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3. Gerald Arthur Cooney[ 1] (born August 24, 1956) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1990. He challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 1982 and 1987. He is widely regarded as one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history. [ 2][ 3][ 4] He beat Ken Norton and S. T. Gordon and Ron Lyle and Jimmy Young ...
Power Slap is an American slap fighting promotion company owned by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief executive officer Dana White. Power Slap first gained notoriety by producing a reality television show titled Power Slap: Road to the Title , originally broadcast by the TBS network in the United States and on Rumble internationally. [ 1 ]
The boxing code was written by John Graham Chambers, a Welshman from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, and drafted in London in 1865, before being published in 1867 as "the Queensberry rules for the sport of boxing". [3] [4] At the time, boxing matches were conducted under the London Prize Ring Rules, written in 1838 and revised in 1853. Bare-knuckle ...
Tyson Luke Fury [3] [4] (born 12 August 1988) [5] is a British professional boxer.He has held multiple heavyweight world titles, including unified [b] titles from 2015 to 2016, the Ring magazine title twice between 2015 and 2022, and the World Boxing Council (WBC) title from 2020 to 2024.
Boxing[ b ] is a combat sport and martial art. [ 1 ] Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to western boxing, in ...
Max Everitt Rosenbloom (November 6, 1906 [3] – March 6, 1976) was an American professional boxer, actor, and television personality.Nicknamed "Slapsie Maxie", he was inducted into The Ring's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1972, [4] the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1984, [5] the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1985, [6] and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993. [7]
TJ Doheny. Terence John Doheny (born 2 November 1986) is an Irish professional boxer who held the IBF super-bantamweight title from 2018 to 2019. Nicknamed "Power", Doheny is known for his exceptional punching power, possessing a knockout-to-win percentage of 76.92%. As of August 2024, Doheny is ranked as the world's seventh best super ...
Anthony Joshua. Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua OBE (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is a two-time former unified world heavyweight champion, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) ( Super version ), International Boxing Federation (IBF), and World Boxing Organization (WBO) titles twice between 2016 and 2021.