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FORMER CHAMPS LAYING OFF TWO OR MORE YRS. (and returning vs. formidable opponent)

The Former Champs Who Returned as Winners:            

Date              Champ/result/opponent                       Layoff

3/31/07      Henry Maske  W 12   Virgil Hill               10 yrs. 4 mos.
10/2/04      Felix Trinidad KO 8  Ricardo Mayorga       2 yrs. 5 mos.
4/26/87      Ray Leonard  W 12   Marvin Hagler          2 yrs. 11 mos.
10/26/70    Muhammad Ali KO 3   Jerry Quarry           3 yrs. 3 mos.
6/19/46      Joe Louis       KO 8    Billy Conn II          4 yrs. 3 mos.
3/10/19      Jim Driscoll    KO 4   Thomas Palmer        6 yrs 2 mos.
7/25/1908   Kid McCoy     KO 2   Peter Maher             2 yrs. 3 mos.

The Former Champs Who Returned as Losers:   

Date         Champ/result/opponent                               Layoff

7/27/02    Vuyani Bungu L 12 Lehlohonolo Ledwaba       2 yrs. 4 mos.
2/23/02    Virgil Hill  KO by 8  Jean Marc Mormeck          2 yrs. 2 mos.
4/27/01    Pernell Whitaker  KO by 4 Carlos Bojorquez    2 yrs. 2 mos.
3/1/97      Ray Leonard  KO by 5 Hector Camacho          6 yrs. 1 mo.
4/3/92      Ray Mancini     KO by 7 Greg Haugen            3 yrs. 1 mo.
1/30/92    Rocky Lockridge L 10  Rafael Ruelas              2 yrs. 7 mos.
3/6/89      Ray Mancini      L 12   Hector Camacho          4 yrs. 1 mo.
8/8/87      Aaron Pryor  KO by 7   Bobby Joe Young        2 yrs. 5 mos.
9/27/50    Joe Louis  L 15   Ezzard Charles                    2 yrs. 3 mos.
6/19/46    Billy Conn        KO by 8 Joe Louis II              4 yrs 4 mos.
6/20/42    Len Harvey     KO by 2   Freddie Mills            2 yrs. 11 mos.
6/18/23    Jimmy Wilde    KO by 7   Pancho Villa            2 yrs. 5 mos.
3/10/19   "Pedlar” Palmer KO by 4 Jim Driscoll               6 yrs. 4 mos.
7/4/10     James Jeffries    KO by 15 Jack Johnson           5 yrs. 11 mos.
8/14/1903   James J. Corbett KO by 10 James Jeffries II   2 yrs. 11 mos.