Monday, July 27, 2009

Roberto Durán


Roberto Durán ,born June 16, 1951Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. During his career he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra", "Hands of Stone".

He held world titles at four different weights - lightweight (1972-79), welterweight (1980), junior middleweight (1983-84) and middleweight (1989). He was the second boxer to have fought in five different decades. Saoul Mamby, whom Durán defeated in 1976, was the first boxer in history to compete in five decades. Two weeks later, Duran accomplished the same feat, becoming the second fighter to do so.

professional record of 119 fights, 103 wins with 70 KOs.

Muhammad Ali


Muhammad Ali (January 17, 1942)three-time World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered to be one of the best heavyweight boxing champions ever. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. As a professional, he became the first person to win the lineal heavyweight championship three times.

Ali changed his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to Sunni Islam in 1975. In 1967, Ali refused to be inducted into the U.S. military based on his religious beliefs and opposition to the war in Vietnam. He was arrested and found guilty on draft evasion charges, stripped of his boxing title, and his boxing license was suspended. He was not imprisoned but did not fight again for nearly four years while his appeal worked its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ali was well known for his fighting style, which he described as "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".

Sugar Ray Robinson


Sugar Ray Robinson (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) . Frequently cited as the
greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and
middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound"
rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight.

He turned professional in 1940 at the age of 19 and by 1951 had a professional
record of 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts.

Robinson was named the greatest fighter of the 20th century by the Associated
Press, and the greatest boxer in history by ESPN.com in 2007. The Ring magazine
rated him the best pound for pound boxer of all-time in 1997, and its "Fighter of
the Decade" for the 1950s. Muhammad Ali, who repeatedly called himself "The

Greatest" throughout his career, ranked Robinson as the greatest boxer of all
time. Other Hall of Fame boxers such as Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Leonard said the
same.

a boxing champion,tyson's life!


Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson, some know him as Malik Abdul Aziz,born June 30, 1966, is a retired American boxer. He was the
undisputed heavyweight champion and remains the youngest man ever to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles. He
won the WBC title at just 20 years old. Throughout his career, Tyson became well-known for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial behavior both inside and outside the ring.

Nicknamed "Kid Dynamite","Iron Mike",and "The Baddest Man on the Planet",Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts byknockout, 12 in the first round. He unified the belts in the splintered heavyweight division in the late 1980s to becomeundisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Tyson lost his title when he lost to 42-to-1 underdog James "Buster" Douglas in
February 11, 1990, in Tokyo, by a KO in round 10.

In 1992, Tyson was convicted of sexually assaulting Desiree Washington, for which he served three years in prison. After being released from prison in 1995, he engaged in a series of comeback fights. He regained a portion of the heavyweight title, before losing it to Evander Holyfield in a 1996 fight by an 11th round TKO. Their 1997 rematch ended in shocking
fashion as Tyson was disqualified for biting off part of Holyfield's ear. He fought for a championship again at 35, losing by knockout to Lennox Lewis in 2002. Tyson retired from competitive boxing in 2005 after two consecutive knockout losses to Danny Williams and Kevin McBride. Tyson declared bankruptcy in 2003, despite receiving over US$30 million for several of his fights and $300 million during his career.

He is ranked #16 on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
 

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