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Michael Moorer

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Michael Lee Moorer (born November 12, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2008. He won a world championship on four occasions in two weight classes, having held the WBO light heavyweight title from 1988 to 1991; compiling 22 straight KOs in 22 fights and the WBO heavyweight title from 1992 to 1993; the unified WBA, IBF and lineal heavyweight titles in 1994; and regained the IBF heavyweight title again from 1996 to 1997 becoming a three-time heavyweight world champion. Michael Moorer was an undefeated southpaw in his first 35 professional bouts. He captured the WBO light heavyweight title in 1988 which he defended 9 times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Michael Moorer is the 201st most popular boxer (down from 195th in 2024), the 11,511th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,975th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Michael Moorer ranks 201 out of 496. Before him are Héctor Camacho, Kiyoshi Tanabe, Bruno Ahlberg, Guillermo Lovell, Gennadiy Shatkov, and Ion Alexe. After him are Sverre Sørsdal, Aziz Salihu, Hasim Rahman, Horace Gwynne, Miguel Cotto, and Albert Ireton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Michael Moorer ranks 408. Before him are Dmitry Nagiyev, Pavlo Klimkin, Alan Gilbert, Stanimir Stoilov, Roberto Repole, and Primož Gliha. After him are Meg Cabot, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ann Lee, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Jordan Chan, and Donovan Bailey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Moorer ranks 11,513 out of 20,380. Before him are William R. Day (1849), Darren Star (1961), Moroni Olsen (1889), Andres Serrano (1950), Leonard Wood (1860), and George Montgomery (1916). After him are Ruth Warrick (1916), Paul Burke (1926), Bill Williams (1915), Meg Cabot (1967), Tex Gibbons (1907), and Mimi Kennedy (1948).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Michael Moorer ranks 61. Before him are Pernell Whitaker (1964), Ray Mercer (1961), James Smith (1953), Bob Foster (1942), Deontay Wilder (1985), and Frankie Genaro (1901). After him are Hasim Rahman (1972), Miguel Cotto (1980), Tyrell Biggs (1960), Wilfred Benítez (1958), Terence Crawford (1987), and Fidel LaBarba (1905).

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