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Ernest Terrell (April 4, 1939 – December 16, 2014) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1957 to 1973. He held the World Boxing Association 's heavyweight title from 1965 to 1967, and was one of the tallest heavyweights of his era, at 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall.
Dec 19, 2014 · Ernie Terrell, Heavyweight Champion, Dies at 75; Lost Grudge Match to Ali. Ernie Terrell, left, with Muhammad Ali, signing for a Feb. 6, 1967, bout. Terrell added tension by refusing to...
Dec 20, 2014 · Ernie Terrell, who held a share of the heavyweight boxing championship in the 1960s but was best known for a title bout he lost in 1967 to Muhammad Ali, who taunted him throughout the brutal...
Terrell defeated Eddie Machen by a fifteen-round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBA Heavyweight Championship on March 3, 1965. The WBA had stripped Muhammad Ali of the title for signing to fight Sonny Liston in a rematch, which took place on May 25, 1965.
Dec 19, 2014 · CHICAGO (AP) — Ernie Terrell, whose brief reign as heavyweight champion ended with a punishing loss to Muhammad Ali in a 1967 grudge match, has died. He was 75.
Dec 19, 2014 · Ernie Terrell, whose brief reign as heavyweight champion ended with a punishing loss to Muhammad Ali in a 1967 grudge match, has died. He was 75.
Dec 19, 2014 · Ernie Terrell, whose brief reign as heavyweight champion ended with a punishing loss to Muhammad Ali in a 1967 grudge match, died Tuesday in Chicago of complications from Alzheimer’s disease ...
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