Episode 10 - 1979

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The History of the Heavyweight Championship

Yahoo Sport UK

21 episodes

5 months ago

Join legendary boxing journalist Steve "Buncey" Bunce as he unpacks the History of the Heavyweight Championship – one decade at a time, one year per episode.

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Join legendary boxing journalist Steve "Buncey" Bunce as he unpacks the History of the Heavyweight Championship – one decade at a time, one year per episode.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 10 - 1979

The History of the Heavyweight Championship

25 minutes 46 seconds

6 years ago

Episode 10 - 1979

It was the first year since 1959 that neither Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier or George Foreman had stepped into the professional boxing ring. Officially, Ali was still the WBA heavyweight champion in January of the year – he had won that piece of jewellery when he performed his last act of boxing magic to bamboozled Leon Spinks and get revenge the previous September. Ali had the belt, one of the two available, but nobody expected to see him back in a ring – any ring – anytime soon. His boxing life had drained him.

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