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Gene Tunney

2026-05-21T18:44:38Z

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*'''Trainers:''' [[Lou Fink]], [[Dan Florio]]
*'''Managers:''' [[Billy Jacobs]] (1915-1918), [[Billy Roche]] and [[Sammy Kelly]] (1919-1920), [[Frank (Doc) Bagley]] (1920-1922) and [[Billy Gibson]] (1923-1928) 
*'''[[:Category:Gene Tunney Gallery|Gene Tunney Image Gallery]]
==Career Overview==
Dethroning a legendary heavyweight champion sometimes is not all it is cracked up to be. '''Gene Tunney''', one of the most skilled of all heavyweight champions, received little more than begrudged respect from sports fans after his two signature performances against [[Jack Dempsey]]. Fast, powerful, resilient, intelligent and virtually flawless in technique, Tunney had all the tools for greatness in the ring, but lacked the ferocious style and rugged charisma of the man from whom he wrested the championship. But even Tunney's detractors couldn't deny that he was a first class fighter, one who had risen from middleweight to heavyweight and fought a generation of quality opponents on the way. Like Dempsey, he cast his own unique shadow over the sport as an accomplished student of the sweet science and one of the greatest athletes of his generation.
===The Fighting Marine===
Born James Joseph Tunney, the son of an Irish immigrant longshoreman, Tunney grew up on the mean streets of New York City, where he learned to fight. He became affectionately known in his family as "Gene" because his baby sister had trouble pronouncing his given name. Tunney quit school when he was 15 years old and went to work as a typist for a steamship company to help support his family. It was during this period that he gravitated toward boxing, venturing nightly to the Greenwich Village Athletic Club to train, spar and make valuable connections with people involved in the sport. It soon became his ambition to compete professionally, and he made his pro debut in July 1915 as a middleweight against [[Bobby Dawson]], whom he stopped in eight rounds.

During Tunney's career, official decisions in boxing were outlawed in numerous states, including New York, as a means to avoid corrupt influences in the sport. Fans relied upon newspaper reporters to give them accurate accounts as to who deserved to win the fights. According to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 19 of Tunney's fights officially resulted in a no-decision.

On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on the German Empire and entered World War I. Tunney enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on May 2, 1918, 23 days before his 21st birthday. Though he never saw action during his tenure in the Marines, his enlistment would later serve as a source of patriotic pride for many fans and would become a successful promotional tool for his future career.

Tunney continued to box while he was stationed in France during the war. He won a four-round decision against [[Fighting Bob Martin]], the heavyweight champion of the American Expeditionary Forces, and defeated 20 opponents in an elimination series to win the American Expeditionary Forces light heavyweight title.

With the end of World War I in 1919, Tunney returned to civilian life. Between December 1919 and October 1920, he scored eleven consecutive knockout victories. Ten of bouts were in New Jersey and one was in New York. Although Tunney's opposition was mediocre at best, the success led to his appearance on the undercard of the highly anticipated fight between World Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey and World Light Heavyweight Champion [[Georges Carpentier]] at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey, on July 2, 1921. The fight, which attracted a crowd of more than 80,000, was boxing's first $1 million gate. Tunney's opponent was [[Soldier Jones (boxer)|Soldier Jones]], an overmatched light heavyweight whom Tunney dominated for seven rounds until the referee stopped the fight.

Another six consecutive wins led to a fight with former World Light Heavyweight Champion [[Battling Levinsky]]—Tunney's first internationally known opponent—at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City on January 13, 1922. Levinsky, who entered the fight as the American Light Heavyweight Champion, was a veteran of more than 200 bouts and, like Tunney, was known for his defensive skills. Tunney won by a twelve-round decision to win the American Light Heavyweight Championship, which was considered a major title at the time and greatly increased his stature within the boxing community.
===The Greb Fights===
Tunney's next fight against a big-name opponent was at Madison Square Garden on May 23, 1922, against future Hall of Fame inductee [[Harry Greb]], a rugged and relentless slugger from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Known as the "Human Windmill," Greb would later win the World Middleweight Championship. The opening ten rounds of the fight between the ultimate slugger and the ultimate boxer proved closely fought, despite Greb's constant fouling. A head-butt in round one broke Tunney's nose, understandably disrupting his concentration. Later in the round, a punch from Greb opened a gash above Tunney's left eye. In the third, a cut over the right eye opened. By the middle rounds, Tunney's face was a red mask of blood, but he continued to hold his own. As the fight entered the championship rounds, however, the effect of the punishment and blood loss on Tunney became obvious, prompting Greb to lay on even more pressure. Though Tunney never went down and lasted the entire fifteen-round distance, the judge awarded Greb the fight. Tunney, losing his American championship, had also suffered his first professional defeat. After the fight, he collapsed in his dressing room.

Left to rebuild his record in order to secure a rematch with Greb, Tunney took on the highly skilled [[Tommy Loughran]]—the future World Light Heavyweight Champion and Hall of Fame inductee—in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 24, 1922. He put Loughran down with a right hand in the first round, but Loughran rose to fight on and staggered Tunney in the third. The bout went the twelve-round scheduled distance and was ruled a no-decision. The ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' thought Loughran won the bout, while the ''Philadelphia Record'', ''Philadelphia Public Ledger'' and ''New York Times'' gave it to Tunney.

The fight against Loughran was between two fights with heavyweight [[Charley Weinert]]. The first match took place on August 17 in Newark, New Jersey, and ended in a no-decision after twelve rounds. According to all three Newark newspapers and all reporting New York City newspapers (except one), Tunney won the fight handily. The second match was held at Madison Square Garden on November 29. Tunney had an easier time in the rematch, winning by a fourth-round knockout.

After nine consecutive fights without a loss, Tunney faced Greb for a second time. Before a crowd of 15,000 at Madison Square Garden on February 23, 1923, Tunney and Greb engaged in a closely contested fight. Tunney, who utilized a punishing body attack to try and slow Greb down, was awarded a fifteen-round split decision. However, the verdict was hotly disputed. 19 of 23 newspapermen at ringside believed Greb deserved the win. A third match occurred on December 10, 1923, again at the Garden. The fight was more of the same, with Tunney going to the body and Greb brawling away. After fifteen rounds, Tunney was declared the winner by a unanimous decision. The consensus was that Tunney won 9 rounds, Greb four and two were even.

