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1 Heavyweight

2 Cruiserweight

3 Light-heavyweight

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5 Middleweight

6 Light-middleweight

7 Welterweight

8 Light-welterweight

9 Lightweight

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ANNIVERSARIES

Today: birth of Stephen Roche (1959); death of Dwight Davis, creator of the Davis Cup (1945). Ernie Nevers scores NFL record of 40 points in one game (1929).

Tomorrow: births of Dusty Hare (1952) and Ryan Giggs (1973); death of Graham Hill (1975).

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Friday: births of Les Ames (1905), Trevor Bailey (1923), Mike Gibson (1942), Franz Klammer (1953) and Katarina Witt (1965).

Saturday: births of Richard Meade (1938) and Sergei Bubka (1963). Denis Compton scores cricket's fastest triple century, in 181 minutes (1948).

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