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JOHN L. SULLIVAN
"The Boston Strong Boy"
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JAMES J. CORBETT
"Gentleman Jim"
7/1892 - 3/1897
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ROBERT FITZSIMMONS
"Ruby"
3/1897 - 6/1899
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JAMES J. JEFFRIES
"The Boilermaker"
6/1899 - 5/1905
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MARVIN HART
"The Fightin' Kentuckian"
7/1905 - 2/1906
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TOMMY BURNS
"The Little Giant of Hanover"
2/1906 - 12/1908
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JACK JOHNSON
"Galveston Giant"
12/1908 - 4/1915
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JESS WILLARD
"Pottawatomie Giant"
4/1915 - 7/1919
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JACK DEMPSEY
"Manassa Mauler"
7/1919 - 9/1926
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GENE TUNNEY
"The Fighting Marine"
9/1926 - 7/1928
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MAX SCHMELING
"Black Uhlan of the Rhine"
6/1930 - 6/1932
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JACK SHARKEY
"Boston Gob"
6/1932 - 6/1933
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PRIMO CARNERA
"The Ambling Alp"
6/1933 - 6/1934
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MAX BAER
"Livermore Larupper"
6/1934 - 6/1935
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JAMES J. BRADDOCK
"The Cinderella Man"
6/1935 - 6/1937
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JOE LOUIS
"The Brown Bomber"
6/1937 - 3/1949
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N.B.A.
EZZARD CHARLES
"The Cincinnati Cobra"
6/1949 - 9/1950
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EZZARD CHARLES
"The Cincinnati Cobra"
9/1950 - 7/1951
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JERSEY JOE WALCOTT
7/1951 - 9/1952
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ROCKY MARCIANO
"The Brockton Blockbuster"
7/1952 - 4/1956
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FLOYD PATTERSON
"The Rabbit"
11/1956 - 6/1959
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INGEMAR JOHANSSON
"Ingo"
6/1959 - 6/1960
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FLOYD PATTERSON
"The Rabbit"
6/1960 - 9/1962
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SONNY LISTON
"The Black Bear"
9/1962 - 2/1964
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MUHAMMAD ALI
(Cassius Clay)
"The Greatest"
2/1964 - 6/1964
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