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-Currently ranked pound 4 pound #4 at age 44.
-Longest-ever reign as World Middleweight Champion (undefeated for 12 years between 1993 and 2005).
-Most title defenses as World Middleweight Champion (20).
-Oldest fighter in history to hold the World Middleweight Title.
-First man to unify the middleweight division since Marvin Hagler.
-Only man in history in any weight class to own WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, and Ring Belts together.
-Named 2001 Fighter of the Year by the BWAA, The Ring, and the World Boxing Hall of Fame
-The Ring magazine's pound 4 pound fighter in 2002 and 2004.
-In the Ring Magazine's top 10 pound 4 pound rankings for 9 years (1999-2009, did not make list in 2005).
-Two weight class champion (middle, light heavy)
-First man to beat (only man to ever KO) undefeated Glen Johnson
-At age 41 moved up from Middleweight to Light Heavyweight and dominated Antonio Tarver (4-1 underdog).
-At age 43 dominated the 17 year younger undisputed, undefeated middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (4-1 underdog).
-First man to KO/beat undefeated Tito Trinidad (6-1 underdog).
-First man to KO Oscar de la hoya.
-Fastest KO In World Middleweight Title Bout, twenty-four seconds (fastest knockout ever in an IBF title bout, and second fastest in a middleweight title bout.
Notable opponents: Kelly Pavlik, Joe Calzaghe, Winky Wright, Antonio Tarver, Jermain Taylor, Howard Eastman, Oscar De La Hoya, Robert Allen, William Joppy, Felix Trinidad, Keith Holmes, Antwun Echols, Glen Johnson, Roy Jones Jr
-Longest-ever reign as World Middleweight Champion (undefeated for 12 years between 1993 and 2005).
-Most title defenses as World Middleweight Champion (20).
-Oldest fighter in history to hold the World Middleweight Title.
-First man to unify the middleweight division since Marvin Hagler.
-Only man in history in any weight class to own WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, and Ring Belts together.
-Named 2001 Fighter of the Year by the BWAA, The Ring, and the World Boxing Hall of Fame
-The Ring magazine's pound 4 pound fighter in 2002 and 2004.
-In the Ring Magazine's top 10 pound 4 pound rankings for 9 years (1999-2009, did not make list in 2005).
-Two weight class champion (middle, light heavy)
-First man to beat (only man to ever KO) undefeated Glen Johnson
-At age 41 moved up from Middleweight to Light Heavyweight and dominated Antonio Tarver (4-1 underdog).
-At age 43 dominated the 17 year younger undisputed, undefeated middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (4-1 underdog).
-First man to KO/beat undefeated Tito Trinidad (6-1 underdog).
-First man to KO Oscar de la hoya.
-Fastest KO In World Middleweight Title Bout, twenty-four seconds (fastest knockout ever in an IBF title bout, and second fastest in a middleweight title bout.
Notable opponents: Kelly Pavlik, Joe Calzaghe, Winky Wright, Antonio Tarver, Jermain Taylor, Howard Eastman, Oscar De La Hoya, Robert Allen, William Joppy, Felix Trinidad, Keith Holmes, Antwun Echols, Glen Johnson, Roy Jones Jr
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