Name: James "Bonecrusher" Smith
WBA Heavyweight Champion -- 1986 Dec 12 – 1987 Mar 7
- First heavyweight champion with a college degree.
- Defeated Mike "Hercules" Weaver (W 12) & (TKO 1).
- Defeated Tim Witherspoon (TKO 1).
- Defeated David Bey (W 10).
- Defeated Jesse Ferguson (W 10).
- Defeated Jose Ribalta (SD 10).
- Defeated Frank Bruno (KO 10).
- Defeated Ricky Parky (W 6).
- After boxing, became an ordained minister.
- Started the non-profit organization Champion For Kids Inc.
- won 44 (KO 32) + lost 17 (KO 7) + drawn 1 = 62
rounds boxed 364 : KO% 51.61
- http://www.championforkids.org/
Favorite Book: "Think & Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill
"I like this book "Think And Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. There is a scripture in the Bible that says, "As A Man Think, So Is He." Whatever we think about ourselves we are RIGHT."
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