jimmy carruthers his family were from workington cumberland england
Lionel Rose
Australian Lionel Rose.
veeraphol sahaprom won the wba bantamweight title in only his forth pro fight in1995
He was a World Champion bantamweight boxer,
In the boxing context Tommy Burns was a world heavyweight champion who was the first white boxer to agree to fight a black boxer for the world title. On Boxing Day 1908 he lost his title to Jack Johnson who became the first ever black heavyweight champion of the world. Johnson was not the first black champion as many books say. tHAT HONOUR GOES TO First Black man to win a world boxing title; held three world boxing titles: paperweight, bantamweight and featherweight; invented shadow boxing and the suspended punching bag; fought in the world's longest fight.
Vitali Klitschko of the Ukraine has been the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion since October 2008.
joe louis
Agbeko is the former world bantamweight champion.(118 pound limit)
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To quote: 'the best boxer in decade, in era'...the Filipino boxing superstar is the first boxer to win seven tittles in seven different weight divisions. In addition, he is the only boxer to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. Currently the WBO welterweight world champion. He also holds: IBF world super bantamweight champion WBC world super featherweight champion WBC world lightweight champion WBO world weltherweight champion IBO world light welterweight champion Ring Magazine tittle
Muhammad Ali was famous for being a Boxer and was a world boxing champion.