The pair met twice more. They fought a ten-round no-decision bout in Brooklyn, Ohio, on September 17, 1924. The ''New York Times'' reported that the bout was fought on "fairly even terms." The last match between Tunney and Greb took place in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 27, 1925. Although it was officially ruled a no-decision after ten scheduled rounds, Tunney clearly got the better of the action. The Associated Press reported: "Tunney gave Greb as thorough a beating as he has ever received."
===The Road to Dempsey===
By the mid-1920s, Tunney was increasingly venturing into heavyweight territory. On June 26, 1924, he knocked out fringe contender [[Erminio Spalla]] at Yankee Stadium and then dropped back down to light heavyweight to face the aging [[Georges Carpentier]] at the Polo Grounds in New York City on July 24, 1924. Carpentier was an experienced, quick, skillful, tough and hard-hitting opponent, but he was past his prime. Tunney dominated the match, flooring the Frenchman three times in the tenth round and once in the fourteenth. In the fifteenth, the referee decided that Carpentier could take no more and stopped the contest.

On June 5, 1925, Tunney faced [[Tommy Gibbons]], who had never been knocked out. Gibbons had even gone a full fifteen rounds with the feared Dempsey just two years earlier. Although he was thought to be at the tale end of his career, Gibbons was still regarded as the first true test for Tunney in the heavyweight division. The "Fighting Marine" passed the test with flying colors, winning the fight by a twelfth-round knockout. It would be the only knockout loss for Gibbons in 106 professional fights. Tunney followed the Gibbons victory with knockout wins over heavyweights [[Jack Herman]] [[Bartley Madden]] and [[Dan O'Dowd]], and he won a 12-round [[newspaper decision]] against [[Johnny Risko]].

With Tunney now considered among the top contenders in the division, fans wanted to see him matched with African-American [[Harry Wills]], [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] magazine's No. 1-rated heavyweight contender. Tunney, however, refused to participate in an interracial prizefight (a stance that detracts from his legacy in the eyes of some historians). Because Dempsey's handlers also refused to put their man in with Wills, a Dempsey-Tunney fight became the next logical match-up.
===The Dempsey Fights===
The first of the two Dempsey-Tunney fights took place on September 23, 1926, at Sesquicentennial Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was Dempsey's first professional bout in three years. In preparation, Tunney used the then-new technique of studying the films available on Dempsey to determine the champion's strengths, weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

Some 120,557 people turned out—despite a vicious rain storm—to view the much anticipated bout. They were surprised to see the underdog challenger give the highly regarded champion a boxing lesson. For ten rounds, Tunney put on a boxing clinic, never allowing Dempsey into the fight and walking away with a well-deserved 10-round unanimous decision. ''The Ring'' magazine later dubbed Tunney's win the "Upset of the Decade."

Tunney stayed out of the ring for nearly a year after winning the championship. An intelligent, well-spoken and well-read man, Tunney established friendships among some of the day's top literary figures, including author George Bernard Shaw. But the public yearned for the days when the less bookish and more brutal Dempsey held the crown. Thus promoter [[Tex Rickard]] arranged a rematch.

On September 22, 1927, almost a year to the day after their first match, Tunney did battle with Dempsey one more time at [[:File:SoldiersField27.JPG|Soldiers Field]] in Chicago, Illinois. Tunney again exhibited supreme technical skills and remarkable conditioning in continually circling Dempsey, using his jab to keep the former champion at bay and taking a clear lead on the score cards. In the seventh, a flurry of punches by Dempsey floored Tunney for the first time in his career. Under a then-new Illinois rule, a fighter scoring a knockdown had to go to the farthest neutral corner before the referee could start counting over the fallen opponent. However, Dempsey went to Tunney's corner. By the time Referee [[Dave Barry]] got Dempsey to go to a neutral corner and started his count at one, Tunney had been down for several seconds. Taking full advantage of the extra time, Tunney got up at Barry's count of nine—14 seconds after he had been dropped. Tunney later said he could have arisen at Barry's count of three, when he first looked up at the referee. Tunney survived the round and came back to score a [[flash knockdown]] against Dempsey in the eighth, dropping the former champion to one knee with a right hand. Tunney clearly won the last three rounds and retained his title with a 10-round unanimous decision. However, the "long count" tainted the fight in the minds of many fans.

Tunney was often asked if he could have survived the seventh round without the aid of a long count. Tunney always insisted that he could have arisen at Barry's count of three, when he first looked up at the referee. "When I regained consciousness after the brief period of blackout, I felt that I could have jumped up immediately and matched my legs against Jack's, just as I did," he once said.
===Retirement===
Tunney's second title defense came on July 26, 1928, against [[Tom Heeney]] of New Zealand, who had shown himself to be a viable world-class opponent through recent wins over [[Jim Maloney]], [[Johnny Risko]] and [[Jack Delaney]], as well as a draw with future World Heavyweight Champion [[Jack Sharkey]]. However, Heeney was no match for the "Fighting Marine." Even the fact that Jack Dempsey himself worked in Heeney's corner proved no help; he was outclassed from the start. In the eleventh round, the referee decided that the challenger could take no more and stopped the fight. For his win against Heeney, Tunney was given the inaugural [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|''Ring'' magazine Fighter of the Year]] award.

Five days after the Heeney fight, Tunney announced his retirement from boxing. "There is no contender at the present time who appears capable of attracting real public interest," he said. "If there were I might delay my retirement long enough to face him in the ring, but it looks as if it might take two or three years before a dangerous opponent is developed. That is too long to stand and wait."

Although they had never truly embraced Tunney, the public was nonetheless stunned; no heavyweight champion had permanently retired with the title. Undefeated as a heavyweight, with only one pro loss, Tunney cut his losses and walked away for good with a record of 80-1-3 (48 KO) with 1 no contest.

Following his boxing career, Tunney embarked upon an immensely fruitful career in business and real estate. A chairman or director of several companies and corporations, Tunney made millions after leaving the sport. He passed away an enormously wealthy man at age 81 on November 7, 1978. "I feel like a part of me is gone," Dempsey said when his former foe died. "As long as Gene was alive, I felt we shared a link with that wonderful period of the past. Now I feel alone."

Tunney wrote two autobiographies: ''A Man Must Fight'' in 1932 and ''Arms for Living'' in 1941.

Tunney was inducted into the [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|''The Ring'' magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1955. He was honored as one of the inaugural inductees into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1980 and as an inaugural inductee into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990. And, in 2001, Tunney was an inductee into the [[United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame]].

In March 2011, the Tunney family donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History several objects from his career, including the boxing gloves he had worn during the infamous "Long Count" fight. "The Tunney family is honored that this museum, so much a part of our national heritage, will become the permanent home of a pair of brown, leather boxing gloves worn in one of my father’s—indeed one of the 20th century’s—most historic fights," said Jay Tunney, the late champion's youngest son. "He would be immensely proud, as we are."

==Family==
Tunney married [[Polly Lauder Tunney|Mary Josephine (Polly) Lauder]] in Rome, Italy, on October 3, 1928. Lauder was a Connecticut socialite and Carnegie Steel Company heiress. The Tunneys would have four children: Gene L. (1931-2009), [[Wikipedia:John V. Tunney|John V.]] (born 1934), Jonathon R. "Jay" (born 1936) and Joan (1939-2008).

