FEBRUARY 24th

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2003
February 24
Neddy Garcia (15-3-1) Tech Dec 11 Alberto Ontiveros (18-6-5)
Zahir Raheem (21-0) W 10 Isidro Tejedor (15-12-4)
Darrin Humphrey TKO 1 Joe Bigger
Sweet RC Fisher W 4 Charles Sims
Ramiro Cano W 8 Tyrone Wiggins
Greg Pickrom KO 1 Willie Perryman
Anthony Hanna W 4 Jackson Williams
Cyril Seror W 10 Thierry Guezouli
Abdel Jebahi W 10 Christophe De Busillet
Ali Oubaali W 8 Didier Tual
Valery Brudov KO 1 Mohamed Siluvangi
Stjepan Bozic TKO 6 Youssef Temsoury
Alexandru Andrei W 10 Eliseo Nogueira
Attila Molnar W 4 Gabor Balogh
Zsolt Bodi D 4 Jeno Novak
Sandor Foracs TKO 2 Ignacio Orsola
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1989 A living legend Roberto Duran makes history by becoming only the third man in history to win titles in four divisions with his split decision win over defending WBC world middleweight champ Iran Barkley.
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1940- Jimmy Ellis born on this day.

James Albert "Jimmy" Ellis (born February 24, 1940) is a retired boxer from Louisville, Kentucky. He held the WBA Heavyweight title from 1968 to 1970.

As an amateur, he was trained by Joe Elsby Martin, Sr., at Louisville's Columbia Gym. He turned professional, as a middleweight, in 1961. Early in his career, he was trained and managed by Bud Bruner. With Bruner, he compiled a record of 15-5 (5 KOs), and was ranked #10 in the world as a middleweight.

In 1965, Angelo Dundee became his trainer and manager. Dundee was also the trainer of Muhammad Ali, whom Ellis defeated when the two were young amateurs in Louisville. Ellis not being happy with the way his boxing career was going had written a letter to Dundee asking for his help after seeing what he had done with Muhammad Ali.

By 1966, Ellis was fighting as a heavyweight. When, in 1967, Ali was stripped of the world title for refusing to enter the military, one of the sanctioning bodies, the World Boxing Association, staged an 8-man tournament that featured most of the top heavyweight contenders. Ellis reached the finals by stopping Leotis Martin in nine rounds, and easily winning a decision over Oscar Bonavena. He then captured the vacant title by defeating Jerry Quarry on April 27, 1968 in Oakland, California.

In his only successful title defense, Ellis defeated Floyd Patterson via a controversial 15-round decision on September 14, 1968 in Stockholm, Sweden. On February 16, 1970, Ellis fought Joe Frazier, who was recognized as World Heavyweight Champion by the New York State Athletic Commission, and who had not participated in the WBA tournament, to unify the world title. The undefeated Frazier knocked Ellis down twice in the fourth round, and Dundee stopped the fight before the start of the fifth round. It was the first knockout loss for Ellis.

After winning his next three fights, with Angelo Dundee in his corner, Ellis fought Ali on July 26, 1971 in the Houston Astrodome, and was stopped in round twelve; it was the only fight in Ali's career in which Dundee was not his cornerman. After a string of losses to contenders Earnie Shavers and Ron Lyle, Ellis fought a rematch with Frazier in March, 1975, and was stopped after the ninth round. His last fight was on May 6, 1975 against Carl Baker, which he won by a knockout in the first round. He retired with a record of 40-12-1 (24 KOs).

Despite suffering from dementia pugilistica, he remained active in the Louisville community, working with youth groups, senior citizens and young aspiring fighters. His son, Jeff, played football at The Ohio State University in the late 1980's.

Ellis has been inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
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1997- Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. (born Floyd Sinclair on February 24, 1977), is an American professional boxer. He is the son of Floyd Mayweather, Sr., a former welterweight boxing contender.

From July 18, 2005 through June 2, 2008 he was rated by The Ring magazine as the number-one pound for pound boxer in the world. Mayweather has won six world boxing championships in five different weight classes; he is the former WBC welterweight champion, a title he vacated upon his retirement. He was named Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year in 1998 and 2007. He is currently ranked number 2 pound for pound fighter.

Mayweather is undefeated with 40 wins including 25 by knockout.
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1945- Sugar Ray Robinson W 10 Jake LaMotta, NYC. Robinson weighed in at 148 1/2; LaMotta at 158. Robinson improves to 54-1. The 4th of 6-fights between these two.

1948- Willie Pep KO 10 Humberto Sierra, Miami. Retains World Featherweight Title.

1982- Carlos De Leon KO 8 Marvin Camel, Atlantic City. Retains WBC World Cruiserweight Title.

1983- Jiro Watanabe KO 8 Luis Ibanez, Tsu City, Japan. Retains WBA World Super Flyweight Title.

1988- Michael Dokes KO 10 Eddie Richardson, NYC. Heavyweight Bout.

1988- James "Buster" Douglas KO 9 Percell Davis, Duluth, MN. Heavyweight Bout.

1989- Roberto Duran W 12 Iran Barkley, Atlantic City. Wins WBC World Middleweight Title.

1990- Jimmy Thunder KO 4 Mauricio Villegas, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Wins Inaugural WBC International Heavyweight Title.

1991- Kid Akeem Anifowoshe KO 4 Lucilo Nolasco, Las Vegas, NV. Retains NABF Super Flyweight Title.

1992- Genaro Hernandez W 12 Omar Catari, Inglewood, CA. Retains WBA World Super Featherweight Title.

1992- Jesus Chong KO 11 Francisco Montiel, Inglewood, CA. Retains NABF Light Flyweight Title.

1992- Ernesto Magdaleno KO 5 Bomani Parker, Inglewood, CA. Wins Vacant California State Light Heavyweight Title.

1996- "Terrible" Terry Norris KO 8 Vincent Pettway, Richmond, VA. Retains Lineal World Junior Middleweight Title, WBC World Super Welterweight Title, and IBF World Junior Middleweight Title.

