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Cassius Marcellus Clay

United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)

James John Corbett

United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933)

William Harrison Dempsey

United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)

Charles Liston

United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970)

Joseph Louis Barrow

United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)

Rocco Marciano

United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship in 1952 (1924-1969)

Sugar Ray Robinson

United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)

James Joseph Tunney

United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)

Michael Gerald Tyson

United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966)

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featherweight

a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds

heavyweight

a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds

cruiserweight, light heavyweight

a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds

lightweight

a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds

middleweight

a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds

welterweight

a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds

type of:

boxer, pugilist

someone who fights with his fists for sport