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User talk:Matthamilton82

2014-08-20T17:42:53Z

Matthamilton82: Undo revision 536922 by Matthamilton82 (talk)

What is this 'Hamilton's Order of Merit' you are adding to all those boxer pages? Does this thing have any credibility? [http://thekingmaker.me/boxing-rankings/] --[[User:Ric|Ric]] ([[User talk:Ric|talk]]) 19:04, 10 April 2014 (CDT)

== self promotion ==

stop it or you will be banned [[User:John|JohnShep]] ([[User talk:John|talk]]) 15:58, 23 July 2014 (CDT)

No need - I've had enough of the petty politics of this insignificant fiefdom.

User talk:Matthamilton82

2014-08-20T17:40:39Z

Matthamilton82: /* self promotion */

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana

2014-08-05T23:50:21Z

Matthamilton82: /* Unofficial Scorecards */

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| Landed || 230 || 221
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| Thrown || 426 || 858
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| Pct. || 54% || 26%
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! Jabs || Mayweather || Maidana
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| Landed || 52 || 36
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| Thrown || 152 || 318
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| Pct. || 34% || 11%
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! Power Punches || Mayweather || Maidana
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| Landed || 178 || 185
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| Thrown || 274 || 540
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<fight>1869533</fight>
*'''Ring Announcer:''' [[Jimmy Lennon Jr.]]
*'''Aired On:''' [[Showtime|Showtime Pay-Per-View]] (Main Event)
*'''[[World Boxing Council]] Welterweight Title''' (2nd defense by Mayweather in 2nd reign)
*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Super World Welterweight Title''' (vacant)
*'''[[The Ring Magazine]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Mayweather in 2nd reign)
*[[:File:Mayweather Maidana Scorecard.jpg|Photo of the official score card]]
 
== Notes ==
[[File:MayweatherMaidana.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Official Fight Poster]]
[[File:Mayweather-Maidana 140504010331-.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Mayweather lands a right against Maidana]]
[[File:Mayweather-vs-maidana-may-3-2014-06-photo-by-naoki-fukuda.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Maidana attacks Mayweather on the ropes]]
[[File:Mayweather-Maidana 140504013608.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Both fighters signal victory after the fight]]
*Floyd Mayweather Jr. 45-0 (26 KOs) vs. Marcos Maidana 35-3 (31 KOs)
*Mayweather entered the fight as the [[WBC]] welterweight champion, and Maidana was the [[WBA]] welterweight champion.
*Mayweather was [[The Ring Magazine]] welterweight champion, and Maidana was the publication's No. 8 welterweight contender. The Ring also ranked Mayweather as the No. 1 fighter pound-for-pound in the world.
*Mayweather was a 12-1 betting favorite.
*One pre-fight media poll favored Mayweather 46-0.
*This was the 12th appearance and 9th consecutive fight for Mayweather at the [[MGM Grand]] in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the third appearance for Maidana at the venue.
*The day before the fight, Mayweather balked at the custom-made gloves Maidana had selected. A fighter's gloves must be approved by his opponent, as well as the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Both the Mayweather camp and the commission objected to the distribution of padding in the gloves, arguing there was too much weight in the wrist area and not enough padding on the knuckles. Several hours before the fight, the dispute was resolved. Maidana, who had wanted to wear blue Everlast gloves that matched Argentina’s flag, agreed to wear stock black-and-yellow Everlast gloves.
*At the official weigh-in, Mayweather weighed 146 and Maidana was 146½. On fight night, Maidana rehydrated to 165 pounds on fight night compared to Mayweather's 148.
*[[Dan Rafael]] of [[ESPN]] reported:
:Just like Maidana had done against [[Adrien Broner|Broner]], he roared at Mayweather at the opening bell and never stopped blasting and looking for a knockout. He seemed to have Mayweather out of sorts at various times in the fight, but Mayweather never seemed to be in that much trouble and was able to counter and land accurate left hooks and lead right hands....Maidana's pressure remained intense throughout the fight as he never stopped moving forward and trying to push Mayweather against the ropes. But even though he did, Mayweather countered with quick right hands....As aggressive as Maidana was, Mayweather stood in the pocket and was sharp with his right hand, but Maidana would not stop coming at him and winging overhand rights.
*Mayweather was cut over the right eye in the fourth round. "That came from a head-butt and I couldn't see for two rounds after the head-butt," Mayweather said. "I had a great cutman in Rafael Garcia and he stopped the bleeding immediately and after I could see again, it didn't bother me."
*According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Mayweather was guaranteed $32 million and Maidana $1.5 million. Both fighters also shared a portion of the pay-per-view revenue. It was the ninth straight fight in which Mayweather pocketed at least $25 million.
*According to CompuBox, Maidana set the record for the number of punches thrown and landed against Mayweather. CompuBox has tracked 37 of Mayweather's 46 professional fights.
*"This was a tough, competitive fight," Mayweather said. "I gave fans an exciting fight. He put pressure on me, and that's when I decided to fight differently. I stood there and fought him. He's a good fighter. I take nothing away from him."
*"I feel I was robbed. I feel I won," Maidana said. "I trained hard, and I fought a good fight. And I feel that this was an injustice.”

==Unofficial Scorecards==
*'''Al Bernstein, Showtime:''' Mayweather 115-114
*'''Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Steve Farhood:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Doug Fischer, Editor RingTV.com:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Lyle Fitzimmons, BoxingScene.com:''' Mayweather 116-112
*'''Norm Frauenheim, The Ring Magazine, www.15rounds.com:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Jeffrey Freeman, www.KODigest.TV:''' Mayweather 116-113
*'''Tom Gray, RingTV.com:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''David Greisman, BoxingScene.com:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Keith Idec, The Record/BoxingScene.com:''' Mayweather 116-112
*'''Matt Hamilton, ESNewsReporting.com:''' Mayweather 116-112
*'''Kevin Iole, Yahoo Sports:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Paulie Malignaggi, Showtime: Mayweather 115-114
*'''Ryan Maquinana, CSN Bay Area/BoxingScene.com:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Rich Marotta, KFI Radio, Los Angeles:''' Mayweather 115-11
*'''Diego Morilla, XN Sports:''' Mayweather 116-112
*'''Jack Obermayer, Fight Fax Inc.:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''John J. Raspanti, Doghouseboxing.com/KO Monthly Magazine/examiner.com:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Matt Richardson, Fightnews.com:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Chris Robinson, Hustleboss.com/BoxingScene.com:''' Mayweather 116-112
*'''Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com:''' Draw, 114-114
*'''Michael Rosenthal, The Ring Magazine:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin:''' Mayweather 116-112
*'''Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com:''' Mayweather 118-110
*'''Dominic Verdin, RingTV.com:''' Mayweather 116-11
*'''Anson Wainwright, RingTV.com:''' Mayweather 116-112
*'''Marc Livitz, SecondsOut.com:''' Mayweather 115-113
*'''Tamas Sasvari, Monokli.com:''' Mayweather 115-113

==Articles==
*[http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2014/05/01/floyd-mayweather-guaranteed-at-least-32-million-for-maidana-fight/ "Floyd Mayweather Guaranteed At Least $32 Million For Maidana Fight" Forbes, May 1, 2014]
*[http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/10879956/floyd-mayweather-jr-scores-majority-decision-marcos-maidana-welterweight-unification-fight "Floyd Mayweather decisions Maidana" ESPN.com, May 4, 2014]
*[http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-floyd-mayweather-marcos-maidana-robbed-20140503-story.html "Marcos Maidana on loss by decision to Floyd Mayweather: I was 'robbed'" Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2014]
*[http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/337275-floyd-mayweather-jr-marcos-maidana-how-they-scored-it#/slide/1 "Mayweather-Maidana press scores" RingTV.com, May 6, 2014]

Sugar Ray Robinson

2014-07-23T18:51:38Z

Matthamilton82: /* Awards & Recognition */

[[File:Sugar Ray Robinson Pic0040.jpg|left|thumb|400px|Sugar Ray Robinson]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1990 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/robinson.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>009625</boxer>
'''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 most boxing historians and enthusiasts to be the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time. Robinson is frequently, if not always, ranked among the top three boxers ever in both the welterweight and middleweight classes.

== Amateur Achievements ==
*'''Amateur Record:''' Usually listed as 85-0 with 69 KOs (40 in the first round) but Robinson lost to [[Billy Graham]] and [[Patsy Pesca]] under his given name, Walker Smith Jr.

*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]]

*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 [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1981.
*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.
* Ranked #1 of all-time in ''Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit'' published on December 31, 2013.

== Miscellaneous ==
*Robinson beat sixteen former, reigning, or future world champions during his professional career.
*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]]. He 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.
*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 once owned an entire block of shops and businesses in Harlem.
*Robinson retired with a record of 131-3-2 in 1952, but returned to the ring three years later. He retired for good in 1965 with a record of 173-19-6.
*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.
*Robinson suffered from Alzheimer's disease and diabetes in his later years.
*View: [[Sugar Ray Robinson's Exhibition Bouts]]

'''Sources:'''
*''[[Pound for Pound: A Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson]]''
*''[[Boxing's Greatest Fighters]]''

== Death Info ==
Ray Robinson is listed as SUGAR RAY ROBINSON in both the Social Security Death Records database and the California Death Records database on the RootsWeb website. His Social Security number was 080-28-1189. According to the California Death Records, he was born in Michigan on May 3, 1921. Both his autobiography and Social Security Records list the same date of birth. The index is wrong as to his place of birth, as he was actually born in Ailey, Georgia. When he was an infant, his family moved to Glenwood, Georgia.

== External Link ==
*[http://www.cmgww.com/sports/robinson/about/bio.html Official Website]

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User:Matthamilton82

2014-04-23T22:32:38Z

Matthamilton82:

Matt Hamilton is a boxing writer & journalist. Born in Cape Town, South Africa he covers boxing & boxing history for Elie Seckbach's ESNewsReporting.com website. Matt is based in London & regularly interviews professional boxers, trainers, managers & promoters.

Matt authored Hamilton's 100 Greatest Fighters of All-Time which has been featured on various international news outlets including ESPN & SiriusXM. The article has been described as "an exhaustive mathematically derived study of achievement in the sport of boxing during the gloved era."

Matt also compiles a series of Hamilton's 100 which seek to rank the greatest fighters at every weight division. Hamilton's 100 Greatest Middleweights in Boxing History, published 22 April, 2014 was the first in this series.

Carl Froch vs. George Groves (1st meeting)

2014-04-22T19:17:50Z

Matthamilton82:

<fight>1828350</fight>

*Froch down in first, Groves ahead on points till he was suddenly stopped in the ninth by Froch.
*There was controversy as many felt that referee Howard Foster ended the contest prematurely.

User:Matthamilton82

2014-04-20T14:28:31Z

Matthamilton82:

Roy Jones Jr.

2014-04-10T23:56:52Z

Matthamilton82: /* Awards & Recognition */

[[File:RoyJones otr152.jpg|left]]
<boxer>001758</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Roy Jones Sr.]], [[Alton Merkerson]] 
'''Managers:''' [[Fred Levin]], [[Stanley Levin]], and himself 
'''[[:Category:Roy Jones Jr. Gallery|Roy Jones Jr. Gallery]] 
 

== Amateur Highlights ==
[[file:Jones_88.jpg|right|275px|thumb|<center>Jones after winning a bout at the 1988 Olympics</center>]]
*Record: 121-13
*1986 National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champion (defeated [[Victor Levine]] in the final)
*1986 Goodwill Games Light Welterweight Bronze Medalist in Moscow, Russia (lost a 4-1 decision to [[Igor Ruzhnikov]])
*1987 National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Champion
*1987 Junior World Championships (lost a 4-1 decision to light middleweight [[Andy Liebing]])
*1988 National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Bronze Medalist (lost a decision to [[Gerald McClellan]])
*1988 U.S. Olympic Trials (defeated [[Frankie Liles]] twice to become the U.S. Olympic light middleweight representative)
*Light Middleweight Silver Medalist for the United States at the 1988 [[Olympics]] in Seoul, South Korea

'''Olympic Results'''
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[M'tendere Makalamba]] (Malawi) RSC 1
*Defeated [[Michal Franek]] (Czechoslovakia) 5-0
*Defeated [[Evgeni Zaytsev]] (Soviet Union) 5-0 ''(name also given as Alexander Zaitsev by some sources)''
*Defeated [[Richie Woodhall]] (Great Britain) 5-0
*Lost to [[Park Si-Hun]] (South Korea) 3-2
*Awarded the [[Val Barker]] Trophy as the best boxer of the Olympics

The loss to Park Si-Hun was very controversial. Many believe it was revenge for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where 36 of the 37 decisions went to U.S. boxers. 
The controversy from the Jones-Park bout led to a change in Olympic boxing scoring.
[[File:Jones-Park2.jpg|right|350px|thumb|<center>Park Si-Hun being awarded the win over Jones</center>]]
*'''First Round'''
**Jones: 20 of 85
**Park: 3 of 38
*'''Second Round
**Jones: 30 of 98
**Park: 15 of 71
*'''Third Round'''
**Jones: 36 of 120
**Park: 14 of 79
*'''Total'''
**Jones: 86 of 303
**Park: 32 of 188

== Awards & Recognition ==
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] by [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring]] in 1994.
*Ranked as the [[:Image:Sc00064da5.jpg|#1 Pound-for-Pound Boxer of All-Time]] in the Nov./Dec. 1997 issue of [[Boxing Illustrated|''International Boxing Digest'']].
*His victory on [[Roy Jones Jr. vs. Virgil Hill|April 25, 1998]] over [[Virgil Hill]] was named ''The Ring'' [[Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year|Knockout of the Year]].
*Voted [[:Image:Jonesdecade.jpg|Fighter of the Decade]] for the 1990s by the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]].
*Named [[WBHOF: Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] by the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2003.
*Roy Jones Jr. ranked 92nd of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.[http://thekingmaker.me/boxing-rankings/]

== Career Factoids ==
*Has a record of 22-3 (14 KO) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 18-8 (8 KO) against former or current world titlists.
**Won against [[Jorge Vaca]], [[Jorge Fernando Castro]], [[Bernard Hopkins]], [[Thulani Malinga]], [[James Toney]], [[Vinny Pazienza]], [[Eric Lucas]], [[Mike McCallum]], [[Montell Griffin]], [[Virgil Hill]], [[Lou Del Valle]], [[Otis Grant]], [[Reggie Johnson]], [[Julio Cesar Gonzalez]], [[Clinton Woods]], [[John Ruiz]], [[Antonio Tarver]], [[Felix Trinidad]], [[Jeff Lacy]]
**Lost against [[Montell Griffin]], [[Antonio Tarver]] (2x), [[Glen Johnson]], [[Joe Calzaghe]], [[Danny Green]], [[Bernard Hopkins]], [[Denis Lebedev]]

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*[[WBC]] Continental Americas Super Middleweight Title (1992)
*[[IBO]] Light Heavyweight Title (2000)
*[[National Boxing Association II|NBA]] Light Heavyweight Title (2001)
*[[WBF]] Light Heavyweight Title (2001)
*[[IBA]] Light Heavyweight Title (2001)
*[[WBO]] [[NABO]] Light Heavyweight Title (2006)
*[[IBC]] Light Heavyweight Title (2007)

== Biography ==
[[file:Jones_belts.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Jones with his many championship belts]]

Roy Jones Jr. is a man who defies definition: a six-time world champion boxer in four different weight classes, a boxing promoter, a minor league professional basketball player, a recording artist, a music manager, and a television and motion picture actor. In short, Roy Jones Jr. is a renaissance man for his era and a legend for eras to come.

=== Amateur Career ===
Jones had his first amateur bout in 1979 at the age of 10. He was outweighed by 69 pounds, but gave his opponent a sound beating. Jones went on to win two National Golden Gloves titles and 121 of 134 amateur bouts.

The pinnacle of Jones's amateur career was the 1988 Seoul Olympics. After a first round bye, Jones dominated his next four opponents to reach the light middleweight final, where he was matched against [[Park Si-Hun]] of South Korea. Jones put on a dazzling display against Park and clearly won all three rounds. Before the decision was announced, [[Ferdie Pacheco]], who was doing commentary for NBC, said, "If Roy loses here, there's something rotten in Korea." People were stunned when Park was awarded a 3-2 decision and the Olympic Gold Medal.

"It was a terrible thing," said Hiouad Larbi of Morocco, one of the judges who voted for Park. "The American won easily: so easily, in fact, that I was positive my four fellow judges would score the fight for the American by a wide margin. So I voted for the Korean to make the score only 4-1 for the American and not embarrass the host country."

Despite the loss, Jones was awarded the Val Barker Trophy, given to the Games' outstanding boxer.

=== Professional Career ===
On May 6, 1989, fighting before a hometown crowd in Pensacola, Jones [[Fight:3427|stopped]] [[Ricky Randall]] in the second round. This time, when he stepped from the ring, instead of a medal, they handed him a check. "I loved fighting," Jones said. "I just figured it was time I started getting paid to do it."

His record grew quickly: four wins in 1989, seven in 1990, four more in 1991, and another five in 1992. Only one of his 20 victories went the distance. All but four of the wins came in Pensacola, a fact hammered by a small army of critics. Ignoring the cries for him to fight tougher opponents in larger arenas, Jones steadily honed the skills that would make him the best fighter in the world.

"I know where I am going and no one is going to hurry my getting there before I am ready," he told a small circle of friends. On the night of May 22, 1993, Jones fought for his first world title. By then, he had tested his tremendous skill against former world champion [[Jorge Vaca]] (49-8-1), future world champion [[Jorge Fernando Castro]] (70-3-2) and young prospect [[Glenn Thomas]] (24-0).

Jones fought [[Bernard Hopkins]], who had a 22-1 record, in Washington, D.C. for the vacant IBF middleweight championship. Jones boxed his way to a 12-round unanimous decision: all three judges scored the fight 116-112.

After three straight non-title fights, Jones made his [[Fight:8394|first title defense]] against [[Thomas Tate]], the #1 contender, on May 27, 1994. A left hook early in the second round sent Tate to the canvas. He rose on rubbery legs and his corner stopped the fight.

Jones's next [[James Toney vs. Roy Jones Jr.|fight]] came against unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion [[James Toney]] on Nov. 18, 1994. In a sensational display, Jones thoroughly outboxed the favored Toney and won by a lopsided unanimous decision. The highlight of the fight came in the third round. Jones taunted Toney by spreading his arms and sticking out his chin. When Toney copied the move, Jones quickly leaped forward with a left hook that sent Toney reeling against the ropes. The referee ruled that the ropes kept Toney from going down, and Jones was credited with an official knockdown.

On June 15, 1996, just a few hours before he [Fight:10718|defended]] his IBF super middleweight championship against [[Eric Lucas]], Jones spent 15 minutes playing for the Jacksonville Barracudas of the United States Basketball League. He scored six points.

Jones won every round, and Lucas's corner stopped the fight after the eleventh round. "He was a bit stubborn," said Jones of the Canadian, who would go on to become WBC super middleweight champion five years later. "That is the last time I do that. It was one long day."

After five defenses of the IBF super middleweight title, Jones moved up in weight and scored a [[Roy Jones Jr. vs. Mike McCallum|12-round unanimous decision]] over [[Mike McCallum]] to win the interim WBC light heavyweight championship. Shortly after the fight, Jones was elevated to full WBC light heavyweight champion.

On March 21, 1997, Jones defended the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title against [[Montell Griffin]] in Atlantic City. Leading on two of the three scorecards, Jones hurt Griffin with a right hand in the ninth, and Jones, anxious to finish him, hit Griffin twice after he took a knee. Jones was disqualified for the foul. It was Jones's first professional lost.

Jones's character and sense of fair play triggered the following response to his lawyer/adviser Fred Levin after the fight. "Get me the rematch. Do it now. I want it to be my next fight. Give him anything he wants. I don't care what it costs."

Revenge was swift and devastating. Jones regained his WBC belt with a first round thrashing of Griffin, decking him twice before mercifully ending it at the 2:31 mark.

"Losing that first fight to Griffin was nearly as disappointing as losing the Olympic Gold Medal," Jones said. "When I fought him the first time, I was just trying to beat him. When we fought the second time, I would not argue if people suggest that there was more than just winning on my mind."

Jones made eleven successful title defenses and unified the WBC, WBA, and IBF light heavyweight titles. As a unified champion, the WBA upgraded Jones to "Super Champion" in 2000.