1996- Alimi Goitia KO 2 Hyung Chul Lee, Kwangyang, South Korea. Retains WBA World Super Flyweight Title.

1996- Saman Sorjaturong KO 4 Antonio Perez, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Retains WBC World Light Flyweight Title.

1997- Arthur Johnson W12 Sammy Stewart, Inglewood, CA. Retains NABF Flyweight Title.

1998- Danny Romero W 10 Joe Manzano, Mashantucket, CT. Junior Featherweight Bout.

1998- Jesus Salud KO 5 Kris Wuritimur, Honolulu, Hawaii. Retains WBO Asia Pacific Junior Featherweight Title.

2000- Shannon Briggs KO 3 Warren Williams, NYC. Heavyweight Bout.

2000- Monte Barrett KO 7 Jimmy Thunder, NYC. Heavyweight Bout.

2001- Roy Jones Jr. KO 10 Derrick Harmon, Tampa, FL. Retains WBC and IBF World Light Heavyweight Titles, WBA World Light Heavyweight Super Championship, and IBO Light Heavyweight Title/Wins Vacant NBA Light Heavyweight Title.

2001- Derrick Gainer W 12 Victor Polo, Tampa, FL. Retains WBA World Featherweight Title.

2002- Maselino Masoe KO 2 Setefano Vasuibau, Auckland, New Zealand. Retains PABA Middleweight Title.

2003- Pornsawan Porpramook KO 5 Golden King Atillo, Bangkok, Thailand. Retains PABA Minimumweight Title.

2003- Kompayak Porpramook W 6 Roger Mananquil, Bangkok. Light Flyweight Bout.

2004- Crazy Kim (Toshiharu Kaneyama) KO 5 Yukiharu Shinyashiki, Tokyo, Japan. Retains Japanese Super Welterweight Title.

2004- Moruti Mthalane KO 3 Thabo Tshela, Temba, North-West, South Africa. Flyweight Bout.

2004- Franck Mezaache W 10 Hacine Cherifi, Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhone, France. Wins French Middleweight Title.

2005- Gairy St. Clair KO 12 Shamir Reyes, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Retains WBO Inter-Continental Junior Lightweight Title.

2005- Yuriy Nuzhnenko KO 2 Plaisakda Singwancha, Perth. Welterweight Bout.

2005- Yuri Foreman W 8 Jesus Soto Karass, NYC. Junior Middleweight Bout.

2005- Andre Berto W 4 Daniel Neal, NYC. Junior Middleweight Bout. Berto improves to 4-0 with 2 KOs.

2005- Luis Collazo KO 1 Richard Heath, North Charleston, NC. Junior Middleweight Bout.

2006- Ismael El Massoudi W 10 Tarik Amrouse, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome, France. Wins Vacant French Super Lightweight Title.

2006- Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam KO 2 Pavel Florin Madalin, Petange, Luxembourg. Middleweight Bout. N'Dam N'Jikam improves to 5-0 with 4 KOs.

2006- Cristian Mijares Draw 12 Luis Maldonado, Torreon, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico. WBC World Super Flyweight Title Eliminator.

2006- Carlos Quintana KO 10 Raul Eduardo Bejarano, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Wins Vacant WBO Latino Welterweight Title.

2006- Nicky Cook W 12 Yuriy Voronin, Dagenham, Essex, England. Retains EBU European Super Featherweight Title.

2006- Brice Faradji W 12 Jozsef Matolcsi, Dagenham. Regains World Boxing Foundation Super Welterweight Title.

2006- Rodney Jones W 12 Raul Frank, Dover, DE. Wins IBF World Junior Middleweight Title Eliminator.

2006- Glen Johnson W 12 Richard Hall, Hollywood, FL. Wins Vacant IBA Light Heavyweight Title.

2006- Joel Casamayor KO 5 Antonio Ramirez, Hollywood, FL. Lightweight Bout.

2006- Juan Lazcano W 10 Ben Tackie, Las Vegas, NV. Junior Welterweight Bout.

2006- Abner Mares W 8 Omar Adorno, Las Vegas. Super Bantamweight Bout.

2006- Rigoberto Alvarez KO 1 Juan Carlos Sanchez, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Super Middleweight Bout.

2007- Fernando Montiel W 12 Z Gorres, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. Retains WBO World Junior Bantamweight Title.

2007- Juan Carlos Reveco KO 7 Adrian Dimas Garzon, Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina. Retains WBA FEDELATIN Light Flyweight Title.

2007- Jonathan Victor Barros W 6 Gerardo Ramon Gomez, Mendoza. Featherweight Bout.

2009- Artur Grigorian W 6 Kirkor Kirkorov, Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany. Grigorian weighed in at 144 1/2; Kirkorov at 139. (Grigorian's first- and last- bout since his 9/11/04 KO 4 win over Vasile Herteg.)

2010- Omar Narvaez W 10 Santiago Ivan Acosta, Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina. Non-title bantamweight bout. Narvaez' WBO world flyweight title was not on the line.

2010- Armando Hernandez Torres KO 7 Osvaldo Razon, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Wins WBC CABOFE Strawweight Title.

