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| x Sugar Ray Leonard |
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Orthodox stance | Welterweight | Sugar Ray Leonard-Floyd Mayweather |
Sugar Ray Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles. Leonard was the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in...
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| x Thomas Hearns |
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Orthodox stance | Welterweight | Thomas Hearns-Pipino Cuevas |
Thomas "Tommy" Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is a retired American professional boxer. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra" and more famously "The Hitman," Hearns became the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions. He would also...
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| x Marvin Hagler |
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Southpaw | Middleweight | Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard |
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler in Newark, New Jersey, May 23, 1954) is a retired American professional boxer who was Undisputed World Middleweight Champion from 1980 to 1987. Hagler made twelve undisputed title defenses and...
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| x Muhammad Ali |
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Orthodox stance | Heavyweight | The Rumble in the Jungle |
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist. Considered a cultural icon, Ali was both idolized and vilified.
Originally known as Cassius Clay, Ali...
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| x Mike Tyson |
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Orthodox stance | Heavyweight | Holyfield-Tyson II |
Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is a retired American professional boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at 20...
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| x Larry Holmes |
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Heavyweight | Ken Norton-Larry Holmes |
Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is a former professional boxer. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which gave birth to his boxing nickname, The Easton Assassin.
Holmes, whose left jab is considered one of the greatest weapons in the history of...
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| Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney | |||||
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James Field (c.1714 – 11 February 1751) was a sailor and boxer in England in the 18th century who was hanged for robbery.
He was born in Dublin, and spent most of his early life involved in petty crime. His criminal record meant that in Ireland he...
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| x John Morrissey |
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John Morrissey (February 12, 1831 – May 1, 1878), also known as Old Smoke, was an Irish bare-knuckle boxer and a gang member in New York in the 1850s and later became a Democratic State Senator and U.S. Congressman from New York, backed by Tammany...
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| x Barney Ross | Lightweight |
Barney Ross (born Dov-Ber "Beryl" David Rosofsky; December 23, 1909 – January 17, 1967) was an American professional boxer. Ross became a world champion in three weight divisions and was a decorated veteran of World War II.
Dov-Ber (or Beryl)...
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| x Mia St. John |
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Mia Rosales St. John (born June 24, 1967) is a Mexican-American professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division. Mia is the former WIBA and WIBF Lightweight Champion. She is also a model, businesswoman, and Tae Kwon Do Champion.
St. John, a...
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| x Chuck Zito |
Charles "Chuck" Zito, Jr. (born March 1, 1953), is an Italian-American actor, amateur boxer, martial artist, celebrity bodyguard, stuntman, former boxing trainer and former president of the New York chapter of the Hells Angels.
Zito was born in New...
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| x Virgil Frye |
Virgil Charles Frye is an American actor and former Golden Gloves boxing champion.
He grew up in Estherville, Iowa. He has two children, Sean Frye and Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster), and is the father-in-law of Jason Goldberg.
Frye made an...
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| x Rubin Carter | Middleweight | Rubin Carter-Emile Griffith |
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (born May 6, 1937) fought professionally as a middleweight boxer from 1961 to 1966. In 1966, he was arrested for a triple homicide in the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey. He and another man, John Artis, were...
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| Rubin Carter-Florentino Fernandez | |||||
| Rubin Carter-Clarence James | |||||
| x Wendo kolosoy |
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Antoine Wendo Kolosoy (April 25, 1925 - July 28, 2008) — known as Papa Wendo — was a Congolese musician. He was considered the "Father" of Congolese rumba music, a musical style blending rumba, beguine, waltz, tango and cha-cha.
Wendo was born in...
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| x Benny Leonard | Lightweight |
Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner, Hebrew name דוב בער בן אברהם גרשון (Dov Ber ben Avraham Gershon); April 17, 1896 – April 18, 1947) was an American professional lightweight boxer. He was ranked 8th on the Ring Magazine's list of the "80 Best...
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| x Tommy Loughran |
Thomas Patrick Loughran (November 29, 1902 – July 7, 1982) was the light heavyweight boxing champion of the world.
Loughran's effective use of coordinated foot work, sound defense and swift, accurate counter punching is now regarded as a precursor...