Representing the state of California, John V. served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1971 and the U.S. Senate from 1971 to 1977.

In August 1969, Joan was reported missing in Norway. She was found alive two months later in a French hospital suffering from amnesia. The following May, she was charged with murdering her husband, Lynn Carter Wilkinson, in England. A psychiatrist told the court that she had suffered from schizophrenia for nine years. Joan pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and was committed to a mental hospital.

In 2010, Jay Tunney wrote a book chronicling the relationship between his father and George Bernard Shaw titled ''The Prizefighter and the Playwright''.

== Rankings ==
*All-Time Light Heavyweight Ranking
**1st [[Tracy Callis]]
**2nd [[Monte Cox]]
**4th [[IBRO]]
*All-Time Cruiserweight Ranking
**4th Tracy Callis
*All-Time Heavyweight Ranking
**5th [[Bill Brennan]], John Durant, Arthur Harris and [[Bert Sugar]]
**6th Tracy Callis, [[Nat Loubet]] and [[Charley Rose]]
**7th [[World Boxing Magazine|''World Boxing'']] magazine 1974 readers poll
**8th [[Nat Fleischer]]
**11th IBRO

==Sources==
Fleischer, Nat. ''The Heavyweight Championship'' (1961) 
Jarrett, John. ''[[Gene Tunney: The Golden Guy Who Licked Jack Dempsey Twice]]'' (2003) 
Johnston, Alexander. ''[[Ten and Out]]'' (1943) 
Kahn, Roger. ''[[A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s]]'' (1999) 
Myler, Patrick. ''A Century of Boxing Greats'' (1998) 
Roberts, James B. and Alexander G. Skutt. ''[[The Boxing Register]]'' (4th ed., 2006) 
Cavanaugh, Jack. ''Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey'' (2006) 
''Gene Tunney: The King of Cool'' by Mike Casey: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO98.29-35.pdf] 
''Gene Tunney: American Warrior'' by Kelly Nicholson: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO116.9-33.pdf] 
''Gene Tunney – "The Fighting Marine”'' by Tracy Callis: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ibro-journal-70.15-19.pdf] 

== Links ==
*[http://www.genetunney.org/ Tunney's Official Web site]
*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/tunney-g.htm Cyber Boxing Zone - Gene Tunney]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4082 Gene Tunney - Find A Grave Memorial]

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Sugar Ray Robinson

2026-04-30T15:56:08Z

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*'''Managers:''' [[Curt Horrmann]], [[George Gainford]]
*'''Trainers:''' [[Soldier Jones]], [[Harry Wiley]], [[Pee Wee Beale]]
*'''[[:Category:Sugar Ray Robinson Gallery|Sugar Ray Robinson Gallery]]
'''Sugar Ray Robinson''' is considered by many boxing historians and enthusiasts to be the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time. Robinson is frequently ranked among the top three boxers ever in both the welterweight and middleweight classes.

==International Boxing Hall of Fame Record==
Has a record of 21-7-1 (8 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:

*[[Bobo Olson]] (4(3)-0)
*[[Fritzie Zivic]] (2(1)-0)
*[[Sammy Angott]] (3-0)
*[[Rocky Graziano]] (1(1)-0)
*[[Kid Gavilan]] (2-0)
*[[Henry Armstrong]] (1-0)
*[[Jake LaMotta]] (5(1)-1)
*[[Randy Turpin]] (1(1)-1)
*[[Carmen Basilio]] (1-1)
*[[Gene Fullmer]] (1(1)-2-1)
*[[Joey Giardello]] (0-1)
*[[Joey Maxim]] (0-1(1))

== Amateur Achievements ==
Robinson's amateur record is usually listed as 85-0 with 69 knockouts, 40 in the first round. However, he lost to [[Billy Graham]] and [[Patsy Pesca]] under his given name, Walker Smith Jr. He also has been recently found to have lost and drew against [[Charlie Baginski]] and also lost to [[Harvey LaCelle]]. Out of the 57 wins boxrec has found of his claimed 85 wins, only 25 were by knockout, so the 69 knockouts claim with 40 in the first round are clearly not correct. If he did have another 28 wins, and for arguments sake won them all by knockout, it still wouldn't add up to 69 knockouts.

*Won the 1938 New York Metropolitan [[AAU]] Open Championship at bantamweight vs. [[Ed Cappelli]].
*Golden Gloves Titles won in 1939:
**[[New York Golden Gloves|New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] at featherweight vs. [[Armand Dascenza]]
**[[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves Tournament]] at featherweight vs. [[Tony Ancona]]
**[[New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions|New York Daily News Golden Gloves Tournament]] at featherweight vs. [[Louis Valentine]]
*Golden Gloves Titles won in 1940:
**[[New York Golden Gloves|New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] at lightweight vs. [[Jimmy Butler (of Atlanta, GA)|Jimmy Butler]]
**[[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves Tournament]] at lightweight vs. [[Tony Ancona]]
**[[New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions|New York Daily News Golden Gloves Tournament]] at lightweight vs. [[Andy Nonella]] [[Category:Boxers with more than 200 bouts|Robinson, Ray]]
*View: [[Sugar Ray Robinson's Golden Gloves Record]]

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== Awards & Recognition ==
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1942 and 1951 by [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].
*Named [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1950 by the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]].
*Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1950s by ''The Ring''.
*Inducted into [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|''The Ring'' Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1967.
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990.
*Named Welterweight Fighter of the Century, Middleweight Fighter of the Century, and Fighter of the Century by the Associated Press in 1999.
*''The Ring'' ranked Robinson as the [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|best fighter of the last 80 years]] in 2002.
*''The Ring'' ranked Robinson as the 11th [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|greatest puncher of all-time]] in 2003.
*Inducted into the [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2006.
*The United States Postal Service honored Robinson with a [[:Image:Sugarraystamp.jpg|stamp]] in 2006.
*Historian [[Bert Sugar]] ranked Robinson #1 in his 2006 book ''[[Boxing's Greatest Fighters]]''.
*[[ESPN]] ranked Robinson as the greatest fighter in history in 2007.

