#OnThisDay, 2004 Lamon Brewster KO'd Wladimir Klitschko, in Rd5 & won the vacant WBO heavyweight title #BoxingFacts
Jack Johnson was born #onthisday 1878 in Galveston, Texas & within 13 years he was working as a docker, and fighting for fun #BoxingFacts
The 1956 heavyweight Olympic boxing champion,Pete Rademacher fought for a world title in his first pro bout & was KO’d by Floyd Patterson
Sam Langford and Harry Wills fought each other as professionals 17 times
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Rocky Marciano is the only Heavyweight Champion to remain undefeated throughout his career. Rocky was 49 – 0, with 43 KO’S.
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Boxing was introduced as an Olympic sport at the 23rd Olympiad in 688 BC. The first Olympic champion was Onomastos Smyrnaios.
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Sonny Liston received the first Million dollar purse when he defeated
Floyd Patterson in 1963.
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'The National Stadium' in Dublin, Ireland was the first purpose built boxing venue in the world (1939) #BoxingFacts #Boxing #Boxing
The great French fighter, Georges Carpentier, started his career as a Fly-
weight and ended as a Heavyweight.
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Muhammad Ali lost to more amateur boxers (7) than professional boxers (5).
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Evander Holyfield turned down a role in the movie Rocky 5 purely because his character would be knocked out!
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#NeverGiveUp - Jersey Joe Walcott retired 6 times before winning a world title #BoxingFacts #Boxeo #Boxing
If Featherweight champion, Sandy Saddler and HW, Rocky Marciano were to fight, Saddler would've had a 2 inch reach advantage #BoxingFacts.
Bob Fitzsimmons was the first pro fighter to win world titles in 3 different weight divisions. #Boxing #BoxingFacts
The first televised fight was between Benny Leonard and Mickey Walker in 1931. #BoxingFacts #Boxing
The first boxing club was formed in London, England in 1814. It was called the Pugilistic Club. #BoxingFacts #Boxing