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Mansfield City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the honorary recognition. Prince Charles Williams did a great service to the Mansfield area, Mayor Tim Theaker said. He represented Mansfield in his boxing endeavors and it s only fair and nice that we are able to turn around and rename a portion of a street after him.
Theaker said Williams, who retired from boxing in 1996 with a record of 37-7-3 with 28 knockouts, grew up on Harker Street.
Williams, 58, spent 5½ years as light heavyweight champion after beating Bobby Czyz on Oct. 29, 1987 in Las Vegas.
At one point in his career, he enjoyed a 21-fight winning streak, but he lost the belt to Henry Maske in a 12-round decision on March 20, 1993.
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Shannon Briggs, the judges, and George Foreman s last fight. By Thomas Hauser
ON November 22, 1997, 48-year-old George Foreman fought 25-year-old Shannon Briggs at the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City for what was styled as the lineal heavyweight championship of the world.
Foreman, at age 45, had claimed the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation heavyweight titles on November 5, 1994, with a stunning tenth round knockout of Michael Moorer. Four months later, he was stripped of the WBA belt for refusing to make a mandatory defence against Tony Tucker. Then, after successfully defending his IBF crown against Axel Schultz, he was stripped of that too for not fighting a mandated rematch against Schulz.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian super welterweight Tim Tszyu has once again voiced his desire to take on the best in the world after extending his recor.