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| x Rubén Olivares | Featherweight |
Rubén Olivares (born January 14, 1947) is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of...
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| x Kostya Tszyu |
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Light middleweight | Ricky Hatton vs. Kostya Tszyu |
Konstantin Borisovich "Kostya" Tszyu (Russian: Константин (Костя) Борисович Цзю; English pronunciation: /ˈkɒstə ˈzuː/) (born 19 September 1969) is a semi-retired Russian-Australian professional boxer of mixed Russian, Korean and Mongol descent. He...
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| Light welterweight | Kostya Tszyu-Jesse James Leija | ||||
| Kostya Tszyu-Jake Rodriguez | |||||
| x Wilfredo Gómez |
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Wilfredo Gómez (born October 29, 1956), sometimes referred to as Bazooka Gómez, is a former boxer and three time world champion.
Gómez was born in a poor area of Las Monjas in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He has admitted to newspapers that, as a little...
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| x Daorung Chuvatana | Bantamweight |
Daorung Chuvatana also known as Surapol Sidangnoi (born 1969-04-01 in Utaradit, Thailand) is a retired boxer who won World titles in the Bantamweight weight divisions.
Chuvatana turned pro in 1985 and in 1994 won the WBA bantamweight title by...
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| x Adonis Rivas | Flyweight |
Adonis Antonio Rivas Ordóñez (born 1972-12-07 in León, Nicaragua) is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division.
Rivas turned professional in 1995 and captured the WBO super flyweight title with a decision win over Diego Morales in 1999....
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| x Elvis Alvarez | Flyweight |
Elvis Álvarez (born 1965-02-02, Medellín, Colombia – died 1995-07-16) was professional boxer in the flyweight division.
Álvarez turned professional in 1985 and captured the vacant WBO flyweight title with a decision win over Miguel Mercedes in 1989,...
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| x Johnny Buff | Bantamweight |
John "Johnny Buff" Lesky (June 12, 1888 – January 14, 1955) was an American boxer. He was World Bantamweight Champion from 1921 to 1922.
In 1921, Buff won both the World Bantamweight Championship and the American Flyweight Championship. He became...
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| x Jesus Kiki Rojas | Flyweight |
Jesus Kiki Rojas (born 1964-01-31 in Rio Caribe, Sucre) is a former professional boxer in the super flyweight division from Venezuela.
Rojas turned professional in 1985 and captured the WBA flyweight title with a decision win over Fidel Bassa in...
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| x Eidy Moya | Bantamweight |
Eidy Moya (born 1974-09-04 in Barcelona, Venezuela) is a retired boxer who won World titles in the bantamweight weight division.
Moya's natural boxing skills showed early in his life when older boys persuade him to brawl in the streets. The winner...
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| x Israel Contreras | Bantamweight |
Israel Contreras (born 27th December 1960 in La Guayra, Venezuela) is a former Venezuelan boxer who won the World Boxing Association bantamweight title. He had a supporting role in the Mel Gibson film Apocalypto.
Contreras turned professional in...
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| x Michael Simms |
Michael Simms Jr (born July 26, 1974 in Sacramento, California) is an American boxer best known to win the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships at light heavyweight.
Simms won the tournament in Houston 1999 by beating David Haye 8-2, Humberto...
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| x Kelvin Seabrooks | Bantamweight |
Kelvin Seabrooks (born March 10, 1963 in Charlotte, North Carolina) was an American boxer who won the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title and defended it two times.
Seabrooks turned professional in 1981 and captured the IBF...
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| x Ubaldo Nestor Sacco | Light welterweight |
Ubaldo Nestor Sacco (Buenos Aires, 28 July 1955 – Mar del Plata, 28 May 1997) was an Argentine boxer.
Known as "Uby", Sacco turned pro in 1978 and won the World Boxing Association light welterweight title by TKO over Gene Hatcher in 1985. He lost...
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| x Loreto Garza | Light welterweight |
Loreto Garza (born May 23, 1962 in Sacramento, California) is a former American boxer.
Garza started boxing amateur at 18 years old and did it for three years. He won the Golden Gloves all three years and was also on the US boxing team.
Garza turned...
