Hogan "Kid" Bassey listen MBE MON (3 June 1932 – 26 January 1998) was a Nigerian-British boxer; he was the first man of Nigerian descent to become a world...
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Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey CH DBE (/ˈbæsi/; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the...
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Hogan is the given name of: Hogan Bassey (1932-1998), Nigeria's first world boxing champion Hogan Ephraim (born 1988), English footballer Hogan Gidley...
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Anifowoshe Efetobor Wesley Apochi Efe Ajagba Tunji Awojobi Fatai Ayinla Hogan Bassey Nestor Bolum Jonathan Dele Duncan Dokiwari Olanrewaju Durodola Ehinomen...
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(1948-1949) Willie Pep (1949-1950) (2) Sandy Saddler (1950-1957) (2) Retired Hogan Bassey (1957-1959) Davey Moore (1959-1963) Sugar Ramos (1963-1964) Vicente Saldivar...
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March 18, 1959, that Moore won the World Featherweight Title from Hogan "Kid" Bassey. Moore retained the title through the remainder of his career, defending...
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Shirai (who was beaten by Pérez), won Japan's first world title, and Hogan Bassey won the first belt for Nigeria. Popular American fighters in the 1950s...
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have produced numerous professional world champions such as Dick Tiger, Hogan Bassey, Gerrie Coetzee, Samuel Peter, Azumah Nelson and Jake Matlala. Cricket...
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policeman (1997), Mr. Taiwo Akinwunmi who designed the national flag (1998), Hogan Bassey, former Commonwealth and World boxing champion (1999), Chief Michael...
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because the boxer Davey Moore had boxed and beaten British-Nigerian Hogan Bassey a year earlier. He spoke about this during the show's "Virtual Jukebox"...
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