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==1977== *January 16 - In front of an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] National Television audience, future Boxing Hall of Famer Larry Holmes defeated Tom Prater in an 8-round unanimous decision on board the [[USS Lexington (CV-16)|USS ''Lexington'']] in Pensacola, [[Florida]]. *March 17 – [[Jimmy Young (boxer)|Jimmy Young]] defeats [[George Foreman]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision at the [[Roberto Clemente Coliseum]], [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]. Yet Ali still refused to give Young a title fight rematch. Immediately after the fight, Foreman has a religious experience, becomes a new-born Christian and retires from boxing. *April 23 – In a fight without any titles at stake, [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] world Bantamweight champion [[Carlos Zarate (boxer)|Carlos Zarate]] defeats [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] world champion [[Alfonso Zamora]] in four rounds at [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]. *May 11 – [[Ken Norton]] knocks out former Olympian [[Duane Bobick]] in the first round at the [[Madison Square Garden]], New York City. *May 21 – [[Wilfredo Gómez]] wins the first of three world titles by knocking out WBC world Jr. Featherweight champion [[Dong Kyun Yum]] in twelve rounds at San Juan. *July 30 – [[Carlos Monzón]] recovers from a second round knockdown and retains his world Middleweight championship with a fifteen-round unanimous decision against [[Rodrigo Valdez]] in their rematch, at [[Monte Carlo, Monaco]]. Monzon broke the all-time record of defenses at the Middleweight division with fourteen successful defenses, and he retired permanently after this fight. *September 29 – [[Muhammad Ali]] retains the world Heavyweight championship with a fifteen-round unanimous decision over [[Earnie Shavers]] in New York. *November 5 – Rodrigo Valdez wins the undisputed world Middleweight championship left vacant by archrival Carlos Monzón, outpointing [[Bennie Briscoe]] by unanimity after fifteen rounds in [[Campioni d' Italia, Italy]].
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