On March 1, 2003, Jones left his mark firmly in boxing history by becoming the first former middleweight champ to win a heavyweight title since [[Bob Fitzsimmons]] turned the trick in 1897. Giving away almost 30 pounds to John Ruiz, Jones scored a remarkably easy [[John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr.|12-round decision]] to win the WBA heavyweight title. He won eight rounds on one scorecard, nine on a second and a ten on the third.

"I know what people are going to say, but there is nothing wrong with John Ruiz," said Jones. "Like a lot of other guys I fought, he was just slower than me. And I kind of out thought him."

"What's next?" a visitor asked the 34-year-old WBA heavyweight champion. "I'll think of something," said Jones with a wide grin.

Following the win over Ruiz, [[Antonio Tarver]], who was seated along with the media at the post-fight press conference, called Jones out. "I want my shot at history, Roy," he said. Jones obliged and return to the light heavyweight division for the fight, which took place on November 8, 2003 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jones packed on a lot of muscle when he moved up to heavyweight and had difficulty getting back down to 175 pounds. Jones, who was physically drained, had to dig down deep, arguably the deepest in his career, to win the last two rounds and pull out a disputed [[Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. (1st meeting)|12-round majority decision]]. Jones regained the WBC light heavyweight title and won the vacant WBA super title.

The two had a [[Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver (2nd meeting)|Jones-Tarver rematch]] on May 15, 2004, again at Mandalay Bay. The action was just starting to heat up when Tarver scored a knockdown midway through the second round. Jones got up just after the referee reached the count of 10 and waved the fight over. After the fight, Roy said, "There ain't no excuses on my part. I come out and do what I do. Guys always get up to fight Roy Jones. It happens like that. I'm a warrior, and I'm going to fight. It happens to the best of us."

Jones returned to the ring on September 25, 2004 and [[Glen Johnson vs. Roy Jones Jr.|challenged]] [[Glen Johnson]] for the IBF light heavyweight title in Memphis, Tennessee. Johnson kept Jones on the ropes for most of the fight and brutally knocked him out in the ninth round. Jones was down for several minutes.

Many felt that Jones should retire after the back-to-back knockout losses, but he continued to fight. After defeating John Ruiz to win a world heavyweight title, arguably the high point of his career, Jones would go 8-7 in his next 15 fights.

=== Life Outside of Boxing ===
Jones has many interest outside of boxing, such as basketball, fishing, hunting, music, and raising his beloved fighting cocks.

Jones raps, and several of is own recordings, including ''The Album: Round One'', have been distributed under his own "Body Heat Entertainment" label. He also manages several talented groups.

Jones also acts. He has had parts in ''The Sentinel'', ''Living Single'', ''Watcher'', ''In Living Color'', ''Married With Children'', ''Dateline'', ''Arliss'', ''The Wayans Brothers'' and such films as ''The Devil's Advocate'', ''New Jersey Turnpikes'', and the final two films of ''The Matrix'' trilogy, recently completed in Australia. Jones also appears on the new video game based on ''The Matrix''. Jones also had his own video game ''Knock Out Kings'', from EA Sports.

With all of that, Jones, a proud father of three sons, still finds the time to devote many hours speaking to America's youth on the value of education and the perils of drugs. He has also been an advocate of boxing reform and has testified at U.S. Senate hearings on behalf of his fellow boxers.

"When you have been blessed as I have been," said Jones, "you have to give something back. If some day I find that I have turned around the life of some troubled young man or woman, I will accept that as an award as great as any I have ever received."

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{{Succession box|
before=[[James Toney]] Vacated|
title=[[IBF Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Bernard Hopkins]]|
years=1993 May 22 – 1994 Nov 18 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[James Toney]]|
title=[[IBF Super Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Charles Brewer]]|
years=1994 Nov 18 – 1996 Nov 22 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Fabrice Tiozzo]] Vacated|
title=[[WBC Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Montell Griffin]]|
years=1997 Mar – 1997 Mar 21
}}
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before=[[Montell Griffin]]|
title=[[WBC Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Tarver]]|
years=1997 Aug 7 – 2003 Mar 1 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Lou Del Valle]]|
title=[[WBA Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Bruno Girard]] Regular Champion|
years=1998 Jul 18 – 2000 '''Upgraded to Super Champion''' 2000 – 2003 '''Super Champion Vacated'''
}}
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before=[[Reggie Johnson]]|
title=[[IBF Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Tarver]]|
years=1999 Jun 5 – 2003 Mar 1 '''Vacated'''
}}
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before=[[John Ruiz]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[John Ruiz]]|
years=2003 Mar 1 – 2004 Feb 20 '''Vacated'''
}}
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before=—|
title=[[WBA Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Tarver]] Super Champion|
years=2003 Nov 8 – 2004 May 15 '''Super Champion'''
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title=[[WBC Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Tarver]]|
years=2003 Nov 8 – 2004 May 15
}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones Jr., Roy}}
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[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:1988 Olympians]]
[[Category:American Olympians]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Super Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Four Division World Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:NABO Light Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Promoters]]
[[Category:Actors]]

Roy Jones Jr.

2014-04-10T23:56:34Z

Matthamilton82: /* Career Factoids */

[[File:RoyJones otr152.jpg|left]]
<boxer>001758</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Roy Jones Sr.]], [[Alton Merkerson]] 
'''Managers:''' [[Fred Levin]], [[Stanley Levin]], and himself 
'''[[:Category:Roy Jones Jr. Gallery|Roy Jones Jr. Gallery]] 
 

== Amateur Highlights ==
[[file:Jones_88.jpg|right|275px|thumb|<center>Jones after winning a bout at the 1988 Olympics</center>]]
*Record: 121-13
*1986 National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champion (defeated [[Victor Levine]] in the final)
*1986 Goodwill Games Light Welterweight Bronze Medalist in Moscow, Russia (lost a 4-1 decision to [[Igor Ruzhnikov]])
*1987 National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Champion
*1987 Junior World Championships (lost a 4-1 decision to light middleweight [[Andy Liebing]])
*1988 National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Bronze Medalist (lost a decision to [[Gerald McClellan]])
*1988 U.S. Olympic Trials (defeated [[Frankie Liles]] twice to become the U.S. Olympic light middleweight representative)
*Light Middleweight Silver Medalist for the United States at the 1988 [[Olympics]] in Seoul, South Korea

'''Olympic Results'''
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[M'tendere Makalamba]] (Malawi) RSC 1
*Defeated [[Michal Franek]] (Czechoslovakia) 5-0
*Defeated [[Evgeni Zaytsev]] (Soviet Union) 5-0 ''(name also given as Alexander Zaitsev by some sources)''
*Defeated [[Richie Woodhall]] (Great Britain) 5-0
*Lost to [[Park Si-Hun]] (South Korea) 3-2
*Awarded the [[Val Barker]] Trophy as the best boxer of the Olympics

The loss to Park Si-Hun was very controversial. Many believe it was revenge for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where 36 of the 37 decisions went to U.S. boxers. 
The controversy from the Jones-Park bout led to a change in Olympic boxing scoring.
[[File:Jones-Park2.jpg|right|350px|thumb|<center>Park Si-Hun being awarded the win over Jones</center>]]
*'''First Round'''
**Jones: 20 of 85
**Park: 3 of 38
*'''Second Round
**Jones: 30 of 98
**Park: 15 of 71
*'''Third Round'''
**Jones: 36 of 120
**Park: 14 of 79
*'''Total'''
**Jones: 86 of 303
**Park: 32 of 188

== Awards & Recognition ==
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] by [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring]] in 1994.
*Ranked as the [[:Image:Sc00064da5.jpg|#1 Pound-for-Pound Boxer of All-Time]] in the Nov./Dec. 1997 issue of [[Boxing Illustrated|''International Boxing Digest'']].
*His victory on [[Roy Jones Jr. vs. Virgil Hill|April 25, 1998]] over [[Virgil Hill]] was named ''The Ring'' [[Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year|Knockout of the Year]].
*Voted [[:Image:Jonesdecade.jpg|Fighter of the Decade]] for the 1990s by the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]].
*Named [[WBHOF: Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] by the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2003.

== Career Factoids ==
*Has a record of 22-3 (14 KO) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 18-8 (8 KO) against former or current world titlists.
**Won against [[Jorge Vaca]], [[Jorge Fernando Castro]], [[Bernard Hopkins]], [[Thulani Malinga]], [[James Toney]], [[Vinny Pazienza]], [[Eric Lucas]], [[Mike McCallum]], [[Montell Griffin]], [[Virgil Hill]], [[Lou Del Valle]], [[Otis Grant]], [[Reggie Johnson]], [[Julio Cesar Gonzalez]], [[Clinton Woods]], [[John Ruiz]], [[Antonio Tarver]], [[Felix Trinidad]], [[Jeff Lacy]]
**Lost against [[Montell Griffin]], [[Antonio Tarver]] (2x), [[Glen Johnson]], [[Joe Calzaghe]], [[Danny Green]], [[Bernard Hopkins]], [[Denis Lebedev]]

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*[[WBC]] Continental Americas Super Middleweight Title (1992)
*[[IBO]] Light Heavyweight Title (2000)
*[[National Boxing Association II|NBA]] Light Heavyweight Title (2001)
*[[WBF]] Light Heavyweight Title (2001)
*[[IBA]] Light Heavyweight Title (2001)
*[[WBO]] [[NABO]] Light Heavyweight Title (2006)
*[[IBC]] Light Heavyweight Title (2007)

== Biography ==
[[file:Jones_belts.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Jones with his many championship belts]]

Roy Jones Jr. is a man who defies definition: a six-time world champion boxer in four different weight classes, a boxing promoter, a minor league professional basketball player, a recording artist, a music manager, and a television and motion picture actor. In short, Roy Jones Jr. is a renaissance man for his era and a legend for eras to come.

=== Amateur Career ===
Jones had his first amateur bout in 1979 at the age of 10. He was outweighed by 69 pounds, but gave his opponent a sound beating. Jones went on to win two National Golden Gloves titles and 121 of 134 amateur bouts.

The pinnacle of Jones's amateur career was the 1988 Seoul Olympics. After a first round bye, Jones dominated his next four opponents to reach the light middleweight final, where he was matched against [[Park Si-Hun]] of South Korea. Jones put on a dazzling display against Park and clearly won all three rounds. Before the decision was announced, [[Ferdie Pacheco]], who was doing commentary for NBC, said, "If Roy loses here, there's something rotten in Korea." People were stunned when Park was awarded a 3-2 decision and the Olympic Gold Medal.

"It was a terrible thing," said Hiouad Larbi of Morocco, one of the judges who voted for Park. "The American won easily: so easily, in fact, that I was positive my four fellow judges would score the fight for the American by a wide margin. So I voted for the Korean to make the score only 4-1 for the American and not embarrass the host country."

Despite the loss, Jones was awarded the Val Barker Trophy, given to the Games' outstanding boxer.

=== Professional Career ===
On May 6, 1989, fighting before a hometown crowd in Pensacola, Jones [[Fight:3427|stopped]] [[Ricky Randall]] in the second round. This time, when he stepped from the ring, instead of a medal, they handed him a check. "I loved fighting," Jones said. "I just figured it was time I started getting paid to do it."

His record grew quickly: four wins in 1989, seven in 1990, four more in 1991, and another five in 1992. Only one of his 20 victories went the distance. All but four of the wins came in Pensacola, a fact hammered by a small army of critics. Ignoring the cries for him to fight tougher opponents in larger arenas, Jones steadily honed the skills that would make him the best fighter in the world.

"I know where I am going and no one is going to hurry my getting there before I am ready," he told a small circle of friends. On the night of May 22, 1993, Jones fought for his first world title. By then, he had tested his tremendous skill against former world champion [[Jorge Vaca]] (49-8-1), future world champion [[Jorge Fernando Castro]] (70-3-2) and young prospect [[Glenn Thomas]] (24-0).

Jones fought [[Bernard Hopkins]], who had a 22-1 record, in Washington, D.C. for the vacant IBF middleweight championship. Jones boxed his way to a 12-round unanimous decision: all three judges scored the fight 116-112.

After three straight non-title fights, Jones made his [[Fight:8394|first title defense]] against [[Thomas Tate]], the #1 contender, on May 27, 1994. A left hook early in the second round sent Tate to the canvas. He rose on rubbery legs and his corner stopped the fight.

Jones's next [[James Toney vs. Roy Jones Jr.|fight]] came against unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion [[James Toney]] on Nov. 18, 1994. In a sensational display, Jones thoroughly outboxed the favored Toney and won by a lopsided unanimous decision. The highlight of the fight came in the third round. Jones taunted Toney by spreading his arms and sticking out his chin. When Toney copied the move, Jones quickly leaped forward with a left hook that sent Toney reeling against the ropes. The referee ruled that the ropes kept Toney from going down, and Jones was credited with an official knockdown.

On June 15, 1996, just a few hours before he [Fight:10718|defended]] his IBF super middleweight championship against [[Eric Lucas]], Jones spent 15 minutes playing for the Jacksonville Barracudas of the United States Basketball League. He scored six points.

Jones won every round, and Lucas's corner stopped the fight after the eleventh round. "He was a bit stubborn," said Jones of the Canadian, who would go on to become WBC super middleweight champion five years later. "That is the last time I do that. It was one long day."

After five defenses of the IBF super middleweight title, Jones moved up in weight and scored a [[Roy Jones Jr. vs. Mike McCallum|12-round unanimous decision]] over [[Mike McCallum]] to win the interim WBC light heavyweight championship. Shortly after the fight, Jones was elevated to full WBC light heavyweight champion.

On March 21, 1997, Jones defended the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title against [[Montell Griffin]] in Atlantic City. Leading on two of the three scorecards, Jones hurt Griffin with a right hand in the ninth, and Jones, anxious to finish him, hit Griffin twice after he took a knee. Jones was disqualified for the foul. It was Jones's first professional lost.

Jones's character and sense of fair play triggered the following response to his lawyer/adviser Fred Levin after the fight. "Get me the rematch. Do it now. I want it to be my next fight. Give him anything he wants. I don't care what it costs."

Revenge was swift and devastating. Jones regained his WBC belt with a first round thrashing of Griffin, decking him twice before mercifully ending it at the 2:31 mark.

"Losing that first fight to Griffin was nearly as disappointing as losing the Olympic Gold Medal," Jones said. "When I fought him the first time, I was just trying to beat him. When we fought the second time, I would not argue if people suggest that there was more than just winning on my mind."

Jones made eleven successful title defenses and unified the WBC, WBA, and IBF light heavyweight titles. As a unified champion, the WBA upgraded Jones to "Super Champion" in 2000.

On March 1, 2003, Jones left his mark firmly in boxing history by becoming the first former middleweight champ to win a heavyweight title since [[Bob Fitzsimmons]] turned the trick in 1897. Giving away almost 30 pounds to John Ruiz, Jones scored a remarkably easy [[John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr.|12-round decision]] to win the WBA heavyweight title. He won eight rounds on one scorecard, nine on a second and a ten on the third.

"I know what people are going to say, but there is nothing wrong with John Ruiz," said Jones. "Like a lot of other guys I fought, he was just slower than me. And I kind of out thought him."

"What's next?" a visitor asked the 34-year-old WBA heavyweight champion. "I'll think of something," said Jones with a wide grin.

Following the win over Ruiz, [[Antonio Tarver]], who was seated along with the media at the post-fight press conference, called Jones out. "I want my shot at history, Roy," he said. Jones obliged and return to the light heavyweight division for the fight, which took place on November 8, 2003 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jones packed on a lot of muscle when he moved up to heavyweight and had difficulty getting back down to 175 pounds. Jones, who was physically drained, had to dig down deep, arguably the deepest in his career, to win the last two rounds and pull out a disputed [[Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. (1st meeting)|12-round majority decision]]. Jones regained the WBC light heavyweight title and won the vacant WBA super title.

The two had a [[Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver (2nd meeting)|Jones-Tarver rematch]] on May 15, 2004, again at Mandalay Bay. The action was just starting to heat up when Tarver scored a knockdown midway through the second round. Jones got up just after the referee reached the count of 10 and waved the fight over. After the fight, Roy said, "There ain't no excuses on my part. I come out and do what I do. Guys always get up to fight Roy Jones. It happens like that. I'm a warrior, and I'm going to fight. It happens to the best of us."

Jones returned to the ring on September 25, 2004 and [[Glen Johnson vs. Roy Jones Jr.|challenged]] [[Glen Johnson]] for the IBF light heavyweight title in Memphis, Tennessee. Johnson kept Jones on the ropes for most of the fight and brutally knocked him out in the ninth round. Jones was down for several minutes.

Many felt that Jones should retire after the back-to-back knockout losses, but he continued to fight. After defeating John Ruiz to win a world heavyweight title, arguably the high point of his career, Jones would go 8-7 in his next 15 fights.

=== Life Outside of Boxing ===
Jones has many interest outside of boxing, such as basketball, fishing, hunting, music, and raising his beloved fighting cocks.

Jones raps, and several of is own recordings, including ''The Album: Round One'', have been distributed under his own "Body Heat Entertainment" label. He also manages several talented groups.

Jones also acts. He has had parts in ''The Sentinel'', ''Living Single'', ''Watcher'', ''In Living Color'', ''Married With Children'', ''Dateline'', ''Arliss'', ''The Wayans Brothers'' and such films as ''The Devil's Advocate'', ''New Jersey Turnpikes'', and the final two films of ''The Matrix'' trilogy, recently completed in Australia. Jones also appears on the new video game based on ''The Matrix''. Jones also had his own video game ''Knock Out Kings'', from EA Sports.

With all of that, Jones, a proud father of three sons, still finds the time to devote many hours speaking to America's youth on the value of education and the perils of drugs. He has also been an advocate of boxing reform and has testified at U.S. Senate hearings on behalf of his fellow boxers.

"When you have been blessed as I have been," said Jones, "you have to give something back. If some day I find that I have turned around the life of some troubled young man or woman, I will accept that as an award as great as any I have ever received."

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[James Toney]] Vacated|
title=[[IBF Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Bernard Hopkins]]|
years=1993 May 22 – 1994 Nov 18 '''Vacated'''
}}
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before=[[James Toney]]|
title=[[IBF Super Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Charles Brewer]]|
years=1994 Nov 18 – 1996 Nov 22 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Fabrice Tiozzo]] Vacated|
title=[[WBC Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Montell Griffin]]|
years=1997 Mar – 1997 Mar 21
}}
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before=[[Montell Griffin]]|
title=[[WBC Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Tarver]]|
years=1997 Aug 7 – 2003 Mar 1 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Lou Del Valle]]|
title=[[WBA Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Bruno Girard]] Regular Champion|
years=1998 Jul 18 – 2000 '''Upgraded to Super Champion''' 2000 – 2003 '''Super Champion Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Reggie Johnson]]|
title=[[IBF Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Tarver]]|
years=1999 Jun 5 – 2003 Mar 1 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[John Ruiz]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[John Ruiz]]|
years=2003 Mar 1 – 2004 Feb 20 '''Vacated'''
}}
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before=—|
title=[[WBA Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Tarver]] Super Champion|
years=2003 Nov 8 – 2004 May 15 '''Super Champion'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Antonio Tarver]]|
title=[[WBC Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Tarver]]|
years=2003 Nov 8 – 2004 May 15
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones Jr., Roy}}
[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:1988 Olympians]]
[[Category:American Olympians]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Super Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Four Division World Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:NABO Light Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Promoters]]
[[Category:Actors]]

Roy Jones Jr.

