Freddie Little (born April 25, 1936) is a retired
American
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professional boxer who held the
undisputed junior middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF o ...
championship. He used to work at Anthony Saville Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada as a P.E. teacher but suffered a medical injury and no longer works there.
Professional career
Little turned professional in 1957 and challenged the World light middleweight title against
Ki-Soo Kim, but lost by split decision in 1967. In 1968 he challenged for the title against
Sandro Mazzinghi. The bout stopped with Mazzinghi bleeding from cuts over both eyes. The ringside officials ruled a "no-contest", though under normal circumstances Little would have won by technical knockout.
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In 1969 Little captured the vacant World light middleweight title winning by decision against Stanley Hayward.][Freddie Little]
Boxrec.
Professional boxing record
Titles in boxing
Major world titles
* WBA light middleweight champion (154 lbs)
* WBC light middleweight champion (154 lbs)
Regional/International titles
* Southern middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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champion (160 lbs)
Undisputed titles
* Undisputed light middleweight champion
See also
*List of world light-middleweight boxing champions
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* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the ...
References
External links
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Freddie Little - CBZ Profile
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1936 births
Living people
People from Picayune, Mississippi
Boxers from Mississippi
American male boxers
African-American boxers
World Boxing Association champions
World Boxing Council champions
Light-middleweight boxers
World light-middleweight boxing champions
21st-century African-American sportsmen
20th-century African-American sportsmen