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In the early 2000s, an aged Green held two spurious championships. He won the World Boxing Empire (originally the World Boxing
Syndicate) super heavyweight title with a twelve-round decision over Danny Wofford on March 9, 2002. On June 24, 2005 he was proclaimed the Universal Boxing Organization
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February 1993, then aged 36, against journeyman Bruce Johnson. Again complaining about his purse and his new manager, Green refused to throw any punches and argued constantly with the
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four times (1976, 1977, 1979, and 1980) and compiled a record of 64 wins and 7 losses, with 51 wins by knockout. Green won the 1976 Sub-Novice
Heavyweight Championship and the 1977, 1979 and 1980 Heavyweight Open Championships. Green defeated Anthony Zampelli to win the 1976 title. In 1977 Green
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defeated Guy Casale for the title. In 1979 Green defeated Ralph Fucci for the
Championship and in 1980 Green defeated Merlin Castellanos for the title. He suffered a decisive cut loss in the 1978 tournament, preventing him from winning a fifth Golden Gloves title.
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Anthony and Clay Aves. "I was shot twice when I was 17. But it had to have been the will of God that I wasn't hurt" said Green. The first time Green was shot, it was with a
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punch and Tyson responded with a punch of his own, closing Green's eye and requiring stitches to his nose. Tyson broke his hand in the incident and had to postpone his first fight with
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in 1986 on HBO, in his most famous fight. In the buildup to the fight Green had complained bitterly of the disparity in purses between him and Tyson when a day before the fight, at
383:"I hit him with double rights twice, and he had to go down. But he didn't. He refused. I couldn't believe it. And I put a couple of left hooks right on the money. IT WAS A WAR."
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733:, March 14, 1980, Finals: Defeated Merling Castellano (Bronx)
687:, October 24, 1979: Defeated Terry Henderson (Atlanta) RSC 2
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Stouffer's Inn on the Square, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
547:, December 10, 1977: Defeated ? (Soviet Union)
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848:Green was scheduled to fight James Broad for the
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582:Semi-Finals: Defeated Jerry Williams by decision
2960:"First UFC - Fighters on Art Davie's wish list"
2720:Olympic hopeful Green goes for 4th Gloves title
2689:New York Golden Gloves Team Beats Chicago, 9‐2
2641:Williams issuing stern warning to Bodzianowski
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2869:"Smith Discusses Fighting, of All Things"
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2766:"Green Out to Regain Glitter"
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3112:"The Legend of Mitch Green"
2726:, January 11, 1980, p. 184.
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3013:The Guardian
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2991:. Retrieved
2988:www.espn.com
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2940:. 1995-12-07
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2901:. p. 29
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2747:. p. 15
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2699:
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2644:
2636:
2628:
2569:Larry Holmes
2535:Round, time
2450:Jerry Foley
2420:Civic Center
2345:Harold Rice
2191:Melvin Epps
2091:Walter Ware
1847:James Dixon
1742:Young Louis
1688:Sammy Scaff
1587:Jan 17, 1986
1538:May 20, 1986
1076:Round, time
1047:No contests
1028:By decision
1017:By knockout
993:Black Spades
990:
987:
984:
972:
968:
961:
949:
942:
931:
927:
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847:
839:Larry Holmes
836:
821:
801:Donald Curry
779:
762:
430:
415:
396:
386:
382:
373:
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349:
333:
307:
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254:Total fights
247:
198:
123:
114:
104:
97:
90:
83:
71:
60:
43:verification
36:
3151:1957 births
3078:Mitch Green
3044:26 November
2875:. p. 6
2824:. p. 5
2798:. p. 5
2506:Non-scored
2317:Ice World,
1664:heavyweight
1323:Mike Dixon
1236:Sportsfest
965:Frank Bruno
901:Later years
611:James Smith
536:by decision
330:Early years
308:Mitch Green
294:No contests
211:Heavyweight
143:Mitch Green
3145:Categories
3084:2024-02-03
2993:2024-02-13
2969:2024-02-11
2944:2024-02-06
2905:2019-06-12
2879:2019-06-12
2853:2019-06-12
2828:2019-06-12
2802:2019-06-12
2776:2019-06-12
2751:2019-06-12
2605:References
2591:New Jersey
1527:Mike Tyson
1216:Brian Nix
923:Tony Tubbs
884:Mike Tyson
875:Jim Jacobs
793:Alex Ramos
603:Felt Forum
587:Tony Tubbs
556:Kazakh SSR
439:Highlights
422:Tony Tubbs
337:.22 magnum
320:Mike Tyson
270:Wins by KO
199:Statistics
171:1957-01-13
87:newspapers
2541:Location
2529:Opponent
2501:0 losses
1821:Las Vegas
1082:Location
1070:Opponent
1012:6 losses
977:podcast.
