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| | The New Cruiserweight Division | TheSweetScience.com Boxing |
 | | The first title bout in the division, which until recently was set at a limit of 190-pounds, was between two veteran light heavyweight campaigners, Marvin Camel and former WBC light heavyweight champion Mate Parlov on December 8, 1979. |
 | | Their first meeting, as inauspicious as it was, resulted in a draw. |
 | | In the years that followed, the only stellar names that stood out besides Holyfield and Qawi were Carlos DeLeon, a three-time champion in the division, power punchers Lee Roy Murphy and S.T. Gordon, and recent “names” Vasily Jirov and James Toney; except for Toney, not household names but able fighters. |
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