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unusual facts about light-heavyweight



Ad Santel

Santel lost his World Light Heavyweight Championship to Gobar Goho of Calcutta (now Kolkata), India on 30 August 1921 in San Francisco.

Alexander Dimitrenko

The fight was stopped in the fifth round, giving Dimitrenko his fourth consecutive victory by T.K.O. and was the sixth title defense of his WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight belt.

Bart Dickon

This nods in the direction of the original daily Dick Barton radio series on the BBC Light Programme from 1946-1951 (later in novels and a trio of low budget feature films), although the spelling of the original character, Snowey, has been changed - as has his gender from time to time.

Bracken County, Kentucky

White burley tobacco, a light, adaptable leaf that revolutionized the industry, was first sold at the 1867 St. Louis Fair by the farmer Mr. Webb from Higginsport, Ohio.

Bryza

PZL M28B Bryza - a Polish STOL light maritime patrol, cargo and passenger plane

Carol Windley

Born in Tofino, British Columbia and raised in British Columbia and Alberta, Windley's debut short story collection, Visible Light (1993) won the 1993 Bumbershoot Award, and was nominated for the 1993 Governor General's Award for English Fiction and the 1994 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.

Color

After exposure to strong light in their sensitivity range, photoreceptors of a given type become desensitized.

ComputerWeekly.com

The site also features the light-hearted Downtime blog which includes a daily Dilbert.

Contardo Barbieri

He graduated from the Brera Academy in 1921 and in his youthful works he re-elaborated the late 19th-century Lombard figurative tradition, attracted by the researches into light and colour carried out by Emilio Gola, Daniele Ranzoni and Emilio Longoni.

Daníel Bjarnason

He has twice won awards at the Icelandic Music Awards—Best Composer/Best Composition, 2010 for Processions and Composer of the Year, 2013 for his works "The Isle Is Full of Noises" and "Over Light Earth." Also in 2013, he and Ben Frost won the Edda Award for best soundtrack for their score to the Baltasar Kormákur-directed film, The Deep.

David Carstens

He won the gold medal in the Light heavyweight competition in Los Angeles, beating Gino Rossi of Italy in the final match.

Deadly Towers

It is a pun of the word mashō (魔性), meaning "devilishness", and in keeping with this theme, the Japanese cartridge contained a red LED at the top which illuminated when turned on.

Evander Holyfield vs. Vaughn Bean

Evander Holyfield vs. Vaughn Bean, billed as "The Power and the Glory", was a professional boxing match contested on September 19, 1998 for the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles.

Gaslight

Gas lighting, the use of flammable gas such as natural gas as a light source

HD 189733

HD 189733, also catalogued as V452 Vulpeculae, is a binary star system approximately 63 light-years away in the constellation of Vulpecula (the Fox).

Hessdalen light

The Hessdalen light is an unexplained light usually seen in the Hessdalen valley in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.

Hillberg

Hillberg Carbine, a light rifle concept for the US armed forces during WW2

Humber-class monitor

Designed for service on the Amazon River, the ships were of shallow draft and heavy armament and were ideally suited to inshore, riverine and coastal work but unsuitable for service at sea, where their weight and light draft reduced their speed from a projected twelve knots to under four.

I Am One

"I Am One" features a doubled guitar solo - a technique later used on Pumpkins songs like "Ava Adore", "Tarantula", and "Bring the Light".

James Broad

As a pro he won the NABF heavyweight title and was a regular sparring partner of a peak Mike Tyson.

John Crowder

He appears as a character in The Long Walk to Finchley, on Thatcher's selection to succeed him as Conservative candidate for his seat - he is played, in a less than flattering light, by Geoffrey Palmer.

Josephus on Jesus

In 1971, a 10th-century Arabic version of the Testimonium due to Agapius of Hierapolis was brought to light by Shlomo Pines who also discovered a 12th-century Syriac version of Josephus by Michael the Syrian.

