Harold Leon Brazier is an American

United States

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 former boxer

Boxing

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Fighting at light welterweight

Light welterweight

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 and welterweight

Welterweight

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, Brazier's career spanned three decades and 127 professional fights. He fought such opponents as Roger Mayweather

Roger Mayweather

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, Pernell Whitaker

Pernell Whitaker

Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is a professional boxing trainer and retired American professional boxer...

, Meldrick Taylor

Meldrick Taylor

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, Vince Phillips

Vince Phillips

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, Micky Ward

Micky Ward

Micky Ward , nicknamed Irish, is a retired American junior welterweight professional boxer and a former WBU champion from Lowell, Massachusetts...

, Lloyd Honeyghan

Lloyd Honeyghan

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, Juan Martin Coggi

Juan Martin Coggi

Juan Martin Coggi is a former boxer from Argentina. A native of Santa Fe , which was also the birthplace of Carlos Monzón, Coggi was a three time world light welterweight champion. He had 75 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, with 44 wins by knockout...

 and Billy Collins

Billy Collins (boxer)

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. He lost to Mayweather in a challenge for the WBC

World Boxing Council

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 light-welterweight title in 1988. A year later, he unsuccessfully challenged for the WBA

World Boxing Association

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light-welterweight title, this time losing to Coggi.

He retired in 2004 with a final record of 105-18-1

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