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Meanings of former heavyweight in English

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Usage of former heavyweight in English
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The former heavyweight boxer Vitali Klitschko confirmed on Tuesday that he would run.
The Guardian
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They were also constantly forced to explain their relationship to the former heavyweight champion.
Ebony
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Ali! for the former heavyweight champion of the world known simply as The Greatest.
The Irish Times
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In 2012, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson's visa to New Zealand was cancelled.
Radio NZ
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The enduring fascination of this particular former heavyweight champion.
The Irish Times
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Permit me to expand a little on this aspect of the former heavyweight champion's personality.
The Irish Times
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Fox and former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali.
Reuters
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My roommate was John Varick Tunney, the son of the former heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney.
True compass: a memoir
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The boxing legend will throw down with another former heavyweight champ after a stunning body transformation.
News.com.au
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The former heavyweight gave himself up to police and was immediately detained, the French interior minister tweeted.
Radio NZ
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The Nevada State Athletic Commission hit the former heavyweight champion with boxing's equivalent of the death penalty.
Wired
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The former heavyweight world champion Muhammad Ali remained in hospital on Friday, for treatment of a respiratory problem.
The Irish Times
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And the former heavyweight champion said it was late-night exhaustion that led to a series of slurred answers.
News.com.au
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The deadliest Queens Birthday on the roads in 27 years and the former heavyweight champ… Read more Audio
Radio NZ
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The former heavyweight champion, 71, is gripped by Parkinson's and Rahman Ali fears he is in terminal decline.
Ebony
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Rod Stewart had been in, as had George RR Martin and the former heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko.
The Guardian
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Former heavyweight across language varieties
Ireland
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United States of America
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