Born On This Day

1940: Jimmy Ellis (born James Albert Ellis in Louisville, Kentucky)
Retired boxer who fought in what some consider to be the greatest heavyweight era of all-time, which included Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, and George Chuvalo.[1] Ellis held the WBA World Heavyweight Championship from 1968 to 1970.
Ellis got into boxing after watching fellow Louisville native Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, fight on a local amateur boxing television show called Tomorrow's Champions. "I had a friend of mine named Donnie Hall, and he fought Ali," Ellis said. "Donnie lost, and I thought I could maybe be a fighter then." Ellis went with Hall to Louisville's Columbia Gym, where the coach was a police officer named Joe Martin.
Ellis won 59 of 66 amateur bouts and was a Golden Gloves champion. He boxed Ali twice as an amateur, with Ali winning the first bout and Ellis winning the second.
Ellis turned professional in 1961. Early in his pro career, he was trained and managed by Bud Bruner. With Bruner, he compiled a record of 15-5 (6 KOs) and was ranked #10 in the world as a middleweight. His five losses were decisions to top middleweight contenders Holly Mims (whom he defeated in a rematch), Henry Hank, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Don Fullmer, and George Benton.
At the end of 1964, after losing three out of four fights, Ellis decided to leave Bruner. He later recalled Bruner fondly. "I liked him, and I fought a lot of top-rated fighters when I was with him, but eventually I had to move on," Ellis said. "He did me justice, and we always remained friends."
Ellis wrote a letter to Angelo Dundee, the trainer of Ali, and asked him to handle his career. Dundee agreed to be his manager and trainer. Ellis became a sparring partner for Ali and started to fight on his undercards. Six of his first eight fights with Dundee were on an Ali undercard.
By 1966, Ellis was fighting as a heavyweight. When Ali was stripped of the world title for refusing to enter the military, the World Boxing Association staged an eight-man tournament that featured most of the top heavyweight contenders. Ellis, with eight consecutive wins, was invited to be in the tournament. Joe Frazier, the widely accepted #1 contender, chose not to participate in the tournament. Instead, Frazier fought and knocked out Buster Mathis for the vacant New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship.
Ellis stopped Leotis Martin in nine rounds and easily outpointed Oscar Bonavena to reach the WBA tournament final. On April 27, 1968, Ellis defeated Jerry Quarry by a fifteen-round majority decision to win the vacant WBA World Heavyweight Championship.
In his only successful title defense, Ellis defeated Floyd Patterson via a controversial fifteen-round decision on September 14, 1968 in Stockholm, Sweden. Many in the crowd of 30,000 disagreed with the decision and started chanting, "Floyd champ!" The New York Times scored the fight seven rounds to six for Ellis, with two even.
Following the Patterson victory, Ellis was out of the ring for seventeen months. He was going to fight Henry Cooper in England, but Cooper was injured and pulled out of the fight. Ellis then planned to fight Bob Cleroux in Montreal, but Cleroux lost what was supposed to be a tune-up fight against the lightly regarded Billy Joiner. Finally, Ellis was going to fight Gregorio Peralta in Argentina, but promoters canceled the fight 24 hours before it was to take place because of poor ticket sales.
On February 16, 1970, Ellis fought Frazier to unify the World Heavyweight Championship. The undefeated Frazier knocked Ellis down twice in the fourth round, and Dundee stopped the fight before the start of the fifth round. It was the first knockout loss for Ellis.
After winning his next three fights, Ellis fought Ali in the Houston Astrodome on July 26, 1971. Being the manager and trainer of Ellis, but only Ali's trainer, Dundee chose to work with Ellis for the fight. It was one of the few fights in Ali's career in which Dundee was not in his corner. Ellis fought well over the first three rounds, but the fight turned after Ellis was hurt by a right hand in the fourth round. The right hand "hurt me so bad I couldn't really fight my best after that," Ellis said. "It ruined me." Ali went on to stop Ellis in the twelfth round.
Ellis won his next eight fights by knockout and then fought Earnie Shavers, who was 44-2 (43 KOs). The fight took place on June 18, 1973 at Madison Square Garden. Ellis stunned Shavers with a chopping right to the jaw and backed him into a corner. Then, with a right uppercut, Shavers put Ellis down for the count. The time was 2:39 in the first round.
Ellis came back with a knockout of Memphis Al Jones, but with his skills in decline, he went winless in his next five fights. He lost a split decision to Boone Kirkman, fought a draw with Larry Middleton, dropped decisions to Ron Lyle and Joe Bugner, and was stopped in nine rounds in a rematch with Frazier.
On May 6, 1975, in what would be his last fight, Ellis knocked out journeyman Carl Baker in the first round. He retired after suffering a training injury that left him partially blind in his left eye. Ellis finished with a record of 40-12-1 (24 KOs). After retiring from boxing, Ellis trained boxers and worked for the Louisville Parks Department. He now suffers from dementia pugilistica.

1952- Rock Newman
Jet Magazine once dubbed Rock Newman a "RENAISSANCE MAN"
They may have been referring to the following:
Rock was Captain of his Howard University Baseball team for 3 years, where he was selected as an All-American. He graduated and then was enshrined into the Inaugural Class of the Sports Hall of Fame as one of the most outstanding athletes in Howard University history.
Rock had a 3 year stint as a very successful salesman.
Rock returned to Howard University as a counselor and was recognized as one of the most outstanding contributors to college life after 5 highly rewarding and successful years.
Rock had one of the top rated radio talk shows in the Washington DC metropolitan area where he interviewed people from all walks of life.
Rock entered the world of boxing and was involved the careers of several champions, including guiding Riddick Bowe to the undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World. In November of 1992, Rock negotiated the largest compensation package for an athlete in sports history. Securing a deal with HBO/Time Warner and Caesars World that exceeded $100 million dollars in potential revenue for Bowe.
Rock while seeming to have his hands full in the sports world was singled out and applauded for his efforts, in the unlikely return to the Mayors office of the once politically disgraced Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry. Upon his astounding victory, Barry named Rock to head his Mayoral transition team.
Rock was named as Co-Chairman of Mayor Anthony Williams' transition team a few years later.
Rock instituted the nation's first Funds for Guns program and on Martin Luther King day in 1993 paid in excess of $300,000.00; taking in more than 3000 guns from the streets of the Nations Capitol. Washington, DC celebrated their native son; proclaiming ROCK NEWMAN DAY in his honor.
Rock founded and instituted the wildly successful and much imitated "Rock for the Vote" campaign where his creative efforts helped register thousands of DC residents.
Rock was an early trailblazer in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. He was subsequently recognized and honored as he shared a very special private dinner with Nelson Mandela.
Rock organized an international relief effort during the famine in Somalia and led the personal delivery of more than $1,000,000.00 (One Million dollars) worth of food and medical supplies to the Somalian refugees. A few days later Rock was at the Vatican in Rome where he was greeted by Pope John Paul II.
Rock was a dear friend and proud supporter of Malcolm X's widow Betty Shabazz.
Rock was selected as a speaker at the historic Million Man March.
Rock has been part-owner of the Syracuse Crunch Professional Hockey team for 12 years.
Rock was very instrumental in the negotiations for NBA first round draft picks Chris Wilcox (LA Clippers) Juan Dixon ( Washington Wizards) and Steve Francis (Orlando Magic). Francis recently signed a multimillion dollar endorsement agreement with Reebok and a 6 year $90 million Guaranteed NBA contract.
Rock was profiled by Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes. He has been a guest on The Today Show, Larry King Live, O'Reilly Report, Imus in the Morning, Crossfire, Both sides with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., The Tavis Smiley Show, and numerous other TV and Radio shows as well as having been featured in nearly every Newspaper and Magazine of any note nationally and internationally.
Rock has been married to his Dreamgirl and Sweetheart Demetria for 22 years and is dad to two, Kevin and Tandi. And grandpa to Sabrina and Mia his other two Dreamgirls.
Rock states that his greatest accomplishment was sharing the help, support and love that prompted his beloved 90-year old MOM to whisper to her last attending nurse, "Rock has made me the happiest woman in the world" Rock spoke to his Mom at least once a day for the last 15 years of her life regardless of his world travels.
Rock seeks mightily to do GODS work and to know GOD better everyday...