== Notes ==
*Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. He got his boxing name when he used the AAU card of an ex-boxer named Ray Robinson.
*According to Robinson's autobiography, [[Sugar Ray (Book)|''Sugar Ray'']], sportswriter Jack Case, after seeing one of Robinson’s amateur performances, said he “sure was a sweet fighter.” Chase called him “Sugar Ray” in one of his sports columns and the now-famous moniker was born.
*Robinson was a coach for the 1941 New York Golden Gloves Team at the Intercity Golden Gloves Tournament held in Chicago.
*Robinson won his first 40 professional fights before losing to [[Jake LaMotta]] on [[Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta (2nd meeting)|February 5, 1942]]. Robinson then went unbeaten in his next 91 fights.
*Robinson had six fights with Jake LaMotta and won five of them. LaMotta said, "I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes."
*Height dispute: Robinson's height is usually listed as 5'11", but he was often listed as 6'0" early in his career. He was reported as being 5'11½" at the weigh-in for his bout with [[Robert Villemain]] in 1950.
*Madison Square Garden announced on November 14, 1941 that world welterweight champion Freddie (Red) Cochrane would be defending his title against Sugar Ray in early February 1942. However, the announcement was slightly premature because Cochrane's manager, Willie Gilzenberg had been suspended by the NYSAC (for instructing Cochrane to hold back in the early rounds of his non-title 10-rounder with Lew Jenkins) and stated there would be no contract signed until his suspension was lifted. The controversy became academic within 3 weeks as the U.S. entered into World War II, which froze all titles as boxers and champions alike enlisted. Robinson would not receive a title shot until 5 years later.
*On February 27, 1943, Robinson was inducted into the United States Army. He toured Army camps with [[Joe Louis]] and boxed exhibitions for soldiers.
*On March 29, 1944, shortly before he was scheduled to set sail for Europe, Robinson disappeared from his barracks at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York. Robinson said he fell down the stairs in his barracks and didn't remember anything from the time of the fall until he woke up in a hospital on April 5. According to his file, a stranger found him in the street on April 1 and helped him to a hospital. Robinson received an honorable discharge from the Army as a sergeant on June 3, 1944.
*Robinson won the vacant World Welterweight Championship in his 76th professional fight, defeating [[Tommy Bell]] by a [[Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Tommy Bell (2nd meeting)|15-round unanimous decision]] on December 20, 1946. Robinson would defend the title five times before relinquishing it to fight as a middleweight.
*Robinson defeated Robert Villemain by a 15-round unanimous decision to win the vacant Pennsylvania World Middleweight Championship on June 5, 1950. The state withdrew recognition from World Middleweight champion Jake LaMotta for failure to defend. Robinson stopped LaMotta in 13 rounds to win the undisputed title on [[Jake LaMotta vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (6th meeting)|February 14, 1951]].
*Robinson lost the World Middleweight Championship to [[Randy Turpin]] by a 15-round decision on [[Randy Turpin vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (1st meeting)|July 10, 1951]]. He regained the title from Turpin with a 10th-round knockout on [[Randy Turpin vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (2nd meeting)|September 12, 1951]].
*Robinson unsuccessfully challenged [[Joey Maxim]] for the World Light Heavyweight Championship on [[Joey Maxim vs. Sugar Ray Robinson|June 25, 1952]]. Robinson, way ahead on points, couldn't come out for the 14th round due to heat exhaustion. The temperature at ringside was 103 degrees. It was the only stoppage loss of Robinson's career.
*After losing to Maxim, Robinson retired with a record of 132-3-2.
*Robinson, who once owned an entire block of shops and businesses in Harlem, returned to the ring in 1955 because he needed money.
*Robinson would win and lose the World Middleweight Championship three times between 1955 and 1960.
*Robinson retired for good in 1965 with a record of 174-19-6.
*Robinson defeated fifteen former, reigning or future world champions during his professional career.
*When his boxing career ended, Robinson dabbled in acting. He appeared in such films as ''The Detective'' (starring [[Frank Sinatra]]) and ''Candy'' (starring Marlon Brando). He also appeared on the television shows ''Mission: Impossible'', ''The Mod Squad'' and ''Fantasy Island''.
*In 1969, Robinson founded the Sugar Ray Robinson Youth Foundation in Los Angeles.
*View: [[Sugar Ray Robinson's Exhibition Bouts]]

==Professional Record==
*Has defeated 12 opponents (7 by KO) in world title fights.
**6 opponents (5 by KO) in World Middleweight Title fights.
**6 opponents (2 by KO) in World Welterweight Title fights.
*Has a record of 14-7-1 (7 KOs) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 30-11-1 (11 KOs) against former, current, and future world champions:
**Won against [[Sammy Angott]] (3 times), [[Marty Servo]] (twice), [[Fritzie Zivic]] (twice), [[Maxie Berger]], [[Jake LaMotta]] (5 times), [[Izzy Jannazzo]] (4 times), [[Henry Armstrong]], [[Kid Gavilan]] (twice), [[Bobo Olson]] (4 times), [[Randy Turpin]], [[Rocky Graziano]], [[Gene Fullmer]], [[Carmen Basilio]], [[Denny Moyer]], [[Ralph Dupas]].
**Lost against [[Jake LaMotta]], [[Randy Turpin]], [[Joey Maxim]], [[Gene Fullmer]] (twice), [[Carmen Basilio]], [[Paul Pender]] (twice), [[Denny Moyer]], [[Terry Downes]], [[Joey Giardello]].
**Drew against [[Gene Fullmer]].

== Death Info ==
*Robinson died at Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California. He was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and diabetes.
*Robinson is listed as Sugar Ray Robinson by the California Death Records database and the Social Security Death Records database. His Social Security number was 080-28-1189.
*The California Death Records database list his place of birth as Michigan, and Robinson states in his autobiography that he was born in Detroit. However, his birth certificate list his place of birth as Ailey, Georgia. Robinson said his mother was pregnant with him when she moved from Georgia to Detroit.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.cmgww.com/sports/robinson/about/bio.html Official Website]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=oevGluP5VkkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sugar+ray+robinson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sy9UVJTREsKsyASKuYGQDA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=sugar%20ray%20robinson&f=false ''Sugar Ray'' by Sugar Ray Robinson with Dave Anderson, Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1969]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qRAFvgU2WjsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=boxing%27s+greatest+fighters&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pl5UVLeRMZScygTQ-YCADA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=boxing%27s%20greatest%20fighters&f=false ''Boxing's Greatest Fighters'' By Bert Randolph Sugar, Publisher: Lyons Press, 2006]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Q_nfLUMzlM0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=sugar+ray+robinson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sy9UVJTREsKsyASKuYGQDA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=sugar%20ray%20robinson&f=false ''Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson'' By Wil Haygood, Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733124/ Robinson's film credits at IMDb]

