Boxing's primary attraction, the heavyweight division, has been built on the back of American success, with all-time greats Joe Louis, and paving the way for today's giants. The 70s represented a historically crucial and intensely competitive period in boxing, with US heavyweights Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman all squaring off, and titles 'The Rumble in the Jungle' and 'The Thrilla in Manila' still eminent to this day. The 80s also hold a special place in history, largely due to the rise of Larry Holmes, the destructive emergence of Tyson, and, of course, epic middleweight encounter between Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns. It also represented the end of the two-belt era, with the IBF installed alongside the existing WBC and WBA governing bodies.
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