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Ali, Muhammad
Armstrong, Lance
Bowe, Riddick
Ellis, Jimmy
Foreman, George Edward
Frazier, Joseph William
Greene, Maurice
Holmes, Larry
Jones, Marion
Lewis, Frederick Carlton "Carl"
Liston, Sonny
Louis, Joe
Marciano, Rocky
Moore, Archie
Patterson, Floyd
Spinks, Leon
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History of USA
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| | 1937 | Louis, Joe | |
| "The Brown Bomber", world heavyweight champion 1937-1949 |
| 1953 | Marciano, Rocky | |
| 16th May Chicago 44th pro boxing victoryt, knocking out former champ, Jersey Joe Walcott, at Chicago Stadium in two minutes |
| 1956 | Moore, Archie | |
| Floyd Patterson knocks out 42-year-old light heavyweight champion Archie Moore in the fifth round to win the vacant crown |
| 1956 | Patterson, Floyd | |
| Floyd Patterson knocks out 42-year-old light heavyweight champion Archie Moore in the fifth round to win the vacant crown, 21 years and 10 months old, the youngest man to ever capture the heavyweight title |
| 1959 | Patterson, Floyd | |
| Patterson made four successful title defenses but his reign comes to an end when Sweden's Johansson knocked him out in the third round |
| 1962 | Liston, Sonny | |
| Sonny Liston becomes world heavyweight champion by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round |
| 1962 | Patterson, Floyd | |
| Sonny Liston becomes world heavyweight champion by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round |
| 1964 | Ali, Muhammad | |
| 25th Feb Miami Prior to Ali's fight with & defeat of Sonny Liston for his 1st World title he declares that he would "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee" |
| 1964 | Liston, Sonny | |
| 25th Feb Miami Liston loses his title when he quit in his corner before the start of the seventh round, claiming he had hurt his shoulder, some believe the fight was fixed, and doubted that Liston's shoulder injury was real |
| 25th Feb Miami Prior to Ali's fight with & defeat of Sonny Liston for his 1st World title he declares that he would "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee" |
| 1965 | Ali, Muhammad | |
| Retains title by knocking out Sonny Liston |
| 1965 | Liston, Sonny | |
| 25th May Miami Cassius Clay knocks out challenger Sonny Liston in one minute and 56 seconds of the first round |
| 1968 | Frazier, Joseph William | |
| New York Ali had to leave his world heavyweight title vacant due to legal repercussions from his refusal to serve in the Vietnam War, and the New York commission decided to hold a title fight between Frazier and Buster Mathis |
| New York Becomes World heavy weight champion, defeats Busther Mathis |
| Frazier defeats Manuel Ramos of Mexico in 2 rounds to defend his title |
| 1970 | Ellis, Jimmy | |
| 16th Feb Frazier finally becomesa recognized champion when WBA world heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis defended against him at Madison Square Garden and Frazier emerged victorious with a 5th round knockout |
| 1970 | Frazier, Joseph William | |
| 16th Feb Frazier becomes undisputed WBA World heavy weight champion |
| 16th Feb Frazier finally becomesa recognized champion when WBA world heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis defended against him at Madison Square Garden and Frazier emerged victorious with a 5th round knockout |
| 1972 | Frazier, Joseph William | |
| Retains the title twice beating Terry Daniels & Ron Stander |
| 1973 | Foreman, George Edward | |
| Defeats Frazier to become the World Heavy Weight Champion |
| 1974 | Ali, Muhammad | |
| 30th Oct Kinshasa Ali regains his title by defeating champion George Foreman in their bizarre bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, hyped as "The Rumble In The Jungle" |
| 1974 | Foreman, George Edward | |
| Defeated by Ali in the "Rumble in the Jungle" |
| 1978 | Ali, Muhammad | |
| Sep Ali regains his title after winning the rematch against Leon Spinks |
| 1978 | Spinks, Leon | |
| Feb Ali loses his title to Leon Spinks |
| 1980 | Holmes, Larry | |
| 2nd Oct Ali challenges Larry Holmes for the WBC's version of the world Heavyweight title looking to set another record as the first boxer to win the Heavyweight title four times, Ali lost by technical knockout in round eleven |
| 1983 | Lewis, Frederick Carlton "Carl" | |
| Winner of the 100m World Championship |
| Winner of the long jump World Championship |
| 1992 | Bowe, Riddick | |
| Becomes the WBC, WBA & IBF heavyweight champion |
| 1994 | Foreman, George Edward | |
| 6th Nov Defeats Moorer to become World Heavy Weight Champion, age 45 |
| 6th Nov Oldest boxer to win a championship in any weight class by knocking out Michael Moorer |
| 1995 | Bowe, Riddick | |
| Becomes the WBO heavyweight champion |
| 1996 | Armstrong, Lance | |
| Ranked no 1 in World Cycling |
| 1999 | Greene, Maurice | |
| 22nd Aug Seville Winner of the 100 meters World title |
| 1999 | Jones, Marion | |
| 22nd Aug Seville Winner of the 100 meters World title |
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