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by knockout in seven rounds, being forced to quit from exhaustion, he tried to regain the cruiserweight title. On
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title from 1985 to 1986. Qawi was inducted into the
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191:Dwight Muhammad Qawi
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2586:. Retrieved
2582:the original
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2561:. Retrieved
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2536:. Retrieved
2532:the original
2527:
2517:
2506:. Retrieved
2501:
2491:
2477:
2397:Civic Center
2392:Jun 3, 1978
2353:Nov 2, 1978
2282:Jul 3, 1979
2180:Feb 4, 1980
2169:Theunis Kok
2101:May 8, 1980
2061:Jun 5, 1980
2015:Rick Jester
1987:Nov 6, 1980
1950:Jan 8, 1981
1911:Mar 5, 1981
1861:Mike Rossman
1832:Sep 5, 1981
1802:
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1692:Aug 7, 1982
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1599:Mar 18, 1983
1395:Jan 8, 1986
1361:Reno, Nevada
1306:Jul 12, 1986
1270:Feb 6, 1987
1229:May 15, 1987
1218:Ossie Ocasio
1198:Saint-Tropez
1191:Aug 15, 1987
1158:For WBA and
1034:Tyrone Booze
935:Nov 27 1989
861:Mar 2, 1991
723:Nov 7, 1991
710:Ricky Parkey
688:Apr 7, 1992
648:May 8, 1992
541:May 8, 1997
478:Ramada Inn,
465:Tony LaRosa
442:Round, time
402:By decision
391:By knockout
368:
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319:South Africa
311:
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145:Total fights
138:
73:
2792:1953 births
2660:Mike Hunter
2436:D.C. Armory
1822:James Scott
1634:Eddie Davis
1521:Pat Cuillo
1434:Superbowl,
1339:Leon Spinks
1148:Dec 5, 1987
883:Mike Hunter
728:Grand Hyatt
567:Nate Miller
532:Earl Clark
326:Leon Spinks
259:Joe Frazier
255:James Scott
99:Heavyweight
2786:Categories
2754:Piet Crous
2588:2010-07-19
2563:2010-02-11
2538:2010-02-11
2508:2010-02-11
2469:References
2287:Steel Pier
2146:Steel Pier
2106:Steel Pier
2066:Steel Pier
1992:Steel Pier
1955:Steel Pier
1902:Al Bolden
1879:Steel Pier
1417:Piet Crous
1383:Rick Enis
618:The Mirage
386:11 losses
359:New Jersey
315:Piet Crous
249:It was in
234:Early life
161:Wins by KO
74:Statistics
39:1953-01-05
2651:champion
2502:USA Today
1778:10 (15),
1641:11 (15),
1424:11 (15),
448:Location
436:Opponent
305:champion
230:in 2004.
215:magazine
81:Weight(s)
50:Baltimore
2740:The Ring
2686:Vacated
2452:See also
2177:10 (10)
1868:7 (10),
1803:The Ring
1753:The Ring
1729:6 (15),
1706:The Ring
1697:Spectrum
1686:6 (15),
1661:The Ring
1611:The Ring
1436:Sun City
1389:1 (10),
1346:6 (15),
1264:4 (10),
1200:, France
1184:6 (10),
1141:4 (15),
1106:7 (10),
1071:3 (10),
943:, France
758:4 (10),
717:8 (10),
682:1 (10),
563:39–10–1
529:40–10–1
496:41–10–1
462:41–11–1
383:41 wins
288:knockout
128:Orthodox
54:Maryland
2095:2 (8),
2058:4 (10)
2021:3 (10)
2012:10–1–1
1984:6 (10)
1975:11–1–1
1936:12–1–1
1899:13–1–1
1857:14–1–1
1818:15–1–1
1767:16–1–1
1720:17–1–1
1675:18–1–1
1630:19–1–1
1584:19–2–1
1551:20–2–1
1518:21–2–1
1488:22–2–1
1458:23–2–1
1413:24–2–1
1380:25–2–1
1335:26–2–1
1291:26–3–1
1255:27–3–1
1214:27–4–1
1173:28–4–1
1130:28–5–1
1095:28–6–1
1062:29–6–1
1030:30–6–1
993:31–6–1
960:32–6–1
921:32–7–1
879:32–8–1
849:33–8–1
819:34–8–1
782:35–8–1
747:36–8–1
706:37–8–1
673:38–8–1
653:Riviera
634:38–9–1
607:2 (8),
598:39–9–1
433:Record
430:Result
334:Atlanta
68:Buzzsaw
2690:Vacant
2668:Vacant
2632:Vacant
2610:BoxRec
2442:, U.S.
