Greatest American Boxers of All Time

Muhammad Ali

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Joe Louis

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Sugar Ray Robinson

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Mike Tyson

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Rocky Marciano

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Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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Sugar Ray Leonard

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Evander Holyfield

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Marvin Hagler

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Jack Dempsey

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George Foreman

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