He's also a fighting champion, putting his undefeated record on the line four times in the past two years, most notably in two absolutely brutal victories over Sergey Kovalev to become the unified
light heavyweight champion of the world.
When Mike Tyson was approached by the director James Toback about doing a documentary on his life and times, the
former heavyweight champion of the world joked, «I was expecting that with any film about my life would only ever end up being sold on street corners.»
Errol Flynn is excellent in this film, based on a true story, about how James J Corbett benefited from the advent of the Queensberry Rules to become one of the
first heavyweight champions of the world.
Bob Gomel, another Life photographer, captured Malcolm X photographing Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) across the counter of a Miami diner, after the 1964 fight that crowned
Clay heavyweight champion of the world.
Evander Holyfield, the master — and the
former heavyweight champion of the world — understandably places a certain amount of importance on one's willingness to stand up for oneself, whether one is human or canine.
Patterson went on to become
the heavyweight champion of the world, and a Catholic convert known for his gentle demeanor outside the ring.
But as a caravan of white stretch limos pulled up, the people streamed from low apartment buildings to crowd around a small platform and view the new and finally undisputed
heavyweight champion of the world.
Now Holyfield was clearly looking to make a statement of some kind, for although he is a quiet and dignified man, he has never been above subtly reminding people that he has been
heavyweight champion of the world.
Heavyweights Being
heavyweight champion of the world is no guarantee that you'll be on the cover (tough luck, Lennox Lewis), but it worked for these tough guys
Would he be
the heavyweight champion of the world right now, too?
Eight years earlier he was the undisputed
heavyweight champion of the world — a 6 ft. 1 1/2 in., 215 - pound hulk with upper arms like picnic roasts, two magnificent, 14 - inch fists and a scowl that he mounted for display on a round, otherwise impassive face.
Is he gonna become the next light -
heavyweight champion of the world?
For that matter, neither had his opponent, Bob Foster, a fellow who is built rather more like a pipe cleaner than a prizefighter but, for all that, is light
heavyweight champion of the world.
We have a President in the White House now, and I would die happy, God forbid, if we had
a heavyweight champion of the world.»
«If I have him as Johansson did in their third fight [when a stunned Patterson, knocked down by a straight right in the first round, may well have been saved by the mandatory eight - count], there's no doubt in my mind that I'll be
heavyweight champion of the world.»
I want people to love me as Leon Spinks, not as Leon Spinks
the heavyweight champion of the world.
And then, shockingly, thunderously, he had defeated Muhammad Ali to become
the heavyweight champion of the world, and he no longer knew who he was.
The famous boxer Sonny Liston,
the heavyweight champion of the world who twice lost to Muhammad Ali, is buried a few hundred yards away from Silva.
In desperation, he plots a match between
the heavyweight champion of the world (Larry Pennell) and a kangaroo.
When we last saw Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) he was, rather improbably, holding his own against
the heavyweight champion of the world in 2006's film of the same name.
We follow slugger Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) at the height of his boxing career as he, once again, defends his status in the ring as the undefeated light -
heavyweight champion of the world.
I mean seriously, how many of you can honestly say you know who
the heavyweight champion of the world is?
Rhames stars as George «Iceman» Chambers, the undisputed
heavyweight champion of the world, or at least he was until getting locked up in Sweetwater prison in the Mojave desert after being found guilty of rape.
He'd kept his feet for six rounds against a man who, a few years later, knocked
the heavyweight champion of the world on his ass.
This is a painting made by George Bellows in 1924 of a very famous fight between Jack Dempsey, who was
the heavyweight champion of the world, and Luis Firpo, who was his rival from Argentina.
First things first, if this was a competition based solely on screen - size, then the Note 8 would be the undisputed
heavyweight champion of the world.