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[JE Boxing @JEBoxing]

@ringmagazine There’s only ONE real heavyweight champion. Oleksandr Usyk KO’d Dubois TWICE to prove it. Case closed. Call Dubois the “WBO” champion —- but not world champion.

[Historic Boxing @BoxerJoeGrim]

Former World Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey was laid to rest in a private burial at Southampton Cemetery in Suffolk County, NY, #OnThisDay in 1983 following his death at the age of 87.

[Historic Boxing @BoxerJoeGrim]

The Greatest takes the final count - Muhammad Ali died in Scottsdale, Arizona, #OnThisDay in 2016 at the age of 74.

[Heavyweight History @HVYWeightHeroes]

Poster for Larry Holmes' 10th world title defense vs Leon Spinks at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena in 1981. Broadcast on primetime TV, the bout was billed as a tribute to Louis after his death two months prior. Holmes would win by 3rd round TKO. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

[Historic Boxing @BoxerJoeGrim]

"The Bronx Bull" calls it a day...

Former World Middleweight Champ Jake LaMotta abruptly and unexpectedly announced his retirement #OnThisDay in 1954. The timing of the news caught the boxing world by surprise as he was due to fight Ernie Durando just days later at the Miami Beach Auditorium.

LaMotta said: "I'm tired and I'm through making excuses to myself. I haven't had any pep, and every day I feel listless. I've been telling myself it's the weather, or maybe that I've been working too hard in the gym. Every day it's been maybe this or maybe that. It's time to quit and nobody knows it better than I do."

Pictured after announcing he's done with the ring, the now retired LaMotta squares off with his sons while wife Vikki and two-year-old daughter Christi look on.

[Peter Wells @modernboxingTV]

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[Historic Boxing @BoxerJoeGrim]

Former World Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles, aka "The Cincinnati Cobra", died in Chicago #OnThisDay in 1975 of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 53.

[James Hutton @JEHutton]

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[Historic Boxing @BoxerJoeGrim]

"Ancient" Archie Moore was held to a controversial 10-round majority decision draw by Willie Pastrano at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles #OnThisDay in 1962. Most ringside observers believed the former undisputed light heavyweight king clearly did enough to win, including hurting Pastrano in the fifth round with a body shot which sent his opponent sprawling into the ropes (pictured). The LA Times branded the scoring - two ringside judges ruled it a draw while the referee gave Moore the nod - as "stunning" and "weird".

[JE Boxing @JEBoxing]

@DanRafael1 What a horrible event. Rahman was in a sad state against Wladimir Klitschko in 2008.

[Heavyweight History @HVYWeightHeroes]

World champ Tommy Burns and Jack Johnson clinch during their historic showdown at Rushcutters Bay in Australia in 1908. The one-sided bout was stopped in round 14, making Johnson, aka "The Galveston Giant," the first Black king of the big men. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

[Historic Boxing @BoxerJoeGrim]

Former triple-weight world champion Henry Armstrong pictured giving some boxing tips to young lads in Calcutta, India, in May 1945. Armstrong was touring the India-Burma theater of operations entertaining Allied troops at the time.

[Top Rank Boxing @trboxing]

THE ERA OF KINGS 👑

Watch the best of The Four Kings today on #TopRankClassics.

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[Historic Boxing @BoxerJoeGrim]

Smokin' Joe Frazier retained the WBC and WBA world heavyweight crowns #OnThisDay in 1972 when the ringside doctor stopped his fight with a badly cut Ron Stander after four rounds at the Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska.

[Top Rank Boxing @trboxing]

One of the greatest moments in American Heavyweight history 🌟

Watch the best of American Heavyweights today on #TopRankClassics.

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[Heavyweight History @HVYWeightHeroes]

Billy Conn wears an embarrassed grin after being counted out in round 13 of his legendary 1941 duel with world champ Joe Louis in New York. "The Pittsburgh Kid" was ahead on points when he went toe-to-toe with Louis and paid the price. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

[Historic Boxing @BoxerJoeGrim]

World Heavyweight Champion Gene Tunney, aka "The Fighting Marine", was born in New York #OnThisDay in 1897.

[Heavyweight History @HVYWeightHeroes]

Former champ and ring legend Jack Dempsey arm wrestles power-puncher Bob Foster in 1968. Foster, who would later face Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali among other big men, was set to challenge 175 pound champ Dick Tiger at Madison Square Garden. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

[Historic Boxing @BoxerJoeGrim]

Larry Holmes moved to 48 - 0, one win short of equalling Rocky Marciano's record, #OnThisDay in 1985 when he retained the IBF world heavyweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Carl "The Truth" Williams at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada.

[Donovan Kasp @DonovanKasp]

Happy 70th Birthday to former Undisputed Welterweight, WBA/Ring Jr Middleweight, WBC/Ring Middleweight, WBC Super Middleweight and WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Sugar Ray Leonard. Also won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1976. He was inducted into the IBHOF in 1997. 🇺🇸🥊

[Tom Gray @Tom_Gray_Boxing]

🔥 One of the BEST moments in a boxing documentary EVER: Roberto Duran's redemption against Davey Moore in 1983. From Showtime's The Kings. If you don't love this, then it's time to get out... 🇵🇦👑🇵🇦