• Willie Michael "Willie" Toweel (6 April 1934 – 25 December 2017) was a boxer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg)...
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  • who was of Lebanese descent. Toweel's father, better known as Pappa Mike, taught his sons, Jimmy, Victor, Fraser, Willie and Allan the basic rudiments...
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  • Brooks  United States Edgar Basel  Germany Anatoli Bulakov  Soviet Union Willie Toweel  South Africa 1956 Melbourne details Terence Spinks  Great Britain Mircea...
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    1960 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. 23 Win 21–2 Willie Toweel TKO 8 (10), 3:00 Oct 22, 1960 Madison Square Garden, New York City,...
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    that year to win the Empire title on 9 July he was beaten on points by Willie Toweel. In 1958 he met future world champion, Puerto Rican Carlos Ortiz at...
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  • Australian politician Allan Thomas, professional footballer Vic Toweel, professional boxer Willie Toweel, professional boxer Leanne Manas, media personality Arab...
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  • over Burmese boxer Basil Thompson, but lost in the second round to Willie Toweel of the South Africa. He died in May 2, 2006 in his residence in Quezon...
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  • Australian politician Allan Thomas, professional footballer Vic Toweel, professional boxer Willie Toweel, professional boxer Ycare, singer List of Lebanese people...
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    – Defeated Basil Thompson of Burma (TKO 2R) Second Round – Lost to Willie Toweel of South Africa (1 - 2) Men's Bantamweight: Alejandro Ortuoste Second...
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  • Brooks  United States Edgar Basel  Germany Anatoli Bulakov  Soviet Union Willie Toweel  South Africa Bantamweight (−54 kg) details Pentti Hämäläinen  Finland...
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    Raymond Robinson and Thomas Shardelow — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem Willie Toweel — Boxing, Men's Flyweight Leonard Leisching — Boxing, Men's Featherweight...
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  • Ukrainian-born Russian composer (Cheburashka, Finist, the brave Falcon). Willie Toweel, 83, South African flyweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952)....
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  • 1955, he drew with Willie Toweel in a fifteen-round world bantamweight title bout in Johannesburg, South Africa. Cohen dropped Toweel three times in the...
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    three times between 1951 and 1955. His managers included Jimmy Roche and Willie Ketchum. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2000...
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  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Mircea Dobrescu (Romania) 2-1 Semifinal: Defeated Willie Toweel (South Africa) 3-0 Final: Defeated Edgar Basel (West Germany) 3-0 (won...
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  • American Bob Foster on 21 August 1973 in South Africa. Trained by Allan Toweel, Pierre joined the professional boxing ranks on 2 May 1966. He won his very...
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  • Dupas, Dennis Pat Brady, Kenny Lane, Redtop Davis, Glen Flanagan, and Willie Toweel. Howard retired after a July 1959 loss to Tommy Tibbs, having compiled...
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  • Fitzsimmons 1960 – 1961 0 14 Dave Charnley 12 May 1959 – 4 August 1962 1 13 Willie Toweel 16 June 1956 – 12 May 1959 4 12 Johnny van Rensburg 12 February 1955 –...
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  • Brooks  United States Edgar Basel  Germany Anatoli Bulakov  Soviet Union Willie Toweel  South Africa Bantamweight (−54 kg) details Pentti Hämäläinen  Finland...
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    defenses. After losing his undisputed championship to the undefeated Vic Toweel in 1950, he went on to fight for 5 more years never getting a chance at...
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  • – 11 Mar 1947 0 18 Manuel Ortiz (2) 11 Mar 1947 – 31 May 1950 4 19 Vic Toweel 31 May 1950 – 15 Nov 1952 3 20 Jimmy Carruthers 15 Nov 1952 – 16 May 1954...
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  • more world title fights began to be fought outside the United States. Vic Toweel became South Africa's first world boxing champion, Jimmy Carruthers did...
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  •  Tibor Csík (HUN) W  Arnoldo Parés (ARG) PTS  Jimmy Carruthers (AUS) wo  Vic Toweel (RSA) L  Arnoldo Parés (ARG) L  Jimmy Carruthers (AUS) W  Jimmy Carruthers (AUS)...
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  • – 11 Mar 1947 0 21 Manuel Ortiz (2) 11 Mar 1947 – 31 May 1950 4 22 Vic Toweel 31 May 1950 – 15 Nov 1952 3 23 Jimmy Carruthers 15 Nov 1952 – 16 May 1954...
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    champions. In addition to the universally recognised world champion Vic Toweel, the number contains champions recognised by the major and nonmajor sanctioning...
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    2. He handled some big fights featuring Johnny Ralph and Vic Toweel, including Toweel's world title bouts against Luis Romero and Jimmy Carruthers. Smith...
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  • – 11 Mar 1947 0 12 Manuel Ortiz (2) 11 Mar 1947 – 31 May 1950 4 13 Vic Toweel 31 May 1950 – 15 Nov 1952 3 14 Jimmy Carruthers 15 Nov 1952 – 16 May 1954...
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  • over fifteen rounds. In December 1949 he challenged Empire champion Vic Toweel in Johannesburg, losing on points. His final twelve fights resulted in nine...
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