1963- Tony Lopez (born in Sacramento, California)
Former professional and 3-Time World Boxing Champion. He is remembered for his victory in the 1988 The Ring Fight of the year by decision over Rocky Lockridge. He also fought against the Mexican legend Julio César Chávez in 1994 in Monterrey. He lost by TKO. Tony Lopez is now retired from boxing and runs a bail bond agency in Sacramento.
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* Career Record: Won 50 (KOs 34) Lost 8 Drawn 1


1977- Floyd Mayweather Jr (born Floyd Sinclair in Grand Rapids, Michigan)
American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he won nine world titles in five different boxing weight classes. He is undefeated as a professional boxer, with 41 wins including 25 by way of knockout.
Mayweather is currently rated by The Ring as the number two pound-for-pound boxer in the world, but he is still widely recognized as the number one pound for pound boxer in the world by a majority of press sources including BoxRec, Fox Sports and BBC Sports.
Aside from Mayweather's achievements in boxing he is the co-founder of HBO 24/7. HBO alongside Mayweather produced a series of countdowns previewing their big pay-per-view fights. These shows are 30 minute specials designed to get undecided and casual fans excited enough to purchase and watch the fights live.
Mayweather was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his mother's last name. His last name would change to Mayweather shortly thereafter. His father, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., is a former welterweight contender, while two of his uncles, Jeff Mayweather and Roger Mayweather, won championship titles.
Mayweather had an amateur record of 84-6 and won national Golden Gloves championships in 1993 (at 106 lb), 1994 (at 114 lb), and 1996 (at 125 lb). He was given the nickname "Pretty Boy" by his amateur teammates because he had relatively few scars, a result of the defensive techniques that his father (Floyd Mayweather, Sr.) and uncle (Roger Mayweather) had taught him. In his orthodox defensive stance, Mayweather—much like James Toney—often utilizes the 'shoulder roll'. The shoulder roll is an old-school boxing technique in which the right hand is held normally or slightly higher than normal, the left hand is down around the midsection, and the lead shoulder is raised high on the cheek in order to cover the chin and block punches. The right hand (from orthodox stance) is used as it normally would be to block punches coming from the other side, such as left hooks. From this stance, Mayweather blocks, slips, and deflects most of his opponents' punches, even when cornered, by twisting left and right to the rhythm of their punches.
At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Mayweather won a bronze medal by reaching the semi-finals of the featherweight (57 kg)[10] division's 31-boxer tournament. In the opening round, Mayweather led 10-1 on points over Bakhtiyar Tileganov of Kazakhstan before he won by round 2 referee stoppage. In the second round, Mayweather outpointed Artur Gevorgyan of Armenia 16-3. In the quarterfinals, Mayweather survived a late rally by Lorenzo Aragon of Cuba to win 12-11. In his semifinal bout against the eventual silver medalist, Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, Mayweather lost by a controversial decision that the U.S. team officially protested. Many who saw the bout, including the referee (who mistakenly raised Mayweather's hand when the decision was read), believed that Mayweather had won.
Mayweather fought his first professional bout on October 11, 1996 against fellow newcomer Roberto Apodaca who was knocked out in round 2. Mayweather's trainer at the time was his uncle, Roger Mayweather, because Floyd Mayweather, Sr. was still imprisoned after having been convicted of illegal drug trafficking in 1993. Mayweather, Sr. took over as Mayweather, Jr.'s trainer when he was released from prison (after Mayweather, Jr.'s fourteenth fight—a second-round knockout of Sam Girard). From 1996 to early 1998, Mayweather won most of his fights by knockout or TKO.
In 1999, Mayweather won his first world title, the WBC junior lightweight (130 lb) championship, when the corner of Genaro Hernandez stopped the fight after round 8. Hernandez had never been defeated at the weight class. From there, Mayweather defended his title with performances against contenders such as Angel Manfredy and Carlos Gerena.
Before he fought against former WBC featherweight champion Gregorio Vargas in early 2000, Mayweather fired his father as his manager and replaced him with James Prince. A few months after the fight, the rift between the father and son became wide enough that Mayweather, Jr. fired Mayweather, Sr. as his trainer as well. Roger Mayweather returned to his role as Mayweather, Jr.'s trainer in his next bout—a non-title fight against Emanuel Burton. In an interview in 2004, Mayweather, Jr. said that he loves Mayweather, Sr. as his father but feels that he has better chemistry with Roger, and his father had put too much pressure on him to be perfect.
Mayweather's biggest fight as a junior lightweight was on January 20, 2001, against Diego Corrales. At the time, neither fighter had been defeated or knocked down. In the bout, Mayweather won every round and knocked down Corrales five times (three times in round 7 and twice in round 10). After the fifth knockdown, Corrales' cornermen climbed onto the apron and stopped the fight, thereby establishing Mayweather as one of the claimants to boxing's mythical pound-for-pound title. At the time of the stoppage, Mayweather was way ahead on the scorecards, leading by the official tallies of 89-79, 90-79, and 90-78.
In Mayweather's next bout, on May 26, 2001, future IBF champion Carlos "Famoso" Hernández knocked down Mayweather for the first time. Mayweather entered the bout with injured hands. When Mayweather hit Hernández with a left hook in round 6, the pain caused Mayweather to drop his left hand to the canvas, and the referee called it a knockdown. Nonetheless, Mayweather won the fight by unanimous decision. In the award-winning documentary film More Than Famous, Hernández's bout against Mayweather was prominently featured.
Mayweather's last fight in the junior lightweight division was against future junior lightweight and lightweight champion Jesús Chávez. It was Mayweather's eighth defense of the WBC junior lightweight title, which he had held for more than three years. He won when Chávez's corner stopped the fight after round 9. Mayweather had such difficulty making weight for this fight that he did not eat for four days before the weigh-in.
In 2002, Mayweather moved up to the lightweight (135 lb) division. Mayweather fought only four bouts at this weight, but they were all world championship fights. Mayweather won two bouts for the WBC and The Ring lightweight belts against José Luis Castillo. In their first bout, Castillo had success when he cut off the ring and used his strength to wear down Mayweather. But it was not enough to make up for his slow start in the fight. Still, many analysts and fans feel that Mayweather should have lost the fight,[18] but he won by unanimous decision. In the rematch, Mayweather used his quick footwork, combinations and his jab specialty to coast to another unanimous decision victory, this time with no controversy. The smaller Mayweather was outweighed by Castillo on the night of the fight, as Castillo weighed 147 and Mayweather weighed 138.
