented and it was expected to be a good fight. The fight was a boring running exhibition put on by the 6'2" Spinks. Qawi, 5'7", could not catch Spinks enough. Qawi did manage to drop Spinks, but Spinks kept
his distance and was content to run and jab his way to a decision win, which he got. Qawi then moved to Cruiserweight and won another title, by KO again. He KO former Heavyweight Champion of the world Leon Spinks, Michael's brother, and then defended against Evander Holyfeild. Holyfield won a close 15 round decision in a battle between what is now considered the two best cruiserweight of
all-time in the greatest cruiserweight fight of all-time.

Qawi returned to KO former IBF champ Lee Roy Murphy. He then outboxed Ossie Ocasio but was robbed of the decision. It hardly mattered as every one knew he had won the fight and Qawi was given a rematch
Evander Holyfield anyways. Holyfield had found his championship form by then and was no longer the novice that Qawi fought the first time around. In another good fight Qawi was stopped in the fourth round. It was the first time Qawi had ever hit the canvas. And the first time he had ever been stopped.

In his next fight he took on the gigantic George Foreman, who stood 6'3". Qawi kept the fight close and won the early rounds with some sneaky moves and some good blows. At 222 pounds Qawi was very overweight and bodly out of shape, and as a result surrendered for the only time in his career in the seventh.

Qawi returned to the cruiserweight division with some impressive KO's and was given one more title shot, but now in his late 30s Qawi was slightly faded and lost a decision to Robert Daniels for the vacant IBF title Evander Holyfield vacated when he moved up to heavyweight. Qawi then fought on but was never the same key player in the division as he used to be. He lost to future cruiser champs Nate Miller and Arthur Williams, and some heavyweights before finally calling it quits in his late 40s.

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Matthew Saad Muhammad]]|
title=[[WBC Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Michael Spinks]]|
years=19 Dec 1981–18 Mar 1983
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Piet Crous]]|
title=[[WBA Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Evander Holyfield]]|
years=27 Jul 1985–12 Jul 1986
}}
{{end box}}
[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions|Qawi, Dwight]]
[[Category:World Light Heavyweight Champions|Qawi, Dwight]]
[[Category:American World Champions|Qawi, Dwight Muhammad]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers|Qawi, Dwight Muhammad]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members|Qawi, Dwight]]

Jacques Sauthier

2006-12-19T21:12:38Z

Babba:

If you want to have informations, let's ask saying "please".

User:Fosho

2006-12-19T14:29:57Z

Babba:

Ok, just deleted it.

User talk:Babba

2006-12-19T14:29:01Z

Babba:

Vladimir Virchis

2006-12-19T14:27:53Z

Babba: image removed, the image is cpyrighter and was uploaded without the permssion of the German photographer who took it onJuly 15th.

User talk:Babba

2006-12-19T10:53:45Z

Babba:

User:Fosho

2006-12-19T10:53:31Z

Babba:

The Virchis image you uploaded is copyrighted. Please specify where did you take it or otherwise it will be removed bcause the photo was taken by a well-known German based photographer.

Journeyman

2006-12-15T16:49:50Z

Babba:

== Summary ==
A "journeyman" is a boxer who is seen as a test for up-and-coming or comebacking boxers who are aspiring to reach contender or championship status. A journeyman is often a boxer who once aspired to reach the same status as the opponent he is facing, but was defeated and shown to have the limitations which would relegate him to that status. Journeyman generally are competent boxers who possess either solid boxing skills or the ability to absorb punishment.

== Notable Successful Journeymen ==
There have been boxers who were considered journeyman, who have gone to have professional success in boxing, and captured world championships. Notable examples include:
*[[Jim Braddock]] - A former #1 ranked Light Heavyweight conteder, he had been relegated to journeyman status shortly before propelling himself to winning the Heavyweight title from [[Max Baer]].
*[[Freddie Pendleton]] - overcame a .500 record early in his career to become a Lightweight title holder in the early 1990s.
*[[Glen Johnson]] - had several unsuccessful title shots and close decision losses with top fighters, before defeating [[Clinton Woods]], [[Roy Jones]], and [[Antonio Tarver]] in 2004, to earn several awards as fighter of the year.
*[[Teddy (Redtop) Davis]] - a former sparring partner for [[Willie Pep]], he emerged as a top contender during the mid-1950s, and earned a title shot against Featherweight champion [[Sandy Saddler]] in 1955. At the time of the bout, he entered with a record of 55-47-2, which is the worst record in terms of losses of any challenger for a major world title.
*[[Emanuel Augustus]] is a cult figure all over the world for his willingness to take a fight on a moments notice and often being the victim of erroneous decisions.

== World Champions on the Backside of a Career ==
Several world champions and top contenders have also become journeyman as their skills eroded and age caught up with them, [[Sugar Ray Robinson]] being a notable example during the last years of his career in the 1960s.

Other outstanding boxers who continued on as journeyman, include: [[Joe Brown]], [[Fritzie Zivic]], and [[Iran Barkley]].

== Typical Journeymen ==
The majority of journeymen, however, only briefly become contenders or find themselves the frequent foe of them. The mark of a good journeyman though, is the knowledge that on a good night he can beat a boxer who either isn't what he was billed as, or is having an "off" night. Examples of boxers who could be defined as journeymen include:

[[Category:Glossary|journeyman]]

User:Ric

2006-12-15T16:45:22Z

Babba:

What's wrong with Emanuel Augustus' status? He suffered disgraceful decisions and if you don't know that, it's not a problem of the users who are trying to contribute to this encyclopedia.
I'm waiting for an explanation.

Vladimir Virchis vs. Michael Sprott

2006-12-15T11:35:15Z

Babba: add sources

This fight is widely considered a robbery. Read below for more details.

You can ready more here:

http://www.britishboxing.net/news_1126-Sprott-Robbery-Abroad.html
http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EEFuVykVpFNjusUKEY.html