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TIL of boxer Ezzard Charles, often considered the greatest light heavyweight. Charles the only one to go the full distance (15 rounds) against Rocky Marciano, had killed an opponent in the ring and Muhammad Ali wrote in his autobiography that Charles could have matched Ali during Ali’s prime.

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