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before=[[Marty Servo]] Vacated|
title=[[World Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Johnny Bratton]] Recognized by [[National Boxing Association|NBA]]|
years=1946 Dec 20 – 1951 Feb 14 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Jake LaMotta]]|
title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Randy Turpin]]|
years=1951 Feb 14 – 1951 Jul 10
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before=[[Randy Turpin]]|
title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Carl (Bobo) Olson]]|
years=1951 Sep 12 – 1952 Dec '''Retired'''
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title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Gene Fullmer]]|
years=1955 Dec 9 – 1957 Jan 2
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title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Carmen Basilio]]|
years=1957 May 1 – 1957 Sep 23
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before=[[Carmen Basilio]]|
title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Paul Pender]]|
years=1958 Mar 25 – 1960 Jan 22 Robinson was recognized only by New York and Massachusetts when he lost the title. He had been stripped by the [[National Boxing Association|NBA]] due to inactivity.}}
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[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
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[[Category:New York Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:Intercity Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World War II Veterans]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:Actors]]

2025-08-18T13:22:43Z

2025-08-16T22:17:11Z

Dawudboxer: /* Professional Career */

[[File:Miguel1Cotto.jpeg|left|250px|thumb|left]]
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<boxer>033535</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Evangelista Cotto]] (2001-2009), [[Joe Santiago]] (2009), [[Emanuel Steward]] (2010-2011), [[Pedro Luis Diaz]] (2011-2012), [[Freddie Roach]] (2013-2017) 
'''Promoters:''' [[Golden Boy Promotions]] (-2017), [[Promociones Miguel Cotto]] (-2017) 
'''[[:Category: Miguel Angel Cotto Gallery| Miguel Angel Cotto Gallery]]

== Amateur Career ==
[[File:Cotto-Abdullaev 81713387.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Cotto (right) vs. Muhammad Abdullaev at the 2000 Olympics]]
*He started boxing when he was 11.
*Amateur record: 125-23
*'''1993''' Lost to future minimumweight and light flyweight champion [[Ivan Calderon]] on points (2-3).
*'''1997''' Lightweight Gold Medalist at the Pan American Championships in Medellin, Colombia. Results:
**Defeated [[Marcos Aceituno]] (Guatemala) on points (10-2)
**Defeated [[Aldo Moreno]] (Cuba) on points (9-8)
**Defeated [[Luis Jose]] (Dominican Republic) on points (21-5)
**Defeated [[Javier Osvaldo Alvarez]] (Argentina) on points (10-9)
*'''1998''' Lightweight Silver Medalist at the Pan American Junior Championships in Toluca, Mexico. Results:
**Defeated [[Jorge Herrera Daniel]] (Cuba) on points (5-2)
**Defeated [[Alexander Gonzalez]] (Venezuela) by [[RSC]] in round 4
**Lost to [[Dana Laframboise]] (Canada) on points (3-4)
*'''1998''' Lightweight Silver Medalist at the World Junior Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Results:
**Defeated [[Andrey Kolevin]] (Ukraine) on points (15-3)
**Defeated [[Dana Laframboise]] (Canada) on points (6-1)
**Defeated [[Darius Jasevicius]] (Lithuania) points (9-5)
**Lost to [[Anton Solopov]] (Russia) on points (8-9)
*'''1998''' Lightweight Silver Medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Results:
**Defeated [[Luis Antonio Arceo]] (Mexico) on points (+25-25)
**Defeated [[Carlos Castro]] (Dominican Republic) on points (12-4)
**Lost to [[Mario Kindelan]] (Cuba) on points (2-20)
*'''1999''' Competed as a lightweight at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Results:
**Lost to [[Dana Laframboise]] (Canada) on points (2-5) in the quarterfinals
*'''1999''' Competed as a light welterweight at the World Championships in Houston, USA. Results:
**Lost to [[Robertas Nomeikas]] (Lithuania) on points (2-6) in the round of 16
*'''2000''' Light Welterweight Gold Medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Caracas, Venezuela. Results:
**Defeated [[Maikel Perez]] (Cuba) on points (16-6) in the final
*'''2000''' Represented Puerto Rico as a light welterweight at 2000 Sydney [[Olympic Games]]. Result was:
**Lost to [[Muhammad Abdullaev]] (Uzbekistan) on points (7-17) in the round of 16

== Professional Career ==
[[File:Cotto-Martinez 450256224.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Cotto (left) vs. Sergio Martinez in 2014]]
*Held the [[WBO]] junior welterweight title from 2004 to 2006 and successfully defended it six times. In his third title defense, Cotto stopped Muhammad Abdullaev in nine rounds to avenge his Olympic loss.
*Held the [[WBA]] welterweight title from 2006 to 2008 and successfully defended it four times.
*Cotto was 12-0 (10 KO) in his first 12 world title fights.
*Knocked out 3 of his former amateur opponents. Kelvin Pinto (TKO 6) who had beaten him twice in the amateurs, Ricardo Torres (KO 7) who Cotto had outpointed in 2000 and Muhammad Abdullaev (TKO 9) who had outpointed him in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
*Held the WBO welterweight title in 2009 and successfully defended it once.
*Won the WBA super welterweight title in 2010 and was soon afterwards upgraded to Super champion. He held the Super title until 2012 and successfully defended it twice.
*Won the [[WBC]] and [[Ring Magazine|''Ring'']] middleweight titles in 2014, becoming the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight divisions.
*Has defeated 20 opponents (16 by KO) for the world title.
**2 opponents (2 by KO) for the World Middleweight Title.
**4 opponents (3 by KO) for the World Light Middleweight Title.
**7 opponents (5 by KO) for the World Welterweight Title.
**7 opponents (6 by KO) for the World Light Welterweight Title.
*Has a record of 20-6 (16 KOs) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 16-6 (12 KOs) against former, current and future world titlists.
**Won against [[Cesar Bazan]], [[Carlos Maussa]], [[Lovemore N'dou]], [[Randall Bailey]], [[DeMarcus Corley]], [[Ricardo Torres]], [[Paul Malignaggi]], [[Carlos Quintana]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Joshua Clottey]], [[Yuri Foreman]], [[Ricardo Mayorga]], [[Antonio Margarito]], [[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]], [[Daniel Geale]]
**Lost against [[Antonio Margarito]], [[Manny Pacquiao]], [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], [[Austin Trout]], [[Saul Alvarez]], [[Sadam Ali]]
*Only stopped twice in his career. The first very possibly to a fighter wearing plaster of Paris in his hand wraps [[Antonio Margarito]], and the second, against [[Manny Pacquiao]] at a catchweight, so he was weakened by fighting 2lbs under the Welterweight limit.

