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Globe-trotting Cunningham putting cruiserweights on the map

By George Kimball
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

On Dec. 8, 1979, in the then-Yugoslavian municipality of Split, Mate Parlov and Marvin Camel engaged in the first cruiserweight title fight in boxing history. Parlov and Camel battled to a 15-round draw in what three judges deemed a fight neither man deserved to win. For the ensuing 29 years, boxing fans have debated the imponderable riddle first posed that night: Do cruiserweights stink because they're cruiserweights, or are they cruiserweights because they stink? Fighting in a division in whi ...

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