American · Born 1954 · Died 2021
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Undisputed middleweight champion and one of the most fearsome fighters in boxing history — changed his name to "Marvelous" as a mark of defiance.
He legally changed his first name to "Marvelous" after a journalist refused to use the adjective in a story about him.
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