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*WBC International super lightweight title (2003-2004)
*WBO [[NABO]] junior welterweight title (2003)
*WBA Fedelatin super lightweight title (2004)
*[[World Boxing Board|WBB]] interim light middleweight title (2011)

== Pay-Per-View History ==
*1. (2006-06-10) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Paul Malignaggi|W (UD 12) Paul Malignaggi]] ([[Top Rank]] PPV) - 90,000 buys.
*2. (2007-06-09) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Zab Judah|W (TKO 11) Zab Judah]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 225,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*3. (2007-11-10) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Shane Mosley|W (UD 12) Shane Mosley]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 400,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*4. (2008-07-26) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito (1st meeting)|L (TKO 11) Antonio Margarito]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 450,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*5. (2009-02-21) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Michael Jennings|W (TKO 5) Michael Jennings]] ([[Top Rank]] PPV) - 90,000 buys.
*6. (2009-11-14) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Manny Pacquiao|L (TKO 12) Manny Pacquiao]] "Firepower" ([[HBO]] PPV) - 1,250,000 buys and $70,000,000 in revenue. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4674275]
*7. (2011-03-12) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga|W (TKO 12) Ricardo Mayorga]] ([[Showtime]] PPV) - 250,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*8. (2011-12-03) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito (2nd meeting)|W (RTD 9) Antonio Margarito]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 600,000 buys. [https://www.boxingscene.com/fighting-words-deontay-wilder-gets-reality-check--92331][https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*9. (2012-05-05) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Miguel Cotto|L (UD 12) Floyd Mayweather Jr]] "Ring Kings" ([[HBO]] PPV) - 1,500,000 buys and $94,000,000 in revenue. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=7919965]
*10. (2014-06-07) [[Sergio Martinez vs. Miguel Cotto|W (RTD 10) Sergio Martinez]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 300,000-350,000 buys. [https://www.si.com/boxing/2014/06/26/miguel-cotto-sergio-martinez-pay-per-view][https://www.boxingscene.com/fighting-words-deontay-wilder-gets-reality-check--92331][https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*11. (2015-11-21) [[Saul Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto|L (UD 12) Saul Alvarez]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 900,000 buys and about $58,000,000 in revenue. [https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=14282398]

== External Link ==
*[http://www.promocionesmiguelcotto.com/ Promociones Miguel Cotto (Miguel Cotto Promotions) Website]

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Zab Judah]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Ricardo Torres]]|
years=2004 Sep 11 – 2006 Oct 27 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Ricky Hatton]] Vacated|
title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Margarito]]|
years=2006 Dec 2 – 2008 Jul 26|
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{{Succession box|
before=[[Paul Williams]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Manny Pacquiao]]|
years=2009 Feb 21 – 2009 Nov 14|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Yuri Foreman]]|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
years=2010 Jun 5 – 2010 '''Upgraded to Super Champion''' 2010 – 2012 May 5|
after=[[Austin Trout]] Regular Champion [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] Super Champion|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]]|
title=[[WBC Middleweight Champion]]|
years=2014 Jun 7 – 2015 Nov 17 '''Stripped'''|
after=[[Saul Alvarez]]|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Saul Alvarez]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Light Middleweight Champion]]|
years=2017 Aug 2 – 2017 Dec 2 |
after=[[Sadam Ali]]|
}}
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Fight:3158624

2025-08-16T15:18:31Z

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The bout was somehow sanctioned by the Texas boxing commission. Tyson, who only months before had almost died from a stomach ulcer and needed 8 blood transfusions to save his life, was sanctioned to fight a 27 year old. Tyson also had a bad knee and hadn’t boxed professionally for 19 years! Both boxers wore 14 ounce gloves and the bout was contested over 8x2 minute rounds. In no way was this a real professional bout, nor should it be counted on Mike Tyson's record.

2025-05-28T13:49:16Z

Dawudboxer: /* Factoids */

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<boxer>009523</boxer>
* '''Manager:''' [[Joe Ponce]]
* '''[[:Category:Bobby Chacon Gallery|Bobby Chacon Gallery]]
== Career Review ==
Regarded as one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, Bobby Chacon crafted a career-high in melodrama and a life high in tragedy.

His amateur career began in June 1970, and he ran his record to 21-3-1 before turning professional (receiving his license in CA on April 4, 1972).. He won the Diamond Belt Championship at featherweight in 1971 and 1972, and competed in the National Golden Gloves in those years as well.

Encouraged to begin boxing professionally by his wife Valerie, Chacon quickly rose up under the direction of trainer-manager Joe Ponce. He soon became one of the most popular fighters in Southern California. After a knockout loss to [[Ruben Olivares]], his fight with fellow fan-favorite [[Danny Lopez]] quickly pushed him back into the world title picture. After defeating [[Alfredo Marcano]] for the [[WBC]] featherweight title, Chacon began to indulge in the wild lifestyle that often short-circuited both his boxing career and personal life.

Before his title defense and rematch with Olivares in 1975, Chacon had to lose over ten pounds and was easily dispatched. He seemed on the road to being, in the words of Richard Hoffer, another one of boxing's "spent shells." There was a loss to future rival [[Rafael Limon]], and a decision win over a faded Olivares. When he managed to gain a lead against [[Alexis Arguello]], only to be stopped on cuts, it seemed, at least to the press, to be a momentary flashback from an aging fighter.

Chacon's fights rapidly became brutal affairs. His third fight with Limon in 1980 was a war, with Chacon bleeding badly and taking a great deal of punishment. A second bout with Limon ended in a technical draw due to a clash of heads.
[[file:Chacon.Bobby.jpg|right|200px]]
In 1981 he fought his first fight with [[Cornelius Boza Edwards]] for the WBC super featherweight title. Although he had many good moments, he ultimately succumbed and took a terrible beating.

Wife Valerie Chacon was quickly becoming distressed by Bobby's boxing career. Before his fight with [[Salvador Ugalde]], she begged him to retire. That same night, she committed suicide. Deciding to continue on, Bobby Chacon went out and, in his words, tried to kill Ugalde (Wiley, 2000.)

Upon this backdrop of tragedy, there was played one of the greatest dramas in the history of the ring: Chacon's fourth fight with Limon. Contested in 1982 for the WBC super featherweight title, it was a battle that words can do little to describe. Both fighters found reservoirs of stamina and courage that seemed superhuman. Scoring a knockdown in the final seconds, Chacon was a champion again.

What is even more astounding is that he followed it up with a fight almost as dramatic: his rematch with Cornelius Boza-Edwards. Staged in 1983, it was a singularly compelling event. Chacon, bleeding from almost the first minute, rallied back in the late rounds to pull out a unanimous decision. In a fight that commentators [[Marv Albert]] and [[Ferdie Pacheco]] were calling to be stopped on the account of his own safety, Chacon retained his title.

He was soon stripped of the title, however. The WBC had mandated that Chacon fight the number two contender, [[Hector Camacho]], even though Boza-Edwards was technically the number one contender. Offered more money to fight Boza-Edwards, Chacon made the fiscally-sound choice and lost his title with a victory. This was Chacon's last fight at the pinnacle of the sport. His career's denoument would be filled with terrific action fights, legal problems (such as spousal abuse), and the onset of ''dementia pugilistica''.
[[file:Chacon.Bobby2.jpg|left|250px]]
Matched with [[Ray Mancini]] at lightweight in 1984, he was stopped in the third.. Battles against [[Freddie Roach]], [[Arturo Frias]] and [[Davey Montana]] were crowd-pleasing brawls, but it was clear that Chacon was paying a high price for his long career. Following his fight with [[Rafael Solis]] in 1985, he showed badly slurred speech in his post-fight interview, and his boxing career was soon over.

