Which middleweight champion won a heavyweight title after 106 years?
Marvin Hagler
Bernard Hopkins
Roy Jones Jr.
Thomas Hearns
Answer
Roy Jones Jr., the gifted American boxer, achieved a remarkable feat in the boxing world. Despite holding multiple middleweight titles, Jones Jr. audaciously challenged the heavyweight division, a substantial weight class above his own. In a monumental upset, he captured the WBA heavyweight championship, becoming the first middleweight champion in over a century to accomplish this extraordinary feat.
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