Matthew Saad Muhammad - Revision history

Olivares at 13:45, 19 February 2025

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	*'''Trainers:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Nick Belfiore]], [[Sam Solomon]], Steve Traitz		*'''Trainers:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Nick Belfiore]], [[Sam Solomon]], Steve Traitz
	*'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]], Eddie Aliano		*'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]], [[Eddie Aliano]]
	*'''[[:Category:Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery\|Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery]]'''		*'''[[:Category:Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery\|Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery]]'''
	==Career Overview==		==Career Overview==

Olivares at 23:29, 7 August 2024

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	*'''Trainers:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Nick Belfiore]], [[Sam Solomon]], Steve Traitz		*'''Trainers:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Nick Belfiore]], [[Sam Solomon]], Steve Traitz
	*'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]]		*'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]], Eddie Aliano
	*'''[[:Category:Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery\|Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery]]'''		*'''[[:Category:Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery\|Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery]]'''
	==Career Overview==		==Career Overview==

John at 19:00, 20 July 2020

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	*'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]]		*'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]]
	*'''[[:Category:Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery\|Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery]]'''		*'''[[:Category:Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery\|Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery]]'''

	==Career Overview==		==Career Overview==
	*25-4 as an amateur.		*25-4 as an amateur.
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	*Fought well past his prime and ended his career in 1992 with 16 losses.		*Fought well past his prime and ended his career in 1992 with 16 losses.
	*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1998 and the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2006.		*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1998 and the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2006.


	==Notes==		==Notes==

Wouter at 15:00, 20 July 2020

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	*Fought well past his prime and ended his career in 1992 with 16 losses.		*Fought well past his prime and ended his career in 1992 with 16 losses.
	*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1998 and the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2006.		*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1998 and the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2006.
	*Saad Muhammad's record is listed as 49-16-3 by Boxrec, but the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] and the [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia]] claim his record is 39-16-3. They do not include fights against Serge Bolivard, Reggie Neal and Jorge Espin in 1986, Kid Freeport, Ezeke Minus and Junior McKenzie in 1987, and Joao Cabreiro, Rafael Marin, Jose Ramon Zalazar and Eduardo Antonio Carranza in 1991. [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/saad-m.htm]

	==Notes==		==Notes==

John at 15:32, 2 January 2020

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	~~[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right~~\|~~Class of 1998<br>Modern Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[~~http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/saad.html ~~click]]]~~		{{ibhof \|url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/saad.html}}
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	'''Trainers:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Nick Belfiore]], [[Sam Solomon]], Steve Traitz~~<br>~~		*'''Trainers:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Nick Belfiore]], [[Sam Solomon]], Steve Traitz
	'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]]~~<br>~~		*'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]]
			*'''[[:Category:Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery\|Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery]]'''
	'''[[:Category:Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery\|Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery]]'''~~<br>~~

	==Career Overview==		==Career Overview==
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Boxsoup at 18:03, 16 October 2015

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	'''Trainers:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], Nick Belfiore, [[Sam Solomon]], Steve Traitz<br>		'''Trainers:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Nick Belfiore]], [[Sam Solomon]], Steve Traitz<br>
	'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]]<br>		'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]]<br>

