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Part-time alligator wrestler Elmer "Violent" Ray slips a right hand from Jersey Joe Walcott during their 1946 battle in Madison Square. Ray won the decision but lost the rematch 4 months later, so Walcott got the shot at champ Joe Louis.

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2020-04-06

Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton confront each other in 1976 before the final fight in their trilogy. Held at Yankee Stadium during a police strike, and with the world title on the line, the match saw Ali take a controversial 15 round decision.

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2020-04-05

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Teófilo Stevenson of poses for the camera. Was he the greatest heavyweight ever in amateur boxing?

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2020-04-05

Harry Wills, aka "The Black Panther," and Luis Firpo, aka "The Wild Bull Of The Pampas," pose before their 12 round match at Boyle's Thirty Acres in in 1924. Wills clearly got the better of the Argentinian.

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2020-04-05

Three champions, three Jersey Joe, "The Brown Bomber," and "The Manassa Mauler."

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2020-04-03

The dangerous right hand of Larry Holmes, aka "The Easton Assassin," jellifies the face of Renaldo Snipes during their 1981 title fight. Snipes decked Holmes with his own big right hand in round seven, but the champion came back to win by TKO.

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2020-04-01

“I'm Jack Johnson -- heavyweight champion of the world! I'm black! They never let me forget it. I'm black all right; I'll never let them forget it." Happy Birthday, JACK JOHNSON The Johnson–Jeffries Fight (1910)

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2020-04-01

"I think Sam Langford was the greatest we ever had ... Even at my best I don't know whether I could lick him or not. He was a good man, good puncher, rough, tough." -- Jack Dempsey, as quoted in Peter Heller's "In This Corner."

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2020-03-30

Illustration of beloved British heavyweight champion Sir Henry Cooper, from the cover of his 1985 autobiography H for 'Enry

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2020-03-23

All according to plan~
Rosa now has heavyweight friends
Part 2 to a pic from earlier this week

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2020-03-20

BOTD 1887 - Former heavyweight title challenger and actor Frank "The Fighting Dentist" Moran. Moran fought Jack Johnson & Jess Willard for the title. Read about Moran's multi-layered and fascinating life in RINGSIDE SEAT buy the issue for $5.99 here: https://t.co/JnMweAvOQS

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2020-03-19

Daisy getting some riders ready for the.... HEAVYWEIGHTS

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2020-03-16

Across the Universe by Artdrawnd. Gouache & watercolor on Nova Series heavyweight black paper. Artist Statement: https://t.co/aAHw6gWuPJ

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2020-03-14

"Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase vs Don "The Rock" Muraco in the quarterfinal round of the tournament for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania IV.Dibiase would defeat Muraco and get a bye into the finals vs Randy Savage

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2020-03-05

Feel like a lightweight posting in a heavyweight thread, but here goes nothing

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2020-02-28

design for Women's Heavyweight Wrestling Champion
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2020-02-28

PROGRAMME: Beatrice Dillon heads up a heavyweight lineup on the Friday night of BNM 2020.

Info👇
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Day tickets for Fri just £20, on sale now 👇
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2020-02-23

Pete, Arthur and Max. A trio of A5 Pawtraits with bluebell and snowdrop pattern backgrounds. Each one is hand painted with gouache paint on heavyweight paper.

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2020-02-21