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406:1998-03-31
373:1999-09-10
340:1999-11-19
1668:Categories
1502:Obituaries
1482:2024-05-23
1461:2010-07-01
1436:2010-07-01
1412:References
1143:ARCO Arena
850:The Mirage
472:1995-10-07
440:1995-11-18
183:Early life
151:Wins by KO
80:Statistics
39:1971-06-30
1553:Previous:
312:Location
300:Opponent
258:2 losses
87:Weight(s)
1608:Vacated
1395:See also
782:10 (10)
719:10 (10)
679:12 (12)
577:12 (12)
436:10 (10)
255:30 wins
235:knockout
118:Southpaw
1077:Caesars
749:6 (10)
613:9 (12)
535:7 (12)
502:2 (12)
297:Record
294:Result
1632:Vacant
1612:Vacant
1588:Vacant
1523:BoxRec
1363:4 (4)
1330:1 (6)
1297:3 (4)
1264:6 (6)
1231:6 (6)
1198:2 (?)
1168:6 (6)
1135:6 (6)
1102:1 (6)
1069:6 (6)
1036:3 (6)
1006:4 (6)
973:1 (?)
940:6 (6)
905:5 (?)
875:1 (6)
842:3 (8)
812:8 (8)
649:5 (?)
468:8 (8)
403:6 (8)
370:8 (8)
337:8 (8)
315:Notes
159:Losses
114:Stance
98:Height
49:, U.S.
1571:Next:
1568:1988
1521:from
1383:Death
1060:10–0
1027:11–0
997:12–0
964:13–0
931:14–0
896:15–0
866:16–0
833:17–0
803:18–0
773:19–0
740:20–0
710:21–0
670:22–0
640:23–0
604:24–0
566:25–0
526:26–0
491:26–1
488:Loss
459:27–1
427:27–2
424:Loss
394:28–2
361:29–2
326:30–2
309:Date
303:Type
106:Reach
1354:1–0
1351:Win
1327:TKO
1321:2–0
1318:Win
1288:3–0
1285:Win
1255:4–0
1252:Win
1222:5–0
1219:Win
1195:TKO
1189:6–0
1186:Win
1159:7–0
1156:Win
1126:8–0
1123:Win
1099:TKO
1093:9–0
1090:Win
1057:Win
1024:Win
994:Win
961:Win
928:Win
902:TKO
893:Win
872:TKO
863:Win
830:Win
800:Win
770:Win
737:Win
707:Win
696:NABF
667:Win
646:TKO
637:Win
601:Win
563:Win
523:Win
499:TKO
465:PTS
456:Win
433:TKO
400:TKO
391:Win
358:Win
323:Win
143:Wins
74:Fast
55:Died
29:Born
1533:at
1360:UD
1294:KO
1261:UD
1228:UD
1165:UD
1132:UD
1066:UD
1054:10
1033:KO
1021:11
1003:KO
991:12
970:KO
958:13
937:UD
925:14
890:15
860:16
839:KO
827:17
809:UD
797:18
779:UD
767:19
746:KO
734:20
716:UD
704:21
676:UD
664:22
634:23
610:TD
598:24
574:UD
560:25
552:IBF
532:KO
520:26
485:27
453:28
421:29
388:30
367:UD
355:31
334:UD
320:32
290:No.
277:16
266:14
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1315:2
1282:3
1249:4
1216:5
1183:6
1153:7
1120:8
1087:9
280:0
269:2
218:.
154:14
146:30
138:32
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162:2
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