2014-04-10T23:56:10Z

Matthamilton82: /* Career Factoids */

[[File:RoyJones otr152.jpg|left]]
<boxer>001758</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Roy Jones Sr.]], [[Alton Merkerson]] 
'''Managers:''' [[Fred Levin]], [[Stanley Levin]], and himself 
'''[[:Category:Roy Jones Jr. Gallery|Roy Jones Jr. Gallery]] 
 

== Amateur Highlights ==
[[file:Jones_88.jpg|right|275px|thumb|<center>Jones after winning a bout at the 1988 Olympics</center>]]
*Record: 121-13
*1986 National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champion (defeated [[Victor Levine]] in the final)
*1986 Goodwill Games Light Welterweight Bronze Medalist in Moscow, Russia (lost a 4-1 decision to [[Igor Ruzhnikov]])
*1987 National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Champion
*1987 Junior World Championships (lost a 4-1 decision to light middleweight [[Andy Liebing]])
*1988 National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Bronze Medalist (lost a decision to [[Gerald McClellan]])
*1988 U.S. Olympic Trials (defeated [[Frankie Liles]] twice to become the U.S. Olympic light middleweight representative)
*Light Middleweight Silver Medalist for the United States at the 1988 [[Olympics]] in Seoul, South Korea

'''Olympic Results'''
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[M'tendere Makalamba]] (Malawi) RSC 1
*Defeated [[Michal Franek]] (Czechoslovakia) 5-0
*Defeated [[Evgeni Zaytsev]] (Soviet Union) 5-0 ''(name also given as Alexander Zaitsev by some sources)''
*Defeated [[Richie Woodhall]] (Great Britain) 5-0
*Lost to [[Park Si-Hun]] (South Korea) 3-2
*Awarded the [[Val Barker]] Trophy as the best boxer of the Olympics

The loss to Park Si-Hun was very controversial. Many believe it was revenge for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where 36 of the 37 decisions went to U.S. boxers. 
The controversy from the Jones-Park bout led to a change in Olympic boxing scoring.
[[File:Jones-Park2.jpg|right|350px|thumb|<center>Park Si-Hun being awarded the win over Jones</center>]]
*'''First Round'''
**Jones: 20 of 85
**Park: 3 of 38
*'''Second Round
**Jones: 30 of 98
**Park: 15 of 71
*'''Third Round'''
**Jones: 36 of 120
**Park: 14 of 79
*'''Total'''
**Jones: 86 of 303
**Park: 32 of 188

== Awards & Recognition ==
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] by [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring]] in 1994.
*Ranked as the [[:Image:Sc00064da5.jpg|#1 Pound-for-Pound Boxer of All-Time]] in the Nov./Dec. 1997 issue of [[Boxing Illustrated|''International Boxing Digest'']].
*His victory on [[Roy Jones Jr. vs. Virgil Hill|April 25, 1998]] over [[Virgil Hill]] was named ''The Ring'' [[Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year|Knockout of the Year]].
*Voted [[:Image:Jonesdecade.jpg|Fighter of the Decade]] for the 1990s by the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]].
*Named [[WBHOF: Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] by the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2003.

== Career Factoids ==
*Has a record of 22-3 (14 KO) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 18-8 (8 KO) against former or current world titlists.
**Won against [[Jorge Vaca]], [[Jorge Fernando Castro]], [[Bernard Hopkins]], [[Thulani Malinga]], [[James Toney]], [[Vinny Pazienza]], [[Eric Lucas]], [[Mike McCallum]], [[Montell Griffin]], [[Virgil Hill]], [[Lou Del Valle]], [[Otis Grant]], [[Reggie Johnson]], [[Julio Cesar Gonzalez]], [[Clinton Woods]], [[John Ruiz]], [[Antonio Tarver]], [[Felix Trinidad]], [[Jeff Lacy]]
**Lost against [[Montell Griffin]], [[Antonio Tarver]] (2x), [[Glen Johnson]], [[Joe Calzaghe]], [[Danny Green]], [[Bernard Hopkins]], [[Denis Lebedev]]
*Roy Jones Jr. ranked 92nd of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.[http://thekingmaker.me/boxing-rankings/]

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*[[WBC]] Continental Americas Super Middleweight Title (1992)
*[[IBO]] Light Heavyweight Title (2000)
*[[National Boxing Association II|NBA]] Light Heavyweight Title (2001)
*[[WBF]] Light Heavyweight Title (2001)
*[[IBA]] Light Heavyweight Title (2001)
*[[WBO]] [[NABO]] Light Heavyweight Title (2006)
*[[IBC]] Light Heavyweight Title (2007)

== Biography ==
[[file:Jones_belts.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Jones with his many championship belts]]

Roy Jones Jr. is a man who defies definition: a six-time world champion boxer in four different weight classes, a boxing promoter, a minor league professional basketball player, a recording artist, a music manager, and a television and motion picture actor. In short, Roy Jones Jr. is a renaissance man for his era and a legend for eras to come.

=== Amateur Career ===
Jones had his first amateur bout in 1979 at the age of 10. He was outweighed by 69 pounds, but gave his opponent a sound beating. Jones went on to win two National Golden Gloves titles and 121 of 134 amateur bouts.

The pinnacle of Jones's amateur career was the 1988 Seoul Olympics. After a first round bye, Jones dominated his next four opponents to reach the light middleweight final, where he was matched against [[Park Si-Hun]] of South Korea. Jones put on a dazzling display against Park and clearly won all three rounds. Before the decision was announced, [[Ferdie Pacheco]], who was doing commentary for NBC, said, "If Roy loses here, there's something rotten in Korea." People were stunned when Park was awarded a 3-2 decision and the Olympic Gold Medal.

"It was a terrible thing," said Hiouad Larbi of Morocco, one of the judges who voted for Park. "The American won easily: so easily, in fact, that I was positive my four fellow judges would score the fight for the American by a wide margin. So I voted for the Korean to make the score only 4-1 for the American and not embarrass the host country."

Despite the loss, Jones was awarded the Val Barker Trophy, given to the Games' outstanding boxer.

=== Professional Career ===
On May 6, 1989, fighting before a hometown crowd in Pensacola, Jones [[Fight:3427|stopped]] [[Ricky Randall]] in the second round. This time, when he stepped from the ring, instead of a medal, they handed him a check. "I loved fighting," Jones said. "I just figured it was time I started getting paid to do it."

His record grew quickly: four wins in 1989, seven in 1990, four more in 1991, and another five in 1992. Only one of his 20 victories went the distance. All but four of the wins came in Pensacola, a fact hammered by a small army of critics. Ignoring the cries for him to fight tougher opponents in larger arenas, Jones steadily honed the skills that would make him the best fighter in the world.

"I know where I am going and no one is going to hurry my getting there before I am ready," he told a small circle of friends. On the night of May 22, 1993, Jones fought for his first world title. By then, he had tested his tremendous skill against former world champion [[Jorge Vaca]] (49-8-1), future world champion [[Jorge Fernando Castro]] (70-3-2) and young prospect [[Glenn Thomas]] (24-0).

Jones fought [[Bernard Hopkins]], who had a 22-1 record, in Washington, D.C. for the vacant IBF middleweight championship. Jones boxed his way to a 12-round unanimous decision: all three judges scored the fight 116-112.

After three straight non-title fights, Jones made his [[Fight:8394|first title defense]] against [[Thomas Tate]], the #1 contender, on May 27, 1994. A left hook early in the second round sent Tate to the canvas. He rose on rubbery legs and his corner stopped the fight.

Jones's next [[James Toney vs. Roy Jones Jr.|fight]] came against unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion [[James Toney]] on Nov. 18, 1994. In a sensational display, Jones thoroughly outboxed the favored Toney and won by a lopsided unanimous decision. The highlight of the fight came in the third round. Jones taunted Toney by spreading his arms and sticking out his chin. When Toney copied the move, Jones quickly leaped forward with a left hook that sent Toney reeling against the ropes. The referee ruled that the ropes kept Toney from going down, and Jones was credited with an official knockdown.

On June 15, 1996, just a few hours before he [Fight:10718|defended]] his IBF super middleweight championship against [[Eric Lucas]], Jones spent 15 minutes playing for the Jacksonville Barracudas of the United States Basketball League. He scored six points.

Jones won every round, and Lucas's corner stopped the fight after the eleventh round. "He was a bit stubborn," said Jones of the Canadian, who would go on to become WBC super middleweight champion five years later. "That is the last time I do that. It was one long day."

After five defenses of the IBF super middleweight title, Jones moved up in weight and scored a [[Roy Jones Jr. vs. Mike McCallum|12-round unanimous decision]] over [[Mike McCallum]] to win the interim WBC light heavyweight championship. Shortly after the fight, Jones was elevated to full WBC light heavyweight champion.

On March 21, 1997, Jones defended the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title against [[Montell Griffin]] in Atlantic City. Leading on two of the three scorecards, Jones hurt Griffin with a right hand in the ninth, and Jones, anxious to finish him, hit Griffin twice after he took a knee. Jones was disqualified for the foul. It was Jones's first professional lost.

Jones's character and sense of fair play triggered the following response to his lawyer/adviser Fred Levin after the fight. "Get me the rematch. Do it now. I want it to be my next fight. Give him anything he wants. I don't care what it costs."

Revenge was swift and devastating. Jones regained his WBC belt with a first round thrashing of Griffin, decking him twice before mercifully ending it at the 2:31 mark.

"Losing that first fight to Griffin was nearly as disappointing as losing the Olympic Gold Medal," Jones said. "When I fought him the first time, I was just trying to beat him. When we fought the second time, I would not argue if people suggest that there was more than just winning on my mind."

Jones made eleven successful title defenses and unified the WBC, WBA, and IBF light heavyweight titles. As a unified champion, the WBA upgraded Jones to "Super Champion" in 2000.

On March 1, 2003, Jones left his mark firmly in boxing history by becoming the first former middleweight champ to win a heavyweight title since [[Bob Fitzsimmons]] turned the trick in 1897. Giving away almost 30 pounds to John Ruiz, Jones scored a remarkably easy [[John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr.|12-round decision]] to win the WBA heavyweight title. He won eight rounds on one scorecard, nine on a second and a ten on the third.

"I know what people are going to say, but there is nothing wrong with John Ruiz," said Jones. "Like a lot of other guys I fought, he was just slower than me. And I kind of out thought him."

"What's next?" a visitor asked the 34-year-old WBA heavyweight champion. "I'll think of something," said Jones with a wide grin.

Following the win over Ruiz, [[Antonio Tarver]], who was seated along with the media at the post-fight press conference, called Jones out. "I want my shot at history, Roy," he said. Jones obliged and return to the light heavyweight division for the fight, which took place on November 8, 2003 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jones packed on a lot of muscle when he moved up to heavyweight and had difficulty getting back down to 175 pounds. Jones, who was physically drained, had to dig down deep, arguably the deepest in his career, to win the last two rounds and pull out a disputed [[Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. (1st meeting)|12-round majority decision]]. Jones regained the WBC light heavyweight title and won the vacant WBA super title.

The two had a [[Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver (2nd meeting)|Jones-Tarver rematch]] on May 15, 2004, again at Mandalay Bay. The action was just starting to heat up when Tarver scored a knockdown midway through the second round. Jones got up just after the referee reached the count of 10 and waved the fight over. After the fight, Roy said, "There ain't no excuses on my part. I come out and do what I do. Guys always get up to fight Roy Jones. It happens like that. I'm a warrior, and I'm going to fight. It happens to the best of us."

Jones returned to the ring on September 25, 2004 and [[Glen Johnson vs. Roy Jones Jr.|challenged]] [[Glen Johnson]] for the IBF light heavyweight title in Memphis, Tennessee. Johnson kept Jones on the ropes for most of the fight and brutally knocked him out in the ninth round. Jones was down for several minutes.

Many felt that Jones should retire after the back-to-back knockout losses, but he continued to fight. After defeating John Ruiz to win a world heavyweight title, arguably the high point of his career, Jones would go 8-7 in his next 15 fights.

=== Life Outside of Boxing ===
Jones has many interest outside of boxing, such as basketball, fishing, hunting, music, and raising his beloved fighting cocks.

Jones raps, and several of is own recordings, including ''The Album: Round One'', have been distributed under his own "Body Heat Entertainment" label. He also manages several talented groups.

Jones also acts. He has had parts in ''The Sentinel'', ''Living Single'', ''Watcher'', ''In Living Color'', ''Married With Children'', ''Dateline'', ''Arliss'', ''The Wayans Brothers'' and such films as ''The Devil's Advocate'', ''New Jersey Turnpikes'', and the final two films of ''The Matrix'' trilogy, recently completed in Australia. Jones also appears on the new video game based on ''The Matrix''. Jones also had his own video game ''Knock Out Kings'', from EA Sports.

With all of that, Jones, a proud father of three sons, still finds the time to devote many hours speaking to America's youth on the value of education and the perils of drugs. He has also been an advocate of boxing reform and has testified at U.S. Senate hearings on behalf of his fellow boxers.

"When you have been blessed as I have been," said Jones, "you have to give something back. If some day I find that I have turned around the life of some troubled young man or woman, I will accept that as an award as great as any I have ever received."

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Randy Turpin

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Matthamilton82:

[[file:Turpin.Randy.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Randy Turpin]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2001 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/turpin.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>013106</boxer>
'''Trainer:''' [[Dick Turpin]] 
'''Managers:''' [[George Middleton]], [[Lew Burston]] 
'''[[:Image:Turpin46.jpeg|Photo #1]]

 
== Biography ==
The following is from the [http://www.geocities.com/randyturpin2866 Randolph Turpin Site]:

Randolph Adolphus Turpin was born in Leamington on 7th June 1928, the son of Lionel Fitzherbert Turpin and Beatrice Whitehouse. Lionel was the first black man in Leamington, after emigrating from British Guiana. Beatrice was white, a local girl whose father, Tommy Whitehouse, was a bare-knuckle fighter. Randy was the youngest of five children--his siblings being Dick, Joan, Jackie and Kathy. Randy was forced to overcome problems from an early age. Three months after his birth his father died--this was due to being gassed on the Somme in the First World War, an injury from which he never recovered. As a three year-old Randy he contracted double-pneumonia, from which he amost died. On another occasion, whilst swimming in a river, he was trapped underwater by weeds. This made him partially deaf for the rest of his life.

Boxing was in the family, and Randy's elder brother Dick turned professional when Randy was nine years old. Randy joined the Leamington boys club, which was run by John 'Gerry' Gibbs, a police inspector, who soon saw the promise in Randy. Starting at twelve, Randy had 100 amateur contests, winning 95. By 1943, aged 15, he had become the British junior 112lb champion. He won the junior 133lb championship in 1944, and the 147lb junior and senior championships in 1945. Also in 1945 he became the youngest ever [[ABA]] champion, and also the first black boxer to win an ABA title.

Randy chose to leave his job as a local builder and follow brother Jackie into the merchant navy. He became an assistant cook, but continued with boxing--winning the Navy championship, the Inter-Services Boxing Association title, and another ABA title. Randy's greatest amateur victory came in 1946 when fighting American [[Harold Anspach]]. It was widely thought that at seventeen years old, Randy would find Anspach too strong. He proved the doubters wrong by knocking out the American in 90 seconds, watched by a crowd of 10,000 people. Anspach would go on win the 1946 U.S Amateur Championship at 160lbs, a feat previously achieved by [[Ezzard Charles]] and [[Joey Maxim]]. Anspach turned professional shortly after fighting Randy, but wisely avoided another meeting between the pair.
[[file:rturpin.jpg|right|150px|Randy Turpin]]
In September 1946, Randy, along with brother Jackie, decided to join the professional ranks. They signed with [[George Middleton]], a local shop keeper, who was already managing brother Dick. Randy would use the nickname of "The Leamington Licker" as a professional, a name given to him during his school days for his ability to lick people twice his size. His career as a professional started brightly on September 17, 1946. He defeated [[Gordon Griffiths]] in less than two minutes, the referee stopping the bout. Randy fought and won fifteen times before being held to a draw by [[Mark Hart]], whom he had previously beaten.

Randy followed his first minor setback with two decisive first-round knockouts: over [[Freddie Price]] and [[Gerry McCready]]. He then scored his biggest victory to-date with a points victory over British Middleweight champion [[Vince Hawkins]]--although, at 19, he was not old enough to fight for the British title.

Randy had at this time separated from his first wife Mary Stack, with her accusing him of assault. The case was dismissed, although the troubles obviously affected Randy during a disappointing points defeat to [[Albert Finch]]. This would be the first in a series of personal crises, that would affect his performance in the ring. Randy outpointed [[Alby Hollister]] before giving possibly the worst performance of his career three months later against [[Jean Stock]]. On the day of the fight Randy was told that his wife had been given custody of their son. It is said that Randy told brother Dick in the dressing room that he did not feel like fighting and would not be suprised if he lost. Randy fought with no heart, and retired at the end of the fifth after being dropped several times.

Following these setbacks Randy took a five month break from boxing, his longest spell without a fight since his career began. He vowed to never lose again, and came back to boxing with a series of brilliant wins. These included avenging his loss to Albert Finch with a fifth round knockout, which saw him take the British Middleweight Title in the process. This victory was made ever more special for Randy, who had saw Finch defeat brother Dick for the title only months earlier. He would then take the European Middleweight Title with a 48-second knockout of Dutchman [[Luc van Dam]]. His success continued with another defeat avenged, this time over Jean Stock by knockout in round five, the same round in which he had lost some three years before. Three more knockout victories would follow, including the defeat of the highly rated [[Jan de Bruin]].

Randy, having now avenged both of his defeats and beaten some high calibre opposition, was handed a world title fight. His opponent the seemingly invincible [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], in Earls Court, London. Robinson was reaching the end of a European tour, which had seen him defeat a selection of hand-picked opponents. Throughout the tour Robinson had suffered numerous setbacks including Jan de Bruin walking from the ring, and a disqualification loss (which was later changed to a no-contest). Robinson arrived in Britain in an open-topped pink Cadillac, accompanied by 53 suitcases and an entourage of eight--including a hairdresser, odd-job man, and a midget whose job was to be a court jester.

Randy shocked the world by defeating Robinson, and instantly became a British hero. While many shock defeats have appeared over the years, they are almost always by a lucky punch. Randy's win was different; he out-boxed and out-fought the champion for the entire contest, leaving the result in no doubt. Sugar Ray acknowledged that he was soundly beaten with the quote. "You were real good. I have no alibis. I was beaten by a better man."

Robinson used a clause in the contract that guaranteed a re-match. The return fight was held in New York and drew 61,370 spectators, a record for middleweights. Randy fought just like he did in the first fight and was getting to his opponent. With a right-hand Randy split Robinson's left eye so badly the fight could have been stopped. Fearing the stoppage Robinson threw everything at Randy, landing first a right that floored him. Then a barrage of punches with Randy pinned to the ropes, with only 8 seconds of the round to go the fight was stopped. Randy's reign as Middleweight boxing king had ended in just 64 days. During his stay in New York Randy became friendly with a black girl, Adele Daniels, who saw him off when he left, and expected to see him soon. Whilst Randy did not keep contact with the girl, she would reappear in his life a little later.

On returning to Britain Randy immediately focused his attentions on the British and Empire light heavyweight titles. Defeating [[Don Cockell]] to win both, Cockell would later last nine rounds with [[Rocky Marciano]]. He continued to his successes with a point's victory over a brave [[Doug Miller]], who he floored four times. It was decided that the winner of a bout between Randy and Frenchman [[Charles Humez]] for the European Middleweight title, would face the winner of an American elimination series, Robinson having retired. Despite having troubles in making the weight, Randy outpointed Humez before a sell-out 54,000 crowd at White City, London. It was only Humez's third defeat in 65 bouts. The winner of the American elimination series was [[Carl (Bobo) Olson|Carl "Bobo" Olson]].

Randy's preparation for the fight with Olson was minimal, boxing only 30 rounds in training. This was due to the reappearance of Adele Daniels at his hotel, expecting to resume their relationship of some two years earlier. Randy was at this time engaged to be married to a Welsh girl, Gwenneth Price. Adele caused several scenes, forcing Randy to retire to his training camp--where he declined to train or talk to the press, and threatened to return home at the slightest provocation. The fight with Olson had begun well, with Randy taking the opening three rounds before suffering a cut under his eye in the fourth. Randy was bullied throughout the fight and was down in the 9th and 10th rounds. Randy appeared unmotivated during the fight and lost in a convincing points decision. Randy claimed after the fight that it was the troubles in his life, and not Olson, that defeated him on the night, declaring: "This lad isn't in the same class with Robinson."
[[file:Turpin.Randy.2.jpg|right|photo]]
The day before he was due to return to England, Adele Daniels accused him of rape and assault, claiming that he had attacked her during Randy's stay in New York for the Robinson fight. Her lawyer sought $100,000 in damages and Randy was arrested. He was allowed home after lodging $10,000 as insurance that he would return. Despite his troubles Randy married fianc? Gwenneth and appeared to have another run in him after winning a point's decision over the undefeated [[Olle Bengtsson]]. This was until a first round knockout against Italian [[Tiberio Mitri]] in Rome, put an end to his world title aspirations. Despite not reviving his world title hopes, he did defeat [[Alex Buxton]] for the British light-heavyweight title.