On April 19, 2003, Mayweather dominated the Dominican Victoriano Sosa and won by unanimous decision. Mayweather's next fight (on November 1, 2003) was in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He fought against the promising South African knockout specialist Phillip Ndou, whose record was 31-1 with 30 KOs. Uncharacteristically, Mayweather was offensively oriented from the beginning of the fight. Round 5 was one of 2003's most action-packed. In the middle of the round, Mayweather landed a barrage of powerful punches. Ndou endured and threw wild punches that forced Mayweather into the ropes, but Mayweather demonstrated his rhythmic defensive technique and let Ndou wear himself out further. In round 6, Ndou wobbled and was pushed down. In round 7, a combination of three straight right hands knocked down Ndou and caused a TKO, when N'Dou's trainers - Nick Durandt and Tommy Brooks - contemplated throwing in the towel. However, the ref stopped the fight as Ndou did not move forward (as part of a test to ensure he was okay from the knockdown).
Light Welterweight division
Mayweather then moved up to the junior welterweight (140 lb) division. His first fight in this division was against southpaw DeMarcus Corley. Mayweather used his speed and jabs to win the early rounds. In the first minute of round 4, Corley landed a solid left hand and drove Mayweather into the ropes, but Mayweather recovered and fought back ferociously. After that round, Mayweather mostly controlled Corley. Mayweather knocked down Corley in rounds 8 and 10, but Corley was able to continue until the end. Mayweather won by unanimous decision. The fight was Mayweather's only one in 2004.
On January 22, 2005, Mayweather fought against Henry Bruseles of Puerto Rico in a WBC junior welterweight title eliminator bout. Mayweather easily outclassed Bruseles throughout the first seven rounds. In round 8, Mayweather knocked down Bruseles twice, and the fight was stopped.
The win over Bruseles made Mayweather the mandatory challenger for Arturo Gatti's WBC Super Lightweight Championship. Before the fight, Mayweather was supremely confident. He described Gatti with terms such as "a C+ fighter", "a fake", and "a blown-up club fighter." The pay-per-view fight occurred on June 25, 2005 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where the fans heavily supported Gatti. Near the end of round 1, Mayweather pushed Gatti's head down in close and the referee instructed the fighters to "Stop punching." Gatti broke and left himself vulnerable while Mayweather either deliberately or indeliberately disobeyed the referee's command and continued to land punches. Gatti turned to the referee to complain and Mayweather capitalised, sending Gatti to the canvas with more shots for what was scored a knockdown, despite Gatti's complaints.[22] Throughout the next five rounds, the much faster Mayweather landed with nearly every big shot against Gatti, who had no offense with which he could return fire. Gatti's corner stopped the fight after round 6—giving Mayweather his third world title. It was one of the most one-sided and most impressive contests in boxing history. In the post-fight interview, Mayweather praised Gatti and claimed that his pre-fight comments "were just to sell tickets." Among many boxing experts, Mayweather's one-sided dominance over Gatti solidified his position as one of the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Compubox had Mayweather outlanding Gatti by a total of 168 to 41.
One month after the Gatti fight, Mayweather went to trial for a domestic violence charge. He faced a minimum of one year in prison if he was convicted. Mayweather had been accused of violence against his former girlfriend, Josie Harris. Harris had claimed that Mayweather had punched and kicked her during an argument in Mayweather's Bentley, outside a Las Vegas nightclub in 2003. During the trial, however, Harris admitted that she had lied on the initial police report and testified that Mayweather never hit her. The jury acquitted Mayweather.
On November 19, 2005, Mayweather fought a non-title bout at 147 lb (67 kg) against welterweight Sharmba Mitchell. In round 3, Mayweather knocked down Mitchell with a straight right hand to the head. In round 6, another straight right hand—this one to Mitchell's body—dropped Mitchell again and ended the fight.
On April 8, 2006, Mayweather defeated Zab Judah for the IBF and vacant IBO world welterweight titles by unanimous decision. Beforehand, the fight had been jeopardized after Judah lost the WBA, WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight titles to Carlos Manuel Baldomir on January 7, 2006, but Mayweather's and Judah's camps reworked the contract and decided that the fight would go on. In the fight, Mayweather stayed calm during Judah's aggressive early rounds. Mayweather began to dominate Judah in round 5, and Judah eventually bled. Near the conclusion of the tenth round, Judah hit Mayweather with a left hand that was clearly below the belt and followed up with a right-handed rabbit punch. After referee Richard Steele called time with five seconds remaining in the round, Roger Mayweather entered the ring and approached Judah, but Steele restrained him. Judah's father and trainer, Yoel Judah, entered the ring as well. Floyd remained in the neutral corner while both Yoel and Zab scuffled with Roger (and others who had entered the ring) until police and security managed to restore order. Roger was thrown out, but the fight continued and went the scheduled 12 rounds. Mayweather won by the official scores of 116-112, 117-111, and 119-109. Compubox statistics showed Mayweather as landing 188 punches to 82 for Judah.
Five days after the fight, the Nevada State Athletic Commission decided not to overturn the result of the bout, but Roger Mayweather was fined US$200,000 and suspended for one year. The suspension entails that Roger can train Mayweather, Jr. in the gym but cannot work the corner during fights. On April 17, 2006, the IBF ordered a rematch between Mayweather and Judah, but the NSAC suspended Judah for one year on May 8, 2006. Mayweather vacated the IBF title on June 20, 2006.
Mayweather rejected an offer of US$8 million to fight Antonio Margarito and split with promoter Bob Arum. Oscar De la Hoya, however, postponed his decision until 2007, leaving Mayweather to choose his next opponent. Mayweather considered moving up in weight again to fight junior middleweight champion Cory Spinks, but because of negative publicity and Spinks' impending mandatory defense of his title, he finally decided to face WBC and The Ring welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir on November 4, 2006 in Las Vegas.
Mayweather would ultimately defeat Baldomir by unanimous decision for both titles. Ringside punch statistics showed Mayweather landing 199 of 458 punches, while Baldomir landed just 79 of 670. Mayweather earned $8 million for the fight, while Baldomir was paid $1.6 million. Both were career highs in earnings for each fighter at the time.
During the fight, Baldomir chased Mayweather, unable to land any meaningful shots but trying to remain the busier fighter, while Mayweather picked away with sharp jabs and hooks, even managing to cut Baldomir over his left eye in the first round. This pattern continued throughout the fight. The defensive-minded Mayweather put on what many witnesses and Mayweather himself called a "boxing clinic" to take Baldomir's WBC and Ring welterweight titles in a lopsided 12 round decision. Two judges had Mayweather winning all 12 rounds, with the other giving all but two rounds to Mayweather. After the fight Mayweather called out for a fight with Oscar De la Hoya.
Mayweather's next match was the long-anticipated superfight against six-division champion and current WBC Super Welterweight titleholder Oscar De La Hoya on May 5, 2007. De La Hoya's belt was on the line, which required Mayweather to move up in weight from 147 pounds to 154.
