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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who won the heavyweight champion and thus becoming the first Mexican heavyweight champion in the world?
A
Andres Ponce Ruiz Jr.
B
Fernando Vargas
C
Victor Ortiz
D
Manuel Ortiz
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ruiz, the first heavyweight of Mexican descent to win a heavyweight title, capped one of boxing’s epic upsets to win Joshua’s shares of the heavyweight championship Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

Detailed explanation-2: -Six-foot-two, 256-pound Andy Ruiz Jr. (35-2-0, 22 KOs) from Imperial, CA, is the first boxer of Mexican heritage to win a world heavyweight championship, having defeated Anthony Joshua to win the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles in 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fury once again successfully defended that lineal moniker in April 2022, when he stopped Dillian Whyte in Round 6 at London’s Wembley Stadium. He followed up with that brilliant performance to beat Chisora to a pulp in their December 2022 trilogy fight.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jack Johnson, byname of John Arthur Johnson, (born March 31, 1878, Galveston, Texas, U.S.-died June 10, 1946, Raleigh, N.C.), American boxer who was the first African American to become heavyweight champion. He is considered by many boxing observers to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time.

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