Around this time he returned to New York for the Adele Daniels trial. The case was settled out of court before Randy could give evidence. Adele Daniels accepted a settlement payment of $3,500. Randy's costs were more considerable.

As Randy's career began to come to an end, complacency started to set in to his performances. A fourth round knockout defeat to [[Gordon Wallace]] saw him retire from the ring. The retirement would last only six months. This defeat also put an end to Randy's hopes of fighting current Light Heavyweight king [[Archie Moore]]. On his return to the ring he achieved two knockout victories before a points defeat to [[Hans Stretz]]. Randy defeated Alex Buxton for the third time in his career to successfully defend his British Light Heavyweight title. This defence saw Randy win the [[Lonsdale Belt]] outright. Seven months later he successfully defended his British title against [[Arthur Howard]], despite being floored three times. Six more wins followed in 1957 and 1958 before he was knocked out by [[Yolande Pompey]] in two rounds. This defeat saw Randy retire from the ring after a career spanning twelve years.

Following his retirement it became clear that Randy's finances had been less than well-managed. Numerous failed business ventures including a hotel and holiday camp saw him fall heavily in debt. For money Randy fought as a wrestler at £25 a bout. He also had a job working in a scrapyard, which was owned by former manager George Middleton. In 1962 the Inland Revenue claimed £17,126 on his boxing earnings. Randy could not pay and was declared bankrupt. He made a brief return to the ring to score knockout victory over [[Eddie Marcano]] and [[Charles Seguna]], before troubles with his eyesight put an end to his career for good.

With many troubles in his life Randy committed suicide on May 17, 1966. Randy was inducted posthumously into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]]. In 2001, exactly 50 years after his victory over Sugar Ray Robinson, a statue of Randy was erected in Warwick town square.
End of Quote

== Additional Information ==
*Two of his brothers also boxed professionally: [[Dick Turpin]] and [[Jackie Turpin]].

== Amateur Titles ==
*1943 ABA Junior 'Class A' Champion 7st.
*1944 ABA Junior 'Class B' Champion 10st 7lbs.
*1945 ABA Welterweight Champion.
*1946 ABA Middleweight Champion.

== Professional Titles ==
* World Middleweight Champion
* European ([[EBU]]) Middleweight Champion
* British Middleweight/Light Heavyweight Champion
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Middleweight/Light Heavyweight Champion

== Recognition ==
*Randy Turpin ranked 47th of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.[http://thekingmaker.me/boxing-rankings/]

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Charley Burley

2014-04-10T23:45:09Z

Matthamilton82: /* Honors & Recognition */

[[File:Charley-burley.jpg|left|thumb|300px]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1992 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/burley.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>009004</boxer>
*'''Managers''': Phil Goldstein (1936-1940), [[Luke Carney]] (1941), [[Tommy O'Loughlin]] (1942-1946), Morris Slutsky (1945-1946) [[Charley Rose]], then [[Lew Burston]] & [[Jersey Jones]] (1946-1948), [[George Armstrong]] (1948-1949), Harry Roth (1949-1950) 
*'''Trainer:''' Hiawatha Grey 
*[[:File:ChasBurley.jpeg|Photo #2]], [[:File:Burley5097.jpg|Photo #3]], [[:File:Burley.Charley4.jpg|Photo #4]], [[:Image:Burley.Charley.jpg|Photo #5]], [[:File:Burley.Charley3.jpg|Photo #6]]
 
==Amateur Career==
*At age 12, Burley joined the Kay Boys Club in Pittsburgh where he took up boxing under the tutelage of local trainers Leonard Payne and Howard Turner.
*Burley won a [[Golden Gloves]] Junior title at lightweight and a Golden Gloves Senior title at welterweight.
*Burley lost to [[Leo Sweeney]] in the welterweight final of the National [[AAU]] Tournament.
*In 1936, Burley was invited to Chicago to attend the box-offs for the 1936 Berlin [[Olympics]], but declined as he objected to the racial and religious persecution taking place in Germany. Instead, he received an invitation to represent the United States at the Workers' Games, which were being held in Barcelona, Spain as an alternative to the Olympics. However, the Workers' Games never took place because of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

==Professional Career==
*Defeated [[Cocoa Kid]] by a fifteen-round unanimous decision to win the "Colored" World Welterweight Championship in 1938.
*Defeated [[Jack Chase]] by a ninth-round knockout to win the California Middleweight Championship in 1944.
*Defeated future World Champions [[Fritzie Zivic]], [[Billy Soose]], and [[Archie Moore]].
*Fought [[Holman Williams]] seven times between 1939 and 1945. Burley won three, Williams won three, and one was a [[no contest]].

==The Black Murderers' Row==
*Burley was among a group of feared and avoided black fighters in the 1940s referred to as "The Black Murderers' Row," a term coined by writer [[Budd Schulberg]]. The group included [[Eddie Booker]], [[Jack Chase]], [[Cocoa Kid]], [[Bert Lytell]], [[Lloyd Marshall]], [[Aaron Wade|Aaron "Tiger" Wade]], and [[Holman Williams]].
*[[George Gainford]], manager of [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], admitted that he "bypassed" Burley "because his style was such he would have counteracted Robinson's." He asked [[Ray Arcel]], "Can't you get me someone besides Burley?"
*[[Johnny Ray]], manager of [[Billy Conn]], shouted at matchmaker Art Rooney, who proposed Burley as an opponent, "No! No! No! I don't want Burley. You can have him for Christmas, for New Year's, or your Aunt Tillie's birthday. But never mention his name again."
*[[Fritzie Zivic]], who lost two out of three fights to Burley, had his manager, [[Luke Carney]], take over Burley's contract to ensure he would never have to face him again.

==Exhibition Matches ==
*Fought a scheduled eight-round exhibition on October 18, 1949 against Jack Burns of Reno, Nevada. Burley, weighing 158, knocked out the 198-pound Burns in four rounds.
*Fought two exhibitions on October 21, 1949 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Burley knocked out Jack Brennan of Kansas City, Missouri in three rounds and knocked out George Hayes of Creston, Iowa in one round. The bouts were part of a barnstorming trip in which fighters were offered a purse to go the distance with Burley.

== Honors & Recognition ==
* Inducted into [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1983
* Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1987
* Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1992
* Ranked 39th on The Ring Magazine's 2002 list [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years]]
* Ranked 86th on The Ring Magazine's 2003 list [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!]]
* Ranked 6th on The Ring Magazine's 2004 list of [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|The Greatest Middleweights of All-Time]]
* Ranked 4th on The Ring Magazine's 2008 list of [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|The Greatest Welterweights of All-Time]]
* Legendary trainer [[Eddie Futch]] said, "Charley Burley was the finest all-around fighter I ever saw."
*Charley Burley ranked 30th of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.[http://thekingmaker.me/boxing-rankings/]

== External Links ==
* Cyber Boxing Zone Bio: [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/burley.htm]
* Charley Burley and the Black Murderers' Row: [http://charleyburley.com/index.htm]
* Boxing's Greatest Fighters: [http://books.google.com/books?id=qRAFvgU2WjsC&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=%22charley+burley%22+gainford&source=bl&ots=BWenfWQixD&sig=_Atxka3p6OsNfy3-bD6SjXQ4dO4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kwBIUaHUCZG84AOY1ICYDw&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22charley%20burley%22%20gainford&f=false]

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Oscar De La Hoya

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Matthamilton82: /* Awards & Recognition */

[[File:Oscar776823.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Oscar De La Hoya]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2014 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:
[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/delahoya.html]]]
<boxer>008253</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Robert Alcazar]] (1992-2000), [[Jesus Rivero]] (1996-1997), [[Emanuel Steward]] (1997), [[Gil Clancy]] (1997-1999), [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (2000-2006, 2008), [[Freddie Roach]] (2007), [[Nacho Beristain]] (2008), [[Angelo Dundee]] (2008) 
'''Managers:''' Robert Middleman & Steve Nelson (1992-1993), self-managed (1993-2008) 
'''[[:Category:Oscar De La Hoya Gallery|Oscar De La Hoya Gallery]]'''
 

==Amateur Highlights==
'''Record:''' 223-5
*1989 [[National Golden Gloves]] Featherweight Champion
*1990 United States Featherweight Champion
*Featherweight Gold Medalist at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle, Washington Results:
**[[Sang-Hun Lee]] (South Korea) RSC 3
**[[Airat Khamatov]] (Soviet Union) W 3
**[[Ivan Robinson]] (United States) W 3
*1991 United States Lightweight Champion
*Lost to [[Marco Rudolph]] 17-13 in the second round of the 1991 World Championships in Sydney, Australia
*Won the 1992 Olympic Trials Results:
**[[Lewis Wood]] W 3
**[[Lupe Suazo]] W 3
**[[Anthony Christodolou]] W 3
*Won the 1992 Olympic Box-Offs, defeating [[Patrice Brooks]] on points
*Lightweight Gold Medalist for the United States at the 1992 [[Olympics]] in Barcelona, Spain Results:
**[[Adilson Da Silva]] (Brazil) RSC 3
**[[Moses Odion]] (Nigeria) 16-4
**[[Tontcho Tontchev]] (Bulgaria) 16-7
**[[Hong Sung-Sik]] (South Korea) 11-10
**[[Marco Rudolph]] (Germany) 7-2

==Awards & Recognition==
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|''The Ring'' Fighter of the Year]] for 1995.
*Named the [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year]] for 1995.
*Named Best Boxer at the ESPY Awards in 1999 and 2006. [http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/oscar_de_la_hoya/awards.html]
*Named the 20th [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|Greatest Lightweight of All-Time]] by [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] in 2001.
*Named the 75th [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|Best Fighter of the Last 80 Years]] in 2002 by ''The Ring''.
*Named the 39th Greatest Boxer of All-Time in 2007 by [[ESPN]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/greatest/featureVideo?page=greatest3140]
*Oscar De La Hoya ranked 83rd of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013 [http://thekingmaker.me/boxing-rankings/]

== World Title Notes ==
*Won eight world titles in six weight divisions.
*Won ''The Ring'' junior middleweight title in 2002.
*Has a record of 24-5 (17 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 20-6 (12 KO) against former or current world titlists.
**Won against [[Troy Dorsey]], [[Jimmi Bredahl]], [[Jorge Paez]], [[John John Molina]], [[Rafael Ruelas]], [[Genaro Hernandez]], [[Jesse James Leija]], [[Julio Cesar Chavez]] (twice), [[Miguel Angel Gonzalez]], [[Pernell Whitaker]], [[Hector Camacho]], [[Ike Quartey]], [[Arturo Gatti]], [[Javier Castillejo]], [[Fernando Vargas]], [[Yory Boy Campas]], [[Felix Sturm]], [[Ricardo Mayorga]], [[Steve Forbes]]
**Lost against [[Felix Trinidad]], [[Shane Mosley]] (twice), [[Bernard Hopkins]], [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], [[Manny Pacquiao]]

== Miscellaneous ==
*Dedicated his 1992 Olympic Gold Medal to his mother, who died of cancer in 1990. De La Hoya gave the medal to promoter [[Bob Arum]] as a birthday gift in 1996. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19961210&id=8NczAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ViEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2184,5125517]
*The Oscar De La Hoya Foundation was created in 1995. The Foundation offers the Oscar De La Hoya Ánimo Charter High School, the Cecilia Gonzalez De La Hoya Cancer Center, and the Oscar De La Hoya Children's Medical Center.
*Vacated the [[IBF]] lightweight title in 1995, choosing to fight [[Genaro Hernandez]] instead of IBF #1 contender [[Miguel Julio]]. De La Hoya said Julio was "a fighter who nobody knows." In 1999, IBF president [[Bob Lee]] and three others were indicted on charges of taking at least $338,000 in bribes from promoters and managers to mandate fights and rig rankings. According to the indictment, Julio's mandated bout was purchased. [http://a.espncdn.com/boxing/columns/graham/207931.html]
*Named one of ''People'' magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1997.
*A woman brought civil charges against De La Hoya in 1998 for allegedly raping her at his condo in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in 1996 when she was 15. She sought $10 million in damages. De La Hoya denied the rape but settled out of court with the woman "for a very low amount of money." Criminal charges were never filed. [http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2005-08-07/the-selling-of-the-golden-boy]
*Another woman accused De La Hoya of rape in 1999. His attorney said, "The true facts are that three individuals created a disturbance at Mr. De La Hoya's house....Apparently one of those individuals thereafter made a false report in order to embarrass Mr. De La Hoya." An investigation by Los Angeles police failed to show evidence supporting the allegations and the case was closed. [http://articles.latimes.com/1999/dec/29/sports/sp-48650] [http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/29/sports/sp-3672]
*''The Ring'' ranked De La Hoya as the [[The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: Pound For Pound--1990s|best pound-for-pound boxer in the world]] from 1997 to 1999.
*[[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Derrell Coley|Knocked out]] [[Derrell Coley]] in a [[WBC]] welterweight title eliminator on February 26, 2000. After WBC/IBF welterweight champion Felix Trinidad [[David Reid vs. Felix Trinidad|defeated]] [[David Reid]] to win the [[WBA]] super welterweight championship on March 3, 2000, the WBC named De La Hoya the new welterweight champion. De La Hoya [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley (1st meeting)|lost]] the title to [[Shane Mosley]] on June 17, 2000. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06EFDB1431F93BA25755C0A9669C8B63]
*After losing to Mosley, De La Hoya said, "Everybody, including Bob Arum, makes more money off a rematch which is why I lost, but that just goes to show you how boxing is and I’m going to have to re-think my whole career and what I’m going to do now." [http://www.latinosportslegends.com/DeLaHoya_sues_Arum.htm]
*Released a self-titled album in 2000. The album peaked at #121 on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/oscar-de-la-hoya-mw0000059931]
*Arum said: "If his album is a success, I would be the happiest person out there, because I would hope he would go into the music business full time. I really like the kid. Why would I want to see him get hit in the head anymore?" De La Hoya responded: "I was very surprised and disappointed by Bob’s recent comments to the press stating that I should retire from boxing. I am as committed to boxing as I have ever been, and I want my next fight to be a rematch with Shane Mosley. However, it would be very difficult to go forward with my career without the unconditional support of my promoter." [http://articles.latimes.com/2000/aug/19/sports/sp-7252]
*Sued to end his promotional contract of eight years with Bob Arum in August of 2000. Five months later, a judge granted De La Hoya's request for a summary judgment, making De La Hoya's contract with Arum null and void. The judge granted the judgment based on three points: (1) That Arum had not properly followed California requirements for filing a promoter's contract (2) That Arum was, in effect, De La Hoya's manager as well, but did not have a California manager's license (3) That Arum's eight-year relationship with De La Hoya violated state limits of three years for a promoter's contract, five years for a manager's contract and seven years for a personal-services contract. [http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jan/12/sports/sp-11457]
*Acknowledged that he and Arum made a lot of money together" but De La Hoya couldn't get over his feeling that Arum also deprived him of "millions and millions of dollars." [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/apr/29/sports/sp-oscararum29]
*After his court victory over Arum, De La Hoya said he had "defeated one of the biggest Jews to come out of Harvard." He later apologized, saying, "I did not mean to insult Bob Arum and his family or any ethnic or religious group in any way. I humbly apologize to anyone the remarks offended." [http://a.espncdn.com/boxing/news/2001/0330/1164809.html]
*Resigned with Arum in late 2001. "It is not as binding as the old contract was," Arum said. "I'm happy with it and Oscar is happy with it." [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=20011201&id=dhQ0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KiEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6662,3796298]
*After losing two out of three fights in 1999 and 2000, De La Hoya hired [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] as his trainer. De La Hoya refused to take blame for the losses. "Don't blame me. Blame all the trainers that I had," he said. "I won a lot of titles on natural talent. I can run as far as I can by myself, but if someone is not teaching me, then I am not progressing." [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/stories/2001-03-22-delahoya.htm]
*Established [[Golden Boy Promotions]] in 2002. [http://www.goldenboypromotions.com/]
*Was both executive producer and on-screen mentor for the 2004 Fox reality boxing series [[The Next Great Champ|''The Next Great Champ'']]. The series was rushed into production after Fox lost a bidding war with NBC to acquire [[The Contender (Season 1)|''The Contender'']], producer Mark Burnett's reality boxing series. ''The Next Great Champ'' was canceled after four episodes. The remaining six episodes aired on Fox Sports Net. [http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/fox-cancels-next-great-champ-return-dumps-boxing-reality-show-on-fox-sports-net-2956.php]
*On a 2005 episode of the [[ESPN]] Classic program ''Who's #1?'', De La Hoya was named the 17th most overrated sports figure of all-time. [http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112944]
*Released his autobiography, ''American Son: My Story'', in 2007.
*Bought ''The Ring'' in 2007 for $7 million. [http://boxing.about.com/b/2007/09/19/oscar-buys-ring-magazine.htm]
*Became co-owner of the Houston Dynamos soccer team in 2008.
*Officially announced his retirement on April 14, 2009, citing his inability to perform at the sport's highest level. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4068202]
*Entered rehab for alcohol and cocaine abuse in 2011. In a candid interview with Univision, he discussed his substance abuse and marital infidelities. He admitted that [[:File:Fishnets.jpg|pictures]] of him in drag, which were taken by a stripper and released in 2007, were authentic. At the time of their release, he claimed the pictures were photoshopped. “I am tired now of lying,” he said. “Of lying to the public and of lying to myself.” [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/09/01/boxing-golden-boy-oscar-de-la-hoya-07-drag-photos-with-nyc-stripper-are-real/]
*Told ESPNNewYork.com that he came close to ending his retirement and headlining the October 20, 2012 show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, against WBA middleweight champion [[Felix Sturm]]. "I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it. I'm 39, but I'm an old 39. [http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_/id/8318724/oscar-de-la-hoya-mulled-ending-retirement-fight-felix-sturm]

==Pay-Per-View History==
1. [[Rafael Ruelas]] (5/6/1995) 330,000 buys and $9.9 million in revenue 
2. [[Genaro Hernandez]] (9/9/1995) 220,000 buys and $6.6 million in revenue 
3. [[Miguel Angel Gonzalez]] (1/18/1997) 345,000 buys and $12.1 million in revenue 
4. [[Pernell Whitaker]] (4/12/1997) 720,000 buys and $28.8 million in revenue 
5. [[Hector Camacho]] (9/13/1997) 560,000 buys and $22.4 million in revenue 
6. [[Wilfredo Rivera]] (12/6/1997) 240,000 buys and $9.6 million in revenue 
7. [[Julio Cesar Chavez]] II (9/18/1998) 525,000 buys and $23.6 million in revenue 
8. [[Ike Quartey]] (2/13/1999) 570,000 buys and $25.7 million in revenue 
9. [[Felix Trinidad]] (9/18/1999) 1.4 million buys and $71.4 million in revenue 
10. [[Shane Mosley]] (6/17/2000) 590,000 buys and $29.5 million in revenue 
11. [[Javier Castillejo]] (6/23/2001) 400,000 buys and $16 million in revenue 
12. [[Fernando Vargas]] (9/14/2002) 935,000 buys and $47.8 million in revenue 
13. [[Yory Boy Campas]] (5/3/2003) 350,000 buys and $17.5 million in revenue 
14. [[Shane Mosley]] II (9/13/2003) 950,000 buys and $48.4 million in revenue 
15. [[Felix Sturm]] (6/5/2004) 380,000 buys and $19 million in revenue 
16. [[Bernard Hopkins]] (9/18/2004) 1 million buys and $56 million in revenue 
17. [[Ricardo Mayorga]] (5/6/2006) 935,000 buys and $46.3 million in revenue 
18. [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] (5/5/2007) 2.15 million buys and $120 million in revenue 
19. [[Manny Pacquiao]] (12/6/2008) 1.25 million buys and $70 million in revenue 

'''Totals:''' 13.85 million buys and $680.6 million in revenue [http://boxing.about.com/od/history/a/payperview.htm]