As the years passed, Chacon's health continued to deteriorate. He would disappear for periods at a time. He began to use crack cocaine. In the 1990s, [[HBO|HBO's]] Real Sports program found him searching for aluminum cans to make end's meet.

He passed in 2016.

Reference: ''Serenity: A Boxing Memoir'', Ralph Wiley, 2000.

== Factoids ==
*Has a record of 4-4 (2 KO) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 8-6-1 (4 KO) against former world champions.
**Won against [[Chucho Castillo]], [[Danny Lopez]], [[Alfredo Marcano]], [[Ruben Olivares]], [[Rafael Limon]] (twice), [[Cornelius Boza-Edwards]], [[Arturo Frias]].
**Lost against Ruben Olivares (twice), Rafael Limon, [[Alexis Arguello]], Cornelius Boza-Edwards, [[Ray Mancini]].
**Drew with Rafael Limon.
*Avenged 5 of his 7 defeats and 1 draw. The only losses he never avenged he never had the chance to have rematches with [[Alexis Arguello]] and [[Ray Mancini]].
*Initially denied an amateur boxing license because of an investigation into his use of narcotics.
*Became a Diamond Belt Champion in December 1971 & 1972, and fought in the National [[Golden Gloves]] Tournament in 1971 (New Orleans) and 1972 (Minneapolis).
*Nicknamed "Schoolboy" because he turned pro while attending California State University at Northridge, CA, USA.
*Many of his bouts in his rise to fame were promoted by [[Babe Griffin]].

== Awards & Recognitions ==
*Named [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] magazine [[Ring Magazine Comeback of the Year|Comeback of the Year]] fighter for 1982.
*Named one of ''The Ring'' Magazine's [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|100 Greatest Punchers]]
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]], June 2005.

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title=[[WBC Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Ruben Olivares]]|
years=1974 Sep 7 – 1975 Jun 20
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title=[[WBC Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Hector Camacho]]|
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[[Category:American World Champions]]
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[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]
[[Category:2016 Deaths]]

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2025-05-24T12:59:04Z

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Chris Eubank Jr.

2025-05-05T20:02:49Z

Dawudboxer:

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<boxer>588468</boxer>
'''Trainer:''' [[Ronnie Davies]] & [[Chris Eubank]] (2011-2019), [[Nate Vasquez]] (2019), [[Roy Jones Jr.]] (2020-2023), [[Brian McIntyre]] (2023-2024), [[Johnathon Banks]] (2024-) 
'''Manager:''' [[Chris Eubank]] & [[Ronnie Davies]] (2011-) 
'''Promoter:''' [[Sauerland Event]] (2021-)
==Amateur Career==
*Amateur Record: 24-2.
*Eubank Jr. began his amateur career in 2007. In his sixth amateur fight, he became the Amateur Golden Glove Champion for the State of Nevada in his weight division of 165 lbs. In his eighth amateur fight he became the Amateur Golden Glove Champion for the Western States of the United States in his weight division. In 2011, Eubank won the International Tournament (Haringley, London).

==Regional & Minor Titles==
*interim [[WBA]] World middleweight title (x2)
*[[BBBoC]] British middleweight title
*[[IBO]] World super middleweight title (x2)

==Professional Record==
'''Championship Record'''
*0-1-0 (0 KO) in world championship bouts.
*3-3-0 (1 KO) against former or current world champions:
**Won against [[Arthur Abraham]], [[James DeGale]] & [[Liam Smith]].
**Lost against [[Billy Joe Saunders]], [[George Groves]] & [[Liam Smith]].
'''Variant Record'''
*Has a record of 3-0-0 (3 KO's) in fights outside his native United Kingdom.
*Defeafed 4 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: [[Dmitry Chudinov]], [[Tom Doran]], [[Avni Yildirim]] & [[Conor Benn]].

==Notes==
*Eubank Jr comes from a family of boxers which includes [[Chris Eubank]], [[Sebastian Eubank]], [[Peter Eubanks]], [[Simon Eubanks]], [[Frank Eubank]], [[Bobbie Joe Edwards]], [[Harlem Eubank]] and [[Nathanael Wilson]].
*Eubank Jr entered the [[World Boxing Super Series]] super middleweight tournament on the 15th July, 2017, after defeating [[Arthur Abraham]]. He lost to [[George Groves]] in the semi-finals. [http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/other-sports/chris-eubank-jr-beats-arthur-abraham-on-points-to-retain-ibo-supermiddleweight-title-a3588871.html]
*Eubank Jr claims to have been self-trained for the entirety of his career despite having his father [[Chris Eubank]] and [[Ronnie Davies]] in his corner, and a short stint with [[Adam Booth]]. In 2019, [[Nate Vasquez]] was announced as his first official trainer.
*As of 2023, he is trained by [[Brian McIntyre]]

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Steve Collins vs. Chris Eubank (1st meeting)

2025-05-05T20:00:20Z

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*'''[[World Boxing Organization]] Super Middleweight Title''' (15th defense of Eubank) 
*'''Promoters:''' [[Barry Hearn]] ([[Matchroom Sport]]), [[Eastwood Promotions]], [[Brian Peters]]
*'''Aired On:''' [[Sky Sports]] (UK) 

== Notes ==
*Eubank down in the 8th.
*Collins down in the 10th
*Before the bout, Collins claimed he had been hypnotized into thinking he was invincible, but admitted it was an elaborate hoax after his victory.
*Collins down another time in the fight but the referee mistakenly didn't count it as a knockdown.
*Highly controversial decision.

