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Tim Witherspoon

1957 - Today

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Tim Witherspoon (born December 27, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2003. He was a two-time world heavyweight champion, having held the WBC title in 1984, and the WBA title in 1986. He beat heavyweight world champions Greg Page, James Smith, Tony Tubbs, Frank Bruno and cruiserweight world champions Alfonzo Ratliff and Al Cole. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Witherspoon has received more than 925,142 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Witherspoon is the 251st most popular boxer, the 13,195th most popular biography from United States and the 80th most popular American Boxer.

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  • 930k

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  • 47.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Tim Witherspoon ranks 251 out of 496. Before him are David Haye, Jorge Hernández, Kim Kwang-sun, Guillermo Rigondeaux, John Mugabi, and Jackie Fields. After him are Arnold Vanderlyde, Artur Grigorian, Roberto Cammarelle, Charles Adkins, Muhammad Abdullaev, and Tomasz Adamek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Tim Witherspoon ranks 619. Before him are Nasser Shabani, Amy Aquino, Olga Slavnikova, Beat Breu, Fathi Hassan, and Eric Bristow. After him are Juan Carlos Arteche, Hideaki Tomiyama, Michael Foale, Tim Bevan, Aleksandr Lazutkin, and Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tim Witherspoon ranks 13,195 out of 20,380. Before him are Sean Paul Lockhart (1986), Marion Martin (1909), D. B. Weiss (1971), Bill Johnson (1960), Charles Bulfinch (1763), and Bill Lienhard (1930). After him are Michael Ealy (1973), Shirley Ann Grau (1929), Sam Rivers (1977), Gail Fisher (1935), George Dern (1872), and Paul Schulze (1962).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Tim Witherspoon ranks 80. Before him are Chris Byrd (1970), Fidel LaBarba (1905), Oliver McCall (1965), John Ruiz (1972), Andy Ruiz Jr. (1989), and Jackie Fields (1908). After him are Charles Adkins (1932), Meldrick Taylor (1966), Michael Dokes (1958), Joe Gans (1874), Diego Corrales (1977), and Danny García (1988).

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