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Jimmi Bredahl]]|
title=[[WBO Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Regilio Tuur]]|
years=1994 Mar 5 – 1994 Jul 29 '''Vacated'''
}}
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before=[[Giovanni Parisi]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Artur Grigorian]]|
years=1994 Jul 29 – 1996 '''Vacated'''
}}
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before=[[Rafael Ruelas]]|
title=[[IBF Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Philip Holiday]]|
years=1995 May 6 – 1995 Jul '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Julio Cesar Chavez]]|
title=[[WBC Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Kostya Tszyu]]|
years=1996 Jun 7 – 1997 Apr 12 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Pernell Whitaker]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Felix Trinidad]]|
years=1997 Apr 12 – 1999 Sep 18
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before=[[Felix Trinidad]] Vacated|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Shane Mosley]]|
years=2000 Mar 4 – 2000 Jun 17
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before=[[Javier Castillejo]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Shane Mosley]]|
years=2001 Jun 23 – 2003 Sep 13
}}
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before=[[Fernando Vargas]] Lost bid for Super Championship|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Shane Mosley]] Super Champion|
years=2002 Sep 14 – 2003 Sep 13 '''Super Champion'''
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before=[[Felix Sturm]]|
title=[[WBO Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Bernard Hopkins]]|
years=2004 Jun 5 – 2004 Sep 18
}}
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before=[[Ricardo Mayorga]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]|
years=2006 May 6 – 2007 May 5|
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Oscar De La Hoya

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Matthamilton82: /* Awards & Recognition */

[[File:Oscar776823.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Oscar De La Hoya]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2014 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:
[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/delahoya.html]]]
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'''Trainers:''' [[Robert Alcazar]] (1992-2000), [[Jesus Rivero]] (1996-1997), [[Emanuel Steward]] (1997), [[Gil Clancy]] (1997-1999), [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (2000-2006, 2008), [[Freddie Roach]] (2007), [[Nacho Beristain]] (2008), [[Angelo Dundee]] (2008) 
'''Managers:''' Robert Middleman & Steve Nelson (1992-1993), self-managed (1993-2008) 
'''[[:Category:Oscar De La Hoya Gallery|Oscar De La Hoya Gallery]]'''
 

==Amateur Highlights==
'''Record:''' 223-5
*1989 [[National Golden Gloves]] Featherweight Champion
*1990 United States Featherweight Champion
*Featherweight Gold Medalist at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle, Washington Results:
**[[Sang-Hun Lee]] (South Korea) RSC 3
**[[Airat Khamatov]] (Soviet Union) W 3
**[[Ivan Robinson]] (United States) W 3
*1991 United States Lightweight Champion
*Lost to [[Marco Rudolph]] 17-13 in the second round of the 1991 World Championships in Sydney, Australia
*Won the 1992 Olympic Trials Results:
**[[Lewis Wood]] W 3
**[[Lupe Suazo]] W 3
**[[Anthony Christodolou]] W 3
*Won the 1992 Olympic Box-Offs, defeating [[Patrice Brooks]] on points
*Lightweight Gold Medalist for the United States at the 1992 [[Olympics]] in Barcelona, Spain Results:
**[[Adilson Da Silva]] (Brazil) RSC 3
**[[Moses Odion]] (Nigeria) 16-4
**[[Tontcho Tontchev]] (Bulgaria) 16-7
**[[Hong Sung-Sik]] (South Korea) 11-10
**[[Marco Rudolph]] (Germany) 7-2

==Awards & Recognition==
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|''The Ring'' Fighter of the Year]] for 1995.
*Named the [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year]] for 1995.
*Named Best Boxer at the ESPY Awards in 1999 and 2006. [http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/oscar_de_la_hoya/awards.html]
*Named the 20th [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|Greatest Lightweight of All-Time]] by [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] in 2001.
*Named the 75th [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|Best Fighter of the Last 80 Years]] in 2002 by ''The Ring''.
*Named the 39th Greatest Boxer of All-Time in 2007 by [[ESPN]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/greatest/featureVideo?page=greatest3140]
*Oscar De La Hoya ranked 83rd of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.

== World Title Notes ==
*Won eight world titles in six weight divisions.
*Won ''The Ring'' junior middleweight title in 2002.
*Has a record of 24-5 (17 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 20-6 (12 KO) against former or current world titlists.
**Won against [[Troy Dorsey]], [[Jimmi Bredahl]], [[Jorge Paez]], [[John John Molina]], [[Rafael Ruelas]], [[Genaro Hernandez]], [[Jesse James Leija]], [[Julio Cesar Chavez]] (twice), [[Miguel Angel Gonzalez]], [[Pernell Whitaker]], [[Hector Camacho]], [[Ike Quartey]], [[Arturo Gatti]], [[Javier Castillejo]], [[Fernando Vargas]], [[Yory Boy Campas]], [[Felix Sturm]], [[Ricardo Mayorga]], [[Steve Forbes]]
**Lost against [[Felix Trinidad]], [[Shane Mosley]] (twice), [[Bernard Hopkins]], [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], [[Manny Pacquiao]]

== Miscellaneous ==
*Dedicated his 1992 Olympic Gold Medal to his mother, who died of cancer in 1990. De La Hoya gave the medal to promoter [[Bob Arum]] as a birthday gift in 1996. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19961210&id=8NczAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ViEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2184,5125517]
*The Oscar De La Hoya Foundation was created in 1995. The Foundation offers the Oscar De La Hoya Ánimo Charter High School, the Cecilia Gonzalez De La Hoya Cancer Center, and the Oscar De La Hoya Children's Medical Center.
*Vacated the [[IBF]] lightweight title in 1995, choosing to fight [[Genaro Hernandez]] instead of IBF #1 contender [[Miguel Julio]]. De La Hoya said Julio was "a fighter who nobody knows." In 1999, IBF president [[Bob Lee]] and three others were indicted on charges of taking at least $338,000 in bribes from promoters and managers to mandate fights and rig rankings. According to the indictment, Julio's mandated bout was purchased. [http://a.espncdn.com/boxing/columns/graham/207931.html]
*Named one of ''People'' magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1997.
*A woman brought civil charges against De La Hoya in 1998 for allegedly raping her at his condo in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in 1996 when she was 15. She sought $10 million in damages. De La Hoya denied the rape but settled out of court with the woman "for a very low amount of money." Criminal charges were never filed. [http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2005-08-07/the-selling-of-the-golden-boy]
*Another woman accused De La Hoya of rape in 1999. His attorney said, "The true facts are that three individuals created a disturbance at Mr. De La Hoya's house....Apparently one of those individuals thereafter made a false report in order to embarrass Mr. De La Hoya." An investigation by Los Angeles police failed to show evidence supporting the allegations and the case was closed. [http://articles.latimes.com/1999/dec/29/sports/sp-48650] [http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/29/sports/sp-3672]
*''The Ring'' ranked De La Hoya as the [[The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: Pound For Pound--1990s|best pound-for-pound boxer in the world]] from 1997 to 1999.
*[[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Derrell Coley|Knocked out]] [[Derrell Coley]] in a [[WBC]] welterweight title eliminator on February 26, 2000. After WBC/IBF welterweight champion Felix Trinidad [[David Reid vs. Felix Trinidad|defeated]] [[David Reid]] to win the [[WBA]] super welterweight championship on March 3, 2000, the WBC named De La Hoya the new welterweight champion. De La Hoya [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley (1st meeting)|lost]] the title to [[Shane Mosley]] on June 17, 2000. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06EFDB1431F93BA25755C0A9669C8B63]
*After losing to Mosley, De La Hoya said, "Everybody, including Bob Arum, makes more money off a rematch which is why I lost, but that just goes to show you how boxing is and I’m going to have to re-think my whole career and what I’m going to do now." [http://www.latinosportslegends.com/DeLaHoya_sues_Arum.htm]
*Released a self-titled album in 2000. The album peaked at #121 on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/oscar-de-la-hoya-mw0000059931]
*Arum said: "If his album is a success, I would be the happiest person out there, because I would hope he would go into the music business full time. I really like the kid. Why would I want to see him get hit in the head anymore?" De La Hoya responded: "I was very surprised and disappointed by Bob’s recent comments to the press stating that I should retire from boxing. I am as committed to boxing as I have ever been, and I want my next fight to be a rematch with Shane Mosley. However, it would be very difficult to go forward with my career without the unconditional support of my promoter." [http://articles.latimes.com/2000/aug/19/sports/sp-7252]
*Sued to end his promotional contract of eight years with Bob Arum in August of 2000. Five months later, a judge granted De La Hoya's request for a summary judgment, making De La Hoya's contract with Arum null and void. The judge granted the judgment based on three points: (1) That Arum had not properly followed California requirements for filing a promoter's contract (2) That Arum was, in effect, De La Hoya's manager as well, but did not have a California manager's license (3) That Arum's eight-year relationship with De La Hoya violated state limits of three years for a promoter's contract, five years for a manager's contract and seven years for a personal-services contract. [http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jan/12/sports/sp-11457]
*Acknowledged that he and Arum made a lot of money together" but De La Hoya couldn't get over his feeling that Arum also deprived him of "millions and millions of dollars." [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/apr/29/sports/sp-oscararum29]
*After his court victory over Arum, De La Hoya said he had "defeated one of the biggest Jews to come out of Harvard." He later apologized, saying, "I did not mean to insult Bob Arum and his family or any ethnic or religious group in any way. I humbly apologize to anyone the remarks offended." [http://a.espncdn.com/boxing/news/2001/0330/1164809.html]
*Resigned with Arum in late 2001. "It is not as binding as the old contract was," Arum said. "I'm happy with it and Oscar is happy with it." [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=20011201&id=dhQ0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KiEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6662,3796298]
*After losing two out of three fights in 1999 and 2000, De La Hoya hired [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] as his trainer. De La Hoya refused to take blame for the losses. "Don't blame me. Blame all the trainers that I had," he said. "I won a lot of titles on natural talent. I can run as far as I can by myself, but if someone is not teaching me, then I am not progressing." [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/stories/2001-03-22-delahoya.htm]
*Established [[Golden Boy Promotions]] in 2002. [http://www.goldenboypromotions.com/]
*Was both executive producer and on-screen mentor for the 2004 Fox reality boxing series [[The Next Great Champ|''The Next Great Champ'']]. The series was rushed into production after Fox lost a bidding war with NBC to acquire [[The Contender (Season 1)|''The Contender'']], producer Mark Burnett's reality boxing series. ''The Next Great Champ'' was canceled after four episodes. The remaining six episodes aired on Fox Sports Net. [http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/fox-cancels-next-great-champ-return-dumps-boxing-reality-show-on-fox-sports-net-2956.php]
*On a 2005 episode of the [[ESPN]] Classic program ''Who's #1?'', De La Hoya was named the 17th most overrated sports figure of all-time. [http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112944]
*Released his autobiography, ''American Son: My Story'', in 2007.
*Bought ''The Ring'' in 2007 for $7 million. [http://boxing.about.com/b/2007/09/19/oscar-buys-ring-magazine.htm]
*Became co-owner of the Houston Dynamos soccer team in 2008.
*Officially announced his retirement on April 14, 2009, citing his inability to perform at the sport's highest level. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4068202]
*Entered rehab for alcohol and cocaine abuse in 2011. In a candid interview with Univision, he discussed his substance abuse and marital infidelities. He admitted that [[:File:Fishnets.jpg|pictures]] of him in drag, which were taken by a stripper and released in 2007, were authentic. At the time of their release, he claimed the pictures were photoshopped. “I am tired now of lying,” he said. “Of lying to the public and of lying to myself.” [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/09/01/boxing-golden-boy-oscar-de-la-hoya-07-drag-photos-with-nyc-stripper-are-real/]
*Told ESPNNewYork.com that he came close to ending his retirement and headlining the October 20, 2012 show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, against WBA middleweight champion [[Felix Sturm]]. "I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it. I'm 39, but I'm an old 39. [http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_/id/8318724/oscar-de-la-hoya-mulled-ending-retirement-fight-felix-sturm]

==Pay-Per-View History==
1. [[Rafael Ruelas]] (5/6/1995) 330,000 buys and $9.9 million in revenue 
2. [[Genaro Hernandez]] (9/9/1995) 220,000 buys and $6.6 million in revenue 
3. [[Miguel Angel Gonzalez]] (1/18/1997) 345,000 buys and $12.1 million in revenue 
4. [[Pernell Whitaker]] (4/12/1997) 720,000 buys and $28.8 million in revenue 
5. [[Hector Camacho]] (9/13/1997) 560,000 buys and $22.4 million in revenue 
6. [[Wilfredo Rivera]] (12/6/1997) 240,000 buys and $9.6 million in revenue 
7. [[Julio Cesar Chavez]] II (9/18/1998) 525,000 buys and $23.6 million in revenue 
8. [[Ike Quartey]] (2/13/1999) 570,000 buys and $25.7 million in revenue 
9. [[Felix Trinidad]] (9/18/1999) 1.4 million buys and $71.4 million in revenue 
10. [[Shane Mosley]] (6/17/2000) 590,000 buys and $29.5 million in revenue 
11. [[Javier Castillejo]] (6/23/2001) 400,000 buys and $16 million in revenue 
12. [[Fernando Vargas]] (9/14/2002) 935,000 buys and $47.8 million in revenue 
13. [[Yory Boy Campas]] (5/3/2003) 350,000 buys and $17.5 million in revenue 
14. [[Shane Mosley]] II (9/13/2003) 950,000 buys and $48.4 million in revenue 
15. [[Felix Sturm]] (6/5/2004) 380,000 buys and $19 million in revenue 
16. [[Bernard Hopkins]] (9/18/2004) 1 million buys and $56 million in revenue 
17. [[Ricardo Mayorga]] (5/6/2006) 935,000 buys and $46.3 million in revenue 
18. [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] (5/5/2007) 2.15 million buys and $120 million in revenue 
19. [[Manny Pacquiao]] (12/6/2008) 1.25 million buys and $70 million in revenue 

'''Totals:''' 13.85 million buys and $680.6 million in revenue [http://boxing.about.com/od/history/a/payperview.htm]

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Jimmi Bredahl]]|
title=[[WBO Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Regilio Tuur]]|
years=1994 Mar 5 – 1994 Jul 29 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Giovanni Parisi]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Artur Grigorian]]|
years=1994 Jul 29 – 1996 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Rafael Ruelas]]|
title=[[IBF Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Philip Holiday]]|
years=1995 May 6 – 1995 Jul '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Julio Cesar Chavez]]|
title=[[WBC Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Kostya Tszyu]]|
years=1996 Jun 7 – 1997 Apr 12 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Pernell Whitaker]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Felix Trinidad]]|
years=1997 Apr 12 – 1999 Sep 18
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Felix Trinidad]] Vacated|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Shane Mosley]]|
years=2000 Mar 4 – 2000 Jun 17
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Javier Castillejo]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Shane Mosley]]|
years=2001 Jun 23 – 2003 Sep 13
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Fernando Vargas]] Lost bid for Super Championship|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Shane Mosley]] Super Champion|
years=2002 Sep 14 – 2003 Sep 13 '''Super Champion'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Felix Sturm]]|
title=[[WBO Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Bernard Hopkins]]|
years=2004 Jun 5 – 2004 Sep 18
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Ricardo Mayorga]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]|
years=2006 May 6 – 2007 May 5|
}}
{{end box}}

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[[Category:Mexican American Boxers]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]
[[Category:1992 Olympians]]
[[Category:American Olympians]]
[[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]]
[[Category:World Super Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:Six Division World Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:Promoters]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]

Fritzie Zivic

2014-04-10T23:39:08Z

Matthamilton82:

[[file:Zivic.Fritzie.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1993 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/zivic.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>009437</boxer>
'''Managers:''' [[Luke Carney]] (1931-1942), [[Louis Stokan]] (1942-1949) 
'''Trainer:''' [[Bobby Quinn]] 
'''[[:Category:Fritzie Zivic Gallery|Fritzie Zivic Image Gallery]]'''

'''Fritzie Zivic''', World Welterweight Champion 1941-1942, was one of the five fighting Zivic brothers: including Joe, [[Eddie Zivic|Eddie]], [[Pete Zivic|Pete]] and [[Jack Zivic|Jack]].

He joined the United States Army, April 14, 1944, at the New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, army reception center, after being inducted in Pittsburgh. ''Tacoma News Tribune''

Fritzie Zivic ranked 67th of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.

== External Links ==
[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8065 Find a Grave] 

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Henry Armstrong

2014-04-10T23:37:37Z

Matthamilton82:

[[file:Armstrong.Henry.2.jpg|left|300px]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1990 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/armstrong.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>009018</boxer>
'''Managers:''' [[Wirt Ross]] (1932-36), [[Eddie Meade]] (1936-41), [[George Moore]] (1942-45) 
'''Trainers:''' [[Pee Wee Beale]] & [[Al Silvani]] 
'''[[:Category:Henry Armstrong Gallery|Henry Armstrong Gallery]]'''
 

'''Henry Armstrong''', born Henry Jackson, decided to become a boxer after reading in a St. Louis newspaper that [[Kid Chocolate]] had beaten [[Al Singer]] at the Polo Grounds in New York and was paid a purse of $75,000.

At the "colored" YMCA on Pine Street in St. Louis, he met an older fighter named Harry Armstrong, who became his friend, mentor, and trainer.

After three amateur fights, he turned professional in 1931 under the name "Melody Jackson." He made $35 for his pro debut and was knocked out in three rounds. After winning his second pro fight by decision, he moved to Los Angeles with Harry Armstrong.

Once in Los Angeles, he decided to return to the amateur ranks. However, since he already had two professional fights under the name Jackson, he told people that he was Harry's little brother, Henry Armstrong.

Armstrong competed in the 1932 Olympic trials. After losing at the trials, he returned to the professional ranks.

In 1936, entertainer Al Jolson and actor George Raft underwrote the purchase of Armstrong's managerial contract for Eddie Mead.

Armstrong knocked out [[Petey Sarron]] in six rounds in 1937 to win the World Featherweight Championship.

Armstrong was named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|''The Ring'' Fighter of the Year]] in 1937.

In 1938, Armstrong defeated [[Barney Ross]] by a fifteen-round unanimous decision to win the World Welterweight Championship and then defeated [[Lou Ambers]] by a fifteen-round split decision to win the World Lightweight Championship.

Armstrong was the only boxer to hold world titles in three different weight divisions simultaneously, and all three titles were undisputed championships. After Armstrong turned the trick in 1938, no boxer was ever again allowed to be a champion in more than one weight division simultaneously.

In 1939, Armstrong lost the World Lightweight Championship in a rematch with Ambers by a fifteen-round unanimous decision. Referee [[Arthur Donovan]] took five rounds away from Armstrong for low blows.

Armstrong starred in the feature film ''[[Keep Punching]]'' in 1939. He played a boxer named Henry "Little Dynamite" Jackson.

In 1940, Armstrong challenged [[Ceferino Garcia]] for a portion of the World Middleweight Championship. Garcia was recognized as champion only by New York and California. Because the fight was scheduled for just ten rounds, the fight was recognized as a title fight only by California. Garcia retained the title with a draw, but most at ringside felt that Armstrong had won. A victory would have given Armstrong a fourth divisional title at a time when there were only eight weight divisions.

Armstrong defended the World Welterweight Championship a division record 19 times.

Armstrong was 27-0 with 26 knockouts in 1937, 14-0 with 10 knockouts in 1938, and 59-1-1 with 51 knockouts from December 1936 to October 1940.

Armstrong defeated sixteen world champions.

After he quit boxing, he became an ordained minister and devoted himself to underprivileged children.

Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990.

Ranked 2nd on ''[[Ring Magazine|The Ring]]'''s 2002 list of [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years]].

In his 2006 book ''Boxing's Greatest Fighters'', historian [[Bert Sugar]] ranked Armstrong as the second greatest fighter of all-time.

Henry Armstrong ranked 4th of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.

==External Links==
*[http://henryarmstrong.net/Home.php Official Site of Henry Armstrong]
*[http://www.toprank.com/news/henry-armstrong-part-one Henry Armstrong - Part One by Thomas Hauser]
*[http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/armstrhe.shtml Hickoksports Bio]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1192 Find a Grave]

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before=[[Petey Sarron]]|
title=[[World Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Joey Archibald]]|
years=29 Oct 1937– 12 Sept 1938 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Barney Ross]]|
title=[[World Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Fritzie Zivic]]|
years=31 May 1938–– 4 Oct 1940
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Lou Ambers]]|
title=[[World Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Lou Ambers]]|
years=17 Aug 1938– 22 Aug 1939
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Henry}}
[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:World Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:Three Division World Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]

Ezzard Charles

2014-04-10T23:34:58Z

Matthamilton82: /* Awards & Recognition */

[[File:Ezzard Charles vintage photo 10x8 jpg.jpg|left|thumb|350px]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1990 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/charles.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>009012</boxer>
'''Managers''': [[Charles Dyer]], Bert Williams, [[Jake Mintz]], and [[Tom Tannas]] (1953) 
'''Trainers''': [[Ray Arcel]], Bill Gore, Chickie Ferrara, Charley Goldman 
'''[[:Category:Ezzard Charles Gallery|Ezzard Charles Gallery]]

== Amateur Achievements ==
*Reportedly had an amateur record of 42-0.
*1937 [[Diamond Belt]] Welterweight Champion.
*1937 Ohio [[AAU]] Welterweight Champion.
*1938 Diamond Belt Welterweight Champion.
*1938 Ohio AAU Welterweight Champion.
*1939 Diamond Belt Middleweight Champion.
*1939 [[Chicago Golden Gloves|Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] Middleweight Champion, defeating [[Pete Hantz]] in the final.
*1939 National AAU Middleweight Champion, defeating [[Leroy Bolden]] in the final.