Kelly Stables

Her two largest roles were in the Thousand Oaks Civic Light Opera's Peter Pan as Wendy, and in Sleeping Beauty as the title character.

Kevin Gaughan

Gaughan wrote At First Light: Strengthening Buffalo Niagara in the New Century which was published by the Canisius College Press in 2003.

Kevin Rooney

Kevin Rooney was the trainer of world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson from the start of his professional career in 1985, up until Tyson's bout with Michael Spinks in 1988.

Kogarah, New South Wales

Commercial and light industrial developments are also located along the Princes Highway and Rocky Point Road.

Lesley Dill

In 2008, Dill conceived and directed a full-scale opera, “Divide Light,” based on the language of Emily Dickinson.

Mariana Levy

It is known for sure that she suffered a heart attack while stopped at a red light in the Mexico City neighborhood of Lomas de Chapultepec.

Marie Taylor

She briefly taught at Cardozo High School, and later started up summer science institutes for high school science teachers, bringing new methods of how to teach science, such as using light-microscopes to study cells.

Matt Light

In his senior season, 2000, Light earned first-team All-Big Ten recognition after starting 12 games at left tackle, helping an offensive line that gave up only seven sacks en route to a Big Ten title and Rose Bowl Game appearance.

Mr. America

Harmon Mister America, 1970s American single-seat light sports aircraft

Olhörn lighthouse

The automated lighthouse serves as a cross light for navigation in the Norderaue tidal channel between the mainland port of Dagebüll and the islands of Föhr and Amrum.

Portals network programming api

In light of emerging partitioned global address space (PGAS) languages, several new features have been added to the Portals API as part of Portals 4.

Ricky Bruch

As well as achieving his sporting career and his turbulent personal life, Bruch also acted in light-entertainment films, debuting in the Italian action comedy film Anche gli angeli tirano di destro and appearing in a minor role in the film version of Ronia the Robber's Daughter.

Rover Light Six

The act to promote the new Rover Light Six in a headline-grabbing campaign was the brainchild of former motorcycle tester and pioneer publicist Dudley Noble, in which a Light Six was to race the Blue Train across France from Calais to St Raphael on the Côte d'Azur.

Rubalcaba

Alexis Rubalcaba (born 1972), retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division

Shuanggudui

Like Mawangdui and Guodian, two other tombs from the area of the old state of Chu, the Shuanggudui find has shed great light on the culture and practices of the early Han dynasty.

Siemens Viaggio Light

In February 2009, Ynet reported serious problems with the Viaggio Light model, including a longer stopping distance when traveling north, narrow doors and corridors, and problems with the Trainlift TR 450 technology.

Škoda 1202

The Škoda 1202 was a family car produced as a station wagon, light panel van and pick-up (Utility) by Czechoslovakian automaker AZNP at their subsidiary plant in Vrchlabí.

South Beach Tow

According to cast member Christie Ashenoff, the idea for the program came after Tremont towed the car of Simon Fields: "He tells us that a few days later a light bulb went off in his head that if he lost his mind, that everyone else must too".

Spatial cutoff frequency

If it were not for the effects of diffraction, a 2" aperture telescope could theoretically be used to read newspapers on a planet circling Alpha Centauri, over four light-years distant.

Speculator, New York

After World War I, famous athletes came to practice in the isolated communities, such as Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, and Max Baer who arrived to train for the heavyweight championship fight.

The Reason 4

They also supported Peter Andre on a number of UK tour dates through the summer, played many light switch ons where they were joined on stage by Keith Lemon in Blackpool.

ThinCan

The tube came painted in one's choice of several transparent colors (black, dark blue, light blue, purple, red) for an authentic "Jetsons" feel.

UFC 66

The card also saw the return of former Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski and The Ultimate Fighter 3 winner Michael Bisping's first bout in the UFC since winning that season.

