Word: fluellen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ring, the most respected publication in boxing. Ring's rankings of fighters in every weight division have been boxing's heretofore unchallenged guidelines. ABC learned that the fighters' records listed in Ring were doctored to establish eligibility for booking in the King tournament. One boxer, Ike Fluellen, a Bellaire, Texas, policeman who had not fought in over a year, mysteriously found himself credited with wins in two phantom bouts held in Mexico. According to Fluellen, he was advised to switch managers in exchange for ranking and a tourney invitation. In all, the records of eleven fighters were...