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Former boxing champ Michael Dokes, 54, dies

Published: August 13, 2012 8:29 PM

This May 20, 1983 file photo shows Michael

Photo credit: AP | This May 20, 1983 file photo shows Michael Dokes, left, battling Mike Weaver in a World Boxing Association heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas. The Rhoden Memorial Home in Akron, Ohio said Dokes died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. The Akron Beacon Journal reported that the boxer died in an Akron hospice from liver cancer. He was 54.

AKRON, Ohio -- Michael Dokes, a former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion, has died. He was 54.

The Rhoden Memorial Home in Akron said Dokes died Saturday.

The Akron Beacon Journal reported that the boxer died in an Akron hospice of liver cancer.

Dokes was 24 when he won the heavyweight title in December 1982, when referee Joey Curtis made a controversial decision to...

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