Search

Search results

Displaying 81 - 90

1996-97 Boxing Heavyweights

Heavyweights Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Oct. 15 Hasim Rahman Trevor Berbick Wu 10 Non-title Atlantic City Nov. 1 Lou Savarese Buster Mathis Jr.…

V - Z

Jacobus Van CortlandtStephen Van CortlandtCornelius VanderbiltWilliam Henry VanderbiltSir William Cornelius Van HorneKiliaen Van RensselaerMartha Van RensselaerMatthew VassarThorstein…

James (Buster) Douglas

James (Buster) DouglasBorn: Apr. 7, 1960Boxer 42-1 shot who knocked out undefeated Mike Tyson in 10th round on Feb. 10, 1990 to win heavyweight title in Tokyo; 81/ 2 months later, lost only…

Larry Holmes

Larry HolmesBorn: Nov. 3, 1949Boxer heavyweight champion (WBC or IBF) from 1978-85; successfully defended title 20 times before losing to Michael Spinks; returned from first retirement in…

Don King

Don KingBorn: Aug. 20, 1931Boxing promoter First major Black promoter who has controlled heavyweight title off and on since 1978; first big promotion was Muhammad Ali's fight against George Foreman…

Lennox Lewis

Lennox LewisBorn: Sept. 2, 1965British boxer won 1988 Olympic super heavyweight gold medal for Canada; was awarded WBC heavyweight belt when Riddick Bowe tossed it in a London trash can in…

1999-2000 Boxing Heavyweights

Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Nov. 13 Lennox Lewis Evander Holyfield Wu 12 WBA-WBC-IBF Las Vegas Dec. 4 Wladimir Klitschko Lajos Eros KO 2 —…

Held Up

Director:Stephen RashWriter:Jeff EastinTrimark Pictures; PG-13; 91 minutesRelease:5/00Cast:Jamie Foxx, Nia Long, Sam Gifaldi Held Up is a directionless comedy about a black newlywed (Jamie…

Irish Movies: The Butcher Boy (1997)

Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next by Beth Rowen The Butcher Boy (1997) A small-town Irish boy's rambunctious nature turns violent in this 1997 shocker from filmmaker…

William Emerson BROCK, Congress, TN (1872-1950)

Senate Years of Service: 1929-1931 Party: Democrat BROCK William Emerson , a Senator from Tennessee; born near Mocksville, Davie County, N.C., March 14, 1872; attended the public schools; engaged…