Variobahn

In 1996, six trams were delivered to serve on the light rail between Mannheim, Heidelberg and Weinheim, Germany, operated by Oberrheinischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft.

VTOL

The Yakovlev Yak-38 was a Soviet Navy VTOL aircraft intended for use aboard their light carriers, cargoships, and capital ships.

Worlds of Fun

“Snoopy’s Hot Summer Lights” which debuted in 2010 is an immersive light and sound experience starring the Peanuts characters.

Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight

The men's freestyle light heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.

Zach Mills

In 2007 he appeared in the Hallmark movie The Valley of Light, and that year would also mark his leading role in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, in which he acted alongside Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman.


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Aldo Traversaro

On 26 November 1977 he won the vacant European light heavyweight title (EBU) against Bunny Johnson, and defended it in 1978 against Rudy Koopmans, Francois Fiol and Avenamar Peralta.

Alex Blanchard

Between 1985 and 1987 he was rated as world's second light heavyweight boxer by the World Boxing Council.

Antonio Nogueira

Antônio Rogério Nogueira (born 1976), light heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter in the UFC

Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones, Jr. III

Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones, Jr. III, billed as "No Excuses", was a professional boxing match contested on October 1, 2005 the IBO and The Ring light heavyweight championships (both held by Tarver) and the vacant NBA light heavyweight championship.

Attila Bátky

Attila Bátky (born January 23, 1973 in Dunajská Streda, Trnava) is an amateur Slovak Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category.

Bewegung Nurr

Trollmann won the German light-heavyweight title in 1933, but was stripped of his victory by the Nazis, sterilized, arrested by the Gestapo, and finally murdered in Neuengamme concentration camp.

Black Bob

Bob Tuckett (born 1948), nicknamed Black Bob, professional light heavyweight/cruiserweight boxer of the 1970s

Bobby Cassidy

After his boxing career, Cassidy began training fighters and has worked with two world champions, WBC light heavyweight champion Donny Lalonde and WBO middleweight champion Lonnie Bradley.

Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's light heavyweight

The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Bulgaria at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Boyan Radev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight.

Said Mustafov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight

Byron Mitchell

As of February 2010, Mitchell's comeback had netted him three wins and two losses, His last loss was to current WBA light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov, who won and lost two razor thin controversial decisions to Gabriel Campillo.

Championship unification

The titles continued to be defended separately and X-Pac lost the Light Heavyweight Championship to Tajiri a week later.

Darin Allen

On July 19, 1997, Darin Allen fought William Guthrie for the then-vacant IBF World Light Heavyweight title.

Darren Corbett

In March 1999, Corbett's next fight saw him also lose his IBO Inter-Continental Championship to a relative novice in Stephane Allouane, but he rebounded later that year by defeating future British & Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Champion Neil Simpson to win the IBO Inter-Continental Light-Heavyweight Title, a belt he never lost in the ring.

EliteXC: Heat

Kimbo Slice opted to fight anyway against Seth Petruzelli, a light heavyweight originally scheduled to face Aaron Rosa on the undercard.

Gojko Kačar

His uncle Slobodan Kačar won the Light Heavyweight Olympic Gold medal in boxing in 1980 competing for Yugoslavia.

Hamilton Ventura

Hamilton Ventura da Conceicao (born 1983 in Cruz das Almas) is a Brazilian amateur boxer best known to win a silver medal at the 2006 South American Games in the men's light heavyweight division.

Heywood L. Edwards

He competed for the United States in freestyle wrestling in the 1928 Summer Olympics, earning 4th place in the light heavyweight division.

Jack Delaney

Delaney was rewarded with a title shot against light heavyweight champion Berlanbach, in a 15-round fight, co-promoted by Roderick James "Jess" McMahon and Tex Rickard.

Jack O'Brien

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1878–1942), American Boxer, former light heavyweight boxing champion of the world

Jake O'Brien

O'Brien was expected to make his debut with the DREAM promotion on July 10 in a Light Heavyweight bout against former Strikeforce and DREAM Champion Gegard Mousasi at Dream 15.