2417:0–0–1
2403:, U.S.
2378:1–0–1
2364:, U.S.
2339:1–1–1
2307:2–1–1
2293:, U.S.
2270:3–1–1
2235:4–1–1
2205:5–1–1
2189:Durban
2166:6–1–1
2152:, U.S.
2126:7–1–1
2112:, U.S.
2086:8–1–1
2072:, U.S.
2049:9–1–1
2035:, U.S.
1998:, U.S.
1961:, U.S.
1922:, U.S.
1885:, U.S.
1843:, U.S.
1746:, U.S.
1363:, U.S.
1318:, U.S.
1241:, U.S.
1013:, U.S.
904:, U.S.
805:, U.S.
659:, U.S.
549:, U.S.
482:, U.S.
451:Notes
413:Draws
193:(born
169:Losses
124:Stance
108:Height
66:Camden
56:, U.S.
2608:from
2414:Draw
2336:Loss
1581:Loss
1568:Sands
1288:Loss
1211:Loss
1127:Loss
1092:Loss
918:Loss
876:Loss
631:Loss
560:Loss
459:Loss
445:Date
439:Type
292:Islam
263:Islam
177:Draws
116:Reach
2375:Win
2304:Win
2276:PTS
2267:Win
2248:1:48
2232:Win
2202:Win
2163:Win
2137:1:12
2132:TKO
2123:Win
2097:2:47
2092:TKO
2083:Win
2055:TKO
2046:Win
2018:TKO
2009:Win
1981:TKO
1972:Win
1933:Win
1896:Win
1870:1:59
1854:Win
1815:Win
1800:and
1796:Won
1780:2:54
1775:TKO
1764:Win
1731:2:30
1726:TKO
1717:Win
1688:1:23
1683:TKO
1672:Win
1643:0:28
1638:TKO
1627:Win
1615:For
1548:Win
1515:Win
1485:Win
1455:Win
1443:Won
1426:1:47
1410:Win
1391:1:54
1377:Win
1348:2:56
1343:TKO
1332:Win
1266:1:42
1261:TKO
1252:Win
1186:1:30
1181:TKO
1170:Win
1143:2:30
1108:1:51
1103:TKO
1073:0:53
1068:TKO
1059:Win
1027:Win
990:Win
957:Win
855:TKO
846:Win
816:Win
779:Win
760:3:00
744:Win
719:3:00
714:RTD
703:Win
684:3:00
679:TKO
670:Win
609:2:59
604:TKO
595:Win
526:Win
502:TKO
493:Win
212:Ring
209:and
153:Wins
29:Born
2644:WBC
2424:PTS
2385:PTS
2246:1,
2242:TKO
2211:UD
2135:1,
2080:10
2043:11
2006:12
1969:13
1947:10
1930:14
1908:10
1905:UD
1893:15
1865:KO
1851:16
1829:10
1826:UD
1812:17
1798:WBC
1761:18
1714:19
1669:20
1624:21
1595:15
1592:UD
1578:22
1560:10
1557:SD
1545:23
1527:10
1524:UD
1512:24
1497:10
1494:UD
1482:25
1467:10
1464:UD
1452:26
1421:KO
1407:27
1386:KO
1374:28
1329:29
1302:15
1299:SD
1285:30
1249:31
1225:10
1222:MD
1208:32
1167:33
1138:KO
1124:34
1089:35
1056:36
1041:10
1038:MD
1024:37
1002:12
999:UD
987:38
969:10
966:UD
954:39
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