Despite De La Hoya's insistence that money was not a factor, the Mayweather-De La Hoya bout set the record for most PPV buys for a boxing match with 2.7 million households, shattering the record of 1.95 million for Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson II. Around $120 million in revenue was generated by the PPV, which set another record. With the percentages factored in, Oscar De La Hoya ended up earning $58 million for the bout, the highest purse ever for a fighter. The previous record was $35 million, held by Tyson and Holyfield. Floyd Mayweather earned about $25 million for the fight.
At one time, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., Mayweather, Jr.'s father, was in talks to train Oscar De La Hoya and be in his corner during the fight but he decided to train with Freddie Roach. Mayweather won by split decision in 12 rounds, capturing the World Boxing Council (WBC) title though most saw the fight as being fairly one-sided on his behalf.
Return to Welterweight division
Mayweather decided to relinquish his WBC junior middleweight championship and kept his WBC welterweight championship. On July 28, 2007, it was announced that Mayweather would come out of his short retirement to fight light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton which was promoted by Oscar De La Hoya's promotion company Golden Boy Promotions and Floyd Mayweather's "Mayweather Promotions." The bout was labelled "Undefeated" and took place on December 8, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, in a fight which was the biggest welterweight showdown of two undefeated fighters since Oscar De La Hoya and Félix Trinidad met in their 1999 superfight. In the build up to their fight, Mayweather claimed that he was the greatest boxer ever, saying: "I respect what Robinson and Ali did for the sport. But I am the greatest, and this is my time."
Mayweather controlled the fight from the start and knocked Hatton out in the 10th round to retain the welterweight championship. Hatton suffered a cut over his right eye in round three from the punches of Mayweather, and it seemed that it was at this point that his pace and movement began to slow. In round six Hatton lost a point for punching the back of Floyd's head as he was caught draped on the ropes. Mayweather had a huge eighth round, landing a number of clean, effective power shots.
In the 10th round Hatton was caught with a check left hook thrown from Mayweather's hip, and as a result he fell forward head first into the turnbuckle and hit the deck. Hatton managed to make it to his feet, but was clearly dazed. Two more big lefts in a flurry put Ricky down again and Cortez stopped it at 1:35 of round 10.
After the fight, Mayweather said that Hatton was one of the toughest fighters he had ever fought, that he just kept coming and coming, and that he wants to promote fights, with Hatton being his first client. Mayweather announced his retirement from boxing to concentrate on his promotional company.
On March 18, 2009, it was reported that Mayweather was "ready to dance again" according to a source from within the Mayweather camp. Announcing his return to the ring seemed to be somewhat of a formality at this point, as even his estranged father, current trainer of Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Sr. stated, "He's gonna fight again."
On May 2, 2009, it was confirmed that Mayweather was coming out of a 21-month retirement to fight lightweight champion Juan Manuel Márquez at a catchweight of 144 lb on July 18 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on HBO PPV. The fight was postponed due to a rib injury Mayweather received during training. HBO's reality series 24/7 was also postponed to start on August 29. The fight took place on September 19, 2009 in conjunction with Mexican Independence Day, traditionally a big boxing weekend. During the official weigh in for their 144 lb bout, Mayweather failed to meet the required limit by weighing in at 146 lb, two pounds heavier than Marquez. He was subsequently fined as a result. However it was later revealed that the contract was changed so that Mayweather could make weight within the welterweight limit of 140-147 lb as long as Marquez received a large guaranteed sum of money. Mayweather won a unanimous decision after 12 rounds in one of the most statistically lop sided fights between 2 world class opponents. Marquez only managed to land 12% of his total 583 punches while Mayweather landed 59% of 490 total punches. This fight marks only the fifth time in boxing history that a non-heavyweight fight sold more than 1 million pay-per-views, with the official HBO numbers coming in at over 1 million buys equalling a total of approximately $52 million. Four of those fights all featured Oscar De La Hoya as the main event, making this fight the one of two events where a non-heavyweight fight sold over 1 million PPVs without Oscar De La Hoya. The other fight was Manny Pacquiao versus Miguel Cotto which sold 1.25 million PPVs.
Seven-division world champion Manny Pacquiao had reportedly agreed to fight Mayweather on March 13, 2010 for a split of $50 million which the promoters of both camp already agreed. However, the fight has been called off due to disagreements about Olympic style drug tests. Floyd Mayweather's camp wanted blood tests by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, which will conducts the tests anytime from training up to the fight date. However the Pacquiao camp refused to provide these samples, only willing to allow blood to be taken from Pacquiao if the test were scheduled. On the other hand, Pacquiao's coach, Freddie Roach, has commented that he would allow a blood sample to be taken from Pacquiao if there was a cut-off date for the blood testing or at least one week before the fight. In an attempt to resolve their differences, the two camps went through a process of mediation before a retired judge. After the mediation process Mayweather agreed to a 14-day no blood testing window. However, Pacquiao refused and instead only agreed to a 24-day no blood testing window. Consequently, on January 7, 2010, Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum declared that the fight was officially off and he has offered the chance to fight Pacquiao instead to Joshua Clottey.
Negotiations for a proposed matchup between Mayweather and Shane Mosley immediately began after Andre Berto pulled out of his scheduled January 30 unification bout with the latter, due to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[50] Both sides eventually agreed to fight on May 1, 2010 for Mosley's WBA World Welterweight title. It was later revealed that Floyd Mayweather refused to pay sanctioning fees required by WBA, Mayweather said "all belts do is collect dust". However, the belt was only on the line for Mosley to defend against Mayweather. Both Mayweather and Mosley agreed to Olympic-style testing for this bout. Mosley started the fight well, landing two solid right hands in Round 2 which caused Mayweather's knees to buckle. Mayweather recovered well, and went on to dominate the remainder of the fight, soundly outboxing Mosley and showing more aggression than in his recent fights. Mayweather eventually won a unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the fight 119-109, 119-109, and 118-110. In round 4, Compubox picked up Mosley throwing seven power punches without landing any, making Mayweather the second boxer after Roy Jones Jr. to go an entire round without being hit by a power punch. After the fight, the president of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De La Hoya, stated that he believes Mayweather is the best in the game right now.
The fight was the second highest selling non heavyweight pay-per-view bout in the history of boxing, with 1.4 million buys. HBO officially released that the fight generated $78.3 million in revenue. After the fight Mayweather expressed interest in moving up in weight to capture a world title in six different weight classes and to challenge newly crowned middleweight champion Sergio Martinez.