Jesse Valdez

In 1972, Valdez, who is of Mexican-American descent, qualified for the U.S. national team by defeating future world light-heavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.

Kavanagh College

Brian Verdon McCleary (1891–1980) - All Black (1924–1925) played on the Invincibles tour; New Zealand and Australasian amateur and professional light-heavyweight and heavyweight boxing champion (Christian Brothers)

Mark Muñoz

Muñoz was one of the chosen few to be relocated to WEC's sister promotion—which is also owned and produced by Zuffa—along with light heavyweight champion Steve Cantwell, light heavyweight contenders Brian Stann and Steve Steinbeiss and middleweight contenders Chael Sonnen and Nissen Osterneck.

Marvin Johnson

Johnson lost to Matthew Saad Muhammad and Lottie Mwale in the build-up but won a world title—the WBC light heavyweight version—from fellow southpaw Mate Parlov of Yugoslavia with a 10th-round KO in Italy in December 1978, then lost that same title the following April, in front of his hometown Indianapolis fans, in a rematch to Muhammad in what was perhaps 1979's Fight of the Year for many observers.

Nathan Cleverly

In October 2008, Cleverly landed a shot at the vacant Commonwealth light heavyweight title topping the bill for the first time in his career at the Everton Park Sports Centre in Liverpool.

Noel Magee

The following week Eastwood lined up a fight with the then unbeaten Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Title holder Garry Delaney.

Oracle Arena

Five of boxer Andre Ward's fights; against Edison Miranda, Mikkel Kessler, Sakio Bika, Allan Green, and most notably knocking out light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson.

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien

Nat Fleischer, founder and editor of The Ring Magazine, ranked O'Brien as the No. 2 All-Time Light Heavyweight, and Charley Rose ranked him as the No. 3 All-Time Light Heavyweight.

Philip S. Cifarelli

In 1952 at 16 years of age he entered the Mens Light-Heavyweight Division of the Golden Gloves Boxing league where he earned an impressive winning record over a short boxing career in which he was never knocked down and lost only one bout.

Red Burman

He later beat Al Hart (16-6 coming in) by second round knockout, but lost to world Light-Heavyweight champions Melio Bettina and Joey Maxim, both by ten round decisions.

Renata Ribeiro

She is married to former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maurício Rua

Richard Caramanolis

On 2 Febrary 1984 he won the European light heavyweight title (EBU) against Rudy Koopmans, extending his winning streak to 27–0.

Roger Hollett

Following his fight with Hicks, Hollett returned to the Maximum Fighting Championship at MFC 19 on December 5, 2008 against Emanuel Newton in a bout for the vacant MFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

Thomas Ulrich

He then won his next eight bouts, setting up a shot at WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder Tomasz Adamek in 2005.

Tom Bogs

He lost to John Conteh in a bid to regain the European light-heavyweight title, and retired from boxing in 1974.

Tommy Loughran

Loughran fought many middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight champions in his career, including Gene Tunney, Jack Sharkey and Georges Carpentier.

Tonga at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Heamasi Sekona won a bronze in the light heavyweight class of boxing without winning a single bout.

UFC 49

It featured the anticipated rubber match between Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort and Randy Couture, following a disappointing doctor's stoppage in their last encounter at UFC 46.

Wanderlei Silva

Silva culminated his IVC career by winning the promotion's Light Heavyweight belt with a submission win over Eugene Jackson in the IVC 10 show on April 27, 1999.

Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg

The men's light-heavyweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

The Greco-Roman light heavyweight was one of four Greco-Roman wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.

Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight

The men's freestyle light heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.

Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight

The men's freestyle light heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.

Yurik Vardanyan

The following year, Vardanyan moved up to middle-heavyweight for a competition in Donetsk, in which he set all the division's world records, but decided to move back down to light heavyweight for the World and European Championships in Lille.