When it comes to Boxing Promotion,I have Don King as the “Michael Jordan of Boxing Promotion”(Highest Peak/Most Influential),and Bob Arum as the “LeBron James of Boxing Promotion”(Longest Reign at the top/in his prime). I grew up a Hoop Head 🏀 so I used a basketball comparison.

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Heavyweight Champion Jess Willard, a 2 to 1 favorite, gets TKO'd in the 3rd round by challenger Jack Dempsey, on July 4, 1919, at the Bay View Park Arena in Toledo, Ohio.

This was Willard's second defense of the title he'd won from Jack Johnson in 1915.

Six months before the

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Famous photo of "Sailor" Tom Sharkey, complete with cauliflower ear and sailing ship tattoo, circa 1900. Took up boxing in the navy, later faced such top men as Bob Fitzsimmons, Joe Choynski, Jim Corbett, Peter Maher, and James J. Jeffries. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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James Montgomery Flagg's famous painting of the heavyweight title clash between Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey which took place #OnThisDay in 1919 at Toledo, Ohio. The painting was unveiled at Dempsey's New York City restaurant in 1944 where it remained until the venue closed in

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@EddieHearn said on video no promoter wants to work with Devin Haney, as Haney badly overprices himself. Hearn actually told the truth! May I add, Haney isn't this big attraction he makes himself out to be. Reality, Haney is a high priced B Side, despite being a World Champion.

Heavyweight Champion George Foreman, watching the Joe Frazier-Joe Bugner heavyweight bout at Earl's Court Arena in London on July 2, 1973.

It was Frazier's first bout since 'Big George' had separated him form his senses, and his title, in January of that year.

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Jack Dempsey headlined boxing's first million dollar gate #OnThisDay in 1921.

The blockbuster bout saw Dempsey knock out French idol Georges Carpentier in four rounds.

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Super welterweight champ Terry Norris slams Donald "Cobra" Curry with a vicious left hand (1991) 💥

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@MatthewAguilar5 One of the worst instances of a fight not being stopped when it was clear it needed to be. One of the most troubling examples EVER. Many people sitting ringside, including myself, were screaming for a stoppage. The danger to Scotland was obvious and imminent; it was a horrendous,

Light Heavyweight Champion Georges Carpentier is counted out by referee Harry Ertle in the 4th round, on July 2, 1921, as Heavyweight Titlist Jack Dempsey looks on.

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56 yrs ago July 2: Jose Luis Garcia stops Ken Norton in 8, heavyweights, @olympicaud LA. Norton, 16-0, is shocked by 5-1 Venezuelan underdog, who drops future WBC champ in 1st & hurts him 2x before dropping him 2x in 8th. Norton wouldn’t lose again until Ali rematch 4 yrs later.

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John 'The Beast' Mugabi TKO's Gary Guiden in the 3rd round on July 3, 1983 at Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa, Florida.

The 1980 Silver Medalist at the Moscow Olympic Games runs his record to 15-0 as a pro. This would be Guidens (39-7-0 with 35 KO's) last bout.

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105 yrs ago July 2: Jack Dempsey stops Georges Carpentier in 4, retains world heavyweight title, Boyle’s 30 Acres, Jersey City, NJ. In boxing’s 1st million-dollar gate, 80k watch Dempsey pound popular French light heavy champ Carpentier, 16 lbs lighter, in “Fight of the Century.”

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Max Schmeling retained the NBA world heavyweight crown #OnThisDay in 1931 with a Round 15 TKO of Young Stribling at the Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. The fight was stopped with just 14 seconds remaining after Stribling was floored by the champion.

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Oscar Bonavena taunts Muhammad Ali and calls him "a chicken" before their 1970 duel in New York, the exiled Ali's 2nd bout in almost four years. But after losing by 15th round TKO, the tough Argentine admitted that Ali was "no chicken." #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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Marvin Hart claimed the vacant world heavyweight title #OnThisDay in 1905 when he KO'd Jack Root in Round 12 of a fight to the finish clash in Reno, Nevada. Retired champ Jim Jeffries, who refereed the bout, said afterwards that Hart was "a great fighter" who "beat a good man".

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Little known fact.
Nick Khan is a prominent board member of TKO, that owns UFC, WWE, Zuffa Boxing, & other entities. Early in Nick's career he was a top Agent at the talent agency CAA, & Nick represented thee Orginal Fatman Dan Rafael. Imagine, Nick's livihood back then included

Long-range view of the massive crowd at Boyle's Thirty Acres in New Jersey for the 1921 showdown between world champs Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier, one of the all-time biggest fights. Some 90 000 fans saw Dempsey win by 4th round KO. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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Legendary pugilists Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier share memories of their July 2,1921, World Heavyweight Title fight, won by Dempsey (KO4) as British Heavyweight champion Danny McAlinden looks on, circa 1973.

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The irrepressible Leon Spinks soaps up while enjoying a fine cigar, as you do after taking the world title from Muhammad Ali in 1978 and before boogying the night away at Studio 54 in New York. The late "Neon Leon" was one of a kind. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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