	'''[[:Category:Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery\|Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery]]'''<br>		'''[[:Category:Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery\|Matthew Saad Muhammad Gallery]]'''<br>
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	==Career Overview==		==Career Overview==
	*25-4 as an amateur.		*25-4 as an amateur.
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	*Knocked out [[Marvin Johnson]] in [[Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad (2nd meeting)\|eight rounds]] to win the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title on April 22, 1979.		*Knocked out [[Marvin Johnson]] in [[Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad (2nd meeting)\|eight rounds]] to win the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title on April 22, 1979.
	*Successfully defended the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title eight times. The only challenger to go the distance was former [[WBC]] light heavyweight champion [[John Conteh]], whom Saad Muhammad [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. John Conteh (1st meeting)\|outpointed]] in his first title defense. In his second defense of the title, Saad Muhammad knocked out Conteh in [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. John Conteh (2nd meeting)\|four rounds]].		*Successfully defended the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title eight times. The only challenger to go the distance was former [[WBC]] light heavyweight champion [[John Conteh]], whom Saad Muhammad [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. John Conteh (1st meeting)\|outpointed]] in his first title defense. In his second defense of the title, Saad Muhammad knocked out Conteh in [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. John Conteh (2nd meeting)\|four rounds]].
			*Was scheduled to meet [[WBA]] light heavyweight champion [[Eddie Mustafa Muhammad]] in a unification fight at [[Madison Square Garden]] on February 23, 1981, on a card billed as "This Is It." The card was also going to include [[Gerry Cooney]] vs. [[Ken Norton]], WBA welterweight champion [[Thomas Hearns]] vs. [[Wilfred Benitez]], and WBC super bantamweight champion [[Wilfredo Gomez]] vs. [[Mike Ayala]]. The show fell apart when the promoter, [[Harold Smith (Promoter)\|Harold Smith]], disappeared amid allegations that he was involved in a $21.3 million fraud against Wells Fargo National Bank. Smith, whose real name was Ross Fields, was later sentenced to ten years in prison after he was convicted of 29 counts of fraud and embezzlement. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19810205&id=D4JbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ElENAAAAIBAJ&pg=5363,2366362&hl=en]
	*[[International Boxing Hall of Fame\|Hall of Fame]] promoter [[J. Russell Peltz]] said of Saad Muhammad: "I would say from the summer of ’77 until the fall of ’81, he was probably the greatest action fighter in the history of his division and probably one of the top 10 action fighters ever." [http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/340285-matthew-saad-muhammad-always-brought-his-a-game]		*[[International Boxing Hall of Fame\|Hall of Fame]] promoter [[J. Russell Peltz]] said of Saad Muhammad: "I would say from the summer of ’77 until the fall of ’81, he was probably the greatest action fighter in the history of his division and probably one of the top 10 action fighters ever." [http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/340285-matthew-saad-muhammad-always-brought-his-a-game]
	*Lost the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title to [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] by a [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1st meeting)\|10th-round knockout]] on December 19, 1981.		*Lost the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title to [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] by a [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1st meeting)\|10th-round knockout]] on December 19, 1981.

