WINNER

Includes the "big three" boxing groups: World Boxing Association (WBA, founded 1921 as National Boxing Association); World Boxing Council (WBC, founded 1910 as International Boxing Union); and International Boxing Federation (IBF, broke off from WBA in 1983).

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Muhammad Ali	Boxing	17-Jan-1942		Floated like butterfly, stung like bee
Max Baer	Boxing	11-Feb-1909	21-Nov-1959	Beat Max Schmeling in 1933
Riddick Bowe	Boxing	10-Aug-1967		Twice World Heavyweight Champion
James J. Braddock	Boxing	7-Jun-1905	29-Nov-1974	Cinderella Man
George Foreman	Boxing	10-Jan-1949		Champ knocks out the fat
Joe Frazier	Boxing	12-Jan-1944	7-Nov-2011	Smokin' Joe
Evander Holyfield	Boxing	19-Oct-1962		Ear chewed by Mike Tyson
Ingemar Johansson	Boxing	22-Sep-1932	30-Jan-2009	World Heavyweight Champion, 1959-60
Lennox Lewis	Boxing	2-Sep-1965		Retired heavyweight champ
Sonny Liston	Boxing	8-May-1932	30-Dec-1970	World Heavyweight Champion 1962-64
Joe Louis	Boxing	13-May-1914	12-Apr-1981	The Champ
Floyd Patterson	Boxing	4-Jan-1935	11-May-2006	Heavyweight champion at age 21
Max Schmeling	Boxing	28-Sep-1905	2-Feb-2005	Fought Joe Louis twice
Leon Spinks	Boxing	11-Jul-1953		Olympic boxing champion
Michael Spinks	Boxing	13-Jul-1956		World Heavyweight Champion 1985-88
Gene Tunney	Boxing	25-May-1897	7-Nov-1978	Heavyweight Boxing Champion, 1926-28
Mike Tyson	Boxing	30-Jun-1966		Erratic heavyweight champion

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