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Displaying articles 1 to 10.SPORTS RECORDS 8: OSCAR DE LA HOYA, GOLDEN BOY OF BOXING, WORLD NO. 1 POUND-FOR-POUND FIGHTER IN 1987-1988
Sat, 18 Jan 2025
Oscar De La Hoya won 11 world titles in six weight classes, including lineal championships in three weight classes. He was nicknamed "The Golden Boy of Boxing" by sports scribes when he won the gold medal in the lightweight divis
SPORTS RECORDS 8: BERNARD HOPKINS JR., THE OLDEST CHAMPION IN ANY WEIGHT DIVISION
Sat, 11 Jan 2025
Bernard Hopkins Jr. held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed championship at middleweight from 2001 to 2005, and the lineal championship at light heavyweight from 2011 to 2012.
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SPORTS RECORDS 7: GABRIEL "FLASH" ELORDE, THE LONGEST REIGN AS SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION
Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Gabriel "Flash" Elorde won the lineal super featherweight title in 1960. In 1963, he won the inaugural WBC and WBA super featherweight titles. He holds the record at the super featherweight division as the longest reig
SPORTS RECORDS 6: JOE FRAZIER, UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION 1970-1973
Sun, 05 Jan 2025
Joseph William Frazier, nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", is considered as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He was the opponent to hand Muhammad Ali his first defeat. As an amateur boxer, Frazier won a gold medal
SPORTS RECORDS 5: GEORGE FOREMAN, THE OLDEST WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
Sat, 04 Jan 2025
George Foreman won a gold medal in the heavyweight division in the 1968 Mexico Olympics. He turned professional the next year, and won the world heavyweight title with a very impressive second-round knockout of then un
SPORTS RECORDS 4: SUGAR RAY ROBINSON, THE GREATEST BOXER POUND-FOR-POUND
Thu, 02 Jan 2025
Walker Smith Jr., popularly known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is often regarded by experts and scribes as the greatest boxer of all time, pound-for-pound.
SPORTS RECORDS 3: FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. ONE OF THE MOST HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES IN THE WORLD
Wed, 01 Jan 2025
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is one of the most profitable pay-per-view draws of all time, in any sporting event. He topped the Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes of 2012 and 2013, and was numbe
SPORTS RECORDS 2: MANNY PACQUIAO HOLDS SIX GUINNESS BOOK WORLD RECORDS
Tue, 31 Dec 2024
Manny Pacquiao has held six Guinness Book World Records. He has the most consecutive boxing world title fight wins at different weights at 15, from 2005 to 2011. He became the oldest welterweight boxing world champion
SPORTS RECORDS 1: THE LONGEST BOXING FIGHT IN HISTORY
Mon, 30 Dec 2024
The longest recorded fight with gloves was fought between Andy Bowen of New Orleans (1867-94) and Jack Burke of Texas (1869-1913) at New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on April 6, 1893. It lasted 110 rounds, 7 hour 19 min. It started
SPORTS SHORTS 289: WELJON MINDORO STOPS JOEL CAMILLERI, WINS IBA ASIAN MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
Sat, 07 Dec 2024
Filipino middleweight sensation Weljon “Triggerman” Mindoro preserved his unblemished record by dominating Australian Joel “Cama KO” Camilleri and stopping him via a fourth-round technical knockout (TKO) in the under
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