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	'''~~Trainer~~:''' [[Sam Solomon]]<br>		'''Trainers:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], Nick Belfiore, [[Sam Solomon]], Steve Traitz<br>
	'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]]<br>		'''Cut Men:''' [[Adolph Ritacco]], [[Milt Bailey]]<br>
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	*Knocked out [[Marvin Johnson]] in 12 rounds to win the [[NABF]] light heavyweight title on July 26, 1977.		*Knocked out [[Marvin Johnson]] in 12 rounds to win the [[NABF]] light heavyweight title on July 26, 1977.
	*Knocked out [[Marvin Johnson]] in [[Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad (2nd meeting)\|eight rounds]] to win the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title on April 22, 1979.		*Knocked out [[Marvin Johnson]] in [[Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad (2nd meeting)\|eight rounds]] to win the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title on April 22, 1979.
	*Successfully defended the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title eight times. The only challenger to go the distance was former [[WBC]] light heavyweight champion [[John Conteh]], whom Saad Muhammad outpointed in his first title defense. In his second defense of the title, Saad Muhammad knocked out Conteh in four rounds.		*Successfully defended the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title eight times. The only challenger to go the distance was former [[WBC]] light heavyweight champion [[John Conteh]], whom Saad Muhammad [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. John Conteh (1st meeting)\|outpointed]] in his first title defense. In his second defense of the title, Saad Muhammad knocked out Conteh in [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. John Conteh (2nd meeting)\|four rounds]].
	*[[International Boxing Hall of Fame\|Hall of Fame]] promoter [[J. Russell Peltz]] said of Saad Muhammad: "I would say from the summer of ’77 until the fall of ’81, he was probably the greatest action fighter in the history of his division and probably one of the top 10 action fighters ever." [http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/340285-matthew-saad-muhammad-always-brought-his-a-game]		*[[International Boxing Hall of Fame\|Hall of Fame]] promoter [[J. Russell Peltz]] said of Saad Muhammad: "I would say from the summer of ’77 until the fall of ’81, he was probably the greatest action fighter in the history of his division and probably one of the top 10 action fighters ever." [http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/340285-matthew-saad-muhammad-always-brought-his-a-game]
	*Lost the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title to [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] by a [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1st meeting)\|10th-round knockout]] on December 19, 1981.		*Lost the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title to [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] by a [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1st meeting)\|10th-round knockout]] on December 19, 1981.
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Saad Muhammad's date of birth has been listed as June 16, June 24 and August 5.		*Saad Muhammad's date of birth has been listed as June 16, June 24 and August 5.
	*~~On June 16, 1958,~~ Saad Muhammad was found on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "A policeman spotted me and asked me who I was. I hardly said anything because I was very scared," he said. "He took me to the police station and tried to locate my real parents, but no one came to claim me." Saad Muhammad didn't remember much about what had happened. "I was going to my grandmother's house with my brother," he recalled. "As he ran in front of me, I tried to catch up with him, but he outran me. The next thing I knew, I was lost."		*Saad Muhammad was found on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June of 1958 or 1959 (sources differ). "A policeman spotted me and asked me who I was. I hardly said anything because I was very scared," he said. "He took me to the police station and tried to locate my real parents, but no one came to claim me." Saad Muhammad didn't remember much about what had happened. "I was going to my grandmother's house with my brother," he recalled. "As he ran in front of me, I tried to catch up with him, but he outran me. The next thing I knew, I was lost."
	*Saad Muhammad was taken to the Catholic Social Services office, where the nuns named him Matthew Franklin. "They named me Matthew because it means 'chosen one' and 'Franklin' because I was found on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway," he said.		*Saad Muhammad was taken to the Catholic Social Services office, where the nuns named him Matthew Franklin. "They named me Matthew because it means 'chosen one' and 'Franklin' because I was found on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway," he said.
	*At the age of seven, he was adopted by John and Bertha Santos, Portuguese immigrants who lived in South Philadelphia.		*At the age of seven, he was adopted by John and Bertha Santos, Portuguese immigrants who lived in South Philadelphia.

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			==Career Overview==
			*25-4 as an amateur.
			*9-2 (8 knockouts) in world title fights.
			*7-6-1 (4 knockouts) against former, current or future world titlists:
			**Won against [[Mate Parlov]], [[Marvin Camel]], [[Marvin Johnson]] (twice), [[John Conteh]] (twice) and [[Murray Sutherland]].
			**Lost against [[Marvin Camel]], [[Eddie Mustafa Muhammad]], [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] (twice), [[Uriah Grant]] and [[ Markus Bott]].
			**Drew with [[Mate Parlov]].
			*Knocked out [[Marvin Johnson]] in 12 rounds to win the [[NABF]] light heavyweight title on July 26, 1977.
			*Knocked out [[Marvin Johnson]] in [[Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad (2nd meeting)\|eight rounds]] to win the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title on April 22, 1979.
			*Successfully defended the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title eight times. The only challenger to go the distance was former [[WBC]] light heavyweight champion [[John Conteh]], whom Saad Muhammad outpointed in his first title defense. In his second defense of the title, Saad Muhammad knocked out Conteh in four rounds.
			*[[International Boxing Hall of Fame\|Hall of Fame]] promoter [[J. Russell Peltz]] said of Saad Muhammad: "I would say from the summer of ’77 until the fall of ’81, he was probably the greatest action fighter in the history of his division and probably one of the top 10 action fighters ever." [http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/340285-matthew-saad-muhammad-always-brought-his-a-game]
			*Lost the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title to [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] by a [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1st meeting)\|10th-round knockout]] on December 19, 1981.
			*Knocked out in six rounds by [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] in an unsuccessful attempt to regain the [[WBC]] light heavyweight title on August 7, 1982.
			*Fought well past his prime and ended his career in 1992 with 16 losses.
			*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1998 and the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2006.
			*Saad Muhammad's record is listed as 49-16-3 by Boxrec, but the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] and the [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia]] claim his record is 39-16-3. They do not include fights against Serge Bolivard, Reggie Neal and Jorge Espin in 1986, Kid Freeport, Ezeke Minus and Junior McKenzie in 1987, and Joao Cabreiro, Rafael Marin, Jose Ramon Zalazar and Eduardo Antonio Carranza in 1991. [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/saad-m.htm]