{{start box}}
{{succession box |
before= [[Cornelius Young]] |
title= [[Chicago Golden Gloves Champions|Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] Middleweight Champion |
years= 1939 |
after= [[Joey Maxim]]}}
{{succession box |
before = [[Bradley Lewis]] |
title = [[United States Amateur Middleweight Champions|National AAU Middleweight Champion]]|
years = 1939 |
after = [[Joey Maxim]]}}
{{end box}}

== Record Issues ==
The previously published 1940 record for Charles is inaccurate, evidently because his first manager, Bert Williams of Cincinnati, padded it with fights that did not occur. Checks of two newspapers (''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' and ''The Ohio State Journal'' of Columbus, Ohio) by historian [[Herbert Goldman]], using the facilities of the Library of Congress and a Cincinnati newspaper by Jack Kincaid, found the following fights untraceable:

* Eddie Fowler, Portsmouth, Ohio, May 10, 1940.
* Pat Wright, Middletown, Ohio, May 17, 1940.
* John Reeves, Columbus, Ohio, June 12, 1940.

Other untraceable professional fights:

*Al Woodridge, Portsmouth, Ohio, February 26, 1940. This was reported as an upcoming amateur bout in the February 24, 1940 edition of ''The Portsmouth Times'', and the bout is listed as an amateur contest by The Cyber Boxing Zone.
*Jimmy Brown, Reading, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1940. This bout was not reported in ''The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' (search by Luckett Davis). Charles knocked out James Brown in the 3rd round on March 28, 1939, at Cincinnati, winning State A.A.U. title at middleweight.
*Bradley Lewis, San Francisco, California, June 24, 1940. This was actually an amateur bout that occurred on April 12, 1939.

Even in 1940 and 1941, Charles's record still listed these untraceable fights, although the details given were varied and conflicted from one telling to another. It seems best to omit all of these fights from Charles's record, at least until they can be verified.

==Professional Career==
*Defeated [[Joe Louis]], [[Teddy Yarosz]], [[Charley Burley]] twice, [[Lloyd Marshall]] twice, [[Oakland Billy Smith]] twice, [[Jersey Joe Walcott]] twice, [[Jimmy Bivins]] three times, [[Archie Moore]] three times, [[Jimmy Bivins]] four times, and [[Joey Maxim]] five times.
*Put his boxing career on hold while serving in the U.S. Army in 1944 and 1945.
*Was ranked as the #1 light heavyweight contender by [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring]] in [[The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: 1947|1947]].
*Knocked out [[Sam Baroudi]] on February 20, 1948. Baroudi died from injuries sustained in the fight.
*Defeated Jersey Joe Walcott by a fifteen-round unanimous decision on June 22, 1949 to win the vacant [[National Boxing Association]] World Heavyweight Championship.
*Defeated Joe Louis by a fifteen-round unanimous decision on September 27, 1950 to gain universal recognition as [[World Heavyweight Champion]].
*Made eight successful title defenses.
*Lost the title to Jersey Joe Walcott by a seventh-round knockout on July 18, 1951.
*Attempted to regain the World Heavyweight Championship three times, losing once to Walcott in 1952 and twice to [[Rocky Marciano]] in 1954.
*From 1955 until his retirement in 1959, Charles fought twenty-three times and only won ten of those bouts.
*Charles died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, on May 28, 1975. Charles said he first noticed the ailment in 1955. "After a guy hit me, I didn't seem to be able to get away," he recalled. "I didn't have the same coordination."

==Awards & Recognition==
*''The Ring'' named Charles [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1949 and 1950.
*Inducted into ''The Ring's'' [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1970.
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1983
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990.
*''The Ring'' named Charles the 11th [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest heavyweight of all-time]] in 1998.
*''The Ring'' named Charles the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest light heavyweight of all-time]] in 2002.
*''The Ring'' ranked Charles 13th on the list [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years]] in 2002.
*Ezzard Charles ranked 8th of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.

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before=[[Joe Louis]] Retired|
title=[[World Heavyweight Champion]] [[NBA World Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jersey Joe Walcott]]|
years=1949 Jun 22 – 1951 Jul 18}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Joe Louis]] Retired|
title=[[NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jersey Joe Walcott]]|
years=1950 Sep 27 – 1951 Jul 18}}
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[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]
[[Category:Chicago Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:Diamond Belt Champions]]
[[Category:Cincinnati Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World War II Veterans]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]
[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

Ceferino Garcia

2014-04-10T23:33:10Z

Matthamilton82:

[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
[[file:Garcia.Ceferino3.jpg|left|thumb|300px]]
<boxer>009601</boxer>
'''Managers:''' [[Jess Cortez]] (circa 1932) [[George Parnassus]] 
'''[[:Category:Ceferino Garcia Gallery|Ceferino Garcia Photo Gallery]]'''
 

'''Ceferino Garcia''' was born in the barangay of Caraycaray in Naval, Biliran, Philippines. Although he did not invent it, he was the first well known user of the [[bolo punch]], later made popular by [[Kid Gavilan]].

Garcia had a few uncredited Hollywood movie roles in the 1940s. He also worked as a driver and bodyguard for actress Mae West.

*Inducted into the [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame]] (1977)
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] (twice!)
*Ceferino Garcia ranked 49th of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.

==External Links==
*IMDb Film Credits: [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0306022/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1]
*Bio: [http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/9456/cgarcia.html]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0306022/]

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before=[[Fred Apostoli]]|
title=[[NYSAC World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Ken Overlin]]|
years=1939 Oct 2 – 1940 May 23
}}
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[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:Filipino World Champions]]
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]
[[Category:Actors]]

John Henry Lewis

2014-04-10T23:28:37Z

Matthamilton82:

[[File:John Henry Lewis.jpg|left|thumb|310px|]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1994 Old Timer Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/lewisjohnhenry.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>017914</boxer>
'''Division:''' Light Heavyweight 
'''Trainer:''' [[Larry Amadee]] 
'''Manager:''' [[Larry White]] 
[[:Image:Lewis.JohnHenry.jpg|Photo #2]]

 
== Retirement ==
After losing via a first-round knockout to [[Joe Louis]] in a bid for the Heavyweight title, '''John Henry Lewis''' scheduled a Light Heavyweight title defense against [[Dave Clark]] on March 31, 1939 in Detroit. But, on March 17, two physicians examined his vision and determined that he was essentially blind in his left eye. Lewis would later admit that the injury, which had led to the blindness, occurred during a 1935 bout with [[Abe Feldman]]. Lewis's bout with Dave Clark was postponed and Lewis was then banned from boxing in Michigan. Lewis then unsuccessfully pursued a London title defense against [[Len Harvey]]. Lewis would then retire, and never fought again.

== Brothers ==
Lewis had three brothers who boxed professionally; [[Joe Edward Lewis|Joe Edward]], [[Christy Lewis|Christy]] and [[Paul Lewis|Paul]]. Christy was his older brother by less than a year, and was a clubfighter who often appeared on his brother's undercards. Paul was a middleweight main-event attraction in Northern Californa during the mid-1940s, primarily in the Oakland, CA area.

== Record Issues ==
Unconfirmed Lewis bouts (1928-30) that could not be confirmed in the ''Arizona Republic'' newspaper. It is likely that these were fought outside of Phoenix or were amateur bouts .

'''1928'''
*Kid Tapia, Phoenix, KO 2
*Buster Grant, Phoenix, W 4

'''1929'''
*Jake Henderson, Phoenix, W 4

'''1930'''
*Louis Pete, Phoenix, KO 4
*Young Tiger Flowers, Phoenix, W 6
*Dynamite Hunter, Phoenix, D 4
*Young Tiger Flowers, Phoenix, W 6
*Kid Val Don, Phoenix, KO 3
*Ray Imm, Phoenix, KO 4
*Jake Henderson, Phoenix, KO 4

== Recognition ==
*John Henry Lewis ranked 21st of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.

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[[Category:Lewis Family]]

Ike Williams

2014-04-10T23:23:51Z

Matthamilton82:

[[File:IkeWilliams158064097.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Isiah "Ike" Williams]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1990 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/williamsike.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>009020</boxer>
'''Managers''': [[Connie McCarthy]] and [[Frankie Palermo]] 
'''[[:Category:Ike Williams Gallery|Ike Williams Photo Gallery]]'''

*Won the featherweight championship at the 1938 Trenton Times [[Golden Gloves]] Tournament.
*Defeated such men as [[Kid Gavilan]], [[Beau Jack]], [[Bob Montgomery]], [[Sammy Angott]], [[Juan Zurita]], [[Johnny Bratton]], [[Tippy Larkin]], [[Freddie Dawson]], [[Joe Miceli]], [[Gene Burton]], [[Lulu Costantino]], [[Dave Castilloux]], [[Luther (Slugger) White]], [[Lester Felton]], [[John L. Davis]], [[Charley Salas]], [[Livio Minelli]], [[Eddie Giosa]], [[Enrique Bolanos]], [[Bobby Ruffin]], [[Fitzie Pruden]], [[Cleo Shans]], [[Ralph Zannelli]], [[Rudy Cruz]] and [[Jesse Flores]].
*Knocked out [[Juan Zurita]] in two rounds to win the [[National Boxing Association|NBA]] Lightweight Championship on April 18, 1945.
*Blackballed by the Managers Guild after he broke with his manager, Connie McCarthy. Williams later said, "Any fighter who tried to stand up to his manager in those days was blackballed and labeled a troublemaker. I wanted to start my own fighter's guild. I approached [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], [[Willie Pep]], [[Sandy Saddler]]. But they were too scared. Even [[Jake LaMotta]] was afraid to be seen talking to me." At this point, Williams was approached by [[Frank (Blinky) Palermo]], an organized crime figure who would eventually serve prison time for his activities in the boxing world. Palermo assured Williams that he could resolve all problems with McCarthy, break the boycott, and get him the bouts and purses appropriate for a champion. Facing banishment from boxing, Williams agreed to sign with Palermo.
*Knocked out [[New York State Athletic Commission|NYSAC]] Lightweight Champion [[Bob Montgomery]] in six rounds to become the Undisputed World Lightweight Champion on August 4, 1947. The victory also avenged a twelfth-round knockout loss to Montgomery from January 25, 1944.
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|The Ring Magazine]] and [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Boxing Writers Association of America]] Fighter of the Year for 1948.
*Lost the title to [[Jimmy Carter]] by a fourteenth-round knockout on May 25, 1951.
*In 1960, Williams testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee that was looking at underworld influence on boxing. He said he was offered big money to throw fights against [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Kid Gavilan]], [[Freddie Dawson]], and Juste Fontaine, but he rejected each one. However, he conceded that he wished he had taken $100,000 to lose to Gavilan in 1949 and $50,000 to lose to Carter in 1951, since he lost both fights anyway. He also said that he never saw a penny of $65,000 in purses from two title fights in 1948. [[Frank (Blinky) Palermo|Palermo]] spent it before he get his hands on it.
*Inducted into [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|The Ring Magazine Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1978.
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1983.
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990.
*The Associated Press named Williams the 4th greatest lightweight of the 20th century in 1999.
*The Ring Magazine ranked Williams as the 5th [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest lightweight of all-time]] in 2001.
*The Ring Magazine ranked Williams as the 78th [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|greatest puncher of all-time]] in 2003.
*Ike Williams ranked 10th of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.

==External Links==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FbsgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pGkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2472,4565033&dq=ike+williams+palermo&hl=en "Ike Williams Regrets Not Having Bagged Two Bouts" - Associated Press - December 13, 1960]
*[http://articles.latimes.com/1991-08-08/sports/sp-386_1_fight-movie "A Lightweight Who Played a Heavy Role" by Jim Murray - Los Angeles Times - August 8, 1994]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qRAFvgU2WjsC&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=ike+williams+managers+guild&source=bl&ots=BWeoeSVpDB&sig=PMWMsrQIfrVTTLsPZKgI9hns4BE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cTZVUbayA4rE0QH5pYHoAQ&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=ike%20williams%20managers%20guild&f=false "Boxing's Greatest Fighters" by Bert Sugar]
*[http://www.gamemasteronline.com/Archive/SweetScience/IkeWilliams.shtml "A Last Interview With Ike Williams" by Bill Kelly]

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before=[[Juan Zurita]]|
title=[[NBA World Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jimmy Carter]]|
years=1945 Apr 22 – 1951 May 25}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Bob Montgomery]]|
title=[[NYSAC World Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jimmy Carter]]|
years=1947 Aug 4 – 1951 May 25}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Ike}}
[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:World Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]

Floyd Patterson

2014-04-10T23:21:25Z

Matthamilton82: /* Awards & Recognition */

[[File:PattersonUKD2896INP.jpg||left|thumb|300px|Floyd Patterson]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1991 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/patterson.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>009038</boxer>
'''Matchmaker:''' [[Teddy Brenner]] 
'''Manager:''' [[Cus D'Amato]] 
'''Trainers:''' [[Cus D'Amato]], [[Joey Fariello]], [[Dan Florio]], [[Al Silvani]] 
 
== Amateur Career ==
*Amateur Record: 40-4, 37 KOs
*At age 14, Patterson started working out at the [[Gramercy Gym]] on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, owned and run by Cus D'Amato. He started boxing as an amateur in 1950.
*In 1951, Patterson won the New York Daily News Golden Gloves and the New York Golden Gloves Tournament Of Champions, both in the open middleweight division.
*In 1952, Patterson won the New York Daily News Golden Gloves, the New York Golden Gloves Tournament Of Champions and the Intercity Golden Gloves Championship, all in the open light heavyweight division.
*Patterson won the 1952 National AAU Middleweight Championship.
*Patterson won the Gold Medal in the middleweight division at the 1952 [[Olympics]] in Helsinki, Finland. Results:
**1st round bye
**Defeated [[Omar Tebbaka]] (France) 3-0
**Defeated [[Leen Jansen]] (Canada) TKO 1
**Defeated [[Boris Georgiev Nikolov]] (Bulgaria) DQ 3
**Defeated [[Vasili Tita]] (Romania) KO 1

{{start box}}
{{succession box |
before= [[Herbert Hayes]]|
title= [[New York Golden Gloves|New York Daily News Golden Gloves]] Open Middleweight Champion |
years= 1951 |
after= [[Richard Hill]]}}
{{succession box | title=[[New York Golden Gloves|New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] Middleweight Champion | before= [[Freddie Manns]] | after= [[Carl Blair]]| years=1951}}
{{succession box |
before= [[Ned Hicks]]|
title= [[New York Golden Gloves|New York Daily News Golden Gloves]] Open Light Heavyweight Champion |
years= 1952 |
after= [[Eddie Smith]]}}
{{succession box | title=[[New York Golden Gloves|New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] Light Heavyweight Champion | before= [[Eldredge Thompson]] | after= [[Harold Carter]]| years=1952}}
{{succession box |
before= [[Bobby Jackson (of Cleveland, OH)|Bobby Jackson]]|
title= [[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves]] Light Heavyweight Champion |
years= 1952 |
after= [[Harold Carter]]}}
{{succession box | title=[[United States Amateur Middleweight Champions|National AAU Middleweight Champion]] | before= [[Thomas Nelson]]| after= [[Bryant Thompson]]| years=1952}}
{{succession box |
before= [[Laszlo Papp]] |
title= [[Olympic Games Medalists| Olympic Gold Medalist]] Middleweight Champion |
years= 1952 |
after= [[Gennady Schatkov]] }}
{{end box}}

== Professional Career ==
*Professional Record: 55-8-1, 40 KOs
*Won the vacant World Heavyweight Championship with a fifth-round KO of [[Archie Moore]] on November 30, 1956. At age 21, Patterson was the youngest ever [[World Heavyweight Champion]]. His record was surpassed by [[Mike Tyson]], who won the [[WBC]] Heavyweight Championship at age 20 in 1986.
*In his fifth title defense, Patterson lost the championship to [[Ingemar Johansson]] by a third-round TKO on June 26, 1959.
*Knocked out Ingemar Johansson in five rounds on June 20, 1960 to become the first person to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.
*Knocked out Ingemar Johansson in six rounds on March 13, 1961 to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
*In the third title defense of his second reign, Patterson lost the championship to [[Sonny Liston]] by a first-round KO on September 25, 1962. An embarrassed Patterson left the stadium wearing dark glasses and a fake beard.
*Attempted to regain the championship from Sonny Liston on July 22, 1963, and was again knocked out in the first round.
*Defeated [[Eddie Machen]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision on July 5, 1964.
*Defeated [[George Chuvalo]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision on February 1, 1965.
*Attempted to regain the championship from [[Muhammad Ali]] on November 22, 1965, and was stopped in twelve rounds.
*Fought a ten-round draw with [[Jerry Quarry]] on June 9, 1967. Most of the ringside press thought Patterson won.
*Lost to Jerry Quarry by a disputed twelve-round majority decision on October 28, 1967. The fight was part of the [[WBA]]'s eight-man elimination tournament to fill the title vacancy left after Muhammad Ali was stripped of the title for refusing to be drafted into the U.S. Army.
*Fought [[Jimmy Ellis]] for the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship on September 14, 1969, and lost by a disputed fifteen-round decision.
*Defeated [[Oscar Bonavena]] by a ten-round unanimous decision on February 11, 1972.
*In his last fight, Patterson was stopped after six rounds by Muhammad Ali on September 20, 1972.

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Rocky Marciano]] Retired|
title=[[World Heavyweight Champion]] [[NBA World Heavyweight Champion]] [[NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Ingemar Johansson]]|
years=1956 Nov 30 – 1959 Jun 26
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Ingemar Johansson]]|
title=[[World Heavyweight Champion]] [[NBA World Heavyweight Champion]] [[NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Sonny Liston]]|
years=1960 Jun 20 – 1962 Sep 25
}}
{{end box}}

==Post-Boxing Career==
*Trained his adopted son, [[Tracy Harris Patterson]], who won world titles in two weight divisions.
*Also trained heavyweight contender [[Razor Ruddock]].
*From 1977 to 1984, Patterson was a member of the [[New York State Athletic Commission]]. From 1995 to 1998, he was the chairman of the commission. On April 1, 1998, Patterson resigned as commission chairman after a published report said a three-hour videotape of a deposition he gave in a lawsuit revealed he couldn't remember aspects of his job or important events in his boxing career. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease soon afterward.

== Awards & Recognition ==
*1954 [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] James P. Dawson Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year.
*Named the [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year]] in 1956 and 1960.
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|''The Ring'' Fighter of the Year]] in 1956 and 1960.
*Inducted into [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|''The Ring'' Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1976.
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1985.
*Inducted into the United States Olympic Committee Hall of Fame in 1987.
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1991.
*1995 Boxing Writers Association of America [[James J. Walker Memorial Award]] for "long and meritorious service in boxing."
*Ranked as the 21st [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest heavyweight of all-time]] by [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] in 1998.
*Floyd Patterson ranked 27th of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.

