The Heavyweight Champion when you were born?

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  1. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Smokin' Joe Frazier!
     
    Smokin Bert, Nov 28, 2023
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  2. Reinhardt

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    second, he'd just ko'ed Ingo in the rematch
     
    Reinhardt, Nov 28, 2023
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  3. Joeywill

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    I leave that unanswered
     
    Joeywill, Nov 28, 2023
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  4. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    George Foreman, about a little over a week or so after he beat Joe Frazier.
     
    Titan1, Nov 28, 2023
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  5. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1960...
     
    RockyJim, Nov 28, 2023
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  6. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali recaptured the title from Spinks 3 days before I was born :ibutt
     
    northpaw, Nov 28, 2023
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  7. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali

    Edit: it was actually still foreman the month I was born. A few months LATER he lost it to Ali
     
    mr. magoo, Nov 28, 2023
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  8. Fergy

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    Smokin Joe.
     
    Fergy, Nov 28, 2023
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  9. Fergy

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    Wonder who was on the throne when Djanders was born??
     
    Fergy, Nov 28, 2023
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  10. Dynamicpuncher

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    He was in his early 90s wasn't he @Shay Sonya ? may he RIP. So it could've been......Tunney, Sharkey, Carnera, Schmeling.
     
    Dynamicpuncher, Nov 28, 2023
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  11. skandinavija

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    oleg maskaev
     
    skandinavija, Nov 28, 2023
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  12. Greg Price99

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    Holmes
     
    Greg Price99, Nov 28, 2023
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    Evander Holyfield 1st reign
     
    viperzero, Nov 28, 2023
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  14. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Mike Tyson defeated Berbick a month before I was born. My mom was pregnant with me when he crashed Berbick to the canvas.
     
    InMemoryofJakeLamotta, Nov 28, 2023
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    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Surely you aren't that old! If you are, you're as old as my grandmother
     
    InMemoryofJakeLamotta, Nov 28, 2023
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