Word: herenton
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...Presiding over the renaissance is the city's African-American mayor. Willie Herenton, a polished former schools superintendent, has been Mayor for ten years, and he was determined that Memphis would host the boxing match. While some residents were critical of his efforts, Herenton promised to give boxing fans what Las Vegas had taken away. At 6-foot-5, eye-to-eye with Lewis, the lanky 60-year-old Herenton is himself a former amateur boxing champion who maintains he got sidetracked from his destiny - to be a headliner at the pro level. "I never got beat once...
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