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| x Dodie Boy Peñalosa | Flyweight |
Diosdado "Dodie Boy" Peñalosa (born November 19, 1962, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Philippines) is a retired Filipino boxer and a former IBF champion in the light flyweight and flyweight classes.
Peñalosa won the Philippine lightweight title...
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| x Holly Holm | Holly Holm-Victoria Cisneros |
Holly Holm (born October 17, 1981) is a female boxer (who won titles in three divisions), mixed martial artist, and former kickboxer currently contracted under Fresquez Productions promoted by Lenny Fresquez.
5'8" southpaw Holly Holm from Sandia...
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| Holly Holm-Terri Blair | |||||
| Holly Holm-Angelica Martinez | |||||
| x Gaby Canizales | Bantamweight |
Jose 'Gaby' Canizales (born May 1, 1960) is a retired American boxer who won world championships in the bantamweight division.
Canizales was born in Laredo, Texas.
Canizales turned pro in 1979 and in 1983 challenged Jeff Chandler for the World...
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| x Nana Konadu | Bantamweight |
Nana Yaw Konadu Yeboah (born February 15, 1964 in Sunyani, Ghana) is a retired boxer who won World titles in two different weight divisions.
Konadu turned pro in 1985 and in 1989 won the WBC Super Flyweight Title by winning a decision over Gilberto...
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| x Alexander Munoz | Super Flyweight |
Alexander Muñoz (born February 8, 1979 in Miranda, Venezuela) is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division, nicknamed "El Explosivo."
Munoz had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a record of 163 wins, 9 loses, and 129 knockouts in...
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| x Tod Morgan | Super Featherweight |
Albert Morgan Pilkington, better known as "Tod Morgan," (December 25, 1902 – August 3, 1953), was an American boxer.
According to the April 7, 1927 Spokane Spokesman-Review, Morgan was born in Dungeness, WA--which is adjacent to Sequim. Dungeness is...
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| x Fitz Vanderpool |
Fitzroy "Fitz The Whip" Vanderpool (born November 3, 1967 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a Canadian professional boxer. His biggest match was against Fernando Vargas where he lost by TKO.
Vanderpool has won five professional titles; the Canadian...
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| x Michele Piccirillo | Welterweight |
Michele Piccirillo (born January 29, 1970 in Modugno, Italy) is a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division.
Known as "Gentleman", Piccirillo turned pro in 1992 and captured the Vacant IBF Welterweight Title with a decision win over...
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| x Stipe Drviš |
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Stipe Drews, birth name Stipe Drviš (pronounced as STEE-peh DER-vish, born June 8 1973 in Makarska, Croatia), is a Croatian professional boxer. He lost the WBA's version of the World light heavyweight championship title to Australian Danny Green on...
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| x Harry Lewis |
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Harry Lewis (Harry Besterman; September 16, 1886 – February 22, 1956), was an American champion boxer. Lewis was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002 and to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.
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| x Bob Olin |
Robert Lous "Bob" Olin (July 4, 1908, in New York City – December 16, 1956, in New York City) was an American boxer.
He stuck the World Light Heavyweight Championship.
In 1928 Olin won the New York City Golden Gloves 175 lb (79 kg) Open Championship...
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| x Abe Goldstein | Bantamweight |
Abe Goldstein (September 10, 1898, in New York, New York – February 12, 1977, in St. Petersburg, Florida) was an American boxer.
He was World Bantamweight Champion in 1924, and was ranked the # 5 bantamweight of all time
Goldstein was 5' 5", and...
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| x Jackie Fields | Welterweight |
Jackie Fields (Jacob Finkelstein, February 9, 1908 – June 3, 1987) was an American professional boxer who won two world championship titles.
Jackie Fields, who was Jewish, was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on February 9, 1908 under the name Jacob...
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| x Ben Jeby |
Ben Jeby (born Morris Jebaltowsky, in 1907), was an American world champion middleweight champion boxer from the Lower East Side of New York City.
Jeby was Jewish, and one of a number of Jewish title-holders of the time. On March 20, 1930, weighing...
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| x Charlie Phil Rosenberg | Bantamweight |
Charley Phil Rosenberg (Charles Green; August 15, 1902 – March 12, 1976) was an American boxer. He was World Bantamweight Champion from 1925 to 1927.