	== ~~Factoids~~ ==		==Notes==
	*~~Matthew~~ Saad Muhammad was ~~born Maxwell Antonio Loach~~ in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ~~His mother died when~~ he ~~was five~~. He ~~was taken in by his aunt~~, but was ~~soon abandoned~~. ~~When~~ he ~~was found by police on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway~~, he was taken to the Catholic Social Services, where the nuns ~~gave~~ him the ~~first name Matthew~~, ~~after~~ the ~~saint~~, and ~~the last name Franklin~~, ~~after the parkway on~~ which he ~~was found~~.		*Saad Muhammad's date of birth has been listed as June 16, June 24 and August 5.
	*~~Shortly after~~ winning the [[WBC]] light heavyweight ~~title~~, he converted to Islam and changed his name to Matthew Saad Muhammad.		*On June 16, 1958, Saad Muhammad was found on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "A policeman spotted me and asked me who I was. I hardly said anything because I was very scared," he said. "He took me to the police station and tried to locate my real parents, but no one came to claim me." Saad Muhammad didn't remember much about what had happened. "I was going to my grandmother's house with my brother," he recalled. "As he ran in front of me, I tried to catch up with him, but he outran me. The next thing I knew, I was lost."
			*Saad Muhammad was taken to the Catholic Social Services office, where the nuns named him Matthew Franklin. "They named me Matthew because it means 'chosen one' and 'Franklin' because I was found on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway," he said.
			*At the age of seven, he was adopted by John and Bertha Santos, Portuguese immigrants who lived in South Philadelphia.
			*"The neighborhood I lived in was pretty bad," Saad Muhammad said. "I had to go to Broad Street by way of 13th Street to get to Catholic school. The youth gangs used to ask me which street I was from and beat me up. I figured, 'If I can't beat them, join them.' Later, I became a leader of a gang." As a result of his gang activity, Saad Muhammad was in and out of reform school. While locked up, a counselor suggested that he take up boxing.
			*After winning the [[WBC]] light heavyweight championship from [[Marvin Johnson]] in 1979, Matthew Franklin converted to Islam and changed his name to Matthew Saad Muhammad. Saad means "bright future" and Muhammad means "worthy of praise." [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1295&dat=19810324&id=xwdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4Y0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6834,5048399]
			*In 1980, Saad Muhammad offered $10,000 to anyone with information leading to the whereabouts of his family. He also hired a private investigator, who got some answers in 1981. Following up on a lead provided by a Philadelphia woman, the private investigator discovered that Saad Muhammad was born Maxwell Antonio Loach. Saad Muhammad also learned that he and a brother were taken in by an aunt after their mother had died. The aunt could not afford to raise both of them, so she instructed the older brother to get rid of his younger brother. The older brother took Saad Muhammad to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and then ran away. "They just didn't have enough money to take care of me, so they got rid of me," Saad Muhammad said. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19810628&id=YiwdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3430,6653096]
			*[[Sylvester Stallone]] sought out Saad Muhammad to play the role of Clubber Lang in [[Rocky III]], but he passed on the project. "They wanted me to shave my head and I refused to do that," recalled Saad Muhammad. "Man, if I could go back in time, I would shave my head if that's what it took to get that part. But if you knew things then that you know now, life would be a lot easier, wouldn't it? I guess I was young and crazy. I couldn't see the forest for the trees, didn't realize what a part like that could have done for me. I wish I had." [http://articles.philly.com/1998-06-11/sports/25728325_1_matthew-saad-muhammad-clubber-lang-fighter]
			*After his retirement from the ring in the early 1990s, Saad Muhammad fell on hard times. [[The Ring Magazine]] estimated his ring earnings at $4 million, but leading a spendthrift and dissipating lifestyle and trusting the wrong people with his boxing earnings left him broke. By 2010, he was living in the R.H.D. Ridge Center, a Philadelphia homeless shelter administered by Resources for Human Development. After a few months, he was again living on his own in Philadelphia and working for the development organization as an advocate and spokesman.
			*Saad Muhammad died from [[Wikipedia:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis\|amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]], also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, on May 25, 2014. [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/sports/matthew-saad-muhammad-boxing-champion-is-dead.html]