== Notes ==
*Born in a cabin in Waco, North Carolina on January 4, 1935. He was the third eldest of 11 children.
*Grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
*Patterson was a frequent truant who fell behind in school. At age 11, he could not read or write. He would not talk, and when someone talked to him he refused to look the person in the face. His mother had him committed to Wiltwyck School, a school in upstate New York for emotionally disturbed boys. His new teachers helped him learn to read and encouraged him to take up boxing.
*His younger brother, [[Ray Patterson]], also became a professional heavyweight boxer.
*Patterson's autobiography, ''Victory Over Myself'', was published in 1962.
*Died on May 11, 2006 in his New Paltz, New York home. He suffered from Alzheimer's Disease and prostate cancer.
*Patterson is the subject of Alan H. Levy's biography ''[[Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman]]''.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/sports/othersports/11cnd-patterson.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 ''New York Times'' Obituary]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666206/ Filmography at IMDb]

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[[Category:1952 Olympians]]
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[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:Trainers]]
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[[Category:2006 Deaths]]

[[Category:Floyd Patterson Gallery]]

Archie Moore

2014-04-10T23:19:06Z

Matthamilton82: /* Awards & Recognition */

[[file:Moore.Archie.jpg|thumb|left|325px|Archie Moore]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1990 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/moore.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>008995</boxer>
'''[[:Category:Archie Moore Gallery|Archie Moore Gallery]]

*Moore had more known knockouts than any other boxer in history.
*Moore claimed that he was born December 13, 1916, but his mother said that he was born December 13, 1913. Moore joked, "I have given this a lot of thought and have decided that I must have been three when I was born." The U.S. Census record from 1920 seems to put an end to the mystery. "Archie L. Wright" is listed as a nephew in the household of Cleveland Moore and was three years and two months old on the date of the census - January 2, 1920. It also states that he was born in Mississippi.
*Moore's early boxing career is still being researched, as of 2011. One recent discovery: He fought a three-round exhibition with Sammy Jackson on December 8, 1936 in St. Louis. This bout may have been previously listed incorrectly as a six-rounder which occurred on December 3, 1936. Cyber Boxing Zone has Moore winning a five-round decision against Jackson on December 8, 1936, and BoxRec has Moore winning a five-round decision against Jackson on October 9, 1936.
*[[The Ring Magazine]] ranked Moore #1 as a middleweight in [[The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: 1942|1942]], #1 as a light heavyweight in [[The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: 1950|1950]], and #1 as a heavyweight in [[The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: 1955|1955]].
*Moore defeated Joey Maxim by a fifteen-round unanimous decision to win the World Light Heavyweight Championship on December 17, 1952, four days after his 36th birthday.
*Moore challenged [[Rocky Marciano]] for the World Heavyweight Championship on September 21, 1955. Moore dropped Marciano with a right in the second round, but Marciano came back and knocked Moore out in the ninth round.
*Moore fought [[Floyd Patterson]] for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship on November 30, 1956 and was knocked out in the fifth round.
*Moore was stripped by the [[National Boxing Association]] in 1960 because he failed to defend the light heavyweight title within a specified time. Moore was still recognized as champion by [[The Ring Magazine]] and the [[New York State Athletic Commission]] until 1962, when they also stripped him for failure to defend.
*In his second to last fight, Moore, at the age of 45, was knocked out in four rounds by 20-year-old [[Muhammad Ali]] on November 15, 1962.
*Moore is the only man to fight both Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali.
*Moore trained [[George Foreman]] and [[James Tillis]]. He also briefly trained Muhammad Ali. Shortly after his professional debut, Ali's management sent him to Moore's training camp in California to be trained by Moore. However, Ali refused to do the chores that were part of Moore's training regimen, and the two soon parted ways.
*Moore died December 9, 1998 of heart failure.
*The 2006 movie [[Rocky Balboa]] was inspired in part by Archie Moore and his boxing career at an advanced age.

==Awards & Recognition==
*1958 [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year]]
*1980 [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductee
*1990 [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductee
*2006 [[California Boxing Hall of Fame]] Inductee
*Voted "Light Heavyweight Fighter of the Century" by The Associated Press in 1999.
*The Ring Magazine ranked Moore as the second [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest light heavyweight of all-time]] in 2002.
*The Ring Magazine ranked Moore fourteenth on the 2002 list [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years]].
*The Ring Magazine ranked Moore fourth on the 2003 list [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!]].
*Archie Moore ranked 2nd of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.

== External Links ==
*Career acting credits: [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600911/]
*Obituary (via CBZ): [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/archie1209.htm]
*Grave Site: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4247]

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Joey Maxim]]|
title=[[World Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Harold Johnson]]|
years=1952 Dec 17 – 1962 May 12 Abandons title, loses all recognition
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Archie}}
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[[Category:American World Champions]]
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[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:Boxers with more than 200 bouts]]
[[Category:Actors]]

Enzo Maccarinelli vs. Shane McPhilbin

2014-04-08T20:15:38Z

Matthamilton82: /* Enzo Maccarinelli versus Shane McPhilbin BB of C Cruiserweight Championship */

<fight>1665990</fight>

==Enzo Maccarinelli versus Shane McPhilbin BB of C Cruiserweight Championship==

* McPhilbin knocked down Maccarinelli in the first round from a McPhilbin left, a 10-8 round for McPhilbin
* Bell rang inexplicably at 2:13 of the first round. Maccarinelli had beaten the count but his legs appeared gone. The early bell 'saved' him, igniting a controversy
* The bell ringing too soon: similar situations where it occurred include [[Muhammad Ali]] versus [[Joe Frazier]] II and [[Brian Nielsen]] versus [[Dicky Ryan]] I.
* Investigation over the early ringing of the bell which 'saved' Maccarinelli to be conducted by British Boxing Board of Control. To date there has been no comment from the Board regarding the findings of such an investigation.
* Maccarinelli wins the 12 round decision and the British Commonwealth Cruiserweight title
* McPhilbin knocked down Maccarinelli with a left right combination in the third
* Maccarinelli down again in the third and the timeskeeper was counting. McPhilbin's glove touched the canvas in the third after an exchange. In both cases, no knockdown.
* Maccarinelli apparently 'knocked down McPhilbin' with a left-right combination to his knees and hands in ninth round, McPhilbin claimed this was not a knockdown though
* [[Enzo Calzaghe]], Maccarinelli's trainer, father of [[Joe Calzaghe]], was denied a license to work Maccarinellis's corner by the BB of C for not completing their first aid course requirement
* Noted [[Amir Khan]] cornerman Dean Powell successfully stepped in to work the corner for Maccareinelli in place of [[Enzo Calzaghe]] for this bout
* East Side Boxing Story [http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=31289&more=1], Bad Left Hook story by Oli Goldstein calling the BoxNation bout a farce [http://www.badlefthook.com/2012/3/23/2898521/maccarinelli-triumphs-in-farcical-encounter]
* McPhilbin, only 8-2, gave 35-5 former WBO champ Maccarinelli a fight, demands rematch, Boxing Scene story [http://www.boxingscene.com/maccarinelli-admits-losing-focus-mcphilbin-eyes-rematch--50982]

Holman Williams

2014-04-07T23:17:06Z

Matthamilton82:

[[file:WilliamsHol2.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Holman Williams]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2008 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/williamsholman.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>009968</boxer>
'''Managers:''' [[Julian Black]], [[John Roxborough]], [[Charley Rose]] 
[[:Image:Williams.Holman.jpg|Photo #2]], [[:File:Holman-Williams.jpg|Photo #3]]

Holman Williams is considered by many to have been the greatest technician that ever lived. Legendary trainer [[Eddie Futch]] cited Williams and [[Charley Burley]] as the two greatest fighters he ever had the privilege to see and was quoted as saying that he would rather watch Williams shadow box than watch most other fighters in action.

Williams was known as a boxer-puncher early in his career, but he become a defensive specialist after his hands were broken several times. He had an excellent jab, deft footwork, and taut defense. "Holman Williams was a great boxer, but he never got the recognition because he wasn't a puncher," Futch said. "He had the finesse of a [[Ray Robinson]], but no punch."

Williams scored victories over notable boxers such as [[Steve Belloise]], [[Eddie Booker]], [[Charley Burley]], [[Cocoa Kid]], [[Lloyd Marshall]], [[Archie Moore]], [[Bob Satterfield]], and [[Kid Tunero]]. In 1946, after nearly 14 years as a pro, he lost back-to-back decisions to [[Marcel Cerdan]] and [[Jake LaMotta]].

Holman Williams ranked 7th of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013.

*Cyber Boxing Zone [http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/holman-w.html/ Bio]
*The Black Murderers' Row [http://www.charleyburley.com/page17.htm Bio]
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1996
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2008

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[[Category:African American Boxers]]
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Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks

2014-04-02T22:15:14Z

Matthamilton82:

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<fight>2880</fight>
*'''[[World Boxing Council]] Heavyweight Title''' (7th defense of Tyson)
*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Heavyweight Title''' (6th defense of Tyson)
*'''[[International Boxing Federation]] Heavyweight Title''' (4th defense of Tyson)
*'''[[The Ring Magazine]] Heavyweight Title''' (Spinks defending)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Don King]] (Don King Productions)
*'''[[:Image:F2880T.jpeg|Ticket]]'''

== Notes ==
*Named the 1988 [[Ring Magazine Round of the Year]].
*This was the fight in which Tyson, three days short of his 22nd birthday, produced what is widely regarded as the most dominant performance of his career. Many experts agree that Tyson would have been a match for any heavyweight in history on this night.
*Spinks was less than a month from his 32nd birthday and had campaigned the vast majority of his professional career as a light heavyweight.
*Spinks, who didn't hold a belt but was regarded as the lineal champion after twice beating Larry Holmes, had a perfect 31-0 record. Tyson had won 34 bouts in a row, with 30 KOs, including seven world title wins in 16 months.
*The fight, at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, attracted enormous worldwide interest and was billed "Once and For All", meaning the winner would be recognized as the undisputed heavyweight champion (even though Tyson met the criteria for being an undisputed champion already, he won all three titles [WBC, WBA, IBF], Spinks was the lineal champion of the division).
*Tyson came out in his usual aggressive style, immediately putting Spinks on his back foot. With just over a minute gone, Tyson dropped Spinks with a right hand to the body, the second time the former Light Heavyweight Champion had been down in his career (first time was against Dwight Muhammad Qawi in 1983).
*Spinks got up but was caught with another big right, this time on the chin, and counted out after 1 minute, 31 seconds of the first round.
*Tyson earned a record USD $22 million for the fight, the biggest purse ever paid to a boxer at that time. Spinks Recieved 13.5 million.
*Spinks entered the ring as a 4–1 underdog
'''External Links'''

Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks (full fight)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UERGRZTHJYc]

Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks

2014-04-02T22:14:37Z

Matthamilton82:

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<fight>2880</fight>
*'''[[World Boxing Council]] Heavyweight Title''' (7th defense of Tyson)
*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Heavyweight Title''' (6th defense of Tyson)
*'''[[International Boxing Federation]] Heavyweight Title''' (4th defense of Tyson)
*'''[[The Ring Magazine]] Heavyweight Title''' (Spinks defending)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Don King]] (Don King Productions)
*'''[[:Image:F2880T.jpeg|Ticket]]'''

== Notes ==
*Named the 1988 [[Ring Magazine Round of the Year]].
*This was the fight in which Tyson, three days short of his 22nd birthday, produced what is widely regarded as the most dominant performance of his career. Many experts agree that Tyson would have been a match for any heavyweight in history on this night.
*Spinks was less than a month from his 32nd birthday and had campaigned the vast majority of his professional career as a light heavyweight.
*Spinks, who didn't hold a belt but was regarded as the lineal champion after twice beating Larry Holmes, had a perfect 31-0 record. Tyson had won 34 bouts in a row, with 30 KOs, including seven world title wins in 16 months.
*The fight, at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, attracted enormous worldwide interest and was billed "Once and For All", meaning the winner would be recognized as the undisputed heavyweight champion (even though Tyson met the criteria for being an undisputed champion already, he won all three titles [WBC, WBA, IBF], Spinks was the lineal champion of the division).
*Tyson came out in his usual aggressive style, immediately putting Spinks on his back foot. With just over a minute gone, Tyson dropped Spinks with a right hand to the body, the second time the former Light Heavyweight Champion had been down in his career (first time was against Dwight Muhammad Qawi in 1983).
*Spinks got up but was caught with another big right, this time on the chin, and counted out after 1 minute, 31 seconds of the first round.
*Tyson earned a record USD $22 million for the fight, the biggest purse ever paid to a boxer at that time. Spinks Recieved 13.5 million.
*Spinks entered the ring as a 4–1 underdog
'''External Links'''
Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks (full fight)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UERGRZTHJYc]

Category:World Champions By Weight Class

2014-03-26T15:53:05Z

Matthamilton82: /* Heavyweight (200+ lbs, 90.7+ kg, 14 st 4 lbs) */

Listing of World Champions in the generally recognized weight classes.

'''RELATED LINKS:'''
* [[Weight divisions]]
* [[:Category:World Title Lineages|World Title Lineages]]
* [[:Category:World Title Fights|World Title Fights]]
*See also this sister site, ''Barry Hugman's History of World Championship Boxing'': [http://boxrec.com/hugman/index.php/Barry_Hugman%27s_History_of_World_Championship_Boxing] [http://news.boxrec.com/news/2012/re-assessed-whole-history-world-championship-boxing]
==Current Champions==
===Heavyweight (200+ lbs, 90.7+ kg, 14 st 4 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] Super Champion 59-3 (50 KOs) July 2, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Vitali Klitschko]] Champion Emeritus 45-2 (41 KOs) October 11, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] 59-3 (50 KOs) April 22, 2006
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] 59-3 (50 KOs) February 23, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] 59-3 (50 KOs) June 20, 2009
|}

===Cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg, 14 st 4 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Jones]] 38-3-2 (30 KOs) September 27, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Krzysztof Wlodarczyk]] 46-2-1 (33 KOs) May 15, 2010
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Yoan Pablo Hernandez]] 26-1 (13 KOs) October 1, 2011
| align="center"| [[Marco Huck]] 34-2-1 (25 KOs) August 29, 2009
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Yoan Pablo Hernandez]] 26-1 (13 KOs) February 4, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Denis Lebedev]] Interim Champion 24-1 (18 KOs) November 4, 2011
| align="center"| [[Ola Afolabi]] Interim Champion 19-2-4 (9 KOs) March 3, 2012
|}

===Light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg, 12½ st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Beibut Shumenov]] 13-1 (8 KOs) January 29, 2010
| align="center"| [[Chad Dawson]] 31-2-0-2 (17 KOs) April 28, 2012
| align="center"| [[Tavoris Cloud]] 24-0 (19 KOs) August 28, 2009
| align="center"| [[Sergey Kovalev]] 23-0-1 (21 KOs) August 17, 2013
| align="center"| [[Chad Dawson]] 31-2-0-2 (17 KOs) April 28, 2012
|-
|}

===Super middleweight (168 lbs, 76.2 kg, 12 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Andre Ward]] Super Champion 26-0 (14 KOs) November 21, 2009
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Andre Ward]] 26-0 (14 KOs) December 17, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Carl Froch]] 29-2 (21 KOs) May 26, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Arthur Abraham]] 35-3 (27 KOs) August 25, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Andre Ward]] 26-0 (14 KOs) December 17, 2011
|-
| align="center"| [[Károly Balzsay]] 24-2 (17 KOs) August 26, 2011
|-
| align="center"| [[Brian Magee]] Interim Champion 36-4-1 (25 KOs) July 30, 2011
|}

===Middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg, 11 st 6 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Daniel Geale]] Super Champion 28-1 (15 KOs) September 1, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]] 50-2-2 (28 KOs) September 15, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Daniel Geale]] 28-1 (15 KOs) May 7, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Peter Quillin]] 28-0 (20 KOs) October 20, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]] 50-2-2 (28 KOs) April 17, 2010
|-
| align="center"| [[Gennady Golovkin]] 24-0 (21 KOs) 2010
|}

===Light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg, 11 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] Super Champion 43-0 (26 KOs) May 5, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Saul Alvarez]] 41-0-1 (30 KOs) March 5, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Cornelius Bundrage]] 32-4-0-1 (19 KOs) August 7, 2010
| align="center"| [[Zaurbek Baysangurov]] 28-1 (20 KOs) October, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Austin Trout]] 25-0 (14 KOs) February 5, 2011
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Lukas Konecny]] Interim Champion 48-3 (23 KOs) April 5, 2012
|}

===Welterweight (147 lbs, 66.7 kg, 10½ st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Paul Malignaggi]] 31-4 (7 KOs) April 29, 2012
| align="center"| [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] 43-0 (26 KOs) September 17, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Devon Alexander]] 24-1 (13 KOs) October 20, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Timothy Bradley]] 29-0-0-1 (12 KOs) June 9, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Diego Gabriel Chaves]] Interim Champion 22-0 (18 KOs) July 21, 2012
| align="center"| [[Robert Guerrero]] Interim Champion 30-1-1-2 (18 KOs) July 28, 2012
|}

===Light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg, 10 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] Super Champion 25-0 (16 KOs) July 14, 2012
| align="center"| [[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] 25-0 (16 KOs) March 24, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Lamont Peterson]] 30-1-1 (15 KOs) December 10, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Juan Manuel Marquez]] 54-6-1 (39 KOs) June, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] 25-0 (16 KOs) July 14, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Marcos Rene Maidana]] 32–3 (29 KOs) July 23, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Lucas Martin Matthysse]] Interim Champion 32-2-0-1 (30 KOs) September 8, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Pablo Cesar Cano]] Interim Champion 25-1-1 (19 KOs) July 21, 2012
|}
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===Lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg, 9 st 9 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Richard Abril]] Interim Champion 17-3-1 (8 KOs) October 22, 2011
| align="center"| [[Antonio DeMarco]] 28-2-1 (21 KOs) October 15, 2011
| align="center"| [[Miguel Vazquez]] 32-3 (13 KOs) August 14, 2010
| align="center"| [[Ricky Burns]] 35-2 (10 KOs) January, 2012
| align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
|}

===Super featherweight (130 lbs, 59 kg, 9 st 4 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Takashi Uchiyama]] 18-0-1 (15 KOs) January 11, 2010
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Gamaliel Diaz]] 37-9-2 (17 KOs) October 27, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Juan Carlos Salgado]] 25-1-1-1 (16 KOs) September 10, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Roman Martinez]] 26-1-1 (16 KOs) September 15, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Bryan Vazquez]] Interim Champion 29-0 (15 KOs) November 3, 2011
|}

===Featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg, 9 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Chris John]] Super Champion 48-0-3 (22 KOs) November 1, 2003
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Abner Mares]] 26-0-1 (14 KOs) May 4, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Evgeny Gradovich]] 17-0 (8 KOs) March 1, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Mikey Garcia]] 32-0 (27 KOs) January 19, 2013
|-
| align="center"| [[Nicholas Walters]] Regular Champion 22-0 (18 KOs) December 8, 2012
|}

===Super bantamweight (122 lbs, 55.3 kg, 8 st 10 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] 12-0 (8 KOs) January 20, 2012
| align="center"| [[Victor Terrazas]] 37-2-1 (21 KOs) April 20, 2013
| align="center"| [[Jonathan Romero]] 23-0 (12 KOs) February 16, 2013
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] 12-0 (8 KOs) April 13, 2013
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] 12-0 (8 KOs) April 13, 2013
|}

===Bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg, 8 st 6 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Anselmo Moreno]] Super Champion 33-2-1 (12 KOs) May 31, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Shinsuke Yamanaka]] 18-0-2 (13 KOs) November 6, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Jamie McDonnell]] 21-2-1 (9 KOs) May 11, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Tomoki Kameda]] 28-0 (18 KOs) August 1, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Koki Kameda]] 31-1 (17 KOs) December 26, 2010
|}

===Super flyweight (115 lbs, 52.2 kg, 8 st 3 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Liborio Solis]] 15-3-1 (7 KOs) May 6, 2013
| align="center"| [[Srisaket Sor Rungvisai]] 20-3-1 (19 KOs) May 3, 2013
| align="center"| '''Vacant'''
| align="center"| [[Omar Andrés Narváez]] 39-1-2 (20 KOs) May 15, 2010
| align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
|}

===Flyweight (112 lbs, 50.8 kg, 8 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Juan Francisco Estrada]] Super Champion 25-2 (18 KOs) April 6, 2013
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Akira Yaegashi]] 17-3 (9 KOs) April 8, 2013
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Moruti Mthalane]] 29-2 (20 KOs) November 20, 2009
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Juan Francisco Estrada]] 25-2 (18 KOs) April 6, 2013
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Akira Yaegashi]] 17-3 (9 KOs) April 8, 2013
|-
| align="center"| [[Juan Carlos Reveco]] 31-1 (17 KOs) December, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Koki Eto]] Interim Champion 14-2-1 (10 KOs) August 1, 2013
|}

===Light flyweight (108 lbs, 49 kg, 7 st 10 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Roman Gonzalez]] Super Champion 35-0 (29 KOs) February, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Adrian Hernandez]] 27-2-1 (16 KOs) October 6, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[John Riel Casimero]] 18-2 (10 KOs) July 19, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Donnie Nietes]] 31-1-4 (17 KOs) October 8, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Kazuto Ioka]] 12-0 (8 KOs) December 31, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Alberto Rossel]] Interim Champion 30-8-0-1 (13 KOs) April 14, 2012
|}

===Minimumweight (105 lbs, 47.6 kg, 7½ st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Ryo Miyazaki]] 19-0-3 (11 KOs) December 31,2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Xiong Zhao Zhong]] 21-4-1 (11 KOs) November 24, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Katsunari Takayama]] 25-6-0-1 (10 KOs) March 30, 2013
| align="center"| [[Merlito Sabillo]] 23-0 (12 KOs ) April, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Jesus Silvestre]] Interim Champion 27-3 (20 KOs) July 14, 2012
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Carlos Buitrago]] Interim Champion 27-0-0-1 (16 KOs) July 20, 2013
|}

Category:World Champions By Weight Class

2014-03-26T15:52:24Z

Matthamilton82: /* Heavyweight (200+ lbs, 90.7+ kg, 14 st 4 lbs) */

Listing of World Champions in the generally recognized weight classes.