Rosenberg was born in New York City.
Rosenberg turned professional as a bantamweight in 1921; he...
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| x Victor Perez | Flyweight |
Victor "Young" Perez (October 18, 1911 - January 22, 1945) was a Jew born in French Tunisia, who became the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932. He was born to Khmaïssa Perez a household goods salesman and Khaïlou René Perez. He was raised...
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| x Robert Cohen |
Robert Cohen (born November 15, 1930, in Bône, French Algeria) was a French boxer. Cohen was world bantamweight champion from 1954 to 1956.
Cohen, who stood at 5' 3-1/2", won the French bantamweight title in November 1953 and took the European...
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| x Jack Bernstein | Super Featherweight |
Jack Bernstein, also known as "John Dodick," "Kid Murphy," and Young Murphy," (November 5, 1899, in New York, New York – December 26, 1945) was an American boxer. He was World Junior lightweight Champion, with the title taken from and later lost to...
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| x Benny Bass | Featherweight |
Benny Bass, known as "Little Fish," (December 15, 1904, in Kiev, Ukraine; emigrating to the United States in 1906 – June 25, 1975, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American boxer. He was world featherweight champion, and world junior...
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| x Harry Harris |
Harry Harris ("The Human Hairpin"; November 18, 1880, in Chicago, Illinois – June 5, 1959, in New York City) was an American boxer.
Harris was World Bantamweight Champion in 1901–02.
Harris turned professional in 1896 at the age of 16.
Exceptionally...
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| x Susianna Kentikian | Southpaw | Flyweight |
Susianna "Susi" Levonovna Kentikian (Սյուզի Կենտիկյան, born Syuzanna Levonovna Kentikyan on September 11, 1987) is an Armenian professional boxer now residing in Germany. She was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, but she left the country with her...
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| x Walter McGowan | Bantamweight |
Walter McGowan, MBE (born 13 October 1942 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland), is a retired Scottish boxer. He is renowned for having been WBC world flyweight champion.
He was the son of Thomas McGowan, who had boxed under the name of 'Joe...
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| x Georgi Kandelaki |
Georgi Kandelaki (Georgian: გიორგი კანდელაკი) (born April 10, 1974 in Variani, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is a former boxer and current boxing administrator. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, at the 1997 World Amateur...
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| x Tue Bjørn Thomsen |
Tue Bjørn Thomsen (December 21, 1972 – April 23, 2006) was a professional boxer from Denmark, whose best performance as an amateur was winning the bronze medal at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Born in Egedesminde,...
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| x Katsunari Takayama | Minimumweight |
Katsunari Takayama (高山 勝成, Takayama Katsunari, born May 12, 1983 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is the former WBA minimumweight interim champion, and the former WBC minimumweight champion. Currently he trains at his...
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| x Orlando Salido | Featherweight |
Orlando Salido Rivera (born November 16, 1980 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a Mexican professional boxer. Salido is the current WBO Featherweight Champion and the former IBF Featherweight Champion. Eight of his losses happened between the ages of 15...
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| x Yuri Arbachakov |
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Flyweight |
Yuri Arbachakov (born October 22, 1966 in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia) was a boxing champion in the flyweight division. He was the first Russian professional boxing champion.
Arbachakov was an amateur boxing star in the Soviet Union. He won both world...
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| x Jeff Harding |
Jeff Harding (born 5 February 1965 in Sydney) was a world champion boxer from Australia, known as "Hit Man". Jeff lived in South Grafton N.S.W. Australia and was a student at South Grafton High School. He trained with Steve Cansdell in Grafton...
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| x Orlando Canizales | Bantamweight |
Orlando Canizales (born November 25, 1965) is an American boxer who won the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title and defended it a record sixteen consecutive times.
Canizales turned professional in 1984 and was undefeated in twelve...
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| x Frankie Liles | Super middleweight |
Frank ("Frankie") Liles (born February 14, 1965 in Syracuse, NY) is an American former boxer who held the WBA super middleweight title.
Liles won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games. Liles had a stellar amateur career, compiling an Amateur...
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