	==Awards & Recognition by ~~''[[~~Ring Magazine~~\|The Ring]]''~~==		==Awards & Recognition by The Ring Magazine==
	*~~Named his~~ [[Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad (2nd meeting)\|~~title-winning effort]] against [[~~Marvin Johnson]] the 35th [[The 100 Greatest Title Fights of All-Time\|greatest title fight of all-time]].		*[[Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad (2nd meeting)\|Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Marvin Johnson II]] was named the 35th [[The 100 Greatest Title Fights of All-Time\|greatest title fight of all-time]] in 1996, and the eighth round was named [[Ring Magazine Round of the Year\|Round of the Year]] for 1979.
	*~~Named the 8th round of his~~ [[Marvin Johnson ~~vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad (2nd meeting)\|second fight~~]] ~~with~~ [[~~Marvin Johnson~~]] the 1979 [[Ring Magazine ~~Round of the Year\|Round of the Year~~]].		*Following [[Marvin Johnson]]'s knockout of [[Victor Galindez]] to win the [[WBA]] light heavyweight title in November 1979 — seven months after Saad Muhammad's knockout of Johnson to win the [[WBC]] title — [[The Ring Magazine]] awarded their light heavyweight title to Saad Muhammad.
	*~~Named his~~ [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez (2nd meeting)\|~~title defense]] against [[~~Yaqui Lopez]] ~~the 1980~~ [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year\|Fight of the Year]] and the 84th [[The 100 Greatest Title Fights of All-Time\|greatest title fight of all-time]].		*[[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez (2nd meeting)\|Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez II]] was named [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year\|Fight of the Year]] for 1980 and the 84th [[The 100 Greatest Title Fights of All-Time\|greatest title fight of all-time]] in 1996, and the eighth round was named [[Ring Magazine Round of the Year\|Round of the Year]] for 1980 and the 8th [[The Ring Magazine - Miscellaneous Lists\|most exciting round in boxing history]] in 2001.
	*Named the ~~8th~~ round ~~of his [[Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez (2nd meeting)\|second fight]] with [[Yaqui Lopez]] the 1980~~ [[Ring Magazine Round of the Year\|Round of the Year]] and the 8th [[The Ring Magazine - Miscellaneous Lists\|~~greatest~~ round ~~of all-time~~]].		*Saad Muhammad was named the 10th [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time\|greatest light heavyweight of all-time]] in 2002 and the 24th [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!\|greatest puncher of all-time]] in 2003.
	*~~Named~~ the 10th [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time\|greatest light heavyweight of all-time]].
	*Named the 24th [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!\|greatest puncher of all-time]].

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