It has been reported that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Top Rank Chief Bob Arum are trying to work out again the failed negotiation for a fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather has asked Pacquiao to undergo random blood and urine testing up until the fight day. Pacquiao said he will undergo blood and urine testing up until 14 days before the fight, which is closer to the fight day than the 18-day cut-off in Mayweather's previous bout against Mosley. Pacquiao said that giving blood too close to the fight day will weaken him. On June 12, 2010, the President of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De La Hoya, stated during an interview with a Spanish network that the deal for the fight was very close and the negotiation process has been very difficult. On June 30, 2010, Arum announced that the management of both sides had agreed to terms, that all points had been settled (including Pacquiao agreeing to submit to both blood and urine testing) and only the signature of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. was needed to seal the deal that could have earned both fighters at least $40 million each. Arum also announced that Pacquiao accepted the terms of the random drug testing, blood and urine, leading up to the fight. Mayweather was then given a two-week deadline for the fight contract to be signed.
On July 15, 2010, Mayweather was given until Friday midnight to sign the fight. The next day the Top Rank website embedded a countdown clock on their website with the heading "Money" Time: Mayweather's Decision. On July 17, 2010, Arum announced that there was no word from Mayweather's camp and the deal for a November 13, 2010 fight with Mayweather was not reached.
On July 19, 2010, after waiting for Mayweather's response, Leonard Ellerbe, one of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s closest advisers, denied that negotiations for a super fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao had ever taken place. Ellerbe stated that Bob Arum was not telling the truth. Bob Arum later criticized Oscar De La Hoya and his Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer for denying that negotiations took place, when De La Hoya himself had previously stated that they were "very, very close in finalizing the contracts". Arum revealed that HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg acted as the mediator between Mayweather’s handlers and those of Pacquiao’s from Top Rank Promotions.[62] On July 26, 2010, Ross Greenburg said in a statement that he has been negotiating with a representative from each side since May 2, 2010, carefully trying to put the fight together and he did in fact act as a go-between in negotiations with the two sides, but they were unable to come to an agreement. Floyd Mayweather Jr., after the second negotiation had been officially declared off, told the Associated Press that he had fought sixty days ago, and that he was in no rush to fight Pacquiao and was not really thinking about boxing at the moment.
Titles in boxing
Major Sanctioning Bodies:
* WBC World Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)
* WBC World Lightweight Champion (135 lbs)
* The Ring World Lightweight Champion (135 lbs)
* WBC World Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs)
* IBF World Welterwight Champion (147 lbs)
* The Ring World Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)
* WBC World Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)
* WBC World Super Welterweight Champion (154 lbs)
Minor Sanctioning Bodies:
* IBO World Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)
* IBA World Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)
Lineal Championship titles:
* World Lightweight Champion (130 lbs)
* World Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)
Mayweather appeared at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s No Way Out pay-per-view on February 17, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was involved in a storyline physical altercation with The Big Show, after Mayweather jumped a security barricade and attacked him with a punching combination, in an attempt to help Rey Mysterio, whom Show threatened to chokeslam. Originally, Mayweather took on a babyface role in the storylines, though met with some reluctance from the fans.[67] The attack resulted in Big Show receiving an actual broken nose, reportedly not part of the storyline. The following night on Raw, Big Show challenged Mayweather to a one on one No Disqualification match at WrestleMania XXIV, which Mayweather accepted. At WrestleMania, Mayweather turned heel by using various underhanded tactics and defeated Big Show by knockout using brass knuckles to maintain his unbeaten record.[68] Mayweather claimed that he was paid $20,000,000 USD for the fight, but WWE's financial statements do not show the number.
Mayweather was the guest host for WWE Raw in Las Vegas on August 24, 2009. He interfered with a tag team match that resulted in a loss for the Big Show (now heel again) and his partner Chris Jericho as Mayweather gave Montel Vontavious Porter brass knuckles to use to knock Jericho out, giving Porter and his new tag team partner Mark Henry the win and a shot at the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles at WWE Breaking Point against Big Show and Jericho. He then celebrated with Henry and Porter, thus turning face. Later on in the night he was involved in a backstage segment with Mr. McMahon, D-Generation X, and Carlito where he helped Mr. McMahon get ready for his 6 Man Tag Team Match against Legacy along with DX. During the segment, McMahon knocked out Carlito.
Mayweather appeared on the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars. His partner was the famous Ukrainian American born professional ballroom dancer Karina Smirnoff. On October 16, 2007, Karina and Floyd were the fourth couple to be eliminated from the competition and came in 9th place.
On September 9, 2010, it was reported that Mayweather was being sought by police for questioning after his former girlfriend, Josie Harris, filed a domestic battery report against him. Harris has accused Mayweather of battery in the past, but those charges were later dropped in July 2005 after Harris testified that she had lied and that Mayweather had not, in fact, assaulted her. Mayweather was taken into custody on September 10, 2010, but was released after posting $3000 bail. Initially, Mayweather was charged with felony theft stemming from the disappearance of Harris's iPhone, but on September 16, 2010, two felony coercion charges and one felony robbery charge were added to the case, along with one misdemeanor domestic battery charge and three misdemeanor harassment charges. If convicted of all charges, Mayweather could face up to 34 years in prison.
Honours, awards and recognitions
* 1996 Atlanta Olympics Bronze medalist
* 1998 and 2007 International Boxing Award (Muhammed Ali Boxing Award) Fighter of the Year
* 1998 and 2007 The Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year
* 2010 Forbes Magazine, Ranked "Number 2" Richest and Powerful athlete in the world
* 2000-09 Yahoo Sports, Best of the Decade, ranked "Number 1"
* 2007 Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the year
* 2007 ESPN Fighter of the Year
* 2007 Forbes Magazine, Ranked "Number 14" Richest Celebrity paydays
* 2007 The Ring Magazine event of the year (The World Awaits)
* 2007, 2008 and 2010 Best Fighter ESPY Award
* 2008 The Ring Magazine event of the year (Retirement of Mayweather)
* 2008 Yahoo Sports, Ranked "Number 6" Most Powerful People in Boxing
* 2009 The Ring Magazine comeback of the year
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A YEAR AGO-