888:weigh-ins
843:David Bey
766:John Tate
534:Greg Page
418:Greg Page
405:(held in
324:toothpick
206:Weight(s)
39:citations
1799:1 (10),
1748:6 (10),
1444:Hilton,
1442:Melville
1009:19 wins
817:Don King
552:Alma-Ata
237:Orthodox
65:libelous
3039:YouTube
3018:24 July
2706:(UPI,)
2526:Record
2523:Result
2498:0 wins
2458:1 (6),
2351:5 (6),
2097:1 (6),
1939:10–0–1
1886:11–0–1
1837:12–0–1
1783:13–0–1
1732:14–0–1
1712:Riviera
1678:15–0–1
1620:15–1–1
1567:16–1–1
1516:16–2–1
1465:16–3–1
1409:16–4–1
1378:6 (10)
1362:17–4–1
1310:17–4–1
1257:17–5–1
1203:17–6–1
1153:18–6–1
1115:4 (8),
1096:19–6–1
1067:Record
1064:Result
182:Augusta
101:scholar
3133:BoxRec
2593:, USA
2544:Notes
2478:, U.S.
2426:, U.S.
2405:3 (6)
2375:, U.S.
2321:, U.S.
2303:2 (6)
2273:, U.S.
2234:4–0–1
2220:, U.S.
2181:5–0–1
2167:, U.S.
2146:1 (6)
2128:6–0–1
2081:7–0–1
2067:, U.S.
2030:8–0–1
1986:9–0–1
1955:2 (8)
1925:, U.S.
1769:, U.S.
1718:, U.S.
1606:, U.S.
1499:, U.S.
1448:, U.S.
1395:, U.S.
1294:, U.S.
1189:, U.S.
1139:, U.S.
1085:Notes
1039:Draws
710:(1:05)
689:(3:36)
407:Moscow
278:Losses
233:Stance
217:Height
103:
96:
89:
82:
74:
3131:from
2538:Date
2532:Type
2231:Draw
1970:Sands
1870:Dunes
1666:title
1617:Loss
1513:Loss
1462:Loss
1406:Loss
1254:Loss
1200:Loss
1079:Date
1073:Type
736:38th
721:54th
657:37th
623:53rd
499:35th
473:51st
451:50th
318:with
286:Draws
225:Reach
193:Blood
108:JSTOR
94:books
32:This
3046:2020
3020:2014
2555:0–0
2460:1:44
2440:1–0
2437:Win
2402:TKO
2389:2–0
2386:Win
2353:0:16
2348:TKO
2335:3–0
2332:Win
2300:TKO
2287:4–0
2284:Win
2178:Win
2125:Win
2099:2:48
2094:TKO
2078:Win
2027:Win
1983:Win
1936:Win
1883:Win
1834:Win
1801:0:48
1796:TKO
1780:Win
1750:0:49
1745:TKO
1729:Win
1696:1:41
1691:TKO
1675:Win
1661:USBA
1659:For
1564:Win
1478:TKO
1375:TKO
1359:Win
1150:Win
1117:2:14
1093:Win
850:NABF
803:and
643:1:50
513:2:07
487:2:15
420:and
262:Wins
161:Born
80:news
41:for
2557:(1)
2519:No.
2454:TKO
2248:PTS
2043:UD
1999:UD
1980:10
1952:KO
1933:11
1904:10
1901:UD
1880:12
1855:10
1851:PTS
1831:13
1777:14
1726:15
1694:6,
1672:16
1640:12
1614:17
1583:10
1580:UD
1561:18
1534:10
1531:UD
1510:19
1459:20
1427:10
1424:UD
1403:21
1356:22
1312:(1)
1302:23
1273:UD
1259:(1)
1251:24
1222:10
1219:UD
1205:(1)
1197:25
1172:12
1169:UD
1155:(1)
1147:26
1112:KO
1098:(1)
1090:27
1060:No.
1020:12
919:WBA
841:vs
789:NBC
3147::
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2871:.
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2613:^
2589:,
2585:,
2576:2
2573:—
2552:—
2549:1
2509:1
2434:1
2422:,
2383:2
2371:,
2329:3
2281:4
2269:,
2252:6
2228:5
2216:,
2199:6
2195:UD
2175:6
2163:,
2142:KO
2122:7
2075:8
2063:,
2046:6
2024:9
2002:8
1921:,
1819:,
1714:,
1636:MD
1602:,
1481:3
1331:8
1327:SD
1306:NC
1276:8
1135:,
1050:1
1042:1
1034:5
1031:7
1023:1
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799:,
795:,
740:,
729:,
725:,
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661:,
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265:19
257:27
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