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Johnny Ertel

Nicknamed “Kewpie” and “Little Dynamo”, he was the disputed bantamweight world boxing champion from 1915 until 1918, when he justly lost the title to Memphis Pal Moore.


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Ángel Espada

Thus, on June 28, 1975, Espada became the WBA's world Welterweight champion, and Puerto Rico's fourth world boxing champion in history, by outpointing the well known "?title=Clyde Gray">Clyde Gray, over fifteen rounds in San Juan.

Arch Moore

Archie Moore (1913–1998), light heavyweight world boxing champion

Ballybough

The stadium was also the venue where world boxing champion Muhammad Ali defeated 'Al Blue' Lewis in a non-title fight in 1972.

Coral World Ocean Park

In the 1990s, world boxing champion Julian Jackson, the third boxer from the Virgin Islands to become a world champion and a big celebrity in St. Thomas, was hired as a worker, to attract more tourists to the site.

Flor Meléndez

He moved to Cantera, a San Juan area that is close to the childhood homes of salsa singer Andy Montañez and world boxing champion Ossie Ocasio, when he was still a child.

Genaro Hernández

Hernández went on to defend his crown against such capable challengers as future super featherweight champion Anatoly Alexandrov, Carlos Gerena and another future world champion Carlos Famoso Hernandez, a gym-mate and personal friend who would later become El Salvador's first world boxing champion in history.

Italian Volunteer Legion

On his return to Europe became the assistant trainer of Georges Carpentier, the French world boxing-champion in 1912.

Leon McKenzie

He is the son of former British and European boxing champion Clinton McKenzie and nephew of three time world boxing champion Duke McKenzie Leon is now a singing artist his 1st single (Finally) was released on iTunes and features celebrity big brother's MC Harvey.

Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman

He also became Israel's second world boxing champion, following about a month after Hagar Finer won the Women's International Boxing Federation bantamweight world championship.

Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh

Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh (born 1959-04-22 in Sakon Nakhon Province and died 1982-12-03) was a Thai world boxing champion.

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.

World boxing Champion Manny Pacquiao owns the 100th Phoenix station in General Santos City.

The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) is a comedy film starring Danny Kaye and co-starring Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, Walter Abel, Eve Arden, and Fay Bainter, about a milkman who becomes world boxing champion.

Wapakman

Wapakman is a Philippine superhero film directed by Topel Lee and starring eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao.