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2269:. Retrieved
2265:the original
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2189:Philadelphia
2140:Philadelphia
2053:Philadelphia
2030:Buddy Moore
2008:Philadelphia
1929:Frank Davis
1804:Philadelphia
1774:Floyd McCoy
1703:Philadelphia
1654:Philadelphia
1630:Dave Bailey
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1353:Philadelphia
1120:Ulric Regis
1098:Philadelphia
1046:Toledo, Ohio
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912:Philadelphia
781:Henry Clark
727:Thad Spencer
703:Buenos Aires
554:Philadelphia
550:Blue Horizon
502:Philadelphia
414:Sonny Liston
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304:heavyweight
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209:Sonny Liston
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151:Total fights
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60:(1995-11-20)
2391:1995 deaths
2386:1939 births
1529:Don Warner
1473:Sonny Banks
935:Jimmy Ellis
705:, Argentina
628:Alvin Lewis
577:Alvin Lewis
451:Won vacant
306:Henry Clark
291:Joe Frazier
279:Jimmy Ellis
272:Sonny Banks
225:Sonny Banks
213:Alvin Lewis
94:Heavyweight
2370:Categories
2271:2011-05-09
2247:References
2221:26/01/1962
2175:23/04/1962
2127:21/05/1962
2085:18/12/1962
2040:05/02/1963
1991:13/04/1963
1942:24/06/1963
1890:24/06/1963
1840:22/07/1963
1787:30/09/1963
1735:25/02/1964
1686:20/04/1964
1640:22/02/1965
1594:29/03/1965
1542:19/04/1965
1487:10/05/1965
1437:14/10/1965
1385:06/12/1965
1336:05/12/1966
1287:22/12/1966
1251:Gothenburg
1238:03/02/1967
1185:26/02/1967
1133:29/05/1967
1081:29/05/1967
1033:06/06/1967
949:05/08/1967
895:27/11/1967
845:05/04/1968
791:27/04/1968
758:Kensington
741:28/05/1968
689:07/09/1968
642:26/11/1968
588:26/02/1969
537:28/10/1969
485:18/11/1969
428:06/12/1969
302:California
167:Wins by KO
103:6 ft
82:Statistics
39:1939-03-10
2332:New title
1858:Las Vegas
1375:Von Clay
1068:Lee Carr
994:Patterson
962:Astrodome
864:, Germany
862:Frankfurt
858:Festhalle
445:Las Vegas
392:Location
380:Opponent
286:Astrodome
89:Weight(s)
2347:Retired
2280:cite web
2237:, Canada
1253:, Sweden
1201:, Sweden
982:Bonavena
980:-Martin/
498:Spectrum
364:5 Losses
230:The Ring
134:Orthodox
76:Otis Lee
1002:Terrell
1000:–
998:Spencer
992:–
984:–
966:Houston
655:Detroit
605:Detroit
377:Record
374:Result
368:0 Draws
360:31 Wins
283:Houston
112:⁄
2351:Vacant
2315:BoxRec
1302:, Peru
990:Quarry
395:Notes
386:Round
175:Losses
130:Stance
100:Height
49:, U.S.
2313:from
2004:Arena
1800:Arena
1761:Loss
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1699:Arena
1666:11–1
1620:12–1
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1519:14–1
1500:Arena
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1313:18–1
1267:19–1
1215:20–1
1199:Malmö
1162:21–1
1110:22–1
1094:Arena
1058:23–1
1013:24–1
978:Ellis
924:24–2
921:Loss
908:Arena
875:24–3
872:Loss
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771:25–4
768:Loss
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667:26–5
664:Loss
617:27–5
566:28–5
514:29–5
465:30–5
456:bout.
403:31–5
389:Date
383:Type
201:boxer
183:Draws
122:Reach
2338:NABF
2286:link
2201:1–0
2198:Win
2152:2–0
2149:Win
2111:3–0
2108:Win
2078:PTS
2065:4–0
2062:Win
2033:PTS
2020:5–0
2017:Win
1981:TKO
1968:6–0
1965:Win
1932:TKO
1919:7–0
1916:Win
1883:PTS
1870:8–0
1867:Win
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1764:9–1
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1712:Win
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1432:(10)
1427:TKO
1411:Win
1378:PTS
1362:Win
1331:(10)
1310:Win
1300:Lima
1280:PTS
1264:Win
1233:(10)
1228:RTD
1212:Win
1180:(10)
1175:TKO
1159:Win
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1123:TKO
1107:Win
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1010:Win
988:vs.
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939:TKO
840:(12)
817:Win
736:(10)
731:TKO
713:Win
637:(10)
632:TKO
614:Win
563:Win
532:(10)
511:Win
462:Win
453:NABF
423:(12)
400:Win
205:NABF
159:Wins
55:Died
29:Born
2214:SD
2170:(?)
2165:KO
2122:(?)
2117:KO
1986:(6)
1937:(?)
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1829:KO
1782:(8)
1777:KO
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1326:KO
1283:10
1071:KO
1029:10
974:WBA
891:10
888:SD
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787:10
784:MD
685:10
682:UD
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581:SD
527:KO
481:10
478:UD
418:KO
251:AAU
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