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Amateur career
Joiner was the 1962 National Golden Gloves Light-Heavyweight Champion and compiled an Amateur record of 86-6 (The Ring, March 1964).
Professional career
He was a promising heavyweight prospect in the 1960s who failed to live up to his promise. A slick boxer with little punch, Joiner is best remembered as being the only fighter to last the distance with former world heavyweight champion
Sonny ListonCharles L. "Sonny" Liston was a professional boxer who became world heavyweight champion in 1962 by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round. Liston was one of the most powerful punchers and jabbers in the history of boxing...
on March 28, 1969, during Liston's comeback.
He also fought (and lost) to top heavyweight contenders
Zora FolleyZora Folley was an African-American heavyweight boxer.Born in Dallas, Texas, he moved with his family to Chandler, Arizona in 1942, where he grew up playing baseball. Upon joining the U.S. Army in 1948, he entered the boxing ring, and won the 6th Army championship within a year, eventually...
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Oscar BonavenaOscar Natalio "Ringo" Bonavena was a heavyweight professional boxer with a career record of 58 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw...
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Mac FosterMacArthur 'Mac' Foster is a retired American heavyweight boxer.Foster made his professional debut in 1966, winning his first 24 fights by knockout, and was named Ring Magazine progress of the year in the 1969. By the early 1970s he was ranked among the world's top ten heavyweights, but his winning...
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Alfredo EvangelistaAlfredo Evangelista is a former Uruguayan-Spanish boxer. He was born Montevideo, Uruguay.Evangelista faced Muhammad Ali in 1977, losing by unanimous decision in 15 rounds. He also fought against Larry Holmes in 1978, and lost by KO in the seventh round....
, and future heavyweight champion
Larry HolmesLarry Holmes is a former world WBC and IBF heavyweight boxing champion. Holmes has spent the majority of his adult life in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the state's Lehigh Valley region, giving rise to his boxing nickname, The Easton Assassin.As a professional heavyweight, Holmes won his first 48...
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