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1862:Harold Rice
1796:Round, time
1756:By knockout
1679:Mar 2, 1977
1606:Aug 3, 1977
1335:S. T. Gordon
1278:Oct 4, 1978
1248:Nov 1, 1978
1165:Eddie Lopez
1038:Oct 9, 1979
1008:Nov 9, 1979
956:Leroy Boone
825:
806:Jun 11, 1982
792:Larry Holmes
723:Dec 8, 1984
669:Eddie Gregg
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640:Jun 15, 1987
603:Jan 15, 1990
565:Round, time
522:By decision
511:By knockout
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233:Newfoundland
215:Born into a
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197:S. T. Gordon
180:
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143:Total fights
136:
87:
23:Gerry Cooney
2353:1956 births
2049:Boxing 101,
1767:Non-scored
1381:Gary Bates
1355:The Aladdin
1237:Sam McGill
1099:Tom Prater
922:Jimmy Young
308:, both by '
302:Jimmy Young
221:Long Island
217:blue collar
205:Jimmy Young
189:heavyweight
100:Heavyweight
2347:Categories
2275:2016-10-02
2246:2016-10-02
2159:2009-10-06
2136:Lowell Sun
2089:2016-10-02
2005:. CBC News
1983:2023-06-10
1958:2023-06-10
1933:2023-06-10
1893:References
1218:Felt Forum
845:Ken Norton
686:Cow Palace
329:Lee Savold
325:Ken Norton
211:Early life
193:Ken Norton
159:Wins by KO
88:Statistics
51:1956-08-24
1802:Location
1790:Opponent
1751:0 losses
1562:Joe Maye
799:13 (15),
571:Location
559:Opponent
506:3 losses
360:low blows
343:defeated
310:knockouts
295:Las Vegas
289:champion
229:Placentia
95:Weight(s)
82:Gentleman
62:Manhattan
2229:and the
2009:28 April
2003:CBC News
1978:The Ring
1875:Pasadena
1344:4 (10),
1138:1 (10),
1105:2 (10),
1072:4 (10),
1002:3 (10),
962:6 (10),
929:4 (10),
887:1 (10),
880:Ron Lyle
852:1 (10),
826:The Ring
757:4 (10),
717:2 (10),
675:1 (10),
652:The Ring
633:5 (15),
596:2 (10),
503:28 wins
428:Ron Lyle
398:The Ring
349:Don King
306:Ron Lyle
253:Scotland
201:Ron Lyle
126:Orthodox
71:New York
2240:YouTube
2201:YouTube
1881:, U.S.
1843:, U.S.
1787:Record
1784:Result
1711:1 (6),
1673:2 (6),
1633:2 (6),
1568:4 (6),
1528:1 (6),
1424:1 (6),
1307:8 (8),
1035:6 (10)
556:Record
553:Result
2335:BoxRec
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1841:Oregon
1837:Eugene
1830:3 (4)
1805:Notes
1748:1 win
1728:, U.S.
1650:, U.S.
1545:, U.S.
1498:1 (6)
1475:, U.S.
1464:1 (6)
1441:, U.S.
1401:, U.S.
1387:4 (6)
1361:, U.S.
1275:4 (8)
1210:5 (8)
1185:, U.S.
1049:, U.S.
979:, U.S.
904:, U.S.
774:, U.S.
734:, U.S.
692:, U.S.
574:Notes
479:Honors
461:, and
386:clinch
251:, and
237:Canada
167:Losses
122:Stance
106:Height
73:, U.S.
2333:from
2197:Video
1879:Texas
1799:Date
1793:Type
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1331:11–0
1296:12–0
1266:13–0
1234:14–0
1199:15–0
1162:16–0
1129:17–0
1096:18–0
1063:19–0
1026:20–0
993:21–0
953:22–0
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876:24–0
841:25–0
788:25–1
785:Loss
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706:27–1
666:28–1
622:28–2
619:Loss
585:28–3
582:Loss
568:Date
562:Type
249:Wales
235:, in
114:Reach
2113:ISBN
2011:2017
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1827:TKO
1816:1–0
1813:Win
1713:1:32
1700:1–0
1697:Win
1675:1:58
1664:2–0
1661:Win
1635:2:10
1624:3–0
1621:Win
1592:4–0
1589:Win
1570:2:15
1559:5–0
1556:Win
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1516:Win
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1415:9–0
1412:Win
1375:Win
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1328:Win
1309:2:56
1293:Win
1263:Win
1231:Win
1196:Win
1159:Win
1140:1:51
1126:Win
1107:2:13
1102:TKO
1093:Win
1074:1:44
1060:Win
1023:Win
1004:1:14
999:TKO
990:Win
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959:TKO
950:Win
931:3:00
926:TKO
915:Win
889:2:49
873:Win
854:0:54
849:TKO
838:Win
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796:TKO
759:2:37
754:TKO
745:Win
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714:TKO
703:Win
677:1:26
663:Win
650:For
635:2:51
630:TKO
598:1:57
430:and
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278:and
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199:and
195:and
151:Wins
41:Born
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1818:(1)
1780:No.
1670:KO
1630:KO
1599:PTS
1565:KO
1525:KO
1495:KO
1461:KO
1421:KO
1384:KO
1372:10
1325:11
1303:TKO
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1272:KO
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1228:14
1206:RTD
1193:15
1168:UD
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1135:KO
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1090:18
1069:KO
1057:19
1032:KO
1020:20
987:21
947:22
912:23
884:KO
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672:KO
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549:No.
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