February 24, 2011-

Los Angeles, California-

Jessie Vargas unanimously outpointed veteran Cristian Favela to win an 8-round, welterweight bout.

Highland, California-

Former IBF world middleweight, super middleweight, and cruiserweight champion James "Lights Out" Toney won a 10-round, unanimous decision over former WBO world heavyweight title challenger Damon Reed.

Toney held the IBF middleweight title from May 1991 until February 1993, the IBF super middleweight title from February 1993 until November 1994, and the IBF cruiserweight title from April 2003 until September 2003.

Reed was stopped in the first round by defending WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide on April 18, 1998.

FIFTY YEARS AGO-

February 24, 1962-

Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany-

Dick Richardson knocked out Karl Mildenberger in the 1st round to retain the EBU European heavyweight title. Richardson held the European title from March 27, 1960 when he stopped Hans Kalbfell in the 13th round untim June17, 1962 when he was knocked out in the 8th round by former world heavyweight champ Ingemar Johansson. Richardson made three successful title defenses- a TKO-8 over Brian London, a 15-round decision over Kalbfell, and the win over Mildenberger.

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico-

Baby Vasquez regained the Mexican lightweight title by outpointing Alfredo Urbina over 12 rounds.
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1990- Jimmy Thunder KO 4 Mauricio Villegas, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Wins Inaugural WBC International Heavyweight Title.


Thunder looked like a muscle bound Wayne Newton, but he and guys like Alex Garcia were very fun TV heavyweights of the nineties.
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SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY:

February 24, 1956-

Gothenburg, Sweden-

Olle Bengtsson (21-1) stopped Chris Christensen (27-9-2) in the seventh round to win the vacant Scandanavian middleweight title.

On the undercard, future World heavyweight champion and future Hall of Famer (IBHOF, WBHF) Ingemar Johansson (13-0) outpointed future British Empire heavyweight champion Joey Bygraves (30-8) over eight rounds.

New York, New York, USA-

In the main event at Madison Square Garden, former World middleweight title challenger Rocky Castellani (64-10-6) unanimously outpointed Johnny Sullivan (65-18-3) over ten rounds.

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