'''RELATED LINKS:'''
* [[Weight divisions]]
* [[:Category:World Title Lineages|World Title Lineages]]
* [[:Category:World Title Fights|World Title Fights]]
*See also this sister site, ''Barry Hugman's History of World Championship Boxing'': [http://boxrec.com/hugman/index.php/Barry_Hugman%27s_History_of_World_Championship_Boxing] [http://news.boxrec.com/news/2012/re-assessed-whole-history-world-championship-boxing]
==Current Champions==
===Heavyweight (200+ lbs, 90.7+ kg, 14 st 4 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] Super Champion 59-3 (50 KOs) July 2, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Vitali Klitschko]] Champion Emeritus 45-2 (41 KOs) October 11, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] 59-3 (50 KOs) April 22, 2006
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] 59-3 (50 KOs) February 23, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] 59-3 (50 KOs) June 20, 2009
|-
|align="center"|}

===Cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg, 14 st 4 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Jones]] 38-3-2 (30 KOs) September 27, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Krzysztof Wlodarczyk]] 46-2-1 (33 KOs) May 15, 2010
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Yoan Pablo Hernandez]] 26-1 (13 KOs) October 1, 2011
| align="center"| [[Marco Huck]] 34-2-1 (25 KOs) August 29, 2009
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Yoan Pablo Hernandez]] 26-1 (13 KOs) February 4, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Denis Lebedev]] Interim Champion 24-1 (18 KOs) November 4, 2011
| align="center"| [[Ola Afolabi]] Interim Champion 19-2-4 (9 KOs) March 3, 2012
|}

===Light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg, 12½ st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Beibut Shumenov]] 13-1 (8 KOs) January 29, 2010
| align="center"| [[Chad Dawson]] 31-2-0-2 (17 KOs) April 28, 2012
| align="center"| [[Tavoris Cloud]] 24-0 (19 KOs) August 28, 2009
| align="center"| [[Sergey Kovalev]] 23-0-1 (21 KOs) August 17, 2013
| align="center"| [[Chad Dawson]] 31-2-0-2 (17 KOs) April 28, 2012
|-
|}

===Super middleweight (168 lbs, 76.2 kg, 12 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Andre Ward]] Super Champion 26-0 (14 KOs) November 21, 2009
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Andre Ward]] 26-0 (14 KOs) December 17, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Carl Froch]] 29-2 (21 KOs) May 26, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Arthur Abraham]] 35-3 (27 KOs) August 25, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Andre Ward]] 26-0 (14 KOs) December 17, 2011
|-
| align="center"| [[Károly Balzsay]] 24-2 (17 KOs) August 26, 2011
|-
| align="center"| [[Brian Magee]] Interim Champion 36-4-1 (25 KOs) July 30, 2011
|}

===Middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg, 11 st 6 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Daniel Geale]] Super Champion 28-1 (15 KOs) September 1, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]] 50-2-2 (28 KOs) September 15, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Daniel Geale]] 28-1 (15 KOs) May 7, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Peter Quillin]] 28-0 (20 KOs) October 20, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]] 50-2-2 (28 KOs) April 17, 2010
|-
| align="center"| [[Gennady Golovkin]] 24-0 (21 KOs) 2010
|}

===Light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg, 11 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] Super Champion 43-0 (26 KOs) May 5, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Saul Alvarez]] 41-0-1 (30 KOs) March 5, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Cornelius Bundrage]] 32-4-0-1 (19 KOs) August 7, 2010
| align="center"| [[Zaurbek Baysangurov]] 28-1 (20 KOs) October, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Austin Trout]] 25-0 (14 KOs) February 5, 2011
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Lukas Konecny]] Interim Champion 48-3 (23 KOs) April 5, 2012
|}

===Welterweight (147 lbs, 66.7 kg, 10½ st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Paul Malignaggi]] 31-4 (7 KOs) April 29, 2012
| align="center"| [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] 43-0 (26 KOs) September 17, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Devon Alexander]] 24-1 (13 KOs) October 20, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Timothy Bradley]] 29-0-0-1 (12 KOs) June 9, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Diego Gabriel Chaves]] Interim Champion 22-0 (18 KOs) July 21, 2012
| align="center"| [[Robert Guerrero]] Interim Champion 30-1-1-2 (18 KOs) July 28, 2012
|}

===Light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg, 10 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] Super Champion 25-0 (16 KOs) July 14, 2012
| align="center"| [[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] 25-0 (16 KOs) March 24, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Lamont Peterson]] 30-1-1 (15 KOs) December 10, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Juan Manuel Marquez]] 54-6-1 (39 KOs) June, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] 25-0 (16 KOs) July 14, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Marcos Rene Maidana]] 32–3 (29 KOs) July 23, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Lucas Martin Matthysse]] Interim Champion 32-2-0-1 (30 KOs) September 8, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Pablo Cesar Cano]] Interim Champion 25-1-1 (19 KOs) July 21, 2012
|}
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===Lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg, 9 st 9 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Richard Abril]] Interim Champion 17-3-1 (8 KOs) October 22, 2011
| align="center"| [[Antonio DeMarco]] 28-2-1 (21 KOs) October 15, 2011
| align="center"| [[Miguel Vazquez]] 32-3 (13 KOs) August 14, 2010
| align="center"| [[Ricky Burns]] 35-2 (10 KOs) January, 2012
| align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
|}

===Super featherweight (130 lbs, 59 kg, 9 st 4 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Takashi Uchiyama]] 18-0-1 (15 KOs) January 11, 2010
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Gamaliel Diaz]] 37-9-2 (17 KOs) October 27, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Juan Carlos Salgado]] 25-1-1-1 (16 KOs) September 10, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Roman Martinez]] 26-1-1 (16 KOs) September 15, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Bryan Vazquez]] Interim Champion 29-0 (15 KOs) November 3, 2011
|}

===Featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg, 9 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Chris John]] Super Champion 48-0-3 (22 KOs) November 1, 2003
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Abner Mares]] 26-0-1 (14 KOs) May 4, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Evgeny Gradovich]] 17-0 (8 KOs) March 1, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Mikey Garcia]] 32-0 (27 KOs) January 19, 2013
|-
| align="center"| [[Nicholas Walters]] Regular Champion 22-0 (18 KOs) December 8, 2012
|}

===Super bantamweight (122 lbs, 55.3 kg, 8 st 10 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] 12-0 (8 KOs) January 20, 2012
| align="center"| [[Victor Terrazas]] 37-2-1 (21 KOs) April 20, 2013
| align="center"| [[Jonathan Romero]] 23-0 (12 KOs) February 16, 2013
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] 12-0 (8 KOs) April 13, 2013
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] 12-0 (8 KOs) April 13, 2013
|}

===Bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg, 8 st 6 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Anselmo Moreno]] Super Champion 33-2-1 (12 KOs) May 31, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Shinsuke Yamanaka]] 18-0-2 (13 KOs) November 6, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Jamie McDonnell]] 21-2-1 (9 KOs) May 11, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Tomoki Kameda]] 28-0 (18 KOs) August 1, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Koki Kameda]] 31-1 (17 KOs) December 26, 2010
|}

===Super flyweight (115 lbs, 52.2 kg, 8 st 3 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Liborio Solis]] 15-3-1 (7 KOs) May 6, 2013
| align="center"| [[Srisaket Sor Rungvisai]] 20-3-1 (19 KOs) May 3, 2013
| align="center"| '''Vacant'''
| align="center"| [[Omar Andrés Narváez]] 39-1-2 (20 KOs) May 15, 2010
| align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
|}

===Flyweight (112 lbs, 50.8 kg, 8 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Juan Francisco Estrada]] Super Champion 25-2 (18 KOs) April 6, 2013
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Akira Yaegashi]] 17-3 (9 KOs) April 8, 2013
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Moruti Mthalane]] 29-2 (20 KOs) November 20, 2009
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Juan Francisco Estrada]] 25-2 (18 KOs) April 6, 2013
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Akira Yaegashi]] 17-3 (9 KOs) April 8, 2013
|-
| align="center"| [[Juan Carlos Reveco]] 31-1 (17 KOs) December, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Koki Eto]] Interim Champion 14-2-1 (10 KOs) August 1, 2013
|}

===Light flyweight (108 lbs, 49 kg, 7 st 10 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Roman Gonzalez]] Super Champion 35-0 (29 KOs) February, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Adrian Hernandez]] 27-2-1 (16 KOs) October 6, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[John Riel Casimero]] 18-2 (10 KOs) July 19, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Donnie Nietes]] 31-1-4 (17 KOs) October 8, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Kazuto Ioka]] 12-0 (8 KOs) December 31, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Alberto Rossel]] Interim Champion 30-8-0-1 (13 KOs) April 14, 2012
|}

===Minimumweight (105 lbs, 47.6 kg, 7½ st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Ryo Miyazaki]] 19-0-3 (11 KOs) December 31,2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Xiong Zhao Zhong]] 21-4-1 (11 KOs) November 24, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Katsunari Takayama]] 25-6-0-1 (10 KOs) March 30, 2013
| align="center"| [[Merlito Sabillo]] 23-0 (12 KOs ) April, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Jesus Silvestre]] Interim Champion 27-3 (20 KOs) July 14, 2012
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Carlos Buitrago]] Interim Champion 27-0-0-1 (16 KOs) July 20, 2013
|}

Category:World Champions By Weight Class

2014-03-26T15:50:19Z

Matthamilton82: /* Heavyweight (200+ lbs, 90.7+ kg, 14 st 4 lbs) */

Listing of World Champions in the generally recognized weight classes.

'''RELATED LINKS:'''
* [[Weight divisions]]
* [[:Category:World Title Lineages|World Title Lineages]]
* [[:Category:World Title Fights|World Title Fights]]
*See also this sister site, ''Barry Hugman's History of World Championship Boxing'': [http://boxrec.com/hugman/index.php/Barry_Hugman%27s_History_of_World_Championship_Boxing] [http://news.boxrec.com/news/2012/re-assessed-whole-history-world-championship-boxing]
==Current Champions==
===Heavyweight (200+ lbs, 90.7+ kg, 14 st 4 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] Super Champion 59-3 (50 KOs) July 2, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Vitali Klitschko]] Champion Emeritus 45-2 (41 KOs) October 11, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] 59-3 (50 KOs) April 22, 2006
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] 59-3 (50 KOs) February 23, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Wladimir Klitschko]] 59-3 (50 KOs) June 20, 2009
|-
|align="center"| [[Alexander Povetkin]] 25-0 (17 KOs) August 27, 2011
|}

===Cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg, 14 st 4 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Jones]] 38-3-2 (30 KOs) September 27, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Krzysztof Wlodarczyk]] 46-2-1 (33 KOs) May 15, 2010
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Yoan Pablo Hernandez]] 26-1 (13 KOs) October 1, 2011
| align="center"| [[Marco Huck]] 34-2-1 (25 KOs) August 29, 2009
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Yoan Pablo Hernandez]] 26-1 (13 KOs) February 4, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Denis Lebedev]] Interim Champion 24-1 (18 KOs) November 4, 2011
| align="center"| [[Ola Afolabi]] Interim Champion 19-2-4 (9 KOs) March 3, 2012
|}

===Light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg, 12½ st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Beibut Shumenov]] 13-1 (8 KOs) January 29, 2010
| align="center"| [[Chad Dawson]] 31-2-0-2 (17 KOs) April 28, 2012
| align="center"| [[Tavoris Cloud]] 24-0 (19 KOs) August 28, 2009
| align="center"| [[Sergey Kovalev]] 23-0-1 (21 KOs) August 17, 2013
| align="center"| [[Chad Dawson]] 31-2-0-2 (17 KOs) April 28, 2012
|-
|}

===Super middleweight (168 lbs, 76.2 kg, 12 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Andre Ward]] Super Champion 26-0 (14 KOs) November 21, 2009
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Andre Ward]] 26-0 (14 KOs) December 17, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Carl Froch]] 29-2 (21 KOs) May 26, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Arthur Abraham]] 35-3 (27 KOs) August 25, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Andre Ward]] 26-0 (14 KOs) December 17, 2011
|-
| align="center"| [[Károly Balzsay]] 24-2 (17 KOs) August 26, 2011
|-
| align="center"| [[Brian Magee]] Interim Champion 36-4-1 (25 KOs) July 30, 2011
|}

===Middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg, 11 st 6 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Daniel Geale]] Super Champion 28-1 (15 KOs) September 1, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]] 50-2-2 (28 KOs) September 15, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Daniel Geale]] 28-1 (15 KOs) May 7, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Peter Quillin]] 28-0 (20 KOs) October 20, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]] 50-2-2 (28 KOs) April 17, 2010
|-
| align="center"| [[Gennady Golovkin]] 24-0 (21 KOs) 2010
|}

===Light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg, 11 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] Super Champion 43-0 (26 KOs) May 5, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Saul Alvarez]] 41-0-1 (30 KOs) March 5, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Cornelius Bundrage]] 32-4-0-1 (19 KOs) August 7, 2010
| align="center"| [[Zaurbek Baysangurov]] 28-1 (20 KOs) October, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Austin Trout]] 25-0 (14 KOs) February 5, 2011
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Lukas Konecny]] Interim Champion 48-3 (23 KOs) April 5, 2012
|}

===Welterweight (147 lbs, 66.7 kg, 10½ st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Paul Malignaggi]] 31-4 (7 KOs) April 29, 2012
| align="center"| [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] 43-0 (26 KOs) September 17, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Devon Alexander]] 24-1 (13 KOs) October 20, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Timothy Bradley]] 29-0-0-1 (12 KOs) June 9, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Diego Gabriel Chaves]] Interim Champion 22-0 (18 KOs) July 21, 2012
| align="center"| [[Robert Guerrero]] Interim Champion 30-1-1-2 (18 KOs) July 28, 2012
|}

===Light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg, 10 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] Super Champion 25-0 (16 KOs) July 14, 2012
| align="center"| [[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] 25-0 (16 KOs) March 24, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Lamont Peterson]] 30-1-1 (15 KOs) December 10, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Juan Manuel Marquez]] 54-6-1 (39 KOs) June, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] 25-0 (16 KOs) July 14, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Marcos Rene Maidana]] 32–3 (29 KOs) July 23, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Lucas Martin Matthysse]] Interim Champion 32-2-0-1 (30 KOs) September 8, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Pablo Cesar Cano]] Interim Champion 25-1-1 (19 KOs) July 21, 2012
|}
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===Lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg, 9 st 9 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Richard Abril]] Interim Champion 17-3-1 (8 KOs) October 22, 2011
| align="center"| [[Antonio DeMarco]] 28-2-1 (21 KOs) October 15, 2011
| align="center"| [[Miguel Vazquez]] 32-3 (13 KOs) August 14, 2010
| align="center"| [[Ricky Burns]] 35-2 (10 KOs) January, 2012
| align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
|}

===Super featherweight (130 lbs, 59 kg, 9 st 4 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Takashi Uchiyama]] 18-0-1 (15 KOs) January 11, 2010
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Gamaliel Diaz]] 37-9-2 (17 KOs) October 27, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Juan Carlos Salgado]] 25-1-1-1 (16 KOs) September 10, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Roman Martinez]] 26-1-1 (16 KOs) September 15, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Bryan Vazquez]] Interim Champion 29-0 (15 KOs) November 3, 2011
|}

===Featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg, 9 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Chris John]] Super Champion 48-0-3 (22 KOs) November 1, 2003
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Abner Mares]] 26-0-1 (14 KOs) May 4, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Evgeny Gradovich]] 17-0 (8 KOs) March 1, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Mikey Garcia]] 32-0 (27 KOs) January 19, 2013
|-
| align="center"| [[Nicholas Walters]] Regular Champion 22-0 (18 KOs) December 8, 2012
|}

===Super bantamweight (122 lbs, 55.3 kg, 8 st 10 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] 12-0 (8 KOs) January 20, 2012
| align="center"| [[Victor Terrazas]] 37-2-1 (21 KOs) April 20, 2013
| align="center"| [[Jonathan Romero]] 23-0 (12 KOs) February 16, 2013
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] 12-0 (8 KOs) April 13, 2013
| align="center"| [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] 12-0 (8 KOs) April 13, 2013
|}

===Bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg, 8 st 6 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Anselmo Moreno]] Super Champion 33-2-1 (12 KOs) May 31, 2008
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Shinsuke Yamanaka]] 18-0-2 (13 KOs) November 6, 2011
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Jamie McDonnell]] 21-2-1 (9 KOs) May 11, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Tomoki Kameda]] 28-0 (18 KOs) August 1, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Koki Kameda]] 31-1 (17 KOs) December 26, 2010
|}

===Super flyweight (115 lbs, 52.2 kg, 8 st 3 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Liborio Solis]] 15-3-1 (7 KOs) May 6, 2013
| align="center"| [[Srisaket Sor Rungvisai]] 20-3-1 (19 KOs) May 3, 2013
| align="center"| '''Vacant'''
| align="center"| [[Omar Andrés Narváez]] 39-1-2 (20 KOs) May 15, 2010
| align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
|}

===Flyweight (112 lbs, 50.8 kg, 8 st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Juan Francisco Estrada]] Super Champion 25-2 (18 KOs) April 6, 2013
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Akira Yaegashi]] 17-3 (9 KOs) April 8, 2013
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Moruti Mthalane]] 29-2 (20 KOs) November 20, 2009
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Juan Francisco Estrada]] 25-2 (18 KOs) April 6, 2013
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Akira Yaegashi]] 17-3 (9 KOs) April 8, 2013
|-
| align="center"| [[Juan Carlos Reveco]] 31-1 (17 KOs) December, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Koki Eto]] Interim Champion 14-2-1 (10 KOs) August 1, 2013
|}

===Light flyweight (108 lbs, 49 kg, 7 st 10 lbs)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Roman Gonzalez]] Super Champion 35-0 (29 KOs) February, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Adrian Hernandez]] 27-2-1 (16 KOs) October 6, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[John Riel Casimero]] 18-2 (10 KOs) July 19, 2012
| rowspan="3" align="center"| [[Donnie Nietes]] 31-1-4 (17 KOs) October 8, 2011
| rowspan="3" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Kazuto Ioka]] 12-0 (8 KOs) December 31, 2012
|-
| align="center"| [[Alberto Rossel]] Interim Champion 30-8-0-1 (13 KOs) April 14, 2012
|}

===Minimumweight (105 lbs, 47.6 kg, 7½ st)===
{{Current world champions}}
| align="center"| [[Ryo Miyazaki]] 19-0-3 (11 KOs) December 31,2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Xiong Zhao Zhong]] 21-4-1 (11 KOs) November 24, 2012
| rowspan="2" align="center"| [[Katsunari Takayama]] 25-6-0-1 (10 KOs) March 30, 2013
| align="center"| [[Merlito Sabillo]] 23-0 (12 KOs ) April, 2013
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Vacant'''
|-
| align="center"| [[Jesus Silvestre]] Interim Champion 27-3 (20 KOs) July 14, 2012
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Carlos Buitrago]] Interim Champion 27-0-0-1 (16 KOs) July 20, 2013
|}

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