Rahman Ali

2025-05-04T10:50:29Z

Dawudboxer:

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[[File:RahmanAliProDebut.jpg|right|thumb|310px|Rahman Ali (left) in his pro debut]]
[[file:RAli.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Rahman Ali 1964]]
<boxer>22519</boxer>
'''[[:Category: Rahman Ali Gallery|Rahman Ali Gallery]]'''

*'''Rahman Ali''' is the brother of three-time [[World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Muhammad Ali]], the uncle of former [[WBC Female Super Middleweight Champion]] [[Laila Ali]], and the father of former [[United States Boxing Council|USBC]] [[Cruiserweight]] Champion [[Ibn Ali]].
*Rahman's date of birth has been incorrectly listed as July 18, 1940. He is the younger brother of Muhammad Ali, who was born January 17, 1942. Some sources say Rahman was born on July 18, 1943, and others say he was born in 1944.
*Some sources say Rahman was named Rudolph Arnette Clay at birth, while others say he was named Rudolph Valentino Clay. According to ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', he was named Rudolph Arnette Clay, but his father "belatedly rechristened him Rudolph Valentino Clay." When he converted to Islam, he was given the name Rahman Ali by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad.
*Rahman claimed his amateur record was 77-6.
*He lost to [[Danny McAlinden]] by a six-round decision on March 8, 1971. It was his first pro defeat. On the same card, his brother also suffered his first pro defeat, losing to [[Joe Frazier]] by a fifteen-round decision.
*His last win was a fourth-round knockout of [[Joe Byrd]] on December 16, 1971. Byrd is the father of former [[WBO]] and [[IBF]] Heavyweight Champion [[Chris Byrd]].
*His last fight was an eighth-round knockout loss to [[Jack O'Halloran]] on September 13, 1972. O'Halloran is best known for portraying Non, the mute Kryptonian supervillain, in the first two ''Superman'' movies.

==External Links==
*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1078395/3/index.htm "A Case Of Conscience" by Jack Olsen, ''Sports Illustrated'', April 11, 1966]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=w9PgTKiU4boC&pg=PT13&lpg=PT13&dq=muhammad+ali+rudolph&source=bl&ots=b9R8a0Du_o&sig=Tx05huup85uxhAcxxa2gOtSnH84&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mkwlUNvoGIr-9QTH_IDgAg&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=muhammad%20ali%20rudolph&f=false ''Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times'' by Thomas Hauser, Simon & Schuster, 1992]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=vkvoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA82&dq=rudy+clay+odessa&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mdhpU6mpJ9GpyASouYL4DA&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=rudy%20clay%20odessa&f=false ''King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero'' by David Remnick, Random House, 1998]

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Chris Eubank Jr vs. Conor Benn

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Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry (1st meeting)

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[[File:Ali-Quarry1.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Muhammad Ali lands a right against Jerry Quarry]]
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== Notes ==
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*Ali's fight against Quarry was his first since he knocked out [[Zora Folley]] in seven rounds on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Zora Folley|March 22, 1967]]. His layoff was due to his refusal to be drafted into the United States Army and subsequent legal battles. "It is the light of my consciousness as a Muslim minister and my own personal convictions that I take my stand in rejecting the call to be inducted in the armed services," Ali stated after refusing induction on April 28, 1967. "I have searched my conscience and I find I cannot be true to my belief in my religion by accepting such a call." He was convicted of draft evasion on June 20, 1967. Ali was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000, the maximum penalty for the offense. He remained free on a $5,000 bond while he appealed his conviction. Ali was also stripped of the World Heavyweight Championship by the [[New York State Athletic Commission]] and the [[World Boxing Association]], systematically denied a boxing license in every state and stripped of his passport.
*With the help of Georgia State Senator Leroy Johnson, Ali was able to get a boxing license in Georgia. On September 2, 1970, he boxed an eight-round exhibition at Morehouse College in Atlanta. It was the first time Ali had boxed in public since a six-round exhibition in Detroit, Michigan, on June 15, 1967.
*A fight between Ali and Quarry was arranged for October 26 at City Auditorium in Atalanta. Contracts were signed in New York City on September 10. The bout was promoted by House of Sports, Inc., headed by Senator Johnson, and by Sports Action Inc., headed by Harold Conrad. "People think now that the Supreme Court decision is what allowed Ali to fight, but that didn't come until later," Conrad told author [[Thomas Hauser]] for his book "[[Muhammad Ali: His Life & Times|Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times]]." "All it took was politics and money and three years of trying until we worked things out in Georgia."
*Quarry entered the fight as [[Ring Magazine|The Ring]] magazine's No. 1-rated heavyweight contender and the WBA's No. 2-rated heavyweight contender.
*Ali was guaranteed $200,000 against 42½ percent of the net income, and Quarry was guaranteed $150,000 against 22½ percent.
*The fight was shown on closed circuit TV in 206 locations in the United States and Canada. It was also beamed live to Asia, Australia, Europe and South America.
*There was a sellout crowd of 5,100 at City Auditorium.
*Ali opened a cut over Quarry's left eye with a right hand in the third round, which caused the fight to be stopped before the start of the fourth round. The cut required 15 stitches.
*Mark Kram of [[Sports Illustrated]] reported:
:With a cracking right hand, the speed of which seemed hardly impaired since he last fought, Ali cut Quarry over the left eye in the middle of the third round, a wound which would require 11 deep sutures and would not allow the Californian to come out for the fourth round. "It was not a butt," Quarry said before being stitched up, "and I don't want anybody saying that it was. It was a right hand." Referee Tony Perez did not stop the fight. It was Quarry's chief cornerman [[Teddy Bentham]] who did so, and with reason. Quarry, puzzled by Ali's unorthodox style and unwilling to commit himself, was unable to launch an effective attack. About all he could do was counter with winging left hooks, most of which missed or were brushed off, although he did land one solid punch—a right hand to the body in the second round. "If he didn't get cut," said Ali, "I think it might have gone 10 rounds." Indeed, Quarry seemed to be gaining confidence until the blood began streaming down his face. . . . In one sense the fight was indecisive, simply because of our uncertainty that Ali could go any distance. The quick appraisal that can be made—and that only because we have not seen him for so long—is that he does not seem to be pulling his head back as quickly as he used to. A much maligned move in his early days, this is one of the most vital aspects of his defense. Quarry did reach him on occasion, but was never in proper balance to be effective. Excepting this flaw, all else about Ali seemed to be intact—the rocking jab, the beautiful combinations and his general ring intelligence.
*[[:File:Ali Quarry I Closed Circuit Poster.jpeg|Closed Circuit Poster]], [[:File:1970-10-26 - Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry (Closed Circuit Program Cover).jpg|Closed Circuit Program Cover]], [[:File:Ali Quarry 1 U1671828.jpg|Photo #1]], [[:File:Ali-Quarry 1 U1671203-5.jpg|Photo #2]].

== See Also ==
*[[Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry (2nd meeting)]]

==External Links==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1978&dat=19701026&id=-3UiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QqwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=949,6312359 "Ali Finishes Quarry in 3; Stage Set for Frazier Fight" by Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, October 26, 1970]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1970/11/02/611521/smashing-return-of-the-old-ali "Smashing Return Of The Old Ali" by Mark Kram, Sports Illustrated, November 2, 1970]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=6aaV0p8jaeUC&pg=PA208&dq=ali+quarry+leroy+johnson+harold+conrad&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QyPXUp7yGaOa2AWEpYDQBw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=ali%20quarry%20leroy%20johnson%20harold%20conrad&f=false "Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times" by Thomas Hauser, Simon & Schuster, 1991]